Although they had known each other for a short time, Zhao Yazhi didn't want to lose Yun Mo as a friend.
Yun Mo's attitude also made her realize that she had not misjudged her, and she felt closer to Yun Mo.
"Momo, stop caring about your cousin and take care of yourself. The college entrance examination is less than half a year away. You've been busy with the bamboo weaving factory every day. Have you fallen behind in your studies?"
Yun Mo smiled and said, "Don't worry, there are still five months left, there's still enough time."
Zhao Yazhi tapped her forehead in a chastising tone, "Do you think five months is a long time? I tell you, it will pass in the blink of an eye."
"Then I will try not to blink."
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The two talked for a while, and Zhao Yazhi asked Yun Mo about her ideal school.
"You study at Jiang City No. 3 Middle School, so your grades should be pretty good. Why don't you also apply to the provincial university? Then you'll be my junior."
Yun Mo shook her head, "I have other goals."
Seeing her serious expression, Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but wonder, "Which school are you going to apply to?"
"Kyoto University."
Zhao Yazhi choked for a long time before giving a thumbs up. "It's a good ambition, but it's not that easy to get into Peking University. You have to pick one out of ten thousand. Are you sure?"
Yun Mo thought about it seriously and said, "It shouldn't be a big problem."
Zhao Yazhi reminded her, "Momo, it would be great if you could get into Peking University, but you have to think carefully. If Peking University is your first choice, and you are not accepted, then the other universities you applied for later may also be rejected, and you may not even be able to get into the provincial university."
In this era, national key universities basically do not accept second choices. If you are not admitted to the first choice, even if the score for the second choice is sufficient, the possibility of not being admitted is very high.
Yun Mo nodded, "Sister Zhizhi, I know."
Seeing that she was confident, Zhao Yazhi didn't say anything more. Anyway, it wouldn't be too late to consider filling out the application form after the college entrance examination.
Speaking of school, Yun Mo was also curious about why Zhao Yazhi would go to H Province thousands of miles away to study at university.
"There are no good universities in this city. I have to go abroad to study anyway, so I might as well choose one far away. My parents are worried about me going to another place alone, and it just so happens that my cousin is married in the provincial capital, so they agreed to let me go to H University."
Yun Mo suddenly realized.
Although H Province's economic ranking is not high, H University is still ranked quite high among national key universities.
After making simple arrangements for the bamboo weaving factory, Yun Mo returned to Lu'an Town that same day.
It was almost dark when they returned to the town and the motorcycle taxis had all gone home. Yun Mo and Ling Chuan could only stay in the town's guesthouse for one night and visit the processing workshop.
The processing workshop rented an abandoned old warehouse of a factory in the town, with an area of just over 200 square meters.
Huang Kailin and his son made a simple renovation to the warehouse. The front part was used as a processing workshop, and a simple screen made of bamboo strips was used to make partitions in the back. Beds were built with bricks and wooden boards in the partitions for Huang Kailin and Huang Jianjun to sleep at night.
The father and son worked day and night for several days, but they could only process bamboo strips and bamboo threads for about a hundred rice dumpling boxes.
According to this progress, the delivery target will definitely not be met before April 15th.
Yun Mo discussed with the father and son for a whole night and decided to recruit five workers for the workshop. Primarily, they would recruit people who lived near the town so that they could save money on accommodation. As for meals, they would have lunch in the workshop and go home for meals in the morning and evening.
The next day, Huang Kailin and his son Huang Jianjun went out to recruit people, while Yun Mo went to the blacksmith shop where she had been before and ordered five sets of tools for pulling bamboo strips and bamboo threads.
There are many bamboo weaving craftsmen in Liu'an Town, and Huang Kailin and his son found five of them in just one morning.
All the staff had arrived, but the tools for making bamboo strips and bamboo threads could not be made so quickly, so the father and son first taught the five new workers how to use the tool bench to pull the bamboo strips and bamboo threads, and then let them take turns to operate individually.
Seeing that nothing was happening at the workshop, Yun Mo rushed back to the Huang family to pick up Huang Qingning.
"Cousin! Cousin-law!"
When Huang Qingning saw Yun Mo and Ling Chuan, he was overjoyed as if he had found a life-saving straw.
Yun Mo quickly got off the motorcycle, "Qingning, where are you going?"
"My sister is sick. I went home and got some medicine you bought earlier. I'm going to give it to my sister."
Upon hearing that Huang Qinghe was ill, Yun Mo subconsciously wanted to go to Yang's house with her. Then she remembered something and turned around and asked the motorcycle taxi driver to go with her.
This place is backward and remote, and there is no clinic in every ten miles of the village. If you have a headache, fever or other minor illness, you can either take some herbal medicine yourself or go to the town health center.
Yun Mo was startled when she saw Huang Qinghe.
After not seeing Huang Qinghe for a few days, I found that she had lost a lot of weight, her eye sockets and cheeks were sunken, and her face and lips were pale and bloodless.
Huang Qingning immediately fed the medicine to Huang Qinghe.
While helping to pour the water, Yun Mo took a small half cup of spiritual spring water from the space, mixed it with boiling water and handed it to Huang Qinghe to take the medicine.
Perhaps because she was feeling uncomfortable, Huang Qinghe took a small sip and swallowed the pill and refused to drink any more. Only after Yun Mo's repeated persuasion did she drink another half cup.
After drinking the spiritual spring water, Huang Qinghe's complexion improved visibly, and even her speech was not as weak as before.
Huang Qingning thought the medicine was working and was very happy.
Yun Mo took the opportunity to ask Huang Qinghe about the cause of her illness.
Huang Qinghe was hesitant at first and was reluctant to speak, but under Yun Mo's repeated questioning, she was forced to tell the truth.
After hearing the whole story, Yun Mo was filled with rage.
Huang Qinghe became like this not because she was sick, but because she was "harmed" by someone.
It turned out that Yang's mother believed the words of the witch and spent money to buy a lot of "child-birth talismans" and brought them home. She made Huang Qinghe drink talisman water made from the "child-birth talismans" three times a day.
After drinking it a few times, Huang Qinghe fell ill, suffering from vomiting, diarrhea, and constant abdominal pain.
But instead of letting Huang Qinghe take medicine or see a doctor, Yang's mother forced Huang Qinghe to drink fertility talisman water three times a day. She also explained that Huang Qinghe's symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea were the result of the fertility talisman taking effect and that it was eliminating the lesions in Huang Qinghe's body.
The Huang family had no idea about these inside stories.
Liu Zhi accidentally heard from a fellow villager that her daughter was sick. She didn't think much about it and thought it was just a common cold, so she asked her younger daughter to bring some medicine to see her.
Huang Qingning was so angry that she wanted to settle the score with Yang's mother immediately, "This damn old woman, she wants a grandson, why doesn't she drink it herself? Sister, wait, I'm going to talk to her now!"
Huang Qingning ran away after he finished speaking, and Huang Qinghe was too late to stop him.
Yun Mo quickly advised: "Cousin, you should have a good rest. I will go and take a look."
"Momo, please persuade Qingning and stop her from making trouble."
"Um."
When Yun Mo came out of Huang Qinghe's room, Huang Qingning had already run away and Yang's mother was not at home either.
Yun Mo was about to go out, and out of the corner of her eye she saw three yellow paper talismans pasted above the door of the house where Huang Qinghe lived.
Yun Mo angrily tore off the three yellow paper talismans and was about to tear them into pieces, but suddenly she remembered something and crumpled up the three yellow paper talismans and put them in her pocket.
Second update~ (End of this chapter)