Chapter 364 Educated Youth Sent Down to the Countryside in the 1960s 26
Time flies when you're studying hard, and before you know it, it's winter break. On the first day after the exams, Jiang Yue moved her luggage home. She didn't have much stuff, so she only had to make two trips to get it all done. When she got home, Xiao Yan was already waiting for her. She had already helped her unpack the things she had brought back earlier.
When Jiang Yue got home, Xiao Yan had already returned home. Jiang Yue added a piece of coal to the stove and tidied up her things. She was also hungry, so she took out two packets of instant noodles from her spatial storage and decided to have a meal of instant noodles. She hadn't had this for a long time. She decided to cook it as soon as she felt like it. She took out a lunchbox, added water, and put it on the stove to boil water.
Once the water boils, add the seasoning and instant noodles. After the noodles soften, add two eggs. When the noodles are almost cooked, put the lid on the stove, move the lunchbox to the side, take out a bottle of cola, take a sip, and start eating. You have to admit, it's really delicious.
After finishing my meal, I disposed of the Coke bottle, washed the lunchbox, and read a book. The day was over. During the holiday, I went shopping for New Year's goods with my neighbors. After all, there are only a few days left until the New Year. Although there have been many changes in the two years since the resumption of the college entrance examination, the country is still very poor, and it is still not easy to buy things.
I don't know how well other families are prepared, but Jiang Yue's family has enough supplies. She also brought some over to Yao Ling's family. Yao Ling wanted Jiang Yue to come to her house for the New Year, but Jiang Yue refused. Why would she go over to a family reunion?
On New Year's Eve, Jiang Yue still attracted a lot of gossip. After all, it was the New Year and no one was coming over. People with nothing to do would naturally gossip in secret. It was also because Jiang Yue's ears were too sharp. However, these gossips meant nothing to Jiang Yue. After cooking the last dish, Jiang Yue added some water to the pot to use for washing dishes later.
After serving the dishes, Jiang Yue took the braised pork knuckle from the stove. Once all the dishes were ready, she took out a bottle of spirit wine from her spatial storage. Today was the New Year, so she wanted to have something nice to drink. After eating a few bites of the dishes, Jiang Yue had braised pork knuckle with rice. At this moment, taking a bite of this was incredibly delicious. Even though Jiang Yue often ate meat, she couldn't stop eating it. It was just too delicious.
After eating her fill, Jiang Yue didn't want to move. In the end, she summoned a puppet to clean up. By evening, there were children everywhere. Their parents weren't calling them to bed today, and they were wandering around aimlessly. The TV in Jiang Yue's house was occupied by the children again. Since she had nothing to do at home, she went out for a walk. After being invited to play by a few boys, she declined and came back. She really wasn't in the mood for it.
The next morning, they entertained the children who came to pay their respects for the New Year. At noon, they used a piece of pigskin to wipe the stove clean. After cleaning it, they baked a few buns in the afternoon and gave some to Xiao Yan. When giving her a red envelope, Jiang Yue gave her two, otherwise her stepmother would have taken them when she got home. The neighbors had all agreed to divide the money for Xiao Yan into two portions, one openly and one secretly.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Yao Ling came to stay at Jiang Yue's house for a few days. When she had nothing to do, she asked Yao Ling to help her clean the house. The house had just been renovated during the Lunar New Year. Among the four of them, Yao Ling was the last to buy a house. She usually spent her free time dating, which was not easy to tell her family. That's why she was so late.
It took Jiang Yue two days to clean the house. She didn't expect that after avoiding cleaning her own house, she would have to make up for it here. Yao Ling planned to keep this place for herself and also intended to use it as her wedding room, so she put a lot of effort into decorating it.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Wang Liang and Zhang Wei returned to Beijing. After all, school was starting on the sixteenth, so Jiang Yue didn't need to help with the rest. The couple could arrange things slowly, and having Zhang Wei as a porter would be perfect.
However, Jiang Yue wasn't idle either. She was tutoring a few mischievous kids at home. With only a few days left before school started, many of them hadn't finished their homework yet. So, the neighbors entrusted the task to Jiang Yue. Jiang Yue thought she might as well give it a try. Anyway, she didn't have any plans for the future. Maybe she would become a teacher in the future, so she might as well treat it as practice.
The tutoring lasted until the day before school started. So far, there has been no obvious progress in these few days of tutoring. The time was too short and Jiang Yue did not take it too seriously because she did not have the ideal and belief of teaching and educating people. Simply put, she could do it as a job, but she could not dedicate her life to it.
After entering their second year of university, it was as if they were on a fast track. During the summer vacation, the four of them went to the south, made a lot of money by trading things. During this time, they were chased by law enforcement officers quite often, and had no choice but to throw away a lot of things. At the end of the summer vacation, the group returned to Beijing.
The first thing they did after returning home was to buy a house. They had already found a house, but they just didn't have the money to buy it before. After all, none of the four of them had any grand ambitions; they just wanted to buy a house and have enough money to live on.
The next two years went by much the same way: going to school and making money. After three years, they had accumulated a considerable amount of savings, not only in cash but also in houses and land all over the country. As graduation approached, they gave up the idea of ​​continuing to make money and focused on the issue of job assignments.
The school is also mobilizing graduates, giving a general overview of the assignment plans for each department. However, those with connections have already made arrangements. Jiang Yue doesn't care much; at most, she'll be assigned back to her hometown as a teacher. After all, she's a legitimate college graduate, so she won't be too bad off.
Jiang Yue wasn't worried, but Yao Ling and the others were quite concerned. Wang Liang definitely wanted to stay in Beijing, since Yao Ling was still here. It wouldn't be good if they were separated. Zhang Wei had also found a partner in Beijing, and they were all facing the same situation.
A few days later, Zhang Wei's side resolved the problem first. Because her boyfriend's family had some connections, they were very satisfied with Zhang Wei. His mother-in-law also didn't want the young couple to live apart, so she used her connections to arrange for them to both live in Beijing.
Wang Liang and Yao Ling didn't have that connection. They went to the school to report the situation, hoping to be assigned to the same place. They were both good students, so the school would probably consider it. Even if they couldn't stay in Beijing in the end, they should still be assigned to the same place.
After the assignment results came out, the outcome was quite satisfactory. Although they were not in the same unit, it was great that they could both stay in Beijing and not have to live apart. Jiang Yue's situation was a bit complicated. At first, the plan was to have her return to Tianjin.
However, her grades were outstanding, and the school wanted to keep her on as a teacher. But by the time they had finished negotiating with Tianjin, all the spots for her to stay on as a teacher were gone. They had no choice but to let her work as a teacher at the affiliated high school first, and then transfer her back when a spot became available. The teacher was quite regretful when she told Jiang Yue this.
Upon learning the assignment results, Jiang Yue sighed. She had been thinking of working in a public institution, spending her days sipping tea and reading newspapers, though that wasn't very realistic. There was still a shortage of talent at the time, and they couldn't just let you idly drink tea. She decided to become a teacher, but she didn't know how long she could stay.
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