Chapter 39 Passerby A in the 1970s Rural Life Story 13
Even after the exam, everyone didn't relax. Jiang Yue said that if you didn't pass this time, you could take it again next time. If you keep studying, you'll have more opportunities than others. What Jiang Yue didn't say was that there would definitely be even more people next year. These past few days, Jiang Yue has been packing up her things at home. She's still quite confident about whether she'll pass the exam or not.
Jiang Yue and Li Mengqi also exchanged supplies from their spaces. Li Mengqi also gave Liu Ruyan and Jiang Yue a lot of gold and silver jewelry because she had collected a lot in her space.
In the early days of the apocalypse, they even went abroad to collect supplies. They collected a lot of these things. In their world, gold was still useful at the beginning, but in the end, it was all about bartering. Gold was no different from waste paper. Food and drink could not be bought with gold, and no one sold them. The food in the base relied entirely on the ability users to grow. Food from before the apocalypse, no matter how well packaged, could not withstand the erosion of the virus and was basically inedible.
As for other items, they are obtained entirely through points. At the beginning of the base, gold and jewelry could be exchanged for points. Later, the base lowered the acquisition level, and it took a lot of gold to exchange for one point. This was because gold had become a material and no longer had the attributes of currency, so its value naturally decreased. Not to mention that after the apocalypse, many better metal substitutes than gold mutated.
A few days later, all three of them received their admission notices. Jiang Yue was admitted to a medical school in Beijing, having planned from the beginning to study Western medicine. Li Mengqi and Liu Ruyan were also admitted to their desired universities, although Liu Ruyan's major was changed, but it didn't matter much.
Feng and Wang, two educated youths, also passed the exam. In addition to them, three other educated youths were admitted, and two people from the village also passed. In Jiangjiaba alone, ten people were admitted to university. The brigade leader was all smiles. The commune even held a special commendation meeting and gave them some prizes and money.
After receiving their acceptance letters, Feng and Wang returned to Beijing. Before leaving, they visited Jiang Yue and left an address and phone number, telling her to call them if she needed anything, thus remembering their kindness. Other educated youths and villagers who had passed the exams also came to Jiang Yue's house one after another to thank the three of them. The parents of some villagers almost kowtowed to Jiang Yue and her two companions, but luckily they were stopped.
Jiang Yue and the other two packed their things. Li Mengqi and Liu Ruyan brought all the hard-to-carry items to Jiang Yue's place, mainly because they weren't necessary in the room. Jiang Yue put everything inside. The two of them helped Jiang Yue pack the house, and after telling the brigade leader, they prepared to leave for the capital. Before leaving, Jiang Yue gave the house key to the brigade leader's wife, asking her to help pack, as she might come back to stay there.
After explaining everything, the three of them set off for Beijing. On the train, they met many educated youth returning to their hometowns. They chatted, sang revolutionary songs, and talked about their ideals along the way until they arrived in Beijing.
The first thing the three did upon arriving in the capital was to buy houses. Buying a courtyard house is the number one thing that protagonists in period novels must do. The three of them are not short of money now, but if you don't buy now, you will be a complete scumbag if you have to spend tens of millions to buy one later. After half a month, each of them bought several houses in various locations. The three of them did not plan to speculate on real estate; they just wanted enough to live in. They chose places with beautiful scenery and fun in the future.
After buying the house, while they still had time to renovate, the three of them remodeled the yard and had it repaired by professionals. The interior was also made more livable, with the bathroom and shower room built. After finishing these things, school was about to start, so the three of them went shopping all over Beijing. Being foodies, they found some good restaurants and sometimes even brought their own ingredients to have chefs cook for them.
Finally, the three of them thought about it and spent a lot of money to poach a few chefs and open several private kitchens, mainly to satisfy their own stomachs. The day before school started, the three of them stayed together again. During this time, Jiang Yue and Li Mengqi gave Liu Ruyan a lot of advice. Liu Ruyan knew what was important and promised them that she wouldn't need to stay at home. The next morning, they went to school separately.
Li Mengqi and Liu Ruyan's majors weren't too busy, but Jiang Yue was incredibly busy. Throughout the semester, Li Mengqi and Liu Ruyan would visit her at school, always bringing a huge amount of food. Jiang Yue's roommates were now looking forward to their visits even more than Jiang Yue herself. Three years passed by quickly, and Jiang Yue is now pursuing a master's degree. She also occasionally does internships at hospitals, and she has gained a reputation in the medical field.
She was proficient in both traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Yes, Jiang Yue had even pretended to study traditional Chinese medicine on her own during her school years. In the end, she found a master who was also a master of both traditional Chinese and Western medicine. He was very skilled. It was as if Jiang Yue, who had studied traditional Chinese medicine her whole life in her previous life, was now able to learn things from him. Her master would occasionally take Jiang Yue to treat people in the central government. Because of this, Li Mengqi and Liu Ruyan became much more well-behaved, afraid of being found out during the investigation.
After the reform and opening up, Li Mengqi and Liu Ruyan joined forces to start a business. With their double experience from their previous lives, they were very successful. During this time, some people tried to take a share of their profits, but Jiang Yue intervened and brought in the Feng and Wang families, giving them some shares. With their protection, they felt much more secure.
In addition, since the two of them were not short of money, they bought the machinery that the country needed and donated it. During this time, Li Mengqi also transferred a lot of data and machines from her space to the country, and her name was listed there.
Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye. Jiang Yue has become a doctor with some reputation working at the hospital. Li Mengqi and Liu Ruyan's business has not expanded much and has maintained its current scale. No matter how big it gets, none of them have the ability to control it. Today is Jiang Yue's day off, and the group has gathered together again after a long time.
After the three of them had a good meal in a private room at their family restaurant, they returned to Liu Ruyan's house. Li Mengqi asked Jiang Yue if she planned to keep working like this and not enjoy life. Jiang Yue smiled and said, "I'll learn as much as I can whenever I have the chance, just in case I need it in the future."
The two expressed their respect, and the next day at noon, when the three of them were shopping, Jiang Yue had an emergency patient and rushed back to the hospital. This had been going on for the past few years. Fortunately, the two of them were relatively free and could visit Jiang Yue at the hospital from time to time and bring her some food.
During this time, Jiang Yue also asked Li Mengqi and Liu Ruyan about their marriage prospects. Li Mengqi had someone in her heart and didn't plan to look for anyone else. Liu Ruyan hadn't met the right person yet and didn't like settling, so she said she'd wait until she met someone else. As a result, Li Mengqi and Jiang Yue would occasionally urge Liu Ruyan to get married. Liu Ruyan enjoyed being pressured to get married... Enjoyed? Not at all!
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