The news of the college entrance examination spread quickly, and it didn’t take long before everyone in the village knew about it.
Influenced by Jiang Dazhen, there were fewer people in the village who thought that studying was useless. In addition to the Jiang family, there were many families who spent money to send their children to school in the county town. Apart from Jiang Yilu's few close friends, there were still six or seven children in Qingshan Village who attended junior high school in the county town.
The resumption of the college entrance examination still makes ordinary people feel excited. After all, no one can predict luck, and maybe their children will become college students.
Therefore, after knowing that Ruan Yuanjiang was willing to tutor several children in the village who were willing to take the college entrance examination, those families with children brought gifts to express their gratitude to Ruan Yuanjiang.
A handful of vegetables from one family, a basket of eggs from another, and some dried shrimps and pickled fish. Although they are not worth much, they express our gratitude.
Time passed quickly during Ruan Yuanjiang's lectures. At first, only some children from the village came to listen to his lectures. Gradually, after the news spread, students from some nearby villages who wanted to take the college entrance examination and were related to the villagers of Qingshan Village also brought their own chairs and notebooks to attend the class under the pretext of visiting relatives. The educated youth from Qingshan Village who never wanted to talk to the villagers and always spoke coldly to Ruan Yuanjiang's "bad elements" who were sent down, also shamelessly pretended that nothing had happened and came to the brigade headquarters to listen to his lectures.
There may be all kinds of problems in this era, but the passion for studying is very sincere. They know clearly what the college entrance examination means to them, especially those educated youth. Being admitted to a university means that they can leave this place and return to the bustling city.
Since Ruan Yuanjiang only had one set of textbooks, everyone spontaneously copied the textbook and each person had a copy. The exercises assigned by Ruan Yuanjiang were also circulated among everyone, and everyone wrote the answers in their own notebooks to ensure that they would not interfere with the next person doing the exercises.......
No matter how many conflicts there were in the past, at least in the classrooms temporarily prepared by the brigade for candidates, everyone focused only on studying.
Jiang Yilu did not take part in this year's college entrance examination and had no idea about the test questions. He could only give his older brothers and sisters some special questions based on his own college entrance examination papers.
There are a total of six children in the Jiang family taking the college entrance examination this year. Except for Jiang Dani who is already married, the other grandchildren are in intense preparation for the exam. These days, they are the focus of the family. Grandma Miao no longer cares about favoring boys over girls at this time. She racks her brains every day to make delicious food to supplement the nutrition of her precious grandson.
However, for the Jiang family, there was another important thing, that was Bai Fangqiu was going back to the capital. On that day, all the people in the Jiang family went to the bus station in the county to see him off.
"Okay, don't send me off. I'll send a telegram back to everyone when I get to the capital."
Bai Fangqiu was wearing an exquisitely crafted Zhongshan suit, which was a farewell gift from Dani. After several years of practice, Dani's craftsmanship had become more and more outstanding. The suit was meticulously made and fit him perfectly. He could move his hands and legs without any discomfort. It was no worse than those of some old tailors.
On his nose was the same gold-framed glasses he had worn when he came to Qingshan Village. The broken leg of the glasses frame had been repaired by Meng Pingchuan, and now the tape that had been an eyesore was gone.
Bai Fangqiu looked at the large group of people who came to see him off, and his eyes became moist.
Before coming to Qingshan Village, he had prepared himself to be severely criticized. After all, he was well aware of the treatment of some of his former colleagues and students. Not all people are so simple, just like Jiang Dachuan. The suffering he suffered in the three years after leaving Qingshan Village is the normal life of most people who were criticized and oppressed in this era.
Bai Fangqiu thought more than once that if he had not followed the arrangements of his old leader, he would not be able to endure the heavy labor and would have died in those most difficult years.
"If you miss us, just send us a telegram. If you want to eat the pickled vegetables and sauces made by your brother and sister-in-law, just tell us and we will send them to you." Jiang Cheng is not a sentimental person, and he cannot say anything, no matter how touching the words are.
"If Xiaobao and the others can get into a university in the capital, they will need your help, and we won't be polite to you."
Jiang Cheng was afraid that he would be embarrassed to speak, so he added another sentence.
Bai Fangqiu smiled and said, "Sure, when they go to the capital, they can just accompany an old lonely man like me and become my grandchildren."
When Ruan Yuanjiang secretly adopted Xiaobao as his godson, it made old man Jiang very angry.
Old man Jiang grinned and said, "Okay, I'll give you some of my grandchildren."
After saying this, both of them smiled, dispelling the sadness of parting.
As he was talking, Bai Fangqiu saw a familiar figure not far away. His smile paused, and then he said to everyone naturally: "Let's go. If you guys stay here, I won't be able to bear to leave."
After saying that, he waved his hand and made a gesture as if to get on the bus.
It only takes ten minutes to leave the car now.
Everyone saw that he was serious and understood that he didn't want everyone to be too sad, so after saying goodbye again and again, he turned and left.
"I thought you weren't coming to see me off. Who should I ask for the money I borrowed from you?"
Bai Fangqiu smiled and looked at the young and immature boy in front of him.
Standing in front of him was a kid of about sixteen or seventeen years old, thin but very tall. Bai Fangqiu was of average male height in this era, 169cm. However, the boy standing in front of him was a head taller than him, about 180cm tall, like a thin bamboo pole, sticking in front of Bai Fangqiu.
His skin was very white, but not a healthy white. Instead, it looked a little sickly. His facial features could only be considered delicate, but his pair of dark eyes were very attractive, as if they contained endless light and heat, attracting the attention of others.
However, these attractive eyes were mostly covered by his bangs. When he walked on the road, others would suspect that he could not see the road clearly and bumped into the wall.
"Give me your address, and when I get into college, I will pay you back the money I owe you." The adolescent boy's voice is changing, and his voice is rough and hoarse, like the rough voice of a duck.
"You still have the same temper after all these years." Bai Fangqiu smiled and handed over a note from his arms, "This is my home address, but I don't know if it's still my home now. If you get admitted to a university in the capital, you can come to the People's Hospital or Huaguo Medical University to find me. The old man is still waiting for you to pay back the money."
The boy who was being asked to pay the debt was not dissatisfied at all. Instead, he felt relieved. He reached out to take the note, folded it carefully, put it in his pocket, and then took out a small cloth bag that he had prepared long ago: "Tea eggs, interest."
Maybe it was because he felt that his current voice was too unpleasant, so he spoke with a sense of economy of words.
"That's not cute."
Bai Fangqiu shook his head and took the bag of heavy tea eggs. He didn't know how long it took the other party to save up these eggs. Although he complained, he was very touched in his heart.
"If you're going to the train station, hurry up and get on the bus. It's about to leave. If you're going to the train station, hurry up and get on the bus. It's about to leave." The staff next to the bus station announced with a loudspeaker.
"Okay, I'm leaving, you should go back as well."
Bai Fangqiu raised the egg in his hand and turned to walk towards the bus. After the bus started, Bai Fangqiu, who was sitting by the window, clearly saw the boy bow deeply in his direction.
"This child." Bai Fangqiu sighed with tears in his eyes.
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After seeing Bai Fangqiu off, the boy was about to leave when he was stopped by a clear female voice.
"Mo Xiangdong, I knew it was you. I was wondering why the teacher urged us to leave quickly. It turned out to be because of you. You idiot, you just wanted to thank the teacher. Is there any need to hide it like this? It's not something to be ashamed of."
Jiang Erni jumped out from the side and stood in front of the boy.
Jiang Erni, who is already 20 years old this year, is tall and well-proportioned, with an oval face, a healthy wheat-colored complexion, and a confident and outspoken temperament. This gives her a charm that is different from the most popular white and plump girls nowadays.
According to Jiang Erni's age, she should have found a husband long ago. However, whenever Old Lady Miao and Gu Dongmei brought up this matter over the years, Jiang Erni used the excuse of studying and Bai Fangqiu as a shield to block it.
Jiang Erni didn't want her life to be controlled by others. She always felt that if she really wanted to marry someone, it must be a man she liked. Moreover, she had not considered this issue at all at this stage. If she was admitted to university this time, she could wait another four years.
The boy looked at her sudden appearance, and a blush appeared on his pale face, as if he was shy and happy, but it was fleeting. The next second, he became the dull and cold Mo Xiangdong again.
He ignored Erni's words and walked straight out of the station.
"Hey, hey, hey, why did you leave? I haven't finished what I was saying." Jiang Erni was stunned for a moment, then chased after him: "The teacher handed you over to me when he left. You are also going to take the college entrance examination. If you have any questions, you can ask me. And..."
Jiang Erni didn't care about the other party's response and walked beside Mo Xiangdong, talking to herself. In Jiang Erni's opinion, since the teacher had entrusted her with the task, Mo Xiangdong was her responsibility, and he was four years younger than her, so he was her younger brother. As a sister, she didn't feel the feeling of being a sister with Xiaobao, but she could feel it with the little wood in front of her.
How did Mo Xiangdong get involved with Bai Fangqiu? It all started with the time Rong Jing wanted to borrow money to pay Mo Xiangdong's tuition.
Mo Xiangdong's family background destined him to be different from ordinary children. Rong Jingbiao's enthusiasm did not confuse his eyes. He knew that the seemingly kind teacher did not really want to help him, but the overdue tuition was real. If he wanted to continue studying, the tuition could not be delayed.
Afterwards, Mo Xiangdong thought of an old man, the kind old man who had treated him and prepared medicine for him using wild boar stomach.
At that time, Mo Xiangdong asked the old man for money just out of a fluke mentality. He did not have much hope at that time. After all, he was not familiar with the old man, and he did not know whether the old man had any money on him.
He just thought that he was a good person.
Of course Bai Fangqiu did not refuse his request. After borrowing the money, he pretended to ask Mo Xiangdong to write an IOU, asking him to return the money double when he grew up.
Bai Fangqiu's action did not cause Mo Xiangdong's dissatisfaction, but instead made him feel relieved. For a silent and sensitive child, he was afraid of seeing other people's pitying eyes.
This was also the original intention of Bai Fangqiu to ask him to write an IOU. He saw the boy's strong self-esteem.
After that, Mo Xiangdong would consciously help Bai Fangqiu fetch water, chop wood, and tidy up the room every day. Bai Fangqiu did not stop him and silently accepted the interest mentioned by the boy.
As a person who often went to Bai Fangqiu's class, Jiang Erni naturally became familiar with this boy from the same village. For a period of time, it was Bai Fangqiu who taught Erni, and Mo Xiangdong was like a young wife, wiping the table, mopping the floor, and washing clothes.
"Second sister, didn't you say you were going to buy a notebook? Why didn't you buy anything?"
Jiang Yilu, who had returned home a long time ago and was supervising his older brothers and sisters and a group of active friends to study, looked at his second sister who returned empty-handed and asked in confusion.
"It was taken away by the wood."
Jiang Erni said unhappily, her mouth was dry from talking, but Mu Tou didn't say a word in reply.
Can a piece of wood hold a book?
Jiang Yilu silently imagined the scene in his mind and shuddered. His second sister seemed to be in a bad mood, so it was better not to provoke her for the time being.
"Guangpiao, stop pulling Fourth Sister's braids. You haven't finished memorizing the text that Grandpa Ruan assigned you yesterday."
Jiang Yilu turned around and saw Guangpiao who was absent from duty. He picked up his small teaching stick and made threatening gestures.
Guangpiao shrank his shoulders and retracted his restless hands. Ever since the college entrance examination was resumed, Xiaobao has become a tyrant, even more terrifying than his parents.
Looking at Guangpiao who was reading seriously, Jiang Yilu nodded, and the room returned to its original quiet state. Today's pain will be tomorrow's happiness.
The college entrance examination is coming soon.
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