"This is keeping me up at night and I can't eat or sleep. Did they record it or not? Give me a straight answer!"
Yu Caihong was on the verge of a breakdown. She was determined to get into university. If she wasn't accepted this time, she would have to take the exam again next year. She immediately went to study.
"Let's wait two more days. They might still be processing applications from the schools ahead of us. How about this, it might take a while for the mail to reach our team. Why don't we go to the post office? I heard that admission notices are first placed at the post office and then delivered by the postman. If we go there, it might be faster."
Yu Jiu suggested that regular packages are not delivered to the team by postmen and members have to pick them up themselves, but admission notices will be delivered door-to-door. This is probably to avoid everyone rushing to the post office to look for them, which would only create more trouble.
"Okay, I'll go to the post office to look for it now. You don't need to go. Just stay home and take care of your pregnancy."
Yu Caihong dared not take Yu Jiu out now. She refused Yu Jiu's offer and rushed off to the commune post office by herself. She returned empty-handed on the first day, returned empty-handed on the second day, and went again on the third day.
"I'll go on the last day. If I still don't get in, I'll start reviewing. I'll just take the exam again next year. I don't believe that with all this effort, I can't even get into one school!"
Yu Caihong got angry, and then went to the post office again. The post office staff were scared when they saw her, and quickly took out her freshly printed admission notice.
"It's here! The acceptance letter has finally arrived! You've been waiting for this! You really got in, so you don't have to be in such a rush anymore."
The post office staff remembered Yu Caihong's face, as well as her name and information. So, the moment they saw her acceptance letter, they took it out and placed it on the front desk. When she came over, they immediately took it out and gave it to her. Yu Caihong rushed over in disbelief.
"Is that really my acceptance letter? Ah! I got in! Oh my god!"
Yu Caihong looked excitedly at the information on the bundle, then opened it with trembling hands and took out the admission notice. It was hers, it really was an admission notice! She had passed the exam, she had really been admitted to university! She could go to university now and wouldn't have to stay in the team to do farm work anymore!
Yu Caihong was acting like a madwoman, shouting, jumping, and beating around in the post office lobby, extremely excited. Everyone was afraid she would have a seizure, but fortunately, Yu Caihong still had a little bit of composure. After thanking the post office staff, she immediately took her admission notice and ran back to her team to share the good news with Yu Jiu.
"I passed the exam, Xiao Jiu, I really passed! Thank you, it's great, I really passed! Waaaaah!"
When Yu Caihong returned, she hugged Yu Jiu and burst into tears of joy. Yu Jiu patted her back with satisfaction and congratulated her.
"It's great that you passed the exam. Congratulations, you've changed your destiny."
"Auntie Rainbow is amazing! Auntie Rainbow, you're so great!"
An'an clapped her little hands and rushed over, hugging Yu Caihong and praising her. The commotion was so loud that soon people came to ask, and when they learned that Yu Caihong had been accepted into university, everyone spread the news excitedly. They never expected that their team would actually produce a university student. Those still waiting for the official notification were filled with a mixture of jealousy and envy, but that's another story.
Yu Caihong was admitted to her first choice university, which is a very difficult university to get into these days. After discussing it with Yu Jiu, Yu Caihong decided to prepare a good meal and drinks to celebrate. Then Xu Zijiang started to handle the formalities for her so that her household registration and personnel file could be transferred from there.
"I owe you all a lot for being here. If there's anything I can do to help in the future, please don't hesitate to ask me for help."
Tonight's banquet is both a celebration and a farewell feast. Now that Yu Caihong has been admitted to university, she'll be going home for a few days before heading to the university. She won't be coming back here anymore. Of course, if she wants to visit Yu Jiu and the others, she can come and stay for a few days, but if she's busy, she might not have time. In short, after she leaves, the group will likely only be able to keep in touch through letters, and opportunities to meet will be very rare.
Yu Caihong didn't hesitate at all about coming here. Although she had been here for so many years, the only thing she was reluctant to leave behind was Yu Jiu, Zhang Yan, and An An.
"Don't worry, if I need your help in the future, I'll definitely come to you. I don't need to be polite with you."
"That's right, that's right! Don't you know how much good food you've eaten here? Do you think we need to be polite when we need your help?!"
Zhang Yan laughed heartily and didn't stand on ceremony with her.
"That's more like it! Even if I'm gone, we should keep in touch. You have to reply to my letters, or I'll take the train back and beat you up!"
"We guarantee a response to every message, and we will reply to every letter. We won't give you a chance to come back and attack us!"
Xu Zijiang and Gouzi, two grown men, were responsible for taking care of and feeding the children today, giving the three women time to talk and say goodbye. They didn't interrupt, since they weren't really familiar with Yu Caihong anyway; they were closer to their own wives.
Yu Jiu couldn't drink alcohol, but Zhang Yan and Yu Caihong had a few sips. After the three of them finished their meal and drinks, they chatted for a long time, from the afternoon until late at night. In the end, Yu Caihong refused to go back to the educated youth settlement to sleep, saying she wanted to sleep with Yu Jiu. Zhang Yan also stayed, saying that the three of them should sleep together for one night.
What could Xu Zijiang do? He could only give up his bed and sleep next door with An'an. However, he was still very worried, so he specially arranged for Yu Jiu to sleep on the very edge, so that she wouldn't be bumped into by the two women while sleeping in the middle.
Although Zhang Yan and Yu Caihong had drunk some alcohol, they weren't drunk. They weren't heavy drinkers, only taking a few sips to enjoy themselves, and dared not drink more. Since they hadn't drunk any alcohol, they didn't do anything reckless, and their sleeping positions weren't too unrestrained, lest they bump into Yu Jiu's stomach. The three chatted until dawn, finally unable to stay awake any longer, and then fell into a deep sleep.
The three of them slept until after 4 p.m., and it was almost time for dinner.
"You're awake. Are you feeling unwell?"
Xu Zijiang beckoned Yu Jiu over and sat down next to him. He massaged Yu Jiu's lower back and then her temples.
"It's not too uncomfortable, just a little soreness in my lower back."
Yu Jiu yawned and shook her head. Last night, she had also been chatting with them with her eyes closed, half asleep and half awake. In the end, she didn't even know what she was talking about anymore. She said she would sleep until dawn, but in fact, she had already fallen asleep several times. The ones who actually talked until dawn were Zhang Yan and Yu Caihong.
"Have Zhang Yan and Caihong both gone back?"
"Yes, they've all gone back. Honey, I heard some news today, and you were right after all."
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