When Xiao Yan arrived at the brigade headquarters, the brigade leader, the village chief, and the village party secretary—the three bigwigs—were all there. They all heard that Xiao Yan wanted to send all three children to school.
The captain asked in surprise, "Didn't your three children not even graduate from elementary school?"
Xiao Yan nodded: "None of the three children are in good health, and we don't feel comfortable sending them to study in the next village, so the two of us have been teaching them ourselves."
These words left the brigade leader speechless. The adults were well-educated, even more so than the teachers, and teaching them themselves would save money.
The brigade leader pondered for a moment: "Now that your three children are going to study outside, how long can you two adults stay in the village?"
These words left Xiao Yan speechless. She really just wanted her child to get a diploma and had no plans to leave the countryside for the time being: "The child is just going to get a diploma, and the two of us adults will definitely still be here."
"Now that you have a junior high school diploma, you can find a job. You two college graduates have been holed up here for so many years, isn't it time for you to get out?"
When the two women and their three children first came to settle here, he was initially reluctant to accept them, feeling that they wouldn't stay in the village for long and would consume the village's food resources.
However, Xiao Yan's grandfather had been kind to the entire village, and Xiao Yan was also a doctor in Beijing, which was too attractive, so they stayed.
Now that pregnant women can give birth safely and children can be born safely, the decision made back then was very correct. For the past ten years or so, the brigade leader has hoped that the men in the village could marry Xiao Yan and keep her there.
The eligible men in the village were all eager to win over Xiao, the village doctor, who was considered an unattainable beauty, but she never agreed.
The village secretary sighed inwardly. He knew what was going on. Xiao, the village doctor, was indeed very outstanding in appearance in the countryside. In addition, she was educated, and her temperament was not comparable to that of ordinary rural girls.
However, she had been married before and had a son, which made the relatively well-off boys in the village hesitate to marry her. At this time, marrying a divorced woman and raising someone else's child would be ridiculed.
Xiao Yan definitely wouldn't be interested in those divorced men, which is why no one has been able to win over Xiao Village Doctor for over a decade. Now, things are looking up, and she's paving the way for him to fly away.
The village secretary sighed inwardly, "Village Doctor Xiao, is this alright? Your apprentice is going to school, so you'll definitely need a helper. I'll find you two helpers. You can just give them some pointers in your spare time, okay?"
Xiao Yan understood immediately. She had indeed thought about it. When her child went to take the college entrance examination, she would leave this place. She had been waiting here because she was afraid that her parents would not be able to find her.
But more than a decade has passed, and her parents haven't sent her a single message. It's time for her to go and find out what's going on.
She nodded: "Giving guidance is possible. If you have any children here who know a lot of characters, I can help you train them!"
This pleased the captain: "Good, good, we all thank you. I'll write you a letter of introduction right away!"
After Xiao Yan left with the letter of introduction, the brigade leader sighed and looked at the village chief and the village party secretary: "Our village doctor will probably stay here for another year or two, and then she'll fly away!"
The village party secretary nodded: "She was never someone we could keep in this place, so it's normal for her to leave!"
The village chief took a puff of his pipe: "People always strive for better things. She came here to avoid trouble in the first place. Now that the situation outside is becoming clearer, it's normal for her to want to leave."
Xiao Yan was unaware that the three men were gossiping about her. When she got home, she gave the letter of introduction to her three children: "The oxcart has already set off and won't be able to go to the county until tomorrow. Tongtong, keep the letter of introduction safe. Your brother Xiao and your younger brother have never been out before, so keep an eye on them!"
Yao Tongjia nodded: "Don't worry, I will keep an eye on them. They may not be able to make it back tomorrow."
Xiao Yan nodded: "I know. The brigade leader has given you three days. After you get there, find a guesthouse to stay in and go to the junior high school in the county to take the exam. When you get there, buy some things on your way."
It is said that excessive politeness is never a fault. These three children have not experienced the trials of society, so she was somewhat worried, but she could not prevent them from facing the storms of life.
Xiao Yan asked Yao Tongjia to help the two boys review the knowledge they had learned and discuss which grade they should take the exam for.
Yao Tongjia remembers that at that time, junior high and high school were both two years: "Tomorrow we will go to junior high to take the first-year junior high exam. Here are the first-year junior high textbooks. We will go through all the textbooks today."
Xiao Gengwu naturally did whatever Yao Tongjia said. He picked up the Chinese textbook Yao Tongjia gave him and started reading. He read very quickly, taking only a few seconds to read a page.
Yao Tongxu, holding the political textbook her sister had given her, asked, "Sis, do you think Brother Xiao really remembered all the key points? He flipped through the book so fast!"
"If you don't believe me, let's test him!"
That's fine. Yao Tongxu took Xiao Ge's Chinese textbook and randomly checked the ancient poems inside. When he heard that there would be a test, Xiao Gengwu did not keep quiet at all and recited them off the top of his head.
Then, no matter where Yao Tongxu checked, Xiao Gengwu could recite it perfectly without any stumbles. Yao Tongxu was not satisfied, so while Xiao Gengwu was looking at his sister, he took out his second-year high school Chinese textbook and asked him questions.
Then Xiao Gengwu answered fluently, leaving Yao Tongxu dumbfounded: "Sister, he even knows the knowledge points for the second year of high school, and he still wants to take the junior high school exam with us?"
Xiao Gengwu broke his silence: "I'm just like you!" Not only that, he also tightly gripped Yao Tongjia's clothes, showing his strong determination!
What could Yao Tong do? He could only nod and say, "We all take the same exam, the first year of junior high. We need to take the junior high graduation exam to go to high school. Otherwise, do you think high school is so easy to get into?"
In this day and age, having a high school diploma is a remarkable achievement. How can we expect them to just give us a high school diploma by saying we need an exam? A primary or junior high school diploma is relatively easier to obtain.
Upon hearing Yao Tongjia's words, Xiao Gengwu immediately released his grip and handed the math textbook to Yao Tongjia, saying, "You learn! I'll teach you!"
Yao Tongjia's lips twitched. She was indeed not very good at science, and he had noticed that. He was really observant!
So today, the siblings were destined to be taught by Xiao Gengwu and forced to learn subjects as difficult as mathematics and geography.
Xiao Gengwu was usually very tolerant of Yao Tongjia, and whatever she said went. But when he picked up a textbook, he did the opposite, and whatever he said had to go.
When Yao Tongjia went to bed at night, her mind was full of square roots and the North and South Poles. As expected, someone who hasn't undergone systematic learning can't handle this kind of intensity of study.
Yao Tongjia also knew that in her previous life, because she was rich and lacked ambition, she had a very easy life.
Now that she's fortunate enough to live in an era where even pigs can blow wind, she still wants to give it her all. She can't have lived two lives and accomplished nothing, can she?
As for the fact that her whole family is cannon fodder, she is aware of that she should lie low until she has the strength, and then fight hard when she has the strength. There is still a chance to turn the tide!
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