"Anyway, the exam is over. There's no going back now, whether you did well or not. Everyone can just wait for the results to come out. You can also pack your bags in advance so that if you pass, you won't have to rush to pack."
Tang Baozhu felt that she had done quite well on the exam, but she couldn't be too confident, otherwise it would be terrible if she made a mistake somewhere.
They wouldn't say it out loud, or that they did well on the exam, because they were worried about upsetting others. They would simply try to distract everyone from thinking about it, since it was already over and there was nothing they could do about it even if they regretted it.
"Baozhu is right. Everyone, don't think too much. Now we can only pray that we don't do too badly on the exam. Because we have to study, the village patrols haven't called us who are taking the exam. Now that the exam is over, they should rearrange things. Everyone, be prepared. I think the brigade leader will remind everyone."
Li Feifei was quite quick-witted; she immediately thought of a problem that no one else had considered.
Tang Baozhu had forgotten about her patrol duties, but given her eagerness, she was probably going to be the first one on patrol again.
Li Feifei's guess was correct. In the afternoon, Captain Jin came to remind everyone about the patrol.
Originally, Tang Baozhu was going with Li Feifei and Zhang Jianguo, but now that Li Feifei is so pregnant, she definitely can't go. Besides, she's about to give birth, so Zhang Jianguo wouldn't dare leave Li Feifei alone at home.
Therefore, Zhang Jianguo can only be scheduled later. He will be placed in the next round after Li Feifei gives birth.
No one had any objections to this arrangement, and they understood it. After all, everyone was going to patrol for half a month, so it didn't matter if it was earlier or later.
Tang Baozhu was assigned to Wang Tielin and Lin Xiaoxue. Tang Baozhu always felt like she was the shining third wheel. Before, she was the third wheel between Li Feifei and Zhang Jianguo, and now she was the third wheel between Wang Tielin and Lin Xiaoxue.
However, she was not envious of them at all, because she also had people who liked her and gave her small gifts every day, giving her a little surprise every day.
During the past two weeks of patrolling, Tang Baozhu would fish in the middle of the lake whenever she had free time. Occasionally, when no one was around, she would cut some ice. This time, she didn't put the fish she caught into her small space; she brought them all back to the educated youth settlement to share with everyone.
I don't know if we'll ever see each other again. Besides, I don't need this stuff, so I'll just bring some more for everyone. It won't be so easy to eat fish after we leave here. Maybe it will be another year or two, or even three years before we can eat fish and meat freely again.
Li Feifei gave birth to her second child, and to ensure a good postpartum recovery, she needed to eat well. Tang Baozhu caught so many fish for her, hoping that drinking more fish soup would improve her milk supply. In the end, everyone benefited, and each of them looked radiant and healthy.
About 20 days later, the admission notices started arriving one after another. Tang Baozhu had applied to a foreign language university. She didn't have any financial worries and just wanted to learn more foreign languages. She was worried that if she ended up abroad one day and couldn't speak the language, it would be terrible. Besides, even after graduation, she could work as a teacher or a translator.
Tang Baozhu never dreamed of becoming rich; she just wanted to be able to support herself.
Besides Tang Baozhu receiving her notification letter, Li Feifei also received her notification letter more than ten days after giving birth to her second son.
Tang Baozhu discovered that it seemed that all the educated youth who came together in 1972 had passed the exam. Only one or two of the educated youth who came after 1972 passed the exam. The educated youth who came before Tang Baozhu and the others returned home one after another, and almost all of the others passed the exam as well.
It's also because the hibernation period here is too long, and there's not much to do to pass the time in winter, so people can only read more books, and therefore everyone's knowledge hasn't fallen behind.
As for those who didn't pass the exam, it can only be said that their academic performance wasn't very good to begin with, and after going to the countryside, they let themselves go and didn't study seriously. Even if they were told a month in advance that the college entrance exam was coming, that month wouldn't have been enough time for them to study.
Even if they don't pass this time, they should be able to pass next time. I just don't know if the exam will be much harder next time.
"Feifei, you haven't finished your postpartum confinement yet. I suppose you're waiting until after you finish confinement to go back to school, right?"
Tang Baozhu didn't have any rules against entering the postpartum room. Seeing that everyone had almost received their admission notices, she went to Li Feifei's room to ask. There were still several people going to Beijing for the exams. It was such a long journey, so she thought it would be better to have someone to accompany her, especially Li Feifei, who had several children. It would be safer for them to go together, since there were plenty of human traffickers on the train.
“I was thinking that if you all went earlier, I wouldn’t have to do postpartum confinement. I just wanted to make it more convenient for everyone.”
"No, you still need to complete your full postpartum confinement period. Otherwise, you'll have health problems, especially now that the weather is so cold. If you catch a slight breeze, you'll develop postpartum illnesses. Don't worry, everyone will be waiting for you. Anyway, school won't start so soon. You can go after the New Year. By then, you'll have already finished your confinement period."
"Thank you so much. Jianguo and I are a little worried about taking the child to school alone."
Li Feifei had been worried that Zhang Jianguo wouldn't be able to manage everything. He had a wife who had just finished her postpartum confinement, a baby who was only a month old, and a child who was only two years old. You could imagine how tired he would be. Now that there were other people helping out, things would be a little easier.
Zhang Jianguo was also quite happy. They had been together for so many years and were already good friends. "There are quite a lot of people going to Beijing this time, so you don't have to worry about being lonely in the future. When you don't have classes on Saturdays and Sundays, you can all get together again."
"Indeed, even if we are not in the same city in the future, we should not forget to keep in touch. We must write letters and keep in touch often, and we cannot become estranged just because we are not together."
"Don't worry, it won't happen. Even if we're not in the same city as you, we're still good friends."
Wu Tonglin and Zheng He both took the exam in Wu Tonglin's hometown. It seems they will get married after graduation.
Tang Baozhu saw that everyone was in pairs, and she didn't feel lonely at all, because she also had someone who cared about her.
But when others see her like this, they feel that she is very lonely. Everyone knows that she has not contacted her family for so many years, which must mean that she has a bad relationship with her family. Otherwise, she would not have not sent a single letter.
Tang Baozhu didn't care at all, but others thought that her indifference was just a cover-up, and everyone thought she was particularly starved for love, so they all treated her very well.
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