As Jiang Suinsui expected, when she arrived in the town the next day, she saw many educated youth gathered there, all of them looking around for textbooks or review materials they could buy.
However, where are the regular bookstores in this country town? The lucky ones may receive a few tattered textbooks from the rag-and-bone pick-up shops, while the unlucky ones may return empty-handed and can only borrow and copy books from other people after returning home.
Seeing the profit to be made, some families in the town took out their books that had not yet been sold and turned into ruins, and secretly sold them at high prices. The educated youth had no choice but to buy them with reluctance.
Jiang Suisui looked around at the others' situations, then turned back and shrugged at Song Weizheng, "Forget it. We've already searched everywhere for what we have in town, and now we can't find anything new even if we turn it upside down. Luckily, I borrowed textbooks from Cuizhu before, otherwise I would be in the same situation as them, and would be anxious. Didn't you bring back a tutoring book from outside last time? That should be enough."
Song Weizheng frowned and thought for a moment, then said, "No hurry, let's look for it next time Tiezhu and I go to the county town."
Jiang Suisui hurriedly asked, "When is the next time? Don't forget that the exam is in December. There is only a little over a month left. Just stay at home and prepare well for the exam!"
Song Weizheng smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll let Tiezhu go alone, and I won't go."
Jiang Suinsui was satisfied: "I will keep an eye on you at home. In the last month or so, you must work hard and not relax!"
As the two were preparing to go back, they saw Wang Xiaoyan and the others. They looked exhausted, with their heads down and dejected, and it was obvious that they returned empty-handed.
Wang Xiaoyan saw Jiang Sui Sui and greeted her. Suddenly, she thought of something and asked, "Sui Sui, did you...did you buy a lot of books before? If it's convenient, can you lend them to us?"
When Zheng Qing and Li Xianghong heard this, they immediately perked up and looked at Jiang Suisui with shining eyes.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Suishun looked at Song Weizheng with some hesitation.
Wang Xiaoyan said quickly, "We can pay for it! We'll borrow the book and copy it. We'll return it to you right away. It won't take up much of your time!"
Jiang Suisui thought for a moment and said, "You don't have to pay, but let me make it clear that this book is not mine. It was given to me by my friend. I will only lend it to you. Once you're done copying, return the book to me. You can't lend it to anyone else."
The three of them nodded hurriedly: "No problem!"
After returning home, Jiang Suisui found the books she had and lent them to Wang Xiaoyan, saying, "Sister Xiaoyan, here are some textbooks. I added a lot of personal notes on them. You can just ignore them. You can share the copied content with others, but don't tell others that you borrowed them from me."
Wang Xiaoyan took it gratefully, flipped through it, and exclaimed, "Thank you, Suishun! I didn't expect that you would be of great help in the end. I told you to come to me if you have any problems with your studies. I see that the notes in this book are much better than mine."
Jiang Suisui smiled and said, "No, I just wrote it casually."
Wang Xiaoyan: "Sui Sui, let me ask you something. Are you also going to take the college entrance examination?"
Jiang Suisui had nothing to hide, so she nodded and said, "Yes, I will join in, too."
Wang Xiaoyan: "Okay, don't worry, I'll go back and copy it with Zheng Qing and Xiang Hong, and I'll send it back to you within three days at the latest. It won't waste your time!"
Seeing her excited and eager face, Jiang Suisui said with a smile: "Okay, Sister Xiaoyan, you can go back and make good use of your time to review. I hope we can all get a good result in the end."
Wang Xiaoyan nodded solemnly: "Okay!"
Later, Jiang Suinsui had no textbooks, so she simply ran to Song Weizheng's house and stayed there to review with him using the textbooks.
Sometimes when they were reading the same book, Jiang Suunshun would simply lie in Song Weizheng's arms and let him control the pace and turn the pages.
Tired of studying, Jiang Suishun tilted her head, leaned on Song Weizheng's elbow, closed her eyes and rested.
Song Weizheng tapped her lightly with a pen and said, "Why are you so generous? You even lend books to others?"
Jiang Suisui closed her eyes and snorted, "When have I ever been ungenerous? For a fairy like me who is gentle, kind and considerate, helping others is a basic operation."
Song Weizheng chuckled: "Seeing that you take the college entrance examination so seriously, I thought you would have a competitive spirit."
Jiang Sui Sui curled her lips lightly: "Actually... I also had that little selfish thought, wanting to hide it from others and study secretly behind closed doors. But think about it, it's not easy for them, they have come here from the city for so many years, and they have no relatives or friends. It's a rare opportunity to wait for such an opportunity, so I'll help them if I can."
Song Wei Zheng smoothed the loose hair that fell on her cheeks, his eyes filled with infinite tenderness.
"But..." Jiang Suisui added, "I will only help people who I think are good. For someone like Sister Xiaoyan, I will lend it to her. If I am asked to lend it to other people, I would not be willing to do so."
Three days later, Jiang Suinsui got up early as usual and prepared to go to Song Weizheng's house to review. Before she had packed, Wang Xiaoyan came to her door.
When Jiang Suinsui saw her holding a few books, he thought she was here to return the books, so he reached out to take them.
However, Wang Xiaoyan handed it back to her with an embarrassed look on her face, as if she had something to hide.
Jiang Suisui took it and asked, "Sister Xiaoyan, what's wrong with you? Did you not finish copying the book? Which book did you not finish copying? If it's really not okay, I'll lend it to you for a few more days."
After hearing this, Wang Xiaoyan felt both grateful and guilty. She gritted her teeth and said, "I'm sorry, Suisui, it's not that we haven't finished copying, but one of the books was damaged by us..."
"Broken?!" Jiang Suisui was surprised and quickly opened it to take a look. "It seems to be fine... Oh, something wrong, it seems that there is a math book missing."
Wang Xiaoyan nodded: "Yes, I'm really sorry! The math book accidentally fell into the water this morning. When we picked it up, it was already wrinkled beyond recognition..."
She took out a stack of manuscript paper from her bosom and handed it to Jiang Sui Sui, saying, "Sui Sui, this is what we copied these days. If you don't mind, you can use this as a replacement. You can see how much the textbook costs, and we will compensate you."
Jiang Suisui frowned after hearing this, but she did not take the manuscript. Instead, she asked, "What about you? Do you have anything else?"
Wang Xiaoyan sighed and said, "I only copied this one. What happened this morning doesn't have time to copy it again. But it's been three days, and we can't delay your progress. Let's think of other ways to see if others have any more information."
Jiang Suisui was also a little helpless. She had not expected Wang Xiaoyan to be so unreliable that she actually destroyed her book. However, seeing her gloomy face and sincere attitude, she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart.
She took the manuscript and flipped through it. It was a thick stack with neat handwriting and neat format. It could be used as a textbook without any problems.
but……
"Forget it..." Jiang Suishun sighed helplessly and said, "Sister Xiaoyan, you can take this manuscript and copy another copy. Give it to me after you're done. It doesn't matter if it's two or three days late. Just be careful not to get into trouble again."
Wang Xiaoyan was surprised and moved after hearing this. She said quickly, "Sui Sui, thank you! Thank you so much! I promise that I will return it to you intact this time!"
After finally sending off Wang Xiaoyan, who kept apologizing and thanking her, Jiang Suisui came to Song Weizheng's house holding her own textbook. As soon as she entered the door, she buried her head in his arms and said in a muffled voice, "Please comfort me... My book was damaged."
Song Weizheng touched her head and said gently, "What's wrong? Let me take a look."
Jiang Sui Sui shook her head and said, "They said it fell into the water and was wrinkled beyond recognition. Sister Xiao Yan wanted to compensate me with the things they had copied, but I saw that it was so thick, and it must have been very hard for them to copy it. It would be tragic to just lose it. I was soft-hearted and refused to take it, and asked them to copy another one."
Song Weizheng frowned slightly and said, "You can use my copy. I have already finished reading it. It doesn't matter whether you read it or not."
"No!" Jiang Suisui raised his head quickly and said, "Comrade Xiao Song! Your foundation is very weak. You need to review and consolidate it more. Don't think that everything will be fine after reading it once."
Jiang Suishun pushed him to the table and said, "Study hard and be careful not to be arrogant or impatient, okay?"
Song Wei Zheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Recently, Jiang Sui Sui had been keeping a close eye on his studies. Even if he got all the questions right and answered them fluently, she was still worried. She always felt that his foundation was weak and he couldn't relax for a moment. For the first time, Song Wei Zheng felt the sweetness of a slight burden.
On the other side, Wang Xiaoyan took the manuscript paper back to the educated youth site. Zheng Qing and Li Xianghong breathed a sigh of relief after hearing about Jiang Shuinsui's concession, and hurriedly picked up the manuscript paper and started copying again.
Zheng Qing copied quickly while saying bitterly, "It's all that damn Zhou Qiang's fault. He actually sneaked into our room and stole the books! I'm so upset that I didn't have time to beat him up this morning!"
Li Xianghong was also very angry this time: "We already said that we would lend it to everyone after we copied it, how could he do such a thing?!"
Wang Xiaoyan looked exhausted. "He is just that kind of person, selfish and self-centered. He always thinks of himself first. Fortunately, only one book was lost this time. Let's copy it first and talk about it later."
Zheng Qing: "After I finish copying it this time, I won't lend it to him. We have already agreed that no one can lend it to him! Even if he kneels down and begs you, you can't lend it to him! I am so mad!"
Wang Xiaoyan and Li Xianghong didn't say anything, obviously tacitly agreeing. They didn't care even if they were accused of being selfish this time, Zhou Qiang really annoyed them!
It turned out that the three of them had been copying books behind closed doors for the past three days, planning to share them with everyone after they were done. Somehow Zhou Qiang found out about it and yelled at them to just borrow the textbooks and take turns using them, saying otherwise they were extremely selfish.
The three of them suppressed their anger and ignored him, but who would have thought that before dawn this morning, when everyone was still fast asleep, Zhou Qiang actually sneaked into the house!
Wang Xiaoyan was a light sleeper and was awakened by the noise of him climbing through the window. She opened her eyes and saw a dark shadow at the window. She was so frightened that she screamed, which also woke up Zheng Qing and Li Xianghong who were standing beside her.
When Zhou Qiang was discovered, he grabbed a book on the table and ran away in panic.
The three men ran out in their coats and shoes to chase him. When they reached the river, Zheng Qing simply picked up his shoes and threw them at him.
Zhou Qiang was hit so hard that he felt dizzy and stumbled, and was caught red-handed.
However, even so, he still refused to return the book and shouted that he would let the whole village see how selfish they were and how they took good things and refused to share them.
Zheng Qing was so angry that he went up and started tearing the book apart. As a result, during the tearing, Zhou Qiang accidentally dropped the book into the river!
The book was gone, and Wang Xiaoyan and the others looked like they were about to hit someone. Zhou Qiang saw that the situation was not good, so he quickly slipped away.