That night, Xiaojiu had a series of dreams, all about her grandmother. She even saw her grandmother come to say goodbye.
"My dear Jiu'er, I can't wait for you anymore. I'm going first. Eat well, be good, and grow up healthy. I'm watching over you from heaven!"
When she woke up, she was covered in sweat, her heart was pounding, and she felt a sense of loss and panic she had never experienced before.
She touched her heart and felt inexplicably panicked. When she stood up and walked around, her legs felt weak.
"What happened? Grandma, she..." Her voice choked with emotion.
She didn't know what to do, so she quickly took out the photos she had developed over the past few days, including some taken in the past, which included many photos of her family and sisters. She looked through them one by one, and whenever she saw her grandmother, tears would uncontrollably stream down her face.
She understood, and held the photo with a sense of loss.
"Grandma, don't worry, your little baby will grow up healthy and strong."
She placed her grandmother's photo on a table, laid out her favorite snacks and dishes, lit an incense stick, kowtowed repeatedly while weeping sadly, and sat there until dawn.
Composing herself, she first went to help out in the cafeteria before starting a busy day of studying, trying to numb her sorrow and anxiety in this way.
The school will be on winter break from December 24th to January 8th. Before that, a survey on student performance was conducted. After the break, students will need to review for a while and take exams again, because there will be a spring break from March 19th to March 31st, and the new school year will begin on April 1st.
During her two-week winter break, while others celebrated Christmas and the New Year, she had nothing to do.
Even though they already knew that Kumiko was online, the two didn't dare to have too much contact and continued to do their own things.
After the holiday started, Xiao Jiu didn't stay idle. Since she couldn't stay at school anyway, she went out and wandered around.
Based on the port map provided by Wu Yong and the main stockpiles of supplies in each area, she spent several days infiltrating the port in different personas to make more detailed records of the changes.
It has to be said that there are a lot of things here. Clothing, food, housing and transportation are the most common supplies. Military reserves, rare metals, medicinal materials and biological research, various industrial chemical raw materials and luxury goods are the key objects of the port's protection.
Only by looking and not touching, and by learning more and observing more, can you gain a better grasp of the subject matter.
She didn't think that having space meant everything would be fine, since the military had already taken over the area.
After she finished drawing the entire floor plan, she began to draw detailed maps of each area, even including the guards' shift change times, which she also recorded.
During the day, they could only observe from a distance; only at night did they dare to approach closely to probe the truth.
During this time, she saw ferries bound for China, which were all exported to the coastal areas of Shandong Province in my country.
Actually, it's not impossible for her to sneak back home, but it would require too much time to figure out how to hide, and there would be a significant risk involved.
She came from a military academy, so now she's an unregistered resident in China. She doesn't have a letter of introduction anywhere, which is troublesome.
Most importantly, she dared not go back. It was a sensitive time, and who knew if her appearance would cause trouble for her family?
All I could do was stand on high ground, gaze towards the direction of my motherland, and solemnly kowtow, silently bidding my grandmother farewell one last time.
After New Year's Day, the graduating class of senior high school students began preparing for the college entrance examination. The junior high school students will also be graduating soon. Every day, many students and parents are busy going back and forth at the school, consulting about college applications, and sometimes even giving gifts when filling out the application.
She naturally had no one to arrange things for her, so she had to rely on her own abilities.
After attending classes for two weeks in March, the final exams for the second year of high school began.
This exam is crucial for the senior year class reshuffle, so she put in her best effort.
The results were announced before the spring break, and unsurprisingly, she was admitted to the science class of Senior Three.
During spring break, she went to a Christian church but did not see the nun she had met last time.
So she took the opportunity to ask and learned that a nun had indeed gone abroad for further studies before New Year's Day and had not yet returned.
Although Xiao Jiu was surprised that even a nun could go abroad for further studies, she felt reassured.
Hopefully, all the clues Wu Yong obtained at the cost of his life will come in handy.
She went to the site of the spy school she had blown up again, and wow, she never expected it to have been razed to the ground.
They took everything that was supposed to be taken, and now they've opened a new school somewhere else.
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In the summer of 1968, Tang Cuiju, who had been on leave without pay, obtained a college diploma in accounting. After graduating from the two-year program, she returned to her original unit and was directly transferred to a larger post office, where she became an accountant in the finance department and sat in an office. She no longer had to do manual labor on the front line.
At that moment, she realized that knowledge truly can change one's destiny.
Her household registration has now been properly and legitimately implemented.
Tao An graduated from university smoothly and was assigned to the Municipal Academy of Agricultural Sciences, while his girlfriend Gao Mingxia was assigned to the Municipal Bureau of Animal Husbandry.
Tang Cuilian and Ji Yang's relationship continued. They met occasionally over the years and maintained correspondence.
Cuixiang was eventually won over by Huangfu Biao's persistence and brought him home during the Spring Festival of 1968, formally introducing him to her family.
The couple plans to get married on National Day, and their sisters have already started making arrangements for them.
Huangfu Biao has a house allocated by the Luoshi Transportation Bureau, and after the New Year, he took Tang Cuixiang back to Qingdao to visit his elders.
With her delicate features and seemingly gentle and taciturn personality, she surprisingly won the approval of the entire Huangfu family.
Perhaps because they have many children, people don't care which city the couple lives in.
“Los Angeles is a great city. It used to be where the emperor lived, and it’s famous throughout the country. It’s good for you to develop your career there.”
Yuan Yuan also graduated from university that year. All graduates had to go to remote grassroots military units for training.
So, on May Day, she and Tao Zui held a simple wedding.
At the wedding, all of Xiaojiu's high school and college classmates were present, and everyone reminisced about the days when they struggled together.
Even Zhu Hongqi, whom they hadn't seen in a long time, came to offer her blessings to Yuanyuan.
She came this time mainly to meet Xiaojiu's family, together with Zhou Shengnan, who had been assigned to the communications department of the front-line troops last year.
They returned the remaining money on the spot and offered their blessings.
Gao Mingxia, Peng Juan, and Pang Weiwei all work in Los Angeles now.
As Tao An's current girlfriend, Gao Mingxia led them to the event to offer their blessings.
After all, Yuan Yuan used to be in the same dormitory as them, and out of that friendship, she should be there to attend the ceremony.
Tao Qing has won Li Chunqing's approval through her own efforts.
However, because the troubles from the previous failed marriage have not yet been resolved, marriage has not been put on the agenda for the time being.
Tao Changyi and Zhao Lingli had met many times. As for this strong-willed but still sincere second-marriage daughter-in-law, he didn't particularly like her, but he didn't dislike her either.
Although she is no worse than Yuan Yuan and Gao Mingxia, and even more outstanding, who wouldn't want their son to find a first marriage partner?
It was only because they didn't have to live together, and because Tao Qing insisted, that they agreed to their marriage.
Of course, these flaws and dissatisfactions are only discussed in private; in front of the daughter-in-law, one must be very polite.
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