The journey back was far more arduous than the journey there.
As soon as Chu Yu boarded the train, she took out her physics book and started doing practice problems. She had already mastered most of the physics formulas in the past few days, and doing practice problems would give her the feel of the college entrance exam.
Even if you can't find her, it doesn't matter. The students in 1983 had poor foundations, and the school teachers were just figuring things out as they went along. They might not be able to do as well as her.
While she was doing practice problems, Zhou Fangchun was also going through an extremely difficult time.
Mao Guangyu had been away on a business trip for three days and had just returned home half an hour ago. Zhou Fangchun hadn't had a chance to tell him about Chu Yu going to study at Dezhong.
Mao Guangyu wanted to marry Chu Yu to Qiu Jiadong, and Zhou Jian'an tacitly approved of this. If things really escalated, they could settle the matter privately with Zhou Jian'an's signature, and they wouldn't have to take any responsibility.
Zhou Chunfang had planned everything, but she never expected that Chu Yu would go to Dezhong to study as a temporary student!
A street vendor is easy to control, but a high school senior from a prestigious school is not someone they can easily manipulate!
If the matter escalates and the school intervenes to find the person, will they give it to them or not?
People in the education system are all old-fashioned and stubborn. The principal of Dezhong Middle School is the secretary's mentor and has a lot of prestige in Deyang.
Many of the students in Mao Xia's elite class had parents who held important positions in Deyang, positions and powers that Mao Guangyu could not match.
Zhou Fangchun prides herself on being an official's wife in Zhoujia Village, but when she gets to Deyang High School, she's nothing special. She even has to keep a low profile at parent-teacher meetings. If Chu Yu really wants to transfer to study there, things will be very complicated!
Zhou Fangchun also had another concern, which was about her daughter, Mao Xia.
Mao Xia was not good at science subjects. Her homeroom teacher suggested that she study humanities, and Mao Xia herself felt that studying humanities would be easier.
However, Mao Guangyu's superior's children all studied science, and the secretary's son also chose science. He believed that Mao Xia had a good chance of being assigned to the top class with them.
Mao Guangyu couldn't possibly let go of such a good opportunity to get closer to Mao Xia, so he forced Mao Xia to switch to science!
Science was not Mao Xia's forte, and even though Zhou Fangchun often enrolled her in tutoring classes, she still struggled to keep up.
The final exam for the second year of high school was easy, and Mao Xia ranked third in the grade. Zhou Fangchun boasted about it for a long time. Mao Xia's grades made Mao Guangyu very proud among his colleagues at work, and Mao Guangyu's attitude towards his daughter improved a lot.
Once Mao Guangyu was told about Chu Yu's transfer to Dezhong Middle School, he would inevitably bring up Mao Xia's grades. Mao Guangyu had always looked down on Chu Yu, and knowing that his daughter was being completely overshadowed by Chu Yu, he was naturally not in a good mood.
Zhou Fangchun didn't know how to start the conversation. With a heavy heart, she ladled out a bowl of porridge and handed it to Mao Guangyu. Mao Guangyu rolled up his shirt sleeves and glanced at her.
"How's the matter with Zhou Chuyu going?"
Just what I feared most has come to pass!
Zhou Fangchun picked all the meat into his bowl and smiled ingratiatingly: "There was a little accident. Qiu Jiadong seems to have taken a liking to Chu Yu and went to Chu Yu's stall to harass her. A friend of Chu Yu's beat up Qiu Jiadong to stand up for her."
"What!" Mao Guangyu's expression suddenly changed.
He was too low-ranking to climb the social ladder by marrying into the municipal party secretary's family; the Qiu family was the most powerful family he could get close to!
The Qiu family has a deep presence in Deyang, and Qiu Jiadong is their only son, the young master they cherish. Yet, he was beaten by a hooligan who appeared out of nowhere.
“Don’t worry, listen to me. I chatted with Qiu Jiadong for a bit and suggested that Chu Yu introduce him to him. Qiu Jiadong was quite happy and said that we’re all family now, so your business is his business!” Zhou Fangchun said.
Mao Guangyu's expression softened slightly. Seeing this, Zhou Fangchun told him about Chu Yu's transfer to study at the middle school. Mao Guangyu was not as furious as Zhou Fangchun had imagined. In fact, Mao Guangyu thought it was quite good that Zhou Chuyu could go to Dezhong.
The Qiu family has high standards; if their daughter-in-law is a country girl without a diploma, the Qiu family may not say it outright, but they will definitely look down on her behind her back.
Chu Yu is going to Germany to study, and if she can get into university in the future, even if she doesn't go after getting married, she will still be very proud to talk about it!
Qiu Jiadong is unreliable, but with a wife like this keeping him in check, the Qiu family should naturally be grateful to him!
Chu Yu is only 18 years old and has no family background to rely on. What kind of trouble can she cause?
A girl from the countryside who is good at studying but comes from a poor family is not much different from any other girl from a poor family. Moreover, Zhou Jian'an is in the same boat as him, so Mao Guangyu is not worried at all that Chu Yu will be out of control!
"Don't stop her from going to school. Shu Hui has been living with her second brother since her divorce, and she must be struggling financially. If she runs into trouble and can't afford it, won't your niece come begging to you? As long as we seize the opportunity to ask, we're not afraid she won't agree."
Zhou Fangchun had intended to cover for her daughter, and seeing that he didn't mention the grades, she quickly served Mao Guangyu some food, thus glossing over the matter.
Mao Guangyu made the mistake of underestimating the enemy. Although Chu Yu did not have a family background, she knew that this crackdown was no ordinary one.
Qiu Jiadong might have gotten away with harassing women in the street, but he was practically courting death by leading the creation of the Iron Rod Gang!
This person will be dealt with sooner or later. Pulling out the radish brings out the mud. Can Mao Guangyu escape unscathed?
Zhou Fangchun can still enjoy being an official's wife for now, but once Qiu Jiadong is made an example of, her life in the Mao family will become much harder.
The passing trains were not as fast as the direct trains, and the trains stopped in other cities for more than three hours in between.
The train finally pulled into Deyang Railway Station at noon the following day.
There were many people getting off the train at the station. Chu Yu was so afraid of missing a single package that she kept her nerves on edge until all five packages were unloaded from the train. Only then did she finally breathe a sigh of relief.
No wonder there's an information gap these days. A journey that can take one or two days, with round-trip tickets costing forty or fifty yuan! It's really not worth the trouble to double your money like that. Chu Yu originally planned to sell both the skirt and jeans for 30 yuan each, but now she's decided to raise the price to 35 yuan!
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