Bai Ruozhen returned home, put down his things, and went to share the good news with Feng Qiujuan and Zhao Laidie. Unexpectedly, they all knew about it. After asking, he found out that one of the male educated youth next door was from Beijing. His family found out about it and sent textbooks and other books to him.
"I never thought that I could really take the college entrance examination in my life. Thanks to Zhenzhen for advising us to study hard before." Feng Qiujuan and Zhao Laidie have not had an easy time in the past two years. After all, they are already 22 years old this year. Whether it is lifelong events or their future, their families are worried about them. If their family members in the city did not give up on them and sent them some things from time to time, and if the environment here is not bad, and the two of them have the idea of returning to the city, they dare not think about how they can persevere.
However, Zhu Guixia, who returned to the city earlier, is said to be married now and is living a good life.
Bai Ruozhen said cheerfully, "Isn't this the end of hardship finally coming? Let's all strive to get into university."
Zhao Lai Di's face was full of smiles. "Pang Hui just received the letter today and he's already started making a fuss at the educated youth center. Now everyone's thinking about taking the college entrance exam."
When Bai Ruozhen told them what Gu Changqing said, they thought it was completely impossible. However, they still believed Bai Ruozhen and used their books to review their lessons whenever they had free time. Now that they heard that the college entrance examination was coming, they were not as panicked as other people.
"Thank you, Zhenzhen." Feng Qiujuan said with tears in her eyes, "If it weren't for you, we would probably be as clueless as everyone else."
Bai Ruozhen looked at the two of them. Time had flown by so quickly. They had gone to the countryside in 1973, and now it was 1977. They had come together, but their outcomes were so different. She couldn't help but feel fortunate that Feng Qiujuan and Zhu Guixia had insisted on not marrying. Otherwise, if they had, and if they had gotten into university, wouldn't they have been separated from their husbands and children? After all, not every family in the countryside had the same luxury as the Gu family, and they simply couldn't afford to support their entire family in the city. Furthermore, not many educated youth could return to the city these days, let alone those with registered residence in the countryside. Moving to the city was harder than climbing to the sky.
"We're just friends, what's there to thank for?" Bai Ruozhen couldn't help but think of Li Aihong when he thought about the college entrance examination. "Is Sister Aihong still going to college?"
Feng Qiujuan shook her head. "I don't know. Maybe she doesn't know about this yet." She frowned as she spoke. "Sister Aihong and Brother Dahe have a good relationship. If she passes the exam, what will they do? But I heard that Sister Aihong used to be a good student. I'm afraid she'll regret it if she doesn't take the exam."
Bai Ruozhen sighed, not knowing what to say. He only asked, "Do you have enough review materials? If you're studying science, I can give you my copy."
"Really?" Feng Qiujuan said happily, "I'm going to take the science exam, but Lai Di is also taking the arts exam. Are you taking the arts exam too?"
Bai Ruozhen pursed his lips and smiled, "I wanted to study science before, but I couldn't learn anything, so I tried studying liberal arts. I didn't expect that I could memorize things quite quickly, so I decided to study liberal arts."
"Well, thank you first." Feng Qiujuan said happily.
As they were talking, there was a knock on the door. Bai Ruozhen looked up and saw someone sticking his head in. "Bai Ruozhen, can I come in?"
Bai Ruozhen looked at Wei Nan, who was grinning awkwardly at the door, in surprise. "This is not my house now. There's no need to ask me."
Looking at Wei Nan, the resentment in her heart didn't diminish in the slightest. She had never been a generous person, and she would probably never forget what Wei Nan had done. There's a saying, "As long as you're not living as well as I am, I'm quite happy." This was vaguely what Bai Ruozhen was thinking.
However, she didn't have a penchant for taking advantage of others' misfortunes. She simply disliked Wei Nan. As much as she liked him before, she now hated him. Furthermore, when she came to Xiahe Village, she often came to talk to them. Zhao Lai Di, in particular, told her a lot of village gossip, most of which was probably about Wei Nan.
Wei Nan divorced Li Ming and married Wang Qiang, a villager with her child. However, Wang Qiang was also a lazy man with a reputation for beating his wife, and Wei Nan's life had been difficult for the past two years. Although Li Ming lived in the countryside, his family still cared about him and eventually sent the child to the city. Wei Nan's life with Wang Qiang was miserable, and rumors circulated that she had recently hooked up with Li Ming. The trio's affairs were a joke in the village. Wei Nan, having given up on her own, no longer cared about what others said.
Bai Ruozhen looked at Wei Nan, wondering why she came here. She probably wanted to borrow review materials, but she didn't intend to give them to her.
Wei Nan didn't get angry when Bai Ruozhen didn't ask him to come in. Instead, he smiled and asked Feng Qiujuan, "Qiujuan, can I come in?"
Feng Qiujuan didn't want to let her in, but she nodded anyway.
"You know that you are not welcome, so why did you come in?" Zhao Lai Di curled her lips and confronted Wei Nan directly.
Wei Nan paused, chuckled twice, then came in, sat down on the edge of the kang, and looked at Bai Ruozhen, "Zhenzhen, um, I have something I'd like to ask you for help with."
Bai Ruozhen said nothing.
"That's right..." Wei Nan saw that she didn't say anything, so he said with a determined heart, "I heard that the college entrance examination will be reinstated. You see, we can't buy review materials here. Can you help us buy some review materials?"
"You guys?" Bai Ruozhen looked up at her, "Who are you referring to?"
Wei Nan's face flushed immediately, "It's me..."
Bai Ruozhen smiled slightly, "It's a pity that I don't have any review materials."
"I know Gu Changqing is capable, he will definitely be able to get it." Wei Nan said anxiously, "Can you ask him to help me buy a set? I want to go to university."
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