So he added, "Yes, Yang, to be honest, the quota for the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University is supposed to be given to the town every year. Who gets it and who doesn't, let alone us, often even the town mayor can't decide. It's decided by higher-ups."
"Look, you want this? Aren't you making things difficult for us? We couldn't get this even if you killed us!"
Yang Wanqiu also knew that in the first few years, it was difficult to get a spot in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. After all, going to university meant getting a job, and they were all good jobs in offices or government departments.
So the two of them weren't just playing games with her; it's just that things have gotten to this point, and she definitely can't stay in this village any longer, or she'll be drowned in their spittle.
So after thinking for a moment, Yang Wanqiu compromised and said, "I'm not trying to make things difficult for you, but how can I, a young woman, stay here after things have turned out like this? Aren't you forcing me to die?"
As she spoke, Yang Wanqiu threw herself onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and began to sob.
Shen Hongmei chimed in, "Yes, Captain Shen, I shouldn't be interfering as an outsider, but you all know how important reputation is to a young woman."
Now those two children have ruined Wanqiu like this; practically her body has been seen by most of the village. If she doesn't leave, how is she supposed to live?"
Shen Hongmei stayed behind on purpose. From the time the incident occurred until now, Shen Hongmei has been staying by Yang Wanqiu's side every step of the way, citing the fear that Yang Wanqiu might do something rash. She even accompanied her to the town's police station to report the case.
Of course, Shen Hongmei didn't genuinely care about Yang Wanqiu. She wished Yang Wanqiu would just hang herself, so she could use the incident to her advantage.
Yes, Shen Hongmei wanted to use this incident to her advantage and gain some benefits. Even if she couldn't return to the city directly like Yang Wanqiu, the person involved, it shouldn't be too difficult to change to another brigade!
Shen Hongmei hoped things would escalate as much as possible, but Shen Baogen and Accountant Wang did not want Yang Wanqiu to get into trouble at this time.
To be honest, if it hadn't escalated to the point of involving the police, Yang Wanqiu could have simply hanged herself out of the unbearable humiliation. They would have always found a way to cover it up.
But that won't work now. If Yang Wanqiu dies now, Wang Dani and Wang Zhuang will really be unable to get out.
They were all children he had watched grow up, so how could Shen Baogen bear to part with them, let alone Accountant Wang?
At this moment, he truly regretted why he couldn't resist the temptation. If he hadn't provoked Yang Wanqiu, would this situation have occurred today?
But he really couldn't get that worker-peasant-soldier quota, so all this usually shrewd man could do now was squat on the ground, burying his face in his hands and weeping bitterly.
So, in Yang Wanqiu's little house, one person was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed) covering their face and pretending to cry, while the other was squatting on the ground holding their head and crying for real. For a while, the little house was quite lively.
If it weren't for the inappropriate setting, Shen Hongmei would have really felt the urge to roll her eyes.
Shen Baogen was genuinely anxious and offered some advice from the side: "Young Yang, no matter how hard you try, even if you force Accountant Wang to his death, he still won't get the worker-peasant-soldier quota. But I can think of a way to get the quota for returning to the city. Do you think it'll work?"
You have to understand that back then, a single spot to return to the city was something that educated youth would fight tooth and nail for, and it was the most powerful decision the brigade leader could make. Even so, you had to give gifts to the brigade leader to get it, so Shen Baogen had to go to great lengths to secure it.
But Yang Wanqiu was not satisfied. You see, people like her who return to the city are basically those who have retired due to illness. How will she live without a job or family in the city?
There are still seven or eight years until the resumption of the college entrance examination and the reform and opening up. She only has so much money. In the past two years, she has been able to earn some work points in the countryside and receive some grain every year.
But what will she do if she goes back to the city? How will she earn a living? Will she just marry anyone? She's not willing to accept that.
Having been reborn, Yang Wanqiu is ambitious and always wants to find a rich and powerful man based on her experience from her previous life, even if he can't be rich now, he can become rich in the future.
However, she first ran into a wall with He Chaoyang, then suffered a loss with Shen Wenge, and later took a fancy to the son of an elderly couple who had been sent to a cowshed, who later became a well-known entrepreneur.
In an effort to please the elderly couple, she even gave them the white rice and flour that she herself was reluctant to eat. However, she was met with the couple's whispers behind her back, saying that she was foolish and that she should never marry someone like that, otherwise all her family's wealth would be squandered by such a simpleton.
These words enraged Yang Wanqiu, who went straight into the cowshed where the old couple lived. In front of the bewildered couple, she took away all the blankets, clothes, food, and drinks she had given them, and from then on, she never helped the old couple again.
That's why she later set her sights on Accountant Wang. Now that she's paid such a high price, she's certainly not willing to just exchange it for a quota to return to the city.
So after the brigade leader made this suggestion, Yang Wanqiu just lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) and sobbed without responding.
Wang, the accountant, seemed to have been inspired. He stopped crying and spoke with hope in his eyes: "Wanqiu, just like the brigade leader said, I really can't get a spot at the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University, but how about you look at the military service spots?"
"Like Wang Wenfang did with the military enlistment quota, could I ask my brother-in-law to get you one?"
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