For Gao Hongyuan, the period after the exams felt like an eternity.
Although he saw Gu Xinyi during the afternoon exam, he failed to gain her forgiveness.
However, thanks to his shamelessness in following Gu Xinyi closely, he finally learned where the mother and daughter were currently living.
From then on, Gao Hongyuan would arrive early almost every day and not leave until nightfall.
Gradually, Gu Xinyi began to sense his determination and remorse.
However, when Gu Xinyi learned that Tian Mi had also applied to a university in Beijing, she still felt a sense of unease.
During this period, she called Chen Shuning, hoping to get advice from her friend.
After all, divorce is no small matter, especially for Xue'er, who grew up in this era where children of divorced parents often face discrimination.
Chen Shuning's advice was also not to get a divorce lightly.
First of all, everything is for the sake of the children. Secondly, Chen Shuning felt that it was better to investigate this matter thoroughly, since she firmly believed that Gao Hongyuan was definitely not the kind of person who would be fickle or easily bored.
Of course, these were all deductions made by Chen Shuning based on the description of the male protagonist in the original work. She really didn't want to see her good friend lose Gao Hongyuan, a man described by the author as one of a kind in the world, so easily.
In the end, Gu Xinyi listened to Chen Shuning's advice and made up her mind to give Gao Hongyuan another chance.
Because Chen Shuning had already informed his acquaintances before the college entrance examination, Chen Shuan, Chen Shuzhu, and the others, who hadn't yet returned to the city, also started reviewing early and took the exam.
Since it was the off-season for farming, everyone took leave and went home to wait for the final results.
With Chen Shu'an's three children, plus Chen Shuning's two, and the children of Chen Jianguo, Chen Shumei, and others, the small courtyard where the Chen family lived was filled with children's laughter and joy. The originally crowded courtyard was filled with the sounds of children playing.
The Chen sisters, Chen Shuning and Chen Shuan, sat on the warm kang (heated brick bed), leisurely cracking sunflower seeds and chatting idly.
"Sister Shu'an, my mother told me that my second aunt wanted to retire early a few years ago so that you could be transferred back to the city."
But you, stubbornly refusing to leave, insist on staying in that desolate Northwest for so many more years! Why do you do this to yourself?
Although Chen Shuzhu's assigned rural post was also in the Northwest, it was at least on the Loess Plateau, unlike the desolate and bleak northern Xinjiang where Chen Shu'an went.
Even Chen Shuzhu herself felt that life in the countryside was like an eternity, let alone in the northern frontier where Chen Shuan was.
It is said that whenever herders drive their livestock to migrate, not a single person can be seen within a hundred miles.
Chen Shuzhu simply couldn't understand how Chen Shuan had managed to survive in that kind of place for so many years.
This is also why Chen Shuzhu has never considered getting married even after several years of working in the countryside; she is determined to return to the city.
So when Chen Shuning sent her high school textbooks, saying that the country might reinstate the college entrance examination and that she might be able to take this opportunity to return to the city, Chen Shuzhu studied hard from dawn till dusk, hoping to seize this opportunity to return to the city.
When the exam papers were handed out, Chen Shuzhu felt that her efforts over the past six months had not been in vain, as she knew all the answers to the questions on the paper.
She also applied to schools in Beijing. If everything goes smoothly, she might not have to return to the Northwest region and could go directly to school after the New Year.
Upon hearing this, Chen Shu'an could only smile wryly and say, "Life in the Northwest is tough, but it's also full of fun."
But the vast grasslands there are breathtakingly beautiful. Your brother-in-law took so many photos of me and the kids; I'll definitely show them to you and Xin sometime."
Her decision not to return was actually made after careful consideration.
Over the years, the family has been carefully taken care of by the eldest brother and Shuning.
Shuning, in particular, not only bought a house for her family, but also set up a business for her siblings.
To be fair, given her father's honest and simple nature, without the He family's connections, he probably wouldn't have been able to rise to his current position so smoothly.
However, as the older sister, she was unable to contribute anything to the family.
She felt too embarrassed to ask her mother to retire early so that she could return to the city sooner.
And then there's his wife, who can't even take care of herself. Although she could come back with the child first, she wouldn't feel comfortable leaving him alone.
So after careful consideration, she decided to stay in northern Xinjiang. She never expected to have such an opportunity. After receiving the textbooks from Shuning, she and her husband studied diligently. They thought they should be able to go home smoothly this time.
Thinking of home, Chen Shu'an thought of the house that Chen Shuning had bought for him. Although his sister said that he bought it early and didn't spend much money, such a big house must be worth more than 10,000 yuan now.
And his younger sister was just given to him like that. And then he thought about his in-laws' place, which was just a tiny little house near the building materials factory, and those brothers fought tooth and nail over it.
Back then, the child's father was already a formal employee of the steel factory. It wasn't a job that his family paid for; he got the job himself.
It was because of his second son, who happened to fall ill just before he was to be sent to the countryside, that he gave up his job to go to the countryside in his place. But when he learned that his family might be coming back, he was the first one to object.
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