In three days, each of the four people picked nearly 600 kilograms of persimmons. Bunches of persimmons hung on the roof and in the yard, which looked very beautiful from a distance.
That morning, just after dinner, the old branch secretary came to the educated youth site.
Jiang Qingzhou saw the old Party Secretary coming and hurried forward to greet him, "Secretary Du, you are here. What's going on in the village?"
The old Party branch secretary smiled and said, "Xiao Jiang, your educated youth camp is truly full of talented people. This time, both spots for the barefoot doctor selection are for your educated youth camp."
Everyone gathered around. Hu Mingyue smiled brightly and asked loudly, "Secretary Du, the results are out! Who passed?"
The old branch secretary smiled, took out a document, handed it to Jiang Qingzhou, and asked everyone to pass it around. After Jiang Qingzhou finished reading it, he handed it to Lin Zishan. Lin Zishan didn't dare to look at it, so she asked Chu Jingqiu to look at it for her.
Chu Jingqiu opened it and took a look. Among the more than 20 people from Qingshan Brigade who took the exam, Qiao Rucheng was first and Lin Zishan was second.
Hu Mingyue was ranked third from the bottom, and the two people admitted must be Qiao Rucheng and Lin Zishan.
Hu Mingyue couldn't wait to take the document from Chu Jingqiu and started to read it. The smile on her face gradually froze and turned hideous in an instant.
She angrily threw the document into Qin Yilan's hand, turned around and ran back to her room.
Chu Jingqiu leaned close to Lin Zishan's ear and whispered the result. Lin Zishan opened her eyes wide and said with joy, "Really?"
After everyone passed the documents around, they all knew that the two people admitted were Qiao Rucheng and Lin Zishan, and they all came forward to congratulate them.
Lin Zishan thanked him with a smile. Qiao Rucheng seemed to have expected that he would pass the exam. He just nodded calmly to express his gratitude.
Du Jianguo tapped his pipe and said earnestly, "Lin Zhiqing and Qiao Zhiqing, starting tomorrow, you two will go to the commune for three months of training. During the training period, each of you will receive a 50-cent daily allowance for food and full work points will be recorded.
You are going there on behalf of our Qingshan Brigade, so you must study hard. This concerns the health of all the villagers, so we cannot be careless at all."
Lin Zishan and Qiao Rucheng both nodded in agreement, saying that they would study hard and live up to the team's expectations of them.
At noon, Lin Zishan cooked a sumptuous lunch herself. Chu Jingqiu also took out a bottle of red wine, and the four of them celebrated well.
Hu Mingyue stayed in the room without eating or drinking for a whole day. Occasionally, one could hear the sound of things being thrown and sobbing coming from her room.
Zheng Hongjuan was so scared that she didn't dare to stay in the house, so she ran to Wu Shuangshuang and Qin Yilan's house and stayed there for a whole day.
Chu Jingqiu thought Hu Mingyue would go out to settle accounts with Yu Qingmin at night, but unexpectedly she did not go out.
Yu Qingmin waited for her at the old place for a long time, but she didn't come.
He knew that Hu Mingyue must be angry, and he was also angry. He had just had a fight with his father at home. His father was so angry that he smashed the bowls, and he ran out in anger.
He wandered around the door of the educated youth center for a long time, not daring to go in to look for her. Seeing that it was getting later, he plucked up the courage to knock on the door of the educated youth center.
Jiang Qingzhou heard a knock on the door, so he walked out, walked to the door, and asked, "Who is it?"
Yu Qingmin whispered, "Jiang Zhiqing, it's me, Qingmin. I have something to ask Hu Zhiqing."
Jiang Qingzhou opened the door and let him in. Yu Qingmin walked to Hu Mingyue's door, knocked, and said cautiously, "Is Hu Zhiqing here? I have something to talk to you about. Can you come out for a moment?"
When Hu Mingyue heard Yu Qingmin's voice, she was so angry that she covered herself with the quilt.
Yu Qingmin continued to knock on the door. Hu Mingyue angrily shouted, "Why are you knocking? Are you annoying me? I'm not feeling well. Let's talk about it another day!"
Yu Qingmin saw that the educated youth in the next room came out after hearing the noise. He smiled awkwardly and left dejectedly.
Shi Aihong watched outside for a while, then returned to the room and said mysteriously to a few people, "Yu Qingmin just came to see Hu Mingyue, but was scolded and sent away by Hu Mingyue. Hu Mingyue must be angry with him because she didn't get the position as a barefoot doctor. Do you think they will break up?"
Zhang Pingping looked at Shi Aihong speechlessly. "Aihong, you're such a gossip. I don't think they'll break up. Yu Qingmin has been so captivated by her that he's lost himself. He'll definitely come and ask Hu Mingyue to forgive him. Hu Mingyue is just angry temporarily."
Chu Jingqiu nodded in agreement, "Don't worry, Hu Mingyue has paid so much and still hasn't gotten anything back, how could she let it go so easily? She didn't achieve her goal today, so she's really angry.
She should wait for Yu Qingmin to give her a bargaining chip that satisfies her before she forgives him. If she forgives him easily, if she encounters such a good thing next time, Yu Qingmin will think that he can just coax her and won't care about her anymore. She is just playing a trick of playing hard to get.
Lin Zishan asked doubtfully, "Hu Mingyue and Yu Qingmin are already like that. Do you think Hu Mingyue will marry Yu Qingmin?"
Shi Aihong snorted disdainfully, "She won't marry Yu Qingmin. She used to talk about returning to the city all the time. If she marries Yu Qingmin, she'll be completely rooted in the countryside, and it will definitely be difficult for her to return to the city."
The four girls chatted about gossip for a while and then went to Lin Zishan's room to help her pack her things.
Lin Zishan was going to training the next day. Chu Jingqiu gave her a pen and a notebook; Zhang Pingping gave her a bottle of ink; Shi Aihong gave her a bottle of shampoo and a bar of soap.
Lin Zishan felt particularly warm. These sisters were so nice to her. She planned to give each of them a gift in return when she came back at the weekend.
Chu Jingqiu asked her to ride her own bicycle, but Lin Zishan refused, saying, "I only come back once a week, so I don't need to ride a bicycle. I can just take the ox cart. If you have anything to do, a bicycle would be more convenient."
Early the next morning, the three girls helped Lin Zishan carry her luggage and put her on the ox cart. Qiao Rucheng was already sitting on the ox cart. He helped Lin Zishan put her luggage away, and then the two of them took the ox cart to go for training.
When they returned to the educated youth site, they found a piece of paper pasted on the wall at the entrance of the brigade office. Shi Aihong walked over to take a look and found it was a notice to identify the body. Chu Jingqiu hadn't had time to inquire about it in the past few days, and didn't know whether Director Gu and the others had found out the true identity of the corpse.
She also didn't know how accurate the portrait she drew this time was, and whether others could recognize the victim based on the portrait she drew.
Just when they were halfway there, they saw Gu Weimin riding a sidecar motorcycle to the brigade headquarters. When he saw Chu Jingqiu, he quickly waved his hand to ask her to come over.
Chu Jingqiu couldn't wait to ask, "Director Gu, has the victim's identity been confirmed? Has anyone claimed him?"
Gu Weimin nodded. "The victim's identity has been confirmed, thanks to your portrait. You've done another great service."
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