When Song's mother came to ask if Song Ling could come to her house to study for the exam together, she explained the reason, but she didn't explain it clearly at the time. Wen Ruan thought she should ask her again to find out what was going on.
It turns out it was all because of the set of textbooks that Wen Ruan had sent back back then.
When the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination was announced, the whole brigade was in an uproar, especially the educated youth who had been sent to the countryside.
After receiving the news and going through a brief period of frenzy, the educated youth faced a new problem: with only two months left before the official exam, could they catch up on the lessons they had neglected for many years in such a short time?
Everyone started studying as fast as they could, but embarrassingly, the entire brigade could only gather five sets of high school textbooks.
Those educated youth whose families were able to afford it had already obtained a set from their families, leaving only some students who really had no other choice but to take turns copying the textbooks to study.
In the end, there were still more than 20 people without textbooks, and those few sets of textbooks pieced together were undoubtedly a drop in the ocean.
At that time, whoever had textbooks and review materials was the most popular person in the whole brigade. Everyone wanted to get along with him and hoped to borrow the books to copy.
Because of what happened to Jin Hua last time, Song Ling felt really sad. With Wen Ruan's encouragement and advice, she stopped going out much and started studying at home every day, following Wen Ruan's advice.
When she heard the news that the college entrance examination had been reinstated, Song Ling was shocked and excited. She became even more determined to listen to her sister-in-law's advice in the future, so she studied even harder and stayed at home every day.
Mr. and Mrs. Miao were delighted to see their daughter working so hard. They hadn't really agreed when Song Ling dropped out of high school, but they reluctantly gave in when they saw that she really couldn't concentrate on her studies.
Now that her daughter has finally learned to be ambitious and has such a great opportunity, she is giving her full support.
Everything was going well, but somehow, word got out that Song Ling had a complete set of high school textbooks and reference materials.
You should know that in the brigade, this was a very big deal. Every day, a steady stream of people would come to the door wanting to borrow books.
Song Ling originally thought that since there were so many books, she couldn't possibly read them all at the same time, so she could lend out a few first and then exchange them back later.
But while lending out books is easy, getting them back is difficult. Some people, after receiving the books, would delay when they came to ask for them back, and some even hid them, which infuriated Song Ling.
In the end, it was Uncle Song who asked the brigade leader to personally intervene. He went to the educated youth compound and spent a lot of time getting the book back.
He also announced that the book would no longer be lent out...
This caused quite a stir. You see, the reference books that Wen Ruan gave to Song Ling were extremely difficult to buy. It is said that when educated youth from high-ranking cadre families received textbooks from their families, there was only one of these books in the mail, making them very difficult to collect.
There was a lot of discussion in the brigade. Some sensible educated youth expressed their understanding and agreement, while others said that some people had really gone too far.
But many people blamed Uncle Song's family, feeling that they were heartless, which made Miao Cuihua very angry during those days.
However, thinking that Song Ling had to take an exam, he kept his temper in his heart and did not go to her door.
But there are always those shameless people who come to your door. Jin Hua took advantage of Song Ling being home alone to visit her, and his words were all aimed at advising Song Ling not to be so selfish.
If you have textbooks or supplementary materials, bring them out and use them together.
Miao Cuihua, who was preparing to go home to cook lunch, witnessed this and assumed that Jin Hua was still entangled with Song Ling.
When he went up to him and heard such shameless words, he was so angry that he picked up his pickaxe and was about to hit him.
Fortunately, Jin Hua dodged quickly and was not injured. Otherwise, let alone taking the college entrance examination, if he had actually been hit, he would probably have been bedridden for several months.
The matter should have ended there, but the brigade leader's wife was unreasonable and came to make a scene, saying that Miao Cuihua had frightened her son-in-law.
Her son-in-law is from the city, a future college graduate, and will be bringing his daughter back to the city to enjoy a life of luxury. He's very precious. What if Miao Cuihua hurts him like this?
No one knows how Jin Hua learned those words at home, but the brigade leader's wife and Wu Qingqing came to his door directly, implying that Song Ling was after Jin Hua and was seducing him.
Enraged, Miao Cuihua went outside and started fighting with the brigade leader's wife. In the end, the brigade leader and Uncle Song arrived and quickly separated the two.
After carefully inquiring about the whole story, the brigade leader took his wife home and forbade her from interfering in Wu Qingqing and Jin Hua's affairs. He also issued an ultimatum: if she interfered again, the two would get a divorce.
The team leader's wife was so frightened that she never dared to be so high-profile again. Every day, she would either go to work or go home, and behave herself.
When Jin Hua originally wanted to take the college entrance examination, Wu Qingqing and her mother were not happy about it, because in recent years, there had been cases of educated youth returning to the city and abandoning their wives and daughters.
They were terrified that Jin Hua would abandon Wu Qingqing once he passed the exam, but somehow Jin Hua had bewitched them, changing their minds...
When the brigade leader kicked Wu Qingqing out of her home, the two of them had no choice but to settle down in a small room in the educated youth compound. The brigade leader's wife would come to help them from time to time. Although Jin Hua was not good at farm work and could not earn many work points, they could barely make ends meet.
Especially now that they've started supporting Jin Hua in taking the college entrance exam, the mother and daughter treat him like an emperor, so he can focus entirely on his studies and bring Wu Qingqing to the city to enjoy a comfortable life later.
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Although the matter was eventually resolved and the brigade leader and his wife came to apologize, the aftermath still had some impact on Song Ling.
Especially what the brigade leader's wife said at the door... some gossipy women in the village are still talking about it...
Uncle Song and Miao Cuihua knew that the most important thing right now was Song Ling's college entrance examination. In order to avoid affecting her, they wanted her to go out and avoid the limelight. They also wanted her and Wen Ruan to study more, so they contacted Song's mother.
Wen Ruan was speechless after hearing this. There are always gossipy women everywhere. Song Ling was clearly well-intentioned, but she was the one who got hurt and ended up being the one being gossiped about.
It seems like women are always more vulnerable to being hurt, and the funniest thing is that those who hurt them are often people of the same sex...
Fortunately, Song Ling became even more determined to study hard, get into university, and bring honor to Miao Cuihua and the other woman...
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