By June, things were getting hot here at Farm 627, and all kinds of fish were available.
It’s not the busy farming season yet, but there’s endless work to do and meetings to attend every day.
They also had to find time to read. The educated youth were busier than the people in the village. In order to get into university, everyone worked hard.
Li Yiling had to review with others every night. Some of the educated youth could not keep up and almost cried.
Lin Xiaofang had to take care of the children and study at the same time. She fell asleep while reading. Yang Zhaozhao woke her up and gave her a cup of bitter coffee, which perked her up.
They drink coffee quietly. When they feel sleepy at night, they will make a cup each. After drinking it, they feel much better.
Sometimes drink strong tea.
Sometimes, Yang Zhaozhao would take out his own energy drink and give each person a cup to share.
Apart from anything else, just because Yang Zhaozhao fed them food and drink in various ways, they were willing to come to Yang Zhaozhao to review.
Moreover, if Yang Zhaozhao felt tired of reading, she would fry French fries, make popcorn, pumpkin pancakes, and sweet potato balls. They had to skip dinner just for this midnight snack.
Naturally, they made a lot of progress in their studies.
If you ask where these things came from, you can tell that they were sent by Li Yiling's rich grandfather, which is a perfect cover-up.
Everyone envies Li Yiling for having a good grandfather.
Li Yiling felt bitter, but he didn't say it.
Lin Xiaofang said: "Li Lihua came to talk to me today and asked me about your news. She said that if I told her, she would give me ten yuan."
Yang Zhaozhao smiled: "Did you take the money?"
Lin Xiaofang shook her head: "I won't tell her, she has bad intentions!"
"Stupid, you took the money and you can say whatever you want. You can't go against money!"
Lin Xiaofang: “…”
“If I try to bribe you next time, don’t miss the opportunity and let her know how dangerous the world is!” Yang Zhaozhao taught Lin Xiaofang how to cheat Li Lihua out of her money.
Lin Xiaofang felt warmed up when she heard this, as if she had missed out on ten thousand dollars.
On June 18th, it was Yang Zhaozhao’s birthday. She prepared a delicious meal and invited Lin Xiaofang, He Wei and his wife, and five other educated youth to have dinner together.
The braised noodles with kidney beans and pork in the evening were very popular.
The red sausage that you never get tired of is eaten without leaving any piece.
There were also braised pork ribs and pork elbows in soy sauce, stewed pork head and ears, and sliced large intestine. It was so delicious that Uncle Wang said he enjoyed it so much.
Yang Zhaozhao also made a cake for herself.
Li Yiling was given the task of stirring the egg liquid, beating it into foam, adding flour, and placing it in the oven in the space. With a ding, the soft cake came out of the oven.
Lin Xiaofang ate the cake and squinted her eyes: "It's delicious, similar to the egg cake I ate once when I was a child, but this tastes better, and there is cream!"
Yang Zhaozhao was very happy when he saw them finish all the cake!
After seeing Lin Xiaofang and the others off, Yang Zhaozhao packed up and prepared to go to bed.
Unexpectedly, Li Yiling was hesitant and looked at him as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, making a lot of small movements.
Yang Zhaozhao smiled: "What's the matter?"
Li Yiling scratched his head. Before he could say anything, his face was already red. He took out a box from his pocket and said, "Birthday present. Happy birthday!"
Yang Zhaozhao was surprised: "When did you prepare it?"
When Yang Zhaozhao opened it, he found it was a Parker pen. Even though it was something from the Friendship Store, the supply and marketing cooperative did not have pens of this brand.
"I bought it when I went to the city last time. I hope you like it." Li Yiling went to the Friendship Store specially and bought a pen.
"Thank you, I like it!" Yang Zhaozhao accepted the gift and thought to himself that when Li Yiling's birthday comes, he should also prepare a gift for him, and it must not be less valuable than this pen.
Glancing at Li Yiling's hand, Yang Zhaozhao knew what she should give.
"As long as you like it, I hope you can get a good grade in the exam by using this pen!"
Yang Zhaozhao nodded, and after returning, he looked at the pen a few more times.
Cui Nai said, "I'll give you a birthday present when we get back to the city. I haven't prepared anything yet. I'm sorry, Zhao Zhao."
"Mrs. Cui, you're too polite. The trust you give me is the best gift. We are family, so we shouldn't have any different opinions." Yang Zhaozhao is not the kind of person who cares about these things.
The college entrance examination is from July 7th to July 9th.
There are still more than ten days left for the educated youth to review more.
It was even more lively here at Yang Zhaozhao's place, with many people and many mosquitoes. Yang Zhaozhao lit a mosquito coil and placed it in the corner. They were curious and asked what it was.
Yang Zhaozhao said: "I bought it at the Friendship Store. They said it was mosquito coils."
The educated youth originally wanted to buy a few pieces to take back, but when they heard about the Friendship Store, all their tenderness was ruined.
Everyone knew that the things in the Friendship Store were not something that poor educated youth like them who had no money and no tickets could buy.
He Wei felt sad for a while every time he bought a bottle of Xi Lu water. If it wasn't for Niu Niu, he wouldn't have bought the Xi Lu water. He would have just gone to the mountain to get some mosquito repellent grass and burned it.
Niu Niu is too young and the smoke is too heavy for the child to bear.
Seeing that Lin Xiaofang liked mosquito coils, Yang Zhaozhao would always ask Lin Xiaofang to take back the unused mosquito coils when she returned, as he would feel embarrassed if he gave Lin Xiaofang too much.
She can only accept mosquito coils that have been used.
Yang Zhaozhao tolerated Lin Xiaofang's awkwardness. If Lin Xiaofang had not helped him in the past, it would have been impossible for her to take advantage of Yang Zhaozhao.
The busy farming season began in July, and Yang Zhaozhao and his classmates’ admission tickets also arrived at the commune.
We all agreed to pick up our admission tickets and see which examination room we were assigned to.
Yang Zhaozhao and Li Yiling were separated and they were not in the same school.
Yang Zhaozhao, Li Lihua, Zhao Wenwen, and He Wei were in the same examination room, while the other educated youth were divided into several other examination rooms.
"The exam is finally here. I want to see how many people in our commune can get into university." After looking at Yang Zhaozhao, Li Lihua smiled and left with Zhao Wenwen.
Li Lihua's meaningful look made Yang Zhaozhao frown.
I always feel that this little girl is going to cause trouble.
After returning, Yang Zhaozhao put the admission ticket in the space to avoid losing it.
Without her admission ticket, she couldn't enter the examination room or take the exam.
The day before the college entrance examination, Lin Xiaofang and her friends came to Yang Zhaozhao's home. When they talked about the exam that day, they felt nervous, excited, and a little uneasy.
Yang Zhaozhao took out some melon seeds and everyone gathered together, drinking boiled water, eating melon seeds, and chatting for a while, so that they could relax and not get too nervous.
Seeing that it was almost nine o'clock, Yang Zhaozhao said, "Let's all go back and rest. We'll meet at the entrance of the village tomorrow. Li Yiling and I have bicycles and can take people. We've also borrowed two bicycles and we'll ride them there."
"Thank you!" He Wei expressed gratitude.
The other five educated youths were also grateful. If it weren't for the selfless help of Yang Zhaozhao and Li Yiling, to be honest, they wouldn't have been able to cope with it so easily.
Everyone went back to have a good rest. Before going to bed, they checked the pens, ink, admission tickets and other things they would need for the exam. After making sure that everything was fine, they went to sleep peacefully.
At six o'clock in the morning, they met at the entrance of the village.
Yang Zhaozhao made some soy milk and poured a cup for each of them.
She also brought some cornmeal noodles that Grandma Wang had made for her, so that they could eat their fill and do well in the exams.
When drinking soy milk, Yang Zhaozhao tasted the flavor of Li Yiling.
Li Yiling felt inexplicably guilty when Yang Zhaozhao looked at him. He smiled at her and revealed his little secret in his eyes.
He carried the thermos, and while Yang Zhaozhao wasn't paying attention, he put the bamboo dew he collected today into the soy milk, hoping that everyone could concentrate and perform better during the exam.
Yang Zhaozhao drank the soy milk in three or five gulps without exposing Li Yiling's little trick.
She just didn't expect that he would not only be willing to give such a valuable thing to herself, but also be willing to share it with He Wei and others.
It seems that after these months of joint efforts and companionship in study, I have become friends with He Wei and the others.
After drinking the delicious soy milk, Lin Xiaofang was amazed: "What a delicious soy milk! How did you make it? Why can't I make it taste this good?"
Yang Zhaozhao smiled and said nothing, hiding his talent and name.
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