"Who is your wife?" Hu Xiao pretended to be disgusted and pushed Jiang Dashi closer to his face.
"By the way, Taotao, you want high school books and materials. I went to all the right places this time and looked for them, but I couldn't find them. I'll think of another way." He Chuan explained the situation to Su Tao so that he wouldn't worry.
"It's okay, don't worry, just take your time to look for it. You should focus on your work and don't be too distracted." Su Tao put a piece of meat into He Chuan's bowl and said considerately.
Su Tao knew these books were hard to find. After all, the Gaokao had been suspended for so long, and many books had been out of print or even destroyed. Su Tao had searched for a long time without success, so he asked He Chuan to help him look for them. After all, he traveled a lot now, so maybe he could find them somewhere.
"Taotao, why do you want high school diplomas? Wasn't the college entrance examination cancelled long ago?" Hu Xiao asked curiously after hearing the conversation between Su Tao and He Chuan.
Su Tao felt that it was not impossible to tell Hu Xiao about this matter. The resumption of the college entrance examination was a fact that was about to happen. She also hoped that Hu Xiao could prepare with her in advance and get into college together.
Su Tao remembers how suddenly the news of the resumption of the Gaokao broke. The exam began a month later, catching many people off guard. Without adequate preparation, the acceptance rate was extremely low. Hu Xiao was the only close friend he had made in the countryside, and he didn't want her to miss out.
"It's nothing. I just want to study more. Maybe the college entrance examination will be resumed someday. Now the country's development needs a lot of talents. Where can we cultivate such talents? Can we just rely on the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University? So I thought that since I have nothing to do at night, I might as well read more books and study more. Maybe it will be useful someday." Su Tao could only explain it this way.
"Hu Xiao, if the book is found, shall we study together? Dashi can also study with He Chuan." Su Tao took Hu Xiao's hand and said to Hu Xiao and Jiang Dashi with a serious expression.
Hu Xiao was also somewhat moved by Su Tao's words. Who doesn't want to go to university? Everyone does. Every educated youth has a university dream. Every time there is a place in the workers, peasants and soldiers' university, there is always a fierce competition.
"Okay, call me when the time comes and I'll learn with you." Hu Xiao nodded.
"Forget about me. I have never liked studying since I was a child." Jiang Dashi rubbed his nose and said guiltily.
Hu Xiao glared at him, but Su Tao didn't force him. Studying depends on the individual; forcing a cow to eat grass is useless. Jiang Dashi had a talent for business, and Hu Xiao wouldn't be wronged to follow him.
However, if Hu Xiao were admitted to university and moved to the city, and Jiang Dashi had to stay in the countryside, they would have to separate temporarily. Household registration was still strictly controlled, and people from the same area could not move around. Educated youth like Su Tao couldn't move to the city without a permit. Even He Chuan needed a letter of introduction from his work unit to work in transportation. If caught traveling without a permit, they would be severely punished.
However, after two more years of reform and opening up, household registration regulations would be much more relaxed. Jiang Dashi could afford to buy a house in the city and transfer his household registration there. Whether their relationship could withstand the test of time during this period was up to them.
Speaking of the college entrance examination, Su Tao always had a question for He Chuan, "Why didn't Yanzhi study?"
Su Tao basically watched He Yanzhi stay at home, and usually went out to play with her friends. Logically, at her age, she should have just started junior high school, and even if she started school late, she should still be in elementary school.
In the past, Su Tao did not know He Chuan's family situation and thought that his family was poor and had no money for his studies. Now Su Tao knows that this is not the case. The money He Chuan earned from working and selling radios should be enough for He Yanzhi's studies in addition to paying for her medical treatment.
"She was in school, but after finishing elementary school, there was no junior high school in the village, so she had to go to middle school in town. You know Yanzhi's health, and I was worried she couldn't handle the constant commuting to and from school. There was no one else in the family who could take care of her, and I had to go to work every day, so I couldn't leave. So she stopped attending school after elementary school."
Unlike other rural families who believed that studying was useless, He Chuan's mother had always taught him to read, believing that books hold the key to success. Even though He Chuan never attended junior high school, he continued to study, self-studying all the junior high school textbooks. He also learned circuitry and assembly techniques for radios from textbooks.
But he really didn't have any high school textbooks. The college entrance examination had been suspended for too long, and there were very few of them on the market, especially in backward rural areas like this.
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