"But what about the little animals?"
Shen Mo pointed at some captive wild animals and her own dog, and she couldn't bear to part with any of them.
"Silly wife, have you forgotten my biggest 'secret weapon'?" He lowered his voice and said with a mischievous smile, "Is my space free?"
Shen Mo was stunned for a moment, then her eyes suddenly lit up! Yes! Lu Qingyang's magical space! How could she forget about this!
"You mean..." Shen Mo's voice rose slightly due to excitement. She quickly pressed forward, got close to Lu Qingyang, and asked in a low voice, "Put... put us all into the space and take us away?"
"So, you don't have to worry at all. None of our dogs and cats will be missing! They can all move with us. When we get to Beijing, we'll find a suburb or a place where conditions permit, and then we'll make a better home for them."
"But I can't bear to leave... I can't bear to leave this home."
After all, this is where she grew up, so she has some attachment to it.
"And the mountains and rivers, every blade of grass and every tree in Liuxi Brigade... I can walk back and forth with my eyes closed."
"It's not that we won't come back. This is your hometown, we must come back!"
But Lu Qingyang had other plans in mind.
After a while, it was 1978. It was a good era with many opportunities. He had to return to the capital in advance to make plans.
"Xiao Mo, you know, the college entrance examination has been resumed today. This is a good opportunity."
"But what does this have to do with me?"
Lu Qingyang looked at her bewildered and somewhat ashamed look, feeling both pained and amused.
He squeezed her hand with his hands, his eyes burning: "Stupid wife! How can it have nothing to do with you?! This is a great opportunity!"
He looked directly into Shen Mo's eyes, and word by word, he described with incredible clarity the future that she had never dared to imagine:
"You can take the college entrance exam! Go to college! Go to school! Go to study what you want to learn the most - learn medicine, go to medical school!"
"boom--!"
Shen Mo felt as if something exploded in her brain! All the blood in her body seemed to rush to her head, making her dizzy!
Take the college entrance exam? Go to university? Study in medical school?
"Xiao Mo, do you know? This batch of college students, especially those in the 1977 and 1978 grades, will have academic credentials that are more valuable than you can imagine in the next few years!"
Shen Mo blinked, not quite understanding the metaphor of "gold content", but she could feel the seriousness in Lu Qingyang's words.
Lu Qingyang knew that she might not fully understand the extent to which academic qualifications would depreciate in the future, so he explained it in a way that she could understand:
"Let me put it this way. The country has a huge backlog of talent demand! It's so great! Factories, schools, hospitals, research institutes...all walks of life are short of people with real skills and systematic education! Now that the college entrance examination has been resumed, it's like a long drought finally coming to an end. The country is in great need of new talents!"
"These first few batches of college students who are admitted are truly the country's proud children. Once they graduate, they will become popular in various fields, will be trained with emphasis, and will be entrusted with important tasks. Their starting point will be very high!
What they learn is urgently needed by the country, and the value they create will receive the greatest recognition and rewards!
Their social status will also rise accordingly.”
"Moreover!" Lu Qingyang struck while the iron was hot and instilled strong confidence in her, "Do you think your foundation is poor? Have you lost your books for a long time? That's not a problem at all!"
"During this time, you followed Uncle Bao to learn medicine. How many medical books have you read? How many herbs have you recognized? How many cases have you handled? These practical experiences and accumulation of medical knowledge are much better than many people who can only study by heart! Your understanding, hands-on ability, and perception of life are all huge advantages in studying medicine."
"Besides, you didn't read those books in my space for nothing."
In this era, if you thoroughly read any modern book, it is progress.
Shen Mo was still a little nervous: "But..."
"It's okay. I'll accompany you to take the exam." Lu Qingyang said with a smile.
"Qingyang, are you taking the exam too?"
"Well, with me by your side, do you feel less isolated and helpless?"
After all, he is a doctor, so he should get some academic qualifications to gild his reputation so that it will be easier for him to do business in the future.
"Okay, let's go together."
Shen Mo finally made up her mind.
The smell of gunpowder from the firecrackers has not yet dissipated, and Liuxi Brigade is welcoming the farewell season for the educated youth returning to the city.
Except for those educated youth who have settled down locally, married and had children, most of them have received letters or confirmed news from their families and are about to embark on their journey home.
Returning to the city, returning to my mother whom I had not seen for a long time, returning to my familiar hometown, this should have been a great joyous event.
But when they really have to leave this place where they have lived for so long, everyone feels deeply moved.
"I really don't want to leave..." A male educated youth stood at the entrance of the educated youth site, looking at the fields in the distance that were covered with residual snow and were beginning to show the color of black soil, his voice full of emotion.
When he first arrived, he felt that this place was bitter, cold and secluded. He could foresee the end of his days, and he counted the days until he could go home on his fingers every day.
"Yeah," the fat girl next to her unconsciously stroked the mottled bricks of the courtyard wall.
"When I first came here, I really felt like I couldn't make it. My hands and feet were so cold in the winter that they got sore, and in the summer there were mosquitoes everywhere. I was so tired from working that I couldn't even straighten my back, and I couldn't even get enough to eat..."
Her words resonated with everyone and they nodded one after another.
"If you are willing to stay here, that's fine. I can apply to the commune." Lu Qingyang said with a smile.
Of course, the vast majority of people still want to leave here and return home.
"Captain Lu, thank you! We appreciate your kindness! We still have to go back home."
"Yes, Captain Lu, you have run the production team so well, we really don't want to leave, but our parents at home..."
"If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely come back to see you and everyone else!"
Lu Qingyang nodded in understanding and patted the young men on the shoulders: "Okay! Go back and work hard! Remember that Liuxi Brigade is also your home!"
However, there are still a small number of people who see the prospects of the Liuxi Brigade and choose to stay here.
For example, Zhou Jianshe and Sun Xiangqian, they live very well here, and even have some small positions with the help of Lu Qingyang, which is much more comfortable than returning to the city.
Even Fatty didn't plan to leave.
Shen Mo still felt strange: "Fatty, that's not right, I can't call you that now."
Because Fatty is not fat anymore, she has successfully lost weight.
"Why not? But... hey, I'm indeed a little thinner." She turned around on the spot, showing off her clothes that were obviously much more fitted. "Here we have good mountains and water, the air is good, the food is good, and the work is comfortable! I don't want to leave!"
She paused, her face flushed, and her eyes involuntarily glanced at Zhou Jianshe who was checking tractor parts not far away.
She lowered her voice a little, with sweet shyness: "Say it again, I, hehe..."
The hesitant "hehe" and the affectionate eyes couldn't be more obvious.
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