CH 116

On New Year's Eve, the countryside was silent.

There was no excitement like in the city, and everyone was too poor to afford firecrackers. They all slept separately after a full New Year's Eve meal.

He Songbai boiled hot water for washing his girlfriend's feet. He put the water over and saw her took off her shoes and soaked her feet with satisfaction.

The warm water has the power to warm a tired person's heart. The whole body became lazy, and Zhao Lanxiang nests in the bed like she has no bones after soaking.

He Songbai asked, "It's boring to spend the New Year in the country?"

In fact, if it wasn't for his eldest sister to have an accident, this must be the happiest New Year he had, because this was the first new year he spent with her. She was with him in the kitchen as a family. This feeling made He Songbai's heart hot, like a flowing melted iron.

He greedily enjoyed this kind of warmth, hoping that time would go slower and slower. He had never imagined that he would spend every new year with her in the future.

"I'm used to it. It's not my first day in the country." Zhao Lanxiang said softly, with inexpressible tenderness in her voice.

He seemed to have endless apologies for her, "This year you will definitely be scolded by uncle and aunt... When will you leave?"

Zhao Lanxiang couldn't help thinking when she heard his words. She wanted to wait for Wu Yong's things to come to an end. Without any results, she could not go home with peace of mind. In fact, many things are piled together, she has no way to solve it, she could only follow her intuition.

For example, she didn't go home during the New Year, or the letter from Jiang Jianjun in the cabinet which she didn't open.

Zhao Lanxiang narrowed her eyes in confusion, and said vaguely, "Well... I don't want to toss about it. I will wait for the spring break to go through the admission procedures. After all, I can go home in February.

He Songbai heard a rapture of joy in his heart. He wanted to say something to her, and even wanted to kiss her, but she closed her eyes tiredly.

He leaned over and tucked her in the bed. He couldn't help but stare at her quietly sleeping.

Finally, he kissed her cool fingers exposed outside the quilt.

Zhao Lanxiang spent the next five days in the country. When the post office opened for business at the sixth, she rushed a telegram early to tell her parents that she would not go home during the Spring Festival holiday. In addition to mentioning the good news of her being admitted to Z university, she said that she will return directly to G city when the school starts in February.

Zhao Yongqing and Feng Lian were very happy. This news made up for the regret that they did not see their daughter in the New Year.

Feng Lian said with a smile, "Niu Niu really grew up. The last time she told me that she was going to the countryside, I wish I could break her leg. But it's all right now, she took the exam and could come back to us by herself. I feel relieved now."

"Let's celebrate when she comes back." Zhao Yongqing made a decision.

Busy and plain days always pass quickly. On the sixth day after the Chinese New Year, Zhao Lanxiang took He Songbai to rummage through the post office to find his admission notice. This time, both of them looked for the letter carefully.

Even with the postman of this area, she repeatedly searched several times, but she did not find He Songbai's admission notice.

Zhao Lanxiang asked the post office, "Did you lose any letters?"

The staff at the post office checked nervously and replied, "No, there are only nine admission notices in Qinghe County this year. The Ministry of Education has taken care of it and they were afraid that these notices will be lost, so they made a list. It's all here, there really isn't any admission letter for Comrade He."

He shook a piece of paper. There was indeed a list of names on it, but there was no He Songbai's name.

Zhao Lanxiang remembered the party secretary's meaningful words on the day he reported his results. He really dug a pit for them.

She said to He Songbai, "Fortunately, our brother Bai took the top prize and got on the newspaper again. Let see why they said that they don't want you!"

He Songbai went to the local government to reflect his situation. He took out an old newspaper published in this city before the new year, with a simple black-and-white photo printed on it.

He said, "Comrade, I am a candidate for this year's college entrance examination. Fortunately, I got the first result in Province X, but I was not admitted to the school. What was going on?"

The government comrades who did paperwork heard the news and took a lot of calls to investigate the cause, and finally found the reason in the file: He Songbai was disqualified because of his unqualified political thought. He frowned and said, "Did you commit a rogue crime the year before last year?"

He Songbai has black-faced and explained the reason to the government comrades carefully. The comrades could not make a decision and gave feedback to the secretary.

The Municipal Party Committee Secretary took the time to review the top candidate in their city's college entrance examination, and he paid great attention to it.

He said, "I will report the situation to the Ministry of Education and ask them to ask which university has free places and is willing to accept you. Your grades are very good, your style is solid, and this is a good time. The country now values talent training. There shouldn't be any problems with you going to college. It's just a little trouble, go back and wait for the news."

Candidates in N City have successively received admission notices. They were preparing to pack their bags and rush to the school. However, He Songbai waited for the left and the right, but there was still no news.

On the seventh day of the Chinese New Year, Teacher Gu came back from G City with his luggage. Zhao Lanxiang sighed and talked about it with Teacher Gu.

When Teacher Gu patted his thigh, he scolded He Songbai painfully, "This kid is unusually stupid. Why didn't he come to me?"

Teacher Gu wrote a letter while sighing quietly, "Hey, I said before, his fate is destined to be a great person."

"I explained in advance that he just needs to choose a major and continue it all the way! Whether he loves to read or not love to read. If there are no other majors, I recommend him to our faculties. I can't reach out for the one-third of an acre of other people's land!"

This was enough for Zhao Lanxiang. She thanked Teacher Gu again and again. It was an unexpected joy to go to T university. What else can they choose!

She said, "Brother Bai often listens to Teacher Gu whispering the book of water and earth... if he doesn't care about other things, he might have some idea to read this. Thank you, Teacher Gu!"

Teacher Gu snorted lightly, showing a little pride.

This man was usually called by Engineer Gu on the job site, and it's still a terrible thing to call him Teacher Gu instead.

The school affairs came to an end. Although the news of the admission has not been determined, Zhao Lanxiang had an inexplicable trust in Teacher Gu.