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Zheng Tong didn't expect that when he came to Baidian Village, he would hear such news from Qin Ling.

He felt that Zhong Yuemin didn't deserve it and that this was retribution for Zhong Yuemin.

Zhong Yuemin had previously abandoned Zhou Xiaobai, but he didn't expect that Qin Ling would take revenge on him, and he couldn't even give her the status he had always dreamed of.

He felt that he couldn't let Zhong Yuemin and Ning Wei have a rift because of a woman, so after leaving Baidian Village, he did not go directly back to Shichuan Village, but came to the township clinic instead.

Seeing people coming and going to Zhao Shucheng for medical treatment, Zheng Tong suddenly felt as if he had never really known the little brother in front of him. And seeing that Zhao Shucheng had his own career, while he was still staying in the Loess Plateau, either farming or doing nothing every day, he felt a little ashamed for a while.

It seemed that since Zhao Shucheng left Ishikawa Village, these educated youth had become a little lax and had returned to the way they were before they first arrived in Ishikawa Village.

Zhao Shucheng saw Zheng Tong and greeted him: "Zheng Tong, why are you here?"

Zheng Tong looked at the patient who was waiting a little embarrassedly and said, "I just came to see you, you go ahead and do your work."

Although Zhao Shucheng was curious about why Zheng Tong came, curing the disease and saving people was the most important thing, so he could only let Zheng Tong wait while he hurried to treat the patient.

After finally finishing the work, I saw Zheng Tong sitting outside alone, seemingly thinking about something.

"Zheng Tong!"

Zheng Tong saw that Zhao Shucheng had finally finished his work and said, "Ning Wei, you are finally done."

"Tell me, why do you come to see me for no reason?"

Zheng Tong hesitated for a moment and said, "Yuemin sent me a letter."

"Well, what did you say? Did you miss us?"

"Yes, but more importantly, he wanted Qin Ling to write back to him, but Qin Ling said that they were people on two different paths and could never be together."

Zhao Shucheng smiled after hearing this and said, "I don't think it's strange. After all, they are not the same kind of people. Brother Yuemin is the ultimate idealist, but he is not willing to live a monotonous life. Instead, he likes a life with different contents."

"Although Qin Ling has many similarities with Brother Yuemin, both of them are independent and free, but he always clearly knows what he wants."

Zheng Tong said, "But Qin Ling is too heartless. Yuemin is serious this time. Why can't you respond to him?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Zheng Tong, if Brother Yuemin and Qin Ling are really together, how long do you think they can last? One or two years, or three or four years?"

Seeing Zheng Tong was silent, Zhao Shucheng continued, "In fact, we all know him very well. Brother Yuemin never stays in one place for too long, and the same is true for relationships. After Zhou Xiaobai established a relationship with him, he fell in love with Qinling when he came here, and decided to break up without hesitation."

"The reason why he keeps asking Qin Ling why he didn't reply is actually because he didn't take the initiative in this relationship. Instead, like Zhou Xiaobai, he was the passive party. That's why he couldn't forget Qin Ling and wanted a positive answer."

"But I think if they had confirmed their relationship before Yuemin left, and even if Qinling wrote to him frequently like Zhou Xiaobai did, he would have felt that there was no challenge and no feeling of longing for him, and would have chosen to break up with Qinling instead."

Zheng Tong wanted to refute Zhao Shucheng's words, but he couldn't say it. After all, he knew Zhong Yuemin's character very well and knew that he was a man on the road and would not stop for anyone.

He is like a bear picking corn, always looking at the better ones ahead, but never cherishing what he has. Perhaps for Zhong Yuemin, only what he can't get is the best, and what he gets easily will be quickly forgotten.

"Maybe you're right. But I heard Qin Ling has been visiting you a lot recently. Are you tempted?"

Zhao Shucheng looked at Zheng Tong speechlessly and said, "Do you think it's possible? Don't you know that I'm still a minor?"

Zheng Tong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then he realized that Zhao Shucheng was not even fifteen years old and didn't understand anything about love.

Perhaps it was because they had spent a long time with Zhao Shucheng, or perhaps it was because of what Zhao Shucheng had done after coming to northern Shaanxi, which made them unconsciously regard Zhao Shucheng as a peer, or even a very capable person, but ignored Zhao Shucheng's age.

After understanding this, Zheng Tong smiled embarrassedly and said, "It seems that I am overthinking, but you have your own job here, unlike us, who are still learning how to do farm work in Ishikawa Village."

Zhao Shucheng said: "There is no distinction between high and low jobs, as long as you do your job well. Besides, the work in Ishikawa Village is also very important. If we can feed the villagers, it is more important than anything else."

Zhao Shucheng looked at Zheng Tong curiously and asked, "A new round of sowing is about to begin. How is the situation in Ishikawa Village? Is it being cultivated as I planned before?"

Zheng Tong nodded and said, "Yes, the village is farming according to the previous plan. Not to mention the irrigated fields, they are still farming according to the previous model. Some of the other terraces are still planted with wheat, and some are planted with sweet potatoes and potatoes."

"The biggest problem now is irrigation. There are not enough water conservancy facilities, so villagers can only carry water for irrigation, and they can only moisten each seedling. If God gives us some face and rain, everything will be fine."

Zhao Shucheng said: "This is already very good, at least we have done everything we can. But if we really want to make the village prosperous, the best way is to find a way to change the local environment. Planting trees is the best way, but it is also the most time-consuming way."

Zheng Tong asked in disbelief: "Is this really feasible?"

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "Of course it is feasible. In fact, if you go to more places, you will find that although the rainfall in places with lush vegetation is the same, the climate and soil moisture content are much better than those in wasteland or places without vegetation."

Although Zheng Tong was skeptical, he thought of the place in the back mountain where Zhao Shucheng had planted trees before. Although it was only a short year, after spring, the weeds there were greener than those in the village.

Four years passed in the blink of an eye. Zheng Tong was reading in the cave when he learned a piece of news from Jiang Biyun.

When Jiang Biyun came in and saw Zheng Tong, who was reading a book, she smiled and said:

"I noticed that since Zhong Yuemin left, you have become a completely different person. You spend all your spare time reading. I just can't figure it out. When did you start to plan to learn well?"

Zheng Tong said: "You don't know, since Zhong Yuemin passed away, I have been in a low mood for a long time. It's a kind of loneliness. The longer the time, the heavier the loneliness. I have no way to relieve it, so I can only read. But later I slowly found that I like reading. Reading is a necessity in life."

"Have you ever thought about going to college in the future?"

Zheng Tong said, "Of course I've thought about it, but it's useless. This system of recommending workers, peasants and soldiers to go to college often blocks people who don't have connections, and those who have connections are all idiots. I don't know who came up with this idea, and Scorpion Baba is the only one in the world who has it." Jiang Biyun said, "Let's think of a way. Opportunities won't fall from the sky. Let's give it a try. What do you think?"

After hearing this, Zheng Tong looked at Jiang Biyun and said, "You want to go to college too?"

"Who wouldn't want to? This is our only chance. Do you want to stay here forever?"

Zheng Tong nodded, thinking about how to get this spot.

Jiang Biyun didn't know what Zheng Tong was hesitating about, so she said, "Zheng Tong, Zheng Tong, I'm telling you the truth. From today on, let's study together. Okay?"

"No, I won't study with you."

"why?"

Zheng Tong said: "I'm afraid of being tempted. Think about it, you're always hanging around in front of me, and I'm easily distracted. Don't think that I didn't study well and made me make mistakes."

Jiang Biyun stared at Zheng Tong and said, "Zheng Tong, you are acting like a hooligan again. I haven't said anything for a few days, but you are acting like a hooligan again."

Zheng Tong took the opportunity to confess his love to Jiang Biyun and was ready to share all aspects of her life with her, including eating, studying, and sleeping together.

Jiang Biyun just punched Zheng Tong and ran out shyly.

Zheng Tong prepared two bottles of Erguotou and a pack of Qianmen cigarettes, and begged Secretary Chang Gui to enroll him and Jiang Biyun in university.

Chang Gui felt that these educated youth had provided a lot of help to the village over the past year, so he agreed to give it a try.

At the same time, Zhou Xiaobai and her colleagues in the hospital were also preparing for admission to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. The hospital only had one spot, but there were many children of cadres in the hospital, and many of them asked others to introduce them.

However, the two people with the most hope are Zhou Xiaobai and Luo Yun, two former good friends, who began to compete openly and secretly for this spot.

Of course, Zhou Xiaobai himself may not care about this period, but Luo Yun is different. After all, Zhou Xiaobai's father and even many leaders of Army A are his old subordinates. Even if Zhou Xiaobai can't go this year, there will be opportunities next year or later.

But Luo Yun is different. Her father's connections can be said to be of little use, and the only political commissar who can help him will leave Army A next year. By then, without any connections, he will not be able to compete with others.

So Luo Yun told the relevant person in charge that Zhou Xiaobai had an unusual relationship with a wounded man. In fact, the wounded man was Yuan Jun, and he was Luo Yun's boyfriend. But now she was facing the problem of her future, so Yuan Jun could only become a stepping stone.

The reason why Zhou Xiaobai was close to Yuan Jun was because Yuan Jun was injured while checking the blast hole in the tunnel. After Zhou Xiaobai knew that Yuan Jun was in urgent need of blood, he donated blood without hesitation, so Yuan Jun was particularly grateful to Zhou Xiaobai.

The leader didn't know the real situation and asked them if they were in a relationship. Luo Yun couldn't directly say that they were together, so she just said lightly that she just went to take care of Yuan Jun every day.

Zhou Xiaobai didn't know that Luo Yun was plotting against him behind his back. Instead, when he was helping Luo Yun take care of Yuan Jun, he was seen by the instructor. The two of them had an argument and Zhou Xiaobai lost his qualification to go to college.

Zheng Tong was not lucky either. He originally thought that he could get a spot by giving gifts.

Unfortunately, they thought too simply. Ishikawa Village itself did not have any quota, only the township had such quota. Zheng Tong and Jiang Biyun needed to compete with others, but they had no advantages at all.

What's more, the other party had connections, so he easily took the spot that could have gone to Zheng Tong, and even Jiang Biyun herself had no chance of getting a spot.

"Secretary Chang, I have something to ask you."

Chang Gui saw Zheng Tong coming and said, "I know, it's about school."

"Didn't we agree on this? Why didn't you recommend me?"

Chang Gui said: "Who said I didn't recommend you? The number of places in the commune is limited this time, so whoever wants to go to university can go?"

Zheng Tong didn't believe it and said, "Come on, you must have been at the recommendation meeting of the commune, and you didn't say a word."

"Nonsense! I was the first to speak at the commune meeting. I recommended you first. If you don't believe me, let's go to the commune and ask Secretary Wang. I even called him outside the door and told him about this matter."

"Don't try to be so rude. I know he can't come to confront me. Chang Laogui, you are such a jerk. I know I have offended you, but after all these years, you still hold a grudge against me. You are nothing."

Chang Gui was also a little angry and said, "Why are you cursing? If you say that, I really don't care about your schooling. You are all educated people, why do you curse at me?"

"Scold you? I'll beat you up if I do!"

Seeing Zheng Tong about to take action, Jiang Biyun quickly stopped him and said, "Zheng Tong, calm down."

Chang Gui saw that Zheng Tong was really anxious, and said: "Zheng Tong, to tell you the truth, your university quota was taken by an educated youth from Gancaoliang. His father is a senior cadre and has just been reinstated. Secretary Wang didn't let me tell you about this."

This undoubtedly made Zheng Tong very disappointed. This year, there was this educated youth from Gancaoliang, and next year, there might be other children of cadres competing for the quota. He suddenly felt as if he would never be able to leave here in his life, and he couldn't even see his future.

Seeing Zheng Tong looking a little depressed, Jiang Biyun felt that Zheng Tong couldn't be allowed to remain depressed like this, so she said:

"Isn't that how everyone lives?"

"People are afraid of having no hope. What's the point of living?"

Jiang Biyun said: "You can't lose hope, Zheng Tong, you are the most optimistic person. Why are you so negative today? I don't miss you at all."

"I don't know. I wanted to go to school, and I dreamed about it. But when I went to the commune to ask, I found out that all the selected college students had left. I felt so depressed and all my hopes were shattered."

Jiang Biyun wiped Zheng Tong's tears and said, "We can't lose hope, you know? I think we can't stay here forever, there will always be opportunities. Ning Wei is the best example. He is so young, but he has already become a doctor in the township clinic from an educated youth like us." (End of this chapter)