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Chapter 179 The Tragic Death of an Innocent Female Educated Youth (30)

Time flies and nearly eight years have passed.

During these eight years, Ding Shui continued to lead a normal life, even taking some time off to review his studies. Huang Zhaodi also kept her promise to Ding Shui, bringing her husband home and beating him during the Lunar New Year at the end of the first and second years. This deterred Zhu Daquan from returning home for the third year, preferring to remain in jail for the Lunar New Year.

However, he was released from prison two years ago.

Because of his good behavior, his sentence was reduced by one year.

After returning, he separated from Huang Zhaodi and lived in his eldest son's house. He was unwilling to go back to the old house.

Furthermore, the educated youth in the brigade experienced significant changes. Many simply couldn't hold on any longer and either married, married into a family, found wives locally, or even found ways to return to the city. Today, only nineteen educated youth remain in the Youth House, nine of whom were assigned by the commune in the past three years.

Eight years is indeed too long.

Not everyone can persist.

Teenagers can persist, after all, they are young, but eight years ago, those who were already in their early twenties would have found it really difficult to stick with it. After all, these days are not like the future. In the future, it would be normal not to get married by the age of 30, but nowadays, if you are not married by the age of 23 or 25, you are considered to be unmarried at an advanced age.

April 3rd, early 1977.

Ding Shui received a letter from her uncle, which expressed a very excited mood. It said that some people on their farm had been reinstated and returned to their original positions. He also said that after returning, he would find ways to smooth things over and bring them all back.

Finally, there is a ray of hope.

After receiving this news, Ding Shui called all the educated youths who were still in the educated youth courtyard that night, closed the door, and then whispered:

"I'm going to tell you something. You must all remember to keep it a secret. Don't tell anyone else. Do you understand?"

"I understand. What's the matter?"

Everyone knew that Ding Shui had connections and relatives in many big cities, and they would send her things every now and then, so it was natural to assume that she was much more informed than others. At this time, she specifically stopped everyone and said she had something to say, which was definitely not a trivial matter.

So naturally no one said anything sarcastic or opposed anything!

"Let me tell you, weren't there a lot of university professors and teachers who were sent down to the countryside to farm? The latest news is that many professors and teachers have returned to their original positions, and they've even had their salaries for the past few years repaid.

Isn't this meaning... obvious enough?"

Ding Shui didn't want to say it directly. Saying it directly would be far less credible than letting them come up with it themselves.

After all, they'd been together for several years; the shortest had been over a year, and the longest had been eight years. Forget people; as long as there weren't any conflicts, even cats and dogs would develop a deep bond. So, of course, Ding Shui was willing to provide them with some conveniences, even some information. If they still couldn't pass the exam despite these conveniences and information, there was really nothing he could do.

You can't help them cheat.

The younger ones might still be a little confused, but the older ones, especially those who have been here for many years, such as Captain Xiao Li, immediately said hesitantly:

"Do you mean to say..."

After a pause of one second, he became ecstatic:
"Yes, yes, that's for sure. There are only so many university recommendation slots each year, so there's no need for so many teachers and professors to teach them, let alone restore their salaries. Restoring their salaries means they must be reused. They didn't go to research institutes or other places, but returned to their positions in schools. So the only way is to recruit more students, expand enrollment, and recruit more college students.

Great, Xiaolu, you guessed it right. We have not waited in vain for so many years. It must be like this! It must be what I think! You think the same as I do, right? Is it, is it what I think? "

"Yes, if the estimates are correct, the Gaokao will be resumed soon, but that's not certain yet. So don't tell anyone else about it. Take time to review. I have a complete set of textbooks and some exercise books. You can take a look. Don't tell anyone else about this for now. After all, it's only highly likely, not 100%. As long as there's no official notice, there's no guarantee of a 100% chance. We just need to work hard on our own." Although Ding Shui knew very well that even if he didn't tell the married educated youth, some of them would definitely want to try for the Gaokao once the official notice came, and even consider abandoning their wives and children. But once the official notice came, if they did so, it would have nothing to do with Ding Shui. Their relatives, or even being abandoned, couldn't be blamed on Ding Shui.

But if Ding Shui told them the news several months in advance, then those people would have made preparations in advance.

After passing the exam, he turned his back on me.

Simply abandon your wife and children, abandon your husband and daughter.

I'm afraid many people will blame Ding Shui.

Although Ding Shui was not afraid, she also did not want to take the blame for those individuals for nothing, so she planned to just remind the educated youth who still insisted on staying in the Youth League Institute.

For everyone else, just wait for further notification.

Whatever ideas he has at that time will have nothing to do with Ding Shui.

"What? Resume the college entrance examination?"

At this point, the other younger educated youth finally realized what was happening and immediately engaged in a lively discussion about the matter. They were discussing how likely it was to be a test, what the test might cover, and whether these educated youth, who had only just graduated from junior high school, were eligible to take the college entrance examination.
Although Ding Shui gave them some comfort, she did not give them any guarantees. After all, if she gave a guarantee, it would seem a bit fake. Only speculation would be reasonable!

As for keeping secrets, everyone has a tacit understanding.

That means it must be kept confidential.

After all, if one more person knows about it, then one more person will review it in advance and compete with them. Everyone understands this principle. Besides, they are not sure whether it is true or not. If they fail to recover it later, they will be blamed.

Why go through such a thankless task and spread the news?
So after discussing it that evening, Ding Shui and the others tacitly kept quiet about the matter, only actively gathering together to study after work. Some even tried switching to easier jobs with fewer work points to avoid being so exhausted every day. Otherwise, being too exhausted wouldn't allow them to concentrate on their studies.

As time went by, four months later.

Although the official notice of resuming the college entrance examination has not yet been communicated, those who have connections have already known about this possibility privately and have asked their children to review.

Because relevant discussions began in July and a meeting was held on this matter, those with connections will definitely know about it.

There is an information gap of two or three months.

Review two or three months longer than others.

Isn’t the gap widened? !
At this moment, Ding Shui received a letter from her uncle from her hometown, saying that they had all left the farm and returned to their original positions, and could arrange a job for Ding Shui, asking Ding Shui if she wanted to come back.

As for the college entrance examination, Liu De did not mention it.

Because he felt that his niece only had a junior high school diploma and had been in the countryside for eight years, she probably had not studied much. The probability of her being able to review and get into university in such a short time was not high, so it would be better for her to go back to work directly.

They didn't plan to leave the ancestral property they took back to his ungrateful son, but instead gave it to his niece.

As long as nothing unexpected happens.

Enough to live a worry-free life.

There is no need to take the college entrance examination.