Back to 1984: Earning Money, Raising Kids, and Keeping the Household Busy

Zhang Hong and Du Juanhua are ordinary farm girls from poor families, but they are ambitious and hardworking. Although they look tired, they don't show it. Ge Qiuyue is probably from an ordinary family as well, but she is married and a mother. She must have suffered more than a young girl. She can withstand the fatigue of military training.

Needless to say, the difficulty of military training is nothing compared to the hardships she has endured in the past.

Bai Junjun looked around and had to accept the fact that she was the weakest.

While the six of them were eating, other senior students were handing out club flyers in the cafeteria, and this time they learned about seven or eight clubs at once.

Except for Azalea, who was determined to join the classical poetry club, everyone else wavered.

Ge Qiuyue said thoughtfully, "This student council looks pretty good. It should be full of capable people. If I had to choose, I would choose the student council."

Lin Qin gave her a thumbs up, "You have good taste. The student union has a lot of power, including dormitory checks, various school affairs, and helping teachers and counselors."

"If you get in and work hard, you'll definitely become well-known to the teachers and counselors, making things easier to handle, and it'll also speed up things like joining the Party. It might even help with job assignments later."

Everyone looked at Lin Qin in shock.

"Sister Qin, how do you know so much?" Bai Junjun asked, voicing everyone's question.

Lin Qin smiled but remained silent. She couldn't very well tell everyone that she had been reborn. In her previous life, Liu Yongming often boasted about his school experiences to show off his superiority, and she learned many things from Liu Yongming.

Ge Qiuyue clenched her fists, her eyes growing even more resolute. "I've made up my mind. I'll study social sciences."

Zhou Xue couldn't find a Taekwondo club at school, so she decided to apply to the student council with Ge Qiuyue.

Bai Junjun has her eye on the girls' club and plans to join it.

Seeing that her friends had changed their minds, Du Juanhua breathed a sigh of relief but was also a little uneasy. She quickly took Zhang Hong's arm and said, "Zhang Hong, let's sign up for the classical poetry club together. We need to have a companion."

Zhang Hong hesitated for a moment, "After hearing what Sister Qin said, I think joining the student union would be more useful. Why don't we both apply to the student union?"

That classical poetry club seems to be just a showy display, for entertainment, with no real practical use.

Du Juanhua's expression tightened, and she silently released Zhang Hong's hand, forcing a dry laugh, "Then I'll think about it."

Everyone was so tired that no one noticed the strange look on the azalea's face.

Back in the dormitory, everyone lay down and quickly fell asleep.

Military training continued in the afternoon.

Afterwards, Lin Qin went back to the dormitory with them and cut open the watermelon for them. "You guys eat this to refresh yourselves. I'm going home now. See you tomorrow. Oh, by the way, what fruit do you want to eat tomorrow?"

Ge Qiuyue waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, no, how can I eat your food every day!"

Lin Qin scolded, "A little bit of fruit, what's the big deal! Besides, fruit is seasonal. Right now, there's plenty of it. In a while, even if I wanted to bring you some, I wouldn't be able to! Don't be so polite with me! If you hadn't told me, I would have brought some myself."

After exchanging pleasantries with Lin Qin for a while, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment as she left, praising her while eating watermelon and discussing the club.

A week of military training ended in the blink of an eye, and the freshmen were all several shades darker.

Girls are starting to think about how to maintain their skin and whiten it.

Lin Qin saw a business opportunity and discussed it with Liu Ling. The two of them contacted Gao Lei and asked him to bring back some whitening cosmetics from Guangdong Province.

The items were needed urgently, and they were delivered to them within three days.

The two started promoting their product from room to room in the girls' dormitory, and quite a few people bought it. Even Bai Junjun and Zhou Xue bought two cans from Lin Qin. They weren't short of money, so Lin Qin understood. What surprised Lin Qin was that Du Juanhua also spent money to buy a can.

However, she bought it secretly from Lin Qin without letting anyone else know, and Lin Qin didn't tell anyone either.

For this, the azalea was especially grateful to her.

After military training, Lin Qin officially began her university life. She looked at all the clubs and finally chose the journalism club.

This decision once again surprised dormitory 301.

However, Lin Qin was used to being unconventional, and everyone took it for granted, so no one questioned her further.

Compared to other student organizations, the news agency is relatively busy. Each new member has to submit a news article every week, which can be about campus news or social hot topics.

Lin Qin's first news article was about the freshmen's feelings after military training, which can be considered as keeping up with the hot topic.

Under the president's guidance, it was revised twice and then published on campus.

Bai Junjun excitedly took the newspaper and promoted it extensively in their girls' dormitory building. Even the usually shameless Lin Qin felt a little embarrassed and quickly dragged Bai Junjun back, saying, "Little sister, I'm really touched that you're promoting my business so much, so I'm planning to treat you to a meal. Can we not be so extravagant next time?"

Bai Junjun shook her head seriously, "That won't do! This is the campus weekly! I've asked around, and it's rare for a freshman to have their article accepted on their first try! We must promote it well and let everyone know that our 301 dormitory has a great reporter! This is our honor!"

Lin Qin was both amused and exasperated, and quickly changed the subject, "If you work hard in the girls' association, you'll eventually become the pride of our dormitory."

"Absolutely! I've signed up for the National Day performance, and I'm sure I'll amaze the audience!" Bai Junjun confidently twirled around.

Lin Qin gave her a thumbs up.

Zhou Xue said, "That's great! You guys are in charge of the performance, and we're in charge of setting up the stage and maintaining order. We've done all the dirty and hard work."

"The three of you together, don't be afraid!" Bai Junjun said, hands on her hips, laughing heartily.

The others laughed along with them.

Zhang Hong looked at the silent azalea and asked, "Azalea, it seems your classical poetry club has also signed up. Do you want to go on stage?"

Azalea paused for a moment, then shook her head. "I...I don't know anything, so I won't embarrass myself."

The entire dormitory fell silent after those words were spoken.

The azalea probably realized it had ruined the atmosphere, so it quickly took its book to the library.

Lin Qin looked puzzled. "What's wrong with Juanhua? Didn't she get into the classical poetry club as she wished? Why does she seem unhappy?"

Bai Junjun joked, "Is it because Zhang Hong didn't join the classical poetry club with her?"

Zhang Hong was startled and quickly denied it, "It has nothing to do with me! We agreed to apply to the student council together, but she didn't get in. Instead, she went to the classical poetry club and got in. It has nothing to do with me! Besides, she was so happy back then, always grinning. She only started acting strangely these last two days."

"What's going on?" Ge Qiuyue muttered, intending to turn around and ask Du Juanhua.

Lin Qin asked a couple of questions but then stopped, as she never liked getting involved in these kinds of things.

We should focus more of our energy on important matters.

But trouble struck just two days later. (End of Chapter)