Chapter 497: The Lazy, Fair-skinned Youth and the Hardworking, Strong Laborer (2)
The lazy, fair-skinned educated youth and the hardworking, strong laborer (Twenty)
Song Ning only listened once to Dong Cai's affairs and no longer paid attention to them.
After the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination spread, he unexpectedly worked much harder than before.
Because related news is everywhere in the country, including universities across the country have begun to take action.
Renovate the school, rehire professors, and prepare to recruit new ones.
Even the farmers who worked on the land couldn't help but hear a lot of information about this series of actions, not to mention the educated youth who went to the countryside and couldn't help but discuss it all the time. Song Ning heard a lot when he went to find Lance.
"That's great! We have finally waited for this day."
"Isn't it? I used to think I would stay here forever, but I never thought that one day I would be able to take the college entrance examination and go back to college."
"Isn't it? My family sent me a letter as soon as they heard the news. They also sent me textbooks and news reports. I want to work hard and pass the exam to go back home. Then I will have hope for the future."
Some people have made up their minds to take the exam, while others are hesitating.
"Are you going to take the test, Lao Lin?"
"……I have no idea."
"How come you don't know? You used to be the best student among us. Why don't you seize this great opportunity?"
"What about my wife and children? They all grew up on this land. What will happen to them if I pass the exam?"
"…So are you really willing to stay in a place like this for the rest of your life? Digging for food in the fields? Not studying?"
"I really don't know. I'm very confused now. I, I can't think of what to do."
Song Ning couldn't help but frown when he heard it.
Who is this person called Lao Lin? What is there to hesitate about?
He couldn't figure it out, but for some reason he felt it was not a good idea to ask Lance about this question.
He couldn't say why, but he always felt it would be better to ask someone else.
This is how Xu Meng was caught by Song Ning. He was inexplicably silent after listening to Song Ning's questions.
After a while he finally sighed.
"Lao Lin? I know him. His family is actually quite nice and wealthy. His family always sent him things in the past. He didn't need to marry a fellow villager."
But the world is full of unexpected events, and people are subject to misfortunes at any time. "An accident suddenly happened to the Lin family a year and a half ago. His father and brother disappeared when they were sailing out to sea in a storm. Later, they searched for a week before finding the bodies. Suddenly, only his sister and mother were left at home."
Old Lin's family had treated him too well in the past, so after two of the family's pillars fell at once, he was a little devastated.
But how could the educated youth who went to the countryside be so pretentious?
In addition, the family had no income, and Lao Lin, who was unable to earn enough work points, had no choice but to marry the richest woman from a group of local women.
Now she has a child, a boy.
Song Ning: "What does this have to do with it? He's married to someone else, has a family, a wife and children, why is he still hesitating?"
Xu Meng looked at him with complicated eyes. During this period, Dong Cai returned to the educated youth point and occasionally cursed Song Ning in their ears, saying that he was deep-minded and cunning.
He didn't believe it at first, but Mr. Dong Cai said that he was almost brainwashed.
But now hearing what Song Ning said, he was a little hesitant.
"What do you think? Do you think he should give up this opportunity for the sake of his wife and children? He can't hesitate?"
Song Ning looked at him in confusion, "I didn't say he should give up."
Xu Meng was stunned, "Then what did you just say..."
Song Ning blurted out without thinking, "I think if he wants to take the exam, then he should discuss it with his family, settle down and bring his wife and children with him, right?"
He felt that the words of the man named Lao Lin seemed to imply that he would have to abandon his wife and children in order to take the college entrance examination, which made him feel strange.
"Is that what you think?"
Xu Meng was even more surprised. When he met Song Ning's pure eyes, he suddenly felt that his hesitation at that moment was so ridiculous.
How could the fellow villager who was so kind as to agree to let Dong Cai move in and who helped Dong Cai so much be a bad person?
On the contrary, Dong Cai, who has lived in his fellow villager's home for two years and still speaks ill of others, is really a piece of shit.
Feeling a little guilty for some reason, Xu Meng quickly began to explain.
"It's true that Old Lin might have some bad intentions here, but this is probably because I heard some things from other places recently."
Without waiting for Song Ning to say anything, he told everything honestly.
It's not really big news, a similar thing happened in the next city.
The information about the resumption of the college entrance examination reached the neighboring city earlier, and many educated youth made the decision after hearing the news.
There was a married female educated youth with three children in the neighboring city. After hearing about it, she immediately decided to go home and take the college entrance examination.
Xu Meng couldn't help but sigh as he spoke.
"But she is different. Her family was well off, but the place she went to was not so good. She was forced to marry someone. She gave birth to three children in more than two years and she couldn't stand it any longer."
A child is conceived for ten months, and in less than three years, what does it mean to have three children? One can imagine what kind of life that female educated youth led in the so-called "home".
As soon as the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came, she also saw hope of leaving.
"She wanted to take the college entrance examination and went back to the educated youth camp to borrow books. But she was discovered by her 'family' and locked up. I heard that they only gave her one meal a day in the hope that she would become starving and lose her temper."
"It's against the law and it's wrong for them to do this."
Song Ning has also learned some law during his recent studies. Isn't this obviously a crime?
This is wrong, it is not right!
Xu Meng sighed, "That's not right, but she's a female educated youth. I heard that the place was quite poor and many people didn't have money to marry, so they just... abused the educated youth who went to the countryside and then took them home as wives. When she wanted to take the college entrance examination, people thought she wanted to run away, so that's why she did this."
Song Ning was furious when he heard this, but he held back his anger.
"What does that have to do with Lin Zhiqing? Didn't he marry someone voluntarily? He's not a woman, so no one forced him."
Seeing how angry he was, Xu Meng hesitated.
But after thinking about it, I decided to tell the truth.
"It's true that he volunteered, but I heard that he actually had a fiancée who was his classmate, right? I heard that the girl's family was pretty good, and they were a good match, and she had even gone to school."
"After Lao Lin got married, he always told us that his son couldn't read a single word, and that they couldn't talk about life and ideals. All he talked about was vulgar things like eating, drinking, and defecating. He felt that they were not suitable for each other."
Song Ning's eyes widened.
Just because of this?
"But didn't he marry her voluntarily because he couldn't even afford to eat? Now that he can eat his fill, he's disgusted that she only talks about these things with him?"
Besides, if he really cares so much, wouldn’t he teach his wife to write big characters?
Isn't it the same for Lance? Song Ning thought about it and suddenly an idea came to him. Lance has been trying hard to teach him. Is he trying to get into college with him so that they can continue to be together for a long time?