Chapter 30: Lottery
"It's true that Zhou Ping Xiang passed the exam alone. And the rest of them who trumpet every day didn't pass the exam?"
"Oh, ain't that right!. Say, isn’t it embarrassing? Everyday, they almost shouted with a loudspeaker. And the result? Zhou Ping Xiang didn't delay earning work points and she passed the exam."
"I didn't expect Han Guang Hui to not pass the exam. Look how he wears glasses every day and looks so decent. I thought he could pass the exam."
"Pah! And that Han Xue. I saw her go out with Han Guang Hui once. It was deep in the night. Tsk tsk. With that crooked mindset, how could she pass the exam?"
"The same goes for Zhao Yan Yan. Born with a smart appearance for nothing. She even treated Chen Xue lass as a good person."
"Alright, alright, don't talk. They're all here."
A few aunties who were chatting at the intersection winked, stopped the topic, and started talking about other things.
When Han Guang Hui and the others came out of the brigade, they couldn't believe what they heard.
Didn't pass the exam! None of them passed the exam!
"Impossible! How could I fail the exam?" Zhao Yan Yan muttered to herself.
Chen Xue glanced at her. She felt with Zhao Yan Yan's level, how could she possibly pass the exam. And she didn't believe it. Why didn't she and Han Guang Hui pass the exam?
She approached Han Guang Hui and touched him lightly, "Guang Hui."
Han Guang Hui glanced at her sullenly, but remained silent.
Li You Hai, on the other hand, was open-minded, "Hey, if this thing is so easy to take, then wouldn’t everyone have gone to college. On my test paper, there are a lot of blanks. So I know I won't pass the exam."
What surprised him now was that Zhou Ping Xiang passed. From what Zhao Yan Yan and the others said, Zhou Ping Xiang didn't seem to be properly studying. When he had time, he had to ask her about it. It would be great if he could copy her notes.
"I'm going to the county post office to check if there is any letter for me." Han Guang Hui said.
Chen Xue glanced at him, "I'll go check too."
Zhao Yan Yan's eyes lit up even more. She nodded repeatedly, "I see. The post office must have not delivered our admission notice to us. I knew it. How could we not pass the exam? Let's go and have a look .”
Li You Hai appeared on the spot. He wanted to say that in this cold weather, he might as well go back and sit around the stove and think about how to study for next year. When filling in the address, they checked every word. So could there be any mistakes? But before he could speak, he was dragged away.
In the Song’s house, Xu Xiao Jiao sent Zhou Ping Xiang away and asked her to bring over the notice to have a look when she was free. With this, it was considered that she had witnessed history.
Seeing that she had no other emotions other than happiness, Song Wei Ping breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Xiao Jiao was now a little sensitive to his emotions, "Song Wei Ping, what’s up? Afraid that I will regret it."
Song Wei Ping didn't expect her to notice. He nodded.
"If I regret it, will you support me to take the college entrance examination next year?" Xu Xiao Jiao asked him.
Song Wei Ping nodded again, "Support."
Xu Xiao Jiao laughed, "Then what are you afraid of? Don't worry, I don't regret it. Of course, I don't want to participate next year. Seeing that our family's life is getting better and better, I don't want to use my brain to study anymore. You’ll support me anyway. "
However, "If you want to participate, you can. From that the set of papers I gave Ping Xiang, you almost grasped it all too?"
"I won't participate." Song Wei Ping only stated one sentence before changing the subject, "Go learn to ride the bicycle?"
So the two of them reached the main road to the town. Song Wei Ping once again became Xu Xiao Jiao's teacher.
Maybe because of her good mood, Xu Xiao Jiao felt that she seemed to have mastered some tricks today.
She studied so hard that she didn't even notice a little bit of snow falling from the sky. Her interest was at its peak.
Han Guang Hui and the others were embarrassed. There was no letter from them at the post office in the town.
The post office staff even scolded them.
"As long as you fill in the address correctly, then nothing is nothing. This is a major national event. How can I make a mistake? Today, I couldn’t do anything but waste my time explaining it to you. I say, don’t you have an inkling of how you studied?! If you didn’t pass the exam, you didn’t pass the exam. Now blaming the post office? Leave at once!”
On the way back, the atmosphere was extremely dull. Han Guang Hui couldn't believe it, "How could I possibly fail the exam? Anyone else could fail the exam. How could I fail the exam?"
In the end, they were husband and wife. Zhao Yan Yan felt sorry for him for being so devastated, "Elder Brother Guang Hui, don't be sad. Isn’t there another college entrance examination next year? Let's take it again. Then, we’ll still go to college. Let those in the village who laugh at us." ..."
"Enough!" Han Guang Hui violently burst out, "Zhao Yan Yan, can you shut up! You are annoying every day, you know that!"
His chest heaved violently, "Apart from all kinds of complaints, what else can you say every day? Since I married you, nothing had gone well. You are such a f*cking calamity star!"
Zhao Yan Yan felt that she was comforting him out of kindness. Since he didn't appreciate it, she can’t accept it.
"I’m a calamity star? Why don't you say that you have no ability? I think you are a wimp, You think you are so talented. Pah, I was fooled by you Han Guang Hui. You small-minded person!" Zhao Yan Yan did not want to be outdone. She scolded back at once. She not only scolded, but also started to scratch Han Guang Hui's face in two or three strokes.
The remaining two couldn't sit and watch the spectacle. They hurriedly pulled them apart.
"Oh, what are you guys doing? Is there a need? Why did you get physical?"
"Stop hitting. Yan Yan. Look, Guang Hui's face is bleeding."
"Alright, alright. Stop. Don't let people see a spectacle."
When Han Guang Hui heard these words, he became angry from embarrassment, "Are the spectacles little now? Who was bragging about going to college before taking the exam? Saying that Zhou Ping Xiang won't pass the exam every day? And made fun of Xiao Jiao! And the result!"
Not to be outdone, Zhao Yan Yan retorted, "How am I to know? So everything else is wrong. But Xu Xiao Jiao is stupid. She can't learn to ride a bicycle."
The group walked and talked, rowing quite loudly.
Suddenly, a cheerful voice came.
"Waaa, Song Wei Ping, I learned how to ride a bicycle."
Xu Xiao Jiao held the handlebars of the bicycle with both hands as she pedaled the pedals steadily with both feet. As the bicycle shuttled along the road, small snowflakes fell on her hair.
"Song Wei Ping, look how awesome I am!"
Then, Song Wei Ping's gentle voice sounded over, "Awesome. Slow down, watch the road."
Standing by the side of the road and seeing her excited face, he felt that there was nothing in this world that would make his heart move like this again.
"I'm so happy. I finally learned it. I'll tell Ping Xiang tomorrow. If someone asks me again this time, I won't be ashamed. I will ride a bicycle around the village and tell everyone that I have learned it."
"Okay, let's go home. It's snowing heavily."
"Song Wei Ping, I'm hungry. It's snowing. At home, do you have the meatballs you made? Slice some meat, cut some tofu, put some vermicelli, and add green vegetables. Let's have a cozy hot pot."
"Okay, give me the bicycle. Come up, I'll take you back."
Xu Xiao Jiao and Song Wei Ping both looked relaxed. Talking and laughing, they left.
In the vast snow, only Han Guang Hui and the others were left in disgrace.
Han Guang Hui wiped the water that had melted on his face. He felt extremely depressed in an instant, "Zhao Yan Yan, don't talk about me getting into college again. Your mouth... Also, stay away from me."
Li You Hai also subconsciously wanted to stay away from Zhao Yan Yan. Her mouth must have been blessed. Whatever she said, it won’t come true. She said that they could get into college. The result? All of them failed. Said, Zhou Ping Xiang won’t pass. The result? She passed. Every day, she badmouthed Xu Xiao Jiao, mocking how she didn't know how to ride a bicycle. Now? The other party was living a very happy life. She could ride a bicycle any minute.
Tsk!
Although the results of the college entrance examination were released, some people were happy and some were worried. No matter what, it was the New Year. Except for a few educated youths who took the college entrance examination, most of them were ignorant and not affected by the college entrance examination. At most, it was just an after-dinner conversation to pass the time.
But not long after the new year, a major event happened that attracted everyone's attention in Meilin Village.
"Have you heard that the land will be divided?"
"What? What dividing the land?"
"Tsk, why don't you know? My wife's uncle's distant cousin's son is the leader of the county. It is said it was passed down by the higher up that the land will be allocated to individuals."
"My God, is it true?"
"I guess it's true. Haven't you seen that the branch secretary had been going to the town for meetings every day? I think it's likely to be the case."
"Oh, that’s true. If the land is divided, then how much you do, it’ll be yours, right?"
"Right! Those who usually slack off and play tricks will have to swing their arms and get to it. Whoever doesn't work hard will get how much they worked. It’ll go into their own pockets."
Regarding the land distribution, Xu Xiao Jiao also vaguely heard some news. She was working as an accountant in the village, so there were naturally more sources of news than others.
So when Wu Chun Hua asked her, she nodded affirmatively, "En, the land is going to be divided."
From her memory, the land distribution activities started in this year in history. The wave of land reform swept across the country this year. Afterward, it greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of farmers and the grain production was greatly improved.
However, she didn't have much memory of the specific months. Since the higher up said that it will be divided, it can't be wrong.
Seeing that Wu Chun Hua was restless, Xu Xiao Jiao comforted her, "Mom, don't worry about it. No matter how much we get divided, we rely on it to eat and drink."
Wu Chun Hua gave her a reproachful look, "What are you talking about? That land is our lifeblood. If the land is divided, mother will have hope for old age care in the future. No matter what, once you plant some food, you won't starve to death."
Xu Xiao Jiao didn't expect Wu Chun Hua to think so far. She didn't have much dependence on the land. Still, she also understood the feelings of the older generation, "Alright, alright, then wait for the news. The spring plowing is about to start, it must be around then when the news come. The higher-ups can't let everyone delay the spring planting."
Sure enough, things were as Xu Xiao Jiao said. Around the spring plowing, the branch secretary held a meeting for everyone to divide the land.
The division of land! This was a major event after many years. Which ones were allocated to households and which ones were reserved for public use, these all required reason and order.
From the end of the new year to the spring plowing, the secretary of the Meilin Village led a group of people from the village committee and finally made arrangements within a month.
As soon as the loudspeaker yelled that there was going to be a meeting to divide the land, no one was absent in Meilin Village. Everyone attended.
Though the village branch secretary had been occupied for a month, he was full of energy. He was more than in favor of land distribution. He agreed with the development of the collective economy, but he also understood that there were those individuals who didn’t work hard and pondered how to slack off every day.
With this land distribution, every household had to work hard. With hard work, the grain production will definitely increase and their village could also become richer.
"This time, we’re considered better off. In a family, each person can be allocated one mu of two different lands. As for how to divide it, it's easy to handle. In order to make everyone find it fair, we will draw lots. No one can blame anyone. .”
Seeing that everyone had no objection, he coughed twice, "Okay, since there is no objection, let’s not waste words. This is the beginning. Who wants to draw first?"
The division of land that they’ve been thinking about was right in front of their eyes. But when they heard the branch secretary say draw lots, some people were scared. Aiya, if they draw that bad river fork, it will be bad luck.
For a while, no one moved.
Xu Xiao Jiao was not excited at all. Anyway, when the policy changes next year, Song Wei Ping will go into business. It didn't matter where he got.
Seeing that she looked bored, Song Wei Ping asked her in a low voice, "Do you want to draw?"
Xu Xiao Jiao's eyes lit up, "Okay."
Wasn't this the actual lottery? It was quite interesting.
It was time to witness her luck!
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