The educated youth was reborn and wanted to disappear, but he was locked into a military marriage.

Zhang Yujie was helpless: "It's not easy for us to take the farmers' things for free. I asked others before, and the market price is more than fifty yuan. This price is considered an internal price for us." After thinking for a while, he said to Zhu Xiaomin, "I'll think about it. I'll ask you for help later if I need it."

"Okay!" Zhu Xiaomin agreed.

As they were talking, Fan Yanqing had also arrived. Hearing the conversation from outside the door, he came in and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Guo Hongtao immediately repeated what she had just said.

Fan Yanqing looked at Zhu Xiaomin and asked with a smile, "Is that the price too?"

who do you think You Are?

Zhu Xiaomin nodded: "This is already the lowest price."

Guo Hongtao complained: "It's so expensive, how many people can afford it?"

If you can't afford it, don't use it.

Zhu Xiaomin nodded in agreement: "Well, I can't afford it either, so I don't have one either."

The fact is, the twenty or so skins that were taken back last year were consumed internally by the brigade cadres. The educated youth had rabbit skins, so they had no intention of touching the sheepskins. But she didn't expect that they would use dozens of rabbit skins to make a set of bedding for her.

More than half a month passed in a hurry, and the temperature dropped by more than ten degrees.

A stove was lit in the dormitory. After work, Zhu Xiaomin and He Lanfang would sit on a stool each and guard the stove. Sometimes they would put an aluminum lunch box on the stove with seasonings prepared by Zhu Xiaomin inside. The two would chat while they cooked.

Sometimes He Lanfang had some unfinished work, and Zhu Xiaomin would take out her high school textbooks and review them again and again.

He Lanfang watched for a few days and finally couldn't help asking, "Xiaomin, you graduated from high school a long time ago, why are you still reading high school textbooks?"

Zhu Xiaomin smiled at her and said, "When I was in school, I didn't study very hard. Now I want to absorb all this knowledge. It will come in handy."

"Do you want to go to college?" He Lanfang asked.

Zhu Xiaomin thought about it and smiled: "If there is a chance, of course I would like to."

This was already 1976, and no more workers, peasants and soldiers were recommended for college students after that. Wang Xiaoya was from the last batch.

Then in 1977, the college entrance examination was resumed, and that was her chance.

Of course, she hadn't made a final decision on whether to take that opportunity, but she still had to be prepared.

He Lanfang whispered, "But what if I can't go to university? Wouldn't it be a waste of all my studies now?"

Zhu Xiaomin shook her head: "The knowledge you learn is in your own belly, no one can take it away, how can it be learned in vain?"

He Lanfang was touched by her words and approached her and asked, "Then, can I study with you? It's just...it's just that although I graduated from high school, I didn't learn anything."

Well, here comes a companion!

Zhu Xiaomin naturally agreed readily and took out a stack of notebooks he had copied from: "We don't have books, and all books are copied. You can start from here and learn while copying. If you don't know, ask me. If I don't know, write to others and ask. Anyway, we are not in a hurry."

Did you copy the textbook?

He Lanfang opened her mouth in surprise.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled: "You started it yourself, so you have to keep doing it even if you cry." He stuffed the things into her hands and continued reading.

Well, it's better than doing nothing.

He Lanfang nodded resignedly, finished the work in her hands, and occupied the table at the end of her bed to copy books.

As New Year's Day is approaching, Zhu Xiaomin has been calculating the time for Lu Mingzheng to return so that she can apply to go to the countryside and go back to the village with him.

But just as I had the thought, I saw a strong wind blowing outside and heavy snow falling all over the place. In just half an hour, all the houses were covered in white.

With such heavy snow, it was not a problem for Lu Mingzheng to return by train, but he could not go back to the village.

When Zhu Xiaomin was staring out the window, she heard two knocks on the office door behind her, followed by Fan Yanqing's surprised voice: "Xie Chengzhi?"

Zhu Xiaomin turned around and saw Xie Chengzhi, who was wrapped up tightly with the snow on his body not yet melted, standing at the door. She was surprised and happy. She jumped up and asked, "Chengzhi, why are you here?" She rushed to the door and let him in.

Hu Runyue was not on a business trip and did not know Xie Chengzhi. He stood up and asked, "Xiaomin, is this the leader of the educated youth team you mentioned?"

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and nodded, and introduced Li Changping to both parties. She asked Xie Chengzhi to sit down, and she was busy pouring hot water for him. She asked: "Why did you come to the city? What's the matter?"

Xie Chengzhi took out some materials from his bag and gave them to her. He said with a smile, "Originally, people from the commune wanted to report the materials. I happened to be going to the city, so I brought them along."

Zhu Xiaomin took it and flipped through it, then said helplessly, "It's not something urgent. Why did you come here in such a heavy snow?"

Xie Chengzhi was helpless: "It wasn't snowing when I set out, but I didn't expect it to snow so heavily halfway. Fortunately, I'm out of the mountain now."

Zhu Xiaomin thought for a moment and said, "I'll take you to the guesthouse after get off work. We can't leave tomorrow, so we'll see about the road conditions there later."

Hu Runyue said beside him: "Xiaomin, you don't have to wait until after get off work, go now and treat us well."

Zhu Xiaomin looked at the time and saw that it was only an hour before the end of get off work, so she nodded in agreement. After Xie Chengzhi drank some water, she took him out again.

After leaving the building, Zhu Xiaomin asked, "What are you doing in the city?"

You have to know that for the educated youth to go to the city, not only was there a problem of the long journey, but they also had to ask for leave and get letters of introduction, which was very troublesome.

Xie Chengzhi was a little embarrassed: "I...I'm going to the city to buy...buy some things."

I've never seen this person so shy.

Zhu Xiaomin was puzzled, but she understood immediately and asked with a smile, "Things for wedding?"

Xie Chengzhi nodded, just smiled, and said, "Shiwen said you missed the potatoes in the mountains, so I brought some for you. I thought it would be bad to bring them to work, so I left them at the door of your dormitory."

Zhu Xiaomin exclaimed, "Yeah!" and turned to walk towards the dormitory building. "I was just talking about it a few days ago."

The potatoes sold at Pingcheng Farmer’s Market are from villages near Pingcheng, and are not as delicious as those grown on the slopes of Hengyin County.

When I got back to the dormitory, I saw a large sack standing at the door. It was filled with hundreds of pounds of potatoes. I said helplessly, "Why do you carry so many for such a long journey?"

Xie Chengzhi smiled: "There's nothing else to bring." Seeing that she opened the door, he helped her carry the bag in.

Zhu Xiaomin was not in a hurry to leave. She opened the cabinet and said, "I didn't know you would go to the city on purpose to buy some things for your wedding. Take a look and see if you still need anything. Don't buy too much."

Xie Chengzhi saw a small cabinet. She didn't have many of her own things, but there were a lot of things for her wedding. He felt warm in his heart, but touched his head awkwardly.

Zhu Xiaomin was surprised: "You don't mean to say that everything has been bought?"

Xie Chengzhi was helpless: "That's not the case, it's just... I'm afraid I can't get it back."