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

"Because it's not normal!" Zhu Xiaomin answered naturally, "We have all studied history. As the saying goes, after great chaos, there must be great order. The imperial examination system started in the Sui Dynasty and is a powerful tool for the country to select talents. Otherwise, it would not have been used for more than a thousand years and gone through five or six dynasties. Our ten years were too chaotic and too distorted. There must be an end to get things back on track."

Bai Xingyu's expression changed slightly: "Aren't you... afraid?"

At that time, who would criticize the great movement?

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "I just thought about it at the time, so I learned the knowledge well and made preparations to use it one day. I didn't say anything. What's there to be afraid of?"

Yes, they only read the textbooks that are used publicly in schools.

Bai Xingyu nodded, finally heaved a sigh of relief, and said sincerely: "No matter what, we still want to thank you."

You know, when the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came, the whole country was in an uproar, and high school textbooks were in short supply. Not only did they give them the only two sets of textbooks, they also attached a large number of test questions.

Otherwise, even he wouldn't have a chance to pass the exam.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said: "The educated youth site is a whole."

Bai Xingyu was stunned for a moment, and then he sighed for a long time: "After hearing what you said, I don't know if they will regret it, but I already regret it."

When they went to the countryside, there were fourteen of them traveling together and they had exchanged information. At least ten of them were able to come here through the connections of their families.

However, when talking about life issues and living together, they did not think of the achievements made by the previous team, but the coarse grains cooked in the pots of the old educated youth.

If they had not harbored selfish motives and were afraid that the old educated youth would take advantage of them, they could have gotten closer to the old educated youth and learned from them, and they could have saved another year.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and shook her head: "Nothing can be known in advance. I just thought that there would be such a day, but I don't know when it will be. It may be soon, or it may take another ten years. Who knows? Otherwise, how could it take four years?"

Yes, it was only a two-year course, but they took four years to complete it.

Bai Xingyu finally ran out of words. He smiled bitterly and whispered, "I heard that starting from next year, the conditions for applying for the exam will be restricted..." He stopped talking before he could finish.

Yes, there are restrictions on the application conditions. One of them is age, and the other is marital status. If Guo Xingqi fails to pass the exam this year, he will never have another chance.

This is the point!

Zhu Xiaomin nodded but didn't respond.

Bai Xingyu hesitated and asked, "Sister Xiaomin, I...want to know, given the current situation, how can Xingqi return to the city? I...I mean, if I don't come back after graduation."

It’s not “if”, he asked, he had already decided not to come back.

However, when college students are assigned a job, the first thing they choose is the spouse's location, followed by the parents' location.

If he didn't want to go back to Cijiaokou, or even Hengyin County, he would have to let Guo Xingqi return to the city before graduation, or... he would divorce Guo Xingqi.

It seems that he has already had this idea.

Zhu Xiaomin looked at him and saw the evasiveness in his eyes. Thinking of the smile on Guo Xingqi's face just now, she felt a little angry. But then she thought of the upcoming return of the educated youth to the city, and felt a little powerless.

There were also two conditions for the educated youth to return to the city: one was that they had no spouse in the countryside, and the other was that they were not recruited for work.

Guo Xingqi and Bai Xingyu got married. Bai Xingyu was admitted to university and his household registration was moved back to the city. The first rule did not restrict her, but she was a formal teacher in this elementary school and no longer met the second rule.

However, if she had not been a teacher and had still participated in the labor of the members, it would have been even more difficult for her to survive for four years when the educated youth began to return to the city.

In fact, among the educated youth from all over the country, many of them got married to keep each other together for warmth. When the educated youth returned to the city, a large number of them also divorced.

From Guo Xingqi's perspective, this man was a bit heartless, but looking back on the whole incident many years later, it was nothing more than a scar left by the times.

Zhu Xiaomin was silent for a while, and finally pointed out a way: "I know that your family conditions should not be bad. She has a formal teacher position. Now that classes have resumed across the country, there is a shortage of teachers. You can try to transfer her back to the city first."

Although she didn't put in the effort to understand it, when this batch of educated youth were assigned here, the base and orchard of the First Brigade had made some achievements.

In her previous life, she had never seen most of the people. It was obvious that it was the butterfly effect caused by the performance of the first team. In other words, they came here because of connections.

When they have to go to the countryside, this is the best choice their family can make for them.

Hearing her words, Bai Xingyu's eyes lit up instantly, and he nodded repeatedly, feeling a little uneasy: "I heard that there will be no more educated youth going to the countryside in the future. If she leaves, this school..."

Without new educated youth going to the countryside, there would be no way to select teachers.

Zhu Xiaomin smiled and said, "There must be a way when you get to the mountain. There are still many educated youths in other brigades."

Although she provided a solution, how easy is it to transfer?

Bai Xingyu didn't think about the difficulties. When he heard that there was a way to solve the problem, he felt relieved.

Zhu Xiaomin didn't want to talk anymore and went straight to the outer courtyard.

In the outer courtyard, Xie Chengzhi and his party were standing in the yard talking. When he saw her coming out, he smiled and said, "You still have to go to the village, so you'd better go early."

Zhu Xiaomin glanced towards the yard and saw that the table where they had eaten had been taken down, and even the big stove had been taken down, leaving only a bare yard.

For a moment, Zhu Xiaomin felt a little disappointed, and she understood that Xie Chengzhi didn't want to stay long. She nodded and walked out, no longer interested in looking at any of the rooms.

They went back to the brigade headquarters first, picked up the things left there, politely declined the company of several brigade cadres, and the four of them walked out.

Xia Chunhua was reluctant to leave, so she ran out after them: "Sister Xiaomin, I'll go with you."

Xia Laogen also hurriedly said, "Then let Chunhua go with you."

After walking around like this, she really didn't have a good chat with him. Zhu Xiaomin turned around, held her hand, and agreed with a smile: "Okay!"

The five people left the brigade headquarters, went downhill from the other side, crossed the stone bridge and walked into the village.

Passing by the threshing ground, there was another round of greetings. Mrs. Chen came out and followed them into the village. She first took them to her home and whispered, "It's good that you came back at this time. I'm afraid Grandma Li is not going to make it anymore. We can still see her again."

Xie Chengzhi was surprised: "It was fine when we left."

Mrs. Chen nodded, opened the door and let them in. When she closed the door, she glanced diagonally across the street before closing it and whispered, "It was fine originally, but for some reason a while ago, he suddenly grabbed hold of Mrs. Qian Er and refused to let go. She pushed him down and he never got up again."