My Beloved Super Fierce Wife
Chapter 731: Will we see each other again after 731?

Chapter 731: Will we see each other again after 731?

Lin Qingmu, who was leading a team to deliver goods from afar, suddenly sneezed and woke up from a dream.

The young driver teased with a smile, "Captain, does this mean something good is happening? Am I getting a sister-in-law?"

"Get out of here," Lin Qingmu retorted with a smile. "Do I look like the type who’d get married?"

The driving youth glanced at him and, upon seeing the captain’s unkempt face, nest-like hair, and the sleep crust in his eyes, didn’t know what to say for a moment.

"...Even if you cleaned the sleep from your eyes, you still wouldn’t look the part," the person blurted out honestly.

The young ladies have high standards these days, and with the captain looking like this, he’d start with negative points at first impression.

"Shut up and drive," Lin Qingmu’s smile instantly faded.

What a dig!

"Got it," the youth promptly responded obediently.

The news of the college entrance examination restoration quietly made its way back to the village; Lin Tang went back to the county to continue reviewing during his spare time.

Time hurriedly passed by.

In September of that year, a meeting was held in Jing City, which decided to restore the high school examination.

By October, the notification had been distributed around the country.

Delight spread across Zhonghua Country, and Anping County was no exception.

The joy spread from the county to the various brigades, and many people cried.

At Shuangshan Brigade, at the Educated Youth spot.

When the educated youth heard the announcement about the restoration of the college entrance exam through the brigade’s loudspeakers, their minds went blank.

Ten years had passed.

Countless days and nights, they had rooted themselves in this land, working from dawn till dusk alongside the brigade members, their originally fair skin tanned, their hands and feet calloused...

Sometimes, they even thought of themselves as natives of this place.

At this moment, when they abruptly heard the news about the restoration of the college entrance exam, the educated youth in the courtyard were stunned.

Just then, a brigade member pushed open the gate of the Educated Youth courtyard.

"What are you standing around for? Didn’t you hear the broadcast? Hurry up and register. If you pass, you can return to the city. Quick, go!!!"

Chen Wanwan and others were jolted out of their daze and stumbled out the door, running towards the Brigade Department.

Some lost their shoes in the rush, scrambling with them in their hands, too preoccupied to put them back on, focused solely on running to the brigade.

Over the years, some educated youth had left, and others had arrived, leaving eighteen behind.

They ran together in a rush, full of determination.

Lin Fu and other brigade cadres saw the educated youth coming from afar and simply stood their ground.

"Brigade Captain, did I hear the broadcast right that the college entrance exam is being restored?! Is it true?"

Someone asked the question, and the others instantly fell silent, staring unblinkingly at Lin Lu.

Lin Fu, looking at the familiar faces before him, suddenly felt a surge of emotion and firmly nodded, "It’s true; the college entrance exam is restored."

Someone from a family with a poor class background who had been sent to the brigade asked anxiously, "Brigade Captain, those of us with a not-so-good family background... can we... are we eligible to register?"

Lin Fu remembered the young man before him as a hardworking and earnest person.

He had been in the brigade for several years, earning full work points every day.

Not only did he need to earn his own food, but he also intermittently sent grain to his family, whose whereabouts and struggles were unknown, a particularly tough child.

Lin Fu stepped forward, patted the young man who appeared older than some of the other brigade youths, and nodded again, "You can, the issue you’re worried about no longer exists."

"Study hard and strive to do well on the test. Once you get back to the city, I believe you will be reunited with your family sooner or later."

The young man, upon receiving confirmation, covered his face and cried tearfully, his nearly 1.8-meter-tall frame shaking with both laughter and tears, as if he had lost his mind.

"It’s so great that we could wait for this day," he sobbed.

His close buddy’s eyes warmed, and he hugged his friend, offering silent comfort.

At this moment, tears were shed by all.

Lin Fu and the others felt a pang in their hearts as they watched this scene unfold.

After waiting for a while, feeling that the educated youth had somewhat regained their composure, Lin Fu said with a smile, "Alright, wipe those tears away."

"It’s already October, and the exam is on December 10th. Time is tight. You don’t have spare time to cry. Collect yourselves, register first..."

The group of educated youth knew the brigade captain meant well, and their gratitude reached an unprecedented level.

About ten educated youth glanced at each other and, without prior agreement, bowed to Lin Fu and the other brigade cadres in unison.

"Brigade Captain, Deputy Captain... thank you!!"

"Thank you for teaching us how to work the fields to earn work points, so we wouldn’t go hungry."

"Thank you for finding comrades to help us build our kang beds so we wouldn’t freeze in the dead of winter."

"Thank you to the brigade’s aunties who taught us to recognize wild vegetables, adding greens to our meals."

"Thank you to everyone for not minding that we held you back, and for all the different ways you helped us."

...

The educated youth said their grateful words, one after another.

This made Lin Fu and the others feel very uncomfortable.

Amidst their unease, they also felt somewhat embarrassed.

Li Jiancai tugged at the brigade captain’s sleeve, motioning for him to say something to break the awkward atmosphere.

Lin Fu gestured for them to calm down and put on a stern face, "Alright, we country folks can’t handle such sappy words. If all of you get into university, it will be a good thing for our brigade. There’s no need for this. Will we never see each other again or what? Wouldn’t that be awkward?"

The educated youth listened and, upon reflection, indeed felt a bit awkward.

Looking at each other, they suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha..."

Lin Fu and a few brigade cadres couldn’t help but laugh along.

The laughter spread, creating a ripple of laughter throughout the vicinity.

Once registered as required, and learning that the books previously used by the brigade captain for study and assessment coincidentally turned out to be authoritative textbooks, the educated youth started to review insanely.

Fortunately, the brigade had been electrified a while ago, saving a lot of trouble.

Everyone buckled down, all striving to excel in the exams to make Shuangshan Brigade proud.

The light in the classroom dedicated to the educated youth often stayed on until the wee hours of the morning.

The brigade’s learning atmosphere improved further.

Even Lin Zhiming, who was never fond of studying, read a few more pages every day, much to the delight of Zhou Mei.

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In November, the weather turned sharply cold.

That day, a military vehicle drove into the brigade.

A middle-aged man and a teenager arrived.

The middle-aged man appeared to be in his forties, dressed in a crisp military uniform, with short hair peeking out from under his military cap, graying slightly.

The teenager was bundled up in a warm coat with a cotton scarf around his neck, his complexion yellow and extremely thin, as if he too had suffered in recent years.

Before Lin Fu could speak, the middle-aged man stepped forward and took his hand.

"You must be Brigade Captain Lin, I’m Pei Yuan, and this is my son Qingci..."

Pei?

Lin Fu immediately thought of the elderly man named Pei among those who raised pigs.

"Are you here to find Old Pei?" he asked.

Before arriving, Pei Yuan had investigated his father’s situation over the years and knew that Shuangshan Brigade had taken great care of him, which gave him a good impression of the people here.

"If there are no surprises, the Old Pei you’re referring to should be my father," he said courteously.

After saying that, he handed the documents in his hand to Lin Fu.

Lin Fu glanced at them and a genuine smile appeared on his face, "...I’ll take Comrade Pei to see Old Pei right now."

Hearing that, Pei Yuan and his son clenched their hands tighter, suddenly becoming nervous.

After so many years, did their father (grandfather) harbor any resentment towards them?!