The Blessed Beauty Returns with a Dimension
Chapter 156 - 149 Revealing the News

Chapter 156: Chapter 149 Revealing the News

On the third day, Jiang Xiaoxiao cut herself, and it couldn’t possibly heal fully. At least, the wound still hurt a lot on the second day.

Jiang Xiaoxiao knew the peach’s effect lasted for three days, and the efficacy diminished each day.

This time, she took a bite of the peach.

The wound healed about three hours later.

Next experiment.

Jiang Xiaoxiao ate half of the peach.

The wound healed in an hour.

For the last experiment, Jiang Xiaoxiao ate the entire peach, and it healed almost instantly.

Additionally, Jiang Xiaoxiao discovered that regardless of the wound size, the peach’s effect was the same.

This meant her peach was powerful, treating injuries without discrimination.

Knowing its effectiveness, Jiang Xiaoxiao began making dried peaches.

She set up a homemade earthen oven for herself.

First, stacking bricks, then spreading mud over them, using iron plates as separators, lighting a fire underground, and covering it with a lid to create a slow-cooking state.

It’s said that the dried peach production was very successful; at least Jiang Xiaoxiao stored a large supply. She had nothing else to do anyway, and idleness doesn’t help.

These dried peaches could be sent to her parents, so they had something for protection.

After finishing that, Jiang Xiaoxiao took out the high school textbooks she had brought with her.

After all, back then, she just threw all the high school curriculum books into her space without even glancing at how many she had taken.

As long as they were usable.

There’s still a year until the college entrance exams; during this time, she intended to study in advance and get everyone to prepare early as well.

Once heavy snow started in the winter, everyone would be stuck indoors, idle anyway.

Sure enough, the snow stopped for only two days before resuming.

This heavy snow forced everyone to stay indoors; nobody wanted to go outside because it was too cold.

The bored intellectual young people gathered in groups of three or five to play cards.

Song Moting and He Aiguo were not fond of card games, so they visited Jiang Xiaoxiao and her friends.

They found Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jia Shu reading.

Seeing so many books there, both of their eyes lit up.

"Who brought these books? How come someone brought books here?"

At that time, schools were mostly closed except for primary schools.

Books were rare sight in general households.

What’s more, they were young intellectuals, and when they arrived, it was hard to even carry their luggage. Who would lug such heavy books without reason?

Song Moting suddenly remembered Jiang Xiaoxiao.

When this girl arrived, she had many large bags and cases, and he had even helped her. The luggage was quite heavy.

"I brought these."

"My goodness, Jiang Xiaoxiao, you’re something else. You even brought so many books! Aren’t you worried about the weight? No wonder your brother asked me to look after you. Of course, help is needed. It seems you aren’t here to be a young intellectual in the countryside, but rather on a spring outing."

He Aiguo dared to speak; he still remembered Jiang Lei’s words.

"Stop joking; I brought them specifically."

Song Moting picked up a book and flipped through it.

It was a high school textbook.

And some high school study materials.

"School classes stopped long ago, and you graduated high school, right? Why do you still have these high school textbooks?"

"Let me tell you something, I’ve got insider information. My godfather and godmother are the directors of a famous hospital, and they have students all over the country. Their students mentioned that the country is researching new policies, considering the revival of college entrance exams.

My godparents even told me it would happen within two years, so I should prepare early to enter college. That’s why I brought so many books. This is foresight."

Jiang Xiaoxiao proudly raised the book in her hand.

She was spinning never-before-told tales; she did have godparents, but they lost contact long ago, probably moving abroad in a few years.

Since then, there has been no contact.

They were also the best scapegoats.

Song Moting noticed her confident, dark eyes, filled with determination, and felt moved.

Before he came, his uncle seemed to mention that the central government was discussing new policies, including a policy about the college entrance exams revival.

But it was just on the agenda; no consensus yet on execution methods or timelines.

Based on what Jiang Xiaoxiao said and his uncle’s words, it meant many people might have received this news.

If news of reviving college exams was circulating, it might happen within a year or two. Preparing in advance for the exams could truly be a way out because returning to the city was incredibly difficult for young intellectuals. But if one got into college, it changed everything.

Not only Song Moting, but even He Aiguo’s eyes brightened. Who wouldn’t want to attend college?

The country cancelled the exams, stopping everyone’s dreams, but now things were different. If the exams returned, who wouldn’t want to go back to the city?

"Jiang Xiaoxiao, since there’s a chance, why don’t we organize everyone for studying during the idle winter? Might as well do something while idle."

He Aiguo took the initiative.

He felt compelled to share since everyone lived together, and keeping such news from others seemed wrong.

The thirteen of them got along really well, their temperaments matching, with no one being stingy or petty. With such good news, it was only right for everyone to know.

Jiang Xiaoxiao shared the sentiment.

If it were others, she might’ve been secretive, but with people who were straightforward in nature and not petty at all, it was different.

She hoped, whoever wanted to study would have a bright future.

And they had to be secretive about their studies with the forest station staff and the station manager because being discovered could mean big trouble, risking forced labor reforms.

No one encouraged studying at this time.

Song Moting nodded, "Alright, Jiang Xiaoxiao, everyone lacks textbooks; please lend some to us. We can exchange and study mutually, splitting into study groups. During the day, we’ll shut the courtyard door and study indoors, watching out the window for outsiders. If someone comes, we quickly hide the materials to avoid detection."

Jiang Xiaoxiao nodded excitedly.

So, Song Moting and He Aiguo returned to share the news with everyone.

Although they spoke cryptically, many people, upon hearing about a college entrance exam chance, were interested, wanting to go to college if it was revived.

Many felt tempted.

But some weren’t moved, like Gu Dali and a few others who were physically strong and never good at academics.

Asking them to study felt torturous, thus Gu Dali assured they would act as sentinels.

With people working in the courtyard and card games ongoing indoors, nothing seemed suspicious. They were responsible for covering up.

Song Moting felt somewhat frustrated with Gu Dali, struggling academically. During school days, he was absent often and now, relying on self-motivation seemed nearly impossible.

Besides, studying was uncertain with upcoming policy changes, potentially unproductive investments.

This couldn’t be forced on others.

Six individuals wished to join the study group.

The remaining five people, including Gu Dali, formed a group engaging in whatever activities they liked.

Jiang Xiaoxiao’s group formed two study groups.

She shared duplicate study materials with the other group.

Song Moting and He Aiguo joined Jiang Xiaoxiao and Jia Shu’s study group.

During the day, they would study at the female intellectual young people’s room, and return at night.

With Song Moting and He Aiguo joining, Jiang Xiaoxiao felt more confident.

Her high school education was barely sufficient, and she never attended college before.

Though she became a doctor later, it was the national policy encouraging rural doctors to become formal that gave her the chance for a formal position.

Otherwise, she had no real expertise!

Her academic background was a weakness, but Song Moting and He Aiguo were genuine high school graduates, academic elites.

Song Moting, particularly from his knowledgeable insights, clearly came from an extraordinary family environment.

Grasping knowledge points with ease.

With these two explaining, she and Jia Shu made rapid progress, resolving many difficult questions easily.