Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 540 - 541 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 58_1

Chapter 540: Chapter 541 Sister Flowers Educated Youth 58_1

Whether to inform Huo Lei, Shen Jie thought about it for a long time, and ultimately decided to notify him.

Whether he already knew about the news or not, this was her stance.

Huo Lei was puzzled when he heard that Shen Jie was looking for him, and he put down the book in his hands and walked into the courtyard.

"I received a message from my brother, saying that the high school exams might be reinstated," Shen Jie whispered in Huo Lei’s ear.

Huo Lei hadn’t expected that Shen Jie came over late at night to notify him about this.

"Thank you, I just received the news myself. Regarding the exam, if there aren’t too many complications, it should be held in early December," he said.

"That soon..." Shen Jie hadn’t expected that Huo Lei’s sources were even more impressive; he already knew the timing of the exam.

Of course, she knew when the exam was scheduled; it was on the 10th of December, the day when the long-closed high school exam would once again lift its curtains, also being the only winter high school exam.

"Thank you," Shen Jie quickly went back.

"Huo Lei told me that the exams, if unchanged, will be held in early December."

Of course, she had to share this news with the other three, to make them tense, since it would probably be announced in a few days anyway.

But at this time, being able to prepare even a few days in advance could mean getting a few steps ahead.

"What?" The three of them had just learned about the reinstatement of the high school exams, and Shen Jie, who had just gone out for a short while, came back with even more explosive news.

"So soon, not even two months left." Feng Dan burst into tears, "I regret it, I should have studied seriously."

The Zhao Family Sisters were also looking dejected; they hadn’t expected the long-awaited high school exams would be reinstated after so many years.

Could they not be heartbroken at the possibility of just missing out?

"What are you crying for?" Shen Jie was impressed with them, "You haven’t studied, but has anyone else been studying?"

"Now that we know this news, does anyone else know?"

"Having a few days’ notice can still allow you to learn quite a bit."

"Instead of crying now, you should be thinking about starting to work hard from this moment."

Shen Jie shook her head in disbelief, "You’re already ahead of many people."

Enlightened by this, the three of them suddenly saw the light, "Right, we’ll start studying now."

Rest? Of course, they quickly started studying, and it didn’t matter that they didn’t have books right now—Shen Jie had some.

All four of them didn’t go back; they just started studying right in Shen Jie’s room.

Although the kang bed wasn’t very big, it was all right if they squeezed together a bit.

Picking up the long-unseen textbooks, for a start, the Zhao Family Sisters thought they recognized every character individually, but when strung together, they genuinely didn’t understand them.

They wanted to ask Shen Jie, but seeing how engrossed she was in studying, they thought about it and decided to think harder instead, in case they could figure it out themselves.

Zhao Jia and her sister actually had a fairly good foundation. After calming down and concentrating on the questions for a while, they gradually began to find their way.

Feng Dan also picked up a workbook and started doing practice questions, remembering Shen Jie’s advice about doing lots of them.

Many people hadn’t looked at a book in years and had forgotten nearly all the knowledge taught by their teachers.

As for those still attending school, although the environment had improved compared to the previous years,

one shouldn’t expect them to be much more diligent, since most teachers weren’t likely to teach with any greater enthusiasm.

When Shen Jie yawned and crawled out of the kang bed, she was the only one in the room; the other three had already gone to the factory compound to take the bus to the city.

After washing up, Shen Jie started organizing books.

Knowing that she would, after all, have to give away part of her books at that time, she had to prepare now exactly how much to give.

She didn’t want to be flustered then, grabbing the wrong books, even though it wouldn’t affect her own exams.

But for people like Feng Dan, the impact wouldn’t be small. Even though everyone was a comrade, Shen Jie’s primary concern had always been Feng Dan.

As for the two sisters from her room, she was including them as a favor; one couldn’t expect her to show much goodwill towards the other educated youth.

Shen Jie, sorting through the books, was also worried about Shen Xiaohui, who was far away at home, suspecting that he must be doing well at his place of work.

From the money he sent by mail, it was clear his salary had increased, but it was uncertain if he had been obediently reviewing his high school textbooks.

Every time she communicated with her family, Shen Jie never forgot to remind Shen Xiaohui, hoping he would continue to study diligently.

In his hometown, Shen Xiaohui, looking at the letter specifically written to him by Shen Xiaoguang, was shocked by the news conveyed.

He was someone who loved reading, and Shen Jie, before she left, had incessantly reminded him to study more.

Every correspondence with home was also filled with questions about whether or not he was studying. Accordingly, Shen Xiaohui had been seriously studying.

Shen Jianshe and the three of them looked at their crying youngest son and wondered what the eldest had written in his letter that made the youngest burst into tears.

"Big brother said, said, that the high school exams might be reinstated."

"He said, he said he had already informed my sister, telling us to get ready."

As much as he was stirred, Shen Xiaohui knew that this matter couldn’t be mentioned to others.

Shen Jianshe, upon hearing that the exams could be reinstated, immediately widened his eyes, "What, you’re saying the high school exams might be restarted?"

"My brother thinks it’s very possible, so he told me to prepare," said Shen Xiaohui, aware of how much the family had spent for his job.

"Mom and Dad, I want, I want to take the high school exams," he said.

"Of course!" Jian She exclaimed upon hearing about the exams, his first thought being that they must participate.

"Both you and your sister need to take the high school exams."

"As for your job, let’s leave it for whoever doesn’t get into university." Despite the suddenness of the news, Shen Jianshe had already made plans.

"How could that be, Xiao Jie and Xiao Hui will surely get into a university," Zhang Yamei, coming back to her senses from the excitement of the exams being reinstated, said unhappily.

"Yes, yes, yes, they will definitely get into university," Shen Jianshe apologized repeatedly, "When the time comes, we’ll see if we can sell Xiao Hui’s job."

After all, they had bought the job with money before, so they couldn’t just let it go for nothing.

"Xiao Hui, starting from now, don’t work; concentrate on studying," Lady Shen Li said, knowing that at this time, her role was to manage the logistics well.

"If anyone asks to borrow books, you must refuse them," Lady Shen Li, though not highly educated, knew well that once the news spread, people would surely come to borrow books.

"No matter who comes asking, no matter what they say, in short, the books cannot be lent out."

Any other time would be good for doing good deeds, but at this juncture, it was definitely not the time to be kind-hearted.

"If others get the books and then have to return them, it wastes time, and Xiao Hui won’t be able to review properly."

"Then when others get into university and our Xiao Hui doesn’t..." Lady Shen Li preferred to believe the worst of people than to be naively kind-hearted.

The old lady looked around, "No matter who asks, send them to me."

At this critical juncture, the old lady made it clear that while she was in charge, there was no need to pay heed to the looks of those around them.