Seventies Sweetheart: From Breakup to Billionaire-Chapter 185 - 188: Returning to the Village

After school in the afternoon, Lin Xiang conveyed Yu Xiumei’s words to Ge Yuanyi.

In the courtyard, Ge Yuanyi jumped up right away.

"Really, really? I can really take the college entrance exam?"

Lin Xiang nodded, looking at Ge Yuanyi with a smile in her eyes, "Teacher Yu said that your student status will be kept, but the prerequisite for you to take the college entrance exam is that your grades must pass." 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Lin Xiang did not tell Ge Yuanyi about moving up to the third year temporarily, afraid of giving her too much pressure at the start.

Once Ge Yuanyi’s grades stabilize, she will inform her truthfully and let Ge Yuanyi make her own choice.

After dinner in the afternoon, Lin Xiang and Ge Yuanyi studied together in the room, mainly Lin Xiang explaining the wrong questions to Ge Yuanyi.

In the living room, Mrs. Lin and Aunt Ge sat chatting. Looking at the light in Lin Xiang’s room, Mrs. Lin couldn’t help but sigh, "I thought Yuanyi would never be able to live normally in this life. We really have to thank the girl; if it weren’t for her, Yuanyi would definitely still be the same as before. How could she be as lively as she is now?"

In just two short days, Ge Yuanyi seemed to have changed completely, full of energy.

In Lin Xiang’s words, she saw a future full of hope and naturally didn’t want to keep wasting time.

Ge Yuanxin didn’t sneak away anymore, but several nights, when Lin Xiang was in a daze, she could vaguely hear voices talking in the courtyard.

But she didn’t ask much, turned over, and continued to sleep.

Three days later, when Lin Xiang returned home from school, she saw Ge Yuanyi handing her a letter.

"This is from my brother for you; he specifically said it must be handed to you personally."

The handwriting on the envelope was strong and powerful, and Lin Xiang recognized at a glance that it was a letter from Lin Yun to her.

She didn’t bother to talk to Ge Yuanyi and walked straight into the room, opened the envelope, and began reading the letter.

The content of the letter was short, but it fully conveyed what Lin Yun wanted to express.

When finished reading, Lin Xiang let out a long, deep breath.

"Beijing, right? Give me half a year, and I’ll definitely come to see you!"

Lin Yun left without saying goodbye.

The mission progressed even more smoothly than he had imagined. They caught the criminals and were eager to return to the troops as soon as possible. Furthermore, Lin Yun was also afraid of any fish slipping through the net, so he dared not contact Lin Xiang, fearing that the other party would trouble Lin Xiang.

Unable to say goodbye face to face, he could only end with a letter.

In the evening, after Ge Yuanyi finished a test paper, she quietly asked while Lin Xiang was grading it for her, "Who is the sender of the letter?"

"Kids shouldn’t meddle in adults’ affairs."

Ge Yuanyi pouted, "I’m two months older than you, so you’re the kid!"

Lin Xiang didn’t reply, only handed the corrected test paper to Ge Yuanyi, "I’ve explained this question to you many times. Most of the content in the question stem is misleading; you need to discern carefully. Obviously, it’s an easy question to score on, so why do you keep getting it wrong?"

Lin Xiang tapped her pen on the table, "If you make the same mistake next time, you’ll be punished with no test papers for two days!"

For Ge Yuanyi, who was eager to break away from her current miserable fate by going to college, the prohibition on writing test papers was indeed a harsh penalty, so she had to repeatedly promise not to make the same mistake again.

A few more days passed, and the third-year students had a monthly leave.

To focus on studying, normally only half a day off was given during the weekends.

In a flash, Lin Xiang and Mrs. Lin had not returned to Li Hua Team for almost a month.

On Saturday morning, as Ge Yuanyi watched Lin Xiang and Mrs. Lin preparing to leave with their luggage bags, she cautiously asked, "Will you come back?"

"Of course, we’ll be back. We’re just going back for a night and will return tomorrow afternoon," Lin Xiang said, "I’ve placed the test papers on the desk. You must not slack off these two days and study well. I’ll check tomorrow afternoon. If there are too many mistakes or a repeated error, you’ll be punished with no test papers!"

"Got it, got it, just go already," Ge Yuanyi urged. "Why are you more nagging than my mom?"

Lin Xiang and Mrs. Lin went to where Sun usually parked his ox cart, spent fifty cents to hire a ride, and rushed back to Li Hua Team.

Studying makes time pass very slowly. Although it had only been a month since they last returned to Li Hua Team, Lin Xiang felt as if she hadn’t been there for a long time.

"The girl is back!"

"Mrs. Lin, how’s life in the city? Is it much better than our countryside?"

"Is the girl tired from schooling? My cucumbers are ripe in the field, I’ll bring you some to eat later!"

The mother and daughter received a warm welcome as soon as they returned to the village.

Mrs. Lin started chatting naturally with the people.

"They say the city is nice, but in my opinion, it doesn’t even compare to our countryside. Each household’s residence is just so small, even the toilets and kitchens have to be shared, it’s really stifling. It’s nowhere near as spacious as our rural area!"

Mrs. Lin and Lin Xiang were staying at Aunt Ge’s house; the courtyard wasn’t as big as the Lin family’s, but it was already much better than the apartment building.

Before moving to the city, Mrs. Lin had always yearned for the apartment building, but after touring it on the day they rented a room, she completely lost her filter.

"Having a small house doesn’t mean much, but everything else is better there!"

"That’s only true for families with jobs. Those without jobs don’t even have private plots, nor are they eligible to earn work points, getting enough to eat is really hard!"

Everyone had some disbelief, "If life is so bad in the city, why do so many people try so hard to move there?"

Mrs. Lin shared her experiences and observations with everyone.

Lin Xiang was completely excluded now. She smiled and shook her head, planning to tidy up the house first.

But after just a few steps, she was called by the team leader who rushed over after hearing the news, "Girl, I’ve been waiting eagerly for you to have a break! Can you come with me to the team office? I have something to discuss with you."

In the team office, Lin Xiang looked at the account books recorded by Accountant Xu.

She only delivered buns to the cotton spinning factory for a few days, then the team leader found someone to deliver them instead.

Initially, they ordered two hundred, but as more people ate them, it increased to two hundred and forty. After a month, the number of buns required by the cotton spinning factory reached three hundred and fifty.

"Is Chef Yang planning not to make buns himself at all, letting us make all of them?"

The team leader said with a smile, "Chef Yang mentioned that to make buns, he and two assistant cooks had to get up at least an hour early every day to finish one hundred and fifty. Our bun workshop uses ample ingredients, with thin skins and lots of fillings, and the taste is great. The cotton spinning factory workers love eating them, so they simply let us make all of them."

Although Chef Yang could make some profit by making buns himself, it was tiring, and the profit margin from the Lihua Team bun workshop wasn’t much higher.

Now they could earn money while sleeping, so of course, they were more than willing.