Transmigration: On the Gossip Front

Chapter 2242: Chapter 2243: Cousin Is a Capitalist Heiress 62

When Zhang Hui heard about the resumption of the college entrance examination, she was still working in the fields. The weather was about to cool down, and the annual winter rest period was approaching. There was truly a lot of varied work in the fields.

Zhang Hui really felt that her old back couldn’t take it anymore. She hadn’t paid attention to what the loudspeaker was saying, since they were all things unrelated to her. All she wanted now was to go back and rest.

Right at that moment, she heard excited shouts and crying. What was going on? Wasn’t it just a notification? Why were people crying?

Zhang Hui suddenly looked up to find that most of the excitement was from the intellectual youth, while the villagers’ expressions weren’t very excited. What was going on? Why were only the intellectual youth excited? What had happened?

At that moment, she heard that they were going to resume the college entrance examination. What? Could they actually participate in the college entrance examination?

How could the college entrance examination be resumed so suddenly? She truly hadn’t heard any rumors before. Wait, if the college entrance examination is really resumed, can she participate in it?

She had graduated so many years ago, and even if she could take the exam, she had left school long ago, and had almost forgotten everything. How could she participate in the college entrance examination?

Moreover, she didn’t have any books. What should she do? Wait a minute, she didn’t have any, but wasn’t there Zhang Yu? Right, Zhang Yu had books.

No, Zhang Yu would definitely participate in the college entrance examination. Why would she agree to lend her books? If it were her, she wouldn’t be willing either.

Besides, she had been reviewing and reading books for the past few years. Who knows how well she had studied during these years? She should very likely be able to get into college. Thinking of this, Zhang Hui’s face fell. If she could really get into college, what would happen?

Zhang Hui couldn’t help but feel unwilling. Clearly, she was the one who had better grades, so why was it very likely that Zhang Yu would get into college in the end? Unwilling, really very unwilling.

No way, she obviously had better grades and was smarter than Zhang Yu when she was studying. There was no reason to be worse than her.

Right, as long as Zhang Yu takes the college entrance examination, she must take the college entrance examination too.

The problem now is that she doesn’t have college entrance examination books. What should she do? She has to buy books. Without books, even if she can participate in the college entrance examination, it would be useless.

Right, she has to buy books, must buy books. Many people thought the same way, and many intellectual youth quickly asked for leave. Wang Ji wasn’t surprised at all by their leave requests, and approved them one by one.

They rushed back to the youth point to get money, and then quickly headed to the village entrance. They wanted to go to the commune to buy books.

Watching them rush out like bees, Zhang Yu knew they were likely going to buy books. She could only shake her head gently. Many people already knew about the news, and everyone wanted to buy books. If they first thought of going to the urban area, there might still be some chance.

Instead, they were discussing going to the commune to buy books. Going to the commune at this time? Really foolish, the commune wasn’t that big, and Zhang Yu had visited the bookstore there, it was really small with not much stock.

Even if there was stock, it would have already been swept away by the people near the commune. Forget it, it’s none of her business. Even if she told them, would they believe her?

The intellectual youth rushed out like bees, leaving only a few intellectual youth who appeared very conspicuous. The aunt working with Zhang Yu curiously asked her, "Why don’t you go buy books."

"When I came here, I had already brought high school books with me."

"Ah, you have high school books?" an aunt exclaimed excitedly.

Zhang Yu nodded, "Yes. At that time, I thought I might be bored here, so I brought all the books with me, thinking some villages might hire teachers, and the intellectual youth might have a chance. But I never got the chance to work as a teacher. Now, unexpectedly, there’s a resumption of the college entrance examination."

People really didn’t care so much about why Zhang Yu brought high school books here; they cared that she had books.

"Well, can we borrow them?" an aunt asked cautiously.

"You can, but as you know, I live at the youth point. If they manage to buy books, that would be best."

"If they don’t manage to buy books, they’ll come to me to borrow books." Zhang Yu mentioned that Zhang Hui knew she had brought textbooks here, and would definitely ask for them.

As everyone thought about it, they realized that Zhang Yu worked with them, but their relationships weren’t that deep. More importantly, two of the intellectual youth were her sisters. Even if their sisterly bond wasn’t great, they were still sisters. Something as significant as the college entrance examination couldn’t be ignored.

"How about this, you can borrow one book at a time. You can take turns transcribing the books, but the best solution is still to buy books."

"Let the village chief and Xiao Lei discuss how to allocate them." Zhang Yu didn’t have that much time to handle these matters.

The group swiftly ran to the commune. Along the way, they saw other intellectual youth also riding ox carts straight to the commune. They were getting anxious, worrying that by the time they arrived, there wouldn’t be any books left.

When they finally reached the commune, they found that the bookstore was already crowded with people. Zhang Hui felt a sense of disappointment and anxiety.

Why were there so many people? The commune bookstore wasn’t big, and even if there was stock, with so many people, they probably wouldn’t have a chance to buy any.

What to do? Then someone with quick thinking said, "Let’s go to the county town to buy."

Right, let’s go to the county town to buy. The bookstore there is big, surely we can buy some.

At that moment, people arriving later saw that the commune was also surrounded by many people and were stunned, "Why are there so many people here too?"

"Is it possible that there are even more people here than in the county town bookstore?"

Their words made everyone planning to go to the county town shocked, "No way. Are there no books in the county town either?"

"Yes, they were gone long ago. People who are well-informed said there weren’t any books in the urban area yesterday. We thought the commune might have books, but alas..."

Ah, knowing the county town bookstore didn’t have books, they thought about going to the urban area early tomorrow morning, but who could have guessed even the urban area had no books? What should they do?

At this moment, a voice from inside said there were no books.

After hearing the voice saying there were no books, Zhang Hui and Zhang Juan looked at each other, "Let’s go back."

No books in the urban area, no books in the county town, and now even the commune has no books. Zhang Hui knew all she could do now was to find Zhang Yu.

Zhang Juan felt even more anxious. She hadn’t graduated from high school, and her grades weren’t very good. Having not attended school over the years, she had returned the knowledge taught by the teachers back to them.

She really wasn’t confident about taking the college entrance examination, but Zhang Hui was right. Everyone was in a similar situation; being a high school graduate really wasn’t important.

She just wanted to give it a try; if she really could get into college, she would be able to leave this place.

Now, with no books, what to do? Zhang Juan couldn’t help but feel at a loss.

The people on the ox cart also felt quite bewildered. They had finally seen a glimmer of hope, but now the faint light was gone. What should they do?

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