But the heart still felt tense.
Why haven’t the admission notices arrived yet?
"Harvest season is coming soon, I think the rice will need to be harvested earlier this year," Educated Youth Wang heaved a sigh.
"Did you apply to a university near your home?"
Educated Youth Wang nodded. "Yes, Educated Youth Liao also applied to a university near his home."
But as of now, none of the four of them had received any news.
"I heard someone in the neighboring team already got their admission notice, and it was a team member."
"Be patient and wait."
After comforting others and sending them away, Yun Xiaoxiao still felt restless inside.
If she passed, she would go study, but what if she didn’t?
How could she go to the Capital City?
"Mommy, can we eat those grapes?" Xiao Bao ran over to ask Yun Xiaoxiao, as the bunches of grapes had already turned purple.
Yun Xiaoxiao went over to check, and indeed they had turned purple.
"They’re ripe now, go get the scissors and be careful."
After cutting down two bunches of grapes and washing them, she brought them out for the three of them to eat.
"Wife, I’m back. Captain Zhang’s eldest grandson got into a local university and has received the admission notice," he said as he peered over.
They are even planning a celebration for tomorrow.
After finishing his work, Zhao Tianlei went to take a look.
"I saved some grapes for you, come over and eat."
Now that he was back, of course, it was time to eat.
He prepared cucumber salad, mixed cowpeas, and mung bean porridge.
"Harvest season is coming, do you need help with the harvest?"
The rice in the fields was indeed starting to yellow.
It was likely that in a couple of days, the team leader would gather the members to start the harvest.
"Just help with cooking at the team canteen as usual," Zhao Tianlei thought Yun Xiaoxiao was worried about the harvest and straightforwardly arranged her tasks for the year.
"Harvest time is busy; we distribute grain from the team and eat together. Don’t worry, with mother here...."
She wasn’t worried about that.
It would be the 20th of August soon.
If the admission notice still hadn’t arrived, what would she do if she was late for the start of school?
"Who is Wang XX..." A postman was calling out Educated Youth Wang’s name, asking the team members.
"Isn’t that Educated Youth Wang’s name?"
"Did Educated Youth Wang get admitted?"
"The postman has delivered the admission notice; if that’s not being admitted, then what is?"
When Educated Youth Wang was called over, she was stunned.
"Educated Youth Wang, hurry over to sign, your admission notice...."
Educated Youth Wang was somewhat excited, hardly believing that she had really been admitted to university.
She had been in the countryside for many years, sent down at seventeen, and now nearly eight years had passed.
She had become an older single woman.
After Educated Youth Wang received her admission notice, the entire team was aware of it.
Educated Youth Wang didn’t return to work, but instead went to find the team leader. She was going back to the city to settle her work points.
The accountant worked overtime to calculate her work points for her.
This year the team had a bountiful harvest, so naturally, the money for each work point was a bit higher, but since the rice had not yet been harvested, they calculated based on the previous year’s rate per work point.
Educated Youth Wang raised no objections.
After getting the money, she even went to thank Yun Xiaoxiao verbally.
"Educated Youth Yun, thank you so much," she said.
"It was your own effort that allowed you to be admitted, don’t let yourself down."
The next day, Educated Youth Wang left.
Now, only Educated Youth Liao was left in the Educated Youth Institution.
But he wasn’t panicking at all.
If Educated Youth Wang could be admitted, he was certainly no worse.
He hadn’t been working long before he also received his admission notice.
He went to find the team leader to settle his work points.
"The last of the Educated Youths from the Educated Youth Institution has also left," Captain Zhao said with some emotion. They did not hold back the Educated Youth returning to the city.