Educated Youth Li looked outside, her heart was very restless.
Zhao Laosan’s infamy was notorious, and she was afraid that he would come to settle accounts with her after the autumn harvest.
Zhao Laosan was the local bully, and she was certainly not a strong dragon either.
Against Zhao Laosan, she had only losses to suffer.
"Educated Youth Li, when are you going back to the city?"
Now, only three male Educated Youths and two female Educated Youths remained in the Educated Youth Institution, including Educated Youth Liu who hadn’t left yet.
That is to say, there were still five people in the Educated Youth Institution now.
After two rounds of college entrance examinations, their Educated Youth Institution originally had nine people, but four had passed the exam and returned to the city.
"When you go back to the city, I will be the only female Educated Youth left here." This was Educated Youth Wang, who, thinking of Educated Youth Li’s departure, realized she would be the only female Educated Youth left without anyone to talk to.
"If your family can’t let you go back to the city, then prepare for next year’s college entrance exam. You have good grades, you will certainly be able to pass," said Educated Youth Li, her mind elsewhere.
She did not know what awaited her back in the city.
But being able to return to the city was a good thing; she couldn’t stay here forever.
She must leave before Old Lady Wang recovers.
Otherwise, Old Lady Wang would surely make a scene.
"I’m stepping out for a bit." Regardless of whether there was mud outside, she headed to the team leader’s office.
"Team leader, the accountant should have calculated my work points by now. I’d like to return to the city as soon as possible; my mother is sick," she said.
Whether it was an excuse or the truth, Captain Zhao didn’t care about those details.
"Laoqi, calculate Educated Youth Li’s work points, and turn them all into money," he ordered.
The accountant Laoqi, hearing the team leader’s command, responded, "I’ll do it now. Educated Youth Li, you sit over there and wait."
Captain Zhao continued to smoke his leaf-wrapped cigarette. This Educated Youth Li was so eager to return to the city, fearful of the Wang Family coming after her, and worried about Laosan showing up at her door.
How could he not help her out?
With the Educated Youth gone, managing the remaining team members would be even easier.
This year, one male Educated Youth almost managed to go to college, just avoiding having to abandon his wife and daughter.
"Educated Youth Li, I’ve done your calculations. There might be a small discrepancy, but to calculate it carefully, I need half a month," said Laoqi.
If she didn’t settle these work points now, would she have to wait another half a month?
By then, the yellow chrysanthemums would be wilted.
"It’s correct; it’s correct. I’ll sign, I’ll sign right now," she said immediately.
Educated Youth Li signed the paperwork, collected her money, and left.
One work point wasn’t much, just two pennies.
Having had grain deducted previously, how many work points could she possibly have left?
"Team leader, this Educated Youth Li is in such a hurry to return to the city, she’s not scared of Laowu’s mother, is she?" asked Laoqi.
Captain Zhao tapped his pipe and said, "That goes without saying. Alright, it’s getting late. Go home."
Nowadays, it got dark early; it was best to head home and have dinner sooner rather than later.
Now that there were only the two of them, cooking dinner was a lot simpler.
But as soon as he got home, Mrs. Zhao said to him, "Laosan called us over to eat fish; let’s go, he’s waiting just for you."
Laosan invited us over for fish?
Laosan was sly and cunning.
They thought he could finish high school and work in a factory, but in the end, he was still earning work points in the village.
The first and second houses had heard this as well.
"Grandma, I want to eat fish too, I want to eat fish too," Da Shu said because he hadn’t gone to school that morning due to the heavy rain.
Mrs. Zhao flatly refused, "If you want to eat fish, go find your father and mother."
Seeing grandma so cold all of a sudden left Da Shu somewhat at a loss.
But Mrs. Zhao didn’t care; she had come to see that sons who were not filial couldn’t be expected to have filial grandsons.