Chapter 118 Gu Xiaoxia is going to take an exam
The next day, Li Long got up early and went to Hongliu Beach to set up his rabbit trap. He folded up a urea bag and put it away, then put the small-caliber gun on his back, hoping to try his luck and see if he could catch anything again.
He got up too early, there were not many people outside, and the cold air he exhaled was not as strong as before. Li Long strode towards Hongliu Beach.
It was quiet all around, and only when we were almost at Red Willow Beach did we hear one or two birds chirping.
Li Long began to search along the route he had taken yesterday to set the trap, observing his surroundings as he searched, but unfortunately there was nothing in his sight.
After trapping nearly twenty rabbits, he only found two frozen rabbits. He was a little disappointed with this harvest.
But think about it, now that the temperature is rising and the snow is melting quickly, there are more places for rabbits to find food, so it is normal that there are fewer rabbits.
Li Long simply put away all the rabbit traps, put the two rabbits into urea bags, and walked back carrying the bags and the gun on his back.
Halfway through the journey, I heard Xu Chengjun's voice coming from the team's loudspeaker:
"Notice, notice! Those who are taking the teacher exam will gather at the County Education Bureau at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning for the exam!
Notice, notice! Those who are taking the teacher exam, please gather at the County Education Bureau at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Don't be late. This opportunity is not easy to come by. Get up early and be prepared!
Notify me, notify me..."
After three notifications, the loudspeaker finally stopped. When Li Long walked back to the team, the loudspeaker sounded again. Xu Chengjun notified three more times. For this matter, he notified several times that day.
Li Long thought Xu Chengjun was very good in this regard. This was a destiny-changing moment. If someone didn't hear the notice, it would be a lifetime thing.
When he returned home, dinner was ready. Li Juan and Li Qiang were playing in the yard. When they saw Li Long coming back, they rushed to get the urea bag.
"Two rabbits." Li Juan said in surprise, "Look how big these rabbits are!"
"Uncle, why are there only gray rabbits?" Li Qiang was puzzled. "Aren't there only white rabbits in the stories my sister told me and in the nursery rhymes?"
"White rabbits are easy to be caught in the green grass in summer." Li Long touched his head and said, "Think about it, if there is a white thing moving in the green grass, the eagle or fox will see it at a glance."
"No wonder!" Li Qiang suddenly realized, "Uncle, are you going to get the rabbit tomorrow?"
"No." Li Long shook his head. "There are too few rabbits. I'm going to fish today and sell fish tomorrow."
After breakfast, Li Long went to see Tao Daqiang. Tao Daqiang had just finished his meal, and to Li Long's surprise, Tao Jianshe was able to get up. Although he still coughed from time to time, he looked much better.
"Xiaolong, is there something wrong?" Tao Jianshe asked Li Long.
"It's nothing. I just wanted to see if you're feeling better." Li Long said with a smile, "You look much better."
"I got an injection." Tao Jianshe was a little helpless. "It's a waste of money. You can get better by taking medicine. Although it won't be as fast, it will save money."
Well, poor people are not qualified to talk about money.
"Will Old Tian come over for the injection?" Li Long asked Tao Daqiang again.
"Say I'll be here in a while." Tao Daqiang said.
"Uncle, if you're not feeling unwell, I'll take Daqiang to the lake to fish again. We plan to sell some on the street tomorrow morning."
"Okay." Tao Jianshe agreed impatiently, "You guys go your own way, I'm fine, I just coughed a few times, it's not a big deal!"
Li Long nodded, signaled to Tao Daqiang, and then left the Tao family.
After thinking about it, he went to Gu's house again.
"Is Xiaoxia here?"
Gu Xiaoxia was still reading in the room. When she heard the notice today, she became nervous. The critical moment was approaching and she was worried that she would not do well in the exam.
Hearing Li Long's shouting outside, Gu Xiaoxia hurriedly responded, put down the book and walked out quickly.
"Xiaolong, come here." Gu Xiaoxia's face turned slightly red and she let Li Long in.
"Where is your dad?" Li Long walked into the room and asked when he didn't see Gu Boyuan.
"I went to the captain's house to ask about the situation." Gu Xiaoxia said. "So where are you going tomorrow?"
"Let's go." Gu Xiaoxia said as a matter of course, "There are several people in the team who are going to take the exam, maybe we can go together." She thought for a moment and said:
"Shufen also wants to take the exam. She said she applied for elementary school and she doesn't know if she can pass."
"She also went to the County Education Bureau to take the exam?" Li Long was a little surprised.
"No, she went to the township to take the exam." Gu Xiaoxia shook her head: "She said she didn't have time to review, so she could only take the elementary school exam."
Li Long recalled that Wu Shufen seemed to have passed the exam in her previous life, but she failed to become a teacher at the Central Primary School. Because there were many children at that time, the county's policy was to send students in grades one and two to the production team, and Wu Shufen became a teacher in the team.
She was vain and resentful. She felt that being in the team was not as good as being in the brigade's central school. The salary was not high, there was no staffing, and it was difficult to teach well. After the central school was taken back to the last one or two grades, she became unemployed.
I don’t know if anything will change in this life.
"Tomorrow Tao Daqiang and I are going to the county to sell fish. We plan to rent a horse carriage from the team. Do you want to take a ride?"
Gu Xiaoxia hesitated.
"It's okay, think about it. If you want to sit down, just tell me before night." Li Long knew that it was not suitable to stay in the house for too long, so he prepared to leave.
When he went out to the yard, Li Long saw Gu Boyuan coming back from outside and greeted him:
"Uncle Gu, you're back."
"Ah, I'm going to ask the captain something. Xiaolong, why don't you sit for a while?" Gu Boyuan said with a smile, "This exam is all thanks to you."
"That's nothing." Li Long shook his head. "I won't stay here any longer. I plan to go to the small lake to catch some fish, then rent a horse-drawn carriage from the team and go to the county to sell fish tomorrow morning."
After speaking, he left.
"Xiaolong, are you going to sell fish? Tomorrow morning?" After entering the house, Gu Boyuan asked his daughter while taking off his coat.
Gu Xiaoxia said absentmindedly:
"Yes, he came over and told me about it and asked if I wanted to go with them."
"So what do you think?" Gu Boyuan asked again.
"I don't know either. Shufen also has an exam tomorrow..."
"Isn't she taking the exam in the village? The time of the exam is different from yours. Is it okay for her to go later?"
Gu Xiaoxia understood what her father meant.
"If you take a carriage, you can rest well on the way, so you will be in good spirits for the exam. If you walk ten kilometers, you will be tired and sweaty. If you are excited in the classroom, it is hard to say whether you can do well in the exam."
Gu Xiaoxia thought about it and agreed.
At this time, Wu Shufen was flipping through books that were scribbled all over. The printed words could barely be seen, but the drawings on them were too much of a distraction from her study.
But she really didn't want to stay in the team. Spring was coming, and she had to dig canals, cut grass, and dig ditches.
She wants to be a teacher and stay in an office. That's the life she wants!
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