Chapter 360: Chapter 356: The Gu Family’s Letter Has Arrived

It wasn’t as if there were no high school students in the village.

But those who did go to high school still had to come back and work the fields in the end.

Sweet Girl liked books, but she felt studying was useless. She’d rather do more farm work to ease her older sister’s burden.

Gu Jiaojiao found it difficult to explain the policy issues, so she gave an example instead.

"Sweet Girl, all the aunties in the village say school is useless, but doesn’t the job of village accountant require a junior high diploma?"

"And what about the cadres, the team leader, the village chief? Is a single one of them illiterate? Haven’t they all been to school?"

Sweet Girl was at a loss for words. After thinking it over, she realized it was true.

"And think about this: when it rained so heavily before, I developed a threshing machine. The county gave us a reward and prizes, and the neighboring village even gave us a hundred catties of fine grain. Isn’t that all because I’m educated?"

Sweet Girl nodded.

"Of course! You’re the smartest, Sister. You’re the most capable person I’ve ever met."

Gu Jiaojiao said modestly, "What about your brother, then?" 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Sweet Girl was tongue-tied.

After a moment’s thought, she finally said, "I still think you’re the most capable, Sister, because even Brother has to listen to what you say."

For once, a blush crept up Gu Jiaojiao’s face.

She knew Sweet Girl’s words were completely innocent, but her own thoughts were anything but. Her mind couldn’t help but flash to images of her husband wearing her out at night.

She banished the images from her mind, quickly clearing her throat to change the subject.

"I know you two are desperate to work, earn money, and lighten the family’s burden."

"But you’re still young. How many work points can you earn in a day? How much grain can you earn in eight or ten years? Do you want to spend the rest of your lives farming here in the Qingshan Team?"

"But if you go to school, things will be different. Even if you end up coming back to farm, you’ll know so many stories, you’ll have seen a different world, and you’ll have met all sorts of people. Maybe you could even compete to become a village cadre one day!"

"You’ll earn much more money then than you would from farming. I’m counting on you two to make it big!"

Hearing this, Sweet Girl was instantly filled with a sense of mission. She puffed out her small chest and promised, "Don’t worry, Sister, I’ll definitely earn lots and lots of money for you to spend in the future."

Xiao Yang wanted to make the same promise, but not being good with words, he could only grip Gu Jiaojiao’s clothes tightly and nod vigorously.

’I can earn money too.’

Gu Jiaojiao smiled. She thought Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang were truly such good kids.p>

Ever since Sweet Girl had arrived, she was the one who always tidied up the kitchen. If she saw the yard was messy, she would immediately sweep it clean. She even helped make breakfast sometimes. She was incredibly diligent.

Xiao Yang would also help out with any chores he could manage.

You could say she had it made.

「The Village Office」

Yun Hao walked in to find only the team leader inside, writing an application.

Their village had been unlucky this year. They hadn’t managed to secure a quota for raising pigs, nor had they gotten one for sheep, causing the entire team to lose a significant amount of income.

The neighboring team, on the other hand, was raising pigs and had ten sheep to boot. He was green with envy just thinking about it!

This time, he had to think it over carefully and write a really polished application, one that would persuade the leadership to approve a few pigs for him.

"Team Leader, is there any mail for me?"

Without looking up, Chen Beiguo pointed to the letters on the table behind him.

"They’re all over there. Go have a look yourself."

Yun Hao nodded and walked over.

He received a letter from his family every month, which usually contained a money order and some ration coupons. This time, however, the post office was very late with the delivery due to the snow.

He stood before the table and began to sort through them. After flipping through just a couple, he saw Gu Jiaojiao’s name.

A letter for Gu Jiaojiao.