Sorry, My Beloved Is The Motherland - Chapter 11.1 - Studying Is Better Than Dating

With the system prompt sounding, Ning Fu curved her lips into a smile.

She checked her attributes in her mind—

[Ning Fu · Flower of the Grasslands (Equipped) · Animal Whisperer (Not Equipped) · Heroine of the Grasslands (Not Equipped)

Current Attributes:

Intelligence: 120 + 10

Stamina: 80

Mental Strength: 10

Current Boosts: Focus +50%, Memory +50%, Enthusiasm for Learning +50% (Limited Time: “Achieve Top Honors” Task Phase)

Current Achievements:

1. 1. Vast World, Great Potential

1. 1. Escaped from the Wolf’s Mouth ]

The unlocking of the Mental Strength attribute made Ning Fu very satisfied with her progress.

The motherland has a charismatic allure, naturally attracting countless people willing to serve and sacrifice themselves. But Ning Fu had greater ambitions.

How could she remain obscure if she wanted to be in a relationship with the motherland?

To be a hero, mental attributes are even more important than intelligence and stamina.

In the following ten days, Ning Fu fully demonstrated to Xu Cuicui that “if you don’t die from studying, then study to death” was not just an empty phrase.

Her family, knowing her determination to take the college entrance exam, supported her by sending the much-needed high school Chinese and physics textbooks. Ning Fu, in turn, wore the [Heroine of the Grasslands] title every day for the 10-point stamina boost.

She slept only three hours a day. Without that stamina boost, her body would likely collapse soon.

As for mental strength… just look at the admiring gaze Xu Cuicui gave her!

There were only 10 days left until the 1977 college entrance exam.

Xu Cuicui was completely convinced. What was the point of being a tough girl anymore?! No matter how exhausting or physically demanding it was to cut grass against the wind or herd sheep in the snow, a bit of rest would help her recover. But Ning Fu—

She could study those strange and varied symbols and formulas all night long!

And she did it with enthusiasm and vigor!

She was practically an iron woman!

Others might have iron bodies and iron wills, but Ning Fu… Ning Fu had an iron mind!

She even had the time to ask Xu Cuicui, “Is there anything you don’t understand?”

Xu Cuicui had recently been self-studying a fifth-grade textbook. Her family had it stored away for a long time, and it was a stroke of luck that it hadn’t been used as kindling.

Xu Cuicui didn’t dare to bother her with elementary school arithmetic.

Although she didn’t know the term “top student,” she still maintained an instinctive “awe” towards Ning Fu.

—Believe me, no one would want to, or dare to, interrupt a top student in a “shark frenzy” state with a question like what 1+1 equals.

However, Ning Fu very naturally expressed that helping Xu Cuicui solve her fifth-grade arithmetic problems was a good way for her to relax.

This led Xu Cuicui to also dive into the crazy routine of working during the day and studying at night.

The last seven days passed. With three days remaining, the station gave all the educated youth taking the college entrance exam a break. They needed to go to the county town to familiarize themselves with the exam venue. They would stay in the county town until the exams were over.

Although the secretary himself hadn’t had much education, he understood these young people. He knew that in their hearts, they all wanted to leave here and return to the big cities.

Under the secretary’s instructions, the station specially arranged a car to uniformly transport this year’s batch of registered educated youth.

Liang Huixue arrived at the meeting point early.

She had a dream, in which she was like Cinderella, waiting for the stroke of midnight.

As long as she passed the college entrance exam, she could return to the city, enter the ivory tower, and pursue everything she longed for. She loved the small bridges and flowing water, the scent of books and ink, the melancholy in Li Qingzhao’s poetry, and the elegance in Dream of the Red Chamber.

She didn’t belong to this dusty grassland, didn’t belong to this backward countryside, and shouldn’t be mingling with these rough farmers!

Gao Han softly asked, “Huixue, what are you thinking about?”

Liang Huixue also softly replied, “A fairy tale.”

Both of them smiled.

They were immersed in a silent understanding.

—That’s right, Gao Han and Liang Huixue had reconciled.

Gao Han convinced himself that he had always been faithful to love, never wavering for even a second; Liang Huixue convinced herself that she had never seen Gao Han’s three large blisters and nosebleed, rewinding her memory back to the romantic moments behind the livestock shed.

Both of them were eager to leave this place, as if an invisible alliance bound them closely together.

Of course, they still called it “love.”

But the driver, Old Zhuo’erqin, who was responsible for taking them, was not someone who could read the room. He coughed loudly, carrying a large roll of leather under his arm, and walked straight through the middle of the couple, leaving behind a strong smell of dry tobacco.

Liang Huixue unconsciously frowned. Gao Han patted her reassuringly, then stuck his head into the car to take a look.

To make more room for things, the back seats of the small van had been removed, and it was already half full.

“How are we supposed to sit like this?” Gao Han, not wanting to seem too delicate, quickly added, “Huixue gets car sick!”

Old Zhuo’erqin rolled his eyes, “Sit however you want! Does she have a golden behind or something?”

Liang Huixue’s eyes reddened.