Sorry, My Beloved Is The Motherland - Chapter 18.3 - To Dedicate One's Life To The Country

Who knows what excuse he will come up with to deal with them tomorrow?!

Things have developed to this point, and the enthusiasm in Xiao Wu’s heart has long since cooled down to nothing. He only worries about what to do tomorrow.

Xu Cuicui squatted down next to him and said, “She definitely won’t go back with you to that textile factory.”

Xiao Wu said, “That is for her own good from the family.”

Xu Cuicui said enviously, “So nice.”

But she quickly changed the subject, “But she thinks it’s not good.”

“She can go to college, just wait and see. Not only can she get many first places, but she can also do many things you can’t even dare to think about.”

Xiao Wu sighed, “I know. I won’t be able to complete the task the chief assigned to me.”

Xu Cuicui gave him a piece of sweet potato and said, “To be honest, she has the potential for great things. If your chief really wants a daughter who will succeed, I’ve heard she’s going to college to do great things; he might just laugh so hard he cries!”

In order to illustrate what she meant by “great things,” Xu Cuicui even gestured with both hands in the air.

Xiao Wu imagined Ning Boyuan laughing so hard he cried, and couldn’t help but feel a chill.

Then he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Xu Cuicui knew he was worried because of the chief’s instructions, so she suggested, “In that case, why not send a telegram back first? Just say that Xiao Ning is staying to check the college entrance exam results, and after the New Year, she’ll wait a couple more days before leaving. By then, if she can bring home good news, her dad won’t care about you not completing the task!”

She saw Xiao Wu listening in surprise, and couldn’t help but puff out her chest, feeling very proud.

“Stuck in your ways? This is called adapting to the situation in urgent matters!”

“You don’t know what this means? Let me explain it to you…”

Xiao Wu was thus persuaded.

Xu Cuicui cheerfully lifted the cotton curtain and entered the room. Seeing Ning Fu still copying notes, she couldn’t help but move closer and said, “Take a break; you’ll strain your eyes tonight!”

Ning Fu smiled at her flatteringly, “Comrade Cuicui, just make the light a bit brighter for me, and that’ll be fine.”

The Tulaga Banner has electricity, but the wattage of the light bulbs is low, so at night, while working at the desk, it’s still necessary to light another kerosene lamp.

Xu Cuicui couldn’t stand her smile the most. After all, she had added light for her, and she slowly said, “I… I told Xiao Wu to let you stay here until after the New Year before leaving.”

Ning Fu was so focused that she had no time to pay attention to others, only responding with a brief “mm”.

Xu Cuicui’s voice revealed a hint of guilt, “I… I have selfish motives.” She grabbed Ning Fu’s arm and said, “You can’t blame me!”

Only then did Ning Fu raise her head, “What selfish motives?”, she asked, feeling confused.

Xu Cuicui stammered, “I’m sorry! I… I… want to learn from you a few more days; I also… I also can’t bear to see you go.”

With Xiao Wu carrying the documents, and that college entrance exam score report, it’s only a matter of time before Ning Fu leaves Tulaga banner.

And Xu Cuicui didn’t ask Ning Fu, but took it upon herself to “solve” Xiao Wu’s problem.

Her face alternated between red and white, fearing that Ning Fu would get angry.

She did it quietly, and no one knew.

But when facing Ning Fu, she always felt that her gaze could easily see through her. So, having just finished her little actions, she couldn’t help but come clean.

Ning Fu’s mind hadn’t yet “recovered” from a pile of agricultural knowledge. She blinked a couple of times and then slowly said, “Oh.”

“This is not called selfishness.” She didn’t show the disappointment that Xu Cuicui expected, nor the angry fear she dreaded; she simply said gently, “This is called friendship.”

This tone was the same as when she squeezed into Xu Cuicui’s bed on her first day at the livestock division in the middle of the night.

Xu Cuicui suddenly asked, “Did you do it on purpose?”

She reacted only after realizing it.

Were those actions that deliberately broke her “three rules,” those laughs that made her feel as if she were punching cotton, all done on purpose?

Then Xu Cuicui saw a smile appear on Ning Fu’s face.

It feels familiar.

“You are also my first good friend, Comrade Cuicui.”

After Ning Fu finished speaking, she buried herself in writing her things again.

She said, “also.”

Xu Cuicui was infuriated.

With a “thud”, she jumped off the bed, and with a “bang”, she kicked the stool aside, pulling out the last sweet potato hidden in the stove. “I was going to save this for you to eat if you got hungry at night, hum, don’t even think about it!”

She angrily ate the sweet potato.

In the end, she still got up in the middle of the night to make milk tea and fried rice for the hungry Ning Fu.

*

The next day.

The old and young people of Tulaga banner set off as planned to go to the county!

The team is composed of three parts—those young intellectuals preparing to go to the county to see the rankings, the villagers preparing to go to the county supply and marketing cooperative to buy things (usually handled by a single purchaser, but today everyone came out in person to enjoy the spectacle), and Xiao Wu’s group.

Ning Fu and Du Qingquan still rode in Lao Zhuo’erqin’s car.

Once they got into the car, they saw several villagers outside still pulling and tugging, among whom was also the figure of Lao Zhuo’erqin.