Seventies Sweetheart: From Breakup to Billionaire-Chapter 117: Catching Fish

Chapter 117: Chapter 117: Catching Fish
Lin Xiang politely declined the principal’s suggestion, "Thank you for the kind offer, but I still plan to wait until spring to enroll."
"That’s fine. It’s already the end of the semester, and everyone is starting to review. Joining in spring is the same." The principal’s gaze on Lin Xiang was identical to Director Chen’s.
Lin Xiang generously shared her problem-solving approach, taking advantage of this last opportunity to help seniors in high school improve their scores by a few points. The more people who get into college, the more famous Town First Middle School becomes, and he, the principal, gains face too.
Isn’t Lin Xiang the lucky baby of Town First Middle School?
Therefore, under the principal’s enthusiasm, Lin Xiang, unable to refuse, returned home with a stack of textbooks and workbooks.
She’s been too busy recently; she hadn’t even used the textbooks and workbooks that the paper factory gave her last time!
Just as she entered the village, Lin Xiang ran into Liu Pei.
Ever since last time, Liu Pei hadn’t come looking for Lin Yun and seemed completely disappointed in Lin Yun.
After greeting Lin Xiang, her gaze fell on the textbooks in Lin Xiang’s arms, and she hesitantly opened her mouth, "Comrade Lin Xiang, are those high school textbooks you have?"
"Yes. I went to Town First Middle School today for some matters and borrowed a set of textbooks to take home, planning to study in my spare time."
"Can... you lend them to me for a look?" Liu Pei rarely made requests, and she said the brief sentence with great difficulty.
Lin Xiang was surprised, "Smartie Liu, are you planning to take the college entrance exam too?"
Liu Pei didn’t answer directly, "I want to give it a try."
Lin Xiang generously handed the textbooks to Liu Pei, "I have textbooks from freshman to senior year here; you can take them all to read. I also heard from a teacher at Town First Middle School today that the deadline for college entrance exam registration is only a few days away. If you plan to take the exam this year, you need to register soon."
Liu Pei nodded, thanked Lin Xiang, took the senior year textbooks, and returned to the educated youth point.
Lin Xiang took the remaining textbooks home and found Mrs. Lin and Fifth Aunt making sweet potato flour.
"Sister Niu, you’re back." Mrs. Lin didn’t look up, continuing her work, "I steamed some rice, and later, with the fish you bought, I’ll call Fifth Uncle’s family over for dinner. Fifth Uncle and Fifth Aunt helped make sweet potato flour all day."
Lin Xiang looked embarrassed, "Mom, I didn’t go to the state-run restaurant today."
"But I can cook fish; let me put these things down, and I’ll go catch a fish from the river. I’ll cook fish for you all tonight."
"We don’t have that much oil!"
There was still some oil in the jar, but it needed to be used for frying the base ingredients. Cooking fish once would use a lot of oil.
"Fish doesn’t necessarily have to be fried to eat; I know other ways to cook it, just wait for me."
Lin Xiang picked up a wooden bucket and was about to go out when Fifth Aunt hurriedly said, "You don’t know how to catch fish; let Dong Sheng take you."
Dong Sheng was playing nearby the Lin Family when he heard his mother’s shout and immediately returned to take Lin Xiang to the river.
"Sister Niu, the fruit candies you gave me last time were really good. I’ve already defeated Da Zhuang and have become the leader of the Li Hua Team kids!"
Lin Xiang raised her eyebrows, "Made leader by handing out candies to your friends?"
"Sister Niu, you don’t understand. Being a leader doesn’t necessarily require conquering by force. Buying them with candies is effective too!"
Seeing Dong Sheng’s triumphant look, Lin Xiang couldn’t help but reach out and ruffle his fluffy hair, "Nice, keep it up. If you run out of candies, come to me anytime, and I’ll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy more for you."
"No need, Sister Niu, you gave me at least half a pound last time, enough for us to eat for a long time. If they stop acknowledging me as the boss after the candies run out, it means they’re all ungrateful; then I won’t want to be the leader, nor will I give them candies in the future."
Lin Xiang didn’t expect ten-year-old Dong Sheng to be so full of reasoning.
"You have great potential; I’m rooting for you."
The siblings, talking and laughing, were walking towards the river when someone stopped them.
A well-dressed middle-aged woman called Lin Xiang and politely asked, "Hello, comrade, is this Li Hua Team?"
"Yes, this is Li Hua Team. Are you here to find someone?"
The middle-aged woman exchanged glances with the young man beside her, and they clearly sighed with relief, then said, "Yes. I’m looking for an educated youth named Huang Jiayun; I’m her mother. Could you take us to the educated youth point?"
The middle-aged woman must have feared Lin Xiang’s refusal and took some White Rabbit candies from her jacket pocket, distributing them to Lin Xiang and Dong Sheng.
Lin Xiang didn’t take any and gave them all to Dong Sheng, along with the bucket in her hand, "You go catch fish, preferably black or bream, which have fewer bones. At least two, or there won’t be enough to eat."
Dong Sheng muttered, "Fish isn’t tasty; the fish in our village are overflowing, I can catch ten if you say two."
Lin Xiang: "No need for that many. But if there are shrimp, get some shrimp; I’d like to eat some."
"Got it, Sister Niu; I’ll go straight back to your house after catching fish."
"Be safe, catching fish only from the shore, no going into the water!"
Dong Sheng’s voice faded away, "Got it!"
Lin Xiang then said to the two of them, "I’ll now take you to the educated youth point."
The current location isn’t far from the educated youth point, about a five or six-minute walk.
Mrs. Huang kept looking around, passing by the fields, seeing only a few people working, "It’s still early; have they finished work this early?"
"Last season’s crops have been harvested, and recently it’s downtime; there’s no work in the fields. We have to wait until the end of the month to earn work points."
But entering winter, there’s not much work in the fields, and it’s hard, so many educated youth who can’t endure hardships are unwilling to earn work points.
Soon they arrived at the educated youth point.
"This is the educated youth point; do you want me to get Smartie Huang out for you?"
Mrs. Huang hurriedly nodded, "Yes, thank you so much."
The layout of the educated youth point is simple, with male and female educated youth living separately and a kitchen.
Lin Xiang isn’t very familiar with the educated youth, only having spoken a few words with Liu Pei.
So when Lin Xiang appeared, Liu Pei thought she was there for her, put down the book she was halfway through, and came out.
"Comrade Lin Xiang, if you need the books now, I can give them back."
"No, no, Smartie Liu, feel free to read them; I’m not in a hurry. I’m here to find Huang Jiayun, Smartie Huang." Lin Xiang explained, "I met two people in the village just now. They don’t sound like they’re from Ji Province and said they’re here to find Smartie Huang. Can you help me call her?"
Liu Pei glanced inside, then shook her head at Lin Xiang.