Chapter 140: No. 15 Female Lead (End)

　　When Zhou Yuying left Yangping County, Jiang Youtao had a premonition that she would meet her in the capital, but she didn't expect to see her so soon.

　　Zhou Yuying still looks the same as before, with no major changes in her appearance.

　　Zhou Yuying was very happy. After leaving Yangping County, she sent several letters to her former good friends. Later, because they were no longer together and had fewer topics to talk about, they gradually stopped contacting each other.

　　Meeting Jiang Youtao and the others again, even though they were not very familiar with each other when she left, it was still a pleasure.

　　"Teacher Zhou, long time no see." Jiang Youtao said.

　　Zhou Yuying glanced at her companions and said, "You are here to go to college, right? Which school? Capital University or Shuimu University?"

　　Zhou Yuying was still very confident in the teaching level of Jiang Youtao and others, otherwise the county middle school would not have poached them from the commune middle school.

　　"I'm studying literature at Capital University. What about you?"

　　"I'm studying biology at Shuimu University, which is not far from your Capital University. I'll come to visit you in a few days." Zhou Yuying originally wanted to go there tomorrow, but there were guests coming to her house tomorrow, so Zhou Yuying had to postpone the matter.

　　"My family lives in the family quarters of Shuimu University. You can also come to find me and just tell the guard my name." Zhou Yuying's grandfather used to be a professor at Shuimu University. Now after being rehabilitated, he still teaches at Shuimu University.

　　When she talked about this, her face was full of confidence, from this they can see that she was living a really good life after returning with the Zhang family.

　　For these girls who had lived a miserable life in their previous life, the most gratifying thing for Jiang Youtao is that they can get rid of the shadow of their previous life and live a better life in this one.

　　"Okay then, I'll come find you when I get a chance."

　　The three girls were reminiscing about the past, and their friends on both sides were waiting for them consciously. After they agreed on a day to meet again, they went their separate ways.

　　It was already dark outside, and the street lights on both sides of the road emitted a dim light in the darkness.

　　When they walked outside, the man who had been standing next to Zhou Yuying helped her pull up her collar and fixed her cotton monkey hat with a scarf.

　　Jiang Youtao was slightly stunned: [ Zhou Yuying is in love? Isn't Lu Qingchen her official partner in this life? ]

　　When she met Zhou Yuying, the melon-eating system consciously checked her life after leaving Yangping County, and then told Jiang Youtao: [ He is the male protagonist No. 12, Lu Qingchen. Because in the previous life, he strangled the female protagonist Jiang Min to death. When the small world collapsed, his obsession suddenly arose, and he partially merged with Lu Qingchen in this life. After seeing Zhou Yuying, he fell in love with her at first sight. ]

　　[ After dealing with his engagement, he found an elder and proposed a blind date to the Zhang family. At that time, Zhou Yuying was already 20 years old, and the elders of the Zhang family attached great importance to her marriage. ]

　　[ She had never experienced Jiang Heng's pestering, and was not that afraid of men. After the blind date, both parties felt that he was good, so they started dating. They are already engaged, and will get married soon. ]

　　Lu Qingchen is a teacher at Shuimu University, but he knew Zhou Yuying before Zhou Yuying became a student of Shuimu University. After Zhou Yuying came back, she was arranged by the Zhang family to teach in a nearby primary school.

　　Both parties are teachers, so even if Zhou Yuying becomes a student now, it won't have much impact on their relationship.

　　Jiang Youtao followed Gu Nianwei and the others to the school, and then said in her heart: [ This is also good. Zhou Yuying is 22 years old now, and it is not too early for a girl to get married at this age. ]

　　Fu Shaohua and Han Yanqing sent the two to the downstairs of the dormitory building. After they entered the dormitory building, they stood at the door of dormitory 203 and waved goodbye to them before leaving.

　　Fu Shaohua went to the boys' dormitory and Han Yanqing went to the People's Public Security University.

　　When Jiang Youtao and the other person entered the room, they found that the upper bunk of Zhong Lingling near the door was already occupied. She was sleeping soundly, so Jiang Youtao and the other person lowered their voices.

　　She picked up the basin and went out with Gu Nianwo to wash up. Feng Yunyun followed them. When they passed by dormitory 204, Xu Manqiu saw them and also came out with a basin.

　　Feng Yunyun told Jiang Youtao and the others about their new roommate: "Her name is He Shuangxi, and she's from Caiyun Province. They live far from the capital, so she left home a week ago and arrived this afternoon."

　　"She might be too tired. She fell asleep as soon as she came back and we didn't disturb her." Except for Zhong Lingling, a local, everyone came to school by train from other provinces. Everyone knew how tiring it was to take a train.

　　Everyone understood why He Shuangxi would lie down on the bed and not get up. When they got off the train, they also wanted to sleep for another three days and three nights.

　　Feng Yunyun added: "She also sent us some of her family's specialties, the kind of walnuts that break when you bite them lightly. They are very fragrant. She also gave some to you and I put them on your beds."

　　Jiang Youtao and her roommates put a curtain around their beds. When their roommates saw this, they consciously respected their privacy and never opened the curtain.

　　"Thank you, Yunyun." Jiang Youtao wiped the water off her face with a towel.

　　Gu Nianwei and Xu Manqiu had also finished washing, and everyone left together.

　　After entering the dormitory, she took off her coat and trousers, put on her long johns, and lay down on the bed. She felt relaxed. Cheng Linfang came over and knocked on her curtain. Jiang Youtao opened it. Cheng Linfang handed her a stack of letters and whispered, "This afternoon, the dormitory manager came up to inform me that some letters had arrived. When I went to the mail room, I happened to see some from you and Weiwei. I gave her hers, and these are yours."

　　They are all girls of the same age and live in the same dormitory. Now they call each other by nicknames instead of "comrades".

　　Jiang Youtao sat up, took the letter, and thanked her. Cheng Linfang waved her hand and went to bed. She sleep on the upper bunk of Feng Yunyun.

　　While the lights in the room were still on, Jiang Youtao opened the curtains.

　　She had five letters in total, two of which were from Shanghai, from Ying Chaorong and Zhao Yonglan, and the other two were from Anhui Province and Nanjing, one from Zhang Huihui, one from Li Yunying, and the other from an inconspicuous unit in the suburbs of the capital.

　　She first opened the letter from her uncle Ying Chaorong.

　　During these three years, she had never lost contact with the Ying family. After she became rich and capable, she often sent things to the Ying family. All of them were scarce there, and the most common ones were various kinds of homespun cloth, which she bought on the melon-eating system.

　　This cloth was not eye-catching. The women in the countryside of Yangping County knew how to weave cloth. The only difference was the quality. Jiang Youtao sent these cloths to them, but it did not attract much attention.

　　One melon coin could buy a piece of cloth, and with more money, it could be dyed. The cloth was both strong and soft, making it perfect for underwear.

　　Ying Caixia once wrote to her saying that she had made a set of clothes for everyone in her husband's family, but her husband's family turned a blind eye to her giving money to her parents' family.

　　Ying Caixia should have been at home when Ying Chaorong wrote the letter, so the letter is full of her tone from the beginning.

　　The whole family was surprised that she was admitted to the capital university, especially Ying Dexing. He pushed his wheelchair and wandered around the village all day long. He would tell everyone he saw that Jiang Youtao was admitted to the capital university. Now all the old men and women in the village are annoyed with him.

　　Hao Juxiang also walked around outside all day, and loved to hang out with people and chat. Even Ying Caixia's in-laws changed their attitude towards her after they knew she had been admitted to university.

　　Recently, more and more people have come to introduce potential partners to Ying Chaorong.

　　Ying Chaorong is almost thirty years old. After dating several women, he finally settled down with a girl who became a widow before she even got married. She had wasted many years at home. Now that her younger brother has gotten married, the house is no longer big enough for her, so they are sending her away to get married.

　　She did not mind Ying Chaorong's physical disability, and she was the best wife Ying Chaorong could find, so the two got engaged and the wedding was scheduled for June next year.

　　At the end of the letter, it was Ying Dexing's tone that she wanted Jiang Youtao to go back as well.

　　Jiang Youtao folded the letter and put it back into the envelope. This summer vacation was already 1978, and more and more educated youth returned to their hometowns. Jiang Youtao also planned to go back to Shanghai.

　　In addition to visiting the original owner's relatives, she also wanted to buy one or two garden houses in a better location in Shanghai. Even if she didn't have two, one would be fine. Once the houses were demolished in a few years, she wouldn't have to worry about it for the rest of her life.

　　When the time comes, you can work when you want to. If you are unhappy at work, you can hand in your resignation and collect rent at home. Just thinking about that life will make you feel happy.

　　That thing looked like a hot potato now, but in ten or twenty years, she wouldn't be able to buy it even if she wanted to. Now that Ying Chaorong was getting married, she put this matter before buying a garden house.

　　She opened the letter from Zhao Yonglan, who said that she had been admitted to the Railway University in Shanghai, and when she graduated, she would become a glorious railway worker.

　　She was rambling a lot in the letter, and all her letters over the years were in this style, confiding in Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei as her best friends, and their relationship was maintained in this way.

　　Zhang Huihui talked about her school life. She was admitted to a university in her hometown and married Liu Yingjun before the school started. She was a little unhappy because Liu Yingjun didn't get into university and she went to a junior college, but both families urged her to get married.

　　Li Yunying and Wang Shanxi were both admitted to Jinling University, one of the top universities in the country, and they were both very happy. Even Li Yunying's parents, who had not contacted her for eight hundred years, took the initiative to contact her and wanted her to go home with him during the holidays to see her.

　　The two of them did not plan to go back. When she married Wang Shanxi, her family told her that they would not give her a dowry because she had not created any value for the family. The same was true for Wang Shanxi.

　　The two of them now just want to improve themselves and then settle down in Jinling.

　　The last letter was from Meng Linyi. She was now a pharmacist protected by the state. She would not leave her unit or the capital unless necessary. She knew that Jiang Youtao was very happy after being admitted to university. In the letter, she wished her academic progress and all her wishes come true.

　　After Meng Linyi left, Jiang Youtao never met her and even had little contact with her through letters, but Meng Linyi obviously did not forget her. At the end of the letter, she said that she had developed a skin care product and had mailed it to her, asking her to pick it up at the post office after receiving the letter.

　　Jiang Youtao put away all the letters, drew the curtains, lay down on the bed and fell asleep contentedly.

　　After Meng Linyi handed herself over to the country, she lost her freedom. She once regretted whether she should not have told Meng Linyi about her fiancé being an enemy spy.

　　But every time she feel this way, the melon-eating system would come out to broadcast her the real-time image of Meng Linyi. She stayed in the research institute, looking for alternative medicinal materials in this time and space day and night for the prescription she drew from the red envelope group.

　　Her daily schedule was fully arranged and she lived a fulfilling life. As her research progressed, some medicinal materials also flowed into the market in large quantities. The hemostatic powder and scar cream she made at the beginning are now produced by military pharmaceutical factories and then distributed to major pharmacies and hospitals.

　　Because of these two products, she has saved countless lives over the years, and she has become an unsung hero that countless families and individuals are grateful to.

　　Seeing Meng Linyi's satisfied look, Jiang Youtao no longer felt any regrets.

　　Jiang Youtao thought, if she could go back to the past, she would still tell Meng Linyi about that incident.

　　Jiang Youtao fell asleep and had a beautiful dream. When she woke up the next morning, she was still in a good mood, but she could not remember what the dream was about.

　　The next day, after washing up, she finally met her new roommate.

　　She was a Yi from Caiyun Province and spoke Mandarin with a slight accent, but she was very warm and generous. She gave Jiang Youtao a handful of walnuts that she had brought with her.

　　Jiang Youtao quickly said she didn't want any more, but He Shuangxi didn't listen: "We picked these walnuts ourselves on the mountain. They are everywhere. They are worthless. You can eat them. When you're done, I'll ask my fiancé to send them to me."

　　He Shuangxi looks young and not very tall, less than 1.6 meters tall, with a healthy bronze complexion, but very white teeth. When she smiles, she has a pair of dimples on the sides of her mouth, which makes her look very sweet.

　　"You have a fiancé, right?" Zhong Lingling had already asked He Shuangxi. They were the same age, both only seventeen this year.

　　He Shuangxi said, "Yes, I got engaged to him when I was fifteen. He is also working hard to get into college. He failed this year, but he is still working hard. He wants to be admitted to the capital next year."

　　When talking about her fiancé, He Shuangxi's heart and eyes were filled with joy.

　　Cheng Linfang also asked: "What if he can't pass the exam?"

　　He Shuangxi said: "That's fine. When we graduate, we will go back to our hometown to build it. Our hometown is too poor, with mountains everywhere. After I was admitted to university, people from all over the country came to see me."

　　"From the moment I left home, many people came to see me off. Even until I got on the train, there were people seeing me off." He Shuangxi sniffed, "So my fiancé and I are both going back to build our hometown."

　　"My father said that we are golden phoenixes that flew out of the mountain nest. After we learn some skills, we will go back."

　　Zhong Lingling and Cheng Linfang didn't say anything. They had never been to Caiyun Province, and they couldn't imagine what it would feel like to walk out of the house and see mountains that were higher and farther away than the last.

　　Just like the text that Jiang Youtao learned in junior high school: What is on the other side of the mountain? I was very curious, and my mother said that there is an ocean on the other side of the mountain. So I worked hard to climb to the top of the mountain. On the other side of the mountain, there is still a mountain.

　　Layer upon layer, endlessly.

　　Even in the 21st century, even in 2020, there are still very poor areas in the southwestern mountainous areas. As late as 2010, some villages still had no electricity.

　　Jiang Youtao showed respect to He Shuangxi: "Keep it up."

　　He Shuangxi smiled: "Come on, come on, I hope you can come to our place to play in the future, the scenery over there is very beautiful."

　　Caiyun Province has always been a popular tourist province. After Jiang Youtao graduated, her company organized two trips there. She liked it very much. The scenery there is so beautiful that she never tires of seeing it.

　　"I will definitely go."

　　The sixth person in the dormitory arrived. After lunch, everyone turned their attention to the other two people.

　　"The class will start tomorrow, why haven't they come yet?" Admission letters were sent according to distance, and even people from Caiyun Province came, so why haven't the other two roommates arrived yet?

　　In the afternoon, Xu Manqiu came to visit. All eight people from their dormitory were there. They were all girls from the Department of Mathematics. They had been getting together these days to discuss math problems.

　　Xu Manqiu felt as happy as a mouse falling into an oil tank.

　　After dinner, it was already dark before someone came to their dormitory.

　　There was only one person who came. She was carrying two big bags and her face was full of fatigue. Jiang Youtao quickly took her bag.

　　Gu Nianwei poured her a glass of water. She drank it and took a deep breath before introducing herself to everyone.

　　"Hello, my name is Zhang Linxi, and I am an educated youth who went to the countryside from Xiangxi to Liaoning Province."

　　When she introduced herself, Jiang Youtao's melon-eating system started to move again.

　　[ Ding ~~~ Detected the 15th heroine Zhang Linxi of "After Traveling Through Time, the Rough Man Spoiled Me into a Little Darling", the plot package is being transmitted... ]

　　Jiang Youtao was stunned. Just by hearing the name, she knew what the book was about.

　　In Jiang Youtao's concept, Xiao Jiaojiao should be a naive and delicate girl. Looking at Zhang Linxi's rough hands and somewhat vicissitudes of life eyes, she doesn't look like Xiao Jiaojiao at all. (TL's Note: 'Xiao Jiaojiao' literally translated as 'Little Darling' or 'Little Cutie'.)

　　Jiang Youtao was very curious about what was going on.