Regular days always pass quickly. Lin Ruan worked during the day and studied in night school at night. After a year, he passed the exam and obtained a practicing certificate, becoming an official resident doctor in the county hospital. His salary became 24 yuan a month.

By 1977, three things had happened in Lin Ruan's life: First, she finally passed the exam to become an attending physician, and her salary increased to 36 yuan a month. Second, Gu Jiye returned. In this life, he had not died in the line of duty, but had been discharged due to injury and became a police officer at the county police station.

The third thing was that the college entrance exams were finally being resumed. Back in May and June, the Lin family had already sent Lin Ruan a large number of textbooks. By then, Lin Ruan had already read through the textbooks for four years. He couldn't even recite them by heart, but he was completely absorbed in his studies. Compared to the Lin family's excitement, Lin Ruan felt a near sense of relief.

She wanted to say: Finally, I don’t have to force myself to study anymore!

In October, the country officially announced the college entrance examination results. As soon as the news came out, both Gu Jiye and the Gu family knew that Lin Ruan was preparing for a divorce. Although they felt sorry about this, the Gu family accepted it quite well.

After all, Gu Jiye is no longer in the army, and he doesn't care about divorce. Now that he is a squad leader in the police station, he is not worried about not being able to find a wife.

On the day of their divorce, both of them were very calm. Gu Jiye spoke first. He said, "Lin Ruan, I wish you a bright future."

Lin Ruan looked at him with a smile and said, "I also wish you a bright future and a happy family."

But when Lin Ruan turned to leave, Gu Jiye stopped her and whispered, "You, you have never liked me at all?"

Lin Ruan didn't even turn her head. She simply said, "No, I only like myself."

Lin Ruan didn't resign. After becoming a regular employee, her household registration was transferred to the hospital. If she resigned, her household registration would have been transferred to Guerbao Village. She simply took a leave of absence to focus on preparing for the exam. After all, it was her last chance, and there was no need for any accidents due to her own negligence. December rolled around, and the college entrance exam began. Since she was applying for the Western Medicine Clinical Program at Beijing Medical University, Lin Ruan had to take English in addition to the standard exams. But that didn't matter. Lin Ruan felt good about herself, and with the system checking her answers, she knew that not getting a perfect score was just a way of being modest.

That year's college entrance exam was like a fireworks display: a blazing display during the show, and then everyone went back to their normal lives. It wasn't until the post office delivered Lin Ruan's acceptance letter: Beijing Medical University, a bachelor's and master's program in clinical Western medicine, that she called her family to share the good news.

When Lin's parents heard the news, their eyes welled with tears. Their little daughter had been away in the countryside since 71, and now, six years had passed, a full six years, and now she was finally coming home.

Lin Ruan began preparing to leave for Beijing. Now that the admission notice had arrived, those who hadn't made it to university and were still struggling to find work began looking for jobs again. Lin Ruan sold her job for 1,000 yuan. She also sold her house, but Gu Jiye bought it. So, Lin Ruan cleared out everything except the things that didn't fit the times, and kept the remaining cabinets and other large items. After all, the sale wasn't cheap, so she took 1,500 yuan from Gu Jiye.

It was Gu Jiye who took the initiative to find her about selling the house. As for Gu Erbao Village, she had never returned since Lin Ruan's divorce.

Lin Ruan packed the things she wanted to take into the space. After thinking about it, she found no one she needed to say goodbye to, so she got on the train alone.

She had not told the Lin family about her return to Beijing this time, because Lin Ruan did not want to go to college and still live at home. When she arrived in Beijing, she went directly to the vicinity of Beijing Medical University and did the most common thing in period literature: buying a courtyard house.

By this time, countless people who had been sent down to the countryside had been rehabilitated and their houses returned to them. Some, still haunted by the years-long catastrophe, had no desire to stay in China and simply wanted to sell their houses and live abroad. Lin Ruan sought out sellers like these, because they didn't want cash, they only wanted gold.

Lin Ruan easily found sellers using the information gathered by the system. Within three days, he had contacted three sellers willing to trade gold. One was a former royal relative, and the other was a revolutionary capitalist. Both of their courtyard houses were large, within Beijing's Second Ring Road. The royal one, in particular, was right next to the Forbidden City, just a short walk away. Lin Ruan was intrigued. With such wealth and status, how could someone have survived nearly a decade of catastrophe? They were truly remarkable.

Both courtyard houses had four entrances, one priced at 50,000 yuan and the other at 35,000 yuan. Lin Ruan only bargained for a token price and settled the bill with gold. After all, the gold in her space wasn't much, but it was at least more than the water on Earth.

There is no way. Gold is not valuable in the interstellar era, and gold from the mortal world in the world of immortal cultivation is cheaper when bought with spirit stones.

whee.

The courtyard house held by the remaining seller was not big, with only two entrances. Its only advantage was that it was close to Lin Ruan's university and the price was cheap, only 10,000 yuan. Lin Ruan also readily gave the buyer the gold.

Then, she invited professional workers to carry out simple repairs and cleaning on the three courtyard houses, making them look brand new.

After Lin Ruan finished her work and school was about to start, she finally remembered to go back to the Lin family. She returned at a good time, and Lin's parents were both home. They were naturally surprised and happy to see her. Lin's mother's tone was mixed with joy and complaint: "You're only coming home when school is almost starting. How many days can you stay at home? I see other children come home early. Don't you miss us at all?"

Lin Ruan begged for mercy quickly, and after much persuasion, she finally managed to appease her mother. Lin's mother said cheerfully, "You're back just in time. Your eldest brother will be back tomorrow, bringing his girlfriend from the army with him. Hey, your eldest brother hasn't found his life partner for so many years. Now I'm finally relieved. By the way, your eldest brother has also been promoted. Did he write to tell you? He's now the regiment commander."

Lin Ruan playfully put her arm around her mother's shoulders and said, "Then I'm really lucky to have arrived early. I can just meet my future sister-in-law."

Mother Lin tapped Lin Ruan's forehead lightly and scolded her with a smile, "You're just sweet-talking! Your brother and his friends will arrive at the station at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. We'll go pick them up then. Okay, you just got home, so take a rest and get some sleep. I'll call you for dinner."

The next evening, the family arrived at the station early to wait. At 8 o'clock sharp, the train arrived on time, and Lin's father and mother waited anxiously at the exit.

Not long after, they saw a sturdy soldier walking towards them, pulling an equally sturdy girl. Lin Ruan thought it was pretty good. She asked the system, "Seventeen, are these two always together? Or are they together just because I'm here?"

System: "Host, what are you thinking? Your fluttering moth wings aren't that useful. We were born to be a perfect match."

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Lin Ruan nodded in satisfaction and said, "That's great. When the world collapses and dissipates, the couple will be in despair together, and no one will be able to comfort the other."

System: "Lin Ruan, your ill intentions towards Lin Bingkun are so great that I can't even ignore them, you know?"

(?_? )

After meeting her future sister-in-law, Lin Ruan told her father and mother that she would live outside when she went to school. Of course, her father and mother would not agree, but Lin Ruan had a plug-in. She used a "wishes come true" buff. Under the influence of technology or metaphysics, Lin Ruan's father and mother both agreed with Lin Ruan's idea.

The system, eager to use its abilities but unable to do so, was speechless. It complained, "Host, there's no need to be so cautious about your life. You've traveled through so many worlds, haven't you used me less? What's wrong with using me once more?"

convex

Lin Ruan: "What do you know? Your good abilities should be used on the back of the knife, on the handle, but not on the blade."

System: Do you want to listen to what bullshit you are talking about!

m9( `д′ )!!!!

In short, life in this world just went on like this. Lin Ruan went to college, graduated from graduate school, and joined the Ministry of Health. While still working, he signed up for an on-the-job doctoral program. His main goal was to keep learning throughout his life.

When Lin Ruan retired, she was still an ordinary clerk, but her professional title had already reached senior level. She had never been promoted because she had never married. I don't know which law stipulated that if someone is unmarried, they are considered unreliable and will not be able to get promoted or promoted.

But Lin Ruan didn't care. After she got familiar with the Ministry of Health, she opened a private hospital in the name of her parents. Her main business was to make money with both hands and not let go of a single penny.

By the time her parents passed away, Lin Ruan would have reached retirement age, which wouldn't affect her ability to work at her own hospital. She even had a generous, high-ranking pension. So, while Lin Ruan's parents felt a little sorry that she hadn't married, they had nothing to worry about. After all, Lin Ruan had already bought two small courtyard houses. She now had both money and housing. The rent from the houses was enough for her to live in a top-tier nursing home, and she wouldn't have to worry about being alone in her old age.

At another gathering of retired cadres, Lin Ruan saw Bai Mengjiao at this time. She was also living a good life, with a career, a family, and many children and grandchildren. The two met, said hello, and recalled the past for a few words before parting.

There is no question of who envies whom more, as both of them are living the best life they think.

On the day Lin Ruan died, the system planted a large field of white magnolias in the space, and everyone stayed in the space, ignoring the chaos outside.

"Are you happy, Lin Ruan?" The system raised its little head proudly, and it changed its appearance again.

"Happy, Seventeen." She said, "Take a mission in the next world as a reward for you."

Lin Ruan let herself lie relaxed on the open ground, without opening her eyes, letting the petals bury her.

As time went by, more and more petals piled up on her, forming a soft hill, like a grave mound, and the falling pink and white petals looked like paper money all over the sky.

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