Year: I planted trees in Saihanba

"Qin Xuemei, are you sure?"

The school party secretary looked at Qin Xuemei in front of him with a somewhat incredulous gaze.

"Yes, I've made up my mind!"

"I want to go to Saihanba, to the most difficult place."

"I will use my knowledge to shine and contribute."

Qin Xuemei stared straight ahead, her gaze resolute.

"alright, I got it!"

The school party secretary looked at Qin Xuemei with a rather complicated expression.

He couldn't quite understand the thought process of these privileged children.

Why would someone give up a perfectly good job as a minister's secretary and insist on going to a place like Saihanba?

What's more, this minister is his own father.

Although he didn't understand Qin Xuemei's decision, the school party secretary wisely refrained from asking further questions.

"Qin Xuemei, you should go back now!"

"okay!"

Qin Xuemei nodded neither humbly nor arrogantly, then turned and left the school party secretary's office.

The school party secretary watched Qin Xuemei's retreating figure.

He sat in the chair and thought for a while.

He then dialed a number to Beiping City.

"Hello, this is Qin Qiufeng!"

"Minister Qin, hello, I am Gao Tianhe!"

"Oh, it's Xiao Gao. What's up?"

After a moment's thought, Qin Qiufeng remembered Gao Tianhe.

"That's right, Minister Qin."

"We screened out outstanding graduates from our school."

"We've discovered an exceptionally talented student."

Her name is Qin Xuemei.

Gao Tianhe, without batting an eye, casually made up a reason.

Even if this is something everyone tacitly understands.

But you still have to keep a respectable appearance.

After all, we must not do things that are detrimental to unity, nor say things that are detrimental to unity.

"However, I just asked Comrade Qin Xuemei for her opinion."

"She said she wanted to go to Saihanba, to the grassroots level, to a place with difficult conditions."

Gao Tianhe relayed Qin Xuemei's words verbatim to Qin Qiufeng on the other end of the phone.

Qin Qiufeng fell silent after listening to Gao Tianhe's words.

On the one hand, he was proud that his daughter had made such a decision.

On the other hand, he was also somewhat worried.

"okay, I get it!"

"I respect her opinion!"

After a moment of silence, Qin Qiufeng finally spoke.

"Then let's just forget about it."

Gao Tianhe had no objection to Qin Qiufeng's words.

He knew it perfectly well in his heart.

Qin Qiufeng made these dumplings specifically for this dish of vinegar.

Now that there's no vinegar, there's no need to cook the dumplings anymore.

As for resentment?

Forget it, Qin Xuemei is Qin Qiufeng's princess.

LOL, would he dare?

After returning to her dormitory, Qin Xuemei fell into deep thought.

Going to the Saihanba area was something she had decided long ago.

However, what Gao Tianhe had just told her caught Qin Xuemei's attention.

Go and become Qin Qiufeng's secretary.

This was clearly her father's doing.

However, just thinking about Qin Qiufeng's face made Qin Xuemei feel a surge of displeasure.

The woman who loved him dearly died because of him.

After A-na died, he did not come to see her off on her final journey.

He couldn't come because of work, and Qin Xuemei could understand.

But he sent Jin Peiyun instead. What does that mean?

Was Jin Peiyun here to mock him?

Or perhaps they came to humiliate us?

Qin Xuemei simply couldn't understand it.

……

However, Qin Xuemei quickly snapped out of her reverie.

Because Li Yue'er and the others came back.

"Xuemei, we're about to part ways. Is there anything you'd like to say to us?"

Li Yue'er is usually very carefree.

Facing separation, it was hard to hide the sadness in my heart.

"I don't have much to say, so I'll just wish us all the best for the future!"

Qin Xuemei gave a very forced smile.

"Yue'er, where have you been assigned?"

"Of course I am from the Suzhou State-owned Forest Farm."

Li Yue'er became somewhat excited when this was mentioned.

After all these years, she finally realized her dream.

More importantly, Zhao Xiaoxuan was also assigned to the Gusu State-owned Forest Farm.

Thinking about this made the sadness of parting with Qin Xuemei and the others much lessened.

And you, Xuemei?

Li Yue'er looked at Qin Xuemei and asked with some curiosity.

She had never heard anything about Qin Xuemei's post-graduation plans.

Qin Xuemei never told them.

Given Qin Xuemei's identity, Li Yue'er didn't ask any further questions.

Now that they were about to part ways, Li Yue finally asked out of curiosity.

However, according to Qin Xuemei's father, he was the Minister of Forestry.

Xuemei is probably also going to work for the Ministry of Forestry.

"I applied to go to the Saihanba area."

Qin Xuemei smiled and gave an answer that surprised everyone present.

"What, Xue Mei?"

The first to speak was not Li Yue'er, but Meng Yue, who was standing to the side looking dejected.

"You mean, you're going to Saihanba too?"

"Yes, I'm going to Saihanba too."

"I'll go to Saihanba to be with you, and we'll work together from now on!"

Qin Xuemei naturally knew that Meng Yue had won the lottery to go to Saihanba.

"That's wonderful, Xuemei!"

Meng Yue stepped forward, hugged Qin Xuemei, and couldn't help but cry.

"Alright, alright, Meng Yue, stop crying!"

Qin Xuemei patted Meng Yue on the back and comforted her.

"Xuemei, I truly admire you!"

After a while, once Meng Yue stopped crying, Zhao Xiaoxuan finally spoke.

She meant it sincerely.

She truly admired Qin Xuemei.

Having a father who is the Minister of Forestry, he was able to voluntarily apply to go to Saihanba.

Hearing this, Li Yue'er nodded in agreement.

……

"Xuemei, but if you go to Saihanba, what will happen to Wu Yansheng?"

After a while, Meng Yue seemed to remember something and asked a question out of curiosity.

Hearing this, Li Yue'er and Zhao Xiaoxuan, who were packing their things nearby, also perked up their ears.

"Wu Yansheng!"

Qin Xuemei smiled, her eyes sparkling with bright light.

"If Wu Yansheng can support my decision to go to Saihanba, I will give him a chance."

After hearing Qin Xuemei's answer, Meng Yue nodded and didn't say anything more.

……

"What, Xuemei, you're going to Saihanba?"

"Everyone should have the right to make their own choices, and I have already made my decision."

"Then... have you ever thought about me?"

"I have never had a romantic relationship with you, please stop spreading rumors among our classmates."

After Qin Xuemei finished speaking, she turned to leave.

"Qin Xuemei!"

As Wu Yansheng watched Qin Xuemei's retreating figure, he couldn't help but call out.

"I've been pursuing you for three years."

"I already rejected you!"

"It wasn't easy for the country to raise us, so I want to work first and then start a family!"

"Then I'll go to work with you."

Wu Yansheng looked at Qin Xuemei.

"It's just that there's only one wind a year, blowing from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, right?"

"If you, Qin Xuemei, aren't afraid, why should I, Wu Yansheng, be afraid?"

"If pursuing you for three years isn't enough, then I'll pursue you for another three years, or even thirty years."

At this moment, Wu Yansheng was like a pure-hearted war god, speaking sweet words.

……

Tomorrow, college students will go to the dam.

This book has reached 30 words now, and frankly, the data is quite poor.

A month and a half later, it has a rating of 6.0.

To be honest, it's terrible; the author probably doesn't have the talent for this kind of work.

The previous books also flopped badly.

This book isn't exactly a flop; at least it still has a lot of readers following it.

The author will definitely finish writing this book seriously.

……