The timeline system has gone awry; they insist that steamed buns are a magic pill.

The content and format of this learning report were much richer than the simple quote competition in the commune. The first round included quotes, background information on poems, and historical events. Although the core was mainly "memorization," a small part involved some questions on practical application.

It was more difficult than I expected. No wonder they said that two-thirds of the contestants would be eliminated in the first round. Only about 60% of the questions were memorized.

It must be said that simply memorizing basic quotes and poems is not enough. Even Li Qingqiu almost couldn't keep up. Some questions combining historical events and quotes are quite challenging.

"It's almost done."

Li Qingqiu wore a spiritual talisman, which contained almost all the sayings and poems. Overall, it was not bad, but I couldn't guarantee a perfect score.

I ran into Ma Xiaoli right after I handed in my paper. Ma Xiaoli looked unhappy, so I guess I didn't do very well on the exam.

The difficulty level was ridiculously high. The commune competition was much simpler, as it only involved memorizing common quotes.

"What's wrong? Don't forget the bet."

"Of course I haven't forgotten. But you, don't be a blank-paper hero." Ma Xiaoli has always looked down on blank-paper heroes.

"Such a simple question, and you wrote a blank paper? Who do you think you are?"

"Simple?"

Ma Xiaoli thought to herself, "This guy is full of empty talk. I really want to see if he'll still have the nerve to say that after the results come out."

Forget it, I can't be bothered with him. I definitely won't make it past the first round. Ma Xiaoli was actually a little worried about whether she would be eliminated.

After the other three members of Lishan Commune who had participated in the report came out, Ma Xiaoli hurriedly called them over to check their answers, leaving Li Qingqiu standing to the side. "Little brat."

"Li Qingqiu, come over and check your answers," Chen Jiansong said in a mocking tone.

"No need, it's quite simple."

Li Qingqiu laughed and said, "There's nothing to say."

"He's so arrogant. Just ignore him. Maybe he submitted a blank paper."

"Never mind then, they're confident."

Li Qingqiu chuckled and went for a stroll. There were quite a few talented people attending the report this time, and some of them looked like young cadres, presumably cultured people from various units.

"Li Qingqiu, what are you doing here?"

"Korean Dong?"

Li Qingqiu was quite surprised. He had expected to run into Han Caiju and was even figuring out how to get some benefits from her, but instead, he encountered Han Guodong. "Are you here for the report meeting?"

"Yes, you're looking for...."

Han Guodong instinctively thought Li Qingqiu had come to see Han Caiju, but then he realized something was wrong. Wasn't this a study report meeting? Could Li Qingqiu also be a selected representative? "Don't tell me, Li Qingqiu, you're attending the report meeting too?"

You're right.

Li Qingqiu said with a smile, "Old classmate, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to see you just now. Were you in the conference room?"

"You're really here for the study report meeting? How did Satoyama Commune choose you?"

Han Guodong still found it hard to believe. Li Qingqiu, he knew that Li Qingqiu had been a poor student since childhood. He had spent eleven years in elementary school, which was five years in total. How could someone like that be selected to participate in the study report meeting? Was there no one else in Lishan Commune?

"I was selected so easily. Sigh, I didn't want to come, but the commune director insisted on inviting me. He pleaded with me and even gave me a lot of subsidies, so I couldn't refuse." Li Qingqiu said helplessly.

Han Guodong thought to himself, "Damn it, what are you pretending for? I know what kind of person you are."

"Really? Your commune director has quite the eye for talent."

Han Guodong thought to himself, "This is great. When the results are posted, if I embarrass myself, it will be a good opportunity for Caiju to see." With this thought, Han Guodong's smile deepened.

"Hey, Li Qingqiu, your friend?"

"My classmate."

Li Qingqiu said with a smile, "I'm a projectionist at the county cultural center."

"The county cultural center."

Ma Xiaoli's eyes lit up. The cultural station must be full of cultured people, especially the projectionist, who must be quite capable. Everyone would think highly of him.

"Hello, I am Ma Xiaoli."

"Hello, Comrade Ma Xiaoli, I am Han Guodong."

The two started chatting immediately, leaving Li Qingqiu aside. As they talked, the topic turned to the first round of academic reports.

"I didn't expect that Li Qingqiu would be elected by the Lishan Commune. I am his classmate and know him better."

Han Guodong couldn't help but reveal some things about Li Qingqiu. Ma Xiaoli was quite surprised to hear that Li Qingqiu had spent eleven years in elementary school. She originally thought Li Qingqiu was already quite ignorant, but now she realized that he was even more outrageous than she had imagined.

"Uncle Guo, I don't know what you're thinking."

Ma Xiaoli muttered to herself, "It would be fine if the Xuegu Commune just gave us some subsidies after discovering the commune, but they have to use the pretext of participating in a study report. If we really produce a blank paper, the commune will probably lose face."

No, you're just being so blatant in front of me. Li Qingqiu sometimes thinks people are quite cute these days; they say bad things to my face.

"Old classmate, haven't you heard the saying, 'A scholar should be looked at with new eyes after three days of separation'?"

Li Qingqiu sighed and reminded him, "Don't tell me, we haven't seen each other much for years, how do you know me that well?"

"Li Qingqiu, did I say something wrong?"

Han Guodong's expression changed. He actually looked down on Li Qingqiu from the bottom of his heart. If it weren't for Caiju, he wouldn't bother talking to Li Qingqiu.

"Okay, you're right."

Li Qingqiu was too lazy to pay attention to this stuff. Damn it, talking to this kind of person was just a waste of his breath.

It's good for him to take a rest; Li Qingqiu plans to let his results speak for themselves.

Half an hour later, the results of the first round of learning reports were posted. No scores were given because of the blank papers submitted by the "hero" (a student who failed to complete a test). Now, the evaluation is only divided into excellent, good, pass, and poor.

"The results are in."

With a shout, all the comrades who were going to report on their learning gathered around. A small sheet of paper listed the names of the trainees who had achieved a good or above in the learning session.

"Quickly check if our commune's name is on it."

Ma Mingliang shouted loudly to a trainee, and other units and individuals pushed their way to the front.

"Li Qingqiu, why don't you go see it?"

Li Qingqiu glanced at Ma Xiaoli. "There are too many people here now, and the results are already out. Whether they're good or bad, it won't change anything. Checking them a little earlier won't make things any better."

"You're quite the talker."

Ma Xiaoli was actually very anxious, but there were too many people, so she could only wait.

"The Satoyama Commune is over, it's over."

The commune cadre who had just squeezed to the front shouted, "Passed! Two!"

"two?"

Ma Mingliang breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness, thank goodness, it's not bad that two out of five of us can get through."

"Quickly, tell me, who passed?"

"Are they Xiaoli and Comrade Jiansong?"

Ma Mingliang asked, and the student who had spoken paused. "Director Ma, Chen Jiansong didn't pass, but Comrade Xiaoli passed, though only with a 'good' rating, which is below average."

"What? Jiansong didn't pass? Then who did?"

Ma Mingliang was somewhat puzzled. As for Ma Xiaoli's lower ranking, he had expected it. This time, many of the representatives from various units in the county were probably college students, truly cultured and capable people.

Compared to his daughter, who is a vocational school graduate, there is no chance for her to become a study representative in the county-level work unit. It's only in remote communes that there is not much competition.

"dad."

As soon as Ma Xiaoli heard that she had passed, she cheered and ran over. As for Li Qingqiu, he definitely hadn't passed. Before running over, Ma Xiaoli said to Li Qingqiu, "You lost the bet, remember not to renege on it."

"It's still uncertain who will win and who will lose."

Seeing that most of the people had dispersed, Li Qingqiu slowly walked over.

"Tch, still being stubborn."

Ma Xiaoli snorted and ignored such a big talker.

"Quickly, tell me, who else has passed?"

"Li... Li Qingqiu."

"What? Who are you talking about? Li Qingqiu? How is that possible?"

Not to mention Ma Xiaoli, even Ma Mingliang felt it was somewhat impossible. His daughter had told him yesterday that Li Qingqiu couldn't even answer simple quote questions.

"Li Qingqiu, and..."

"And what?"

"And Li Qingshi is indeed outstanding." Wang Hongyi smiled wryly.

"Li Qingqiu is outstanding, are you sure you didn't misread that?"

Ma Xiaoli couldn't believe her ears and stared intently at Wang Hongyi.

"I was afraid I was mistaken, so I checked several times. It really is Li Qingqiu, and it's definitely Lishan Commune."

Wang Hongyi wore a bitter expression. He hadn't expected that Li Qingqiu, who seemed a bit unreliable, could actually learn the sayings so well.

I don't believe it.

Ma Xiaoli couldn't believe it and ran to the bulletin board. Li Qingqiu looked at his name and realized it wasn't number one. "Sigh, just a little short."

"Are you really that good?"

Ma Xiaoli also saw Li Qingqiu's name, and then the Lishan Commune; it was definitely him. "How is this possible? Didn't you say you couldn't even answer the simplest quote?"

"Are you...?"

"I was just kidding."

Li Qingqiu said with a smile, "Get your cloth coupons ready. Don't try to cheat me, or I'll look down on you."

"Are you kidding me?"

Ma Xiaoli's expression turned extremely ugly. This scoundrel! Her face turned white and then purple with anger.

"You... how could you do this...?"

Li Qingqiu pursed his lips. "What did I do? You provoked me first. What's wrong with teasing you? You're such a hypocrite."

"Li Qingqiu..."

"Han Guodong, I'm sorry, you're underneath me, I'm pressing down on you."

Li Qingqiu finished speaking with a smile and left. Han Guodong was stunned for a moment, not understanding what she meant. He only understood after seeing the posted academic report results. "Li Qingqiu passed, and she even got an excellent grade! How is that possible?"

"This guy can't be...."

When Han Guodong saw his name, although he was also excellent, he was ranked higher than Li Qingqiu, with more than ten names behind him. This meant that Li Qingqiu's ranking was much better. How could this be? This guy wouldn't cheat, would he?

Han Guodong couldn't believe it for a second. How could Li Qingqiu possibly complete such a difficult quotations test? How could a guy who had to go through eleven years of elementary school be so stupid?

"Could there be a mistake?"

"Same name?"

Han Guodong still refused to believe it, and Ma Xiaoli also refused to believe it, but the name was correct. Apart from Li Qingqiu, there were no other people with the surname Li from Lishan Commune.

"We've been tricked by him."

"Playing tricks?"

Han Guodong was stunned. Han Caiju was walking over at that moment.

"Guodong".

"Chrysanthemums?"

Han Guodong hurriedly used his body to block Li Qingqiu's name. Thank goodness, he hadn't told Caiju that Li Qingqiu was attending the study report meeting, otherwise it would have been too embarrassing.

"That person I just saw looked like Li Qingqiu?"

"Ah, no, Caiju, you must have misread it," Han Guodong said subconsciously.

"Did you see wrong?"

Han Caiju frowned slightly. "No way, he really did look like Li Qingqiu just now."

"You know Li Qingqiu?" Ma Xiaoli was a little surprised. How could such a pretty girl know that unreliable bad guy, Li Qingqiu!