Having successfully attended the "Three Classes," he felt even the sun's rays were less scorching. Full of a sense of achievement, he returned to the cattle farm.
Then he waited by the office phone, ready for the notoriously elusive Miss Xu Xiaoyan to call—he remembered the public phone number at her school's gate, and was prepping to give her a 'surprise' by telling her that he went to school today.
But before he could surprise her, the old party secretary from the village to the west brought a 'surprise' of his own. After some idle chatter upon seeing him, the old secretary revealed his purpose, "Boss Yan, we had an agreement that you'd send someone to guide them on how to cultivate mushrooms. They said they were busy these days but would be done soon. Yet, no one showed up this afternoon. Is there some urgent work at the farm?
