Christmas Eve 1993 was Li Wei’s seventeenth birthday.
As she entered her senior year of high school, she became extremely busy. She quit her job at the school radio station. She also stopped being the host of the 1994 New Year's Day party. She devoted herself to studying and immersed herself in various topics every day.
During her lunch break that day, she passed by the communication room and saw her name on the blackboard outside. Li Wei thought to herself who would write to her. She turned around and entered the reception room. The old man in the reception room handed her a postcard sent from overseas.
The back of the postcard is a picture of the hot springs in Yellowstone Park in the United States, and a long list of English words is written on the front.
Li Wei's hand holding the postcard couldn't help but tremble. Her second brother had been gone for so long and finally remembered to write her a letter. At this moment, she almost jumped with excitement.
Seeing the familiar handwriting reappearing in front of his eyes, Li Wei's heart surged. In the left column, Li Jianbo wrote a simple sentence in English: "Wish you success, my dear girl." The time was just right, this day happened to be Li Wei's birthday.
When he went home at the weekend, Li Wei couldn't wait to show this postcard to his family.
Li Minghua and others thought that Li Jianbo had sent a photo and a letter, but after a long time, it was just a postcard. They didn't recognize any of the words on it, but even so, Liu Chunzhi was still very excited: "This child has been gone for nearly two years, and he finally remembered to contact his family. He still hasn't forgotten us."
Li Minghua didn't say anything and smoked aside. Li Jianping read the postcard several times and said, "Yeah, why doesn't he write a letter and send a photo or something."
Li Wei said: "I'm not him, how do I know?"
Liu Chunzhi quickly added: "Is there an address on it? Weiwei quickly wrote him a letter and asked when he would come back. Then tell him about the situation at home and ask him to send a photo back for us to take a look at. "
Li Wei nodded in agreement. But Li Minghua muttered: "He finally got out, and he went to the United States. Many people want to go, but they still can't go. Why did you ask him to come back? I think he is fine where he is."
Liu Chunzhi was not happy after hearing this: "He was born and raised here, why doesn't he come back? He doesn't want to be a good Chinese, so why does he want to be an American?"
Li Minghua put out the cigarette butt, muttered: "A woman's opinion" and then went out.
Li Jianping was still reading the postcard. He didn't recognize any of the words, so he finally handed it to Li Wei and said, "Please read it aloud what it means."
Li Wei said: "These long strings of words are addresses. The only thing he really said was the sentence on the left, saying he wished me success."
Li Jianping smiled and said: "This Jianbo is a bit interesting. There are so many people in the family who don't send greetings, but only greet you. It shows that you are more unique than others, so it's your birthday."
Li Wei said: "He knows that I am in my third year of high school. Doesn't this encourage me?"
Li Jianping nodded and said: "That's true. In the blink of an eye, you will be a senior in high school. If that kid hadn't left, he would have been in his sophomore year. He will be out in two years. He can still help the family. It seems that he can't count on it now. ”
Li Jianping stood up and said to Li Wei: "You study hard, maybe you will become the first female college student in our village in the future."
"Let's talk about it after passing the exam. By the way, brother, Teacher Chang called me over today to tell me something. He said that after the new year, I will prepare for the art exam. Although I am not a music and art student, I am also a broadcasting and hosting exam. I’m on the list. When the time comes to take the exam at the target university, I’ve thought about it and decided to ask you to go with me.”
"Art exam?" Li Jianping has long been aware of his choice for his sister, and has gained some relevant knowledge over the years. A few years ago, the family did not have such conditions at all. Fortunately, in the past year or two, the family's business was okay, and it would be no problem if it was just Li Wei.
Li Jianping agreed: "Okay, I will accompany you then."
Li Wei happily agreed, and Li Jianping said calmly: "Happy seventeenth, belated blessing."
"Thank you, brother."
After Li Jianping left, Li Wei was immersed in the sea of questions again. The postcard sent by Li Jianbo lay quietly on her desk. Everyone in the family firmly believes that one day Jian Bo will come back and reunite with everyone.
On Sunday morning, Li Wei received the newspaper from the postman as scheduled. She quickly flipped through the content of the entertainment section. Li Jianping stood behind him and glanced at the title above, and then said to Li Wei: "The male star you are chasing reportedly fell off his horse while filming a martial arts drama. He is recovering from his injuries. He has stopped taking roles recently. ”
"Where was he injured when he fell from the horse?" Li Wei's eyes widened with surprise on his face.
"Ah, I heard it on the radio a few months ago." Li Jianping saw that his sister cared so much about a celebrity, and wondered what kind of charm that person named Zhao had that made his sister pay so much attention to him.
When Zhao Qian was still the regent, he was very good at riding and shooting, but one day he fell off his horse. Isn't this a big joke? Li Wei wanted to laugh out loud, but he still tried his best to endure it.
She quickly browsed the contents of the newspaper, and sure enough, there was no relevant record of Zhao Qian.
The movie "Full Moon Sword" he participated in last time was very popular all over the country. The male lead Zhang Zihan is extremely popular and has starred in several major movies one after another. Even the heroine has become a new star. She became a big star and became synonymous with pure and beautiful girls. Only Zhao Qian, the second male lead, did not become famous because of this drama. It is said that the script was not revised well. The character of the second male lead collapsed in the later stage, and he lost a lot of popularity with the audience. Now that he is recuperating from his injury, it seems that he will not be able to make a comeback for some time.
Zhao Qian did not succeed because of this, and Li Wei was still a little disappointed. If Zhao Qian could do what Zhang Zihan did, she would also be able to get more information about him.
She put away the newspaper with low interest, and was not very interested in other contents.
At the end of the semester, the entire Yang City organized a senior high school exam, and the entire city pulled together the rankings. Li Wei looked at the familiar questions and calmly wrote down the answers.
After the exams are over, there is winter vacation, but for senior high school students, there is no winter vacation at all. After the exam, I only had one day of rest and went back to school to make up for my lessons.
In addition to taking extra cultural classes, Li Wei also had to strengthen his professional training. Fortunately, the major she applied for was not a music or art major, and the most common training content every day was various readings. Teacher Chang also gave her many pointers on pronunciation issues.
The rankings of the unified examination have been announced. There are more than 2,000 senior high school students in the city, 1,420 in liberal arts, and Li Wei's ranking is 278th. Ranked 24th in the Chengnan Middle School grade ranking.
She walked into the teacher's office with her report card. Teacher Lan glanced at her results and nodded: "As long as there are no accidents, you can take the second book as long as you want. And you are an art test taker. It is said that the scores of art test takers are relatively loose, but you can't relax because of this. Still One semester, work hard.”
She, an ancient person who had only read poetry and books, came to this era and worked hard to learn knowledge that she had never been exposed to before. She had always been very diligent.
(End of chapter)