On the day of the college entrance examination, Wang Ying was pressed down by Xu Shuang as soon as she got up.
"Don't rush to get up. It's cold outside."
Taotao has been very well-behaved recently. Not only does Old Mrs. Xu always say that her mother is going to take an exam and asks her not to disturb her, but even her father, who has always loved her, always takes time to take her out.
Taotao didn’t understand at first and wondered what was wrong with her father. He always took her mother out to play before, so why did he leave her alone at home now
As for the exam, Taotao felt very impressed. She used to think her mother was very capable. After all, she dared to give injections with a sharp needle! But now, because of the exam, her mother couldn't even go out.
Taotao felt sorry for her mother who was preparing for an exam and would go up to her and kiss her every day.
As soon as Xu Shuang got up, Taotao woke up too.
Wang Ying and Tao Tao both huddled in their beds, smelling the fragrance wafting from the stove.
Wang Ying didn't get up until breakfast was ready.
As his wife was going to take the college entrance examination, Xu Shuang took two days off so that he could accompany her to take the exam.
Breakfast is a simple rice porridge with some red-skinned peanuts, a plate of fried Chinese cabbage, scallion rolls, and some homemade sausages that were steamed and smelled delicious.
Wang Ying ate her fill and was safely taken to the examination room by Xu Shuang.
Little Taotao also wanted to follow, and was held in Wang Ying's arms, with only a little bun on her head sticking out.
When they arrived at the place, Wang Ying jumped off the bicycle, and Taotao gave her mother a big kiss on the cheek.
“Come on, Mom!”
Xu Shuang handed over the kettle filled with hot water: "Come on."
Wang Ying nodded: "Yes!"
When we entered the examination room, the weather was too cold and most people kept breathing heavily. We didn't quiet down until we heard a voice coming from the loudspeaker.
The turning point in one's life has come.
During the two days of the exam, Wang Ying was highly focused. She did not hang out with others. After the exam, she went home with her husband and children for dinner and slept soundly at night.
On the contrary, Xu Shuang hadn't slept well for two days in a row. He was busy all day long. He always sent food to Wang Ying, and then he went home to cook and came to pick her up after the meal was ready.
The daughters-in-law of the Liu and Ma families who lived in the same compound were all jealous.
Although they have lived together for several years, she still can't help comparing Xu Shuang with her husband.
This comparison shows that the thing at home is not going well in every way.
How can he be so good to his wife
The two Lius are fine. If the wife has a request, then just follow it. Xu Shuang can't do it 100%, but 30% or 40% is okay? If you do it, you will be scolded less.
The Ma family is not so good.
Ma Yongjun argued confidently: "You are not as capable as Wang Ying. Why do you want me to be like Xu Shuang?"
Ma Yongjun was not convinced. He thought his wife was dreaming. Wang Ying had a job and was a small leader in the sugar factory's medical office. She was a good doctor and a good-looking person. She never got angry with men and always spoke gently about everything.
Tsk, I just can’t give birth to a son.
As soon as Ma Yongjun made this statement, his mother Ma Dalian became furious.
"Who are you talking about? Wang Ying didn't give birth to a son, but her daughter is so beautiful. If you have the ability, you can give me a granddaughter as obedient as Taotao! If not, just shut your stinky mouth!"
Ma Yongjun's wife was not angry at all after hearing this, she even stood on the side of her mother-in-law.
"That's right! Who are you talking about that's not good? You're talking about Taotao."
Little Taotao is not only the boss in the nursery, but also loved by everyone in the compound.
Wang Ying sometimes couldn't understand how she and Xu Shuang could give birth to such a daughter. How could she be so sweet-talking? Her talent points were all in interpersonal relationships.
I have to say that genes are really amazing things.
After the college entrance examination, Wang Ying finally put an important matter to rest and started preparing for the New Year at home.
A few years ago, Wang Ying felt that it was just her and Xu Shuang spending the New Year together, and the city was not as lively as the countryside.
But in recent years, with Taotao, the New Year celebrations have become more and more exciting.
Even though Taotao is only three years old, she doesn't want to miss out on anything, including food and fun.
Take firecrackers for example. Taotao can’t touch matches, but doesn’t there still have firecrackers
She could play with a small box of firecrackers for a whole day, running around with her brothers and sisters in the compound. She would come back when she was hungry and could not finish the delicious food her father cooked at home.
This year the atmosphere has visibly loosened, and some people have recently secretly set up stalls in the small market in Nanshao that has been closed for a long time.
Xu Shuang bought dried bamboo shoots, lamb ribs, live pigeons, and fried soybeans, which were hard to find before.
Wang Ying quit her job and had nothing to do after the exam. During this time, she even felt as free as when she was still in the countryside before moving to the city.
Mix brown sugar with fried flour, spread a layer of sesame paste on the fermented dough, then pour brown sugar and flour, pinch out small pancakes and put them in the pan to fry until both sides are golden brown. When you tear it with your hands, you can see the semi-fluid brown sugar filling coming out. It is sweet and has the unique aroma of sesame paste, but it is not sticky. The outer crust is also layered, fragrant and crispy.
Clean the pigeons, marinate them with marinade for half a day, and then apply a few layers of sugar water on the skin, put them in the oven, and take them out from time to time to apply sugar water and white vinegar. When the skin is crispy and the meat is tender, with a layer of attractive reddish-brown luster, the tender pigeons can be eaten. Tear off the crispy skin, the meat inside is tender and juicy, with the aroma of marinade, which spreads far away.
Cut the oil bean curd without cutting it, mix the prepared pork filling with some chopped water chestnuts, stuff it into the oil bean curd, and then steam it. Also make a dry ingredient dipping sauce, sprinkle a layer of chopped chili with chopped green onion, coriander and white sesame seeds, and crush a piece of peach cake. Dip the steamed bean curd stuffed with meat directly into the dipping sauce, which is fragrant and spicy.
After the lamb chops are marinated, they are directly put into the oven. They are spicy and fragrant, and the golden lamb chops are mouth-watering. The golden lamb chops are placed on the rice, and even the rice is soaked in a fragrant sauce.
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Wang Ying took it for a month and found that her face became rounder.
It's time to release the results.
The rule for the college entrance examination this year was to fill in the application form first and then take the exam, so Wang Ying had already chosen the school she wanted to go to before the exam.
She did not immediately choose the two highest schools for herself. According to Wang Ying herself, the school she chose should be one that she could reach by standing on tiptoe, so that she would not be too tired.
So the school Wang Ying chose was very clear, a medical university in Beijing.
After taking the test, Wang Ying estimated her scores and felt that there was a great chance that she would be admitted.
Since the exam, Zhang Na and Jiang Lin, who also took the exam, would come to see Wang Ying from time to time.
Zhang Na usually comes to chat with Wang Ying, and also comes to eat and rub Taotao.
Jiang Lin came here to find someone to talk to about her anxiety.
"It's over, it's over. I applied to study pharmacy at the provincial university. I heard that a lot of people applied to the provincial university this time. It's over, it's over."
Eighteen are finished in one sentence.
Wang Ying also understood that this was normal anxiety, so she comforted him, "It's been more than a month since we started. You've been working hard in the past two years. Some people haven't had a lot of time to prepare. We're all starting from the same starting line."
This is absolutely true. To be precise, some of the high school graduates in the middle ten years even have a lower level of knowledge than the third batch.
The knowledge acquired by the third generation was all practical, but the secondary education in recent years has advocated open schools, and not many people have really learned anything.
Jiang Lin bit her nails anxiously: "I'm worried that if I don't pass the exam, I'll have to get married, right?"
She is getting older every year, and even her uncle, who used to tell her to focus on her career, has started to urge her in the last two years.
It’s okay to urge her, Jiang Lin is just annoyed by others introducing her to someone else. Every time Jiang Lin comes back from a blind date, she has to complain to Wang Ying.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Hey, do you know Yang Qing?"
Wang Ying nodded. How could she not remember? After all, they had been colleagues for a year.
Jiang Lin was gloating: "Didn't she dump the guy she was dating and find a guy who's the son of a director? She also took the college entrance examination and I heard she applied to Huaqing University!"
Wang Ying was not surprised at all: "What's the big deal? Our factory has not reported enough to Huaqing?"
Perhaps there is a kind of obsession with the top two. Nowadays, when people don’t know which one to apply to, they all rush to these two.
It’s just a small sugar factory, but there are more than ten people who report to Huaqing.
Jiang Lin laughed out loud: "Luckily you pulled me back, otherwise I would have reported to Huaqing as well."
Wang Ying gave her and Zhang Na some advice when they were applying for college, and successfully pulled back the two, one who wanted to apply to Huaqing University and the other who wanted to apply to Peking University.
Among the three people, Wang Ying applied to Beijing Medical University, Jiang Lin applied to the provincial pharmacy university, and Zhang Na applied to a junior college in the provincial capital.
Wang Ying recalled the score estimation at that time and said, "Your grades should be pretty good. If you really fail, don't worry. The worst that can happen is that you can try again. Anyway, it's best to go to college."
Jiang Lin does have the skills, but the key is that she doesn't get much experience in the sugar factory's medical room. In the past few years, she has only seen minor illnesses and can't see any major ones.
If I really waste ten years here, I'm afraid it won't work in the future.
Jiang Lin: "You're right, I must go to college."
Why not go to college? Stay in the factory and find a man to marry
Jiang Lin doesn't want to do that!
By mid-January, the results finally came out one after another. Because there were many people taking the college entrance examination while working, the logistics department of the sugar factory had people blocking them every day asking questions.
So the sugar factory simply posted the names of people who received the notices on the bulletin board every day, and it finally felt a bit like the ancient times when names were posted on the list.
Jiang Lin waited for several days to see the results.
Although Wang Ying resigned, the factory still issued the application form for her, so the notification letter was naturally sent to the factory.
So, at noon that day, Jiang Lin hurried over to inform Wang Ying.
"Hurry, hurry, your notice is here!"
"Kyoto Medical University!"