Chen Damao nodded. At this time, Li Huan was still willing to take him in. He was grateful to Li Huan from the bottom of his heart. Although he was beaten badly by Li Huan, he deserved it.
No one in the village was willing to build a house for Damao. Damao was anxious. The weather had turned cold and Gao Xiaohui's stomach was unstable, so he could only kneel in front of Cuihua.
Cuihua looked at Gao Xiaohui's pale face and finally softened her heart, but she was only willing to let them stay for a month because the doctor said Chen Weidang could go home after a month.
Li Huan shook his head, but still helped to find people and asked Chen Damao to pay them. Finally, the house was built within half a month. After drying it for a few days and heating the kang for a few days, he hurriedly moved in with Gao Xiaohui.
Under Cuihua's coercion, the girl moved all of Damao's wedding belongings over. These beddings were undoubtedly a timely help. Damao hugged the quilt and made up his mind to change his ways.
He asked Gao Xiaohui to have a good rest at home, and he picked up the hoe and went to the fields. He worked hard to support his wife and children. Now his pockets were cleaner than his face. When he had money, he would go to the hospital to visit his father.
But something seemed different in the village. It had been almost a month since he returned, but he had never seen Zhang Yuefang once. Was she avoiding him
Well, it would be awkward to see him. Besides, Xiaohui is pregnant with his child now. What if she gets too excited and loses the baby? So it’s best not to meet him.
Zhang Yuefang was making her best sprint, mainly because the time and location of the exam had been decided: it would be on December 10, 1978, at the county primary school, where Cheng Qiao used to be a teacher.
Li Huan informed Uncle Niu in advance and asked him to send the candidates to the county town on the day of the college entrance examination. Uncle Niu agreed immediately. This was a good thing. When the children passed the exam, he would be able to brag about it for a while.
He ate well and slept well during this period. Without those people in the backyard, he had less to worry about. In his free time every day, he would get some wood to make some furniture, and then cook something to eat.
But he was worried about Lao Niu's mental state. Thinking about Lao Niu's age, it was time for him to go, and he felt extremely reluctant to let him go.
Finally, the day of the college entrance examination arrived. Uncle Niu looked at the old cow and encouraged it with tears in his eyes: "Can you hold on a little longer and send the candidates from Xiangyang Village to the examination room? This will be a great merit."
The old cow mooed in a low and firm voice, and Uncle Niu drove the ox cart to Cheng Qiao's house first. When Cheng Qiao saw the old cow's appearance, she was so sad that tears were about to come out.
She fetched a bucket of water and fed it directly to the old cow. The old cow took a sip of the water and looked at Cheng Qiao with gratitude. Just with this bucket of water, it was able to persevere.
In the end, everyone walked there. Besides Uncle Niu, there were Cheng Qiao's three children on the ox cart. They were small and light, so the old ox should be able to carry them.
At nine o'clock in the morning, there was a Chinese exam. Cheng Qiao handed in the paper in less than an hour, then walked outside and saw Li Huan's nervous look, which she found funny.
"Qiao, how did you do on the exam?"
The three children all looked up at her. Cheng Qiao picked up the youngest, Xiao Nuan. The little girl had recovered her health under the nourishment of her space spiritual water and was now pretty and lively.
"Xiao Nuan, tell me, will Mom pass the exam?"
"One hundred points"
"Oh, Xiao Nuan is right. I will try to get a perfect score."
Li Huan didn't need to ask, he knew from Cheng Qiao's expression that she had done well in the exam. Lele also came out, her face full of joy. The second sister-in-law was really amazing, she even guessed some of the questions correctly.
"Let's go eat first. We'll have the politics exam in the afternoon. This is the most important thing. Let's recite it again after dinner. As long as we do well in the politics exam, it shouldn't be a big problem."
Lele nodded, and Zhang Yuefang and Han Chunmei came over. Judging from their faces, they seemed to have done well in the exam, but Xiaofang seemed a little unhappy, but Cheng Qiao didn't have time to ask her.
Qian Longkun brought Zhao Xiaobao and others into the state-owned hotel. The four of them were chatting and laughing, looking like they had already received their admission letters, which made Xiaofang feel a little uncomfortable.
"Cheng Qiao, how did you do on the exam?"
Zhao Xiaobei ran over and put his arm around Cheng Qiao's shoulders. Cheng Qiao smiled and nodded. Fortunately, she hoped that the afternoon politics class would not be too difficult.
Zhao Xiaobei smiled and glanced at Xiaofang, but wisely didn't say much. Qian Longkun and the others also spoke in noticeably lower voices, no longer showing their previous smugness.
Li Le blinked, glanced at Cheng Qiao, and suddenly grinned: "Second sister-in-law, I understand. You must not lose confidence in everything. You must work hard to the end."
Cheng Qiao looked at Li Le in surprise. The little girl was growing very fast, and she had absorbed the essence just from just this brief observation.
After finishing the political exam in the afternoon, Li Huan took them to his house. There were two more exams tomorrow, so they decided to stay in the county town tonight.
The next morning's test was math. Cheng Qiao handed in the paper and left without any burden. But when Lele came out, she looked a little unhappy because she didn't have time to finish the last two questions.
Lele knew that her stubbornness had come back again. Cheng Qiao kept asking her to finish all the questions on the test paper before reviewing them, but she still reviewed each question one by one, and ultimately wasted time.
The exam in the afternoon was even more outrageous. Li Le's pen was out of ink. Looking at the half-written exam paper, Li Le didn't know what to do.
She didn't dare to look around, worried that the invigilator would suspect her of cheating, so she could only hand in the paper. Li Huan was surprised to see her come out, "Cheng Qiao didn't come out yet, so why did you come out?"
Li Le had a sad face, her pen was out of ink, and Li Huan looked at her usually smart sister as if she were a fool:
"Why didn't you tell the teacher if you didn't have ink? There's ink on the podium. And why didn't you bring a few more pens?"
Li Le: “…”
When Cheng Qiao came out, she found out that Li Le had failed the test. She quickly took out paper and pen to review the exam and calculated the score.
You can get 80 in Chinese, 60 in math, 90 in politics is a must, and 50 in history and geography is already good. If you add and subtract, you can still get into Chuncheng Normal University if you are conservative.
"Second sister-in-law, but I want to apply to a university in Beijing."
Cheng Qiao stopped talking. Usually, Lele was the best in Xiangyang Village in terms of both intelligence and ability, but when the time came, something went wrong. Could it be fate
"Sister-in-law, how did you do in the exam?"
Cheng Qiao nodded. There would be no problem in getting into the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing. The problem now was a bit complicated because Lele had problems with the exam and their original plan had to be changed.
"Li Huan, I did quite well in the exam this time and will definitely be admitted to a university in Beijing. If Lele is admitted to Chuncheng and lets mother stay in Chuncheng, I will take the three children to Beijing."