"Are you going to take the college entrance examination?"
In the County Revolutionary Committee, Director Zhong, after hearing Zhao Donglin's news that he was going to take the college entrance examination, it was a lie to say that he was not surprised.
According to the news that the country has resumed the college entrance examination, the number of people who have signed up for the exam in the past two days has increased a lot. , no one shocked him more than Zhao Donglin's situation.
You must know that Zhao Donglin is a cadre who transferred from the army and returned to his hometown. Before he changed jobs, he became a company commander in the army. The entire commune can count on one hand the number of people who can hold this position.
It is not easy for him to give up his vested interests and return to his hometown. During his tenure as the village party secretary, he also performed his duties conscientiously and did every job well. The ratings are very high.
Such a grassroots cadre with a wealth of work experience who has achieved certain results is willing to give up everything to take the college entrance examination and start again like other young people. In addition to being shocked, Director Zhong is also appreciative and gratified.
What does this mean? It means that Comrade Zhao Donglin is a good comrade with ideals and ambitions!
"good!"
Director Zhong said "OK" in a loud voice, he got up and came out from behind the desk, walked to Zhao Donglin's side and patted him on the shoulder, saying with emotion, "
You are good-looking and courageous, and you are worthy of being an excellent cadre from the army. Since you want to participate, you should prepare well and prepare carefully. If you need to tell me anything, the commune will try to make it easier for you. There is still a month to go. I am waiting for the good news of your success. "
Zhao Donglin smiled, "Director, please don't expect too much from me. This will put me under too much pressure, and I'm not sure if I can pass the exam."
Although his daughter-in-law reassured him that there was no problem, Zhao Donglin himself was only 50% sure.
There have been no textbooks for several years, and there are very few reference books available on the market. The state issued a document to let the provinces set their own questions, and they had to fill in their volunteers before taking the exam.
For the first college entrance examination ten years later, it would not be too much to describe it with a confused face.
What is the test? Which test? What are knowledge points? What kind of score can I go to college
And now there is only one month left for everyone. It is really too difficult to not delay work and labor while studying. No one knows what the specific situation will be, so they just cross the river like a blind man.
Secretary Zhong felt that Zhao Donglin was modest, not to mention other things, Zhao Donglin was a party member, and he must have memorized various political policies and regulations by heart. Usually, the documents and materials in the village were summed up by Zhao Donglin and handed over to the commune. His ability is very strong, so Chinese should not be a problem. As for the rest of mathematics and other subjects, Zhao Donglin's starting point is the same as others. Compared vertically, Zhao Donglin still has an advantage.
"I believe you will have no problems. Comrade Donglin will not do anything unsure. Work hard and let everyone see the strength of our revolutionary soldiers."
Director Zhong has already made up his mind, if Zhao Donglin is really admitted to university, he will set up Zhao Donglin as a model for the whole commune, so that more young people love learning and are positive!
Young people still have goals and ideals, and they can’t live in a muddle. If it is said that many people wasted their youth because of the problems of the times a few years ago, but now their lives have returned to the right track, and everyone can’t just indulge in pain In the process, we must learn to let go and continue to move forward.
Three members of the Zhao family took part in the college entrance examination all of a sudden, and the villagers were blown away when they found out.
"This Zhao family is really weird. It's hard to understand. The two sons have divorced for the first time. Now the family of three has signed up for the college entrance examination. Isn't there something wrong with the brain?"
It’s all right for Meixiang to sign up, after all, she’s young, and Zhao Donglin is almost thirty, and he’s still a village party secretary, earning more than sixty yuan a month, so he has to take the college entrance examination because he can’t think about it. I lost my hair.
As for Dong Jiahui, the second marriage, she used to have a reputation of being infertile. After she gave birth to a son and was released, the rumors were self-defeating, but a woman who married and gave birth to a baby can just live a good life. What else is poor, the college entrance examination, the college entrance examination Can it be eaten as a meal
The daughter-in-law in front of Zhao Donglin got divorced because of the problem of going back to the city. This second daughter-in-law is good, and she is also restless.
"Who says it's not? You have to live steadily and steadily. You can't aim too high and imagine that the whole family can go to university? Let's not talk about whether the university is good or not, just say that everyone has gone to university. The old and the young in the family, The days are gone? How about drinking the northwest wind?"
As soon as this point of view came out, there were those who agreed with it and others who put forward other ideas.
"I heard that after being admitted to university, not only is there no tuition fee, but the state also pays money every month. The three of them signed up together. There is no tuition fee, and they have money to get it. The elderly and children will work harder at home, besides, there is Donghe at home."
As soon as Donghe was mentioned, everyone also recalled it.
"Yeah, why didn't Dong He sign up? He is a few years younger than Dong Lin."
"He has been separated out and divorced again, so Dong Lin must not care about him anymore."
"This Donglin is also very pitiful. There was such a wife in the stall before, but now the family is separated, and he lives alone with a stone. Hey, why didn't you hear the news that Donghe is looking for another wife?"
"Someone called out a matchmaker, and Donghe himself was not happy about it, saying that he didn't want to look for it in the past few years."
"Tsk tsk, why don't you look for it, and you still think about Zheng Yuefen?"
"I heard that Zheng Yuefen has found another family and married to another commune. She is a widower in her thirties and her family conditions are not bad. The bride price was 120 yuan."
"Huh? When did you come here? I haven't heard much about it."
"She didn't want to leave at the time, and it was Donghe who insisted on it. She refused to let go, and her natal family didn't want her to live like this. She didn't get along well with her natal family. Her mother said that it was fine to go back and live, but she had to find She married another person, no, she got married not long after going back."
Everyone shook their heads and sighed, "If it were me, I wouldn't leave. Just grind it out and wait for the man to change his mind. After all, the two still have a stone, and they will always bow their heads for the sake of the child."
From a woman's point of view, everyone still felt that Donghe was a bit cruel, how could he just leave when he married his wife, and even gave birth to a son for him.
"Men are much more ruthless than women, but Dong He is not bad to Zheng Yuefen. He gave her two hundred yuan when he left."
"Two hundred, it's not a small amount of money. I remember that the Donghe family was divided into about three hundred yuan."
"No, if you ask me, then Zheng Yuefen is really too noisy. It's not a big mistake for Donghe not to be able to bear the divorce."
"It's just that Shi Shi has become a child without a mother."
Rumors and gossips can’t be explained clearly, mouths grow on other people’s faces, want to say what to say, want to say what to say, sometimes say that Zhao Donghe is cruel, and sometimes say that Zheng Yuefen can make trouble, anyway, how to say it makes sense.
Therefore, what a person sees is what he sees in his heart. A person with a peaceful heart abandons the tediousness and ugliness of the world, and everything is beautiful in his eyes. The so-called Buddha in the heart, everything is a Buddha, and those who are not peaceful in their hearts will speculate on others with malice.
About the college entrance examination, Zhao Donglin talked to his younger brother Donghe.
"Why don't you try it too?"
Dong He shook his head and refused, "Forget it, I don't have the heart to read now, so it's a waste of time."
He has to go to work and take Shitou with him. After the divorce, there is an inexplicable emptiness in the ease of life, especially when Shitou is crying for his mother, Zhao Donghe's heart seems to have been poked into countless holes, blowing north and south. wind.
When they are together, they are flying like cats and dogs, and when they are not together, they are inextricably linked. Zhao Donghe's heart is too tired, and he really doesn't have the heart to prepare for the college entrance examination.
Jiahui didn't pay attention to all the right and wrong, and she started preparing for the college entrance examination with all her heart.
The first is to apply for volunteers. One person can fill in six volunteers. There are twelve universities in Wudong Province, including undergraduate colleges and junior colleges. After some consideration and research, the three of them filled out their own volunteers and handed them in. .
Every night after dinner, two kerosene lamps were lit in the main room, and Jiahui took her husband and sister-in-law to review together.
First sort out the knowledge points, and then found a few review materials to do the questions. Meixiang is young, and her high school knowledge is still in her head. It is still possible to fight for it. As for Zhao Donglin, a typical science brain, he can read math, physics and chemistry questions once, and his language is not a big problem.
Jiahui worked as a tutor in university and also worked part-time in summer tutoring classes. She has some training knowledge. Based on her own experience and judgment, she compiled review materials for each subject.
In this era, there is very little knowledge in textbooks. In the past two years, Jiahui spent a lot of effort to find useful textbooks, which finally came in handy at this time.
"Sister-in-law, your reference materials are very well organized, can I show them to my classmates?"
Meixiang has a few classmates who are very close to each other and are also going to take the college entrance examination. Now there are no review materials on the market at all. Some people can’t even find the textbooks. , the opportunity of the college entrance examination is too rare, she doesn't want those dear classmates to waste the opportunity of the college entrance examination because they didn't review the materials.
"It's ok. Let them make a copy by themselves. Be careful not to spread it. People close to you can just read it. I made it myself. It's useless to say."
Naturally, this is not the main reason. The reason why Meixiang was reminded not to spread the word was because she didn’t want to attract attention. As a person who traveled through time, the original owner was not very good before. Oh no.
"Well, okay, I'll show them to have a look, and I'll bring it back at night."
It can only be said that Meixiang does not understand the complexity of human nature. Several review materials compiled by Jiahui were actually printed and sold for money. Two yuan a piece is considered a high price, but in order to successfully enter the ideal university, as long as you know The news is that even if you borrow money, you have to buy it. In this way, at least 30% of the people in the commune will have a share.
Meixiang was very angry and guilty when she found out about the news a few days later!
"It's too much. I gave them the information kindly, and someone actually sold it for money!"
Jiahui told her that the college entrance examination is very cruel, and you have to score higher than others to go to university. Meixiang feels that if others take Jiahui's review materials and improve their grades, they will have many competitors invisibly. Well.
Moreover, she gave these materials to her high school classmates. Someone must have leaked them, or someone maliciously printed them to gain profits. There is only one thousand yuan. What is the concept of one thousand yuan? How many years does an ordinary peasant family have to work for? Even a worker's family has to work without food or drink for several years.
"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, it's obviously you who worked so hard to sort it out. Now the benefits have been obtained, and no one mentioned your name. It's all my fault. I shouldn't be a good person at that time."
In fact, Jiahui really didn't care too much. To be honest, the review materials are not the golden key to get into the university. The review materials of later generations are flying all over the sky. It can be seen that learning materials cannot play a decisive role. In the end, it depends on whether everyone's learning ability is strong or weak.
"Meixiang, actually I don't care about reviewing materials, but I am still worried about you, because you are too kind, don't understand the evil of people's hearts, think too well of others, and treat people with all your heart, but in fact, We have to be reserved when we get along with others, and we can't show all our cards to others."
Mei Xiang obviously doesn't understand, is it wrong to be kind? What is the hole card
Jiahui smiled and wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, patted her face and said, "Don't cry, it's not a big deal, it's just the first-stage review materials I sorted out, not just those for the college entrance examination, In the past two days, I have sorted out another one, which is a kind of expansion exercise.
You can take it and read it, but this time, you don’t have to think about others. We have to learn to keep a low profile, and have outstanding marksmanship. People who are too good will also attract envy. "
Mei Xiang nodded holding the information book, saying that this time it is impossible to give it to others.
In the tense preparation process, one month passed quickly. In December, the national college entrance examination began. More than five million candidates will rush to the examination room from the countryside, factories, and troops.
There is no examination room in Shengli Commune, and the nearest examination room is located in Jiangkou County. At noon the day before the examination, after the family had dinner, the three of them set off from home to the county seat, planning to stay in the county overnight and wait for the next day's examination. So as not to miss the exam time in a hurry the next day.
"Don't have too much psychological burden, just do your best."
At the beginning, Zhang Qiaoer just reluctantly accepted their idea of taking the college entrance examination. After this month, I saw their earnestness in reviewing until midnight every day, and they were infected unconsciously. Another, there are many jokers in the village. No matter what you say, don't look at Zhao Manzhu's family applying for three at a time, maybe they will fail the last one.
People fight for breath, and trees fight for skin. At this point, Zhang Qiaoer still hopes that they can all pass the exam. Not to mention elation, at least it would be good to be able to gag others.
But she couldn't say, you give me a good test, and if you don't pass the test, you won't be allowed to come back, but let them relax.
"Well, Mom, don't worry, we will take the exam well."
Zhao Donghe borrowed the tractor from the village to take them to the commune by car. On the way, when he met people in the village, everyone couldn't help saying a few words of concern, and they all shouted loudly to let them take the exam.
"Okay, you go back, we just wait here for the car."
It takes one hour to go from the commune to the county seat, and there is a bus at three o'clock in the afternoon every day.
"Well, then I'm leaving."
The tractor belonged to the team, and they had to transport sand and soil in the afternoon. If it was not needed, Zhao Donghe could just drive the tractor to take them there.
The three of them were sitting on the side of the road waiting for the bus. The bus was a few minutes late. There were so many people on the bus, many of them were students who were going to take the college entrance examination, and there was no seat available.
Jiahui held on to the railing, and as the car swayed, Zhao Donglin stood behind her, blocking part of the flow of people for them.
"We got out of the car and had to find a place to live. Seeing so many people, the guest house must be nervous."
Jiahui whispered in Zhao Donglin's ear, Zhao Donglin tilted his head and looked out of the window, the delicate and soft breath in his ears wrapped his heart like water bubbles, it was a very happy and satisfying feeling.
He and Jiahui have the same aspirations, the same school, but different majors. He chose economics and agriculture, while Jiahui chose English, education, and medicine, all of which are the majors she is interested in.
The reason why she chose to major in English is that although Jiahui was not an English major in her previous life, she also passed the CET-8 test after passing CET-6. The requirements of institutions of higher learning such as London Political Science and Economics, but in the end the plan to go abroad was canceled due to consideration of other issues.
Considering the development trend of the times, learning English is very easy and useful for her. As for education and medicine, it also starts from her own hobbies.
After the old bus wobbled on the road for more than an hour, it finally arrived at the terminal. The three of them had no time to relax, so they went to the guest house immediately, starting near the test center.
As Jiahui expected, the guest house was full. After searching for a long time, she finally booked a room in a guest house two streets away from the test center.
There was only one bed, so of course Jiahui and Meixiang slept together. If it was summer, Zhao Donglin would be fine sleeping on the floor, but now it's winter and the floor is too cold. Jiahui felt distressed and asked the staff if they had a camp bed.
"I'm sorry, I really haven't. If you didn't come too late, by the time it got dark, there wouldn't even be the last room."
In the end, the hostel provided an extra bed of cotton batting, which could be used as a layer on the floor. Jia Hui and Mei Xiang covered the quilt together and gave Zhao Donglin a bed.
The three of them ate a simple dinner, read a book for a while, washed up and turned off the lights at nine o'clock and went to bed.
"Is it cold when you sleep on the floor?"
"It's not cold, you guys should go to bed quickly, the exam is tomorrow, you have to keep your spirits up."
The ground is naturally cold, the door is not tight, and the gap under the door is often blown by the wind. Zhao Donglin is wearing clothes, and the quilt is covered with a military coat. Fortunately, he is strong and produces high heat, so he can barely bear it.
"Miscalculation, we should have brought two quilts."
Jiahui didn't expect that the guest house would be full. In fact, it wasn't that there were too many people staying there, but that there were too few places to live in this era. Unlike later generations, the streets were full of various hotels.
Zhao Donglin knew what his daughter-in-law was thinking, and he felt good about it, and he didn't want her to worry, so he comforted her again, "It's okay, I'm really not cold, you guys go to bed quickly."
Jiahui couldn't do anything even though her heart ached. Of the three of them, he was the one who could sleep on the floor.
Meixiang didn't feel sleepy at all, she was too nervous. Even though she didn't want to show it, Jiahui noticed her anxiety by turning over several times inadvertently.
"Meixiang, take it easy. With your review, you will definitely not have a problem getting into college."
Although the mathematics is not outstanding enough, the advantage lies in the fact that she has a well-balanced grasp of the knowledge points, and she chose the liberal arts, mostly memorizing and comprehending the content. She works so hard and does not seek to be outstanding, so it is no problem to meet the admission score line.
Mei Xiang thought that she had disturbed her sister-in-law over and over again, so she immediately said apologetically, "Sister-in-law, have I disturbed you?"
"No, I didn't fall asleep either."
In fact, Jiahui is a bit obsessed with bed, and since she was a child, she didn't like to sleep with others, except of course Zhao Donglin.
Mei Xiang said softly, "I'm a little nervous."
Still a little confused, like standing at the crossroads of fate, every step is crucial.
Jiahui fully understands Meixiang's feelings. She was also a little nervous during the college entrance examination. Although she was well prepared, who can guarantee that everything will go as smoothly as you expected.
"If you can't fall asleep, you can count the dumplings, one dumpling, two dumplings, three dumplings... count and count like this, and you will fall asleep soon."
"Why count the dumplings?"
"Shui Dumpling is a homonym for 'sleep', which is equivalent to hypnotizing yourself."
"Ah? That's what it means, it seems to make sense."
After talking to Jiahui, Meixiang really didn't feel so nervous. She closed her eyes in the dark, counted according to Jiahui's method, and fell asleep when she counted to the 138th dumpling .
Zhao Donglin heard the sound of even breathing in the air, and knew that his sister was asleep.
"And you, why aren't you asleep?"
A familiar voice sounded, Jiahui bent her lips and said, "I accept the bed."
There is also the second half of the sentence, I can't sleep without you.
Zhao Donglin also smiled. In the night, his face was not as resolute as it was during the day, the lines were completely softened, and his eyes were shining brightly.
Jiahui stretched out her hand from under the quilt, and the two hands met in the air, holding each other together.
Zhao Donglin rubbed Jiahui's palm, longing for the warmth and softness of her hands, got up from the bed, and helped her put her hand back under the bed.
"Go to sleep, I'll be with you."
Jiahui hummed, and closed her eyes as she said.
This night, Jiahui and Meixiang rested fairly well. Only Zhao Donglin didn't sleep well in the first half of the night. In the second half of the night, the temperature dropped. Like training.
Early in the morning, Jiahui was awakened by the smell of food. It turned out that Zhao Donglin quietly went out at dawn, went to a state-owned restaurant to buy meat buns and soy milk, and asked the boss to cook half a pot of noodles, and then sent the pot back after eating .
"Ah! You even bought breakfast!"
Jiahui got up from the bed and began to dress, and Meixiang who was sleeping next to her also woke up in a daze.
After the three of them had breakfast together, they packed up the things for the exam and walked to the exam room together.