Following Xia Qingqing's original plan, Zhang Hongyan spent half a month learning all the pinyin.

Xia Qingqing admired her mother's attitude towards learning.

Because Zhang Hongyan had no prior learning experience, she initially found it very difficult to learn.

Xia Qingqing was still thinking about whether to adjust her study plan. Anyway, she wasn't in a hurry to do anything, so she could just study slowly.

However, Zhang Hongyan wouldn't allow it. She diligently completed the tasks assigned by Xia Qingqing every day, and if she couldn't finish learning, she would stay up all night to memorize them.

All day long, he kept muttering 'Ah, Oh, E, Yi, Wu, Yu'.

Even Xia Heping, after listening to her read it so many times, has learned to pronounce a few pinyin words himself.

With this kind of hard work, I managed to learn all the pinyin in just half a month.

After learning pinyin, Xia Qingqing began teaching her Chinese characters, starting with simple ones like "一、二、三...十" and progressing to more difficult ones like "上中下、人口手、日月田".

Xia Qingqing originally planned to teach her 10 Chinese characters every day, but after a few days of learning, Zhang Hongyan found that she was learning quite easily and strongly requested to learn 15 characters every day.

Zhang Hongyan's diligent attitude towards learning made Gou Dan tremble with fear.

He studied for a semester longer than his mother, but he already felt that his mother was about to catch up with him, which greatly dampened Gou Dan's self-confidence, and he longed for his sister to teach him new knowledge.

The family of four, with three of them studying, made Xia Heping feel deeply abandoned by them.

However, Xia Heping didn't care about this issue at all. He felt that he knew some simple words, so he was definitely better than Zhang Hongyan.

These peaceful days continued until August.

Song Ze received a large package sent from Beijing.

Inside was a letter and two sets of materials, sent by Shen Huishu to Song Ze. After learning the inside information, she immediately went to the bookstore and bought two brand-new sets of "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Series" to instruct Song Ze to take the college entrance examination with Xia Qingqing.

Song Ze took leave immediately and came to Shihe Brigade with the documents to tell Xia Qingqing the good news.

"Qingqing, I received a letter from my aunt. There is really hope that the college entrance examination will be reinstated."

Song Ze's tone was unusually excited, and his eyes sparkled as he looked at Xia Qingqing. He knew that Qingqing loved to study, and if the college entrance examination were really reinstated, Qingqing could go to university.

A slight look of surprise flashed across Xia Qingqing's eyes. If she remembered correctly, the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination was announced in October.

But when she thought about Song Ze's extraordinary family background, she didn't find it so strange. It's perfectly normal for someone with connections to know inside information in advance.

She pretended to be very excited and hugged Song Ze tightly: "That's great, this proves that our efforts were not in vain."

It wasn't easy. After studying for so long, the time to see the results is finally almost here.

Song Ze took the package off the handlebars: "Qingqing, this is a set of review materials that my aunt specially prepared for us. This set is for you."

Looking at the brand-new set of "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Series" that Song Ze handed her, Xia Qingqing's eyes flashed with emotion. She didn't expect that Song Ze's aunt would still remember her; it was a very thoughtful gesture.

Although she had already prepared the book, she didn't refuse and said with a smile, "Aze, remember to thank your aunt for me."

"Qingqing, if the college entrance examination is really reinstated, which university would you like to attend?" Song Ze asked cautiously, his tone tentative.

He hoped that Xia Qingqing could apply to a university in Beijing, partly because Beijing has the best universities in the country, and partly because he had his own selfish reasons.

Xia Qingqing had already thought about this question and answered without hesitation, "Beijing North University."

Upon hearing this, Song Ze's eyes lit up with delight; this was wonderful.

He was originally worried about how to persuade Xia Qingqing to change her mind if she wanted to take the exam in another city.

"And you? Which university do you want to apply to?" Xia Qingqing asked, looking up at Song Ze.

Song Ze glanced at her weakly and said without much confidence, "I haven't found someone yet, but it will definitely be a school in Beijing."

He wasn't very hardworking when he was in school, but fortunately, with Grandpa Shen watching over him, he didn't dare to completely neglect his studies, and his grades were barely average.

So he was quite self-aware. It was unlikely that he would get into Peking University, but he would study hard and make sure he got into university so that he could be worthy of Qingqing.

Xia Qingqing had a general idea of ​​Song Ze's level, and instructed him, "Then don't be lazy when you go back. Write down the questions in the book that you don't understand, and I'll explain them to you next time we meet."

"Okay, I'll definitely try my best," Song Ze thought sweetly.

Qingqing is so good to him, hehe.

......

Xia Qingqing secretly revealed this news to Liang Shuang and Ding Miao. The three of them are now good friends, and Xia Qingqing felt at ease telling them this news.

However, she also instructed them not to spread this news, fearing that too many people knowing would cause trouble for Song Ze.

Ding Miao stared wide-eyed in disbelief, her lips trembling as she asked, "Qingqing, are you serious? Are you really going to reinstate the college entrance examination?"

She thought that after giving up the worker-peasant-soldier college student spot, she would never be able to go to college again. But now she saw hope again, and she couldn't describe how excited she was.

Liang Shuang was equally excited. She had been waiting for news from her parents for the past few months, but jobs in the city were scarce and difficult to find.

Buying a job to return to the city has completely different meanings from returning to the city based on the college entrance examination.

"It's definitely true if nothing unexpected happens. Let's focus on our studies during this time. When the college entrance examination is reinstated, we'll have a lot more advantages than others," Xia Qingqing said with a smile, clearly in a good mood.

From then on, the group studied even more diligently, and the three of them often got together to discuss difficult problems.

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One day in October, the newspaper published the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination. Everyone spread the news, and many families even excitedly set off firecrackers.

The few educated youths who knew the situation were almost ecstatic. They had originally followed the trend and studied, but they never expected that the college entrance examination would be reinstated. This meant that they had several more months of study time than others, which greatly increased their chances of passing the exam.

In order to ask Liang Shuang for help with the questions she couldn't answer, Liu Xiaoying became extremely nice to Liang Shuang, shamelessly hanging around her every day and even insisting on helping Liang Shuang with her laundry.

Liang Shuang didn't have any deep-seated hatred for her, and considering her good attitude, she was willing to help her out without interfering with her studies.

A few days later, someone spread the word, and many people learned that Xia Qingqing had a "Self-Study Series of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry".

They all rushed to the Xia family's house to borrow books.