Chapter 426 Huo Tingzhou's Lack of Confidence

A few days later, the college entrance examination arrived as scheduled.

Because this year's college entrance examination was administered by each province, municipality, and autonomous region independently, the examination dates were also not uniform.

The exams in Beijing are scheduled for December 10th and 11th.

The first day's exam included politics in the morning, and history and geography for humanities students and physics and chemistry for science students in the afternoon.

The math exam was on the second morning, and the Chinese exam was on the afternoon.

If you apply for a foreign language major, you will have to take an additional foreign language test on the morning of the third day.

Test centers are arranged according to the applicant's household registration or work unit, and are not far from the staff quarters.

But on the day of the exam, Huo Tingzhou still took two days off and brought his two children to cheer her on.

Overall, Jiang Si did quite well on the exam.

After the exam, she roughly estimated her score.

With a total score of 400, aside from the essay which was uncertain, almost no points were deducted from the rest.

Conservatively speaking, the total score should be around 390.

In any case, Tsinghua University should be a sure thing.

Wei Dong, Wei Min, and their nephews all performed quite well this time, with their estimated scores all above 360.

However, as this was the first time the college entrance examination had been reinstated, the marking process and subsequent progress were very slow.

The exams were completed in December, but the admission notices didn't start being sent out until February of the following year.

February 4th is the day of Lichun (the beginning of spring).

Jiang Si finally received her admission letter from Tsinghua University that day.

This time, Beijing did not release individual scores to test takers, nor did it publish city-wide rankings.

No one except the admissions office knows the exact score.

However, some clues can still be gleaned from the admission notice number.

Jiang Si has always maintained a low profile and has never taken the initiative to mention her achievements.

But Jiang Si is completely open with her family.

She wasn't first in the exam, but she was still very satisfied with her second-place ranking in Beijing.

In all things, Lesser Fullness (小满) is better than Greater Fullness (大满).

Contentment brings happiness.

Not long after, my two nephews also received admission notices from Renmin University and Beijing Foreign Studies University, respectively.

Perhaps because Hunan Province is far away, the Wei brothers, Wei Dong and Wei Min, did not receive their admission notices from the National University of Defense Technology until mid-February.

Yes, as Huo Tingzhou said, Hunan Institute of Technology was officially renamed immediately after New Year's Day this year.

Holding the admission notice printed with the words "National University of Defense Technology," Hu Meili looked at it over and over again, her smile never fading.

"You know what, the name change really makes a difference."

The person who initially opposed the two brothers applying to the university was Hu Meili, but unexpectedly, at the subsequent graduation banquet, she was the one who laughed the loudest and was the proudest.

Coincidentally, on the same day, Jiang Si received a money order from Qiongzhou Island.

Along with the draft came a large cartload of parcels.

"The package was sent by my sisters-in-law."

Seeing Jiang Si's surprise, Huo Tingzhou explained, "This time, all the children in the family compound did well on the exam, and more than ten of them became college students."

He paused, then looked up at them. "My sisters-in-law all say that we have to thank you for this; it's all thanks to you."

“If you hadn’t thought of them before and sent them so many review materials and textbooks, the children might not even know where to start with their studies.”

Jiang Si smiled but remained silent.

If my sisters-in-law hadn't sent the gifts first, there wouldn't have been all this exchange of gifts later.

Therefore, it's more like a two-way journey.

Lost in thought, she glanced at the draft in her hand.

After the Great Movement ended, the farm underwent another round of expansion, still using the original design drawings left by Jiang Si.

After the farm was expanded, its size increased several times, and now it produces more and more types of products.

They are not only engaged in export trade, but the proportion of domestic sales is also increasing.

Nowadays, you can occasionally buy the things produced on the farm in Beijing.

As a result, Jiang Si received more and more dividends each year!

The 200,000 yuan I invested earlier had already been fully recouped two years ago.

Now, she receives dividends twice a year.

Including the dividend from the first half of the year, she has received an astonishing 36,000 yuan in dividends this year alone.

Just as Jiang Si was pondering whether to use the money to buy a courtyard house or invest in something else, Huo Tingzhou suddenly took a file folder from the drawer and handed it to her.

Jiang Si took it and opened it.

Inside were the application form for purchasing a car quota, proof of purchase, and a series of documents required for registration.

Jiang Si looked up at him in surprise, "Where... did this come from?"

Huo Tingzhou looked at her surprised expression with a smile in his eyes, and gently flicked her nose. "Of course, it was applied for and processed according to the proper procedures."

Jiang Si knew this, of course, but the private car policy was still in the trial phase at that time.

A full opening up is something that can only happen after the reform and opening up.

Huo Tingzhou didn't hide anything; his fourth uncle had also put in a lot of effort on this matter.

The car is still registered with the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, since she is an unofficial employee.

However, it's just a simple affiliation; maintenance and related costs must be borne by oneself.

Jiang Si nodded; she was aware of this.

The main reason is that they're not short of money!

Actually, she had planned to buy a car before the Lunar New Year, mainly because she thought that having a car would make commuting between school and work much more convenient.

Now that all the paperwork is complete, Jiang Si doesn't want to wait a moment longer.

So, that afternoon, the two of them went out together and took care of buying the car.

In this era, there are only a few car models available on the market.

After much deliberation, Jiang Si finally chose a Shanghai-registered SH760A sedan.

Huo Tingzhou said, "Don't you usually like driving Jeeps?"

They say that the higher you sit, the farther you can see.

Jiang Si can drive either one, but it takes at least half an hour to drive from the family compound to Tsinghua University.

Compared to a Jeep, this is relatively more comfortable to sit in.

"Let's buy this one."

Although the two boys haven't passed the USTC Junior Class entrance exam yet, Jiang Si believes that with their abilities, there shouldn't be any major problems.

As for the car, there's no need to rush.

In two years, there will be more car models to choose from, and it wouldn't be a problem to buy another one then.

Sure enough, the two children did not disappoint them.

At the end of February, the brother and sister passed the entrance exam for the University of Science and Technology of China's Junior Class without any major incidents and both obtained admission qualifications.

Jiang Si never imagined that she would become "schoolmates" with her child in such a wonderful way in her lifetime!

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March 3rd is the registration day for the start of the semester at Tsinghua University.

Now that her family had bought a car, Jiang Si had no plans to stay at the school dormitory.

However, considering the heat of summer and the need for a place to rest at noon, she paid the accommodation fee and reserved a bed.

There weren't many things; normally, she could handle these small matters by herself.

However, Huo Tingzhou said that he also wanted to visit Tsinghua University and familiarize himself with the school environment.

In case she gets busy in the future, it will be convenient for him to pick up the two children from school.

Jiang Si didn't think much of it and decided to go.

To their surprise, once they arrived at the school, the father and his two sons were very attentive.

Running up and down the stairs, calling out "Mom!" and "Wife!"

He even used the excuse of wanting to take a stroll around Tsinghua University to drag Jiang Si around the university twice.

As a result, everyone at Qing University knew about it that very afternoon.

A stunning beauty has joined the engineering mechanics department.

They not only have two exceptionally bright children who entered Tsinghua University's Junior Class at a young age, but also a model husband who always talks about his wife.

With the child present, Jiang Si gave him some face.

When they got home that evening and it was just the two of them, Jiang Si looked at him with amusement: "Chief of Staff Huo, can you rest assured now?"

Looking at his wife's face, which was even more radiant and beautiful under the light, Huo Tingzhou did not answer, but instead showed his feelings through his actions.

He reached out and pulled her into his arms, his chin gently resting on the top of her head.

He wasn't worried; he just lacked confidence in himself.