Chapter 20 Examination

"Take a look at this first."

Zhu Ailin took a thin booklet from the drawer and handed it over.

"This year's situation is special, as only 88 colleges and universities across the country have resumed enrollment."

“This is a list of all the universities.”

Lin Siqiao took it and read it from beginning to end, and was... very surprised.

Unexpectedly, there are only five schools in the entire Shanghai market that resumed enrollment.

As for the three universities she mentioned just now, except Fudan, the other two are in a pending status.

But it’s okay, at least there is still one seedling.

"Teacher, then let's go to Fudan University, Shanghai Normal University, or Shanghai Academy of Drama."

Lin Siqiao didn't hesitate at all and quickly eliminated the Railway Institute and Medical College.

"Would you like to consider schools in other provinces?"

If it was someone else standing in front of her today, Zhu Ailin would never have opened her mouth.

After spending a few years in the countryside, she came to realize a truth.

As with everything, the more you talk, the more mistakes you make; the less you talk, the fewer mistakes you make; and if you say nothing, you won’t make any mistakes!

However, Lin Siqiao was a student that Zhu Ailin had personally brought up, and Zhu Ailin knew very well how good her foundation was.

"Teacher, to be honest, you can consider USTC, Sun Yat-sen University or Nankai University as your second and third choices."

"It's still early, you can think about it carefully."

Knowing that the teacher had good intentions, Lin Siqiao appreciated the teacher's words and also expressed his true thoughts.

"Teacher, actually I have only had one goal from the beginning to the end, and that is Fudan University."

"So for the remaining two choices, it doesn't matter to me whether I fill them in or not, or which one I fill in."

Zhu Ailin understood as soon as she heard it.

If someone else said this, she might think it was bragging.

But when Lin Siqiao said this, she believed it!

He drew a college entrance examination application form and handed it to Lin Siqiao.

"Then fill it out and go to the school you want to go to."

"Thank you, teacher."

After Lin Siqiao finished filling out the information, the teacher and student talked for a while, and then Zhu Ailin let her go back first.

After all, I have been transferred back to Ancheng now, so I won’t have to worry about not having the opportunity to talk to him in the future.

The two days passed quickly and in the blink of an eye it was the day of the exam.

I don’t know where this news came from, but it said that if you can eat a fried dough stick and two eggs on the day of the exam.

Then this person will definitely get a perfect score in the exam smoothly.

Remember, it must be chicken eggs, don't buy duck eggs!

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.

So, Old Mrs. Qiao got up from bed before dawn, took a small stool, and sat down at the door of the state-owned restaurant that sold breakfast early.

When the parents of other candidates saw this, they thought this was unacceptable!

They didn't even wash their faces or brush their teeth, they didn't have time to do anything else, they all ran over to line up.

There were also some passers-by who didn't understand the situation. They didn't even know what they were queuing to buy, but they just joined the queue without knowing what was going on.

Old Mrs. Qiao bought the fresh and hot fried dough sticks as she wished, and went back satisfied.

When I saw that the line was so long, I felt very happy.

Fortunately, she came early!

The people queuing behind saw the old lady smiling happily and felt that there was nothing wrong with the queue.

It was only when Lin Siqiao woke up that she realized that her grandmother had queued for several hours in order to bring her good luck.

The fried dough sticks had been left for more than half an hour and had become limp.

But Lin Siqiao still ate it all bite by bite.

After finishing breakfast, Lin Siqiao checked his stationery and examination certificates, then set off for school early.

There is still an hour before the exam starts, but the examination room is already crowded with candidates.

Everyone was holding their books and looking down, not saying a word.

The atmosphere was eerily quiet.

There was no way. No one expected that the country would suddenly resume the college entrance examination. It took less than three months from the announcement to the start of the exam.

And they didn't expect that there would be so many candidates this year!

No one was confident to begin with, and now they dare not relax.

The only thing you can do is to take advantage of the present moment to remember one more piece of knowledge, even just one more is good!

At 7:50 in the morning, the school's preparatory bell rang on time, and Lin Siqiao followed the crowd to his examination room.

The pre-exam inspection is much stricter than imagined. Before entering the examination room, every candidate will be compared with their photo, and their stationery will be opened and checked one by one.

The invigilator even said the ugly words up front.

If a candidate cheats in any way during the examination, he/she will be disqualified immediately and the candidate's recommending institution will also be notified.

In fact, even if the teacher didn't say anything harsh, no one would dare to do that.

There are four invigilators in one examination room. Only a candidate would be crazy to choose to cheat!

At 8:30, the Chinese language test officially began.

After getting the test paper, Lin Siqiao did not start to do the questions immediately, but glanced through it quickly.

Seeing this, Lin Siqiao was dumbfounded. Is this question true?

The first major question is pinyin annotation, the second is word formation, and the next ones are sentence error correction, recitation of ancient poems, and translation of classical Chinese.

The last question was an essay with the title: There is a lot to do in the vast world. Record your experience of receiving re-education from poor and lower-middle peasants in the countryside.

Or remember the good people and good deeds around you who learn from Lei Feng.

Choose one of the two, 800 words will do.

Lin Siqiao was blank for a long time before he started to answer the questions. The only feeling in his heart was.

If she doesn't get first place, she will be ashamed; if she gets first place, it will be her victory is unfair!

Because this question is probably at the level of a fifth grade elementary school final exam in later generations.

Lin Siqiao finished the two-hour exam in less than an hour, and it seemed that there was no need for checking.

The original owner was a top student, and all the teachers at Ancheng No. 1 Middle School knew this.

Lin Siqiao is the best among the best students.

So, she has the ability and she didn't cheat, so what's wrong with her handing in the paper early?

As for whether others are jealous or not, what does it matter? It sounds like others won't be jealous if she doesn't hand in her paper early.

Ignoring everyone's gazes, Lin Siqiao stood up and handed in the paper.

When I got home, Old Mrs. Qiao was sitting in the yard plucking chicken feathers.

The old lady has long disliked this big rooster. It starts cawing non-stop after three o'clock in the morning every day. It's so annoying!

It just so happens that Xiao Qiao has an exam today, so I stewed this for her to nourish her body.

The big rooster just can't speak. If it could speak, it would definitely jump out to protest for itself.

"If you want to kill me, just say so!"

"If I am a rooster and I don't crow, am I still a rooster?"

The old lady didn't have time to pay attention to it, her attention was all on Lin Siqiao.

"Qiao, why are you back so early?"

"The exam is over."

Lin Siqiao rolled up his sleeves and came over to help, and gave the old lady a reassurance.

"Grandma, I did well on the test."