Father Yu acted quickly. He went to the village chief's house early the next morning and finalized the teacher selection for tomorrow with the village chief. Because the school was jointly built, all villages that participated in the construction of the school could participate. As long as they graduated from junior high school, whether they were villagers of the village or educated youth from outside, they could all be candidates. With the announcement of this news, both Dujia Village and the neighboring villages were alarmed. This was indeed the most exciting news before the New Year, and it finally put the hearts of countless anxiously waiting people at ease.

Du Jiang's room was crowded with people. After all, Du Jiang was the best among the educated youth in terms of the completeness of the textbooks.

Du Jiang was very generous in welcoming everyone's visit. Since the house was too small, Du Jiang simply sent the textbooks to the main house for everyone to read. Of course, there was a condition, which was that the textbooks must not be damaged. Both the male educated youth headed by Xu Zhizhou and the female educated youth headed by Yu Chunxiao had no objection to this.

Looking at the main room filled with people concentrating on reading, Du Jiang shook his head and slowly went back to the room.

The next day, the sound of the clappers began before dawn, but even earlier than the clappers were the people at the educated youth site.

Uncle Yu, the principal of the primary school, went out early to welcome the people from the Education Bureau and the village heads.

When Du Jiang and the others arrived at the elementary school, it was packed with people inside and outside. Squeezed in the crowd, Du Jiang and Tianniu watched Xu Zhizhou and the other educated youths rush to the examination hall with a fearless look.

Although those with an education below junior high school were excluded, there were still many people who signed up. From the dark shadows humming in the playground, it can be seen how much everyone cares about this teacher selection.

When the first gong sounded, everyone went to their seats under the arrangement of the Education Bureau staff. In fact, there was just a low stool and a simple desk. I don’t know how Uncle Yu did it, but he managed to get so many tables in such a short day.

The cold wind in December is biting, but it cannot stop people's enthusiasm. Their youthful faces are full of hope, and they write so steadily every time.

The large playground was filled with the rustling sound of pens being put down. As the test papers were turned one by one, the invigilators who walked back and forth had solemn expressions. Uncle Yu and several leaders in the back also had solemn expressions. The onlookers also became nervous. In such a large place, you could hear a pin drop. Du Jiang was so nervous that he subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

There was no way, everyone except her participated in the educated youth camp.

The sweet girl standing beside Du Jiang nervously held Du Jiang's hand. She wanted to say something but stopped herself, and her eyes were always fixed on Li Hongjun who was in the middle position. Her breathing became heavier with every frown of Li Hongjun.

"The exam is over!" With a loud shout, all the candidates on the playground and Uncle Yu and the others in the back stood up. It was over. This long exam was finally over.

The staff of the Education Bureau in charge of supervising the exam quickly organized the candidates to leave and collected the papers. Du Jiang and Tianniu in the crowd also hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and walked towards Xu Zhizhou and the others.

In an open space outside the school, people from each village formed their own group, and the people from Dujia Village were divided into several large and small groups. Although Tianniu was from this village, since Li Hongjun came from the educated youth point, she also followed Du Jiang and stood on the side of the educated youth point.

Du Jiang originally wanted to ask, but seeing the solemnity on everyone's faces, he shut his mouth. Forget it, he wouldn't ask. The final result would be announced anyway.

"Well, the weather is too cold. Why don't we go back and wait?" Du Jiang suggested as he looked at everyone's pale faces from the cold.

Hearing this, Xu Zhizhou nodded and said, "Let's go back." After walking a few steps, Xu Zhizhou turned his head to look at Du Yingying who was surrounded by several middle-aged women on the other side. Seeing this, the others looked at each other and quickened their pace to pass Xu Zhizhou.

Du Jiang also walked away. After they had walked for a long time, Luo Yue and Yu Chunxiao slowed down and approached her.

Luo Yue: "Sister Jiang, this exam is beyond the high school level and a little beyond the syllabus. I suspect it's university-level content."

Yu Chunxiao: "I thought so too. It's a pity we don't have the book, otherwise we could have studied in advance."

The people walking in front were a little discouraged. Hearing the voices behind them, Guan Chuan couldn't help but turn around and stop and said, "Isn't this elementary school? How come it's beyond the scope?"

The others were also confused by this. Yu Chunxiao muttered with a bitter face, "My dad is really something. He doesn't reveal anything at all. If I only relied on my junior high and high school knowledge, I would still have some confidence, but now I have no confidence at all."

Luo Yue also smiled bitterly. "Don't talk about you. I was the same way. Although I only took math and Chinese, I couldn't answer the last math question worth 20 points at all."

"It's strange that you can answer that," Guan Chuan sighed. "That's advanced mathematics only taught in universities. Sigh, I'd better focus on farming."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Bai Yongjun and the others' expressions became even worse, and they walked back dejectedly.

When they returned to the educated youth site, Du Jiang didn't know how to comfort the listless people. She could only go back to her room to catch up on her sleep. There was nothing she could do since she had to get up too early in the morning. She was a little uncomfortable getting up so early after having been sleeping in recently.

Tianniu watched Du Jiang return to her room and also pulled Li Hongjun away. They happened to run into Xu Zhizhou who was entering the courtyard. Perhaps because Xu Zhizhou's face was bright, Li Hongjun couldn't help but stop and ask, "Brother Xu, did you answer the last question?"

"I answered it. I just compared the answers with Yingying. I should be able to get the points." Xu Zhizhou had a wide range of knowledge and was not at all prepared for Li Hongjun's question. He answered it immediately.

Guan Chuan and others in the house heard Xu Zhizhou's wailing voice again. Li Hongjun also held his forehead and said, "Forget it, let's see how luck goes. Brother Xu, I'm going home first." After that, he took Tianniu out.

Watching the backs of Li Hongjun and Tianniu leaving, Xu Zhizhou realized the problem belatedly and hurried into the main house to explain. Regardless of whether everyone believed it or not, at least Xu Zhizhou's attitude was there.

Du Jiang, who was hiding in the house, also heard the conversation outside, but she did not take it to heart. Instead, she packed up her things to go to the market.

Du Jiang packed half of the basket with sun-dried herbs, dried fruits, and bills that were about to expire before stopping. "I'm just waiting for the market to come. Then I'll exchange you all for something delicious. I don't know what's available at the market."

Perhaps because he had never been there before, Du Jiang was full of anticipation and hope for the upcoming market, and was even a little impatient.