First update

In December, on the day of the college entrance examination, the temperature was over 20 degrees Celsius during the day, neither cold nor hot, it was the most comfortable time. Although Qin Yao did not take the college entrance examination, she got up early and rushed to the examination room. She did not go to take the exam, but to be an invigilator.

There were many educated youth left on the island, and the number of people who signed up for the college entrance examination was extraordinary. This was a grand examination, and the registration fee was only fifty cents. The vast majority of students from the past ten classes, plus this year's middle school students, signed up for the college entrance examination.

For many people, "participation is what matters most". Even the poorest families can afford the 50-cent registration fee for the exam. Apart from that, there are no other fees. The only thing they have to pay for is the review materials.

Of course, as soon as the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came out, all the tutorial books in Xinhua Bookstore were sold out, and many people lined up to buy them. Most people only got one or two books and could only exchange them with people around them.

At this time, another type of crude and shoddy wax-engraved printed materials was popular privately. They were made up by middle school teachers and provided to students for review. They were numerous and varied.

These middle school teachers not only taught, some of them also signed up for this college entrance examination. Teachers and students took the college entrance examination at the same time. There were even brothers and sisters, parents and children taking the college entrance examination at the same time. This was a college entrance examination that people in the future could not imagine.

Qin Yao also wanted to join in the fun, so she signed up to support this year's college entrance examination as a volunteer invigilator.

Because of the large number of people registering for the college entrance examination, many units' venues were turned into temporary examination rooms. Each unit had to provide a group of invigilators. Qin Yao took the initiative to sign up.

The classroom where she invigilated was a temporary college entrance examination classroom converted from a primary school. It was on the first floor, in the very corner, where she and another square-faced male teacher invigilated.

The male teacher didn't expect Qin Yao to be so young and beautiful. He thought she was also here to take the college entrance examination. "Student, let me see your admission ticket. You came too early."

Qin Yao: "This is my work ID. I am also an invigilator."

"Ah? Really? Oh, you are so young. What unit do you work for? Why don't you sign up for the college entrance examination? Many young teachers in our unit have signed up for the college entrance examination..."

"If I can become a leader in a factory after graduation, or even a factory director in my lifetime, that would be great."

In the future, most of the invigilators for the college entrance examination will be teachers and graduate students, as will those who mark the examination papers. Now the situation is different. Many teachers have taken the college entrance examination, so we have to recruit candidates from other units.

Similarly, many young people in many units, as long as they are in their twenties and still have drive, are willing to take the college entrance examination to test the waters. As long as they are admitted to university, they may be able to go to a better school and work in a better state-owned factory after graduation.

Yes, at that time everyone was rather disdainful of jobs in public institutions. They still held old ideas and concepts, believing that being assigned to a state-owned factory with good performance was the best way out for college students.

In the past years, employees in state-owned factories were treated the best. The factories employed tens of thousands of people, had separate housing, kindergartens, hospitals, elementary schools, middle schools and even nursing homes... Many people spent their entire lives in factories, spending most of their lives comfortably, and the factories took care of all matters concerning birth, aging, sickness and death.

Office clerks, such as public security police, have no benefits to gain and can only receive a fixed salary. They have no other benefits during the New Year. However, it is different for factory workers. The defective products in the factory can always be sold to employees at a low price... This is the biggest employee benefit.

Some employees in refrigerator, television, and washing machine factories would even deliberately increase the number of defective products so that they could purchase them at low prices and gain benefits - this was also one of the factors that led to the gradual decline of state-owned factories after the 1980s.

Ordinary people's understanding of information is lagging behind. Now a lot of people are still rushing to work in state-owned factories. The first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination in the 1970s suffered a large-scale layoff in the 1990s, which is really sad.

"Indeed." Hearing people rushing to the state-owned factory, Qin Yao did not refute, but just nodded.

The classroom serving as the examination room was simply decorated with only tables, chairs and benches. There were red banners in the corridor, and looking towards the door, there were red slogan banners and portraits of leaders all along the way.

Not long after, people who came to take the college entrance examination came in like a tide. Different from the gray winter clothes in other provinces, the people on the island wore brighter clothes. Men still wore mainly white shirts, occasionally a blue striped sailor shirt, while girls wore mostly floral and plaid clothes. As they walked together, the sea breeze made their clothes flutter.

Seeing such a scene, Qin Yao couldn't help but feel excited. She had only taken the college entrance examination once, but she didn't expect that she could become an invigilator again. Of course, she did mark the college entrance examination papers... Now she is really complete.

If she is ever asked to write a college entrance examination paper, or if the article she writes can be included in the college entrance examination paper, then she will "leave her name in history".

After suppressing his surging emotions and announcing the discipline and rules of the examination room, he waited for a moment. Then, the sound of bells ringing came from outside, and Qin Yao and another male teacher handed out the test papers.

After getting the test papers, the candidates began to answer the questions. Qin Yao, as the invigilator, fell into boredom. It must be said that no matter how many times she served as an invigilator, she felt that the job was too boring and she couldn't play with her mobile phone.

Qin Yao began to observe the students in the examination room. The oldest student was probably in his thirties or forties, and the youngest was in his teens. Although it was called a college entrance examination room, in reality, there was a lot of activity going on. Some students were writing quickly on the examination paper, while others... had been writing for more than ten minutes and were already stuck.

The Chinese exam was fine as most people filled in the blanks, but the math exam had large areas of blanks, which made Qin Yao sigh.

Damn, these college entrance examination math questions are too easy.

Can’t you write something so simple?

…

When it came time for the history exam, Qin Yao almost laughed out loud, especially the definitions of terms, which were as nonsense as the CET-4 and CET-6 translation questions. The funniest thing was that there was a question in the definition of terms that asked to explain "Napoleon".

Most people really don't know who Napoleon is, so if you ask whether it's outrageous or not, the answers will be varied.

——Using a broken wheel to start an uprising?

——Invented the bicycle.

…

The explanations of terms on the history test papers are all very basic information for future college entrance examination candidates. In fact, if you have read "100,000 Whys", you can really answer most of the questions.

The test is really just about basic common sense.

Qin Yao had always heard that college students in the 1970s and 1980s were very precious and extraordinary, but... the college entrance examination questions were too easy. Qin Yao felt that she could easily get into college without reviewing.

Thinking of the years of hard study, Comrade Xiao Qin felt a slight sense of heart attack.

The college entrance examination is getting harder and harder every year, and the test papers are getting more and more difficult every year. Even the postgraduate entrance examination is the same. The test scores are getting higher and higher, and they are getting more and more difficult and difficult.

With each exam that she supervised, Qin Yao's heart attack level increased by 1. The questions became simpler and simpler. Not to mention the history test, even the English test was not as difficult as the high school entrance exam. Qin Yao, who had already passed CET-4 and CET-6, was filled with grief and indignation. She thought to herself that with such a difficult level, I could answer them by thinking with my feet.

This also shows that at that time most people in the country had a low level of education. Those who had a junior high school education were considered educated. After graduating from junior high school, they could become substitute teachers in village primary schools. It was so outrageous.

After finishing the last exam, Qin Yao breathed a sigh of relief. When she returned home and met Gu Cheng, Comrade Qin couldn't help but sigh: "If I had known earlier, I would have taken the exam."

Gu Cheng was puzzled: "What?"

"The questions are too easy. If I take the exam, I will definitely be admitted to Tsinghua University or Peking University."

Gu Cheng: “…”

A selfish Captain Gu was feeling lucky that you didn't take the exam, as he didn't want to be separated from you.

"Comrade Qin Yao, well done. I won't undermine your self-confidence. You should encourage and train your two little brats and let them take the entrance exams for Tsinghua University and Peking University." Comrade Xiao Gu quickly passed the blame on Qin Yao, trying to divert his attention, telling him not to take the exam this year or next year.

Qin Yao: “…”

She blinked and said with a smile: "Captain Gu, do you know what you look like now? You look like the unlucky husband who hid his wife's admission ticket before the college entrance examination."

"Are you afraid that I will abandon my husband and children after I pass the college entrance examination? After all, I am still so young and beautiful. After I pass the college entrance examination, I will be assigned a good job. Do I still need you? No."

"I don't want my son anymore. I'll leave it to you. I'll find a young handsome guy."

Gu Cheng bared his teeth and said, "You'd better just talk about it, otherwise I'll put you in solitary confinement."

"You are so bold, you actually dared to say this to your wife. I will put you in solitary confinement tonight, and you can sleep with your son."

Gu Cheng remained silent, trying to get away with it. He would definitely not sleep in separate beds. He would shamelessly sleep in his wife's bed and would never sleep with his naughty sons, all of whom had bad sleeping postures.

The couple did not sleep in separate beds, but the two children slept in different rooms. They were originally sleeping together, but because Ruirui had a cold and fever, they were afraid of infecting them, so they separated the two children.

Ruirui's fever has subsided, but he still has a slight cough. Qin Yao feeds him Chuanbei loquat paste three times a day. Ruirui particularly hates eating this stuff. The usually obedient eldest son is a little rebellious and keeps his mouth shut, refusing to take the medicine.

On the contrary, Mingming, who was not coughing or sick, really wanted to eat the soup and was very greedy.

Qin Yao gave him honey water, but he still envied his brother's cough syrup.

Anyway, what you can’t eat is always the best.

"Mom, why am I not the one who is sick?"

Qin Yao pinched his little face: "Don't make your mother angry."

It's okay if one person gets sick, but if another one comes, please forgive her. "You will know how uncomfortable it is when you really get sick."

Although Mingming is a weak kid, he has a good physique and rarely gets sick. In this respect, he is stronger than his brother.

After the Chinese New Year, the child will be four years old.