In December 1977, the winter in Northeast China was very cold, but it could not stop the enthusiasm of the candidates.

Early in the morning, after several inspection procedures, Lu Xia finally sat in the examination room.

She is about to face the most important turning point in her life.

She was a little nervous, but more excited. She knew she would succeed. She had prepared for so long in advance, so she would definitely succeed.

Soon the political exam paper was handed out. Lu Xia took a deep breath, carefully wrote down his name, and then began to answer the questions...

Lu Xia took the science exam, with politics and Chinese on the first day and math and physics and chemistry on the second day.

After the first exam, Lu Xia saw that many candidates couldn't hold back their tears. Some even gave up and yelled, while others sighed and left.

After Lu Xia and Jiang Junmo reunited with the educated youth, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention how they did on the exam, but their faces all looked very bad. It was obvious that they had not reviewed enough in such a short time.

But compared to those candidates who cried after the exam, they felt a lot luckier, at least they were better than them.

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The two-day exam was over soon.

The educated youth all returned to the village.

Lu Xia stayed to take the additional English test tomorrow. The English test at this time did not count as a score, but she applied for the English major and needed to take the test as a reference.

Jiang Junmo also needs to go to the provincial capital to take an additional art test.

Yes, because there were too few applicants for the art major, the province simply gathered all those who were taking the art supplementary examination together and had them take the examination in the provincial capital.

However, because some candidates live far away, the exam will be scheduled three days after the regular exam.

Their county is not too far from the provincial capital, and it only takes a few hours by train. The tickets have been bought in advance.

In fact, it is better to go a day in advance.

But Lu Xia was afraid that he would go too late and would not be able to make it, and he would need to prepare in advance, so he bought him a ticket for tomorrow morning.

So the two of them stayed in the guesthouse that night.

The next day, Lu Xia and Jiang Junmo separated at the door of the guesthouse, one went to the examination room and the other went to the train station.

It was also at this time that she realized that Su Man had not returned to the village either.

After asking, I found out that she also applied for the English major.

Lu Xia was surprised. Why didn’t I see her last night?

But she didn't ask much. They went to the examination room together, said good luck, and then parted ways.

The English exam went quite well. It was a piece of cake for her who had passed the CET-8.

After Lu Xia finished the exam, he went to the department store, bought some things for Aunt Cuiyun and then went back.

After arriving, I didn’t go home, but went directly to pick up Kang Kang.

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When Lu Xia arrived at Aunt Cuiyun's house, Kang Kang was sitting on a small stool in the outer room, staring at the door without blinking.

When he heard the door open, his eyes lit up, and when he saw a familiar figure, he stood up and rushed over.

"Mother!"

As soon as Lu Xia entered the door, Kang Kang hugged her legs.

Knowing that I would see him at this moment, I couldn't help but burst out with longing for him, and my eyes became red.

She squatted down and hugged Kang Kang tightly, "It's mom, mom is back, did you miss me, Kang Kang?"

"I thought about it"

Kang Kang also cried, but he had promised his father to be a man, so he turned around and quietly wiped his tears with his sleeves, not wanting his mother to see.

However, this action was still seen by Lu Xia.

She felt even more distressed, but she didn't expose it.

"Mom misses Kang Kang too. Has Kang Kang been obedient these days?"

"I listened, I was obedient, and Grandma Cui praised me!"