The next morning, while everyone was still having breakfast, the radio broadcasting current affairs news in the compound suddenly switched, and the comrades in the broadcasting room spoke two minutes faster than usual.
"Dear leaders and comrades, I am Lai Fang Mei, the director of the radio station. I would like to interrupt with a piece of good news."
"The Ministry of Education just sent us the latest notice. The Kyoto College Entrance Examination results have been released, and the list of top scorers has been confirmed. This year's top scorer is Comrade Yun Huaying, who scored just two points shy of the full score."
The Han family quickly moved the firecrackers as soon as the broadcast switched. Old man Han was directing them from the side, laughing happily.
The broadcast continued, "Comrade Yun Huaying, please prepare after hearing this announcement. Officials from the Ministry of Education will be here in five minutes to announce the results. Also, the Gaokao results will be announced soon. All candidates taking the Gaokao should go to the bulletin board in the playground in ten minutes to wait for the results."
The Han family is large, so they make a lot of breakfast and eat a little later than others. The noodles they cooked this morning are still boiling in the pot.
"Huaying, have breakfast first." Grandma Han arranged.
"OK."
As soon as the announcement was made, not only did the Han family become lively, but all the neighbors came over to congratulate them.
Seeing that the Han family had brought out a lot of firecrackers and Han Zheng had brought some candies to distribute, everyone realized that their family had known about it for a long time and had been deliberately keeping the good news a secret to give everyone a big surprise.
More and more people came to congratulate outside. Yun Huaying, the host, was quickly making noodles in the kitchen. In fact, they got up quite early, but they had to take care of Taotao, and it was troublesome to change clothes in winter, so they were so busy that they only had breakfast now.
When she packed up and hurried out holding her son, the leaders of the Ministry of Education had just arrived. They praised her and gave her a lot of official speeches expressing their high hopes.
After praising her, Minister Wang, who had been scolded by Old Man Han yesterday, smiled and announced the good news: "Old Han, your family has more than one happy event today, and it's not even a double happiness, but multiple happy news coming one after another."
"Stop talking nonsense and announce it quickly."
Grandpa Han smiled so much that he almost floated away, pointing to the neatly arranged firecrackers outside. "I bought these firecrackers when they were still at home preparing for the exam. Regardless of whether they passed or not, each child set off a plate of firecrackers to celebrate and encourage each other. Those who passed will go to college next year, and those who didn't will keep working hard and take the exam next year."
Minister Wang had to inform other students later, so he didn't waste any time. He took out the congratulatory notice and read it aloud: "Jiang Yuan, ranked 22nd in the city, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Peking University."
"ah!"
Jiang Yuan jumped for joy, and Han Zhe quickly held her back, grinning from ear to ear: "You can't jump, you can't jump, you can't jump."
Minister Wang smiled at her and praised her: "You did well in the exam. Your score ranks second in the Han family."
"Thank you, Minister Wang." Jiang Yuan thanked him excitedly.
"Jiang Yuan (sister-in-law), congratulations!"
Everyone present congratulated her, and now more people understood why the Han family chose her as the eldest grandson's wife. Her family background was ordinary, but she was indeed an outstanding person.
Han Zhangjiang was all smiles. His daughter-in-law was admitted to Peking University, and he was so happy that he went to distribute cigarettes personally.
"Han Zheng, Military Command College, the exam rankings and majors have been mailed to your unit. Please open the letter yourself."
"OK, thanks."
Han Zheng has always been very confident in himself. He has made great achievements, his academic performance is above average, and his wife has been tutoring him before. He knows that he can definitely get into his ideal university based on his own abilities.
"Han Jue, undergraduate, Kyoto Institute of Technology."
"Jiao Junming, Jiao Minmin, Han Lin, Long Wei, and Yan Hang, the five of you have all passed the junior college entrance exam. We'll see the results later on the list."
Now, the Han family went completely crazy. The one who laughed the loudest at the scene was Old Man Han, and his laughter could be heard throughout the entire compound.
Immediately afterwards, firecrackers were set off and the whole courtyard became lively.
Eight members of the Han family took the exam, and all of them were admitted to universities, with one even being the top scorer. The neighbors were extremely envious, and even Elder Long and Elder Jing, who rushed over, were full of disbelief.
After the firecrackers died down, the two old leaders looked at Old Man Han dimly. Old Man Long thought it over carefully and figured it out. He shifted his gaze to Yun Huaying and Jiang Yuan and said, "I know how talented your Han family is. And my little Weizi, without Huaying and Jiang Yuan to help with their studies, they wouldn't even be able to get into a junior college."
"Grandpa, you're right. Thanks to Huaying and Jiang Yuan who taught us day and night, we're barely online now."
Long Wei admitted it and said with a smile: "Grandpa, when you choose your grandson's wife in the future, learn from my grandfather. Look how sharp his eyes are. The two grandson's wives he personally chose are both promising."
After saying that, he corrected himself: "No, it's three, including me. I'm also a promising person."
"Get lost."
Old Long rolled his eyes at her, but he was very proud in his heart. Their Long family finally had a college student. Although she was married, she was still a child of the old Long family.
After everyone happily congratulated him, Minister Wang asked again, "Comrade Yun Huaying, what is your relationship with Yun Jingmo?"
"My cousin."
Yun Huaying had guessed that her cousin had done well on the test, so she asked with a smile, "Minister Wang, what place did my cousin get?"
"He ranked second in the city, and he did very well. He was 18 points behind you, and 10 points higher than the third-place finisher. He's been accepted into the Law and Politics Department of Peking University," Minister Wang told her with a smile. He then asked, "There's another female student named Yun, Yun Chaoyan, who also did well. Is she a family member of yours?"
"Yes, my cousin."
"She ranked 26th in the city and applied to Beijing Normal University. Her scores far exceeded the admission score for Beijing Normal University, so we can give her a chance to adjust her application. Please tell me their address, and I'll go over and notify them now."
"OK, thanks."
Yun Huaying was so excited that she wanted to jump for joy. She quickly handed her son to Han Zheng and hurried back to the house to write down the address of her uncle's house.
When she finished writing the note, Jiang Yuan quickly told her, "Huaying, I just asked Minister Wang, and Lin Shan also did very well in the exam. She ranked 19th, which is better than me, and she's also studying Chinese at Peking University."
Yun Huaying was beaming with joy. Seeing that they all passed the exam, she was even happier than if she had been the top scorer. After handing the address to Minister Wang, she ran back to the living room to make a phone call.
She made three calls in a row, one to her uncle, one to the Song family, and one to Lin Shan.
The three who received the good news were overjoyed. The Yun family and the Song family had already prepared firecrackers, but the Lin family had not prepared anything in advance. Now Lin's father and Li Bin didn't even have breakfast, and the father-in-law and son-in-law hurried out to buy firecrackers.
Li Bin shouted happily all the way, telling the whole street that his wife had been admitted to Peking University. As for his own results, he didn't seem to care at all.
Finally, after the list was released, Li Bin found out that he had also been admitted, but his performance was not as good as Lin Shan. He did not get into Peking University, but was admitted to another University of Posts and Telecommunications.
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