Chapter 137

There was a lot of mud on his clothes, and there was a tear on them.

Seeing him like this, Lin Tao thought something was wrong with him and asked hurriedly, "Qingming, what happened to you? Did you have a fight with your classmates?"

But that doesn't seem like it. Wang Qingming is not like Hong Xing who likes to fight with others. His mouth is powerful enough and he doesn't need to use his hands at all.

Then, Wang Qingming shook his head and said, "No, Aunt Lin, I didn't fight, and I'm fine. It wasn't someone else who did it, I did it myself."

"What's going on?" Lin Tao asked.

Wang Qingming said: "It's nothing, I just fell down accidentally."

Lin Tao checked again and was relieved to see that Wang Qingming had no scratches. She went to the food factory to buy vegetables and let Yueyue play with Wang Qingming at home.

While Lin Tao was out, Wang Qingming opened his clenched fist and showed it to Yueyue. In the palm of his hand was the tooth that Yueyue had lost.

"Is this my tooth?" Yueyue's eyes lit up, and her face was full of surprise. She remembered that after her tooth was thrown into the bush by Brother Hongxing, Brother Hongxing and several good friends helped her look for the tooth, but they never found it.

Wang Qingming actually found her teeth!

She also understood that Wang Qingming was in this state because he went to help her find a tooth. Yueyue was very moved when she saw the tooth in Wang Qingming's palm, so she took out a White Rabbit candy from her pocket and handed it to him: "Please have some candy."

Wang Qingming took the candy and put it in his pocket, but did not eat it. He just said, "You should eat less of these candies. It will easily cause tooth decay in the future. Aunt Lin will definitely scold you if she knows that you always eat these secretly."

"If you don't tell my mom, she won't know." Yueyue said, "And I brush my teeth every morning and evening, it's okay."

Wang Qingming didn't say anything else, but walked to the center of the yard with Yueyue, then jumped up and threw the tooth in his hand onto the roof.

He turned his head and said to Yueyue: "Now you can rest assured. You don't have to worry about your teeth not growing out."

Yueyue smiled, revealing her missing tooth, which looked a little funny, yet cute.

After the tooth was found and thrown on the roof, Yueyue slept peacefully and never got out of bed with panda eyes again.

When Wang Qingming returned home, Xu Yuting saw her like this and was shocked: "Where did you go today? Did you go to farm? How did you get into this state? Your clothes are so dirty, wash them yourself later."

Wang Qingming hummed, went to pour the bath water, took a bath himself, and then washed the dirty clothes he had just taken off.

Just then, Mrs. Wang came back and saw Wang Qingming washing clothes by himself. She hurried over to help: "It's okay, Qingming, put the milk in and wash it."

Old Mrs. Wang had not been in good health in the past few years, and her family lived in the countryside. Although Wang Qingming would send an allowance back home every month, the countryside was far from the hospital in the city, the clinic in the commune was too small, and the equipment and doctors' skills were not up to standard, which was really inconvenient.

So last year, Wang Yuanliang and Xu Yuting discussed it and decided to bring Old Lady Wang to live on the island.

The air on the island is quite good and suitable for health preservation. In addition, the sanitation facilities on the island are quite complete, so it is convenient for Old Lady Wang to see a doctor.

It was that Old Lady Wang was diligent. She said she was here to recuperate, but in fact she helped with a lot of housework, which made Xu Yuting feel embarrassed. Old Lady Wang was also very easy to talk to, and she never argued with Xu Yuting. The two of them got along very well.

Xu Yuting said, "Don't worry about it, Mom. He made the mess himself. Let him wash it himself. He's old enough now, it's time for him to wash his own clothes. Wang Yuanliang said that we should train him to do housework so that it will be easier for him to find a partner in the future."

If other mothers-in-law heard this, they would probably start to argue, isn't housework a woman's job? Why does she want her eldest grandson to do it? Is she going to marry an ancestor in the future?

But Old Lady Wang didn't know how to do it. She smiled and said, "Okay, I'll teach you how to wash it. This way it can be washed more cleanly."

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What Teacher Liu said turned out to be true. On October 21, 1977, news of the resumption of the college entrance examination was announced. One month later, all parts of the country began to gradually resume the college entrance examination.

As soon as this news came out, the whole of China was in an uproar. This was undoubtedly great news for the educated youth who went to the countryside at that time. Some of them went there voluntarily, while others had no choice. At the beginning, every family was required to send one person. Those people tried every possible way to go back, but now they can finally go back.

Li Chengxi heard the news and said to Lin Tao after he got off work: "Today the radio said that the college entrance examination has been resumed. You have been reviewing for the past two years. How is your review going?"

Lin Tao has been working in education for many years. While teaching and educating people, she has also been consolidating her knowledge, which has helped her lay a good foundation. In addition, she has studied hard in the past two years and feels that she should have no problem getting into university. However, since it is her first time taking the college entrance examination, she is inevitably nervous.

"I feel pretty confident now, but I don't know how difficult it will be when I take the exam." Lin Tao said with some concern.

Although the college entrance examination has not started yet, this is the first college entrance examination in the past ten years. Lin Tao guessed that there will definitely be a lot of people taking part in this college entrance examination, and it will be the year with the largest number of participants.

Li Chengxi said, "It's okay. There's still more than a month left. If you review well, you will definitely pass the exam. I'll also take time to review with you."

"Yeah." Lin Tao pursed her lips and smiled. With Li Chengxi accompanying her, she felt very confident.

While the two were talking, Yueyue made a gesture to silence them: "Hey, Mom and Dad, please keep your voices down. My brother is asleep."

Lin Tao and Li Chengxi looked at each other and saw smiles in each other's eyes. Yueyue is a first-rate child care provider, and Xingxing listens to her sister the most. As a result, Lin Tao never worried about Xingxing much. When Xingxing cried, he would go to his sister and do whatever his sister asked him to do.

Sometimes he refused to eat, and Lin Tao said it was useless, but as soon as Yueyue came back, Xingxing would immediately go to eat obediently.

The three of them walked out of the room and closed the door. Yueyue asked, "Mom, are you going to take the exam too? Aren't you a teacher? Do teachers have to take the exam too?"

Lin Tao said: "Well, Mom is going to take the college entrance examination. Learning never ends, so of course Mom has to study too."

Lin Changhai also supports Lin Tao's decision to take the college entrance examination. To be honest, since his son-in-law supports his daughter to continue her studies, why shouldn't he, as a father, support her?

Xingxing and Yueyue are still young, and Lin Tao will be admitted to university by then. The two children will definitely miss their mother. But if they grit their teeth, it will only take two or three years, and they will be fine after they finish their studies. He will also help his daughter-in-law and son-in-law take good care of the children at home.

He also knew that Lin Tao had always wanted to go to college, and the cancellation of the college entrance examination had always been a regret in Lin Tao's heart. Now that the college entrance examination has finally been restored, although Lin Tao is already 28 years old this year, it is never too late to have a dream in her heart.

At night, Yueyue read comic books with Xingxing. Li Chengxi asked Lin Tao, "Have you decided which university you want to apply to?"

Lin Tao smiled and said, "I haven't taken the exam yet, are you so sure I can pass?"

"The first college entrance examination won't be difficult. I believe you can pass it." Li Chengxi said firmly.

Lin Tao pondered for a moment, then spoke out her thoughts, saying, "I want to apply to a normal school. Although Peking University and Tsinghua University are both good, they are too far from here. The normal school in Shancheng is very good, so I want to apply to that university. I can come back to see you during the holidays."

Moreover, the tuition fee for normal school is free, which Lin Tao thinks is worth it. However, she chose to study normal school not because of the free tuition fee, but because she wanted to continue to be a teacher after graduating from university.

She likes being a teacher and likes teaching and educating people.

Li Chengxi: "Okay, I'll do as you say."

However, after the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came out, Xu Yuting's family was no longer as harmonious as Lin Tao's family.

Xu Yuting was going to take the college entrance examination. Old Lady Wang found out about it and, for once, she disagreed with Xu Yuting and advised her not to go. Xu Yuting was very distressed because she had never thought about this problem before. She thought everyone would support her.

After Lin Tao knew about this, she went to Xu Yuting's house and advised Old Lady Wang: "Auntie Wang, you can pursue your dreams even after you get married. It's not a bad thing to study more. Yuting wants to study, and you should support her."

Old Mrs. Wang sat there wiping her tears and told Lin Tao the truth: "Teacher Lin, Yuting has studied at a university, unlike you who couldn't study because of the policy. It's not that I don't allow her to pursue her dreams, but if Yuting pursues her dreams, then our family will be broken up, right? Yuting is a good daughter-in-law, and Qingming cannot be without her mother..."

It turned out that Old Lady Wang was afraid that Xu Yuting would leave after being admitted to university. Now the policies are getting better and better, and Xu Yuting is no longer regarded as a capitalist daughter if she does not rely on Wang Yuanliang as before.

Old Lady Wang was happy for her, but also worried. Xu Yuting had no choice but to marry her son Wang Yuanliang, but as a mother, she knew how much Wang Yuanliang loved Xu Yuting. They had a son, Qingming, and she was really afraid that Xu Yuting would die and no longer want them. How would Wang Yuanliang and Qingming live?

Xu Yuting really didn't expect her mother-in-law to think this way. She was very sad: "Mom, how could you think this way?"

She had studied in the Soviet Union, but she did not study fashion design. She just wanted to take advantage of this college entrance examination to study fashion design.

In fact, it was not Wang's fault that she had such an idea. She only knew how much Wang Yuanliang loved Xu Yuting, but she didn't know that Xu Yuting loved Wang Yuanliang as well. In their countryside, many of the educated youth who went to the countryside got married when they got older, and later regretted it and abandoned their wives and children, husbands and children and returned to the city. This made Wang worried.

Wang Yuanliang said, "I have confidence in myself and Xu Yuting. She won't abandon this home like those educated youth you mentioned. If she really doesn't want to leave, it's my fault. I didn't do well enough, so she has no attachment to this home."

Xu Yuting was speechless: "What nonsense are you talking about? Who else but you can tolerate my temper? And after so many years, don't you know whether I have feelings for you or not?"

Wang Yuanliang said: "I know, but mom doesn't know."

But everything was fine after the matter was talked out. Old Mrs. Wang then realized that she had been worrying too much and that her son and daughter-in-law had a very good relationship.

Since there was no need to worry about this, Grandma Wang also fully supported Xu Yuting in taking the college entrance examination. She also told her to review well and that she would take care of her at home during the Qingming Festival and that it would be fine.

With the support of their family, Lin Tao and Xu Yuting studied hard and took the college entrance examination in the winter of 1977. Along with them, some of Lin Tao's students also took the college entrance examination.

The first batch of students that Lin Tao taught are now 17 or 18 years old, which is a good time for them to take the college entrance examination. However, some students stopped studying after graduating from high school. Some of them got jobs and some got married. When they picked up their studies again, they were not as calm and focused as they were at the beginning.

But there are also many people who have continued to keep the habit of studying in the past few years, and some have become primary school teachers, and they will naturally take part in the college entrance examination this time.

Ma Xiaoying is one of them. After graduating from high school, she returned to Shengshan School to be a teacher. After Lin Tao learned from Teacher Liu that the college entrance examination would be resumed in a few years, she also hinted that she should review the knowledge she learned in junior high and high school when she has time.

Ma Xiaoying is 18 years old this year. Last year, Huang Aidi wanted to marry her off to her nephew from her natal family. However, Ma Xiaoying has grown up now and is no longer the timid girl. She would never agree to Huang Aidi's coercion.

Huang Aidi actually gave birth to a son two years ago. She treasured her son very much. In her eyes, her own eldest daughter was also a money-loser. She would scold her at best and beat her at worst.

Ma Xiaoying doesn't like her stepmother Huang Aidi and her father Ma Debiao who is irresponsible and favors boys over girls, so she brought her sister who is 11 years younger than her to Shengshan Island. Now her sister Ma Xiaolian is also attending primary school at Shengshan School.

The little girl has grown up and has become a successful person. She brings her younger sister to fight against the shackles of favoring boys over girls and treating girls as losers.

The test results came out, and Lin Tao was admitted to the school she wanted to go to as she wished, and became the top student of the school with a score 51 points higher than the school's admission score.

Ma Xiaoying also applied to this school, and Xu Yuting applied to a university in the neighboring province. They all got in.

Not only them, but also Lin Manman took part in this college entrance examination and studied at the medical college in Hainan.

As for the fact that they are all going to take the college entrance examination, some people can't help but gossip, saying that they are already mothers, but they still have to take exams and study, and they may end up running away with others while they are studying.

But more people are jealous of Lin Tao and her friends. If they get married and have children, they can’t go to college and pursue their dreams?

No, as long as you have a dream, it is never too late.