Chapter 231: A Sure Win
On the first day of work after the exam, Gu Zhenjun and Xia Qiaozhen had a fight with the teacher in the office.
The reason for the fight was very simple. The two sides had different opinions on the estimated scores after the exam.
In the principal's office, everyone had a sullen face and no one was willing to submit to anyone else.
"Who started it first?" the principal asked.
"Gu Zhenjun pushed me first."
Xia Qiaozhen retorted, "No way, it was Teacher Liu who started it. She was so angry that she tore up Gu Zhenjun's things."
"How dare you say that? Those are all fake answers, I'm going to tear them up." Teacher Liu is still angry.
After the exam, several teachers who were teaching liberal arts got together and came up with a set of answers. By comparison, Teacher Liu was quite confident in himself, as he performed the best among the teachers.
Teacher Liu and his friends estimated the scores based on their feelings. But Lin Xiangnan had been taking exams since she was a child, so the answers she gave were so detailed that they gave the scores for a certain step or a certain key point, which were no different from the standard answers.
After checking the answer provided by Gu Zhenjun, Mr. Liu was a little upset. He felt that Gu Zhenjun was deliberately messing with his mentality.
"Did you take the initiative to ask for the answer? Because the result was not to your liking, you tore up my things?" Gu Zhenjun asked angrily.
"You just don't dare to face reality. Your literary literacy is not even as good as mine. It's good enough to get 200 points. You really think you can get 350." Every word of Xia Qiaozhen's was piercing.
"I'm not as good as you? I've studied more than ten years longer than you, and I'm not as good as you?"
"You're not as good as me. You've studied for more than ten years longer than me, but you've only read a few more books than me. How good can that be? You're only better at knitting than me..."
"Okay, shut up." The principal couldn't help cursing. "You are all grown up. Can you understand a little bit? After I settle the students' lawsuits, I have to settle yours. All you do is find trouble for me every day."
"You three, each of you should write me a self-reflection and reflect on your mistakes." The principal said disdainfully, "You have taken the college entrance examination, but it is not certain whether you can pass it. It is not time to be proud yet."
After the lesson, the principal pointed at Teacher Liu and said, "You are the first to cause trouble. Your self-review cannot be less than 3,000 words."
"Gu Zhenjun and Xia Qiaozhen, the number of words in your self-reviews cannot be less than 800."
Gu Zhenjun was so angry that he didn't want to talk because he was punished for having good intentions.
After returning to the office, he no longer mentioned the issue of estimated scores.
While other teachers were discussing which university was better and which major was better, Gu Zhenjun did not get involved. He just waited for the final notification.
"Is your school very busy recently? You don't look good these days." Hu Meili said as she picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks and gave it to Gu Zhenjun with concern.
Gu Zhenjun quickly smiled at Hu Meili and said, "I'm not busy. I'm just thinking about the admission letter."
"Probably in January." Lin Xiangnan guessed.
"Oh, some have to wait." Gu Zhenjun sighed. He was a little impatient.
Lin Xiangnan, Gu Zhenjun, Wang Shuhua and other students with good grades all chose universities in Beijing as their first choice.
When other students saw that so many people were going to the capital to study in university, they wanted to go too.
Classmates and friends are all there, so everyone can have company.
Regardless of which school they were from, everyone wanted to flock to the capital.
Except for a few students who performed averagely in the exam and had limited choices, who chose universities in other provinces based on Lin Xiangnan's suggestion, everyone else chose the capital first.
As for universities in the capital, Wang Shuhua and her friends don’t know much about them except for the famous Tsinghua University and Peking University.
In the end, they still pestered Lin Xiangnan to help them choose.
The first choices are all Beijing’s Industrial College, Iron and Steel Institute, Aviation Institute... followed by industrial universities in other provinces.
Children who come from military factories don’t have much interest in other majors.
The brothers Lin Xiangxi and Lin Xiangdong are not so picky. Agricultural, medical and normal schools are all the same to them. They are not so passionate about their own units.
In order to get together with their brothers and sisters, Lin Xiangxi and his brother filled in all the applications for the capital.
Although he had filled out the application form, Lin Xiangxi's heart was still floating in mid-air, not at ease at all.
"If I don't get the acceptance letter, will my second sister scold me or comfort me?"
"What do you think?" Lin Xiangdong asked with a smile.
"Probably... maybe he would comfort me." Lin Xiangxi couldn't believe what he said, and said with a sad face, "Why am I so unlucky to get such a low score?"
Lin Xiangdong comforted her, "The score lines are different in each province. You don't have to compare yourself with Xiaonan and the others. You still have hope with your score."
"I'm worried that my second sister will come back during the Chinese New Year and all of your notification letters will have arrived, except for mine. Wouldn't I be exposed then?" Lin Xiangxi looked worried.
He performed poorly in the exam, but he didn't dare tell Lin Xiangnan and Hu Meili, so he asked Lin Xiangdong to help him fool around.
The process can be fooled, but the result cannot be fooled.
In order to ensure that he would not be left behind when the university sent out admission letters, Lin Xiangxi secretly went to his ancestors' graves to burn paper and pray for blessings when he returned to the countryside for a drink.
By mid-January, Lin Xiangnan's admission letter had not yet arrived, but Aunt Hua came happily to congratulate him.
"Xiao Lin, you really did well. You got the highest score in the province with 481 points, which is 40 points more than the second place. You are definitely the top scorer in the province. It's really an honor for you."
The results of the college entrance examination will not be announced to the public, but people with connections can find them out with some effort. Aunt Hua has connections in the education system, and she got the news faster than Gu Zhenhua.
Lin Xiangnan estimated her score to be 480. She was not too surprised by the score. She was just a little surprised by the ranking.
"I set a goal for myself to be in the top three. I didn't expect to be the first by a large margin." Lin Xiangnan asked in confusion: "Where are those geniuses? Where did they go?"
Aunt Hua gave her an arm and said disdainfully, "Get lost. You are still pretending in front of me. Don't laugh at me behind my back in bed."
"How is that possible? I can easily pass this exam." Lin Xiangnan looked very calm.
Lin Xiangnan looked calm, but the other people in the family were not calm at all. They all laughed so hard that they couldn't stop.
When Gu Zhenjun went to work at school, his back was straighter than usual.
"No one really thinks that my sister-in-law only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, right? No matter how young she is, she is a key member of the military factory next door, and she is also the top scorer in the provincial examination this year..."