"Ring ring..."
With the bell ringing, the first exam came to an end.
Some were preoccupied, some were filled with anxiety, and some breathed a sigh of relief.
This is only the first game.
For Wen Qinghe, the morning's test paper was not difficult.
The test paper was out of 100 points. In summary, two-thirds of it was essay writing, and the rest was classical Chinese and translation.
This happens to be her forte.
She finished the exam in the first hour, but since the rules didn't allow her to hand in her paper early, she had no choice but to check it over and over again.
Wen Qinghe's little bottom was almost numb from sitting so long when the bell finally rang.
The first one excitedly handed in his exam paper and then jogged briskly out of the exam room.
Her relaxed demeanor, unlike that of other candidates, surprised the teachers collecting the exam papers, who glanced at her unexpectedly.
At the entrance, Yan Xiao had been waiting for a long time.
"Are you hungry? Shall we go eat?"
The man squeezed the little girl's soft hand and noticed that it was a bit cold, so he quickly wrapped it in his hand to warm it.
Wen Qinghe hooked his finger, looked up and chuckled, "Okay, where are Lingling and the others?"
"There are a lot of people eating right now, so we've gone ahead to grab a table. They'll be here in a bit."
"All right."
Neither of them asked about the other's exam results, yet they both understood each other implicitly when their eyes met.
Compared to the relaxed atmosphere at the entrance, the atmosphere inside the examination room was one of utter dejection.
It is said that exams are the most direct way to test learning outcomes.
They were so excited when the announcement of the resumption of the college entrance examination came more than a month ago, and now they feel so heavy-hearted after finishing the first exam.
Forget about having the mood to eat; some people are already making the most of every minute to open their afternoon exam papers and start reviewing.
This is an opportunity that has been waited for for ten years, and no one wants to give it up easily.
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The afternoon exam starts at 1 p.m.
Worried about feeling sleepy, Wen Qinghe went back to the guesthouse to rest after dinner in order to get enough rest.
So, they took exams during the day and spent the rest of the time resting and preparing for the next exam.
For three consecutive days.
It finally ended on the morning of the third day.
After the last foreign language exam was over, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and some people in the exam room couldn't hold back and broke down in tears.
However, all of this had nothing to do with Wen Qinghe.
After the college entrance examination.
Yan Xiao and Feng Tiezhu brought their wives home.
The two continued working as usual.
However, their return to the village still caused a huge uproar.
It was only because the educated youth who went with them on the same bus that day spread the news back to the village that Yan Xiao and Feng Tiezhu were also taking the college entrance examination.
For a time, some villagers who looked down on others' success began to gossip.
"You guys say it's fine for those educated youth to take the college entrance exam, after all, they are proper cultured people."
But this iron pillar and that wild boy.
He never went to high school and was chased to school by the brigade leader and Chen Guiru with sticks from a young age.
Another one was born and raised in the mountains, a country bumpkin who never went to school and only had a lot of brute strength.
These two people actually got to take the exam?!
"When did the college entrance exam become so easy?"
"Who can argue with that! We're originally from the countryside, why aren't we just honestly farming in the village, instead of making a fuss over nothing!"
"I've never seen two people this foolish in our village. Whether they pass the exam or not is another matter, but they've sent their wives to take the exam too. If they pass, they're not afraid of not being able to send their wives away and then never coming back!"
Everyone chimed in, waiting to see them make a fool of themselves.
The two people at the center of this joke didn't take it seriously.
Go to work if you need to, and go home and comfort your wife if you need to.
Leaving aside Yan Xiao, Feng Tiezhu felt completely relaxed after returning from the county town after finishing his exams.
Although the first and last exams became his Achilles' heel, he had little confidence and relied entirely on guessing.
However, the next few sessions all happened to fall within the range of questions that Lingling had predicted for him.
This greatly boosted his confidence.
Moreover, he is an optimist by nature.
It doesn't matter if others mock him, as long as his wife hasn't given up on him.
He even had the mind to joke with Yan Xiao.
"Brother Yan, I heard you're destined to be a lonely widow for life?"
Yan Xiao's face darkened instantly: "What nonsense are you spouting!"
Feng Tiezhu chuckled and quickly said:
"This isn't my opinion; it's just gossiping nonsense he talks about at the village entrance. Don't you think these people are tired of their own cornbread and pickled vegetables, so they like to make fun of others to entertain themselves?"
Actually, what they said was even more offensive.
For example, Yan Xiao was born with the potential to bring misfortune to both his father and mother.
Father died, and mother is gone too.
He was a wild boy who was completely left to his own devices from childhood to adulthood.
He was withdrawn and unsociable all day long, and didn't like to talk.
For example, he married a wife and then sent her to take the college entrance examination.
If he gets into university and leaves, he will be even more destined to be single forever.
Feng Tiezhu didn't dare tell Yan Xiao any of these things.
Those people never even considered the possibility that Yan Xiao could get into university.
However, he was also a little worried, having heard that Fairy Sister-in-law was from Beijing.
If they go back to Beijing and their families force them to separate because they don't want them to, then Yan-ge will be too far away to reach or get anything from them, and he'll definitely go crazy.
Thinking of this, he whispered a probing question to Yan Xiao:
"Brother Yan, what if... I mean, what if your wife gets into university and comes back to the city, but your family doesn't approve of you? What will you do then?"
Upon hearing this, Yan Xiao instinctively frowned.
"There won't be any 'what ifs'! My father-in-law approves of my relationship with Qingqing. Besides, wherever Qingqing is, I'll be there too!"
Although he said that, he knew in his heart that Wen Yunhuai did not truly approve of him.
Moreover, Wen Yunhuai had sent a letter a few months ago saying that he had returned to Beijing.
The high spirits that emanated from his words were something he hadn't felt during his previous visits to Qingshan Brigade.
He wasn't mentioned in any of her words, but every single one of them was a reminder to Qingqing that if she felt wronged, she should abandon him at any time.
Yan Xiao pursed his lips slightly. It would be a lie to say he didn't care. His wife was a pearl, a treasure that God had specially sent to his side.
He would never allow anyone to break them up, not even his father-in-law.
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