Estimated score
Xu Yan hurriedly took it. Not only did Xu Nian not believe in herself, she also didn't believe that Xu Nian could get so many points.
The aunties in the village were gossipy. If something happened in someone's family, they would gossip about it behind their back for half a year. As for Xu Nian, she took the college entrance examination three times, and they never stopped gossiping about her every year. When she took the exam the first time, they said that Xu Nian was too ambitious and didn't know herself well. When she took the exam the second time, they said that Xu Nian was too arrogant and had high aspirations. When she left home the third year, they said that she was too unruly and that the village couldn't accommodate her. They were just waiting to see how Xu Qinghua's family would be embarrassed.
Xu Yan used her nine years of learning ability to calculate the scores of each lesson by comparing the standard answers and Xu Nian's answers. Ten minutes later, when she finished the calculation, the answer she got was 406, not a single point more or less.
"Niannian, you can definitely go to university with this score. The full score is 500, and you got 406. You are amazing.
Xu Nian herself also found it incredible. Because of this, she always suspected that she had remembered the answer wrongly, and increasingly felt that the answer she wrote might not be this one.
She didn't recognize any of her classmates. The only person she still knew was the head teacher. Seeing that the students were almost done checking the time, the head teacher walked down from the podium and asked students one by one to record their positions. During this process, the teacher and students were talking non-stop. Xu Nian entered the classroom and casually sat in the second to last row by the window. She hurriedly counted again, and the teacher came over just in time when she finished.
"Which class are you from?" The head teacher had seen Xu Nian several times, but she had no memory of the girl who sat next to Xu Nian.
Xu Yan blushed immediately, and Xu Nian hurriedly explained, "Teacher, this is my friend. She came here with me."
The head teacher just wanted to make sure that the students had all graduated from high school. She didn't want to make a big deal out of it and just turned a blind eye to the matter.
"Xu Nian, what score did you just calculate?"
"Teacher, after I finished the test, I went home and wrote down the answers I remembered on a piece of paper. I just calculated it based on your answer, and it's 406." For some reason, Xu Nian felt guilty.
The head teacher was also shocked. You know, the highest score of college entrance examination candidates in their school last year was only 367 points, which was already a super high score and ranked among the top in the city. She just asked all the questions and found that the highest score was only 317 points. This made her tremble a little when asking questions now.
"Xu Nian, how about the teacher calculate it for you again? We need to be as accurate as possible in estimating your score. This is related to the school you apply to."
Xu Nian was eager for the teacher to check again. She was originally sitting on the outside of the desk, so she stood up and gave her seat to the teacher.
"Teacher, I'm actually afraid that my calculations are wrong. Can you help me check?"
The head teacher has been teaching for fifteen years and has truly experienced the period before and after the Cultural Revolution. She is very familiar with these algorithms. She was both nervous and excited, and sat down to calculate them without moving.
Those who were waiting for the head teacher to ask about the scores saw that the teacher was sitting in the seat of an unfamiliar student without moving, so they simply went over with pen and paper. The students in the front were paying attention to who had a higher score behind him. Seeing that the teacher had been talking to that student for a long time and did not move, they also came over to join in the fun. Soon, a group of people gathered around Xu Nian, and they were talking in low voices in groups of two or three, their eyes either looking at Xu Nian or following the teacher's pen.
Xu Yan was not nervous, but excited. Although it had little to do with her, she was extremely excited.
The head teacher calculated for about ten minutes before finally stopping. She wrote 401 in large letters on the paper and circled it with a pen.
The look in his eyes towards Xu Nian was full of love. "My child, you've done really well. The teacher gave you a high score, so I lowered it a bit because of my habit as a grading teacher in previous years. But even so, you still have 401 points."
"She's 401!"
“That’s too high.”
"Is it from our school?"
“…”
There was constant discussion around, and Xu Nian just felt dizzy. Really, only those who have truly comprehended learning can understand, only those who were poor students in the past can understand, and only those who have actually taken the college entrance examination four times can empathize. These 401 points contain all her youthful youth.
Seeing the student's mood fluctuating greatly, the head teacher reminded him, "I just saw that you estimated your Chinese composition to be 35 points. The full score is 40. It's not high, but it's not low either. If everything else is fine, the fluctuation of the total score may depend on the score of the composition."
Seeing Xu Nian's nervousness, she added, "But it's not a big problem. The undergraduate score is 100 points higher than last year. Even with the changes this year, it shouldn't exceed 100."
Xu Hongqi had already inquired about this matter for her, but she was also very grateful for the teacher's careful reminder and care.
"Thank you, teacher."
The head teacher kept smiling. He stood up, took his notebook, and wrote 401 next to Xu Nian's name.
"Thank you, teacher, for bringing honor to our school."
After recording the scores, the head teacher left and Xu Nian sat down. Xu Yan, who was standing next to him, immediately shook Xu Nian's hand tightly and said, "Niannian, I'm so excited! Even more excited than when I assigned the work myself."
Xu Nian chuckled, "Me too, it's like a dream."
Not long after that, the head teacher recorded everyone's grades and walked up to the podium.
"I've recorded everyone's scores. All your hard work over the past three years is recorded here. I want to say a few words: Regardless of your scores, we must carefully select our college applications. This is extremely important. Estimated scores aren't accurate scores. It's better to choose a school with a lower score than to risk a higher one. If you miss out on the school you applied for, you'll lose your chance to go to college."
"Another way, for those who scored high, the teacher borrowed Bai Juyi's "Re-Title" to bless you all: 'Under the Ci'en Pagoda, where I inscribed my name, I am the youngest among the seventeen.' I hope your youth is just right and your future is promising. For those who didn't score well, the teacher also borrowed the poet Li Bai's poem to encourage you: 'There will be a time to ride the wind and waves, and set sail to cross the vast ocean.' I hope you will be resolute and brave, and have the courage to start again.
"This is just the first phase of the estimated scores. In about a week, we'll start filling out applications. You can go home and talk to your parents. If you have any questions, come to me. The teacher has been at school all the time..."
On the way back, Xu Yan took Xu Nian's arm, looked up at the sky and suddenly said, "Niannian, I kind of regret not asking my parents for permission to go to high school. Your homeroom teacher is very different from ours."
Xu Nian also thought the teacher's talk was quite inspiring. Seeing Xu Yan feeling a little depressed, she consoled her, "It's a little different. College entrance exam students still have to study after graduation, but after graduating from your school, you're going to enter the workforce. The teachers have different expectations of students, so naturally, what they teach is different, which gives you a different feeling."
Xu Yan nodded. "That's right. I'm actually quite scared. No one in my family eats commercial grain. I don't even know what it's like over there, so I feel uneasy. But when I think about earning money to buy food and clothes for my parents, I feel satisfied."
"Forget it, I'm fine this way. You don't know how many classmates envy me for sharing the job of a nurse in the county hospital."
Xu Nian showed her arm and said, "They can't just envy me. Look at the needle holes on my arm. It's scary."
The sisters chatted and laughed. Xu Nian thought that her package had probably arrived, so she pulled Xu Yan to get it.
Fortunately, she came to check and found that the package had arrived the day before yesterday. She and Xu Yan each took two packages, trudged to the place where they usually took the bus, hailed a donkey cart to go home, and Xu Nian paid for it.
When they parted, Xu Nian took out two hair bands he had made from the package and gave them to Xu Yan, and then they went back to their respective homes.
It was almost noon when they got home. Xu's mother had come back early to cook. Xu Nian saw smoke coming out of the kitchen chimney, so he put the package behind his room and took out a boxwood comb from it.
She ran to the kitchen to look for someone, "Mom, I'm back." Xu's mother was frying beans and eggplant, and she hurriedly sat down to light the fire. Seeing her daughter come back, Lu Mei shoveled in the pot twice and turned back to ask, "Are you hungry? I have some fried rice in my room, you can eat it."
Xu Nian shook his head and said, "Mom, I'm not hungry yet." Then he stuffed two pieces of wood into the stove, stood up, and showed the comb in his hand to Xu's mother.
"Mom, do you like the gift I gave you?"
Lu Mei touched the comb. Not only was it beautiful, but it was also carved with patterns. It was polished to a bright shine without a single thorn. "My daughter, give me money so I can use the comb."
Xu Nian took it back and combed Xu's mother's hair twice.
Lu Mei quickly held it down and said, "Where's the new comb? My hair is dirty."
"Mom, just tell me whether you feel comfortable or not?" Xu Nian asked with a smile.
Lu Mei was so happy that she couldn't be polite. "Why would I feel uncomfortable?" She didn't get angry when her daughter laughed at her. "My daughter has learned to care for others."
Xu Nian hugged half of Xu's mother's body and said arrogantly: "You can just wait to enjoy a peaceful life with your daughter in the future. By then, you won't be able to find work even if you want to."
"Hey, Mom's waiting."
"Just wait!"
Just as they were talking, the family came back and Xu Nian went to pump water for them. The two sisters-in-law spoke first, "Nian'er, how was your school today?"
Xu Nian had his own set of living standards for his sisters-in-law, and said happily, "My homeroom teacher personally estimated my score, 401 points."
The two sisters-in-law also asked, in fact, they didn't know how these scores were calculated, but they knew the scores of Feng Kai from my aunt's family last year, so they said, "I remember Feng Kai scored 317 last year, right?"
As he was speaking, the person in question walked through the gate and Xu Fengkai replied, "Yes, I was there on March 17th last year."
"Niannian, what's your estimated score?"
Xu Nian said it again, "401"
Xu Fengkai was surprised, "So high?"
Seeing him like this, everyone in the family stopped what they were doing and asked, "Feng Kai, is this a high score?"
Xu Nian took advantage of their conversation to walk over to Xu Hongqi and said, "Xu Hongqi, am I awesome?"
Xu Hongqi went to the fields with the Xu family today and listened to the villagers' gossip all morning. They said that he was the son-in-law who came to live with him. He had been listening to it all morning and was secretly happy. Now that he had received good news from Xu Nian, he was naturally happier and praised Xu Nian sincerely, "You are very impressive now!"
Xu Fengkai said, "Hongqi, what was your school's score last year?"
Xu Hongqi said without hesitation, "366."
Xu Fengkai told everyone, "I said Nian Nian's score was already very high. Hongqi schools are considered good, and Xu Nian's score was more than 30 points higher than their school's cutoff score."
The topic of Xu Nian never stopped at the dinner table. After thinking about it, she said to her family, "The scores haven't come out yet. To be safe, just let our family know. Don't tell anyone else."
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