Ruan Ruan, who was there to watch the excitement, sat down with her grandma and grandpa as soon as she entered the room.
Huo Haocheng and his third uncle, seeing their condition and worried that they were thirsty, went inside and brought out cups and a kettle.
Now that the crowd has dispersed, they have a chance to catch their breath.
Everyone drank a large glass of water before they recovered.
"How does it feel to be praised?" While they were drinking water, Ruan Ruan, not one to miss a chance to stir up trouble, asked this question.
"No, not at all. From now on, I will never ask for praise again. It's too terrible." Zheng Xujie was the youngest among them. He had just been praised by his uncles and aunts in turn. Even though they were gone, their voices still seemed to echo in his ears. He took the water cup handed to him by his eldest brother, drank it all in one gulp, and then lay down on the chair in the nearby pavilion.
"That might not work. Today is just the beginning. With your grades, our family will definitely throw you a celebration banquet. As the main characters, you'll be showered with praise." The old man patted him heavily on the shoulder, then walked to the other side of the pavilion and sat down.
When the others heard that a celebration was to be held to celebrate their college admission, none of them felt the joy they had when they first learned their results.
"Is this graduation banquet absolutely necessary?" Zheng Xuyang, who had been the most pressured earlier, finally asked this existential question.
As the biggest fan in the room, he could already imagine what this graduation banquet would be like.
"Hahahaha O(∩_∩)O haha~" Zheng Xuyang, who is usually so composed, is now acting like a rogue. The expression on his face is exactly the same as Zheng Xujie's. This made everyone burst into laughter.
"Alright, it's getting late. Let's go cook. You two should also call your families to share the good news; they're all waiting." With that, Grandma pulled her third daughter-in-law to the kitchen to get busy.
After listening to Grandma's words, the group moved to the study and called home one by one to share the good news.
First, Huo Haoshi and his brothers called their hometown. Just as their grandmother had said, Huo Songbai was waiting by the phone early in the morning. He was overjoyed to receive his son's call and learn that they had all passed the exams. Afterwards, he talked to the old man about things in the village. Quite a few people from their village had also taken the exams this year.
The old man had told Huo Songbai about the college entrance examination during the Spring Festival, so after returning to the village, Huo Songbai secretly told the respected elders and family members who had attended junior and senior high school about it. Later, when Ruan Ruan was helping them with their review, she also sent them a copy of the review materials she had prepared. As a result, everyone in the village who took the exam did quite well. This morning, Huo Songbai drove his tractor to the commune to check the results.
Two students were admitted to their local universities, and several others were admitted to vocational colleges. All of them were local and their grades were quite good.
However, things weren't so good for the educated youth. In recent years, as more and more educated youth went to the countryside, they also had more and more ideas. Huo Songbai only managed them in terms of work assignments, and let them handle everything else themselves. So, over the years, the educated youth compound and the villagers have maintained a relationship of mutual non-interference.
As time went on, the educated youth felt there was no hope of returning home, so they thought about marrying someone from the village. However, because of what happened to Tian, the village aunties and grandmas kept their own children in check, and they couldn't give the educated youth any opportunity to get close to them. So when they heard that the college entrance examination had been reinstated, Huo Songbai and the rest of the village breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, they hadn't married any educated youth back then, otherwise they would be in the same situation as people in other villages now.
The return of educated youth to the city was inevitable; they all knew that. However, not all educated youth were conscientious enough to bring their wives, children, and husbands back with them.
In many places, educated youth are going to great lengths to return to the city. Many are getting divorced, and in some villages, people are even hiding their personal information to keep them from leaving.
After listening to Huo Songbai's words, Huo Haoshen and his brothers were very fortunate. Over the years, they had found jobs with Ruan Ruan, married the girls they loved, and had lovely children. Now, their wives had even been admitted to the same university as them. This was truly a great blessing in their lives.
After making the call to the Huo family, Ruan Ruan also called Commander Gu in Yuncheng and her second uncle's family in Shenshi. Ruan Ruan wasn't worried about Gu Jingming's academic performance in other subjects, except for his Chinese. But this time it was alright. After all, during his years in Yuncheng, Principal Fu and the others had given him extra tutoring. Her uncle said that he did quite well on the exam, scoring 368 points. He got almost full marks in the other subjects, but he still lost nearly 30 points in Chinese. Oh well, as long as he can get into Peking University, that's fine.
As for Ruan Shiya, she was lucky. She graduated from high school in June and then took the college entrance examination directly. She hadn't forgotten any of the knowledge points. In addition, with the review materials given by Ruan Ruan, the little girl was kept at home by her parents for a month to study until the exam was over before she was allowed to go out and play.
She did well on the exam this time, scoring 379 points, which guaranteed her admission to Peking University. Originally, she planned to spend two days with her classmates after the exam before heading to Beijing, but Ruan Chuanyan and his wife were worried about her traveling alone by train, so they didn't allow it. They wanted to wait until the admission notice arrived before asking for leave together, and then she could stay at home for a couple more days.
Their family members all agreed with their idea.
Knowing that they had also been admitted to Peking University, the families discussed it and decided to wait for the admission notices to arrive before having a meal together outside.
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