Chapter 112 Chapter 112 Part 2
After the announcement of the resumption of the college entrance examination, the night school of the Embroidery Clothes Factory suddenly attracted many more students. Considering that the educated youth also needed to study, the Embroidery Clothes Factory hired several retired teachers from the county high school and changed the original evening and weekend classes to full-day classes.
As long as the trainees' own time permits, they can even stay in temporary classrooms to study from morning till night, and they only need to pay a certain amount of money to eat in the canteen specially allocated for them in the factory.
There were so many more people in the factory all of a sudden. Even though the preliminary work had been done very carefully, such as the temporary classrooms were all near the administrative building, away from the workshops, and were fenced off to form a closed area, and special canteens and dormitories were set up for teachers and trainees to use, trying to prevent the trainees from affecting the normal work of the factory, the pressure of security was still very high.
However, the people in the security department had no complaints. It was the college entrance examination, something that hadn't happened in more than ten years. The students were so hardworking, so what was wrong with them helping with some logistical and security work?
Who knows, maybe the night school run by their factory can produce a group of college students!
Besides, these people work day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep, and they recite books with their eyes wide open while walking. How can they have the time to do anything messy?
As long as you keep an eye on them and don't let them go the wrong way or bump into trees while walking, that's all that's going to happen. You don't have to worry too much about them doing anything weird.
Soon after the announcement of the resumption of the college entrance examination, the examination date for Southern Province was quickly set on December 10th, 11th and 12th, leaving only about a month.
When the students saw that the exam time was imminent, they became even more obsessed with studying and forgot to eat and sleep. Some of them simply went to live in the classroom with mats and quilts. When they felt sleepy, they wrapped themselves in quilts and took a nap. When they woke up, they continued to study.
The winter in Southern Province is not that cold, but sleeping in an empty classroom on a November or December night can make you sick, even if you don’t freeze to death.
After hearing about this, Shen Moer asked the factory to vacate some empty rooms in the dormitory area, keep the lights on and supply hot water 24 hours a day, and finally drove those desperate people back to the dormitory.
The overall educational level of the cadres and employees of the Embroidery Factory is relatively high, so many people want to take the college entrance examination this time.
At first, some people were still hesitant, but after the registration was opened, the factory office spread the news that their director Shen had also signed up, and the factory was immediately in an uproar. Unbelievable, many people who were originally hesitant gritted their teeth and put fifty cents in their pockets to sign up.
The registration fee is only fifty cents, so just consider it as giving yourself a chance. After all, you won’t feel bad about losing fifty cents. If you can pass the exam, it will be a different story.
In fact, no one knows what the difference is.
Some people who do not want their daughters-in-law and sons-in-law to sign up sarcastically say that after graduating from university they will just go to work in state-owned factories. They are already working, so why bother with that?
But every time at this time, those who were originally undecided would say: "According to what you said, graduating from university does not necessarily mean you can become a factory manager, so why did Director Shen sign up? It shows that reading more is definitely good, otherwise the factory would not have gone to such great lengths to set up night schools."
The sarcastic people were suddenly speechless. They couldn't say that the factory director had a problem with his brain, right?
They thought so, but they didn't dare to say it.
Although Shen Moer signed up, she usually followed the routine except for occasionally attending a few summary and improvement classes, and she would not read until late at night.
She has already spent several years more than others. If she still fails to pass the exam, she can only reflect on whether she is too stupid.
Fu Mingze is even more excessive. Relying on his good intelligence, he only spends two hours every night reviewing his homework, and spends the rest of the time taking care of the children diligently.
Little bean Liangliang had no idea what kind of historical moment his parents were going through. He ate and slept every day, and his little face became rounder and rounder. With a pair of big, dark, round eyes, he looked just like a doll in a New Year picture.
Maybe because he is too fat, at first glance it is hard to tell who this child looks like.
However, Fu Mingze firmly believes that his daughter looks like his wife. Now she is a chubby little baby, and when she grows up, she will be a beautiful girl like her mother.
Since his granddaughter was born, Shen Shaoyuan has drawn a picture for her almost every few days. Other children go to the photo studio to take a picture when they are one month old or one year old, but Xiao Liangliang has a portrait that can be compared to a photo every month.
When Shen Shaoyuan is proud of a painting, he will bring the painting to Xiao Liangliang and let his granddaughter appreciate it together.
And every time at this time, little friend Liangliang would stare at the chubby child in the painting with her black grape-like eyes, and then spit.
By the beginning of December, Chen Moer and Fu Mingze felt that they should relax a little, so they stopped reading, and on weekends, the family of four returned to Yangliu Brigade together.
After the Lingjiang City Embroidery Factory was established, Chen Moli asked Lu Dongyun and the others to work in the factory. They were not considered formal workers and their title was still "labor reform", but they were given an independent workshop and an independent dormitory on one floor.
Now the brigade office is empty again and no longer as busy as before. Instead, the aunts and grandmas in the village have become accustomed to coming here to chat. As soon as the sun comes out, the yard in front of the brigade office is full of people.
In recent years, the harvest in the village has been getting better and better. In addition, many families have one or two workers, so everyone's life has become better, and even fights and quarrels have become less frequent.
The old ladies sat together and chatted, all of them talking about making something good to nourish their families after the autumn harvest, or they heard that the Sparrow Market was back, so they would go and have a look during New Year's Day so that they could start stocking up on New Year's goods.
Everyone was very happy to see Shen Moer and the others return to the village, and immediately surrounded Fu Mingze who was holding the child.
Xiao Liangliang, who was hiding in the quilt, was exposed in front of a group of aunts and sisters-in-law.
The little guy squinted his eyes half open at first, and after slowly waking up, he opened his eyes wide like a kitten, shook his hands wrapped in a small blanket, kicked his little feet, and showed a toothless smile.
"Oh, this child is so good-looking, with such big eyes and a smart face. It's obvious that he is a blessed child."
"If the parents are good-looking, how can the child not be good-looking? Look, he is not afraid of strangers at all!"
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The child's father stood there with an expressionless face. The aunts and sisters-in-law did not dare to get too close. They just watched him curiously from an arm's length away, and then praised the child in various ways.
This child is really cute. Even though life has been better in the past two years, they have never seen such a chubby baby in the countryside!
You want to say that this is a girl, not a son? No one in their Yangliu Brigade dares to say such a thing of favoring boys over girls. Their brigade has produced several female factory directors, whether it is Shen Moer or Li Xinmei, or Principal Cheng's wife Xing Fangjie, which one is not better than a man?
After Fu Mingze praised them one by one, he carried his daughter into the yard.
The orange tree planted in the yard two years ago produced about a dozen fruits this year. The oranges hanging on the tree were already bright red. Xiao Liangliang was held by her father and stood in front of the orange tree, tilting her head to look at it curiously. Fu Mingze picked an orange and put it in front of his daughter, saying, "This is an orange. You can eat it next year."
Xiao Liangliang spat out another string of saliva.
Chen Moer was still outside chatting with the aunts and sisters-in-law.
Aunt Chen's hair has turned a lot whiter, but she looks very energetic. She pulled Shen Moer and sighed, "You are a noble person in our Chen family. Xinmei came back a while ago and told me that ten years ago, even if she was given ten times the courage, she would not dare to think that she could become the deputy director of a state-owned factory! And our Maomao, if you and Zhou Zhaodi hadn't been urging him, he would never have studied. Now he says he wants to take the college entrance examination next year and become a college student."
"Are you and Fu Zhiqing leaving? I heard that you two have signed up for the college entrance examination. I know you two will definitely pass. Oh, I really can't bear to see you two go."
Aunt Cai interrupted and said, "I see that you are getting more and more confused. The exam hasn't even started yet. Why are you talking about this? To me, isn't it a good thing that Moer and Fu Zhiqing can get into college? All young people want to go to college and go to the capital, Shanghai, or even further away. How great! We don't have this opportunity, but they do. Oh, I'm so envious."
Another middle-aged woman said, "Speaking of the college entrance examination, I ran into Shen Lingling a few days ago and asked her, isn't she a high school student? Why didn't she sign up? There are four teachers in our brigade primary school now. I heard that the others have signed up, but she hasn't."
"Well, I used to think Shen Lingling was a smart, educated, and smart person, but since she got married, I think she has become more and more confused. Her son Zhang Junliang always hangs out with his cousin in the commune, but she doesn't care. She only cares about pampering her son Zhang Pengpeng all day long. My goodness, a five or six-year-old child is really lawless when she is pampered."
"To put it in a superstitious way, I think she seems to have been bewitched by Zhang Junliang. A few days ago, I heard her say that her son Zhang Junliang was going to take the college entrance examination and would be a college student in the future. She made it sound as if Zhang Junliang had already passed."
Some people say: "She is actually just like her mother. She looks smart but is actually very confused."
The topic soon turned to other things. Shen Moer sat aside, listening to their gossips about family matters. They talked about this year's harvest, which type of seeds had a high yield, how many people were looking for partners after the autumn harvest, how popular the girls and boys in their Yangliu Brigade were now, and how they didn't know how many pounds of meat they would get when the New Year pig was slaughtered this year... Her heart, which had been a little anxious because of the approaching exam, calmed down unconsciously.
The family spent a day of "pastoral life" in Yangliu Brigade. Before leaving, Shen Shaoyuan took out a small jar of wine from his house.
Fu Mingze was no longer surprised. His father-in-law's room was like a treasure bag, and it was said that the wine he brewed himself seemed to be endless.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the exam day arrived.
Since there were so many applicants in Liuqiao Commune, the county simply set up a test site in Liuqiao Commune, so that everyone no longer had to rush to the county town in the cold weather.
At the end of the third day of the exam, Shen Moer came out of the exam room and saw Fu Mingze standing at the door waiting. She walked over quickly: "Fu Zhiqing, how was it, did you do well in the exam?"
"Wow, what's so good about this? I failed the test, I failed the test!"
Suddenly, there was a hysterical howl next to her. Shen Moer was startled and subconsciously turned her head to take a look. It was a tall and strong man who started crying loudly with tears and snot.
Shen Moer: “…”
It's quite a contrast.
Soon, there were cries and sobs all around. Some were crying because they did poorly on the exam, while others were simply venting the emotions that had been tense for more than a month.
For a time, the campus of the commune middle school was filled with grief.
Shen Moer suddenly felt guilty and no longer dared to mention whether she had done well in the exam. She went over, grabbed Fu Mingze's hand and left.
But at this time, Fu Mingze did not forget to answer her question: "I did well in the test. There was no question I couldn't answer. How about you?"
Shen Moer: “…”
Although, I would actually do it, but maybe it’s better to talk about this kind of thing when I get home?
What if you look at the eyes of the people around you?
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