Lin Shuying finally rejected her mother's suggestion to pick her up and take her home every day during the college entrance examination, even though sleeping at home would definitely be more comfortable than in the school dormitory.
She also rejected their suggestion to bring her nutritious meals every day. Just like her mother said, these meals would not affect her grades.
"Just pick me up after the last day of the exam, and the rest will be as usual."
After saying this, Lin Shuying followed Liang Shengdi out and officially returned to school to prepare for the college entrance examination.
Walking in the village, everyone who saw her would shout,
"Shuying! Are you going to take the college entrance exam? Come on!"
"Hey, Shuying, are you going to school for the college entrance exam? Do your best! I'm still looking forward to the graduation banquet your parents and I will host!"
"Come on, Shuying! Whether our village can hang a banner this year depends on you!"
…
Lin Shuying was even more nervous than she had been at home. Her face remained frozen until she sat in the middle of the boat.
"Grandma...what if I don't get into university?" Shuying held her school bag tightly in her hands.
This isn't a question of whether she can continue to earn money from her mother's place. It's really... too many people have high expectations of her. If she doesn't do well in the exam, she'll be so frustrated that she'll die.
"Aren't there still junior colleges?" Liang Shengdi said nonchalantly. She didn't understand what colleges and universities were, but when Lin Shuying was not at home, Lin Guoqing and Shen Chunhua discussed these things in the evenings. She was obedient and Mozi could understand them.
"It's not that the lower level is university is junior college, and the lower level is technical secondary school. Anyway, according to the application you filled out, you can get into whichever one." Her eldest granddaughter had such good grades, it was impossible for her to not even be able to get into technical secondary school.
Mrs. Liang was very relaxed, and took whatever she could get. She didn't even think about the fact that Wu Ni was admitted to a normal school after the high school entrance examination, and Lin Shuying was now taking the college entrance examination.
Asking Lin Shuying, who had studied in high school for three years, to take the entrance exam for a technical secondary school is really... more painful than killing her.
"So what? It's better than those who studied for three years and still couldn't get into anything, right?"
Lin Shuying was comforted in reverse. She covered her face and told her grandma to stop talking, saying that she would definitely pass the exam anyway!
July 7th, sunny.
Lin Shuying got up early in the morning and heard the chirping of sparrows outside the window, but it didn't make her feel annoying.
She simply tidied herself up, sat on the bed and read the Chinese textbook for a while. Around 7:30, she drank a farewell drink with her roommate. She drank a mouthful of brain tonic, then checked her pen and admission ticket which were full of water last night before leaving with peace of mind.
Their school's dormitories were quite far from the teaching buildings, requiring a brisk five or six-minute walk. Furthermore, because today was the Gaokao (National College Entrance Examination), the teaching buildings were blocked off, and the students living on campus couldn't go in directly. Instead, they had to wait in the square at the school gate.
Lin Shuying took the opportunity to go out and buy a cake and a steamed bun. Her mother had given her another 10 yuan yesterday, asking her to eat as much as possible. She didn't dare buy soy milk, fearing that she would need to pee urgently in the middle of the exam.
With a quarter of an hour left before the exam, both sides of the school gate were already filled with parents who had come to send their children to take the college entrance examination and were waiting there. There were also a few young people selling popsicles on bicycles.
Lin Shuying's hands felt a little empty as she munched on a steamed bun. It had been ages since she'd felt without a book in her hands. It felt as if books and meals were a natural companion. But today was the college entrance exam, and she couldn't bring her books. She could only recite the text in her head over and over again, seeking peace of mind.
After finally making it to 8:20, the school broadcast began to announce the instructions for candidates. She and her classmates ran into the school gate to find their own examination room.
Her examination room was in the first room on the third floor, the second seat by the window at the back.
After Lin Shuying sat down, she began to burp uncontrollably, attracting the attention of people in front, behind, and around her.
She quickly covered her mouth. Really... she should have finished eating the steamed bun earlier, instead of hesitating and stuffing it in one gulp when the announcement came on!
The first exam of the morning was Chinese, a subject Lin Shuying was relatively weak in. Review materials were scarce these days, and for Chinese, besides the textbook, there was only a workbook.
Moreover, given that family conditions are average, few people can afford to read a large number of extracurricular books, so the average Chinese scores in recent years are generally not high. With a full score of 120, scores of 50 or 60 are not considered low.
After Lin Shuying received the test paper, her hiccups continued, and her palms began to sweat. She felt like she was holding her breath for a moment, then took several deep breaths before she finally stopped the hiccups. She calmed down and began answering the questions.
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Chen Chunhua and Liang Shengdi were huddled together at the school gate, surrounded by a throng of parents. Today was the final science exam, and the exam period was drawing to a close. These parents, braving the heat, pressed against the entrance, eager to be the first sight of their children as they emerged.
Chen Chunhua was a little overwhelmed by the squeeze, and couldn't get to the front, so she wanted to turn around and look for her mother-in-law, thinking, why don't we stay at the back for a while.
But when I turned around, I found that I could no longer find Mrs. Liang.
She was so scared that she kept shaking her head around, looking around. There were so many people around, and she, an old woman, hoped she wouldn't be pushed to the ground!
"Chunhua! Chunhua! Stop looking! Here!" Chen Chunhua vaguely heard Liang Shengdi's voice, but found her face in the crowd. "Look up! Here!"
When she looked up, Chen Chunhua found that Liang Shengdi was already on the big tree 10 meters away from her.
Chen Chunhua: ...
"Come here quickly! Can you climb a tree? Climb up! Damn it! It's so crowded down there! If you didn't know, you'd think we were here to rob the execution ground!"
Liang Shengdi cursed and patted the empty space next to the thick tree trunk where she was sitting.
"Come sit here. You can see the door right away. It's much more comfortable than down there. And when Shuying comes out, she can see us at a glance."
Chen Chunhua: ...Old lady, didn’t you see that I was wearing a skirt?? ! !
When the bell rang for the end of the last exam, Lin Shuying felt like she had just finished a battle in her life. Her palms were wet, but she had to make sure that the words on the answer sheet were not blurred.
When I walked out of the classroom, I found that everyone was breathing a sigh of relief. Finally, temporarily, we were liberated, weren't we?
The next step is to sleep well, eat well and rest well, and wait for the college entrance examination results to come out. If you pass, everyone will be happy, but if you fail... She thought about what her roommate said before the college entrance examination, that if she failed, she planned to repeat the year.
The girl had repeated her senior year twice, and this was her third time taking the college entrance examination.
Lin Shuying thought she was courageous and even considered this choice for a while, but then she thought back and thought that she should still be able to get into university.
Thinking this, she followed the group to the school gate.
"Shuying! Over here!!!"
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