Chapter 75
Under the halo of the desk lamp.
Chuxia packed up her books and put them in her schoolbag.
She packed her schoolbag and placed it on the desk, but she did not get up and go to bed immediately.
She sat at the desk, blinking tiredly.
He stared blankly at the bag full of snacks on the table.
What she was thinking about was naturally what Lin Xiaohan had said to her on the way back just now.
Because the original novel contained a brief background introduction about him, Chu Xia had already known that he had a bad relationship with his family, but she didn't know the details.
She didn’t feel much about this matter before, and she also felt that Lin Xiaohan himself didn’t care. After all, he was a person who didn’t need feelings and didn’t want to be tied down by feelings.
But when she heard him say those words tonight, although there was still no emotion in his tone, she couldn't help but wonder in her heart - he was so young at the time, what kind of mood did he have when he faced those things?
From childhood to adulthood, similar things must have happened a lot.
How did he survive facing his stepmother's hypocrisy and calculations, his biological father's disregard, disgust and hatred, and at the same time having to watch his biological father care for and pamper his younger brother?
If it were her, she felt she might not be able to hold out for a day.
Thinking of this, Chuxia took a deep breath and felt stuffy and cold in her heart.
Take a deep breath and feel a little relieved.
Chuxia thought again, did he really always treat her as a friend? Did he still want to continue being friends with her and let her teach him how to make friends?
If not, why would I tell her these things tonight?
She really wanted to trust him and treat him as a friend.
However, I always felt uneasy and didn't dare to trust him completely, after all, he had that personality.
My mind is in a mess.
Chuxia raised her hands to cover her face and snorted twice in annoyance.
After a moment she dropped her hands and took a deep breath.
This is not an important matter, why is she bothering about it?
Instead of wasting your energy and time worrying about this, it would be better to do more useful questions.
She is now treating it as a way of getting to know Lin Xiaohan again and getting along with him again.
He gave her a bag of snacks today, and she should find time to treat him to a meal after the college entrance examination.
If he continues to be like he was in the countryside, always disdaining and being mean to her, giving her a bad look, being arrogant to her and asking her to stay away from him, or even using her to plot against her, etc.
Then she would just suffer one more loss and then never pay attention to him again.
Thinking of this makes me feel open-minded and comfortable.
Chuxia turned off the desk lamp, stood up and went to bed.
***
Since she had borrowed the review outline from Lin Xiaohan, the problem of borrowing materials was solved, so Chu Xia naturally did not ask Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei to continue asking others.
When it comes to the college entrance examination, Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei can't help in any other way. They can only support Chuxia mentally every day and make sure she doesn't feel any pressure.
For an ordinary family like theirs, if someone in the family can get into college and change their destiny, it would be a great thing for the ancestors. If they fail, it is normal and nothing big.
The only person in their courtyard who looked like a college student was Jiang Guanjie.
Jiang Guanjie's family is different from his parents. He has been strictly disciplined by Jiang Jianping and Xu Lihua since he was a child. Jiang Jianping and Xu Lihua are also very confident about his college entrance examination.
After Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei said this, Chuxia naturally agreed.
Of course, she was full of energy and wanted to prove herself through the college entrance examination.
Because she had this energy in her heart, she studied very hard every day. She set the alarm clock to get up early in the morning, and after returning from night school in the evening, she would review until midnight.
I worked so hard day and night that apart from work, the rest of my time and energy was spent on reviewing. There was nothing else in my mind, so time passed quickly.
Between sunrise and sunset, a month seems to pass in the blink of an eye.
***
In the evening, the fiery red sunset shines on the green tile eaves of the courtyard.
After school, the children, carrying their schoolbags, gathered in groups and ran and rolled hoops in the alleys.
The alley gradually became lively.
The adults who had just gotten off work came back and were greeted everywhere.
Each family went into their own yard and chatted while cooking dinner in the yard.
Wu Xuemei and Wang Cuiying were picking and washing vegetables in the yard.
Li Lan was pasting paper boxes in the house when she saw Jiang Guanjie and Jiang Shan from opposite door come back and sit down in the yard to do their homework. She waited for a while but saw Han Mengyuan and Han Feipeng not coming back, so she got up and went out.
He went out to call Han Mengyuan and Han Feipeng back, and as he entered the yard, he scolded them, "You are so confused, you thought it was the same as before? You didn't hurry home to do your homework after school, you just played outside! You should learn from Guanjie and Shanshan, they always do their homework right after school."
She didn't care about this before, but it's different now.
Now that the college entrance examination has been resumed and studying is useful, who doesn't want their children to study hard, get into university, get a job assigned by the state, and have a golden rice bowl and eat the government's food?
Han Mengyuan and Han Feipeng were scolded and went into the house to do their homework.
Li Lan stopped pasting paper boxes and went to the yard to pick vegetables with Wu Xuemei and Wang Cuiying.
Li Lan asked Wu Xuemei: "Isn't the college entrance examination coming soon?"
Wu Xuemei replied: "Soon, in just a few days."
There were only a few days left for review.
Li Lan asked again: "How is your Chuxia doing with her review?"
Wu Xuemei smiled calmly and said, "Oh, we don't care. We didn't ask so many questions. We'll just take the exam when the time comes. We'll do whatever we can."
Li Lan: "I don't know how San'er is doing with his review, and he didn't even mention it when he wrote back."
They still managed to collect some information and sent it over. Han Ting did send a letter back, but the letter just contained a few perfunctory sentences and didn't say anything else.
Wang Cuiying continued, "I don't know what this little bastard is doing in the countryside. If he doesn't pay attention to this matter, I don't know when he can come back."
Han Ting was born when she was thirty-six or thirty-seven years old, and was a dozen years younger than her second child, Han Lu. She and Han Qingtian both loved their youngest son, and naturally they were reluctant to let him stay in the countryside for the rest of his life.
Li Lan said: "If he doesn't care about this matter, it's useless for others to worry about it. We can't take the exam for him, and we won't know how to take the exam for him."
Li Lan had just finished saying this when she heard a voice coming from outside the second door.
When I looked up, I saw Xu Lihua, Jiang Jianping, Tang Haikuan and Han Lei coming back together.
What the four of them were talking about was the college entrance examination.
Jiang Jianping said to Tang Haikuan and Han Lei: "Yes, fill in the application form first and then take the exam. The application will be filled in these two days. You can fill in three schools in total, and then choose the relevant major according to your own needs, interests or hobbies or what you want to do in the future."
Tang Haikuan could understand the university application, but he didn’t quite understand the professional and non-professional aspects.
He looked at Jiang Jianping and asked, "You didn't even take the test, so you're just guessing?"
Xu Lihua replied with a smile: "We have to rely on guessing, but after reviewing for so long and with the exam coming up soon, everyone has a rough idea of their level and what university they can get into."
Han Lei shook his head and said, "It's hard to know. After all, this is the first time the college entrance examination has been resumed. There is no experience to refer to. In addition, the review time is so short and there are so many subjects. I guess most people are still confused and can only apply blindly."
Xu Lihua continued with a smile, "If you are not sure, just apply to an ordinary school and give it a try. If you still don't have confidence, you can fill in two secondary vocational schools in the remarks column. Although they are not as good as college, it is actually not bad to learn something if you can go there."
Tang Haikuan then asked: "What are the ordinary schools that are easy to get into?"
Xu Lihua's smiling face showed some embarrassment, "This... We really don't know much about it. We picked good schools for Guanjie."
That’s right, his son Guanjie would never consider an ordinary school.
Tang Haikuan and Han Lei didn't ask any more questions. Han Lei continued, "With your Guanjie's level, he must have been selected by Tsinghua University or Peking University. Ordinary schools wouldn't even look at him."
Xu Lihua's face was still furrowed as she continued, "We set this goal for him, so he didn't look at other schools. I really can't help you choose."
Tang Haikuan said: "It's okay, we'll take a look ourselves."
After they finished talking, Wu Xuemei, Wang Cuiying and Li Lan had finished selecting their dishes.
People dispersed in the yard and each family went back to their kitchen to cook.
Wang Cuiying still has some resentment towards the Jiang family because she failed to borrow the review materials from their home.
So as soon as she entered the kitchen, she snorted coldly and said, "Now everyone in the alley knows that his Guanjie is going to Tsinghua University or Peking University. Every day it seems as if his Guanjie has already been admitted to Tsinghua University or Peking University. If he fails to pass the exam, how will they put their faces?"
Han Lei followed into the kitchen and heard this, saying, "They dare to say that, of course they have the confidence and ability to say that, how could they fail the exam?"
Li Lan interrupted, "Don't disbelieve me, and don't accuse me of being superstitious. This kind of thing is mysterious. The more you brag about it, the more likely it is that it will fail in the end."
Han Lei said to Li Lan: "Don't be petty and jealous of others. It's better to hope for more good things for others. We are all neighbors in the courtyard. If Guanjie passes the exam, we will also benefit from it."
Li Lan: "...Okay, okay, I'll just be careful."
***
North room kitchen.
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei were also talking about this.
Wu Xuemei said: "How can we report this with our eyes covered?"
Tang Haikuan didn't understand either, so he just said, "Wait for Xia Xia to come back tonight and see what she says."
Just after he finished speaking, he heard a voice from outside the kitchen door: "I'm back."
When Wu Xuemei and Tang Haikuan saw Chuxia coming back, their eyes lit up.
Wu Xuemei asked, "Why did you come back so early today?"
Chu Xia walked into the kitchen and said with a smile, "Night school will be suspended tonight so that everyone can fill in their applications."
She was a little hungry, so she washed her hands as she spoke and grabbed some hot buns from the hot pot to fill her stomach.
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei were talking about this matter.
So Tang Haikuan then asked: "Did your night school teacher give us some guidance on this matter? We don't really understand it either. We are really confused. How can we fill this in?"
Chuxia dipped the steamed bun in the sauce and nodded as she ate, saying, "There was a guide who told us about the various schools and some good majors based on the enrollment catalog, and let us choose according to our own situation."
Wu Xuemei asked again: "Xia Xia, have you decided which one to choose?"
Chu Xia answered first: "I'll choose a local school anyway."
Tang Haikuan continued, "It's better to stay here. This is the capital. Why go somewhere else? Let's try to choose a few less famous schools that are easier to get into."
Chu Xia finished the steamed bun in her hand and looked at Tang Haikuan and said, "Why do you have so little confidence in me?"
Tang Haikuan laughed, "It's not that I don't have confidence in you, it's just that I don't want to put pressure on you."
Seeing Chuxia say this, Wu Xuemei joked, "Guanjie is applying to Tsinghua University and Peking University, should we apply too?"
Chu Xia was slightly stunned when she heard this, and said, "You are just bragging."
In the novel, Jiang Guanjie was admitted to university, but not Tsinghua University or Peking University.
He didn't have much success later on. After graduation, he was assigned to work in a government agency. He spent his entire life without becoming a leader. He was slightly better than his father Jiang Jianping, but only to a limited extent.
Of course, it is still much better than ordinary people who have to look for jobs everywhere.
Tang Haikuan continued, "What are you bragging about? Your uncle Jianping and aunt Lihua are different from us. They know how to raise their children. Guanjie lives in our alley. Who wouldn't praise him when they see him? Although he hasn't taken the exam yet, in our alley, Guanjie is already a college student at Tsinghua University or Peking University. This time when he fills out his application, he won't consider any other universities except Tsinghua University or Peking University."
Um?
Chuxia pursed her lips in confusion.
Is there something wrong with the content of the novel?
Logically speaking, her returning to the city earlier than in the novel shouldn't have affected Jiang Guanjie, right?
Forget it, it has nothing to do with her anyway.
Chu Xia then said, "Okay, I'll apply for a better one."
Tang Haikuan turned to look at Chu Xia and asked, "Are you confident that you can do well in the exam?"
Chu Xia didn't answer the question of whether she was confident or not, she just said, "I can fill in three choices of schools. I want to fill in a good one and two conservative ones. If I can't get into the good one, I can go to an ordinary one. I have confidence that I can get into an ordinary one."
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei were also very happy to have the confidence to go to the ordinary level.
Wu Xuemei looked at Chu Xia and asked, "We don't really understand, so Xia Xia, which one do you want to apply for?"
Chuxia felt that discussing this in detail now would affect her meal a bit.
So she said again: "Let's talk about it after dinner."
Everyone is hungry when they get home from get off work.
So Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei didn't continue to talk to Chuxia in detail.
After finishing the meal, clearing away the dishes and wiping the table clean, Chuxia took out the enrollment catalog she had copied and put it on the dining table. She and Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei looked through the catalog while discussing which university and major to apply for.
Wu Xuemei followed up on the question she had asked before dinner: "Xia Xia, which good school do you plan to apply to?"
Chuxia was still a little embarrassed and felt a little nervous, so she cleared her throat and said in a very low voice, "Peking University."
The result was just as she expected. When Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei heard these two words, they immediately curled their lips and stared in shock.
Of course, they quickly put away their expressions, cleared their throats together, and tried to pretend to be calm. Tang Haikuan lowered his voice and tried to maintain his aura to coax Chu Xia: "Apply! Xia Xia wants to apply to Peking University! Then let's apply to Peking University!"
Seeing them like this, Chuxia couldn't help laughing.
Tang Haikuan continued to cooperate and asked: "What is that thing called filling in the major?"
Chu Xia pointed to the majors in the enrollment catalog and explained to him and Wu Xuemei: "These are the ones. They are similar to the subjects in high school, but you have to study them in depth. Physics, chemistry, geology, Chinese, philosophy, history, and so on."
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei nodded after listening.
Then Wu Xuemei looked at the catalog and said, "I think Chinese and history are good, and many people should learn them."
Tang Haikuan continued, "This library looks pretty good, maybe it's for research purposes."
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei thought about it for a while, but still had no definite idea.
They looked at Chu Xia again and asked Chu Xia: "Xia Xia, which one do you want to apply for?"
Chu Xia pointed to one and said, "This one."
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei looked at it for a while, then asked in confusion, "Economics? What is this? What is economics? I have never heard of it. Can anyone learn it? Will it be useful if they learn it?"
If Chu Xia hadn’t had the content of the novel in her mind, she would have naturally thought so.
Many people nowadays still don’t know what the term economics means, and of course there won’t be many candidates for the major. The popular majors nowadays are basic subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, Chinese, history and philosophy.
Not many people know what the use of learning this is.
Chuxia didn’t know how to explain this major to them, and she herself didn’t really understand it, after all, she had never been exposed to it.
So she changed her thinking and said, "Think about it, no one knows what this is, and no one knows what this is for, so there must be very few people who apply. Then, won't the competition be smaller? After all, this is Peking University."
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei thought this made a lot of sense.
So he nodded decisively and said, "Okay!"
Anyway, I didn't expect to pass the exam.
Chuxia couldn't help laughing again.
She looked at Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei and asked, "So that's how you fill in your first choice?"
Tang Haikuan once again forced himself to maintain his aura and said in a low voice: "Fill it in! Just fill it in like this!"
Chu Xia picked up the pen and smiled as she filled in her application. She then said, "I'm not Jiang Guanjie. Don't go out and tell others that I applied to Peking University. Otherwise, I won't even be able to leave the house in the future. Everyone will laugh at me when they see me."
Wu Xuemei said, "Don't worry, mom and dad understand. If you tell others about this, not only will you be laughed at, but we will be laughed at too. How can we make a fool of ourselves? Don't worry, I won't say a word."
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