Chapter 35
To be fair, the difficulty of the test questions in the first few years after the resumption of the college entrance examination was simpler than those later.
The first subject was a Chinese language test. The first type of question was to fill in the blanks in the words. Some words had pinyin hints, such as "The illusory ------ (miao) of ------ (huan) scenery that appeared on the sea..." Then there were two types of questions: correcting incorrect sentences and pinyin for classical Chinese. There was no reading comprehension. Finally, there was a writing question. A short story was given and students were asked to write a review.
Chen Lanjun picked up the pen and started writing. These were not difficult for her. After finishing the composition, she checked the previous questions twice, but the reminder bell had not rung yet. There was no wall clock in the classroom at that time, so she relied on the bell to remind her. She didn't know how long it would take to finish, so she simply checked it again.
When the final bell rang and the papers were handed in, the originally silent candidates immediately burst into all kinds of noise.
Some people complained that they couldn't understand the short story given in the composition assignment, while others were worried that they didn't manage their test time well and didn't finish the composition well.
"It's all my fault that my family refused to buy me a watch," the classmate complained loudly, "so I don't know the time anymore."
Chen Lanjun glanced at her empty wrist, thinking that it would be more convenient to have a watch, otherwise she couldn't even accurately control the time. But now a watch is too expensive, the cheapest one costs at least 160 or 170 yuan. Before her rebirth, Chen Lanjun herself had traded in watches, and looking at the current watch prices, it was like a person who later looked back at a mobile phone worth tens of thousands of yuan after having a thousand-yuan PHS. He felt that it was not worth it, so he never bought one.
She answered the following exam subjects smoothly, and had time left after finishing almost every one of them. The most difficult one was mathematics, and as soon as the papers were handed out, some candidates sighed.
The first question was beyond the learning scope of many students at the time, and they had to factor the equation as required.
Chen Lanjun was amused when she saw it. The review materials she originally sold specifically covered this type of questions. Later, the school made a lot of money and "borrowed" this point when printing the review outline, so most of the students in the county's No. 1 Middle School had done similar questions.
Sure enough, several students from the county’s No. 1 Middle School in the examination room smiled slightly, which was very different from the expressions of other students.
The exam lasted for three days in total. After handing in the last test paper, Chen Lanjun breathed a sigh of relief.
Judging from her answers, she should be able to get into Mingde University.
The candidates, either excited or depressed, packed up their papers and pens and walked out of the examination room. Some middle-aged candidates were quicker, presumably because they had things to do at home.
Sitting in front of Chen Lanjun was a middle-aged woman. After finishing the exam, she immediately packed up her things. In her haste, a pen fell to the ground and rolled to Chen Lanjun's feet.
Chen Lanjun bent down to pick up the pen and handed it to her elder sister: "Are you in a hurry to go back?"
"Thank you. I am really anxious." The elder sister smiled helplessly. "I brought my little daughter here to take the college entrance examination. She is temporarily with the school cafeteria staff. I have to go over and take a look."
Canteen staff? Chen Lanjun asked, "Is it Uncle Ge's place?"
"Yes, that's it."
Out of curiosity, Chen Lanjun followed her elder sister to Uncle Ge's place. When they entered the house, they saw two or three children. Uncle Ge was holding a child in his arms, crying loudly.
The eldest sister said with concern: "Don't cry, mom is here." Then she took the child and coaxed him.
Uncle Ge felt relieved, "Fortunately the exam is over."
Chen Lanjun smiled and said, "Uncle is working as a childcare worker part-time today?"
"What can we do?" Uncle Ge smiled and shook his head. "We can help if we can. For these candidates, their families don't have time to look after their children, so they can only bring their children here."
As he was speaking, another candidate came running over and expressed his gratitude to Uncle Ge profusely.
"Thank you so much. The child's father is also taking the college entrance examination today. He is in another examination hall, which is quite far away. I can only bring him here. Thank you for taking care of him."
"It's okay, the exam is important."
Uncle Ge turned around and said to Chen Lanjun with emotion, "It's not easy for everyone. When the college entrance examination was just resumed the year before last, there was a young mother who came to take the exam with her still-weaned child. I had no choice but to take care of her and make some rice soup for her. Hey, I still have some rice soup on the stove. Have some! You must be hungry after taking such a long exam."
"Don't bother," Chen Lanjun said hurriedly, "I have an appointment with my classmates to have dinner together later, so I came to see you."
After saying goodbye to Uncle Ge, she turned and walked out.
I made an appointment with Cao Hongyao and others before the exam to meet at the Second State-owned Restaurant in front of the school after the exam.
Because of the delay, Chen Lanjun was the last to arrive. When Xiaonian saw her, he started to tease her and said, "The last one to arrive should have a soda."
"Okay." Chen Lanjun readily ordered a glass bottle of soda for each person. When the bottle opener was opened, bubbles popped out.
"To the College Entrance Examination——Cheers——"
"cheers!"
A few orange soda bottles collide together, giving a very summery feeling.
Chen Lanjun rode her bike quickly and took two gulps of soda. The cool air overcame the heat and she felt refreshed.
Liu Li smiled and asked, "How did you do on the exam?"
"good."
"I was just comparing answers with Cao Hongyao. What was your answer to the last math question?"
"Hey, I don't know the answer."
Chen Lanjun deliberately covered her ears to express her attitude.
“You are…”
"Okay," Cao Hongyao said with a smile, "That's not right. Anyway, Sister Lan will definitely be fine. Did you fill in Mingde University?"
"Yes!" Chen Lanjun nodded.
Liu Li hooked his arm around her shoulders and laughed, "Okay, we will definitely continue to be college classmates. You and Xiaonian can go to the north."
"Yanjing is in the north, so how come the Shanghai I filled in is also in the north?" Xiaonian retorted.
"It doesn't matter. Above Lingnan is all north."
Everyone chatted, ate and drank soda, and when they walked out of the state-owned restaurant, the sky was already full of rosy clouds. A warm evening breeze blew in the face, and Liu Li was reminded by the wind and said, "Oh, by the way, I heard another good song a few days ago, which is just right for this scene, I'll sing it for you."
She cleared her throat and sang, "Young friends, let's meet today, rowing our boats, with the warm wind blowing gently..."
The most popular song in 1980, "Young Friends Come to Meet"
Chen Lanjun also sang: "Who does this beautiful springtime belong to? It belongs to me, it belongs to you, and it belongs to our new generation of the 1980s."
We will meet again in twenty years.
Great Motherland
How beautiful it would be
The sky is new, the earth is new
Spring is brighter
Cities and villages are shining everywhere
Ah dear friends
Let us raise our glasses with pride
Stand tall with your chest raised and smile
Glory belongs to the new generation of the 1980s
…
Eighty years later, the new generation slept for the last night in the dormitory before going their separate ways.
Chen Lanjun rode her bicycle leisurely towards home. The weather was good, the clouds were so low that you could touch them with your hand, and cicadas were chirping all the way.
"Mom, I'm back!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zheng Mei, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, poked her head out and looked over. After confirming that Chen Lanjun was smiling, instead of looking gloomy like she did last year, Zheng Mei pursed her lips and said, "It's good that you're back, Lao Chen, pull up the watermelon from the well."
The green-skinned watermelon that had been hanging in the well all night was pulled out and cut open with a knife. The fresh fragrance and coolness of the watermelon hit me in the face.
Chen Zhisheng picked the reddest part in the middle of the watermelon, cut a piece and handed it to Chen Lanjun.
Chen Lanjun held the melon, took a big bite, and looked around: "Where's my little sister?"
"It's not vacation yet. Her school is not an exam venue. It will be another week before summer vacation."
Zheng Mei took a large palm-leaf fan and looked at her second daughter with pride: "How was it? Did you do well in the exam?"
"good."
Zheng Mei smiled and said, "If you say it's good, then it must be very good."
“There’s always school.”
"That's good, you can take a break."
The dinner was so sumptuous that Chen Lanjun was a little surprised when she sat down at the table. There was a steamed fish, a bowl of steamed pork with rice flour, a portion of chicken in lotus leaves, and a pot of lotus root and pork ribs soup with stir-fried vegetables.
"Wow, the food is so good."
"Double happiness, of course it's good." Chen Zhisheng said with a smile as he poured the sweet wine.
"The completion of the college entrance examination is one of my good news, but is there another good news?" Chen Lanjun asked.
Chen Zhisheng pointed at Zheng Mei and said, "Look, the village chief is sitting in front of you."
Zheng Mei groaned, and said shyly, "Oh, what are you talking about?"
Chen Lanjun smiled and hugged her: "Okay, I am the village chief's daughter now, haha."
"What?" Zheng Mei said with a smile, "Anyway, there is one benefit. You don't have to worry about your family anymore."
Zheng Mei held her hand and said, "You've been busy reviewing these days and haven't had a good rest! Now it's all right. Sleep comfortably at home for half a month. When the notice comes, Mom will prepare a wedding banquet for you."
Chen Lanjun just smiled and said nothing. She went to get some rice wine and said, "Come on, Mom and Dad, I toast to you."
After eating, drinking, chatting and laughing, Chen Lanjun expressed her plan:
"I plan to take a break for two days and go to Pengcheng City to see the friend Ajing I told you about before."
Chen Zhisheng frowned and said, "Second sister, you don't need to work hard to make money now. Mom and Dad have prepared it for you."
"It's not just to make money," Chen Lanjun said, "I also want to go there and take a look."
"You still have to wait for the results to be announced."
"What's mine is mine. If it's not mine, there's no point in keeping it."
Chen Zhisheng had nothing to say, so he just went to see his wife.
Zheng Mei frowned and thought for a moment.
The second sister was her own, and she knew in her heart that she was a bird that could not be caged. Although she seemed very easy-going on the surface, if she really made up her mind, she would definitely overcome all difficulties to do things. Last time, she tried to lock someone up, but the second sister still ran away, and she ran quite well.
She was so anxious that her heart was about to jump out, afraid that something might happen to this girl, so she immediately ran to the county and sent a telegram to Shen Mudan.
Zheng Mei didn’t sleep well until she received Shen Mudan’s reply “Received Lan, An”.
If I don't agree, who knows what this little ancestor will do. Forget it, this girl is so smart and clever, if I really want to go and see, then go and see.
Thinking of this, Zheng Mei nodded: "Okay, let's just treat it as a trip there. Just be careful."
"Of course. I plan to ask my cousin to go with me," said Chen Lanjun.
"That's good, we'll have someone to look after us," Zheng Mei said. "Zhao Hong is so tall, he can scare people when he stands there, that's good."
Seeing that her parents didn't particularly object, Chen Lanjun hesitated for a moment before speaking: "Actually, besides Ajing, there's another person I want to meet there."
Zheng Mei and Chen Zhisheng looked at each other.
Then, they heard their second daughter lightly drop a bombshell.
"Actually, Big Sister is not dead, right?"
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