June 24th.
Early in the morning of that day, many people were waiting in front of the phone to check their scores.
Zhang Li is one of them.
Unlike the Liu family, who had access to the Internet and bought computers a few years ago, Zhang Li's family had neither computers nor the Internet, so she could only check her scores by phone like Wang Jingqi did.
The time for checking the college entrance examination scores has been announced by Anhui Province, which is after 10 o'clock in the morning on the 24th.
Zhang Li glanced at the clock on the wall. It was only 8:23:48 in the morning.
8:23:49
8:23:50,
8:23:51,
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Zhang Li watched the second hand on the wall move little by little, and silently counted the numbers in her heart. At this time, Zhang Li looked at the clock with a somewhat empty look, but it could be seen that she was a little nervous at the moment, and she didn't know what she was thinking.
After the college entrance examination, she gained some confidence because after the exam, she went to school again and, together with other classmates, asked her class teacher who was still in school to estimate their scores.
After the others estimated their scores, their faces looked unhappy, because the highest score among them was only 490.
The head teacher consoled him, "490 is fine. This score would have been enough to get into a third-tier university last year! And there are errors in the estimated scores! Maybe when the final results come out, the score will be higher than 490?"
After Zhang Li estimated her score, she felt that her heart beat slightly faster.
"Teacher Zhang!" Zhang Li opened her mouth and called softly.
"What's wrong, Zhang Li? Have you estimated the score?" The head teacher turned around, looked at his favorite student with a friendly face, and asked softly.
Zhang Li nodded. "Teacher Zhang, I've made my estimate. I gave it 523 points."
As soon as Zhang Li finished speaking, Teacher Zhang said in surprise, "Really? Are you sure it's 530 points? Is this score correct?"
Facing the teacher's question, Zhang Li nodded gently, "This is about the score. There shouldn't be any problem. I gave the score based on what you said."
"Yes, if you are sure there is no problem, according to your score, even if there is an error, if you use last year's score line as a reference, you should not have any problem getting into a second-tier university! I guess this year's score line should not be much different from last year's!" Teacher Zhang said excitedly.
Teacher Zhang's words gave Zhang Li a shot of confidence, making her more confident.
"A second-tier university!" Zhang Li sighed in her heart.
Once upon a time, this goal was so far away. But now, this goal is so close to her.
Yes, there is only 1 hour, 23 minutes and 32 seconds left to achieve this goal. Zhang Li glanced at the time on the wall again, thinking with a little trepidation.
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Zhang Li stared at the clock in a daze. When the hand finally reached 10 o'clock, she couldn't wait to pick up the admission ticket beside her, took out the mobile phone from her pocket, and started dialing the number to check the scores.
Zhang Li didn't know why her fingers pressing the buttons on her mobile phone were trembling inexplicably, as if she was expecting something, but also as if she was afraid.
After finally hearing the prompt tone of "Please enter the admission ticket number" on the phone, Zhang Li was a little afraid to enter it.
Finally, Zhang Li made up her mind and entered the admission ticket number one digit at a time.
It was still a mechanical reminder tone. Hearing the reminder on the phone, Zhang Li quickly picked up the pen and started to write down, "Chinese: 109, Mathematics: 95, English: 92, Liberal Arts: 214. Your total college entrance examination score: 510 points."
Zhang Li's eyes widened.
510?
I scored 510? ! ! !
Zhang Li ran downstairs and shouted to her mother who was washing vegetables and preparing to cook, "Mom! I got 510! I got 510!!!"
Zhang's mother, who was washing vegetables, heard her daughter's cry and quickly dropped the vegetables in her hands and walked out of the kitchen.
Seeing her daughter running towards her with a piece of paper in her hand with a happy look on her face, Zhang's mother hurriedly wiped the water off her hands on her body, then hurriedly took the paper handed over by Zhang Li and examined it carefully.
"Chinese, 109; Math, 95," Zhang's mother glanced at her equally happy daughter, and said in surprise, "510?! What's the score this year? Second? Or third?!"
Zhang Li was stunned for a moment, "I haven't seen it yet, wait a minute, Mom!"
Then, Zhang Li picked up her mobile phone and started searching quickly.
Then Zhang's mother saw that her daughter's face had turned pale from ecstasy.
"What's wrong? Say something!" Zhang's mother realized something was wrong and asked hurriedly.
Zhang Li was stunned on the spot. After hearing her mother's question, she came back to her senses. Looking at her mother who was looking at her anxiously, Zhang Li smiled a smile that was not much better than crying. "Mom, 510, this year, I can't even get into a third-tier university."
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"Hey, eat quickly, don't be sad, what's the point of being sad?!" Zhang's mother picked up a piece of vegetable for Zhang Li with chopsticks and complained, "What were you doing earlier? You could have scored a few more points! What does your score mean now? Even if you get into a third-tier university, what's the use?"
"The tuition fee for a third-tier university is 10,000 to 20,000 yuan a year. Can your family afford to support you with the money your dad earns from working outside?!"
Zhang Li was speechless after hearing her mother's complaint. She stared blankly at the green vegetables in the bowl, saying nothing.
At this moment, bursts of firecrackers suddenly came from outside, attracting the attention of the mother and daughter in the house.
"Don't look at it! What are you looking at!" Zhang's mother suddenly said, "That was played by the old Liu family in front! His daughter Liu Lin just found out not long ago that she scored 613 in the college entrance examination this year!"
"How did they study? How did you study? They didn't score as high as you in the high school entrance exam! How come they can score over 600 now, but you can't even get into a third-tier university!"
These words deeply hurt Zhang Li's heart, and tears silently flowed from the corners of her eyes.
"Cry, cry, cry, just cry! Call your dad this afternoon and ask him whether he will let you repeat the year or go straight to a better college!"
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Li Yangyang has felt extremely comfortable recently.
Ever since Li Yangyang found the "solution" cleverly like she did in the previous mock exam before the college entrance examination, she felt extremely relieved.
Originally, Li Yangyang still had some doubts about the level of the middle school student named Pang Huaian, but when the other party handed in his paper early in the first exam, Li Yangyang was sure that he had found the right person!
Especially when the candidate named Pang Huaian really did as he wished and spread out his papers in the mathematics, English and liberal arts exams so that Li Yangyang could learn from them as much as possible, Li Yangyang was so happy that he almost laughed out loud in the examination room.
Because of this, Li Yangyang paid a full 1,500 yuan for it.
This made Li Yangyang feel a little distressed, but when she thought that this was an important college entrance examination, the pain was relieved a lot.
After returning home, Li Yangyang felt much more confident when facing her parents' questions.
"There will be no problem with this exam! It's super easy! I'm confident!" Li Yangyang replied with his back straightened.
Seeing Li Yangyang so confident, Li Yangyang's parents also became more confident. So, in their village, Li Yangyang's parents can be seen visiting the streets every day, constantly telling the neighbors that their son will definitely be admitted to a key university in the college entrance examination.
Li Yangyang felt a little uncomfortable at first when she saw her parents being so high-profile.
But after a long time, Li Yangyang also believed that he was really the right material.
but.......
At Li Yangyang's home, the whole family gathered around the computer. Looking at the grades on the computer, Li Yangyang's face turned pale.
"What's going on! Why are the results so poor?!" Li Yangyang's mother yelled beside them.
Li Yangyang's father turned his head and looked at Li Yangyang with a serious expression, and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on? Explain it to me."
The results on the computer clearly read, 'Candidate: Li Yangyang'
'Chinese: 90; Mathematics: 82; English: 62; Comprehensive liberal arts: 156; Total score: 390. '
Li Yangyang did not answer his father's question.
He just kept mumbling to himself.
"That's not right. That's impossible. I obviously got insurance, so why is it so low? This is not right."
Suddenly, Li Yangyang grabbed her mother's hand and said, "Mom! I know! Someone must have switched my test paper! It must be true!"