However, the teacher didn't ask for any supplements for the children, so Qiu Yuling stopped thinking about it and ate whatever was available. She never ordered any dishes and only ate the standard portion.
The results came out on the second day, and both Qiu Yuling and Zhao Xiaotang entered the finals.
"Well done, both of you should keep a positive attitude. You should consciously strive to bring honor to the school and the county, and psychologically, you should think of this as a breakthrough in your life.
You should put pressure on yourself when you are studying, but when you are actually on the field, you should let go of the burden and go into battle lightly, understand?"
"I understand!" The two people answered in unison.
To be honest, without the Internet and news, even Qiu Yuling was not very confident, not to mention the native Zhao Xiaotang. They were better at overestimating unknown opponents because they didn't know their details.
The list of candidates for the re-examination was announced in the morning. In the afternoon, the three of them did not go anywhere. They rested quietly in the guesthouse for a day, trying their best to be in the best mental state for the next day.
At that time, the construction of the motherland was short of technical, academic and truly talented people in all aspects, so the questions were both biased and abstruse. Even if Qiu Yuling gave her all, she was not very confident about the results.
Zhao Xiaotang became even more depressed.
"It's okay. Just getting to this point is already quite remarkable. Of the more than 200 students who came to compete, more than half have already been eliminated in the preliminary round. Anyone who has made it this far should be proud of themselves."
They didn't have to wait here for the next results because the bus was at 5 a.m. the next day, so they had the whole afternoon free.
The teacher was worried about the two students moving around freely, especially Qiu Yuling, who was actually only the size of a normal elementary school student, so Wu Zirong insisted that they could only move around in groups.
After much thought, a teacher-student combination of three people is the most suitable for a place like a library.
The library in Lan City was the largest Qiu Yuling had ever seen. After entering the library, the three of them each wandered to the areas of their interest. Qiu Yuling discovered many interesting books, including those on agriculture, medicine, mathematics, literature, history, science, and engineering.
Fortunately, in this era of coupons, only places like Xinhua Bookstore allow you to spend money without coupons.
She picked out quite a few books, including a popular science book on paleontology, "Trilobites," a book on "Tao Te Ching," "San Yuan Zong Lu," and "Literature and History" published that year, and a book on "General Chemistry for Non-Chemical Engineering Majors."
Among them, she was most fascinated by "Huangdi Neijing Suwen" and "Jiajing Mahu Prefecture Records".
Qiu Yuling's books were tied up with cable ties, and the horizontal side of the books was facing her, so other than the chemistry book at the top, no one could find out much about what other books she had bought.
While her teacher and another classmate were still immersed in the ocean of knowledge and had no time to pay attention, she quickly took out a cloth bag made of folded scraps from her schoolbag, shook it open, put all the books in it, and then carried it. It was no longer conspicuous.
After paying, she did not go back in, but walked around outside. When she came back after a while, only the chemistry book was left in her schoolbag.
"Student Qiu, you bought a book!" Zhao Xiaotang was very envious. He had his eyes on the book "Advanced Mathematics", but he was short of money, so he just put it back where it belonged.
"Well, I like to read books when I have free time. By the way, classmate Zhao, didn't you pick any books?" Qiu Yuling regretted asking this question. She spoke too quickly.
You have to know that books during this period were not cheap, ranging from one or two yuan to dozens of yuan. So even without tickets, books were not in short supply. After all, you couldn't just buy something if you wanted to.
"Huh? Didn't both of you buy books?" Wu Zirong was holding the "Advanced Mathematics" that Zhao Xiaotang was very reluctant to part with.
One of them nodded and the other shook his head, but seeing that their backpacks were flat, the teacher did not ask any more questions. He just said that they had eaten their fill of spiritual food and it was time to take care of their physical needs.
"Come on, the teacher will take you to eat beef noodles. Eat and drink enough and have a good sleep. We will return tomorrow!"
A serving of beef noodles required one ounce of meat coupons and one ounce of grain coupons, plus 47 cents. If you added more meat or noodles, you only needed coupons.
Zhao Xiaotang clicked his tongue, feeling that it was too expensive. "Teacher, a bowl of plain noodles and a Baiji steamed bun will be enough for me."
Qiu Yuling also agreed. Today's meal was paid for by her teacher out of his own pocket. Not only was Zhao Xiaotang amazed, but Qiu Yuling also didn't want to eat too much.
"It's okay, the teacher can still afford a meal, just wait for the meal."
Wu Zirong ordered three bowls of beef noodles at the window, all of which were 200 grams of noodles, and also asked for six extra Baiji steamed buns.
When the noodles are served, the emerald green onions, the clear red soup base, the white capillary noodles, and the large slices of beef will instantly stimulate your taste buds.
The three of them were so engrossed in their eating that even the last bit of soup soaked into their steamed buns and was completely absorbed.
Even though Qiu Yuling ate too much, she only had one white cake left. Wu Zirong persuaded her, and Zhao Xiaotang ate it all.
The three of them came out burping with satisfaction, and walked back to the guesthouse with the help of the wall, preparing to return early the next morning.
The long-distance bus at that time didn't have sleeper berths, so it took a whole day of swaying ride to get to the county. None of them had watches, so they checked the old-fashioned wall clock at the bus station. It was already nine o'clock in the evening.
Zhao Xiaotang lived on campus and was relatively easy to settle in. Wu Zirong stopped worrying about him after seeing him enter the school gate. Qiu Yuling was a day student, so she had to work day and night to send her home before she could even finish her job.
"Teacher Wu, please come into the house and have some water. It's so dark. Please wait for a moment while I light a kerosene lamp for you." She had just been refusing the teacher's escort. After all, the teacher was a female teacher. If she sent her home at this time, the way back would be pitch black and unsafe.
"No need, Qiu Yuling. My home is near the elementary school. It's not far away. I'm familiar with the road. It's just a few steps away."
Qiu Yuling realized that her teacher felt it was inconvenient to return the kerosene lamp she had taken from her house, but she couldn't say that she didn't have to return it. When supplies were in short supply, being too generous was not a good thing.
"Then teacher, I will let my dog escort you. When you get home, it will be able to come back by itself." After saying this, Qiu Yuling called Wanjin and asked it to be the flower protector.
Qiu Yuling had been unable to refuse Wu Zirong just now, and Wu Zirong was unable to refuse his student's kindness either, so the man and the dog disappeared into the night.
"Yuling, has your teacher gone home? I rushed over like crazy, but just as I finished pouring the water, he left." The old lady was busy with her bound feet since her granddaughter knocked on the door.
"Grandma, don't be busy. Are you scared of being alone this week?"
"What are you afraid of, grandma? I'm already old, what is there to be afraid of?" Yuling's grandma couldn't help laughing when she heard that, but it was true that she was worried about her granddaughter.
I am worried that she is not warm enough, that she is unfamiliar with the place, and that she is not full, but I am not worried that she will not do well in the exam!
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