Wen Kai scored 569 points in the college entrance examination, 31 points higher than the first-tier score for science majors.
This is actually a rather embarrassing score. If he could get 580 points, he would have more universities and majors to choose from - after all, Wen Kai wanted to go to university in Beijing.
Universities in Beijing have never had trouble recruiting students, which also leads to the admission score for ordinary first-class universities in Beijing being higher than that of similar universities elsewhere. With 569 points, the choice of going to a university in Beijing is relatively narrow, and Wen Kai himself is not very satisfied with it.
Chen Ru made some sarcastic remarks to Wen Ying, and Wen Ying was speechless.
They are all members of the Wen family, and Wen Kai is not a top-notch person. Wen Kai has a good future, so shouldn't she be happy for Wen Kai?
If Wen Kai is a good-for-nothing who has accomplished nothing, her mother should be worried. At that time, her father will have to help his nephew!
Wen Ying took a bus back to her hometown early the next morning.
All the relatives of the Wen family gathered at Uncle Wen Ying's house. Uncle Wen Ying's wife Zhu Meiqun was both happy and worried. She was happy that her son Wen Kai did not disappoint his parents and passed the college entrance examination and became a prospective college student.
Although the family moved from the countryside to the city, Zhu Meiqun and her husband's jobs were not as decent as Chen Ru and Wen Dongrong's. The couple were also hardworking, but they lost because of their starting point in education.
If you are poor, you should read more. The Wen family knows this truth. After all, there is a ready-made example. The Wen family was originally farmers who made a living from the soil. It was all thanks to Wen Dongrong's ability to read that he settled in the city and brought his whole family to the city. It can be said that he is a model of how reading can change one's destiny. With such an example, Zhu Meiqun and his wife have always attached great importance to their children's education.
When Wen Dongrong asked the couple to move to the city, Uncle Wen was reluctant to leave the family's land, so Wen Dongrong asked the couple if they wanted Wen Kai to stay in the countryside and farm when he grew up. Zhu Meiqun made up her mind and moved to the city.
At that time, Wen Kai was nine years old and attended elementary school in the town. After Zhu Meiqun and his wife moved to the city, Wen Kai also transferred to the city. The couple was reluctant to spend the money they earned and lived a very frugal life, even to the point of being stingy.
This kind of frugality is useful, otherwise how can they save money to buy a house?
In 2000, the winery where Uncle Wen worked was doing well. The factory bought land and built a number of houses, which were sold to old employees at an internal price. Uncle Wen had worked at the winery for five years and was eligible to buy a house. The couple used their savings to buy a house. Only then did the family truly gain a foothold in the city.
In order to settle down in the city, Zhu Meiqun usually saves as much as possible. She can go three or four years without buying a new piece of clothing. The person she spends the most money on is Wen Kai. In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, Zhu Meiqun tries her best to ensure that Wen Kai is not much different from the students in the city.
Fortunately, Wen Kai was sensible and hardworking. He had no need to buy branded clothes and no bad hobbies. Apart from tuition and miscellaneous fees, Zhu Meiqun and her husband had to pay for some tutoring fees at most. Wen Kai followed the crowd and enrolled in tutoring classes during the winter and summer vacations. Several teachers taught a group of students, and the fees were far less than those charged by the key tutors in Rongcheng Province.
As soon as the college entrance examination score line came out, her son Wen Kai scored 569 points, 31 points higher than the first-level score line for science. Zhu Meiqun walked with the wind.
This child is really promising!
It was worth it for her and the child’s father’s efforts over the years, and it was worth it for Wen Kai’s own serious investment in learning.
This is Zhu Meiqun’s joy.
What worried her was that Wen Kai himself was not so satisfied with the score of 569. He felt that the score was neither high nor low. As soon as the score line came out, Wen Kai had the idea of repeating the year.
As soon as Wen Ying entered the room, Zhu Meiqun called her:
"Go persuade your brother Kai later. If he can get accepted, just go and study. He can repeat a year. It's not that our family can't afford it, but I'm worried that the pressure will be too great for him!"
The pressure on high school students is great, and the pressure on repeaters is even greater.
Some people who repeated the year did indeed perform better than the previous year, but some also lost their mentality and performed worse than the previous year.
Generally, those who choose to repeat their studies are those whose scores are below the junior college level but they don’t want to go to college, so they repeat their studies for a year to try to get into a bachelor’s degree, or those whose scores are below the first-tier universities but they are neither high nor low, so they simply repeat their studies for a year to try to get into a first-tier university.
Her son was very ambitious, and as a mother, Zhu Meiqun felt mixed emotions, so much so that she grabbed Wen Ying who had just entered the house and started chatting with her.
Fortunately, Wen Ying was caught. If this was said in front of Chen Ru, Chen Ru would probably think that Zhu Meiqun was showing off.
Wen Ying was quite surprised.
Does my cousin want to repeat the year?
She really didn't know about this.
At this time in her previous life, she was in Chengdu. She failed the high school entrance examination and her parents felt ashamed. Wen Kai was admitted to a key university. Comparing the two, when Wen Kai applied for university, her parents did not let her go back to her hometown - another reason was that in her previous life, Wen Kai finally gave up the idea of repeating the year and went to university in another province.
"I'll go ask Brother Kai!"
Wen Ying greeted the relatives and elders in the living room and went into Wen Kai's room. When she closed the door, she faintly heard the relatives say that she had lost some weight and become more generous. Wen Ying was very happy.
Wen Kai's room has a distinctly masculine atmosphere. There are posters of Hong Kong and Taiwan stars on the wall, and a large bookshelf filled with all kinds of books, including textbooks, teaching aids, magazines, novels, and singers' tapes. Zhu Meiqun and his wife do not interfere with how Wen Kai decorates the room, and they don't care what books Wen Kai reads when he is alone in the room... In her previous life, Wen Ying envied her cousin so much that she wished she could exchange parents with him.
"Brother Kai!"
Wen Kai handed over the Walkman, "Do you want to listen?"
Wen Ying put on her earphones. Wen Kai was listening to Jay Chou's songs. Wen Ying couldn't help but hum a few lines along with the melody. Wen Kai smiled and said, "Did my mom ask you to persuade me not to repeat the grade?"
Wen Ying took off her earplugs and asked, "What do you think?"
"I want to repeat my senior year. You know I've always wanted to go to university in Beijing. 569 points won't get me into a good university. Instead of leaving regrets, I might as well repeat another year and give it a try."
Wen Kai is actually a very ambitious and opinionated person.
He is not a particularly talented student. He was able to get into the first-tier universities because of his hard work and seriousness. The reason why he couldn't score better was somewhat affected by the teaching quality in his small place.
The saying that gold shines wherever it goes is no longer suitable for modern society. In 2004, it was common to hear that high school students from small towns were admitted to Huaqing University and Peking University. Later on, such news reports became less and less... In fact, even in 2004, candidates from small towns who were admitted to Huaqing University and Peking University were reported, which is enough to show that they are rare cases.
Wen Ying didn't know what made Wen Kai give up repeating his senior year in his previous life and choose a university somewhere else as a second choice, but Wen Kai was not joking when he said that he just wanted to go to university in Beijing. In his previous life, Wen Kai eventually passed the entrance exam to become a graduate student in Beijing, and after graduation he stayed in Beijing to work and settled down in Beijing.
"Brother Kai, do you think you can handle the consequences of failing the grade again? Regardless of whether you repeat the grade or not, I support your decision."
Zhu Meiqun would probably be unhappy to hear this. She had originally hoped that Wen Ying would persuade Wen Kai, but Wen Ying instead clearly supported Wen Kai.
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