Chapter 23 Passers-by in the Seventies 15
When it comes to eloquence, Li Chaoyang is not as good as Zhu Minghua.
But when it comes to the audibility of what he sees and hears, Zhu Minghua is far inferior to Li Chaoyang.
When he was chatting with Ke Xiaoxia before, he also mentioned the flag-raising ceremonies at the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and Tiananmen Square.
But he said it straightforwardly, and added: "I'll take you to see it when the time comes."
Although Ke Xiaoxia was listening with great interest, she was not as engrossed as when Li Chaoyang was talking now.
Zhu Minghua compared himself with Li Chaoyang in his mind and decided not to do anything fancy and to be extra nice to Ke Xiaoxia.
After what happened tonight, the relationship between them seemed to be brought closer.
But good times are always short-lived.
After the Chinese New Year, Zhou Yang will go to the army, and Zhou Baoer will also have to go to the commune to go to school every day, leaving home early and returning late.
Ke Xiaoxia also continued to serve as her teaching assistant.
Time quickly came to the summer of 1977.
At this time, Zhou Baoer had already gone to the county town to attend high school.
After almost two years of good life, Ke Xiaoxia has grown a lot taller.
When the news came that the college entrance examination would be resumed, the entire educated youth site was in an uproar.
Zhu Minghua and Li Chaoyang had family connections, so they knew the news earlier than other educated youth.
In addition, because they had to teach Ke Xiaoxia in the past two years, they could be said to have been reviewing the material all the time, so it was easier for them to pick it up than for others.
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The educated youth at the educated youth point have become very restless recently, as if a stone was thrown into a pool of stagnant water, causing ripples, and they cannot calm down.
The team leader knew it was impossible to let them go to work with peace of mind at this time, so he said it directly.
"If this news is true, and you want to give it a try, the team will definitely not stop you. But now we haven't confirmed whether it is true or not. Are you going to starve without food or water in the future?"
"If the news is confirmed and will not change, then I will give you a holiday so that you can study hard. Now you should concentrate on your work."
Not long after the captain said those words, the document confirming the resumption of the college entrance examination came down.
The team leader kept his word and gave the educated youth at the educated youth site a holiday.
School classes were also suspended.
Ke Xiaoxia stood at the Ke family's house and took the initiative to express her wishes for the first time.
“I want to take the college entrance examination.”
Grandma Ke didn't say anything.
Mother Ke doubted, "Xiao Xia, this is no joke. You haven't been to school properly, so you want to take the college entrance examination. Can you do it?"
Ke Xiaoxia said firmly: "I can do it. Although I have never been to school properly, my teachers Zhu Minghua and Li Chaoyang both graduated from high school with good grades. With their guidance, I will definitely be able to pass the exam."
She didn't mind giving all the credit to Zhu Minghua and Li Chaoyang as long as she could take the college entrance examination.
"Even if you pass the exam, our family doesn't have the money to support you."
This time it was my aunt who spoke.
There was none of the sarcasm and ridicule from before, just a very ordinary tone.
Ke Xiaoxia smiled and explained, "It's different when you go to college. You don't have to pay tuition. I heard from Zhu Minghua that the school will also give you living expenses."
Anyway, they might not ask Zhu Minghua, so Ke Xiaoxia didn't mind dragging Zhu Minghua out and putting the blame on him for things that she shouldn't know.
The eldest aunt was surprised: "So good, you don't want money but give money?"
"Yeah, it's really nice to be able to go to school."
Maybe it’s because not only do you not have to pay tuition to go to college, you also get living expenses.
It could also be because if Ke Xiaoxia really passed the exam, it would be a source of pride for the Ke family to tell others that they had a college student?
In short, the Ke family agreed to let Ke Xiaoxia take the college entrance examination.
Even if they disagree, Ke Xiaoxia will insist.
But Ke Xiaoxia still felt touched by the support of her family.
They study in the scorching summer and go to take exams in the biting north wind.
This winter seems to be particularly cold.
The cold wind is raging and everything is depressed.
But their hearts were burning with passion and their eyes were filled with hope.
Winter is here, can spring be far behind?
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After the exam, there is a long wait.
Waiting is a very difficult thing, but Ke Xiaoxia's mood was calmer than ever before.
She chose the capital, but not the two famous universities, but a normal university, with a long list of others behind it. In short, she couldn't fill in just one.
Ke Xiaoxia felt that she would definitely be admitted.
This confidence probably comes from the learning experience in the previous life.
She has been working hard all her life.
Although she was confident, when the admission letter came in her hands, Ke Xiaoxia couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Sister Xiao Xia, you passed the exam."
Ke Xiaoqiu's voice was loud and full of surprise, and there was also an element of intentional showing off to others.
"Well, I passed the exam."
Many people from their team passed the exam, but the ones who received the admission letters first were the educated youth from the educated youth site.
Ke Xiaoxia is the first local in their village to receive an admission letter.
Soon after, Zhou Baoer, Li Chaoyang, Zhu Minghua and Zhou Rong all received their admission letters.
These four people are not only good at studying, but also have a halo. Naturally, their wishes are to go to those two famous universities.
Among them, Li Chaoyang had the best results and was the top scorer in their province.
Not only did the leaders from the county come, but the leaders from the city also came and personally gave Li Chaoyang a bonus.
Some of them were admitted, but compared with Li Chaoyang's 300, they only had 50.
Ke Xiaoxia really needs this 50 yuan.
No one in the Ke family cared about the 50 yuan. Ke Xiaoxia was able to get into university because the Ke family did not contribute anything and could not contribute anything.
Now that Ke Xiaoxia is going to college, they naturally cannot hold them back.
The day before leaving, Ke's mother stuffed five yuan into Ke Xiaoxia's pocket and said, "I don't have much money, so take these five yuan."
Ke Xiaoxia shook her head: "I already have 50 yuan, you should keep the five yuan yourself."
Mother Ke didn't care about all that and insisted that Ke Xiaoxia take it.
After Ke Xiaoxia accepted it, Ke's mother spoke again: "Xiaoxia, what do you think? Zhu Zhiqing came from the city. He didn't say it before. Now that he has returned to the city, he must go home."
"We are from the countryside, we don't have much, but you are the only one who is lucky enough to get into college. What if his family doesn't like you?"
In the past two years, they have seen how good Zhu Minghua is to Ke Xiaoxia. They basically tacitly accepted that the two were dating and did not say anything.
We plan to wait until Ke Xiaoxia is a little older before getting married.
But who would have thought that the educated youth could now return to the city?
Although Ke's mother thought it was amazing that Ke Xiaoxia was admitted to university, what if others looked down on their family for being incompetent?
Mother Ke is really worried.
Ke Xiaoxia didn’t think that much at all.
It is true that she is somewhat partial to Zhu Minghua, but she has also decided that now that she is old enough, she is ready to be with Zhu Minghua.
But Ke Xiaoxia didn’t think about anything else.
What if the Zhu family looks down on their family and disagrees?
"It's okay if you don't like it. This is how our family is. I grew up here since I was a child."
"If they look down on me, it only means that they themselves are not good enough. Who would want to be looked up to by them?"
"Anyway, I've been admitted to university, and I will definitely work hard to make our family better."
The reason why Ke Xiaoxia could speak so casually was that, in the final analysis, she was more grateful to Zhu Minghua than she liked him.
The appearance of Zhu Minghua undoubtedly solved many problems for her.
It's impossible to say I don't like it at all.
She is not a rock, how could she not be moved at all?
Like it, but more of a thank you.
I am not only grateful to Zhu Minghua, but also to Li Chaoyang and Zhou Yang.
They all helped her a lot.
Ke Xiaoxia thought about Li Chaoyang and Zhou Yang, feeling quite complicated.
It didn't matter since Zhou Yang was far away.
Li Chaoyang...
Ke Xiaoxia sighed inwardly.
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