The examination was held at the county high school. In order to express support for the wives of military personnel, the army specially arranged a military truck to take the candidates to the exam on the day of the college entrance examination.
Despite this, Zong Shao still took a day off on the first day of Lin Wei's exam. He got up early in the morning to cook noodles and fried two poached eggs.
This was clearly proposed.
On the midterm and final exam days of each semester, Lin Wei would cook a bowl of noodles and fry two poached eggs for the brothers to congratulate them on getting a perfect score of 100.
Although Mingming is not like Ruirui who always gets full marks in exams, he has always believed in this ritual. Now it is Lin Wei's turn to take the exam. Before going to bed last night, he specifically told Zong Shao to cook full marks noodles for his mother!
After eating noodles, Zong Shao took his three children to send Lin Wei to take the exam.
The truck arranged by the army was parked at the entrance of the family quarters. They arrived neither too early nor too late, and almost half of the wives of the soldiers who were going to take the exam had arrived.
As the exam approached, the wives of the military officers had different reactions. Some sat on stools and made the most of their time to practice questions, some held books and memorized knowledge points, or some gathered together to discuss possible exam questions.
In addition to those who want to learn as much as possible before the exam, there are also those who do not get on the bus as the exam month approaches, in order to avoid disturbing others, and just stand below and chat and laugh.
Seeing the family coming over, a military wife asked, "Captain Zong, you didn't go to the camp today?"
"I've asked for leave." Zong Shao said.
Mingming specifically explained: "Today is Mom's first day of the exam, and Dad and we have to send Mom to the examination room!" Because there were many teachers taking the exam at the Military District Primary School, the school temporarily gave her two days off, so Mingming and Ruirui could also go with her to send Lin Wei off.
Beibei was his brother's yes-man, imitating his last sentence and saying, "We have to send mom to the examination room!"
"Wow, you are all so well behaved." The other party laughed and said to Lin Wei, "Captain Zong is really good to you. The one in my family doesn't have such a heart."
Other military wives echoed: "Not only your wife is like this, my wife is like this too."
Someone else said, "Don't even mention sending me to take the exam. He's been discouraging me every day these days, saying that even if I sign up for the college entrance exam I won't get a good score, and told me not to waste my time. The more he says that, the more I want him to see if I can pass it." The military wife had just come out of the family quarters, and when she heard what they were talking about, she complained, then got on the military truck, opened her textbook and started reading.
The military truck set off on time at seven o'clock, but there were two fewer people on the truck than in the previous class, and they all gave up the exam.
This news made the candidates sitting on the truck feel solemn. The military wives who were originally chatting and laughing stopped talking. Everyone picked up their books and started reading. Only the voices of a few children could be heard in the car.
Ruirui lowered his voice and asked, "Mom, why can they not take the exam?" School exams do not allow absenteeism, so he was very confused.
Lin Wei explained: "The college entrance examination is different from school exams. No one will force them to take the exam. It all depends on their own choice."
"Then why don't they take the exam?" Ruirui asked again.
Lin Wei shook her head: "Mom doesn't know, maybe something happened."
Ruirui lowered her head and murmured, "This is it."
When we arrived at the county high school, the exam had not started yet. Because documents and materials would be confiscated before entering the examination room, everyone did not go in early and continued studying in the car.
Zong Shao saw this and asked Lin Wei in a low voice: "Do you want to read a book too?"
Lin Wei also brought notes with her, but she had already memorized the contents of the notes by heart. This behavior was more to increase her sense of security. If she didn't take the time to flip through the books before entering the examination room, she would always feel empty inside.
But because Zong Shao and the children were there, she had no intention of looking at the notes until he brought it up. She thought about it and said, "Okay, I'll take a look at the notes."
Because Lin Wei opened her notes, the three children who were originally talking together became quiet. Although they did not quite understand the importance of the college entrance examination, they knew that this exam was very important to their mother.
Seeing that there were fifteen minutes left before the exam, Lin Wei closed her notebook, checked her admission ticket, paper and pen one last time to make sure everything was alright, kissed each of the children on the cheek, gave Zong Shao a hug, and turned to walk towards the exam room.
When the other military wives saw this, they all showed envious smiles on their faces. Although they had said so before, they didn't really feel the need for their family to send them off.
It was not until they saw Lin Wei saying goodbye to her family that they realized they also needed a hug.
But no one came from home, so they could only breathe a sigh of relief and follow them towards the school gate.
The first exam was politics, which was Lin Wei's strong point. To be more precise, all subjects that required memorization were her strong points, so she was so calm this morning.
The question was not difficult for Lin Wei. In fact, it was not just Lin Wei who thought so, most people thought so.
When the movement was at its most severe, people would begin their sentences with "a great man said this", and when they took the job entrance examination to enter a workplace, they could skip other subjects but not politics.
It can be said that politics was the only subject that was not neglected during the vast majority of NPC movements.
After the exam started, everyone started writing furiously.
Lin Wei didn't write fast, but she didn't write slow either. She finished the test paper half an hour ahead of time, then checked it again. After confirming that there were no problems, she closed her pen and waited for the exam to be over.
The first subject gave many people confidence. When Lin Wei left the school, several military wives she met had smiles on their faces, and it was obvious that they had done well in the exam.
As soon as we walked out of the school gate, Zong Shao came up to us with the children and asked, "How did you do in the exam?"
"Done." Lin Wei said.
Beibei was very supportive and said in a baby voice: "Mom is so awesome!"
Ruirui also praised: "Mom is awesome!"
Only Mingming was a little hesitant. He felt that finishing the questions was nothing. Like him, he could fill the test paper completely every time he took an exam, but his results were never satisfactory.
In fact, his test scores were not bad, and he was usually among the top five in the class. The problem was that he had already learned the first-grade content, and as a result, he still couldn't score as well as those real first-grade students.
Even a narcissistic person like Mingming wouldn't dare to say that this result is good.
Therefore, although he thought that his mother's words of finishing the test did not mean anything, he did not discourage her in the end, thinking that she would have to take other exams next, and said, "Mom, you are awesome!"
Lin Wei was unaware of Mingming's complicated psychological activities and gladly accepted everyone's praise.
In the afternoon, Lin Wei took a math test. She was not weak in that subject, but the flesh on the palms and backs of hands varies. With so many subjects, it is natural that some students do well and some do not.
Because of her memory advantage, Lin Wei is better at liberal arts than science, and is better at Chinese and politics than mathematics.
But after the test, Lin Wei felt that she was not bad. Firstly, no matter how bad her math was, it was still compared with other subjects. In junior high school, her math grades were among the best in the class. Secondly, this was the first college entrance examination in more than ten years. Since most of the candidates had not touched the textbooks for several years, the test paper was not difficult. Lin Wei had studied for two years and had an advantage over others.
So overall, Lin Wei's first day of exam went smoothly.
But on the way back, Lin Wei did not show any joy, because everyone else in the car looked pale after the exam. They had only reviewed for two or three months, and their foundation was not solid enough. Several of them left half of the test paper blank.
Of course, there were also those who had finished the test and checked the answers to the big questions with Lin Wei after leaving school. Some were as happy as Lin Wei, while others were depressed.
But no matter whether they were happy or unhappy, they all quieted down after getting on the bus. After a day of taking exams, they needed a rest.
Lin Wei was also a little tired. She covered her mouth and yawned twice. Zong Shao offered his shoulder to her and she leaned over. After a while, she fell into drowsiness and was not woken up until the car stopped.
It’s not that Zong Shao is unwilling to carry her back, but she is sleeping now and will easily wake up at night, which will affect tomorrow’s exam. It would be enough for her to take a nap.
They went to the market before going home. It was still early and they had time to make dinner.
The person cooking is Zong Shao. Lin Wei is a candidate now, so she shouldn't be distracted by doing other things. She just needs to wait for the meal to be served.
The above remarks are from Zong Shao.
Since he said so himself, Lin Wei was of course happy to reap the benefits.
Mingming doesn't dislike Zong Shao's cooking so much now. Firstly, after a few years of training, Zong Shao's cooking skills have indeed improved a lot. Secondly, Mingming is used to it. Now he occasionally praises his father for his good cooking.
Although Zong Shao didn't need his praise.
After dinner, Deng Xiangyun, Liu Dan and others came to ask her how she did in the exam. Her answers were all "okay" and she felt that many of the questions were familiar to her.
In fact, seeing that she was in a good mood, everyone guessed the result. After asking her, we didn't stay for long, for fear of disturbing her review, so we just agreed to get together after the exam.
…
When Lin Wei woke up the next day, Zong Shao had already gone out. He only took one day off.
But Lin Wei still got to eat the perfect noodles, because when they went to the state-owned restaurant for breakfast, Mingming strongly urged her to order two more boiled eggs, which made her almost choke.
After breakfast, Lin Wei sent her three children home and packed the things she needed to take.
While packing, Rui Rui kept repeating the names of the things Lin Wei needed to take. Since he had a good memory and was very reliable, Zong Shao gave him the task of reminding Lin Wei.
Whatever Ruirui reads, Beibei repeats it, like a little tape recorder.
After packing up, Lin Wei specifically reminded Mingming and Ruirui before leaving: "Mom and Dad are not at home, you must take good care of yourselves, don't go to the water, don't play with dangerous things, and most importantly, take good care of your sister, understand?"
Mingming Ruirui said in unison: "I know!"
Beibei also patted his chest and said, "I will take good care of my brothers!"
Lin Wei looked at her daughter with short arms and legs, wondering where she got the confidence to say such things. She was confused, but she still encouraged her daughter.
The next day she took exams in Chinese, history and geography/physics and chemistry. Since liberal arts students could also apply for economics-related majors, Lin Wei chose history and geography, which she was more confident in, so the exams went smoothly that day.
In fact, the college entrance examination lasts for three days in total, but the English test on the third day is not a compulsory subject. Lin Wei did not plan to learn a foreign language, so after the test on the second day, Lin Wei completely relaxed.
But relaxing does not mean being able to sit back and relax. After the college entrance examination, there were always people coming to Lin Wei to check answers. She felt it was too troublesome to answer them one by one, so she memorized the answers based on the test papers circulated after the college entrance examination.
Although Lin Wei did not memorize the answers word for word, and left two questions blank because she did not remember them clearly, it was still shocking enough that she memorized 99% of the answers. Those who came to Lin Wei to check answers were considered impressive if they could remember half of the answers.
In less than a day, even Principal Feng knew that Lin Wei had memorized all the answers. That night, she called Lin Wei and other teachers who were taking the exam to estimate the scores together.
Not only did he estimate his own score, he also calculated Lin Wei's score.
Although the other teachers' foundation was not as solid as Lin Wei's, there was strength in numbers. Besides, this was not an exam, so if she was unsure about the questions, she could just look up the book and find the answer.
After the scores were estimated, all the teachers were stunned.
They already knew that Lin Wei had a solid foundation, and they had a common understanding during the review that no matter how difficult the question was, as long as they asked Lin Wei, they would definitely get the answer.
But they didn't expect Lin Wei to do so well in the exam. With this score, she should have no problem getting into the two universities in the capital, right?
Principal Feng thought the same thing and immediately asked Lin Wei, "Which schools did you apply to?"
Lin Wei stated all three of her wishes.
Principal Feng: “…”
Forget about the first two choices. Although Sun Yat-sen University and Yangcheng University are not as good as the two universities in the capital, what about the third choice? Junior college? Does Lin Wei have any misunderstanding about her own grades?
In fact, technical colleges in that era were not bad. No matter whether they were colleges or technical secondary schools, graduates were talents that major state-owned factories competed for. This competition continued until the 1990s, when technical secondary schools gradually declined.
But Lin Wei is someone who can get into the two universities in the capital. With her grades, she will never end up in a technical secondary school.
In fact, Principal Feng felt that Lin Wei had missed out on both of her first two choices, so she couldn't help but ask, "Have you ever thought about applying to the capital?"
All of a sudden, the other teachers in the classroom looked at Lin Wei.
Lin Wei shook her head honestly: "No."
"Why?"
"All I did before were question books and test papers that I managed to get myself. I was self-studying during this period. I have never taken a systematic test and I don't know how difficult this test is. I am afraid that I will waste my volunteer quota if I apply to the capital."
In fact, some places with a large number of applicants will hold mock exams in advance, and those who have passed the exam will be allowed to register, while those who have not taken the exam will have to wait until the next time. But there are few candidates on Yazhou Island, and the state does not organize any mock exams, so you can take the exam as long as you register.
Therefore, although Lin Wei felt good about herself before the exam, she was not sure what kind of results she would get.
And she felt good about herself, mainly because although the two universities she applied to were good, they were still not comparable to the two in the capital. If she had applied to the two universities in the capital at the beginning, she would probably have been worried and anxious. After all, there were so many talented people in the country, and she was really nothing.
In addition, she had no obsession with the capital, and did not want to be too far away from her husband and children, so Lin Wei did not have too many regrets about the fact that she might miss out on the two universities in the capital because of her volunteer application.
Seeing that Lin Wei was so open-minded, Principal Feng didn't say anything more.
It was Zong Shao who, upon learning about this, asked, "Will you regret this in the future?"
"Why should I regret it?" Lin Wei asked back.
Zong Shao said: "That's Capital University." And Tsinghua University.
Lin Wei pretended to think about it, then shook her head and said, "I won't regret it. Besides, although I can't go to Capital University, my son will be a student of Capital University in the future."
Because of the conversation that night, Lin Wei specially picked up a big chicken leg for Ruirui at lunch the next day, and said with expectation: "Eat more, the task of raising the overall academic level of our family will be left to you in the future!"
Ruirui: “…”
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