In February, the admission letters came in one after another.
The first person to receive the admission letter was a teacher at a military primary school who applied to a normal school in her hometown.
The second person to receive the admission letter was Xiao Zheng from the supply and marketing cooperative. There were few people in the supply and marketing cooperative, and only two people took the college entrance examination. It was already very good to have one person pass. I heard that the head of the supply and marketing cooperative was so happy when he heard the news that he even planned to hold a farewell party for Xiao Zheng before she left.
But what Zhao Li envied the most was the fact that Xiao Zheng could get a salary while attending college, so much so that she couldn't help but whisper to Lin Wei: "If I had known about this earlier, I would have signed up for the college entrance examination."
"This year's exam is held in winter because of special circumstances. If nothing unexpected happens, the college entrance examination should be held next summer. If you want to participate, you can sign up then." Lin Wei joked.
"Forget it. I'm old now. I can't sign up even if I want to. So I won't waste my time." Zhao Li waved her hands quickly. Seeing that Lin Wei wanted to persuade her, she quickly told the truth, "Besides, you don't know me yet. I'm just a good talker. If you really ask me to take the exam, I'll feel a headache just thinking about it." She changed the subject and asked Lin Wei if she had received the admission letter.
Lin Wei shook her head: "Not yet."
"Why..." Zhao Li wanted to ask why she hadn't received the admission letter yet, but she held back the words and consoled him, "The admission letters are sent by various schools, some are sent earlier and some are sent later. Wait a little longer, maybe they will arrive in a few days."
Lin Wei smiled and said, "I know."
Because Lin Wei had not received the admission letter for a long time, many people in the family quarters were talking about her. Some even gloated over her misfortune, saying that they had seen the teachers in the military primary school bragging so much that they thought Lin Wei's scores were really good enough to get her into the two universities in the capital. But now, she can't even get into a school in Guangzhou. If they had known this would happen, they would have applied for a technical secondary school.
Some people also suspected that she had estimated her score wrongly, but the problem would basically be attributed to the fact that she applied for a higher score. However, unlike the former, people would not gloat over her misfortune, but would think it was a pity. Maybe she would have been admitted if she had applied for a school with a slightly lower score.
There were also people who, like Zhao Li had comforted her, thought that it was very likely that the notice had not been sent yet. In particular, those military wives who had participated in the study mutual aid group basically all thought so. Outsiders don’t know Lin Wei’s grades, but they do know that they are much better than theirs.
In particular, those teachers in the Military District Primary School who estimated the scores with Lin Wei all firmly believed that the admission letters had not been delivered. This time, more people were admitted to the family quarters than expected, a total of six people. Except for one person each from the Military District Hospital and the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, the remaining four were all from the Military District Primary School.
The four of them were quite confident after estimating their scores. Most of the nominations they remembered matched those of Lin Wei. They also looked through the books and question books for the original questions, and the answers were basically correct.
This shows that the scores they estimated at that time were still very useful for reference.
Even if Lin Wei's actual score is not as high as estimated, she should be able to be admitted to Sun Yat-sen University. Even if she fails to get into Sun Yat-sen University and Yangcheng University, she can always get into her third choice.
Therefore, no matter what others said, the teacher of the Military Region Primary School always said to Lin Wei: "Wait a little longer."
Zong Shao also said to wait a little longer, as he had great confidence in Lin Wei.
It doesn't matter even if Lin Wei really fails this time. She can still take the exam next year. Of course, he didn't say these words before the results were settled. Saying words of comfort too early would seem too discouraging.
In fact, Lin Wei’s notice didn’t arrive much later than others, just five, six, seven or eight days... maybe.
In short, Lin Wei received her admission letter before the Chinese New Year, and the school she was admitted to was also her first choice.
When Lin Wei received the admission letter, she was sitting in the yard of Captain Sun's house, chatting with his wife and several other military wives. Suddenly, Captain Sun's wife showed a frightened expression. The military wives who were talking asked what was wrong and looked in the direction she was looking.
Turning around, everyone saw the postman who suddenly appeared on the path between the two courtyards. He sat astride his bicycle, took off his backpack from his shoulders, opened the letter, and said as he flipped through it, "Comrade Lin Wei has a letter for you."
Lin Wei walked towards the courtyard wall and asked to confirm, "Is there a letter for me?"
"Well, your name is on the letter."
Lin Wei had a feeling in her heart and asked, "Comrade, do you know where the letter was sent from?"
"It seems to be Guangzhou, I can't remember clearly," the postman said as he flipped through the letter, "where is it? I remember clearly leaving it here."
When they heard the word "Yangcheng", everyone else reacted. Seeing that the postman had been looking for a letter but couldn't find it, they couldn't help but say nervously, "Comrade, don't scare me. There might be a notice in there."
As soon as he finished speaking, the postman's eyes lit up: "Found it."
He took out a letter from his backpack and read, "Recipient: Lin Wei, sender:... maybe it's really a notice." He handed the letter to Lin Wei and congratulated her.
Lin Wei took the letter and saw the CUHK logo on the envelope. She felt relieved and thanked the postman with a smile.
The postman waved his hand, spun his bike around, got on it, and rode away.
As soon as the postman left, several military wives gathered around him and asked, "Is it an admission letter? Which school sent it from?"
"It should be sent from CUHK." Lin Wei said as she tore open the envelope, took out the letter and unfolded it.
After unfolding the letter, the first thing that catches your eye is the full name of CUHK and the big words “Student Admission Notice”, and below that is the admission information.
Several military wives are still saying: "Yes it is, no it is not, how can it still be yes?"
Lin Wei read the letter quickly and said, "Now it's confirmed. It's the admission letter."
"Really? That's a great joyous event!"
"Yes, is Zhongda your first choice? I heard that among your group of candidates, you applied for the best school."
"Then Xiaolin, won't you be a top student in a prestigious school in the future?"
The military wives asked questions one after another, but Lin Wei did not get impatient and answered them one by one: "I was admitted to my first choice... As for being a top student in a prestigious school, I just thought you were joking..."
…
Although Lin Wei remained calm during the period when she did not receive the admission letter, it is impossible to say that she was not worried or nervous. This belated admission letter did make her breathe a sigh of relief.
Zong Shao was very happy when he came back and learned that Lin Wei was admitted. Although she didn't pass this time, she could still take the exam next time, but it's always a good thing to pass.
To celebrate, the couple decided to have a drink, so Zong Shao went out again as soon as he entered the house.
These days, the personnel in each unit are relatively fixed. When Lin Wei first came to join the army, the supply and marketing cooperative had the same few people, and they are still the same people now. They are familiar with the salespersons, and the salespersons are also familiar with them.
When the salesperson behind the counter heard that Zong Shao wanted to order some wine, he asked, "Is there a happy event in your family?"
Zhao Li, who had just seen off the last customer at the counter, heard this and asked hurriedly, "Old Master Dujia, is there a happy event in your family?"
Zhao Li and others' way of addressing Zong Shao changed several times, and finally it became Lao Zong, while some people called Lin Wei Xiao Lin, while others called her Wei Wei.
Zong Shao was quite dissatisfied with this. He and Lin Wei were only one year apart in age, so how come one was the old Zong and the other the young Lin? Otherwise, if people who don’t know them hear it, they might think they are of different generations and ask their daughter-in-law to talk to her group of good friends.
To which Lin Wei responded: “Are you too old?”
Zong Shao: “……?!!”
Before Zong Shao could ask his wife why she suddenly attacked his age, Lin Wei explained: "You never cared about how others called you before, but now you suddenly care..."
They didn't call her Lao Zong and Xiao Lin suddenly. When Lin Wei first joined the army, she heard others calling her Zong Shao Lao Zong. After she got familiar with Zhao Li and the others, they also often called her Xiao Lin. It's not like they had never heard of Zong Shao before.
I didn’t care about it when I was young, but in the past two years I suddenly started to care about it. If it’s not because I’m getting older, what is it?
Zong Shao: "...I just feel like I'm out of my league."
Although Zong Shao firmly refused to admit that he was old, Lin Wei did not force him and said, "Okay, then let them call you Xiao Zong from now on?"
But Zong Shao was still not satisfied: "Are you calling me too young?" When he heard the word "Xiao Zong", he always thought of his father-in-law, mother-in-law and military leaders.
Lin Wei's eyes widened: "You don't want them to call me Lao Lin, do you? I tell you, it's absolutely impossible!" She is not even thirty years old yet, and she doesn't want others to call her Lao Lin.
Yeah, that's double standards.
In the end, the couple couldn't reach an agreement, so Zhao Li just called Zong Shao "Lao Zong".
Back to the topic, because of Zhao Li's shout, all the salesmen and customers in the supply and marketing cooperative looked at Zong Shao and asked him what happy event had happened in their family.
Zong Shao was about to show off, so he said in a neither loud nor soft voice: "It's actually nothing big. My wife received the admission letter from Zhongda University."
But these days most people don’t know much about universities. The two universities in the capital are well-known and everyone knows that they are the best universities in the country. In their eyes, the rest of the universities are all the same, and the most they can tell is the difference between colleges and technical schools.
However, it is not easy to get into university these days. There were more than 20 people from the family quarters who took the college entrance examination this time, but only six passed. No, it should be seven now.
The admission rate seems quite high, but that's because the army and the military district primary school jointly set up a study mutual aid group. In addition, with the materials accumulated by Lin Wei over the past two years, the military wives have an advantage over outsiders in reviewing.
For example, in several teams outside the family quarters, it would be good if one out of ten people taking the exam could pass.
Although except for Xiao Zheng and Xiao Yang, no one understood the meaning of Zong Shao's emphasis on the two words "Zhongda", this did not prevent everyone from thinking that Lin Wei was amazing and they congratulated her one after another.
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Because Lin Wei was admitted to Zhongda University, Zhao Li did not rush home after get off work at the supply and marketing cooperative, but came to the Zong family to congratulate her first.
Zhao Li loves to be lively, and while chatting, she began to urge Lin Wei to hold a banquet. Although Lin Wei drank at night, her alcohol tolerance has improved in recent years. In addition, she didn't drink much, so her mind was still clear. She was a little hesitant when she heard this: "Is this... too high-profile?"
"How can this be considered high-profile? Several military wives who passed the exam are planning to hold a wedding banquet, so adding you won't make a big difference."
Zhao Li named several people who were going to host a banquet, and then said, "And I heard from Xiao Zheng from our supply and marketing cooperative that Zhongda is the best university in Lingnan. You did the best among the military wives who took the college entrance examination. They are all hosting a banquet, so what do you have to be afraid of? Besides, Lao Zong will be transferred to Yangcheng after the New Year, and you will go to Yangcheng to study. I don't know when you can come back in the future. Will we have the chance to get together again..."
Lin Wei thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. Although she knew that transportation would become more and more convenient in the future, that would be two thousand years later. In the twenty years in between, they didn’t know how many times they would be able to get together. So she said, “Then I’ll discuss this matter with Zong Shao.”
Upon learning that Lin Wei wanted to have a get-together at the graduation banquet, Zong Shao naturally agreed, but they had a small disagreement on the scale of the banquet.
Lin Wei only wanted to invite people she was close to, but Zong Shao felt that the graduation banquet was so important that it should have at least five or six tables, not to mention a buffet. The people in his camp would definitely come as well.
Lin Wei thought that Zong Shao was going to be transferred and probably wanted to get together with his comrades, so she went along with his wishes.
Once the scale of the graduation banquet is determined, the rest will be easy. As the saying goes, the first time is new, the second time is familiar. This time they will definitely not be like the time when they had a bad estimate of the number of guests for Beibei's full moon party.
Thinking of her daughter's full moon banquet, Lin Wei couldn't help but feel emotional.
At that time, she thought that the next cocktail party her family would hold would be Ruirui's graduation party, but she didn't expect that although the theme was correct, the protagonist of the graduation party changed from Ruirui to her!
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