Su Xingran walked out of the school gate, causing a stir. Many family members waiting outside were talking about it, because Su Xingran was the first examinee to walk out of the school after the gates closed.
Many family members are speculating: Did they not know how to answer the questions and were kicked out early? Or were they caught cheating and expelled? Or had they already finished the exam and left?
Su Xingran, her eyes constantly searching through the crowd, paid no attention to the gossip. Once she finally spotted the person she was looking for, she strode quickly towards her target.
Su's father, mother, Doctor Huang, and Duan Yuming stood outside waiting. After Su Xingran entered the school, they encountered Xiao Dingyu and his wife, who had brought their daughter Xiao Xue to take the exam.
Six people were chatting in the crowd, waiting for the children to come out. Suddenly, a murmur arose from the crowd, as if some examinees were emerging. All six turned to look at the school gate and saw Su Xingran walking towards them.
Dr. Huang glanced at his watch and saw that there were still about forty minutes left before the exam ended. He felt a little nervous, as did the others next to him.
Su Xingran walked up to her father and his group, "Father, Mother, Master, Uncle Duan, why don't you find a place to sit down? Uncle Xiao, Aunt Xiao, hello."
"Xingran, why did you come out so quickly? There are still several tens of minutes left before the exam ends." Doctor Huang still asked, feeling uneasy if he didn't.
"After I finished the exam, I checked it several times. I thought that sitting in the exam room doing nothing might disturb other people taking the exam, so I decided to come out and find you. I raised my hand to hand in the exam paper to the invigilator and left the exam room."
Everyone was relieved to hear that they had finished the exam and handed in their papers. As long as there were no problems, it was fine that they left the exam room. But that was incredibly fast!
"Father, Mother, Master, Uncle Duan, are you planning to eat in town or go home later?"
"Ranran, let's go home. You can have lunch at your uncle's place in Tai'an and take a nap. Your parents won't be coming this afternoon; the village is covered in snow."
"The village chief announced yesterday at noon that each household should send one person out at four o'clock this morning to clear the snow in and at the village entrance. Only then can the educated youth and those in the village taking the college entrance examination come out to take the exam."
Mr. and Mrs. Su were also very upset when they talked about this. They couldn't take Ranran to the exam hall, and they couldn't pick her up after the exam either. Fortunately, Huang Tai'an lived in town, and Ranran stayed at his house for three days. She didn't have to suffer in the cold at the guesthouse, where even rest was difficult.
“I know, it’s okay. It’ll be more convenient for me to go back to Uncle Tai’an’s place during these three days of exams. Parents, Master, Uncle Duan, you don’t need to go to the school anymore, as the roads are slippery with snow.”
Su Xingran knew, of course, that the weather was cold and snowy. In her previous life, when she took the college entrance exam, her mother accompanied her to a guesthouse in town for three days. Back then, her family was poor, and she wasn't dressed warmly enough; she caught a cold on the first day of the exam.
The guesthouse was packed, making it difficult to even get hot water, and the food brought back from outside was almost cold. The noise from the crowd made it impossible to rest at noon, and it was hard to fall asleep at night.
In the end, I forced myself to finish the three-day exam and got into university. It's a pity that I didn't have the chance to enjoy the fruits of my labor despite all the hard work.
They found a quiet spot where the wind wasn't too strong and chatted for a while. Mainly, Huang Tai'an's wife, Guan Xiaoyan, had said she would pick Su Xingran up after her exams. So Su Xingran didn't dare go far, afraid that Aunt Guan wouldn't be able to find her and would worry.
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