Chapter 168
The next day at noon, Xiaopang's secretary arrived on time, carrying an aluminum lunch bucket with a large capacity and a compartment on top for vegetables.
Today, he was cooked with fish fillet porridge. The amount poured into the small pot was just right. Su Yuanzheng also put two stir-fried seasonal vegetables in the compartment. These were ready-made porridges in the store's self-service porridge, and finally put a braised egg in it.
The secretary was also a young man. He took the lunch bucket with a smile on his face, thanked him, and stuffed an envelope into Su Yuanzheng's hand, saying that it was the meal money from Brother Xiaopang, and then walked out.
Su Yuanzheng took out a brand new hundred-dollar bill from the envelope and hurried to chase after him, but the boy moved too fast and had already gotten on his bicycle.
Su Yuanzheng put the envelope back in his room and waited for his daughter to come home from school before showing it to her. He said, "I've only seen such large bills when I was very young! After the banknotes were revised, there are no such large denominations anymore!"
Su Miao looked at the large bill from left to right and said happily, "Dad, this hundred-yuan bill seems to be from the fourth series of RMB issued in April. There are still very few in circulation on the market! Brother Xiaopang's family's business is really big, and they have already used it all."
"Miao Miao, shouldn't we charge so much? Xiao Pang helped us a lot before and took care of our business. Now that he's sick, it's convenient for us to cook some porridge in our store."
"It's okay, Dad. Little Fatty is a small boss now, he's very particular. Friends are just like that, you give and I give. He gave it to us, just cook the porridge and it's done."
Su Miao has no time to visit Brother Xiaopang these days, because the high school entrance examination is coming soon, and they have to take the pre-examination. The formal high school entrance examination will be held a week after the pre-examination.
Before the high school entrance examination every year, the Education Bureau will organize a mock exam at a unified time for each school, which is called the "preliminary exam" or "preliminary registration".
The results of the preliminary examination are not used as the official results of the high school entrance examination. The main purpose is to allow candidates to familiarize themselves with the examination environment and rules in advance, adapt to the examination rhythm, and thus reduce the pressure of the high school entrance examination.
Su Miao did not feel any psychological pressure. He performed steadily and treated it as a normal exam.
After the pre-exam, it’s time to fill in your application form. Yes! Fill in your application form.
Unlike the transition from primary school to junior high school, the application form for the junior high school entrance examination must be filled out before the exam, which is a big problem for ordinary candidates.
Because it will increase instability, every year there are people who miss the opportunity to continue their studies due to inaccurate score estimates.
However, this worry has nothing to do with the No. 1 Middle School training team.
As the top class in the city, since the establishment of the training team, the high school admission rate has been 100%, and the proportion of admission to the province's most key high school, that is, the No. 1 high school, is 95%.
The remaining 5% were not unable to get in, but chose to follow their parents to study in other provinces.
The day of the high school entrance examination finally arrived. There were huge crowds of people outside the examination hall. Many candidates came with their entire families to see them off.
There were also many parents who brought small stools to wait outside. It was already very hot in mid-June, so they prepared parasols, large kettles and cooling oil, ready for a long battle.
Su Miao saw this scene and said to his father, "Dad, please don't learn this. Go back quickly."
Su Yuanzheng was no longer surprised by his daughter's calmness. He nodded and said, "I won't be guarding you. You go into the examination room first. When I see you go in, Dad will leave."
Su Miao walked towards the school gate and took out his admission ticket for the teacher to check.
The preparation certificate was printed with the admission ticket for the 1987 Yongcheng Secondary School Admissions (and Junior High School Graduation Examination). The admission ticket number was printed, and the candidate's name, test center and examination room were all handwritten. There was also a close-up photo of Su Miao on it.
After entering the examination center, Su Miao easily found the examination room and seat. The window seat on the third floor faced the school gate, and he could see his father looking down.
Su Yuanzheng felt relieved when he saw his daughter sitting down. He waved to her, gave her a thumbs up, and rode away on his bike.
Even before the exam started, the school gate was still bustling with activity. The candidate sitting in front of Su Miao felt that the noise was too annoying and simply closed the window next to him.
He muttered, "What bad luck! Why did I get placed in such a position? How am I going to answer the questions with all the noise?"
But his action of closing the window had no effect, because Su Miao heard a louder quarrel.
Curiously, she looked towards the school gate and saw Liu Zhaodi arguing with the teacher who was checking her admission ticket. How could Wang Dachui be willing to spend so much money to let her go straight to college? She wondered if five thousand was enough.
Since coming to No. 1 Middle School, she has really let herself go, completely losing her previous cautious and flattering demeanor.
Unlike the other students' plain backpacks, Liu Zhaodi was carrying a small, delicate handbag. She was questioning the teacher, "Why won't you let me in? I already said I'm a student from No. 1 Middle School and I'm taking the exam here today!"
"Student, please show your admission ticket for verification."
The teacher, who was from another school, looked at her with a frown, unable to believe that there was such a student in No. 1 Middle School. It seemed that the glory days were over! Wouldn't No. 2 Middle School have a chance to catch up this year?
"I forgot to bring it! Just go in!"
"Then you can't go in. There's still time. You can ask your parents to send your child here."
What Liu Zhaodi said was natural and right, and the teacher's response was impartial and fair.
"Why bother with all that? Who's so bored as to pretend to take an exam? You let me in and sit there. If no one else comes, won't that prove I'm the real deal?"
"Hmm? Then do you know your examination room and seat number?" the teacher asked the key question.
"Um... I don't remember. Can't you just check it for me?"
There were still many other candidates waiting to enter the exam room, so the teacher didn't have time to waste on this conversation. He simply waved his hand and said, "No, either go back and get it, or take the exam again next year! The exam room is a very important place, so please maintain silence. Otherwise, you will be banned from taking the exam for three years according to regulations."
Seeing that she couldn't convince her, Liu Zhaodi had no choice but to go and call her aunt in dejection. The phone had just been installed at her new uncle's house.
Seeing her leave, Su Miao also withdrew her gaze, not knowing what to feel in her heart. In her previous life, she worked so hard but still couldn't get Liu Xu's good face. How much patience did Liu Zhaodi think she could get from Liu Xu with her personality?
If you keep causing trouble like this, you'll be kicked out soon.
Although the teacher repeatedly emphasized before the exam that students must not be late and must remember to bring their admission tickets, many students still forgot to bring their admission tickets during the three days of the exam.
Some of them hurried back to get them, while others were found and sent to them by their family members.
The most interesting thing was that on the day of the Chinese exam, a parent couldn’t find a car, so he drove a tractor to deliver the admission ticket.
It is rare to see tractors on the road in the city nowadays, and the loud "bang bang bang" noise attracted the attention of the entire street.
The candidate didn't expect the uncle to be so unexpected. He covered his face with his hands, took the admission ticket, lowered his head, and ran into the gate as if his butt was on fire.
His uncle was still talking to his eldest brother smugly, "How's it going? Nothing happened, right? I told you not to go back. Don't you trust me with my work?"
The parents around knew that it was all for the children, and they all smiled at each other.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
