"Nine, nine-nine."
Jiang Yilu was sitting on the bed, holding a booklet in his hand and drawing on it.
He was struggling with a big problem, which was whether he should go to Huaqing University or Huabei University.
If this were said out loud, in the future people would definitely beat him to death with sticks, it would be so hateful.
Everyone may have an innate yearning for such famous schools. In his previous life, Jiang Yilu only went to an ordinary university and majored in accounting. He only thought about those two universities that stood at the top of China.
But in this life, he had one advantage over others, that was he knew the college entrance exam would be resumed this year, so he had more than ten years more time to review than others. And to be honest, the college entrance exam papers in 1977 were so simple that it was a bit bullying. According to Jiang Yilu's initial estimate, he should be able to get around 350 out of a total of 400 points. However, the marking teachers would have a lot of subjective emotions in Chinese and politics, so he was a little unsure for a while.
"Nine-nine, nine."
The chubby little baby at the side saw that Jiujiu ignored her, so she tugged at Jiang Yilu's clothes angrily, kicked her fat little legs, and climbed onto Jiang Yilu's crossed knees. With a wave of her little hand like a lotus root node, she threw the booklet that occupied Jiujiu's sight to the ground, tilted her little head, and gave Jiang Yilu a toothless and innocent smile.
No, to be precise, she is no longer the toothless baby. Now Niu Niu has four small teeth on the upper and lower parts of her mouth. When she grins, saliva flows from the corners of her mouth like a small waterfall.
"I already said it's uncle, not Jiujiu."
Jiang Yilu used the bib tied around her neck to wipe the saliva off her chin, smiling gently and dotingly.
In her previous life, Meilin was never used to calling her aunt and always called her Yiyi. She only changed this habit when she grew up.
"Ninety-nine, ninety-nine."
The little girl saw that her favorite Jiujiu paid attention to her, and she happily kicked her legs on Jiang Yilu, screaming even more happily.
"Niuniu's favorite uncle is Xiaobao. Even I, as a mother, have to take the back seat."
Jiang Dani was mending clothes for her younger brother and sister. She laughed out loud when she saw her fat daughter clinging to Xiaobao.
Jiang Dani is now no longer the thin and yellow look she used to be. She has become plump, white, and her two girlish pigtails have been cut into shoulder-length hair. Her whole spirit has changed.
Her original choice was not wrong. Xiang Qianjin treated her very well. Not only did he hand over all his earnings every month honestly, but after she became pregnant, he even didn't want her to do housework because of what happened that year. When Jiang Dani was in confinement after childbirth, no one from the Xiang family offered to help. Of course, even if they wanted to come, Xiang Qianjin didn't dare to let them help.
Gu Dongmei wanted to come and take care of her daughter during her confinement, but when she arrived in the county town, she found that Xiang Qianjin, a grown man, took good care of Dani, washing diapers, coaxing the child, buying groceries and cooking. There was no room for her to get involved, so Gu Dongmei left with peace of mind.
"I don't know when the college entrance examination results will be released. It's already been half a month."
Jiang Dani withdrew her gaze from her daughter and brother, and muttered anxiously while mending clothes.
"Xiaobao, Xiaobao."
The door of Jiang Dani's house was only half-open, and Jiang Erni pushed the door open and came in, cheering.
"Niuniu, I miss my second aunt so much. Let me smell it for you."
Jiang Erni was just about to tell her brother some great news when she saw her little niece, who was not sleeping but was awake in her brother's arms.
"Wow--"
Niu Niu cried and tried to escape from the control of the witch in front of her who was trying to humiliate her. She howled and reached out to grab her uncle beside her, wanting her uncle to rescue her from the fire pit.
“Bad, bad—”
Jiang Erni stuffed her niece back into her brother's arms angrily. Niu Niu stopped crying immediately and rubbed herself lovingly in her uncle's arms, which were filled with the fragrance of soap. There were still tears on her long and curly eyelashes. She pointed at Jiang Erni with her stubby little fingers and pouted her lips, complaining to her uncle.
Jiang Dani covered her mouth, looked at her frustrated second sister and said with a smile: "You don't know the character of that girl. As long as Xiaobao is around, she can't tolerate anyone else."
"What's the matter that has you rushing here in such a hurry?" Jiang Dani asked curiously. She had forgotten the important matter when her daughter interrupted her.
Jiang Erni patted her head and said, "Hey, I'm so mad at Niuniu."
Jiang Erni looked at her fair and tender niece, blinking her big eyes at her. Her angry heart softened at once: "The college entrance examination results are out and posted on the bulletin board in front of the county party committee building. Sanni and the others have gone to see the results. There are more and more people now. I told Xiaobao to hurry over."
"The results are out."
Jiang Dani exclaimed, and quickly put down her needlework and picked up her fat daughter who was lying in her brother's arms: "Xiaobao, follow Erni to take a look. Don't forget to tell me when you have checked the results."
"Nine-nine, nine."
Even though Niu Niu was held in her mother's arms, she was still restless and wanted to jump out. Xiang Qianjin and Jiang Dani were both formal workers, and they only had Niu Niu as their child. They generously brought home any milk or goat's milk that was good for the child. But Niu Niu had a very good appetite, so she became her current chubby appearance, with strong hands and feet, and Jiang Dani could hardly control her.
Jiang Erni could only drag her brother away quickly, fearing that the little girl would start another sonic attack.
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The county party committee bulletin board was already crowded with candidates and their relatives who had rushed over after hearing the news. Jiang Yiliu and Jiang Erni didn't even have a place to step, let alone squeeze to the front.
"The first place is a 14-year-old kid. What's wrong with his brain? He scored 387 out of 400, including full marks in math, physics and chemistry. I only scored 32 in math."
"The second place was also very impressive, he scored 365 points, and he and the first place are from the same village."
........
After seeing the results, some were happy, some were frustrated, and they kept talking about it.
"Fourteen."
Jiang Erni's eyes lit up and she pushed her brother aside: "Xiaobao, they are not talking about you, are they?"
Without waiting for Jiang Yilu to answer, Jiang Erni excitedly ran to the two young men who had just been talking and stopped them.
"What's the name of the person who got first place in the exam that you just mentioned? Is his name Jiang Yilu and he lives in Qingshan Village?"
The people who were stopped were stunned, but seeing that the one who stopped them was a young girl in her twenties, they became nervous and shy: "Yes, yes, it's a fourteen-year-old girl named Jiang Yilu, you——"
Before the young man could ask anything else, Jiang Erni ran away cheering, "Xiaobao, you are the top scorer, and my brother is the top scorer in the college entrance examination."
Jiang Erni had no time to check her own grades at the moment. Her younger brother became the top scorer in the college entrance examination in Yuchuan County. He was only fourteen years old this year. What a great joy this was.
Jiang Yilu didn't expect that he actually got the first place with 387 points. His thoughts were confused for a second, so he decided whether to go to Huaqing University or Huabei University.
Jiang Erni didn't have to squeeze in. Sanni, Sini and Guangpiao, who had gone in first, split into several groups, each with a list, recording the scores of all the acquaintances on the list.
The second place was Mo Xiangdong, Jiang Erni ranked fourth with 346 points, Sanni, Xiangfang, Guangpiao, and Jiang Aiguo also did well, all with over 330 points, Meng Xiangxue and Tiezhu both with over 320 points, Sini and Jiang Aidang were a little bit behind, just over 300, but even so, they were already in the top 60.
What surprised everyone the most was Yu Xiaocao, the girl with little presence. She scored 341 points this time, ranking seventh in the county.
"Xiaobao, do you still remember Teacher Rong? He ranked third in the exam this time, only two points behind Mo Xiangdong." Mo Xiangfang had a good impression of the gentle and elegant teacher, who was different from most men around her. When she saw that he had scored such a high score, her impression of him became even stronger.
"What's the big deal? He's not even as good as the fourteen-year-old Xiaobao."
Meng Xiangxue snorted coldly. He had no good feelings towards the man who was involved with Meng Xiangwen. However, when he thought of Meng Xiangwen's score that he had just seen on the list, he could not help but feel happy. Two hundred and thirty-one points. She always showed off in front of him before, but this time he scored a full 100 points higher than her.
After knowing the results of the children, the whole Qingshan Village was in an uproar, especially when facing the Jiang family, they were simply envious and jealous.
Thanks to Ruan Yuanjiang, the grades of several children from Qingshan Village who took the exam were not bad, at least they all scored over 200 points. However, in front of Jiang Yilu, who ranked first in the county, all of them were crushed in seconds.
The top scholar at the age of fourteen, this is a great honor for my ancestors.
In those days, Old Man Jiang and Old Lady Miao walked with the wind, and what they enjoyed most was being asked to teach them how they raised their children at home.
As a result, Erni, Sanni, and Sini also received the old lady's kind treatment for a while.
Because they didn't know the admission score lines of each university, everyone could only ask Ruan Yuanjiang for advice and fill in their application forms based on their own ideas.
Admission letters arrived one after another, and Jiang Yilu finally applied to the Finance Department of Huaqing University. He was the first person in the village to receive an admission letter.
When most people received admission letters from their ideal schools, the schools applied to by the two brothers Jiang Aiguo and Jiang Aidang were the only ones that had not responded yet.
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