Time flies, and the mock joint exam is here!
It is said that the provincial education bureau leaders specially obtained the exam papers from southern Jiangsu Province, where teachers used to be the ones who set the college entrance examination questions.
This morning we had math, Chinese, and history; this afternoon we had politics, geography, and a foreign language.
For the foreign language exam, Ning Yuan chose English.
Although English was not a major subject at this time, Russian was gradually declining in popularity.
Starting in 1983, English became a compulsory subject, just like Chinese, mathematics, and politics.
To Ning Yuan's surprise, Ou Minglang, whose parents were diplomats stationed in the Soviet Union, spoke fluent Russian.
However, after learning that Ning Yuan had chosen English as an additional exam subject, he also chose to take the English exam.
“I don’t want to take advantage of you.” Ou Minglang had his pride.
Ning Yuan was quite impressed: "You're quite something."
Lin Juanzi sat to the side, looked at their table, snorted coldly, and looked away.
All the senior classes were on edge.
Ning Yuan was officially participating in the county-wide mock exam and was a little nervous, especially after seeing the test paper, she frowned.
It was harder than the 1977 college entrance exam that she took during her placement test!
But after a moment's thought, she began to write furiously.
After a whole day of exams, a bunch of people were groaning and slumped over their desks, complaining—
The exam questions were generally too difficult!
Next came the intense work of grading the papers.
Almost the entire school was waiting for this result, after all—
Everyone knows that the top-scoring female student in her senior year made a bet with the most handsome boy in the entire school to see who could outdo her.
When the news reached the teachers, they also became interested. This competitive spirit in learning was something the teachers were happy to see.
While scolding the students for their misbehavior, the teachers were also secretly betting on who would get the top score!
Whichever side loses, they have to treat the other side to a good meal at the county guesthouse!
And so, after a grueling week, the results everyone had been eagerly awaiting were finally released.
After Chinese class, Ye Chengxin stood on the podium and read out the results of the county-wide mock joint exam.
She read out everyone's scores one by one until only Ning Yuan and Ou Minglang remained.
Everyone held their breath.
Ye Chengxin glanced at Ning Yuan and slowly said, "Ning Yuan, your scores are: Chinese 92.5, Math 71, History 81, Geography 70, Politics 79, and English 88!"
A quick-thinking classmate immediately shouted, "Ning Yuan's total score is 402.3!"
Why is it the effective total score? Because the college entrance examination consists of six subjects, but the total score is only 510 points.
In 1979, foreign language subjects only accounted for 10% of the score, meaning that even if you got a perfect score of 100 in a foreign language subject, only 10 points would be counted in the total score.
For example: Ning Yuan scored 88 points in her English test this time, but it was only counted as 8.8 points.
Although the score of 402.3 sounds lower than the 409 points in the previous placement test (excluding the English score), it has already shocked the rest of the class.
After all, this time it was very difficult... Most people only got around 200 points, and the class monitor Kong Er only got around 305 points.
"Ou Minglang scored 86.5 in Chinese, 83 in Mathematics, 75 in History, 77 in Geography, 75 in Politics, and 51 in English!"
The curious student did the mental calculations again and shouted, "Ou Minglang's effective total score is 401.6 points!"
This shout stunned everyone—by a mere 0.7 points, Ou Minglang lost to Ning Yuan!
Immediately, everyone in the class who had bet on Ou Minglang to win started wailing – "No way, a mere 0.7 points difference, that's just too unlucky!"
Those who bet on Ning Yuan winning were ecstatic.
As if they were the ones who scored over 400 points, they rushed to Ning Yuan's side and showered her with compliments!
Ou Minglang frowned, his expression darkening.
He never imagined he would lose! Even though he chose English, a subject he wasn't particularly good at!
The math problems were much more difficult this time, but Ning Yuan still managed to get the same score as last time: 71. Normally, she would be lucky to even pass!
Lin Juanzi caught a glimpse of Ou Minglang's expression, immediately stood up, and loudly proclaimed—
"That doesn't count. Ou Minglang's best language is Russian. His Russian score is definitely higher than his English score, by only 0.7 points. He's definitely higher than Ning Yuan!"
Ye Chengxin pushed up his glasses and said seriously—
"If you found the science questions were easier than the humanities questions when you took the college entrance exam, would you tell the examiner that you chose the wrong answer and now want to retake the science exam on the spot?"
The other students couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Lin Juanzi paused for a moment: "I just feel it's unfair to Minglang!"
As she spoke, she secretly glanced at Ou Minglang, wondering if she was touched by his protectiveness towards her.
Ye Cheng frowned slightly, uninterested in getting involved in the students' affairs. She turned around, packed up her lesson plans, and left.
As soon as the teacher left, Ou Minglang stood up and said loudly—
"The score is calculated based on the subjects you chose to take. My English is indeed not as good as Ning Yuan's. I lost this exam!"
Ning Yuan looked at him, admiring the diplomat's young master's courage and decisiveness: "Alright, a bet's a bet. Now, my demands..."
Lin Juanzi couldn't stand Ning Yuan's smugness, so she immediately sneered: "Ning Yuan, you'd better know your place. This first place was given to you by Minglang, so don't make any unreasonable demands!"
Ning Yuan glanced at her: "Don't speak, I'll get scared if you speak!"
"Our Minglang?" Ou Minglang's face turned even uglier because of Lin Juanzi's words.
A smug glint flashed in Lin Juanzi's almond-shaped eyes as she tilted her slender, white neck back: "So you're afraid of me now? Too late!"
On her first day at school, she was crowned the most beautiful girl in the entire school by her male classmates!
She's beautiful and has a good background, so she doesn't need to compete with someone like Ning Yuan who's ugly and has no connections.
Ning Yuan nodded indifferently: "Yes, I'm afraid to talk to you because my aversion to stupidity kicks in as soon as I hear you speak!"
After saying that, she couldn't be bothered to talk to anyone else.
Lin Juanzi still didn't react, but some of her classmates couldn't help but laugh.
Isn't this saying that talking to Lin Juanzi will make you stupid?
In particular, many of the female students disliked Lin Juanzi's arrogant attitude, which stemmed from her good looks and her uncle being the head of the teaching department.
Ironically, this kind of person is still hailed as the school beauty by the male students!
"Haha, aversion to stupidity...that makes sense...our school beauty's brain really doesn't seem to work very well."
"We're both number one, but we should be like Ning Yuan, who's number one in academics. Being smart and able to insult people without using foul language is what makes us truly impressive!"
"Pfft, what a good-for-nothing school beauty..."
After Lin Juanzi heard the others explain it clearly, her face turned red and white with anger.
Lin Juanzi couldn't help but tear up as she looked at Ou Minglang: "Minglang, it's one thing for her to insult me, but she also insulted you as an animal!"
She pointed at Ning Yuan and shouted angrily, "You let her pass the English exam this time, but she cursed you behind your back, saying that being a beast has no future. If you're a man, you should beat her up!"
From junior high school to working in the performing arts troupe, many boys fought over a single word from her, and she would even point at anything and hit them!
But Ou Minglang didn't say anything! She had just stood up for him twice!
Ou Minglang looked at her coldly: "I don't believe Ning Yuan would insult people so easily. I never hit women. Men who hit women are animals!"
Under the mocking gazes of the crowd, Lin Juanzi trembled with anger and shouted in a shrill voice, "I will never apologize to her! If you don't believe me, ask her if she said it!"
A hint of displeasure flashed in Ou Minglang's narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes: "Lin Juanzi, that's enough!"
Ning Yuan sat in her seat, but suddenly said coolly, "I said it, so what?"
Ou Minglang was taken aback: "So it really was you who was badmouthing me behind my back."
Ning Yuan smiled at him with her big, bright eyes: "No, I always scold people to their faces. Didn't I scold some people before for being showy white geese?"
Ou Minglang choked, then laughed angrily: "...You're unreasonable, but you're very brazen."
She was so bluntly rude that he didn't know how to respond.
Ning Yuan blinked: "What, are you trying to use this as an excuse to back out of our bet?"
Ou Minglang simply crossed his arms, stood up, and looked down at her: "A bet's a bet. Tell me, what do you want me to do?!"
Ning Yuan gave a bright, almost eerie smile: "I want you to go sell yourself!"
…………
Having won a great victory, Ning Yuan happily rode her bicycle back to her small courtyard at breakneck speed.
I'm going to sell Ou Minglang tomorrow, I'm so happy today!
As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw Rong Zhaonan carrying a military bag and leaving.
Ning Yuan was stunned: "You..."
Rong Zhaonan looked at the girl in front of him, her face flushed and her eyes bright with excitement like little suns, and he slowly said—
"I have to go out on business and won't be back until the end of next month, which should be late April. What kind of gift would you like?"
He was later scolded by Grandma Xia by the ear, and he probably knew that giving underwear as a gift was not a good idea.
Ning Yuan was stunned. He's going to be gone for a month? That's a long time...
Are you going to the capital?
I don't know why, maybe it's because we've lived together for almost a year and see each other every day.
When he suddenly said he was leaving for a month, she felt a strange, indescribable emotion.
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