As soon as the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination came out, the brigade office was crowded with people going to register. Anyone who was eligible to register, regardless of whether they had confidence in passing the exam, went to register first. The registration fee was only 50 cents anyway, and although everyone was not rich, they could still afford 50 cents.
When Su Qingyun and her mother went to Qin Youfu to sign up, Qin Youfu was stunned for a long time and didn't react.
"Sister-in-law, are you also preparing for the college entrance examination?"
Qin Ying nodded a little embarrassedly, "I want to give it a try."
Su Qingyun smiled and said, "Uncle Youfu, my mother is worried about me, and I can't leave her, so we are going to college together."
"Oh, that...that's good." Qin Youfu nodded after being stunned.
It’s okay. He is not surprised by anything the Su family does now.
Qin Youfu didn't say anything else and simply wrote down the two people's names.
"Thank you, Uncle Youfu." After expressing her gratitude, Su Qingyun walked out of the brigade office with her mother.
Qin Youfu looked at their backs and muttered, "We really just caught up."
Luck is such a mysterious thing.
From the start of registration, all kinds of textbooks were basically snapped up. People who had high school textbooks became popular instantly. Countless people borrowed and copied books. Many people even ran to the waste recycling stations in the town and county to look for books. It was really hard to find a book.
There were also many people who came directly to the Su family and wanted to borrow Su Qingyun's books to copy. Of course, the most important thing was to copy the notes in her books. After all, everyone knew that her grades were very good. If they could copy her notes, they would definitely benefit a lot.
But when they saw Su Qingyun's clean textbook, which looked like a new book, everyone fell silent. With such a clean book, he could still get such good grades. Su Qingyun is indeed a genius!
Mortals like them can't compare, so they'd better just study hard.
"How about I lend you my second brother's book so you can copy it?" Su Qingyun said after thinking for a while.
Su Congwen went to join the army, and his books were still at home. There were also some books by Su Congwu, but Su Qingyun wanted to leave a set for her mother, mainly because her books were too clean.
Su Congwu will also come back later to get the clothes his mother made for the child and bring back his books.
"Okay, thank you, thank you so much!" Everyone expressed their gratitude in unison.
Textbooks are everywhere now, but there are very few people like Su Qingyun who are generous enough to lend their textbooks to others.
"Lend it to me first, and I'll copy it, and then you guys can copy it."
"I'll be the second one, the rest will line up behind me."
"I'm the third one!"
Su Qingyun felt a headache when he saw the noisy scene, so he quickly gave them the books and let them distribute them among themselves.
After sending this group of people away, the Su family finally quieted down.
Zhang Xinlan shook her head. "These people are really going crazy trying to get into college."
"Who wouldn't be crazy about the chance to go to college?" Li Xiulian said with a smile. "If we hadn't joined the army with only junior high school graduations, I'd have wanted to ask him if he had that idea."
Yes, Su Qingyun sighed in his heart, there has been no college entrance examination for ten years, and the number of intellectuals accumulated during this period is almost countless, and the shock released in an instant is enormous.
Su Qingyun remembered reading in a book that in the year when the college entrance examination was resumed, there were many remote areas where the age limit was not strict. Many older candidates were also young and wanted to try their best to change the status quo. Some places even allowed students who had not graduated from high school to take the exam. They took a look at all the candidates, which meant that there were more than ten classes of candidates for the college entrance examination in 1977.
They have relatively strict age and educational requirements here.
As the number of people increased, the age gap also increased. There were teenagers who were still childish, some with beards, some with families, some couples taking the same exam, and some teachers and students in the same exam room. This situation was common, and this class of college students also had the largest age gap.
Because time is tight and it is difficult for different regions to coordinate, the country allows each region to set its own questions. Some regions have too many people and even adopted a preliminary round plus final round method, with a preliminary round before the college entrance examination and screening once. Only those who pass the preliminary round are eligible to take the college entrance examination. Many people have poor foundations and are eliminated in this round.
But even so, Su Qingyun remembered that this year, the number of people taking the college entrance examination nationwide was as high as 5.7 million, but the number of people finally admitted was only 270,000, and the admission rate was only 4.8%.
Su Qingyun thought of these data and sighed deeply in his heart. Who wouldn’t want to seize the opportunity to change their destiny?
Zhang Xinlan was also thinking, everyone wants to go to college now, so Congwu wouldn't really have any thoughts about it, right? That would be really bad. Chunchun is so young now, how can Congwu leave?
Just as he was thinking about it, Su Congwu pushed open the gate and came in.
Zhang Xinlan took one look and immediately ran forward, asking cautiously, "Congwu, you're not going to college, are you?"
"Mom, what are you talking about?" Su Congwu looked puzzled. "I came back to give Yunyun some books. Why would I want to apply to a university?"
As he spoke, he took out the textbook from his bag and handed it to Su Qingyun, "Yunyun, you don't know the book you want. Many people in our factory want to go to college now. Their old textbooks are gone. I had a lot of trouble to keep them."
"Thank you, third brother." Su Qingyun thanked him with a smile.
"You really don't want to take the exam?" Zhang Xinlan asked again, "I think everyone thinks that going to university is a good idea. Congwu, you don't have any ideas."
"Mom, what can I think?" Su Congwu was helpless. "I'm doing well at work now, and my relationship with Shuhui is good. Chunchun was just born. Why should I go to college? I've already brought all these books back to Yunyun."
If he had not married and had children, he might have really thought about going to college, but now, in his heart, there is nothing happier than having a wife, children and a warm bed. Su Congwu is very satisfied with his current life and doesn't want to bother with anything else.
"That's good, that's good." Zhang Xinlan looked at Su Congwu's expression and finally believed that her son had no intention of going to college, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Qingyun looked at her relaxed second aunt and found it funny. Given her third brother's current situation, how could he possibly go to college? It was all in vain.
However, my third brother will not take the exam, but the same cannot be said for my second brother.
"Second aunt, don't worry, my third brother won't be able to take the college entrance exam. However, I think it's more likely that my second brother will."
"What?" Zhang Xinlan was stunned. She had just put her mind at ease with Cong Wu, so why did he mention Cong Wen again?
Su Qingyun thought for a moment and explained, "Aunt, my second brother is in the army now. If he wants to move up in the ranks, besides having military merits, the second way is to go to military school and study. If he goes to military school, he will become a full-fledged officer in the future."
Officer? Zhang Xinlan took a long time to react, her eyes slowly lighting up.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
