Chapter 161: Thousands of troops cross a single-plank bridge

Chinese people all value a good start, and Deng Shirong is no exception.

The second son is going back to school today and will take the most important exam in his life the day after tomorrow. In order to have a good start, Deng Shirong got up before dawn, washed up, went to the brigade to buy four pig trotters, and made a famous dish - Zhuangyuan Pig's Trotter.

At lunch, Deng Shirong kept two complete champion pig trotters and cut the other two into three portions each, for a total of six portions.

Then, Deng Shirong put the two complete champion's trotters in two bowls respectively, pushed one of them in front of his second son, and said, "Yunheng, this is a very famous dish in Guizhou, called champion's trotter. The origin of this dish is very interesting. It is said that during the Qing Dynasty, a champion often went to the night market to eat braised pig's trotters before going to Beijing for the imperial examination. After he passed the imperial examination, the people in his hometown called the braised pig's trotters champion's trotters in memory of this historical celebrity.

I hope that after you eat this champion pig’s hoof, you will be able to perform above average in the next college entrance examination. Not to mention becoming the provincial champion, as long as you can become the city champion or even the county champion, it will be a matter of honor for your family.”

Deng Yunheng looked at the appetizing pig's trotter and truly felt his father's expectations of him. He did not say anything grandiose, but just nodded heavily and said, "Dad, I will definitely try my best."

Deng Shirong nodded, then pushed another complete champion pig's hoof in front of his eldest daughter-in-law and said with a smile: "Sister Ping, this champion pig's hoof is for you. Eat it so that my unborn grandson or granddaughter can also get a taste of the champion's literary spirit."

Zhang Xiuping did not refuse and said with a happy smile: "Thank you, Dad!"

Deng Shirong then looked at his other children and said, "The rest will be given to each of you. We are short on time this time so we don't have enough to prepare. You can try it first. If you think it tastes good, I will buy some more pig's trotters on a market day and cook it for you all to enjoy."

While speaking, he distributed the remaining pig's trotters to his other children one by one.

Seeing that her father-in-law had no more, Zhang Xiuping immediately said, "Dad, I can't eat one by myself. You take it and cut it in half, and we can each have half."

Deng Shirong smiled and waved his hands, saying, "No, you guys just eat it. It tastes good, but it's said to have a high cholesterol content. It's okay for you young people to eat it, but people of my age should eat less.

Okay, stop looking at it and eat it while it's hot!"

Hearing this, Zhang Xiuping stopped persuading and started to taste the Zhuangyuan Pig's Pig with her husband and several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.

As soon as they took a bite of the pork knuckle, they were immediately conquered by its soft, sweet, fat but not greasy taste.

The more you chew it, the more wonderful it seems.

“It’s delicious!”

“This tastes absolutely amazing!”

"It really becomes more delicious the more you chew it, and it leaves you with an endless aftertaste. No wonder the number one scholar in the Qing Dynasty loved to eat it. Who wouldn't want to eat such a delicacy?"

“…”

All the children and daughters-in-law were full of praise for this Zhuangyuan Pig's Trotter. Even though they had eaten a lot of different kinds of delicious food during this period of time, this Zhuangyuan Pig's Trotter was definitely one of the best among all the delicacies.

After finishing his meal and resting for ten or twenty minutes, Deng Yunheng prepared to return to school.

Deng Shirong took out five big unity notes from his pocket, handed them to his second son and said, "Yunheng, take this money. You will graduate from high school soon, and you and your classmates will go your separate ways. It will be difficult for you to see each other again in the future.

So after you finish the college entrance exam, get together with your classmates. It would be best if you could take some photos with your teachers and classmates. Twenty or thirty years later, when you look back on your high school days, at least you will have a memory worth remembering.

Deng Yunheng took the money with great joy on his face. His father's words really touched his heart. Although he did not see as far ahead as his father and did not think about things twenty or thirty years later, he was about to graduate and he really wanted to have a good reunion with his classmates.

"Also, you can ride your Forever bicycle to school so that I don't have to pick you up and drop you off."

"Well, I'll go back to school first!"

"Go ahead, study hard in the exam, and strive to get a place on the list of successful candidates."

…

Tuesday, July 7, 1981.

The brutal national college entrance examination has officially begun.

This is the fifth college entrance examination since the country resumed it in 1977. It is also an ultimate test that affects thousands of households across the country. The winner will have a broad world to live in, and from then on, the sky will be high for birds to fly and the sea will be wide for fish to jump. Becoming a superior person is just around the corner.

The lives of losers are bleak and most of them will become part of the general public.

On the day of the college entrance examination, Deng Shirong took his eldest daughter to kill chickens and ducks, prepared enough sacrifices, and went to the A-Zu Gong Hall to worship the ancestors of the Deng family, praying that the ancestors would bless his second son to be admitted to his ideal university.

Although Deng Shirong was destined to never lack money in this life, and whether his son could get into college would not affect the quality of life of their family, but he naturally understood in his previous life that if he only had money but no culture, he would at most be regarded as a nouveau riche in the eyes of some people and it would be difficult to gain their real respect.

But if you are both rich and educated, it will be completely different. No matter which circle you are in, people will look up to you.

Therefore, Deng Shirong really had high expectations for his second son.

…

Three days passed in a flash.

At Songshan High School, all the candidates began to estimate their scores with the help of their teachers.

In fact, the most accurate way to estimate the score is immediately after the test, because the memory is the most profound at that time. However, teachers do not do this, mainly because they are afraid that students' psychological quality is not good enough. If the estimated score is too bad, it will affect the next test, which will not be worth the loss.

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Therefore, no matter how anxious they are, teachers will wait until all students have finished the exam before starting to estimate the scores.

There will definitely be a certain degree of deviation in this way of estimating scores, but there is nothing we can do about it.

At this time, Deng Yunheng was also checking answers and estimating scores. Not only was his head teacher with him, but even the dean of studies was also with him. If it weren't for the fear that it would affect Deng Yunheng's estimate of scores, even the principal would have wanted to come over and accompany him in person.

There is no way, after all, Deng Yunheng is the student with the best grades and the greatest hope of being admitted to a top university since the resumption of the college entrance examination at Songshan High School!

In previous years, two or three of Songshan High School's college entrance examination graduates were admitted to universities, no matter what level, which was a very good result.

Now, a promising candidate with the potential to be admitted to a top university has suddenly emerged, and even the principal has to pay great attention to him.

After an unknown amount of time, Deng Yunheng finally estimated the scores for all subjects.

The head teacher calculated the total score and asked in a trembling voice, "Deng Yunheng, is your estimate accurate?"

Deng Yunheng estimated the score conservatively. He said, "The deviation should not exceed 15 points."

"Good! Good! Good!"

Upon hearing this, the head teacher could no longer hold back and shouted excitedly.

The Dean of Studies also saw the total score calculated by the head teacher, and was also so excited that his face turned red. He patted Deng Yunheng on the shoulder and praised him, saying, "You are worthy of being the best student in the history of Songshan High School. Deng Yunheng, you are really great. I will tell the principal this good news."

Teachers of other subjects were also very excited when they saw this. If the students they taught could enter the top universities in the country, it would definitely be a great thing for these teachers to gain both fame and fortune.

The other students who were estimating their scores or had already finished estimating their scores couldn't help but gather around after hearing the noise. Then, after seeing Deng Yunheng's estimated score, they all exclaimed in surprise. It was a high score that they had never dared to imagine.

If this estimated score is really accurate, then you can choose any university in the country, right? At this moment, the classmates looked at Deng Yunheng with envy.

At the same time, they all knew that from now on, they and Deng Yunheng, their former classmate, would probably be people from two different worlds!

(End of this chapter)