After the exam, they walked out of the examination room, and outside the gate, villages gathered together, and Shen Anning quickly found the team.
"An Ning, thank you so much. Your materials really helped us a lot, especially in math, physics, and chemistry. Several questions are similar to the examples you gave us."
A few people who had only graduated from junior high school also agreed. If they had not taken the exam this time, they would never know the gap between them and high school students. Most of the knowledge in the test paper can only be learned in high school. If it were not for the study in the village brigade for several months, they would have no hope at all.
Shen Anning waved her hand and said, “This is also the result of your own efforts. Luck is also part of strength.”
When they got back to the commune, they saw ox carts from two villages waiting for them at the intersection as soon as they got off the bus. They hurried over and said, "Thank you for your hard work, uncles."
"It's not hard, it's not hard. Hurry up and get in the car. The villagers are waiting for you."
The cold wind was blowing hard on the road, but the group of people were not affected at all and were chatting loudly in the wind.
Arriving at the entrance of the village, Shen Anning looked at her younger brother and sister standing on the stone with Xixi waiting for her, "Auntie, auntie, auntie."
I hugged Xixi who ran over and said, "Auntie, you heard me. Doesn't it hurt your throat if you shout so loudly?"
"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt. I haven't seen you for several days."
"Do you miss your aunt?"
"I want it, I want it in my heart, I want it with my whole body." Shen Zixi touched his heart and stretched out his hand to gesture...
Picking up the little girl who already weighed 40 kilograms, Shen Anning greeted everyone with her younger brothers and sisters and then walked home. She had just finished the exam today and needed to have a good rest. She would go to the brigade headquarters to check the answers tomorrow.
Shen Anyu and Shen Anxuan graduated from junior high school in July this year. They started school early and now they have only been in elementary school and junior high school for seven years, so now they are thirteen years old and have completed their junior high school education.
They were supposed to enroll in the county high school in September, but a letter from home asked them to take a break for half a year and continue attending high school after returning to Beijing next year. As Shen Anning was busy preparing for the college entrance examination, they could also help the family more and take care of Xixi.
Back home, I sat on the kang and ate the egg noodles my sister made for me. "An Xuan's cooking skills have improved a lot. I don't know how surprised my parents will be when we go back next year."
"Sister, I've been cooking for the past two days, and my brother and Xixi are helping to light the fire."
"Not bad, not bad. You deserve praise. Tomorrow, I'll make you a delicious meal when I wake up."
Holding the little girl to sleep at night, Shen An Ning sniffed the little girl's neck hard, making her laugh. During the two nights in the guesthouse, she couldn't sleep at first without Xixi's smell. She took a piece of the little girl's clothes from the space and put it on the pillow before she fell asleep.
In mid-January, test results were released in various parts of the country, and because of this, the festive atmosphere of the New Year was greatly diluted.
Families with children taking the college entrance examination will rush to worship all the gods they can at the end of the year, regardless of the fact that the Kitchen God is just responsible for providing meals.
The educated youth in the village who were taking the college entrance examination were waiting for the results, so they no longer had the enthusiasm to go home for the New Year to visit their relatives like in previous years. Their household registration and other information were all in the countryside, and the news of the admission notice would be sent to the current brigade as soon as possible. Xu Hongxia followed Shen Anning and was busy every day. She looked very relaxed on the surface, but she was really anxious inside.
Following Shen Anning, she started reviewing earlier than most people, but after all, she had done farm work in the countryside for several years, and the book knowledge had been put aside for too long. She didn't know if God had seen her efforts in the last few months.
Shen An Ning was the calmest one in the group. She had clear goals, was very confident, and had a clear plan for her future. So while everyone else was sighing all day, she was busy preparing New Year's goods with her younger brothers, sisters, and niece. None of the educated youth went home this year, so the New Year's goods that everyone had shared were gathered together. Considering that this was the last New Year's Eve dinner of everyone's educated youth career, Shen An Ning was very attentive. She prepared sticky rice dumplings, blood sausage, meatballs, fried fish, etc. She also took out five pounds of white flour from her own space.
On New Year's Eve, several male educated youth drank two kilograms of Shaodaozi that they had exchanged from the old man in the village, reminiscing about the past. At the very end, when talking about separation, the sentimental female educated youth burst into tears. Although they didn't know what the future would be like for everyone, the reluctance to say goodbye at that moment was real, and it was remembered firmly in everyone's heart many years later.
After packing up the tables and chairs, on the way back, Xu Hongxia, holding a flashlight, asked, "An Ning, if we get into university and go to different cities, will we ever see each other again?"
From the first three generations to the most recent batch of educated youth, some have already settled down, some have resigned themselves to their fate after spending year after year here with no hope of returning to the city, and some have been prepared to fight to the end from the beginning. These people come from all corners of the country, and this college entrance examination is an opportunity as well as a test.
"Yes, Hongxia, our country will never go back to the past. The country is moving forward, and we must also look forward."
In mid-January, Shen Anning went to the county with other candidates from the village to check their scores. Because it was the first year of the resumption of the college entrance examination, only the admission score and the list of qualified candidates were announced, and the rest of the policies remained the same as they were ten years ago.
"An Ning, look, you're the third one, and I'm on top too. Mmm, it feels so good, I can finally go back..."
Xu Hongxia hugged Shen Anning and cried at the door without caring about her image. What surprised Shen Anning was that she saw Cao Yu's name on the list. You know, since they moved to Liu Jinfeng's place, they rarely had contact with each other, and they did not participate in the review together during this period.
"Okay, okay, let's see if there are any other names of villagers." The examination sites were different, and the places where the admission results were announced were also different. Shen Anning and the others found a total of five names at the gate of No. 1 Middle School.
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