Before the village held a farewell party for them, the educated youth were shocked by a piece of news in the newspaper: there was serious cheating in the first college entrance examination.
A group of people at the educated youth center sat on the kang, reading the newspaper they had just received from the village chief.
"Are these people too bold?" Xu Hongxia was also very scared. Fortunately, the officials on their side did not go so far.
"What do you think this County Magistrate, surnamed Ma, is thinking? He wants all six of his daughters to go to university. It's not enough that the first few will take up spots at the Workers, Peasants, and Soldiers University. This is the first college entrance exam since it was reinstated ten years ago, and so many people are waiting, especially those educated youth from the third batch who went to the countryside. This is their only chance to change their lives. They're already living much better than us."
Several educated youths were indignant. In just a small county in Hebei, the scores of more than 200 students were replaced, and more than 70 officials were involved in the case. What was even more terrifying was that the teachers in the invigilation team acted as tools to pass on the answers. These officials sacrificed the children of the people for their own children, and were complacent afterwards, thinking they were capable.
Shen Anning sat on the kang for a long time without saying a word. This was not an isolated case. The country was so big that there must be more than one place like this.
"Hey, do you think something like this would happen here? The other day when we were comparing answers, I felt that Geng Xiaoshan and Wang Li's answers were similar to mine, but they didn't pass the exam."
Several people were silent. They were just ordinary educated youth. Getting into university and changing their destiny seemed to be the greatest ability they had at the moment.
After returning home from the educated youth site, Shen Anning wrote a letter to Grandpa Shen. China is so big and she doesn’t have that much ability, but if her friends around her encounter such a thing, she can ask Grandpa for help.
About five or six days later, the village chief brought back a piece of news from a meeting at the commune. All 77 officials involved in the Hebei fraud case were dismissed, and the scores of more than 200 candidates who were in the trial were invalidated.
Such severe punishment also alerted others, and the central government set up an investigation team and received a large number of letters of complaint.
Shen Anning also received a reply from his grandfather. The few people in the village who failed the exam did so because their scores were not high enough. Fortunately, their scores were not too low. Grandpa Shen also encouraged them to take the exam again. There is great hope.
Before leaving the village, the educated youth site was once again in an uproar because of the incident between Zhao Aiguo and Qian Hui.
Xu Hongxia sat on a stool eating the snacks Qian Hui had bought for her from the county, looking at her as if she was looking at a heartless man. "Sister Qian Hui, when did you and Brother Zhao become friends? You actually hid it from us for so long. If we weren't leaving soon, would you not even let us know about your marriage?"
"Hongxia, I really didn't mean to hide it from you. You guys were so busy waiting for me while you were preparing for the college entrance exam, and I also had to go to work. How could I disturb you at that time?"
When reviewing for the college entrance examination, Shen Anning also asked Xu Hongxia to find Qian Hui, but Qian Hui is now a backbone of the factory and has also attended night school, so she does not plan to take the college entrance examination.
Zhao Aiguo is the eldest in the family. He has been working in the countryside for seven or eight years. There is no place for him in the family anymore, so he has no plans to go back. When he applied for college entrance examination, he applied for schools in the Northeast.
After the admission letter came out, he took it to Qian Hui to propose to her. The two of them only told everyone after they got their marriage certificate today.
Shen Anning felt that the two of them were a good match. They could set up their own small family. One was a college student and the other was a formal worker. Their life would definitely be harmonious and happy. She believed that since Zhao Aiguo asked for Qian Hui's hand after receiving the notice, he would not look down on Qian Hui in the future just because he was a college student.
"Although Brother Zhao and Sister Qian Hui have already received their marriage certificate, we still need to hold a banquet for them, right? It can also be regarded as a gathering before everyone goes away."
Several people agreed with Shen Anning's proposal. When the village chief heard about it, he also got them ten kilograms of flour and five kilograms of meat, as a farewell party for them.
While eating, everyone was filled with reluctance to leave. Everyone’s file transfer letters had been processed, and the village had also exchanged their work points for money and food and given them to them. . . .
"Okay, don't be sad, everyone. We all have each other's addresses. Let's communicate more often after we go back to school. Don't ever forget each other." As Xu Hongxia spoke, she couldn't control her tears.
Shen Anning's eyes were also red. After being together for a few years, they were separated. In the future, everyone would go to school, work, and travel all over the world. If they wanted to see each other again, it would all depend on fate.
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