Chapter 79
A few days after the college entrance examination, it was the day of the high school entrance examination.
Because of this exam, Jian Feng and Wang Mengmei didn't sleep well for a whole month.
As for Jian Li, going to and from school every day is no different from usual.
She even didn’t skip her daily exercise!
Asking means relaxing, asking means having your own plans.
At the critical moment of preparing for the exam, Jian Li was not slack or careless, but she felt that she had already mastered the learning content, and the only thing left was her mentality.
She goes to the table tennis court to play table tennis every day without fail, and can play several games with anyone.
I am not good at fighting, but I am happy every time I get beaten.
Some people enviously said to Wang Mengmei: "Your girl has a really good attitude and is very likable."
Wang Mengmei felt a little proud, but also a little troubled.
Just like asking Jian Li to lose weight, she wanted Jian Li to work harder, but she also felt that the current situation was already very good.
Jian Feng comforted her: "Let her be, she knows what's going on."
Kung Fu is all about normal times, not the Buddha's feet in the last few days.
Half a month before the exam, the school begins collecting students' applications.
Jian Li chose Provincial Experimental School without hesitation, while the other chose Foreign Languages.
When the head teacher saw Jian Li's choice, he called her to the office.
With Jian Li's grades, it is completely possible for her to go to No. 1 Middle School. Although the Provincial Experimental School and the Foreign Language School are also good, these two schools are not as famous as No. 1 Middle School after all.
"Have you discussed this decision with your family?"
Teacher Fang was very cautious, fearing that Jian Li's decision was made at the request of her parents, and the school would have to listen to her parents.
Jian Li nodded.
When it comes to volunteering, Jian Feng and Wang Mengmei both listen to her.
Especially when they heard that the Provincial Experimental School and the Foreign Language School did not live on campus, the two of them raised their hands in agreement.
Teacher Fang tried to persuade him again: "You can choose to go to school as a commuter student at No. 1 Middle School."
Jian Li thought about it and shook her head again. She did not try to hide her laziness and said frankly, "No. 1 Middle School... is too strict."
There is also evening self-study. Although all high schools have evening self-study, No. 1 Middle School has three evening self-study sessions every day.
That is to say, by the time the three classes were over, it was already 10:30 in the evening.
Jian Li still has lingering fears when she recalls the more than three hours of evening self-study every night in No. 2 Middle School, which was comparable to No. 1 Middle School in her previous life.
Teacher Fang: …
The principal also said that she would be asked to do the work of a few top students. The top student in the class would go to the provincial laboratory, and the second one would apply to the medical school. In the whole grade, their class was quite unique.
Who would believe me if I told others that I didn't apply to No. 1 Middle School just to avoid attending evening self-study classes for so long?
Teacher Fang waved his hand tiredly: "Okay, you can go back. Call Xu Yanan."
When Xu Yanan arrived at the office, Teacher Fang looked serious.
After learning about Xu Yanan's plan, Teacher Fang was speechless.
In the end, he had no choice but to let Xu Yanan go back to the class, while he took the two of them's volunteer forms to see the principal.
It’s not that she doesn’t work hard, it’s just that these two students are too opinionated!
The class was buzzing about the volunteer application for two days. There were more than a dozen high schools in Taocheng, and except for the top three schools, the rest were also good and bad.
Teacher Fang called each student over to talk every day, and communicated with the parents one by one. By the time the application forms were finally submitted, the high school entrance examination was already just around the corner.
When this moment really came, the atmosphere in the class became quite tense. The teachers of various subjects changed their previous attitude of "You are the worst class I have ever taught" and became friendly and cheerful.
"Relax, as long as you work hard, no matter what the result is, you are the best."
"Eat and sleep on time, and stay focused."
"Today is our last class. We will study on our own during this class. I would like to say something from my heart to you all."
…
Teachers of every subject are eager to teach students all their life experiences so that they can not only solve all questions in the examination room, but also face various difficulties in life with ease.
"The teacher is a child who came out of the mountains. When I was young, I had to walk two miles to go to school. Every day, I went to school under the moonlight and under the stars. This went on year after year for ten years. During these ten years, I wore out many cloth shoes. Later, I was afraid that my shoes would be worn out, so I tied a broken shoe sole with a straw rope and changed into my own shoes when I got to school..."
"I am not saying this to tell you how hard it is for teachers and how lucky you are. I want to tell you from my own experience."
“Difficulties are only temporary. Ten or twenty years may seem like a long time, but at the end of life, it is just a period of your life.”
"So when you encounter difficulties, just hold on and you will have a good life after you get through it."
…
There was thunderous applause. The chemistry teacher, who is now a father in his thirties, walked out of the classroom with a smile and said hello to the teacher of the next class.
At the end of each period, teachers put down their books and started talking about things that had nothing to do with knowledge.
So everyone was amazed, it turned out that the beautiful English teacher almost gave up her studies to become a model.
A serious physics teacher who once blew up his own back room while doing an experiment.
The shy history teacher talked about how he earned money to support his studies.
…
These teachers who have gone through the ups and downs of life look into the clear eyes of their students and offer their blessings one by one.
"I wish you all a bright future and a smooth journey."
There are some things that you may not understand now, but it doesn’t matter. Just keep them in mind, and you will understand them one day in the future.
*****
On the day of the high school entrance examination, Jian Li was assigned to the examination room of No. 4 Middle School, and Xu Yanan was assigned to the school itself.
Wang Mengmei got up early in the morning to make breakfast. After that, she waited anxiously for Jian Li to wake up.
The weather has been getting hotter recently, and Jian Li is most afraid of heat. Wang Mengmei doesn't let her eat ice cream, so she wants to cool down and refresh herself. She got some mint leaves from somewhere and soaked them in water to drink.
I got into trouble after drinking this. I had diarrhea for several days.
Wang Mengmei sat in the living room and couldn't help but say to Jian Feng, "I told you to close the shop and keep an eye on her for a few days, but you insisted that she knew it herself. Look, at such a critical moment, it has become like this."
Jian Feng knew he was in the wrong and dared not say anything.
To be honest, he didn't expect Jian Li to be so troublesome. The mint leaves had grown in a large clump downstairs, and no one paid attention to it. Who could have thought that Jian Li would suddenly have the urge to pick them and soak them in water!
This girl doesn't have any major problems, but she has a lot of minor ones.
The couple looked worried at each other. When Jian Li got up, they didn't dare to say anything that would affect her mood. Wang Mengmei served Jian Li rice with a gloomy face.
A bowl of millet porridge, a boiled egg, and white flour steamed buns. She can't eat fried dough sticks because she is afraid that her weak stomach will not be able to digest fried food.
Jian Li ate two boiled eggs without noticing, and then finished the steamed bun with shredded potatoes before wiping her mouth.
"Let's go!"
Jian Feng originally wanted to find a car to take her there, but was later rejected by Jian Li.
Although there are fewer cars now, there are people around the examination center. Who knows if there will be traffic jams?
Bicycle is still convenient.
Wang Mengmei and Jian Feng each had a car. Wang Mengmei: "Shut your mouth! Don't talk!"
If you drink more wind, you will have a stomachache again later.
Only after seeing Jian Li enter the examination room did the two of them breathe a sigh of relief.
Outside the examination room were all waiting parents. Jian Feng asked for leave, and Wang Mengmei asked Ni Hao to take care of lunch first. The two squatted at the door waiting for their daughter to take the exam.
As the bell rang, Jian Li saw the questions in the examination room.
To be honest, although she had long lost her memory of the high school entrance examination questions from her previous life, when she saw the test paper, Jian Li still remembered a few faint details.
Jian Li shook her head, not wanting to be bothered by the answers from her previous life, and answered the questions seriously.
…
After finishing two consecutive days of exams, Jian Li finally relaxed.
I went home and slept for a day. After that, I received a call from a classmate, asking her to go to school to check answers.
Jian Lilai lay on the bed: "No."
I have already taken the exam and applied for the major, so what else is there to answer?
There were many students who had the same mentality, and of course many of them went to school to check their answers.
Xu Yanan is one of them.
She applied for the nursing major at a health school and was sure she would be admitted, but she just wanted to know how many points she could get.
Check the questions.
Xu Yanan was stunned.
She checked again and again and confirmed that she should have achieved the highest score ever.
Teacher Fang looked regretful and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, you will definitely be in the top three in the grade."
With such good grades, she can choose either No. 1 Middle School or the Provincial Experimental School.
But……
Xu Yanan suddenly broke into a big smile: "I'm so awesome."
Teacher Fang was startled, and then smiled: "Indeed, you are great, Xu Yanan."
After saying goodbye to the teacher, Xu Yanan walked out of the school gate happily.
She tried her best, so...
No regrets!
*****
While the students were busy preparing for their high school entrance exams, the cotton mill's bankruptcy was finally confirmed.
The Hong Kong businessmen who came to inspect for the third time bought the cotton spinning factory and two office buildings, intending to engage in real estate development.
After receiving the money, Director Qiu immediately paid the workers severance pay.
Many of the cotton spinning mill's subsidiaries became independent and were gradually contracted out to individuals. The grinding wheel factory, sales company, and dyeing factory were all contracted out, changing from state-owned to privately owned.
Director Qiu spent almost three months to finally handle this series of follow-up matters.
It was already July.
Director Qiu suddenly thought of Jian Feng and asked about the clerk in the office.
"The one before, the one whose father died and whose mother ran away, have her high school entrance exam results come out?"
Since I talked it out with Jian Feng, Jian Feng stopped coming, but the old employees from the street office and the factory still came. These people are not as reasonable as Jian Feng, and they always talk nonsense. He said that opening the door like this will make others dissatisfied. Those elderly people are just making nonsense and talking nonsense.
"I am just someone else. I am not dissatisfied."
They keep pestering the factory just to get them to pay money.
Director Qiu was also thinking about this matter.
The young clerk was in charge of coordinating matters in the factory and was relatively familiar with the situations of each company. When Director Qiu asked him about it, he replied, "He left a few days ago. He said he was admitted to the medical school."
Director Qiu said "Oh" and thought to himself, Jian Feng has finally figured it out.
In fact, as long as the children are motivated, they will be able to get out of this situation even if they are in a medical school.
"How much of our resuscitation fund is left?"
Hong Kong businessmen took over the cotton spinning factory and had a lot of money. One of the funds allocated by the superiors was to appease the radical employees in the factory, and it has not been used up yet.
Director Qiu had argued with the leadership for this grant, saying that the cotton textile factory had thousands of employees and the grant of tens of thousands of yuan was not enough. But the higher-ups insisted that this was the amount, not more.
Later, Jian Feng suggested that everyone sell their overstocked goods to tide them over, and this saved a lot of the scarce "stabilization fund".
The clerk flipped through the documents and said, "There are more than a thousand."
Just over a thousand, just right.
Director Qiu: "Write an application for this money and give it to that little girl."
It saves the old workers from always coming to ask.
After Xu Yanan received the notice, she started picking up waste every day. No matter how much money others gave her, she would not accept it.
"I can earn it myself."
The old people in the factory couldn't bear to see her like this, but scolding Sun Yan didn't make them feel better. In the end, they could only look through all their things and save everything that could be given to this girl and give it to her.
Xu Yanan sold scraps for a month and earned 500 yuan.
Xu Yanan took the admission letter and calculated the expenses. The three years of tuition were free, and the monthly subsidy was 30 yuan.
But now that prices have risen a lot, thirty yuan is not enough, at least one hundred yuan should be prepared for a month. Add in some necessary expenses, and you have to save fifteen hundred yuan a year.
Xu Yanan thought that she should save the money for the first year first, and as for the next two years, she would wait until the winter and summer vacations to save money.
At this critical moment, someone from the cotton textile factory came to see her.
The young clerk took her to the office. Director Qiu looked at the little girl and sighed.
"Good boy, come on, sign it."
Xu Yanan took the piece of paper, which said it was a subsidy for poor children, 1,120 yuan.
She signed stupidly.
Director Qiu took out the money and handed it to her. The thick roll of money made Xu Yanan feel heavy in her heart.
Director Qiu: "This money was entirely obtained for you by your old neighbors and Jian Feng."
"Little girl, you must study hard and give back to society in the future."
Director Qiu picked up the list and took out the red stamp from the tablecloth.
The official seal with "Taocheng State-owned Cotton Spinning Factory No. 1" printed on it rolled in the bright red ink.
Director Qiu also sighed: "This official seal will be handed in tomorrow. This document of yours is the last one to be stamped."
There was a click sound, and Xu Yanan shed tears of gratitude.
The seal was printed on the document.
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