In mid-October, Guo Jia officially announced the resumption of the college entrance examination.

The first college entrance examination after the document was issued was scheduled for two months later, in late December 1977. At that time, no matter whether you were a worker, a farmer, or a young person in society, as long as you were confident in your cultural level, you could sign up for the college entrance examination. If your test scores reached the admission line, you could go to college and become an enviable college student.

College students at this stage are extremely valuable. They are talents and pillars of society for the country, and they are like golden treasures in the eyes of the people. Because from the moment they step into the university gate, they are the country's people. The country will train them with all its strength, and they will be assigned jobs immediately after graduation. They will receive a stable salary and have a stable job. They are real Guo Jia cadres and have unlimited glory.

Meng Tao will also be one of the first batch of candidates.

She is not trying for a stable job, she is just looking for a diploma.

When relatives and friends heard that Meng Tao was going to sign up for the college entrance examination, they encouraged her and supported her with practical actions. Within two days, the review materials Meng Tao received almost filled half of the room, and there were also several large boxes of stationery such as pens, ink, paper, etc., which she might not be able to use up in her lifetime.

Several elders were worried that the weather was too hot and would affect her studies, so they all gave her electric fans. Meng Tao received four or five brand new electric fans at once.

There are also people who volunteered to be tutors, such as Xu Yuting, Liu Jianli, Xu Hengrui, and Han Dongdong.

Even at the professor level, fourth cousin Xu Mingni was not just joining in the fun, she acted decisively and directly moved in with her suitcases to live in the Shen residence, and announced that within two months, she would be able to tutor a college student!

However, her kindness was rejected. Shen Yu said that his wife would be able to tutor herself and sent the fourth cousin back without any hesitation. The other "teachers" were treated the same and were not needed.

Of course, no one dared to question Shen Yu's academic qualifications and abilities. Although the "teachers" who were eager to try were unwilling, they had to retreat.

Meng Tao does not need tutoring. She has been working for two years after graduating from her bachelor's and master's degrees in her previous life. Now it is easy for her to get into university.

Shen Yu declined the "teacher" because he didn't want someone to interfere in their private lives for a long time.

Shen Heping and Xu Zhen took it seriously. They felt that their daughter-in-law's college entrance exam was a serious matter and that tutoring their son was necessary, so they had to give her strong support.

The couple took even better care in raising their grandson, not letting Xiao Yunhai disturb Meng Tao, and always urging Meng Tao to study. Every day when Shen Yu got home from work, they would ask him to go back to his room and help his wife with her homework.

This invisibly gave the young couple more private space. Without the children competing for favor and causing trouble, his wife was completely his own and he could do whatever he wanted with her. Shen Yu was very satisfied.

Meng Tao was depressed by the tension and complained to Shen Yu: "When you and Dad went to work, my stepmother was too strict with me at home. She kept watching my door all day long. If I didn't study enough in the room and go out to play with Xiao Yunhai for a while, she would scold me."

Shen Yu hugged his wife and said, "What did she say about you? Tell me."

"Although she didn't say anything, she threw the notes to me so quickly. Three notes were thrown at once. They are still on the table. Look for yourself. The tone of her words is just like my dean."

"Your stepmother is worried. You've made a big effort to take the college entrance exam. She's afraid that you won't pass, and she, as your mother-in-law, will be embarrassed."

"Don't underestimate me. Wait till I make a big splash and shock her!"

Shen Yu teased his young wife: "She won't be surprised. My stepmother is a top student at the Yanda Academy of Fine Arts. She held an exhibition at the age of 18, which must have surprised people."

"Okay, so you're helping your mother to attack me?"

"It's our mom! It's not a blow, it's an encouragement."

"You... um..."

The couple was snuggling on the sofa when they heard little Yunhai's cute voice from outside: "Mom! Dad!"

There is also the voice of Xiao Wangcai.

Meng Tao pushed him and said, "Why do you care? It's time for dinner. Hurry up and get up. I can move freely for two hours. I have to study in the evening. Hum!"

Shen Yu smiled and pulled his young wife up: "I will help you with your homework during the evening self-study class. It will be over soon."

"Thank you, Mr. Shen."

The couple tidied up their clothes and hairstyles, opened the door and let the two little ones in. Shen Yu patted Xiao Wangcai and picked up his son: "What do you want to call mom and dad for?"

Xiao Yunhai: "Eat, eat, I'm hungry."

Shen Yu touched his belly and said, "It's still full, aren't you hungry?"

"I'm hungry, Mommy is hungry!"

"Well, it's mom who's hungry, not you."

"Hungry! Xiao Hai is hungry, Mom is hungry, Dad is hungry, Wangwang is hungry..."

"Okay, stop talking. If people hear you, they'll think you've run out of food." Meng Tao smiled and moved closer to kiss her son.

Little Yunhai rushed to his mother and asked for a hug, but Shen Yu refused and knocked him down to play Feifei. Little Yunhai laughed out loud with joy, and little Wangcai also jumped and danced with joy.

The family walked to the dining room laughing and chatting. Meng Tao saw that the apple tree was full of fruits, which were almost ripe. In a few days, they could be picked and distributed to relatives and friends.

Thinking of the group of guests who came last year and the children who destroyed the apple tree, he said to Shen Yu:

"Is your sister Xiaoxue okay? Ask her to take the college entrance exam as well. Send her some study materials and find someone to tutor her."

Shen Yu was having fun with his son when he suddenly mentioned Lin Xiaoxue. He was stunned for a moment: "Lin Xiaoxue...she should be fine. Ding Hao has arranged someone to take care of her specific situation. She seems to have graduated from high school? I'll ask Ding Hao tomorrow. If she meets the requirements, I'll ask her to sign up. Where can I get the study materials? No need to send them. Just buy a few books locally."

"I have a room full of materials, which are wasted. I also sent some to Zhou Cuiling and a few educated youths... Oh, you can give them to Zhu Chunlin and let him study on his own. You can also send some to brothers and friends in my hometown."

Shen Yu also felt that the pile of review materials took up too much space: "I'll have someone sort it out in a couple of days and give it to those who need it."

"Okay."

During the two months that Meng Tao was reviewing her lessons, she was very honest and stopped going shopping frequently or going to the black market. She also limited her contact with relatives and friends to phone calls and basically stayed at home.

She seemed to be working very hard, but in fact only she and Shen Yu knew that most of the time when she was locked in the house, she was busy in the space.

Because I have exams, I can’t go to Heilingzi Village this year.

Two months passed in a blink of an eye, and finally the day of the exam arrived. Grandpa Xu specially asked Shen Yu to take two days off to pick up Meng Tao and take her to and from the exam site. Old Meng also talked to Meng Tao. Rather than mobilizing her before the exam, it was more like giving her a reassurance, telling her that the most important thing was to participate, and not to worry about the grades. In short, she would definitely get into the university of her choice in the end! Meng Tao understood what Old Meng meant, which was nothing more than: Even if she didn't do well in the exam, she could still get into university through the back door!

Meng Tao was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. It seemed that people around her generally had no confidence in her.

I don’t have anything to say at the moment. I just hope the exam will be over soon, and when the scores come out, the facts will speak for themselves.

(End of this chapter)