Chapter 62

Since 1981, in order to solve the problems of too many candidates for the college entrance examination, heavy workload, scattered examination halls, etc., the state introduced a pre-examination system. It was not until 1989 that the college entrance examination pre-examination was replaced after the formation of the joint examination system.

Think about the many famous schools in the future, and the students of this era may not even be able to enter the college entrance examination hall, and they are blocked by the pre-examination.

It is just because the difficulty and examination format of the college entrance examination pre-examination are based on the college entrance examination. The difficulty is high, the number of people who pass the exam is small, and it is cruel.

In the past, Linshi also organized the pre-examination uniformly because it was worried that the schools in the counties would not be able to organize such an examination well.

Qin Xiang took a bus from the provincial capital to Linshi. The distance was not far, and it took three hours to get there.

Ning Sumei had told her the location of the guesthouse when she went back to the county. Qin Xiang went there and saw many students.

There are many examination halls in Linshi, and most of them are scattered. It is impossible for the school to arrange a guesthouse near the school for every student. They often choose a location in the middle.

Qin Xiang went into the hall and saw Ning Sumei and teachers He and Qi arranging accommodation for students.

Seeing her coming, Ning Sumei breathed a sigh of relief, "You are finally here."

It is easy to worry when someone is not around. This is the hope of their school this year. Last time, Qin Xiang ranked first in the school, and it was the first time that a student entered the top 50 in the city ranking. This is enough for the school to be proud. If they can go one step further this time, their school will be even more glorious.

Qin Xiang went over and greeted everyone, and said, "Teacher Ning, is there anything I can help you with?"

"No." Teacher Ning shook her head, "By the way, there happens to be an odd number of students, you can sleep in the same room with me, I have to check on the exam room for the students later, you go and rest first."

Qin Xiang took the key and went upstairs to rest first. Teacher He smiled and said, "Director Ning, do you think she can climb up again this time?"

Before Ning Sumei could say anything, Teacher Qi curled her lips, "It's hard to say. Sometimes people are so lucky that any accident can happen. Didn't it happen two years ago?"

This made Teacher He a little embarrassed, because Qin Xiang's luck was indeed bad two years ago. Ning Sumei's face also looked bad. Two years ago, Qin Xiang ranked among the top 20 in the city in the preliminary examination, otherwise the teachers at school could not say that she could get into the capital.

But it was mentioned again after two years, which made people angry.

At this time, someone behind them suddenly said, "Teacher Qi, you can tell fortunes, so why don't you set up a fortune-telling stall at the school gate to make money? Otherwise, your talent will be wasted."

Several people turned around and saw Qin Xiang coming down, and their faces suddenly became ugly.

Qin Xiang came over with a normal expression, picked up the bag on the ground, and said to Teacher Qi, "Teacher Qi, you are so awesome, there must be students in your class who can do well in the exam, right? You are so lucky, it would be a shame if you don't cultivate a student who can be admitted to the capital university. I am different. I never think that learning depends on luck. In my opinion, learning is something that depends on strength. As for luck..."

She smiled and glanced at Wang Xiao who came in from outside, "Sometimes bad luck is due to human factors. If you don't believe me, you can ask your good student Comrade Wang Xiao. She knows exactly what happened two years ago. Didn't she also say in the class that even if I take the college entrance examination, there is a way to let me take it?" Wang Xiao, who

was hiding from Qin Xiang and preparing to go in, froze in place.

Qin Xiang looked at her with a smile, "Wang Xiao, what are you saying? It's already the pre-exam, what other methods do you have? Come up with them quickly."

Teacher Qi looked embarrassed, "Classmate Qin Xiang, don't talk nonsense without evidence."

Although Teacher Qi didn't like Wang Xiao very much, she was his student after all. When his student had character problems at a critical moment, he, as a teacher, would not be able to save face.

Qin Xiang raised her eyebrows, "You are right. If there is evidence, she should have been detained at the police station long ago. How can she participate in the pre-examination? I am just joking with Wang Xiao. Didn't she also joke at school that I was divorced? It's just a personal relationship, right, Wang Xiao?"

Wang Xiao was terrified and couldn't say a word. Teacher Qi was also embarrassed. He glared at Wang Xiao and went out directly.

After saying that, Qin Xiang went back to the room. If she didn't take the time to rest and mess around with them, it would be good to hug Buddha's feet when she was free.

After a while, Teacher Ning came in, took the students' admission tickets and distributed them to the head teachers of each class. After a while, she took Qin Xiang's back and said, "Take a look first. The teacher will collect them all and distribute them before the exam tomorrow." Qin Xiang

took a look and said happily, "Teacher, the exam site is in the nearby primary school, which is quite close."

Ning Sumei nodded and was also very happy. The exam site was close so she didn't have to rush in the morning and could sleep more. She asked with concern, "How have you been reviewing recently?"

"Not bad." Qin Xiang took out the test paper she usually did and showed it to her. The handwriting on it was dense.

Chinese, math and English were Qin Xiang's strengths, so Qin Xiang was not too worried. The only thing she was worried about was physics, chemistry and politics.

Because of time constraints, she didn't spend enough time studying politics, so she only scored 70 points in politics in the last mock exam.

Ning Sumei wanted to say something else, but when she thought about the preliminaries tomorrow, she laughed and said, "Forget it. There is still a month before the college entrance examination. Just check for omissions and make up for them. We can

talk about everything after the preliminaries." The preliminaries are the Land Rover of the college entrance examination. Whether you can enter the examination room of the college entrance examination depends on the preliminaries

. The examination time of the preliminaries is the same as that of the college entrance examination, and the system is also followed.

Qin Xiang fell asleep early that night, and her breathing became steady not long after she lay down. Ning Sumei didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She had already prepared a draft to make Qin Xiang feel relieved, but she didn't use it at all and slept well.

Ning Sumei couldn't help but like such a student. She shook her head but couldn't sleep. She had to go out and meet with other class teachers to explain tomorrow's affairs.

The preliminaries are crucial.

Ning Sumei woke him up early the next morning.

First, go to the lobby to gather, then collect your admission tickets, and then solve the breakfast problem on your own, and set off early before the exam.

Some of the examination rooms are far away, so they don’t even have time to eat breakfast and leave in a hurry, and then eat a few bites when they find a seat.

Qin Xiang’s examination room is close, so he is not in a hurry, and he goes to the nearby state-owned hotel to solve the breakfast problem at a leisurely pace.

People these days are honest, and the ingredients used to open a store for business are not like those in later generations

. Many of them are technological and active, and most of the ingredients are still safe. But for safety reasons, Qin Xiang still went to the state-owned hotel. Others were in twos and threes, but Qin Xiang did not go to school and was not familiar with other classmates, so he could only go alone.

When Qin Xiang arrived outside the examination room, he unexpectedly saw Wang Xiao. At this time, Wang Xiao, like other candidates, was holding a book in his hand and preparing for the exam.

What the hell.

When he saw Qin Xiang, Wang Xiao subconsciously dived into the crowd, trying to stay away from Qin Xiang. However, because he didn't look at the road, his feet slipped and he fell to the ground with a bang.

Qin Xiang was amused. This really proved what Teacher Qi said, 'Sometimes people are so unlucky that they can get out of any accident.'

Wang Xiao is worthy of being Teacher Qi's student. He really became a qualified experimenter.

Qin Xiang laughed, and Wang Xiao bit his lip and got up from the ground, looking at Qin Xiang indignantly.

She didn't understand. What on earth was Qin Xiang so proud of? She was a divorced woman with a bad reputation. But Director Ning still treated Qin Xiang like a treasure. Maybe it would really be like what Teacher Qi said. It would be great if there was another accident.

But Wang Xiao didn't dare to say it. The lessons of history were still in front of her. She was afraid that Qin Xiang would beat her.

Qin Xiang was really capable of doing it.

Soon it was time for the exam to open. Qin Xiang smiled sincerely at Wang Xiao, and then walked into the exam room calmly and confidently.

Wang Xiao looked at her back and bit his lip, praying again and again: Let Qin Xiang be unlucky.

Unfortunately, Qin Xiang studied very hard during this period, but she had no time to study. Moreover, she had a good foundation and accumulated a lifetime of experience. She studied very well. The first exam, Chinese, was relatively easy for Qin Xiang, and she wrote the composition very smoothly.

After the exam, she unexpectedly saw Wang Xiao coming out of the next classroom. Qin Xiang enthusiastically asked, "How did Wang Xiao do in the exam?"

Wang Xiao limped away.

There were seven exams in three days, and the time was very tight, but there was also free time.

Qin Xiang did not dare to be careless, and used the rare free time to study.

Ning Sumei, who was in the same room with her, couldn't help but say, "If you study peacefully in school, why would you need to work hard now?"

Generally, teachers don't ask students to cram during exams, and adjusting their mentality is the most important thing.

But Qin Xiang didn't need to adjust her mentality, all she lacked was time, so she smiled and said, "Teacher Ning, it's good to work hard now."

She didn't dare to tell Teacher Ning that she didn't plan to apply for a university in the capital. The universities in the capital are good, but they are too far away from her base camp. Going to the capital is not a familiar place for her, and Qin Xiang hasn't considered it yet.

Ning Sumei smiled and said, "Okay, you study first, I won't bother you."

Being the dean of teaching also requires a lot of work. She is the chief conductor of the exam this time, and she cannot allow any mistakes. So Ning Sumei went out after she finished speaking. She also had to watch the students and not let them run around. Once there was a problem and they failed the preliminary exam, it would be a big trouble.

Three days passed in a flash, and the preliminary exam was over.

Unlike other students who had to take a bus back to the county, Qin Xiang was going directly back to the provincial capital.

When Ning Sumei learned that she was going back to the provincial capital, she didn't know what to say, and only instructed, "Don't slack off in your studies. The preliminary exam results will be out within a week this time. I'll call you then."

Qin Xiang nodded, told her the number of a nearby pay phone, and then prepared to leave.

However, when she arrived at the station, Qin Xiang thought again, since she was already here, why not investigate a little more? After all, there is a university in Linshi, and there is also a junior college and technical secondary school around the university. Maybe she can have a chance to open a branch here?

So Qin Xiang went to Linshi University again, but unfortunately she couldn't find a suitable place to open a store. The stores were either too far from the school gate or too small, and the environment was too bad. If she really bought it, she would have to tear it down and rebuild it. She could afford

to buy it, but she couldn't afford to rebuild it. She didn't have much money on hand, and she had to rely on the daily sales of the store to support herself.

Qin Xiang sighed and took the bus back. It was already noon when she arrived in the provincial capital. Qin Xiang thought that the station was not far from the university town, so she simply took her luggage and went directly to see the progress of the store construction.

To be honest, it was not easy to start the construction in the middle of summer, but there was no other way. Time was tight and the task was heavy, so it had to be this way.

When Qin Xiang arrived there, the original row of houses and the three rooms at the corner had been flattened, and the construction waste had been cleared away. Now it can be seen that the foundation has been laid even though the good guy was away for three days.

Laying the foundation for building a house takes the most time. After the foundation is laid, the back wall will be built quickly. However, she wanted to build a two-story small building, so steel bars had to be used at the four corners to make it more stable.

As for the internal structure of the house, Qin Xiang also designed it with reference to the storefronts of later generations. The front is a store and the back is a warehouse. In this way, the original house is too small and it has to occupy the original vacant space.

Qin Xiang had also asked for the house, and the palm-sized vacant land was also within her property range, so it didn't matter if she used it.

Therefore, the width of the house in front and back was much wider than the house she lived in, and the second floor would be more spacious accordingly.

Moreover, she also readjusted the original plan of eight rooms across, and made the corner position she reserved as the largest, occupying the area of ​​three storefronts. Double-layer large glass was installed on both sides, so that people coming and going could see the clothes in the store. The area of ​​the other six rooms was divided into four parts. Later, she occupied one of the three rooms of Gou Fu that she bought, and the remaining two were still used as two rooms.

Sometimes it is not appropriate to have a large area. People who do small business may not need a large area.

The second floor was based on the rooms on the first floor, but they agreed to build a staircase at the back of the house, so that the tenants could do business downstairs and live upstairs.

Qin Xiang's shop occupies a large area, so the area upstairs is naturally not small. The area of ​​the three houses is more than 40 square meters. And there are no public stalls in his own place, so the area is real.

Qin Xiang did not plan to live here, so he simply divided the upstairs into four small rooms, with a small living room, and used it as a dormitory for employees.

When he got closer, Qin Xiang did not see the third brother, but heard someone shouting, "Xiangxiang, why are you here."

Qin Xiang turned around and saw Qin Yang wearing a large vest, with his arms exposed, pushing a small cart full of sand.

"Third brother, why are you doing this too? Didn't I tell you that you just need to take care of it? It's so tiring."

Qin Yang took the towel from his neck and wiped the sweat off his face, shaking his head, "Not tired, I can help if I have nothing to do today."

He pointed to a place not far away, "Dad is here too."

Qin Xiang followed his finger and saw her father laying a wall. Qin Xiang knew that her father was a bricklayer. She had thought about letting her father learn duck farming techniques before, but she forgot about it and her father came to work as a worker to build a house for her.

Qin Yang said helplessly, "I told him to just watch here, but he still didn't want to. He insisted on doing it, saying that he felt uncomfortable sitting idle. I couldn't convince him, so I just left him alone."

"I'll go and take a look." Qin Xiang found a place to put down her luggage bag and ran straight to Qin Baotian, "Dad."

Qin Baotian was stunned and turned around to look at her, "Xiangxiang is back. Have you finished the exam?"

Qin Xiang nodded, "I'm done, Dad. It's too hot. You don't have to work. Just find a cool place to watch."

Qin Baotian wiped the sweat off his forehead and said happily, "This is no big deal. It's not more tiring than this in the countryside."

Seeing that Qin Xiang was still trying to persuade him, Qin Baotian stopped her, "Okay, don't worry about me. I'll rest when I'm tired."

Qin Xiang was helpless, "Okay, I'll go back and put my things down. I'll come over and take you to dinner later."

As for other workers, they definitely don't have meals provided. In addition to a daily wage of four yuan per person, each person is given an additional fifty cents for food allowance. Qin Xiang doesn't care how they eat.

Qin Baotian smiled, "Okay."

Qin Xiang smiled and greeted the other people in Qinjiatun, then left with her luggage bag.

As soon as she left, a young man in the village said to his companion, "Qin Xiang is really different now. When she just got divorced, she looked a little shabby, but now you can see that she looks like a big boss."

Another one curled his lips, "A bastard like Wang Junsheng is just unlucky. He deserves to be with a woman like Cui Hong."

After that incident, the matter of Wang Junsheng and Cui Hong became the focus of discussion in several nearby villages.

It had originally died down, but before the Wang family could breathe a sigh of relief, the news that Qin Xiang made money as a self-employed business owner came back again.

Regardless of whether everyone thought that the money was made by Qin Yang, people outside said that Qin Xiang made a lot of money, so it was brought up again and again.

After Qin Xiang made that phone call, Qin Baotian did not hide it and directly told Qin Yang that he needed manpower to build a house.

This news immediately went viral in Qinjiatun. Everyone believed that Qin Xiang really made money, and he even built a house in a place he bought in the provincial capital!

How rich he must be.

Someone spread the news intentionally, and it reached Wangjiazhuang almost the same day. It is said that Cui Lianhua fainted after hearing the news. It was so lively.

At this time, several young people were working and chatting, and in the end they could only shake their heads and sigh, "We can't compare. Let alone Qin Xiang, even Qin Yang can't compare."

Previously, the rumor in the village was that Qin Yang was the one who made money, and they also believed so.

But after arriving, he found out that it was not the case. The boss was Qin Xiang, and Qin Yang was just working for his sister.

His mood became even more complicated.

Qin Baotian was very happy. How could he not be happy if his daughter had a promising future? Moreover, he heard from Qin Yang that Qin Xiang had scored first in the school in the mock test, which made Qin Baotian even happier.

Qin Xiang came at noon, and brought a bucket of mung bean soup to share with everyone. Then he took Qin Baotian and Qin Yang to open a small stove nearby.

The contractors did not need to worry about the meals, and the people in Qinjiatun also prepared their own food and drinks, so Qin Xiang did not have to worry about it at all.

When they arrived at the restaurant, Qin Xiang ordered some food. Qin Baotian said angrily, "That's enough, two dishes are enough. We can't finish it."

"If you can't finish it, you have to take it with you." Qin Baotian said

helplessly, "Child, it's not easy to make money. You have to save where you should save."

Qin Xiang asked, "The purpose of making money is to eat and drink well. If you are reluctant to spend money on your own meals, then what's the point of making money?"

"I can't argue with you." Qin Baotian rolled his eyes at her, "You still have to save money."

Qin Xiang nodded hurriedly, "Got it."

She glanced at the beer in the restaurant and ordered three bottles, "Let's have a drink together."

Qin Baotian felt distressed, "Such expensive things."

"You have to drink if you buy them."

Qin Baotian was completely helpless.

After the meal was served, Qin Xiang asked about accommodation again, "Where do they sleep at night?"

"They sleep at the construction site. I bought them a mosquito net. They can pull it up at night. How can they not sleep?"

This is the advantage of summer. You can sleep on a mat and pull up the mosquito net.

Qin Xiang glanced at the provincial university not far away. It was lunch time and many students came out to eat. The flow of people was quite good.

Qin Xiang instructed, "The environment is harsh, so let's persevere. I will treat everyone to a meal after the work is done."

Qin Yang nodded, "Okay."

The wages were sufficient, and no one cared if the food was not good. After all, it was better to be idle at home in the summer. When Qin Baotian said that he would be paid four yuan a day, many people wanted this opportunity.

What's the big deal about suffering? Life in the countryside is even harder. Besides, you only have to work as a laborer for about ten days. When the work is done, you have to go back.

After lunch, Qin Baotian urged Qin Xiang to go back. Qin Xiang had to go after repeated requests.

It was too hot at noon. Everyone was chatting and resting under the shade of the trees. By the way, they took a look at the style of the students of Renmin University. Everyone thought they could brag about it when they went back.

When Qin Xiang went back, she saw He Liping coming over, "Sister Xiangxiang."

Qin Xiang looked at her, "What's the matter?"

"Nothing, I just wanted to ask how you did on the exam."

Qin Xiang smiled, "Not bad, I'll go upstairs to rest."

Although she was confident that the three-day exam was very exhausting, she was really tired.

Just after she lay down, He Liping came up again and brought her a glass of water, "Sister Xiangxiang, drink some water before you go to sleep."

Qin Xiang had no choice but to get up and drink it, "Is it okay?"

"Yeah." He Liping smiled, revealing two big dimples, "Sister Xiangxiang, go to bed quickly, we are here in the store."

Now there are five people in the store including He Liping, to be honest, there are quite a lot of people.

Qin Xiang looked at He Liping and asked, "Do you have something to say?"

"Wait until you get up." After saying that, He Liping turned around and went downstairs.

Qin Xiang drank a bottle of beer while eating, and felt a little sleepy, so she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

When she woke up again, it was already evening. Qin Xiang had just gotten up and washed her face when she heard a sudden quarrel.

She couldn't help but frown, because from the sound, it seemed to be Miao Xiaofeng and Tan Xiu?

Why did they quarrel?