Chapter 93
The district leader's sudden proposal made it difficult for Ye Manzhi and Zhang Qinjian to make a decision.
Zhang Qinjian admitted that establishing a commune would be beneficial, but whether Guangming Street should carry out this pilot project remains to be discussed.
"If the pilot is successful, other streets will also establish communes. Sooner or later, the financial revenue will be generated by the streets themselves. There is no need for us to compete for the first place."
Director Zhang, who has always been keen on striving for the first place and being recognized as advanced, no longer wants to compete, and Ye Manzhi certainly doesn't have to compete either.
After all, she is the deputy director and has to agree with the director on major issues.
"It's just hard to explain to the district."
"The commune is a new thing. We can't just make a decision on a whim. We need to do some research, right?"
The two discussed for a while and finally decided to use the tactic of procrastination.
If the district leaders ask, just say you want to visit a rural commune to learn what a real commune is like.
However, their decision was indeed a bit presumptuous. Without waiting for the leader to inquire, the Yong'an Road Sub-district Office took the initiative to apply for the establishment of a people's commune.
When the news reached Guangming Street, Zhang Qinjian was immediately filled with anger and betrayal. "How could Old Xu be so impatient? He was the first one to speak out against it that day!"
Ye Manzhi threw the stack of People's Commune documents on the table and said with relief, "That's great. Let them be a pilot project first. Once they've achieved results, we can just follow suit and reap the benefits."
She is now only concerned about her college entrance examination results and has no intention of setting up the people's commune.
The college entrance examination ended on July 20th, and today is August 8th.
But there is still no sign of the admission letter.
Ye Manzhi flipped through the desk calendar and checked today's provincial newspaper from beginning to end. He confirmed that the admission list had not been announced in the newspaper yet. He could only sigh deeply and went home from get off work with a heavy heart.
Wu Zhengrong was feeding bones to Kuihua in the yard. The bones, which didn't have much meat to begin with, were gnawed clean by Kuihua. After she was done, she held the bones and played with them for a while, like a child.
"Why did you get off work so early today?" Ye Manyi ran over and squatted aside to watch Kuihua lick the bone.
"Third sister-in-law seems to have given birth. I'll come back to tell you."
"What does it mean? Did the baby come out or not?"
"She might have given birth. Your third brother was called away from the workshop this afternoon." Wu Zhengrong glanced at his watch and said, "I have to go back to the factory to take care of some work. Please go to the hospital on behalf of our family."
Ye Manzhi asked him to go about his business and returned to her room alone to select things for visiting the woman who had just given birth from the supplies she had stockpiled.
She was originally convinced by Wong Tai Sin's reminder and had saved up a lot of supplies in the past two years.
However, this year, news of high grain yields has come from all over the country, and the supply of materials in the market is also quite sufficient.
This was completely contrary to the information she got from Wong Tai Sin, and she suspected that Wong Tai Sin had made a mistake!
Ye Manzhi pondered for a while, then picked out a bag of milk powder, a bag of malted milk, and two cans of canned fruit from the drawer.
Then, carrying these things, I made a detour to the March 8th Service Station.
"Fourth sister-in-law, our third sister-in-law seems to have given birth. Will you go to the hospital with me?"
Shen Liangmei curled her lips and said, "She was just taken to the hospital by taxi this afternoon. How could she give birth so quickly? Even now, she's waiting at the door of the delivery room!"
She put emphasis on the word "taxi".
Ye Manzhi understood what she was saying and asked with a smile, "Did your third sister-in-law take a car to the hospital to give birth?"
"Of course," Shen Liangmei said sourly, "This is the first time I've met such a delicate pregnant woman. She has to take a car to the hospital to give birth, just like a capitalist lady!"
Since the Guangming Street convenience service station was established, taxis have been called four times, all to take pregnant women to the hospital to give birth.
Huang Li was not the first one, but she was the sister-in-law who lived under the same roof with Shen Liangmei.
Ever since my third sister-in-law became pregnant, her status in the family has skyrocketed, and she has eaten at least ten roosters and hens.
Shen Liangmei was counting them for her.
When she gave birth to Maiduo, she didn’t receive such good treatment!
Ye Manzhi said bluntly, "People use their own wages to hire taxis. You have your own wages now, so when you have children in the future, you can hire a taxi yourself!"
"It costs several dollars to call a taxi. I'm not that squeamish! Can riding in a taxi lay golden eggs?"
"So are you going to the hospital to see your third sister-in-law?"
"Go ahead, I want to see if taking a taxi can lay golden eggs."
When the aunt and sister-in-law rushed to the hospital, the third sister-in-law had already given birth.
The third brother squatted beside the bed like a fool, counting his son's fingers and toes.
When he saw them come in, he said cheerfully, "This kid is pretty good. He has all his hands and feet intact."
Shen Liangmei's motion sickness hadn't subsided yet, and she murmured quietly, "If I was born in a taxi and my hands and feet were incomplete, how could that be considered normal?"
Ye Manzhi put the things down and asked with concern: "Third sister-in-law, how are you feeling?"
"It's okay. Luckily the taxi arrived in time, otherwise I would have given birth on the way."
Huang Li did not miss work during her pregnancy and she always stayed at her job.
Because she insisted on delivering letters with her big belly, even though she couldn't ride a bicycle, she would still push it on the street to show off.
This attracted many enthusiastic women to speak up for her and suggested that the post office change her job.
The director was worried about her belly, and when she still had to deliver letters with a seven-month-old belly, he finally agreed to transfer her to a clerical position.
Huang Li has established herself as a person who loves her job and is dedicated to it. Of course, she cannot stop working just because she has successfully transferred to another position. So even though she is about to give birth, she has to stand her last shift. Today, she was sent to the hospital by a colleague.
"By the way, before I got on the bus, I vaguely heard a colleague say that the university acceptance letters have been mailed out one after another." Huang Li reminded, "You should pay more attention to it in the next two days."
Ye Manzhi's heart immediately tensed up, and she asked anxiously, "Has anyone on our street received the notice yet?"
This year, more than 30 people from Guangming Street took the college entrance examination. Except for two transferred students, most of them were graduates from children's middle schools.
"Not yet!" Huang Li recalled, "Last year, we sent out more than 20 notices. The earliest one arrived around August 10th, and the latest one was delivered in September. This year's situation should be similar."
Regardless of whether they are admitted or not, the candidates will receive a notice. If it is a notice of rejection, it will usually contain some words of earnest encouragement.
Huang Li was quite curious about Ye Manzhi's test results.
There is no mention of Ye Manzhi becoming a cadre or taking the college entrance exam in the book. In her impression, Ye Manzhi's academic performance was not outstanding.
But Chang Yue'e said that the entire application form she applied for was filled with majors from the provincial university, and she did not fill in any other schools.
Huang Li didn't know that there are now two application forms for the college entrance examination. He just thought that his sister-in-law was really brave to bet everything on taking the key exam.
The mother still needs to rest, so Ye Manzhi certainly can't talk to her all the time.
Seeing that relatives from the third sister-in-law's family had arrived one after another, Ye Manzhi winked at the fourth sister-in-law and asked her if she wanted to go home together.
Shen Liangmei's motion sickness symptoms had not yet eased. Just as she nodded in agreement, she felt her stomach churning. She pushed away the person in front of her and ran out quickly.
"What's wrong with my fourth sister-in-law?" Ye Manzhi asked blankly, "She never had such severe motion sickness before!"
Chang Yue'e put the thermos on the table, chased after him and said, "She's already in the hospital, let's take her to see a doctor."
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The doctor's result was that my fourth sister-in-law was also pregnant.
When Ye Manzhi got home, she asked Wu Zhengrong, "My third sister-in-law gave birth to a boy, and my fourth sister-in-law is also pregnant. Do you think I should go to the hospital for a check-up?"
"Check what?"
"Just check if there are any children."
"The time is too short to find out." Wu Zhengrong said uncertainly.
After the college entrance examination, they had not used any protective measures since that time in the guesthouse, but it had only been 20 days at most. What could be found out now?
Ye Manzhi asked expectantly and worriedly, "Should we be able to get pregnant?"
She asked Wu Xiaogu, and she learned that universities generally do not encourage students to get pregnant and have children while they are in school.
The situation of transferred students is special. Most of them have already started a family and a career, so they can give birth to the child they conceive after the college entrance examination physical examination and before they officially start school.
However, if you become pregnant and give birth after enrolling, you will most likely be asked to drop out of school.
She discussed the matter of having children with Wu Zhengrong, and it would be best if she could get pregnant before starting school.
Of course, there is nothing I can do if I can’t get pregnant, so I can only wait until I graduate from college.
However, among the majors she applied for, some had a four-year study period, while others had a five-year study period.
If she is admitted to a five-year program, she will be 25 years old when she graduates. She will then need some time to adapt to the new unit she is assigned to. By the time she is able to have children with peace of mind, Wu Zhengrong's children will be able to go to college.
Wu Zhengrong doesn't like children very much, and he has never held any of his nephews or nieces in his arms.
Therefore, his attitude towards having children is to let nature take its course. If you are pregnant, then have the baby. If you are not pregnant, then it is just not the right time.
"You should get your college acceptance letter first before worrying about these things. If you don't get into college, we can always have a baby."
“…”
Of course, Ye Manzhi still looks forward to going to college.
Therefore, the first thing she did when she arrived at work every day was to read the newspaper and then wait for the postman to come.
On August 12, Guangming Street received the first notification letter from a university.
The recipient was a recent graduate from the 656 Factory Children's School.
The first notice in the entire street will naturally attract a lot of attention.
When Ye Manzhi heard the news, he specifically asked about the result.
Unfortunately, it was a notice of rejection.
Seeing the little girl clutching the envelope and wiping her tears, Ye Manzhi's nose also felt sore.
If she failed the exam, she would probably cry even louder.
With the first one, other notifications were delivered one after another.
Five people received notifications within two days, but none of them were admitted.
Ye Manzhi was restless every day, waiting anxiously.
Finally, I saw the "List of New Students Admitted to National Colleges and Universities in the Summer of 1958" released by the Education Department in the provincial newspaper on the 15th.
The first two rows were the lists of Peking University and Tsinghua University. Ye Manzhi skipped them directly and searched backwards. Behind the list of provincial universities, he looked at the names one by one according to their majors.
It lists the names of the first six majors on her application form, but Ye Manzhi's name is not on the admission list of the corresponding majors.
This means that she was not admitted to any of the first six choices she filled in!
Ye Manzhi sat in the chair for a while and forced herself to look back, but the list of provincial universities ended there, and what followed was the admission list of other schools.
Liu Jinbao had already read the newspaper. Seeing her unhappy expression, he tried to comfort her, "Director Ye, these are only some of the admission lists for key universities, and the list for ordinary universities hasn't been announced yet!"
What this means is that there is still a chance!
Ye Manzhi held on to hope and waited for the second list to be published in the provincial newspaper the next day.
But her name was still not on the admission list of the Provincial Commercial College and Binjiang University of Finance and Economics.
I put down the newspaper. The branches were covered with leaves and the temples were swollen. I felt an inexplicable sense of weightlessness, as if I was standing on empty air.
Zhang Qinjian came back from steelmaking and saw her dejected look. He comforted her, "Director Ye, please be more open-minded. The college entrance examination acceptance rate is so low, it's normal to fail. Even Xiao Liu from the police station next door didn't get in. As a young person, it's inevitable to experience some setbacks."
"Has Liu He received the notice?" Ye Manyi asked.
"Well, Xiao Chen from the post office just gave him a letter. I heard it was a notice that he wasn't accepted."
As soon as Zhang Qinjian finished speaking, Xiao Chen rode over on his bicycle and shouted at the door, "Ye Manzhi, Director Ye! There's a registered letter for you! It's a notice!"
Ye Manzhi: “…”
As soon as Liu He was rejected, she received the notice.
She took a deep breath, stood up from her chair, and walked quickly out of the office.
He signed the form neatly and took the rather heavy envelope.
The signature on the bottom of the envelope is "From the Provincial Higher Education Admissions Committee in 1958".
Ye Manzhi has seen several such envelopes in the past few days. Whether it is the notification of admission or rejection, they are all sent out by this committee.
Without much hesitation, she quickly tore open the envelope in front of everyone and took out the contents.
The top piece of paper was printed with the seal of the provincial university, and the first row was a line of eye-catching red characters "New Student Admission Notice".
Student Ye Manzhi: We are pleased to inform you that, in accordance with the needs of national development, you have been officially accepted into our university's Department of Industrial Economics. We extend our warmest welcome and congratulations!
[I hope that after receiving this notice, you will quickly prepare, report on time, and accept the important and glorious study mission entrusted to you by our motherland!]
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