Time flies like a white horse passing by. In a blink of an eye, two years have passed and we have arrived in 1977, the year that changed the fate of countless people.
At this time, Xiao Yihan had been serving as the division commander for more than a year.
The troops have also undergone a series of adjustments, and they have moved from the family compound to the large compound.
The quintuplets are now over four years old and attend kindergarten in the compound. They are picked up and dropped off on time every day by two old men.
Qi Yue is now the leader of the independent regiment. His twin sons Qi Tianjing and Qi Tianze, born to him and Shu Yahan, are almost one year old.
After sending the quintuplets off, Mr. Xiao would go to Qi Yue’s house with Grandma Xiao to play with the twins when he had nothing to do.
Du Yueming is currently serving as the battalion commander. Zhang Pingping and Chu Jingqiu both work at a primary school near the compound.
Both of them knew very well that the college entrance examination was coming soon, so they used their free time every day to review high school knowledge.
Although the questions at that time were not difficult, they were very characteristic of the times, especially the compulsory political subject, which was still a certain challenge for the two of them.
In Chu Jingqiu's previous life, out of curiosity, he seemed to have seen the actual test papers for the Beijing City College Entrance Examination that year, especially the political science test, which was all subjective questions.
Although the specific exam content was a bit vague, she could only review seriously and strive to get good grades.
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In October 1977, the long-awaited college entrance examination was finally resumed, and the news spread throughout China through radio stations and newspapers.
The Qingshan Brigade Youth League was in an uproar. Everyone's eyes were filled with tears and they hugged each other excitedly.
Jiang Qingzhou took a newspaper from the brigade office and ran back with red eyes.
"Zishan, Zishan... the college entrance exam has been resumed! It's really been resumed! We finally have a chance to return to the city!"
Lin Zishan burst into tears and said in a choked voice, "Qingzhou, we...we have been studying for such a long time, and we are finally making it."
Jiang Qingzhou gently hugged Lin Zishan, "Zishan, have you decided to apply to a school in Beijing?"
Lin Zishan nodded gently, "Yes, I think the schools in Beijing are very good, and the three of them are all in Beijing, I want to be in the same city with them in the future.
Qingzhou, do you want to take the exam and return to Hunan Province?"
Jiang Qingzhou hesitated for a moment and said softly: "I have had this idea. After all, I have been away from home for eight years. I want to go back to my hometown to be closer to my parents.
Later I thought about it again, we can get into Beijing and bring our parents over. Home is where our family is."
As the two were enjoying their future, a group of educated youth ran excitedly to Jiang Qingzhou's home.
Yuan Xingyuan said excitedly: "Qingzhou, Secretary Du said you brought the newspaper. We want to take a look at the newspaper and see the specific exam requirements."
Jiang Qingzhou handed the newspaper in his hand to Yuan Xingyuan. Some of the educated youth were particularly anxious because they couldn't see the newspaper. They shouted, "Xingyuan, don't just read it by yourself! Read it out loud for us to hear too!"
Yuan Xingyuan nodded and read aloud, "This year, college admissions have undergone major reforms. Voluntary registration, a unified examination, preliminary selection at the prefecture level, admission by the school, and approval by the province, city, and autonomous region will be adopted."
All workers, farmers, educated youth who went to the countryside or returned to their hometowns, demobilized soldiers, cadres and high school graduates who meet the enrollment requirements can apply voluntarily.
You can also choose several schools and subject categories according to your own interests and strengths, and let the motherland select them.
This is done to open up more avenues for talent, improve quality, and produce talented individuals earlier so they can make contributions earlier, thus meeting the urgent needs of national construction...!"
The educated youth who had first come to the village to work in the fields sighed and said, "Ah! The age limit is thirty years old. I'm twenty-nine this year. This may be my last chance.
But I have almost forgotten what I learned in high school, and I only know a few letters of the alphabet in foreign languages.
The exam is only a little over a month away, I really don’t know what to do! ”
Zhang Yuanchao said with an embarrassed look on his face: "The most difficult thing now is that we don't have high school textbooks. Even if we want to study, we can't!"
Yuan Xingyuan thought for a moment and said, "Let's not talk about anything else. Let's just find a way to buy review materials!"
After that, everyone rushed out like a swarm of bees and asked for half a day off from the team. Some went to send telegrams, some went to buy books in the bookstore, and even the scrap yard was not spared.
As a result, the dozen or so educated youth had only three and a half sets of review materials. They had no choice but to work all night long, hand-copying textbooks and review materials.
Yuan Xingyuan knew that Lin Zishan and Jiang Qingzhou had a thing for each other. She had even joked with them before, "You two are still reading high school textbooks. What's the point? You might as well go up the mountain more often and earn more money!"
She now regrets very much that she did not study with others. The information she had was not complete, so she could only go to Lin Zishan's house every day to get some information.
After a long time, no one knew who spread the news, but everyone knew that Jiang Qingzhou's family had a set of "Self-study Books on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry", and several educated youth wanted to borrow it and copy it.
Although Jiang Qingzhou felt sorry for his set of books, he agreed generously when he thought that it would be impossible for him and Lin Zishan to finish reading so many books at the same time.
However, in order to prevent the books from being lost, he specifically stipulated that they could only be copied at home and not taken away.
Early in the morning, Jiang Qingzhou got up to study and was surprised to find that a whole set of review materials had disappeared. This made him very anxious, because these materials were his life!
Jiang Qingzhou and Lin Zishan rushed to the educated youth camp to inquire about the news. After some inquiries, they learned that a male educated youth from the county town, Zhang Hongda, had left early in the morning with his suitcase.
It is said that he felt that the educated youth site was too noisy and he could not concentrate on studying, so he asked for leave from the brigade and went back home to review.
This news made the two of them nervous, because Zhang Hongda was the last one to leave their house last night. Could it be that he really stole the review materials?
When the educated youth heard about this, they were so angry that they stamped their feet. Zhang Hongda had stolen all their hopes of returning to the city.
They found a few bicycles and quickly chased after them in the direction of the county town.
Just when they were about to reach the county town, they suddenly saw Zhang Hongda not far ahead, who had just jumped off a tractor and was busily unloading his luggage from the tractor.
Seeing this, the educated youths immediately sped up and rushed to Zhang Hongda like flying. They surrounded Zhang Hongda tightly, glaring at him with glaring eyes.
Jiang Qingzhou could no longer suppress his anger and loudly demanded, "Zhang Hongda, we were so generous to let you review the materials with us, but I didn't expect you to be so selfish. Why did you steal our review materials?"
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