Facing Jiang Qingzhou's questioning, Zhang Hongda's face turned pale and blue. He seemed extremely flustered and defended himself, "I... I really didn't steal it. I just..."
However, several male educated youth had already opened his box, and seventeen books were neatly placed at the bottom of the box.
Even the book "Algebra" sent by Chu Jingqiu was among them, with the purchase date and place clearly written on the cover.
Jiang Qingzhou saw this and said angrily, "Zhang Hongda, you even stole the new books our friends sent us! You are so despicable! You would do anything to achieve your studies!"
Zhang Hongda's lips trembled as he stammered, "I...I have no other choice. There's only a little over a month left to review, and everyone is frantically searching for review materials.
Some of my school textbooks were burned as kindling by my mother, and some were sold as rags. It was too slow to read them together.
I was thinking of taking it back and asking someone in their family to make a copy for me, and then I’ll send it back to you, I…”
Before he could finish his words, a young man interrupted him: "Come on! If you had this intention, you wouldn't have stolen the new books sent by others.
We trusted you so much, but you did something like this. It's so disappointing!"
Jiang Qingzhou said with a look of disgust: "You usually seem quite honest, I never thought you could do such a thing!
Look at Zhao Xinran, a girl who spent five days and six nights copying a book of more than 300 pages. If you don’t even have this much perseverance, how can you expect to get into university?
Come on, let’s go! Come with us to the Public Security Bureau and let the police deal with you!”
Zhang Hongda fell to his knees and begged bitterly, "You must not do this, or my future will be ruined!
I beg you, for the sake of our friendship over the years, please forgive me this time!"
Everyone felt a little sorry for Zhang Hongda when they saw him like this, but when they thought that his actions would ruin the future of a group of people, they discussed it and decided not to let him go.
Jiang Qingzhou said with a stern face: "Zhang Hongda, it's not that we don't care about our friendship, it's that you went too far this time!
You only think about your own future, but have you ever thought that if you steal the book, it will ruin our future?
I think you should go to the Public Security Bureau and explain things to the police!"
After saying that, Jiang Qingzhou and other male educated youth took him to the Public Security Bureau. Zhang Hongda cried and begged all the way, but it was of no avail.
This little episode did not affect everyone's enthusiasm for reviewing at all. Now is not the busy farming season, so Jiang Qingzhou and Lin Zishan are studying even harder. They go to bed after midnight and wake up at four in the morning, wash their faces with cold water and continue studying.
When Hu Mingyue heard that the college entrance examination had been resumed, she was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night, but looking at her four children at home, she felt mixed emotions.
I have been busy giving birth and taking care of children these years, and I have no time to think about returning to the city.
Now seeing everyone enthusiastically preparing to take the college entrance examination, she also felt a little moved.
So, I sent a telegram to Haishi's parents that night, asking them to buy me a set of books.
This set of books was really hard to come by. Hu Mingyue's father waited in line for a whole day to buy it.
Unexpectedly, less than a week after reading it, several pages were torn up by his youngest son. Hu Mingyue was so angry that she beat him up severely.
Chu Jingqiu and Zhang Pingping from Beijing found it relatively easier to review.
Chu Jingqiu has someone to take care of her children, so she has no worries.
Zhuangzhuang from Zhang Pingping's family is already in the first grade. No one disturbs her at home, so she can concentrate on reviewing.
Shi Aihong's daughter is over one year old. In order to prepare for the college entrance examination, she made up her mind to wean her child and sent her directly to her mother's home. Except for working hours, she devoted herself to reviewing.
The 1977 college entrance examination was not a national unified examination, but was independently set by provinces and cities. The examination time in Beijing was December 10, 11 and 12.
Chu Jingqiu and Zhang Pingping both applied to Peking University as their first choice. Zhang Pingping chose economics, Chu Jingqiu chose law, and Shi Aihong chose Chinese at the Normal University.
The three of them were at the same test center. On the day of the exam, Chu Jingqiu and Zhang Pingping looked very calm.
Shi Aihong looked very nervous, her whole body trembling with nervousness. Chu Jingqiu patted her shoulder and jokingly said, "Aihong, are you shaking from the cold or from nervousness?"
Shi Aihong trembled and said, "Jingqiu... I, I'm too nervous. I'm afraid I won't pass the exam!"
Zhang Pingping held Shi Aihong's hand and said softly, "Aihong, take a deep breath. Don't be nervous. Relax. We have already returned to the city.
If you don't pass the exam, the worst that can happen is that you can just go back to your old job. Think about it! We've been preparing for so long, and most of them have only been preparing for a little over a month. They're not as good as us! Don't be nervous!
The first exam was politics. When the test papers were handed out, Shi Aihong saw that the test papers were all short-answer questions and essay questions. She was extremely nervous.
She found herself so flustered that she couldn't answer a single question. She closed her eyes and took a few deep breaths.
Thinking about the hardships I have endured over the years, I suddenly felt clear-headed and my mood gradually calmed down.
She picked up the pen and began to answer the questions seriously.
The majors that the three people applied for did not require additional foreign language tests, and they did not have to take the foreign language test on the third day, so the exam was over in two days.
After coming out of the examination room, Shi Aihong seemed to have completely let herself go. She was chattering away while comparing answers with Chu Jingqiu and Zhang Pingping.
Lin Zishan and Jiang Qingzhou, who were far away in the northern province, took the college entrance examination on December 15 and 16.
Lin Zishan's first choice was Beijing Medical College, and Jiang Qingzhou applied to the Department of Philosophy at Peking University.
The couple was going to take the college entrance examination and had to stay in the county for two nights, so they asked Da Laba to take care of their son. They also gave Da Laba a few pounds of white flour, a few eggs, and two packets of brown sugar.
Da Loudspeaker said he didn't want anything. Lin Zishan smiled and said, "Auntie, this is not much. Yinan is really too naughty.
It's been hard for you to take care of him at home, so just accept it! Otherwise, we will feel bad."
The two of them pushed and refused for a long time, until Lin Zishan put down the things and ran away, and Da Laba gave up.
On the day of the exam, Jiang Qingzhou and Lin Zishan actually saw two acquaintances outside the exam room. One was Li Ziqiang and the other was the fat girl Liang Hongrao.
Liang Hongrao is still so fat. They have been married for so many years but have never had a child.
I heard that Liang Hongrao has been working in a bookstore since she returned to the city. I didn’t expect that the two of them would also come to take the college entrance examination this time. It seems that Li Ziqiang still wants to return to the city.
When Li Ziqiang saw Jiang Qingzhou, he opened his lips and wanted to say something, but Jiang Qingzhou ignored him, took Lin Zishan and turned away.
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