Chen Xingling avoided the question: "Teacher, I am 22 years old. I also went to junior high school here, so I am quite familiar with this place. I am a native of Yucheng, and I have always wanted to apply for Yucheng University."
She only graduated from junior high school and did not attend high school here. Considering her original ability of "study hard for ten years" and successfully passing the college entrance examination, it should not be difficult for her to cope with the current college entrance examination.
It shouldn’t matter if you haven’t attended high school. After all, most students have to go to the countryside at that time, and the academic control is very chaotic.
If there is no chaos, she will definitely have no chance, so she might as well take advantage of the chaos to fish in troubled waters!
"I see." The woman explained, "I have been in the high school department, so I am not very familiar with the students in the junior high school department. In the past, junior high school and high school were both two-year programs, but now they have been changed to three-year programs. There are many subjects in the college entrance examination, and the school system and textbooks in various places are not unified. The students who went to the countryside have all come here one after another, but most of them have neglected their studies. The school plans to divide the classes according to their performance, and focus on teaching a few subjects in the college entrance examination to prepare for the college entrance examination in July."
"Teacher, I want to join the senior class." Chen Xingling emphasized again and again: "I have always insisted on studying high school textbooks. I have already mastered the senior class texts!"
The woman smiled and said, "In that case, then you should sign up first. Come and take the exam tomorrow morning. The specific grade you will be transferred to will be determined based on your grades."
"Tomorrow morning?" Chen Xingling asked, "Teacher, which classroom?"
The woman replied, "It's on the first floor of the high school. Over 40 students signed up before the New Year, and some students have come to the high school to sign up in the past few days. You're a little late, but luckily you didn't miss tomorrow's exam."
Chen Xingling secretly thanked his luck that he set out on time on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, otherwise if he missed it he would have to wait another half a year, and could only take the college entrance examination next year, which would be a delay of an entire academic year.
"Teacher, where can I sign up? I want to sign up right away!"
"The Academic Affairs Office is closed." The woman thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Write your name and place of origin to me, and I'll write it down for you later."
"Thank you!" Chen Xingling thanked happily, but then he realized that he didn't bring any paper or pen with him.
The woman smiled slightly, took out a pen from the cloth bag in her hand, and handed it to her along with a small brown-covered notebook.
Chen Xingling thanked him again, pinched the pen awkwardly, leaned against the wall next to him and finally adjusted the pen tip, then quickly wrote down his name and address.
Her household registration is still with her mother's family, so her native place is written as Huiqiao Fishing Village.
At first, her mother-in-law despised her because she had a rural hukou, and she always mocked her for marrying Gu Qi for a city hukou. Gu Qi wanted to move her hukou, but Chen Xingling refused, saying she would wait for the time being.
Unexpectedly, Gu Qi went abroad later and the matter was left unresolved. It took more than three years to wait!
Fortunately, I didn’t move my household registration, otherwise it would be very troublesome to go to school and take the college entrance examination here. A blessing in disguise!
The woman took the notebook and pen and looked at her handwriting carefully.
"Just now I saw that your pen-holding posture was a little strange, but I didn't expect your handwriting to be so beautiful. You have a pretty face, and your handwriting is like you, which is quite good."
Chen Xingling felt a little embarrassed by the praise and just laughed.
"Thank you, teacher! I'm not used to holding a fountain pen... but I'll get used to it after writing a few times! No problem! Teacher, what's your name? What subject do you teach?"
Since graduation, she has been typing and printing, and when she uses a pen, it is mostly just to sign her name. The old-fashioned fountain pen is not easy to write with, and she really needs to practice.
The woman replied, "My last name is Lin, Shuangmulin. I am in charge of English for three classes in the high school department. In recent years, there are fewer students and less homework. When I have nothing to do, I go to the Academic Affairs Office to work part-time. If you pass the exam and get in, no matter what grade you are in, we will see each other every day in the future."
"Oh! I'm so honored!" Chen Xingling said with a smile.
Teacher Lin put away the pen and notebook and introduced: "Tomorrow we will only test Chinese, mathematics and politics, and there will be a small English paper. You should review well and be here on time at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Okay! Thank you, Teacher Lin!" Chen Xingling bowed politely: "See you tomorrow!"
Chen Daxing and Gu Yi thought Chen Xingling was joking at first, but when they saw her actually come to the school to inquire and even sign up for the exam tomorrow, they had no choice but to believe it.
Gu Yi asked in surprise: "Sister-in-law, was it my brother who persuaded you to go to college?"
"No!" Chen Xingling replied with a smile: "I have been self-studying your brother's high school textbooks in the past few years. I think I should learn more knowledge while I am young. I heard that the college entrance examination will be resumed at the end of this year, so I plan to give it a try this year. Your brother was very supportive after hearing this and said he would help me review!"
Gu Yi laughed, haha.
"My brother is a man who will support me to the end as long as it is related to studying! I told him that I had forgotten all the knowledge I learned before, and he asked me to start studying again and strive to get into college! I was so scared! I told him that I might as well be skinned alive!"
Chen Daxing couldn't understand why his younger sister suddenly became so depressed. After all, she used to be a person who didn't like studying. Now that she was married and had children, she wanted to go to university again.
Not only he couldn't figure it out, but Chen Sanshui and Liu Peiyun were also confused after hearing it.
"Ling, is it... for Gu Qi? Are you sure you really want to continue going to school?"
"How can you do that? You studied for several years before finally graduating from junior high school, and now you want to go to college? It's not that easy to get into college!"
Several of her brothers were extremely worried and asked her if she was "forced" by her in-laws to continue studying, and if her mother-in-law was deliberately using "academic qualifications" to embarrass her.
"If it's true, when Gu Qi comes, we'll immediately go find him and ask him about it! When he first came to ask for your hand in marriage, he didn't say that you had to have a high level of education!"
"You're already married and have kids, and you're still asked to take the test for a woman? Isn't this bullying?"
"Thinking back to the time when we brothers took turns to pick you up and drop you off at school, every time we coaxed you onto the boat to go to school, you would say with red eyes that you didn't want to study anymore. But when we picked you up after school, you would just be so excited! Going to school was like being tortured!"
"Little sister, was it your mother-in-law who forced you to do this? Of course! Gu Qi is a very polite person, he wouldn't force you to do something you don't like! It must be that your mother-in-law dislikes your lower level of education than Gu Qi, right?"
"Don't be afraid! When Gu Qi comes, we will go find him and let him explain things to his mother himself! Don't be afraid of her!"
Chen Xingling was extremely embarrassed. He looked at Gu Yi who was standing beside him with an embarrassed look on his face and quickly stopped.
"No, no, please don't misunderstand me. I used to dislike studying, but since I met Aqi, I have been reading and studying secretly. In the more than three years in Shangjing City, I have always persisted in studying, and I have learned quite well. I really want to go to university."
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