Chapter 407: Spring after Winter
On December 10, 1977, there was light snow in Ze County.
The examination time and content shall be adapted to local conditions.
Lin Yiyi applied for the liberal arts exam, with subjects including politics, Chinese, mathematics, history and geography.
In order to give myself an extra chance of getting into university, I also signed up for a foreign language exam.
The number of examination subjects increased to five, and the examination time was extended by one day.
We took a political exam in the morning. The questions were not difficult and the quantity was small. The content was closely related to the current situation. We had to recite slogans, explain political terms, and discuss some viewpoints.
In the afternoon, she took the Chinese exam. When she saw the test paper, Lin Yiyi almost laughed out loud.
There are only three major questions. The first question requires the translation of several words and idioms.
The second question is to translate a passage of classical Chinese.
The last part is the composition with two choices. Without exaggerating, she can definitely get 80 points.
The next day was math and history and geography. The math questions were not difficult, just junior high school level quadratic equations and proofs. Compared with the high school questions Zhao Sheng asked her to do, Lin Yiyi felt that she had learned a more advanced level.
The only difficulty lies in history and geography. Was the person who started the movement named Li Kui or Liu Kui?
Lin Yiyi mixed up the events of the two time periods, so she just wrote one at random.
There were only three people taking the foreign language test on the third day. Lin Yiyi finished it quickly, but could not hand it in early.
After the exam was over, Lin Yiyi finally calmed down after days of nervousness and excitement.
98 steps have been taken, only the last two steps remain.
There were several consecutive snowfalls, and the much-anticipated announcement of the results was delayed again and again.
First he said the 20th, then when the day came he said the 22nd, and when the 23rd came he said it was the end of the month.
On the 29th, the newspaper reported the news: the marking of the papers was completed on the 26th and the preliminary selection was about to begin.
On January 7, 1978, Lin Yiyi received the admission physical examination form. The full score for the five subjects was 430 points, and she scored 350 points. The score should be enough for the school and major she applied for. On the afternoon of the 9th, she went to Ze County Hospital for a physical examination.
At the entrance to the physical examination, the nurse took a thin cotton swab, dipped it in some purple medicine, and wrote the number on the back of her right hand: 500.
Lin Yiyi was queuing in the corridor. She heard crying and howling from time to time in the room. She frowned in annoyance. What kind of physical examination could cause her to cry?
As the line got closer to the physical examination entrance, Lin Yiyi opened her eyes to the reason for the crying. It turned out that many people had obtained liver disease certificates from the hospital seven or eight years ago in order to avoid going to the countryside.
Or it could be a heart problem, with various causes, and now this file record has become a death warrant.
No matter how high the score is, you will be eliminated directly.
When it was Lin Yiyi's turn to measure, her blood pressure was a little high and she almost failed. But after she calmed down and measured again, she passed.
After passing the preliminary physical examination, you will wait for the final admission. Because the school does not disclose the admission score to the public during this period, no one knows what variables will occur before everything is settled.
Instead, something that had been hidden for a long time and was bound to happen sooner or later became a problem.
Wang Caihong hadn't seen Zhao Sheng for half a year and hadn't received any pension money for the past two months. She was going to the town to make a phone call.
After the village chief, Uncle Zhao, finished his work on grain distribution in the village, he came to her house before her and told her everything about the matter and the letter. Zhao Tiezhu and Wang Caihong didn't believe it at first but had to believe it later.
I wanted to go to town to ask my second son's wife for an explanation, but Uncle Zhao refused to give me a letter of introduction, so I couldn't go anywhere.
There was no need to think about asking for an explanation or money. Uncle Zhao settled his nephew's debts and took out the hundred yuan that Zhao Sheng had given him as a severance pay. The matter was settled.
No one is in the north anymore, so it doesn't matter.
I have to say that this move of removing the firewood from under the cauldron got the job done cleanly and efficiently.
Compared with the white and cold sky and earth in the north, the south is like spring all year round.
It took Zhao Sheng a month to receive the commission from Hai Shi. The original words of the reply made him furious. Why did she suddenly become so stupid?
What to do in the North?
It’s not like there aren’t universities in the south.
When has he failed to do what Lin Yiyi mentioned to him?
Considering the incident with her last file, any blank paper received from the outside world would have to be checked, so it was not convenient for him to write too clearly in the letter.
February 6th is New Year’s Eve, and we haven’t reached Qianzhen yet. Once the service is suspended, we will be delayed for a while.
This idiot!
Mozi and Youyou are growing up day by day. They love to act coquettishly and are naughty. They often ask questions that give him a headache. They are two chatterboxes.
During the first few months in Hong Kong, Zhao Sheng not only continued to learn English, but also took one-on-one English exam courses every day.
My schedule is very full. Every week I have to follow Mr. and Mrs. Zhong to meet all kinds of people, both good and bad, soft and hard, Chinese and foreign, and get to know their temperaments, preferences and family backgrounds.
The most important thing is to learn boxing self-defense.
Hong Kong may appear prosperous on the surface, but it is actually corrupt, with factions fighting each other and underworld forces rampant. In order to protect the twins, neither the Zhong family nor the Yang family revealed this to the outside world.
Therefore, there were many people who wanted to marry into the Zhong family, and there were even rumors that the Zhong family was marrying a branch of the Yang family.
It is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, reality and illusion.
The days in the twelfth lunar month slip by quickly in the busyness of cleaning up the house, welcoming the new year, and purchasing New Year's goods and gifts.
Tian Meiling tidied up the kitchen and went to Lin Yiyi's room.
“Yiyi, I have prepared all the vegetables and meat for you.
You don't have to worry about being lonely if you spend the New Year alone in the city. I'll follow you into the city after the fifth day of the New Year."
"Thank you for helping me with this, sister-in-law. You can spend the New Year at home and don't have to rush back to the city."
Lin Yiyi smiled and handed her a red envelope containing half a month's salary.
Tian Meiling was at a loss for words, and when she saw her reject the red envelope, she said, "You don't have to pay me for half a month, Yiyi, there's something I haven't told you yet.
At first, there was no definite news and you were busy with exams, so I didn’t tell you, but now everything has been arranged.
I will have to go to work in a textile factory after the New Year. Your eldest brother bought the job for me, so..."
Lin Yiyi put down the teacup she was using to warm her hands, raised her eyes and looked at her, "This is great news, congratulations, sister-in-law, you are a good hand at both the house and outside, and you will definitely be an excellent employee at work."
Everyone is moving forward with their own plans. She is going to college after the new year and was worried about how to arrange things for her cousin's wife. Now the problem has been solved.
"..." Tian Meiling secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She had been worried that she might be suspicious, but hearing her nonchalant words only highlighted her petty nature. She could only respond with a hesitant "Okay."
On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, my cousin and his family returned to the countryside.
Lin Yiyi spent the New Year alone in Lihua Alley. She went to the post office several times, only to see others receiving their admission letters, but she waited in vain.
"How could it be the English Department of Jingshi University? I applied for the English Department of Nanhu Normal University."
"I didn't apply to universities in Beijing because I was afraid my scores wouldn't be high enough. I applied to the Chinese Department of the Normal College in the provincial capital. How strange."
Lin Yiyi was listening to the conversation between two female comrades who were collecting notices at the post office. She couldn't help but step forward and ask, "Excuse me, comrades, is what you just said true?"
The round-faced woman in the thick flowered jacket nodded and asked with a smile, "You are also a candidate, right? I did not apply to Jingshi University, and I don't know how I was admitted to this school."
"Have you received the notice? Where did you report it?"
Lin Yiyi felt a sense of foreboding in her heart, and she forced a smile, "Not yet, I applied to Jingshi University, how many points did you get?"
"I scored 275 points and Yuemei scored 282 points. Don't worry, wait a little longer. I heard that the admission letters will be released in batches." The round-faced female comrade saw that she looked disappointed and guessed that she must have done poorly in the exam, so she didn't ask about her scores.
After hearing what the lesbian said, Lin Yiyi felt like she was falling into an icy cave.
But I still hold out a glimmer of hope, it’s still early and maybe the snow will arrive later.
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