437 Resuming the College Entrance Examination
In September 1977, the Ministry of Education in Beijing held a national college admissions meeting and decided to resume the college entrance examination, which had been suspended for ten years, and decided to announce it in October.
Most people in the base had received the news in advance and were looking for high school textbooks everywhere.
By October 21, all major mainstream and non-mainstream media, including television, radio, and newspapers, announced the news in a massive way, with television and radio broadcasting it over and over again.
When Bai Hua heard the news, she was sorting documents in the assistant's office outside Su Taotao.
It was Friday, and she had packed all her things from the dormitory and was planning to go to the city after get off work in the afternoon.
She is a high school graduate this year. She graduated with the fifth best grade in her grade and was specially recruited to work as an assistant in Su Taotao's office.
In fact, she didn't want to continue studying after graduating from junior high school because there was no college entrance examination at that time. Whether you graduated from junior high school or high school, you would become a worker. If you graduated from junior high school, you could start earning money a few years earlier.
It was Su Taotao who insisted that she finish high school and study hard, and she would check on her academic performance whenever she had time.
Bai Hua was not very smart, but she had previously spent most of her time on other things and had not studied hard. It was not just her, but the entire environment was like this.
Su Taotao is like a reborn parent to Bai Hua. She can ignore what anyone says, but she cannot ignore what Su Taotao says.
Moreover, we can see that Fu Yuanhang and Mumu both have good academic performance.
It is said that the people working in the factory office are all high school graduates with good grades. If she wants to stay in the factory to work in the future, unless she is willing to be a workshop worker forever, if she wants to work in the office and be closer to Su Taotao, she must study hard and graduate from high school with excellent grades.
So she learned from her mistakes and concentrated on her studies from then on.
Since then, her grades have never fallen out of the top ten in her grade.
Until July this year, I graduated from high school with excellent grades and became a member of Su Taotao's assistant team.
This assistant team is equivalent to the reserve force of the factory's cadres. Su Taotao personally leads the team to inject fresh blood into the factory's management.
Su Taotao made her realize that studying and hard work are useful. She was grateful to Su Taotao for her recognition and also grateful to herself for her hard work in studying.
I just never thought that the college entrance examination would be restored one day, and studying would still have such a big role!
The excited colleague shook Bai Hua's arm and said, "Recover from the college entrance examination, Bai Hua! Recover from the college entrance examination, Bai Hua!"
"Yes, Bai Hua, your grades are so good, you will definitely be admitted to university!" Everyone in the assistant group knew that she had good grades.
"You freshmen are so lucky. It's been several years since I graduated from high school and I have forgotten all I knew. How can I compare with you?" The colleague who said this was not being sarcastic, he was just stating the truth.
Her academic performance in school was very good, but she was born at the wrong time. If the college entrance examination had been resumed a few years earlier, she would have been confident of going to university. But now, with only more than a month to prepare, she is uncertain.
Bai Hua was in a trance. She was not as excited as the others.
She studied hard in order to stay in the factory and work with Su Taotao. Her goal has been achieved. Now the college entrance examination has been resumed. If she passes, will she leave here and go to college?
She likes the factory director Su Taotao, the working atmosphere in the factory, and everything here. Does she really want to leave here and go to a strange city to go to college?
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Chenchen was the first person in the family to hear the broadcast. At the age of seven, he didn't know what the news meant.
But he knew that his mother, who had been working late into the night these days, was finally going to go to the "battlefield" and take the college entrance examination!
Something happened in the factory yesterday, and they held a meeting to resolve it until midnight. Su Taotao and several other senior executives all postponed their work by two hours today, and she is still catching up on her sleep.
"Mom!" Chen Chen held the radio and ran upstairs loudly.
Bai Bai was worried that he might fall, so he immediately drove behind him to protect him.
"Mom, the radio said that the college entrance examination will be resumed!"
Fu Zhengtu also worked overtime until three or four in the morning yesterday. When Chen Chen came in, he was holding Su Taotao and taking a nap.
I didn't care about the dust and put the radio on the table, plugged it in, and the news about the resumption of the college entrance examination was still playing in a loop.
He climbed onto the bed, forced his parents apart, and lay down between them.
Fu Zhengtu frowned, and for the first time he had the urge to throw this brat out.
Su Taotao closed her eyes and held Chen Chen in her arms, muttering, "Chen Chen, Mommy is sleepy, please let me sleep a little longer..."
Fu Zhengtu was completely awakened by him. He picked up the child with one hand and forcibly carried him off the bed. He turned off the radio and carried him downstairs:
"Mom worked overtime until very late last night. Please let her sleep a little longer."
At the age of seven, Chenchen is over 1.2 meters tall. As he grows up, he has grown into an incredibly handsome little boy. The little boy who grew up in love is close to all his family members. He has no awareness that he has grown up. All day long he either hugs this or kisses that. His personality is no different from when he was a child.
He is very close to his father, and Fu Zhengtu often hugs and carries him on his back.
"Dad, at this time last year, Mom said there was a vague plan that would not be finalized until this time next year, which is now. Was she referring to the resumption of the college entrance examination?"
Chenchen is very smart. He has loved listening to the radio since he was a child. No national affairs are hidden from him. He also has a good memory and remembers everything Su Taotao said.
Fu Zhengtu was stunned for a moment: "Mom said last year that everything would be settled by this time this year?"
At that time, there was just this rumor, and he judged that the college entrance examination would be restored, but he could not calculate the exact time. It could be as short as one or two years, or as long as two or three years.
But Su Taotao was certain that it was now? How did she figure it out?
Chen Chen hugged his father's neck and nodded: "Yes, I asked my mother to give me a smart brother or sister, but she said that she and you have uncertain plans, and my wish may not be fulfilled in the next three to five years. She also said that everything will be settled by this time next year."
Fu Zhengtu came back to his senses, curved his lips and smiled, thinking that it was probably Su Taotao's trick to fool Chen Chen.
Fu Zhengtu didn't think much about it. Since the news of the college entrance examination had been released, there was nothing to be ashamed of, so he said to Chenchen:
"My mother plans to apply to a university in the capital, and my father will also apply to be transferred to the headquarters in the capital. If the plan goes well, our whole family may move to the capital to live.
But the prerequisite is that my mother must first be admitted to a university in the capital."
Chenchen blinked and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
He thought what his mother was talking about was a plan, but it turned out that she was planning to leave here?
Chenchen's eyebrows were so wrinkled that they could pinch a fly to death.
"Then Dad, will Dongdong and Pangpang stay here forever?"
Fu Zhengtu didn't expect Chen Chen to ask this question.
He thought for a moment and said, "If Uncle Zhang and Uncle Li have no plans to transfer jobs, I think so."
Xia Zhiqiu is a few years older than Su Taotao, and the girl is still young. She probably doesn't have the energy to take the college entrance examination. Zhang Chuncheng can't leave for the time being, and Li Shouwang is not suitable for transfer for the time being. They will most likely stay here.
"Oh, I see." Chenchen had a conflicted expression. If possible, he didn't want to be separated from his good friend. Although they were not in class together now, they could still play together after class and on weekends.
"Don't tell anyone yet. Wait until Mom gets admitted to a university in the capital," said Fu Zhengtu.
Chen Chen nodded: "I know, Dad. I won't say anything that I'm not sure about."
Anyway, it was more important for the whole family to be together, so Chenchen didn't worry about it anymore and struggled to get off the ground: "Dad, I want to go to elementary school today."
It seems that he needs to play more with Dongdong, Pangpangdun and the others. Mom is so smart, there will be no problem for her to get into college. She may not have so many opportunities to play with them in the future.
Fu Zhengtu checked the time and asked, "Why are you going so late?"
Chen Chen nodded: "Yes, I will ask them to study hard and try to get into a university in the capital, so that we can play together again!"
Fu Zhengtu: “…” Have they forgotten that they are only in the second grade of elementary school?
How many years will it take to enter university?
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