"As long as you can absorb what you see and memorize it, you can learn it anywhere," Su Tian said calmly.
At noon on October 21, 1977, the brigade leader hurriedly drove the oxcart back from the town.
When he arrived at the brigade headquarters, he quickly got off the oxcart, ran into the office, plugged in the power cord, and turned on the radio.
Just then, the village loudspeaker broadcast a news report.
The village started installing power lines and connecting to electricity in March, all thanks to Chen Tingjing's help.
He had a subordinate who became the county head in their county. He entrusted his subordinate to help the village get electricity, and he would cover the costs, as long as he helped apply for it.
The county magistrate was a grateful person; he followed his superior's instructions and helped apply for the installation of power lines.
After setting it up, he also sent a radio to the village in the name of his superior.
Therefore, almost every household in Songjia Village has access to electricity, and they can afford the few cents for electricity.
After the news broadcast, some of the less educated women didn't understand what was said.
Villagers with children in high school were stunned. It turned out that such a day had finally come.
"Hello, hello, hello... Can you hear me?" The captain spoke into the microphone.
"I believe you have heard the news just now. The college entrance examination has resumed today and will be held in two months."
If you want to participate, come and register with me, and I'll have the village's oxcart take you there.
High school students and those who went to the countryside as educated youth can sign up to participate.
That concludes my speech. If you didn't understand anything, please come to my office later. Thank you everyone.
The people in the youth compound also heard the brigade leader's announcement, and they all excitedly hugged each other.
Thanks to Su Tian leading them in reading, they were able to prepare for several more months.
When the exam actually comes, they won't be caught off guard.
Xu's mother also specially made some brown sugar cakes and brought a few pieces to Su Tian.
"Su Zhiqing, this is something I made myself, please try it."
"Aunt Xu, you're too kind. Since you gave me pastries, I'll give you a few candies in return. You can sweeten your mouth with them."
"Oh, thank you so much, I'll head back now."
"good."
Just then, the postman arrived at the entrance of the educated youth compound on his bicycle and called out loudly to Su Tian, "Su Tian, there's a package and letter for you."
"Hey, uncle, why did you even send me a package this time?"
Su Tian walked to the door and took the package from his hand.
"This package looks like it contains books, not many, so I just brought it for you," the uncle explained with a smile.
"Thank you, uncle. Here are some candies. I'm so grateful. I'll go inside now. Goodbye."
"Okay, thanks."
After the postman rode away, Su Tian carried the package into the house.
She took a closer look and realized it was sent by her eldest uncle.
She opened it and took a look. Oh, it turned out to be several sets of past college entrance examination questions.
Her uncle was really capable; he found past exam questions from 65 years ago, printed them out, and sent them to her to do.
Just after she put the test papers down, the village loudspeaker started blaring again.
“Su Zhiqing, Su Zhiqing, you’ve received a call from home. Please come to the brigade headquarters as soon as possible to return the call.”
Su Tian smiled as she locked the door and quickly rode her bicycle to the brigade headquarters.
"Hey, Su Zhiqing, you're here. Your dad called, go call him back."
As soon as Su Tian rode to the door, she saw the captain sitting in the office.
"Oh, Su Zhiqing, you've finally arrived."
"Yes, Captain, I'll return the call first."
She walked to the telephone, but it rang. She answered it and called out, "Dad!"
The person on the other end of the microphone couldn't help but laugh. Su Tian recognized the voice; it was Song Zhe. He had embarrassed himself this time.
"Su Su, it's me, not your uncle." Song Zhe's gentle voice came through the microphone.
"Ah Zhe, what do you want to see me about? Is it about the resumption of the college entrance examination?"
"Well, I was afraid you wouldn't know, so I called to ask you."
"I've already heard the broadcast, don't worry, take good care of yourself," Su Tian replied with a smile.
"Okay, you too. I miss you. I'm hanging up now. Call your uncle back."
After hanging up the phone, Song Zhe couldn't help but laugh.
"Okay, I miss you too."
Su Tian quickly dialed her father's office number, and Su Jianjun's voice came through the receiver, "Hello, is this your daughter?"
"Dad, it's me. Did you call to talk about the college entrance exam?"
"Oh my, my daughter is so smart. It's good that you know. Now just study hard and do your best."
"I will. You, Mom, and Grandpa and Grandma take good care of yourselves."
Su Jianjun said cheerfully, "I know, you don't need to worry about home."
"Goodbye, Dad."
After hanging up the phone, Su Tian took out two cents from her pocket and handed them to the brigade leader.
"Captain, thanks, I'll be going now."
Su Tian was riding her bicycle on the road when she ran into Ma Chunling. "Su Tian, wait for me."
"Chunling, what's up?"
Seeing that her face was flushed and she was panting, Su Tian quickly stopped.
"This is really great! I was so happy to hear that I could take the college entrance exam again, and I wanted to share it with you."
Liu Jianfeng and I want to apply to schools in Beijing. What about you? Are you one of them?
"Me too, see you in Beijing then. We quit our teaching jobs last month, so we have more time to study."
I have some past exam papers, would you like to come over and take a look?
Ma Chunling excitedly picked up Su Tian, "Yes, do you have a pen and paper? I want to copy it back for Liu Jianfeng to see."
"Don't get excited, yes, come on up, I'll take you back to the educated youth compound."
"Okay, you're so nice, Su Tian. You smell so good. What did you put on?" Ma Chunling put her arm around Su Tian's waist and asked, smelling her fragrance.
"What did you wipe? Does it smell good? I can't smell it. Never mind that for now, let's look at the test questions first."
Su Tian drove Ma Chunling back to the educated youth compound. After they entered the room, she immediately saw the test questions on the table.
"Su Tian, is this it?" Ma Chunling's hands trembled with excitement.
"Yes, the pen and paper are in the drawer. Take them yourself and copy them down."
The two of them work together, copying one copy per day, for a total of ten copies.
"Okay, I know, that's great."
Su Tian smiled at Ma Chunling and said, "I'll do it after you finish copying this one. I'll read the book first."
"Su Tian, which school are you going to apply to?" Ma Chunling asked while copying down the test questions.
After thinking for a while, Su Tian said, "I want to apply to a Traditional Chinese Medicine college in Beijing. I'm interested in that field."
"And what about you?"
Ma Chunling replied directly, "I'll go to a normal university in Beijing. I think being a teacher is a good job, and I want to continue in this profession in the future."
"Hmm, not bad, Teacher Ma, hurry up and copy it, or your Xue'er will come looking for you again."
"Haha, okay, I'll copy it faster."
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