Phi-Fic Chapter 456: Can the College Entrance Examination Really be Restored?
Chapter 456: Can the College Entrance Examination Really be Restored?
Currently, when eating in a restaurant, you pay first and then enjoy the food. If you don’t have food coupons, the restaurant will charge double the price and sell you food.
Xu Yun didn't have enough food coupons and was about to pay double the price when Zhou Rong handed him a stack of coupons.
Xu Yun: "Thank you!"
Zhou Rong: "I should be the one thanking you."
Xu Jun: "I don't have any other skills, this is all I can do. Zhan Ning will live with you in the future, I hope you can take good care of him. That kid is a bit stubborn, if there is anything wrong, please give him some advice."
Zhou Rong: "He is my family, I will treat him well, please rest assured."
Xu Yun: "If he follows you, I can rest assured that he will become the most promising child in our Xu family!"
After the banquet started, the Zhou family toasted Xu Yun to thank him.
So at this banquet, Chen Zhanning, the groom who was supposed to be drunk, was only forced to drink a few glasses of wine, while Xu Yun, the uncle, was drunk and unconscious...
After the wedding banquet, Zhou Chuanguo and Zhou Chuantai took their spouses to live with their son, and Zhou Rong booked three rooms in a nearby guesthouse for Zhou Chuanan, Zhou Chuanjing and Zhou Chuanyi.
Zhou Ling was looking for a husband and it was almost the New Year, so Zhou Chuanan brought her and Zheng Lan to the city, intending to buy some nice clothes for the mother and daughter, and also prepare a decent dowry.
Zhou Jialei is about to turn 16 years old. He has already graduated from junior high school and has been earning work points in Zhoujiawan. He has never been to the provincial capital. Zhou Chuanan brought him to the city this time, hoping that he could broaden his horizons and, on the other hand, find a future for him.
Zhou Chuanan felt that his health was not as good as before. He was worried that he would suddenly collapse one day, his son would still be in a daze, and Zheng Lan would have no one to rely on.
When Zhou Rong helped everyone get a room and was about to go home, Zhou Chuan'an pulled her aside and whispered, "Darong, can Fourth Uncle ask you a favor?"
Zhou Rong: "What's the matter?"
Zhou Chuan'an: "After Jialei graduated from junior high school, he went to several factories in the county to look for a job, but no one wanted him. I got sick a few years ago and retired from the militia. At that time, Jialei was still in school and couldn't take my job.
When he graduated, the militia was full, and he couldn't find a job, so he had to work in the fields every day to earn work points. I don't want him to waste his time, so I want to ask you for some advice to see if there is any way I can help him."
Zhou Rong: "Does he have any ideas of his own?"
Zhou Chuan'an: "He wanted to join the army before, but I was afraid that something might happen to him on the battlefield, so I didn't agree. Later, he said he wanted to be a worker and contribute to the construction of the motherland."
Zhou Rong: "How were his grades when he was studying?"
Zhou Chuan'an: "It's OK. Your Fourth Aunt is very strict with him. She requires him to complete his homework carefully every day. She also often takes him to ask questions to Teacher Dong. He always ranks among the top students in the class in every exam.
He wanted to reduce the burden on his family, so he went looking for a job after graduating from junior high school. Factories either did not hire, or even if they did, he took the recruitment exam, but his name was never on the final admission list.
After inquiring, I found out that those positions had already been decided internally, and the recruitment process was just for outsiders to see.
Jialei was depressed for a while, saying that the world was unfair. It took your fourth aunt and I to persuade him for a long time before he felt better.
In recent years, the village has had quotas for admission to the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. I wanted to go to the team leader to plead for him and get one back, but he was unwilling to do so, saying that he didn't want to use a backdoor and create unfairness.
He also said that he would come back to be a farmer after graduation, so why waste three years? It would be better to earn more work points for his family.
You said this kid is more stubborn than a cow when he gets angry, and I can’t do anything about him, so I came to you.”
Zhou Rong thought for a moment and said, “There are so many junior high school students in the city nowadays, and it is very difficult to find a job with a junior high school degree.
The country has been recruiting workers, peasants and soldiers in recent years, which shows the importance it attaches to talent. I heard from an education expert some time ago that at this rate, it is only a matter of time before the country resumes the college entrance examination.
Let Jialei go to high school. When he graduates, the college entrance examination may be resumed.
The college students who are admitted through the college entrance examination are assigned jobs by the state, just like Qi Guang and his classmates at that time. If Jia Lei can get into college, it will not only prove his ability, but also solve his employment problem.”
Zhou Chuan'an asked uncertainly: "Can the college entrance examination really be restored?"
Zhou Rong: "The experts have said so, it should be almost right. Jialei's character still needs to be tempered. If you let me use my connections to get him a job, it might harm him. Let him stay in school for two years first."
Zhou Chuan'an: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
After Zhou Rong returned, Zhou Chuanan told Zhou Jialei about her proposal.
Zhou Jialei loves studying. As long as he gets good grades in school, he doesn't have to worry about other things. He feels comfortable and fulfilled.
But his family conditions were poor, his father was disabled and his health was getting worse year by year, and they barely made ends meet by relying on the little work points earned by his mother and sister.
His elder sister was getting married, and all the household affairs would fall on his mother alone. He couldn't bear it, so he had to take on the responsibility of supporting the family.
Zhou Jialei pondered for a moment and said, "If I go to school, what will happen to you and mom? I need to go to the county to attend high school. The tuition and living expenses add up to a lot of money for one semester. Our family can't afford it."
Zheng Lan was worried that her two children would develop a lazy nature, so she never talked about how much savings the family had. Instead, she always cried poor, saying that life was difficult at home, and asked Zhou Ling and Zhou Jialei to be frugal.
Gradually, the brother and sister became "stingy".
Zhou Chuan'an didn't know whether this kind of temper was good or bad, so he tried to persuade her: "When you didn't earn work points before, your mother and I starved to death?
We have saved some money over the years, enough for our expenses. The villagers take good care of people like me who have been to the battlefield. Even if I don't work, the food rations will be distributed on time, so your mother and I will not starve.
You don't have to worry about tuition and living expenses. Study hard and if you can pass the college entrance examination, get into a good university, so that I can be proud and have confidence to brag about it."
Zhou Jialei: "What if I graduate from high school but can't take the college entrance examination? Wouldn't all the tuition fees be wasted?"
Zhou Chuan'an: "...Why do you always worry about this, kid? I remember your sister Darong said that the books you read will always be in your mind, and you will never read them in vain, and you will always benefit from them.
If I can't take the college entrance examination, I will shamelessly come to your sister Darong and ask her to use her connections to find you a job in the provincial capital. A high school diploma is more useful than a junior high school diploma, and it will be easier for your sister Darong to arrange it."
Zhou Jialei: "Okay, I've already been in the first semester of high school. If I join the class, I may not be able to keep up. I will review the previous content at home first and save some work points for you. In September, I will go to the county to register."
Zhou Chuanan: “Sure.”