November 24th.

Before dawn this day, there was movement in the small courtyard in Hedong, chickens flying and dogs jumping, so lively.

After playing for so long, I don't dare to miss the time, otherwise it wouldn't be as simple as crying to death.

Especially Wu Rong, he was a master of art and bold, and directly applied for the higher entrance examination, that is, the college entrance examination. The examination room was set up in the county, so I got up at three o'clock in the morning, but fortunately, the commune arranged a tractor.

Guo Yongkun and Lin Hongdao naturally didn't have the guts, and they were all apprehensive when they applied for a secondary exam.

Their examination room was much closer, even a little sloppy, in a high school in the commune.

At four o'clock in the morning, a group of three people went out against the cold wind, and the temperature of minus five degrees could not stop their pace.

The commune's only high school was right in front of it, and although it had been teaching, the students who had been able to enter the school for the past ten years were mixed, and suddenly there were so many young intellectuals that the teachers were eager to welcome them.

Next to the registration point at the school gate, a pot of boiling water was boiled on a coal stove, and candidates who were really cold could drink a bowl before entering, bringing warm comfort to everyone in this cold winter morning.

"Come in. ”

Li Youguang stopped, staring at the candidates who entered the school one after another with a pair of small eyes, and said in his heart that there was no envy, jealousy and hatred, it was absolutely fake.

"Okay, I won't let you come, it's such a cold day, hurry back and get some sleep. Guo Yongkun smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"Thank you. Lin Hongdao said.

"Say this...... Let's go, come on, try to ...... Don't get in. ”

"I'll go, your way of cheering and encouraging is very chic?" Guo Yongkun didn't have a good breath.

"Otherwise, if you all pass the exam, I'll be left alone, how will I live this day?"

Li Youguang laughed, said no more, turned around and waved his hand, flashed his flashlight and disappeared into the hazy night.

Lin Hongdao was in the third class, Guo Yongkun was in the fifth class, and when he walked into the examination room, it was still dark inside, but fortunately, there was no fool who came to the exam, and all the candles were prepared.

Even if it's dawn, you have to be prepared, because you can't expect electric lights in this dilapidated high school, and if the weather is bad and you can't read the papers, then there will probably be bloodshed.

To be sure, the secondary exams were not complicated, with only four subjects: Politics, Chinese, Mathematics and History – science was physics and chemistry, with a total of 400 points, and there were few questions in each subject.

The point is that there is no foundation.

If the candidates of this era can receive that kind of education, with their hard work, if they are not regulated, they can all be admitted to the key points.

Guo Yongkun undoubtedly chose liberal arts, and reading is barely one of his hobbies, as for science...... If he really wants to take the test, Newton's coffin board is estimated to be unable to hold it down.

After the test papers were handed out, there was a rustle in the examination room.

It was really cold, and high-end equipment such as down jackets and warm shoes could not appear on everyone, and many people's hands were red from the cold, and their feet were covered with frostbite, but they still sat there and resisted the urge to stomp their feet, focusing all their attention on the pen in their hands.

And what is written under the pen is not only the answer, but also the ......

An unknown life.

It can be exciting, or it can be tragic.

Perhaps, in between.

......

Outside the window, the snow is covered, and after the winter solstice, the weather is getting colder and colder, and this winter seems to be colder than in previous years, at least every educated youth of the Qiantoushan Brigade feels so in their hearts.

It has been more than a month since the college entrance examination, and it stands to reason that there should be news, but they go door to door every day to inquire about the situation, and so far no one has received the admission letter.

Could it be that everyone is hanging?

That's too miserable!

The only one who is relatively calm is Guo Yongkun, because even if his memory is vague, he knows that Wu Rong has definitely been admitted, not only admitted, but also the top university in the country.

He can blow this cowhide for a lifetime.

With a junior high school degree, he jumped over the first college entrance examination after ten years in a hurry, and was admitted to the key points in one fell swoop, which is really not good.

Among all the people Guo Yongkun has known in his two lives, probably, only his sister, who is known as the proud daughter of the sky, can win steadily in learning.

His sister Guo Yonghui also took the college entrance examination this year, and naturally she was also admitted, and the coordinates ...... North.

The point in Guo Yongkun's heart is not calm because of himself.

If you don't get in, what should you do?

If he takes the test again, he really doesn't want to take the test, if he says it, he will definitely be beaten, if he has a choice, even if he is sent to Harvard, he is too lazy to go.

It's not that reading is useless, he has always respected erudite people, but he really doesn't want to struggle in this life, he just wants to go home and be a salted fish.

It is difficult if you don't take the test, the educated youth returned to the city at the end of 1980, and now it is only 1977, three years......

He could go crazy.

So, Bodhisattva, bless it.

After being reborn, he went crazy directly, and Mo Yan didn't dare to write this script!

Outside the house, the snow was falling, and the sky and the earth were the same color, as pale as the hearts of many educated youths at this moment.

Li Youguang was rummaging through the cabinets in front of the stove, and it took a long time to turn around, look at the three people who were huddled in the quilt with wooden expressions and said, "There's nothing to eat, what's the matter?"

"Lend some. Wu Rong was the first to speak, he was worried, but more confident.

Even if you can't get into a good university, you don't believe that you can't even get into a junior college.

"Borrow?" Li Youguang smiled bitterly, "You guys don't go out of the door, how do you know what the situation is in the team now, the landlord's family has no surplus food these years." ”

"So serious?" Lin Hongdao also came back to his senses.

"But no, you know that most of the second-season rice drought has died, and it is very good to be able to survive until now. ”

"Then what's the matter, the ancients were hungry and cold, I'm in this situation now, I can't starve to death, right?"

"It's unlikely that you will starve to death, it's a new era, it depends on how the brigade is safe......"

"Notifications, Notifications......

Before Li Youguang finished his sentence, a burst of radio suddenly came from outside the window.

"All the educated youths in the brigade should rush to the team headquarters auditorium for a meeting now, speed! Again, what the brigade ...... about"

After the four of them made eye contact for a while, Lin Hongdao said with a little excitement: "Notify all the educated youths to hold a meeting, you say...... Is it because the test results are down?"

Wu Rong's eyes suddenly brightened when he heard him say this, "It's possible, otherwise why would you just notify the educated youth, go, hurry up!"

Only Guo Yongkun frowned, and there was a feeling in the dark that it was not a good thing, but what it was, I really couldn't remember it for a while.

The four of them were three layers inside and three layers outside, wrapped themselves like rice dumplings, and hurried to the direction of the team headquarters.

They were obviously not the most active, and when they came to the so-called auditorium of the brigade headquarters - it was actually a slightly larger adobe house, in which some simple long tables and stools were placed, and there was a high platform of less than ten square meters, on which there were also two long tables patched together, plus four chairs, and a red banner was pulled behind the chair, with six big characters written on it: "Long live the People's Commune"!

The educated youths of the brigade have basically arrived, and they all sat down in the front position, and three of the four chairs on the rostrum have also been seated.

The one holding an old cigarette stick in the center is Zhao Fumin, the secretary of the brigade, on his left, Zhao Liyong, the deputy secretary of the party branch and director of the Revolutionary Committee, and on the right hand is Zhao Dalong, the captain of the militia.

"It's such a grand scene, it's a big scene!" Li Youguang quipped.

Among so many educated youths on the scene, he is undoubtedly the most relaxed one at this time.

Some people say that he is stupid, and he doesn't even try, so he wants to see it today, knowing that he can't do it, and those who know the times are Junjie, who is the real second pole.

"It's almost there, find a seat and sit down, haven't you been thinking about the letter, ......"

After Zhao Fumin put down the old cigarette stick in his hand, he raised it casually, which instantly attracted the attention of the audience.

The educated youths were ecstatic at first, but in an instant, their hearts were pulled out again.

Because the letter in his hand is not as thick as he imagined, but only ...... Three seals, you can see it clearly at a glance.

There were more than 40 educated youths at the scene, but there were only three letters, more than a tenth of the probability, and in an instant, everyone's hearts were raised to their throats.

"I'm not going to take a step anymore, come on, these three educated youths will take the letter first, congratulations on passing the exam. The first, Li Shengli ......"

"Wow!"

As soon as Zhao Fumin finished reading a name, a roar suddenly erupted in the auditorium, and at the same time, a thin young man who was as black as carbon jumped up suddenly, so excited that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

"Congratulations, victory. ”

"Congratulations, congratulations......"

Although the intellectuals next to him said this, anyone could hear the words in it.

If a place is gone, it means that their original one-tenth probability will drop to one-twenty in an instant.

How slim?

"Thank you, thank you!" Li Shengli cried with joy, trembling his body and walked up to the high platform, solemnly taking the admission letter from Zhao Fumin's hand, as if it contained not a few pages, but his net worth.

"The second, Song Tao ......"

The auditorium was also restless, and Guo Yongkun could clearly feel that Wu Rong's body next to him began to tremble.

"Worm, don't worry, the last one must be you. ”

God knows how bitter he was in his heart when he said this with a smile, Wu Rong really didn't tremble when he heard it, but he wanted to tremble!

Damn, you didn't get in?!