On the morning of July 28, 1984, the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, the sky was overcast.

The temperature has rarely dropped, and it rained all day yesterday, which makes many gamblers who buy gambling complain, regretting how not to stay today, many people in the morning are looking at the weather, at least it is not clear, and they still have a chance to win four times the compensation.

In Chinatown, a courier rides a tricycle through the streets, the back of the car is full of all kinds of packages, the United States Postal Service is one of the few official "state-owned enterprises", employees have high benefits at the same time, but do not have to worry about unemployment, as long as the layoffs will be supported by the union, resulting in employees are lazy, delivery speed is surprisingly slow, often arrive in Los Angeles a week ago, a week before the customer's hands.

If it weren't for this, other companies would not have grown up smoothly, the old-fashioned SSAT organizing committee members are probably using the United States Mail to send transcripts in order to save money, Su Mu has been waiting for a long time, today the transcript was finally delivered to his home, and after receiving a message from his old man, he hurriedly asked the convenience store boss Han for leave and ran home.

A few days ago, he and Du Zhong went to Los Angeles, and the next day the two went out again, and visited the private school where Du Zhong studied, Su Mu was not too satisfied with the school, and the private middle school was also divided into one, two, and three, his school could only be said to be neither good nor bad, and there was a gap between Su Mu's imagination, and the other point was that he did not plan to recruit publicly-funded students this year, and he had already picked a school in the past few days, just waiting for the scores to come out and prepare for the interview.

When they returned home, Su Mu's father and grandfather were sitting at the table, they didn't open the envelope on the table, they were waiting for Su Mu to come back, the SSAT test score was definitely the top priority of the Su family in recent times, neither of them dared to open it indiscriminately, and they felt that Su Mu was lucky.

"Come on, come on, come on, why is it so slow, son, let me tell you first, even if you don't pass the exam, it doesn't matter, the teachers say that your grades are enough to go to a private middle school." ”

Su Dingcai said nervously, the Castellar Middle School where Su Mu is studying now has had many accidents in recent years, and the admission rate is also not guaranteed, and the elders naturally hope that their children and grandchildren will have a bright future, which is why they work hard to make money and want to send Su Mu to a good high school.

There was nothing to hesitate about the envelope that Su Mu picked up after walking to the table, and tore open the paper bag on the outside at will, which contained only a thin page of the report card, which was folded up from the middle.

Under the nervous gaze of his grandfather and father, he looked down at the content printed on it, raised his head suddenly, startled Old Man Su, and asked anxiously, "How is it?

“…… What did you fail to pass the test, this is just the SSAT test score, and it is still early to be admitted. ”

Su Mu explained with a smile, handed the report card to his father, and continued: "The total score is 2366, and the proportion of each subject is more than 99 percent, this kind of score is almost stable, I can go and pick the school I like." ”

The total SSAT score is not as high as possible, the key is to look at the SSAT percentage, the SSAT percentage is used to indicate a student's performance in the past three years, compared with all candidates of the same grade and gender, ranging from one percent to ninety-nine percent, Su Mu is to reach 99 percent in each subject at the same time, the higher the more it means that the student is excellent, and American private school admissions officers pay special attention to this.

The total SSAT score is only 2,400 points, and he only lost 34 points, this kind of score can be called a pervert, not to mention that it is just a private high school in the Los Angeles area, even if it is the top ten private high schools in the United States, they will rush to ask for him, and he estimated that the score should be good, but Su Mu didn't expect it to be so high, he should have got a high score in writing.

A stone pressed in his heart was removed, and Old Man Su was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth and laughed: "Make a good dish today, and I want to drink two cups at noon to celebrate...... Let's have a drink, I have to go to work in the evening.

Grandson, after you go to a private school, you must study hard, and strive to win glory for our family in the future, if you can be admitted to Harvard, it would be great, even if I lie in the coffin, I can wake up with a smile.

Haven't you seen how happy our neighbor Aunt Zhang's daughter was when she was admitted to the Southern California Institute of the Arts, showing off when she saw people, your dad was not angry, he didn't finish community college, and now he can finally raise his eyebrows. ”

It's just an SSAT, and there is still a whole high school career before college, Old Man Su is starting to dream now, excited about Su Mu's good results.

Su Dingcai lay down the gun inexplicably, and was told that he couldn't get angry with his own Lao Tzu, and said happily: "Yes, there are only two of us in my class who were admitted to the university, and I finally entered the community college, but I just dropped out because I felt bored." ”

"What about my mother?" Su Mu changed the topic, not letting the elders' happiness go in vain, he was excited about the hope of getting a full scholarship, and then spoke: "Don't be too busy, if it's a good private middle school, I'm sure I can get a scholarship, and I won't spend too much money at that time, so I don't have to work so hard." ”

Old man Su's head shook like a rattle, and his tone was worried: "It's not bad, how can you do it, if you want to go to the best, it will be useful for your classmates to come out in the future, and you can also help each other, what kind of circle you enter is very important."

Taking a step back, even if you can't spend too much money in high school, college tuition is not generally expensive, we have to help you save it, you don't have to worry about it, we can make money, I am not too old to walk, take advantage of the time to earn more, and when I am in my sixties, no company will want me.

It was really unbearable to look at the warehouse at night, and it happened that my friend helped me find a job in the hotel to help as a waiter, and the salary was higher, but it was a little far from home. ”

Old man Su, who has never enjoyed any blessings in his life, has been staying up late for a long time recently, and his spirit is very bad, but his fighting spirit is full, and his grandson Su Mu has achievements, and he is also happy, as for himself, he feels that he has not yet reached the age when he should rest.

"Well, listen to your grandfather, it's a big deal to take out a loan for our house when the time comes, and you don't have to worry about tuition. Dad Su Dingcai patted his son on the shoulder, and naturally felt that he should pay for his son, "Don't go to work today, I'll tell Lao Han, your mother just went to work and has to wait until the evening to come back." ”

I always feel that absenteeism is not good, Su Mu has never taken the initiative to ask for leave since he worked, shook his head and said: "I'm a little busy today, I want to pack candy, I'll come back when I'm done, just come back to watch the live broadcast, the opening ceremony is scheduled for more than four o'clock, right?"

I heard that one of the directors of our school passed the torch yesterday, and those people are really rich, and it will cost them 3,000 dollars to walk a kilometer with torches......"