After a week of heavy snowfall, Shen Tiejun got up from the bed, put on cotton clothes, cotton pants and big cotton shoes, picked up the newspaper that he had read for several days from the bedside, touched the slippery brain door after going out, went back to the house and found a dogskin hat to put on at the door of the hall.

Shen Tiejun raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Dad, Dad!"

"Alas, who's the little four?"

Shen Laoshi's voice came, the door of the house opened quickly, and he saw Shen Tiejun, who had a straight face in the past few days, his expression was calm, he rubbed his eyes and shivered, and hurriedly greeted: "Come, come in!"

"Dad, I want you to give me half a year, I will definitely give you a university entrance examination and come back, this time I will not have the slightest reservation, can you believe me?" Shen Tiejun's face was calm, the date of the report of each university was as of yesterday, but it was a pity that the notice issued by the school that I don't know was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news.

"Little Si'er, don't think too much, Dad gives you time, Dad believes that you can be admitted to college, because you have participated in the physical examination, right? I asked someone, if you don't have any points in college, I won't notify you to go to the physical examination at all, which means that you have no problem with your studies, not to mention that the county master said that you were admitted." By the way, what are you doing getting up so early?" Shen honestly said before he saw the white belly of the fish outside, at this time, there was no alarm clock at home, and the time could only be estimated.

Pursing his lips, Shen Tiejun said: "Dad, I'm going to apply for graduate school, well, if you are admitted, there will be a re-examination, and you may have to go to other places, which will cost one or two hundred yuan." Anyway, I'm going to get into college this year. ”

"Graduate student?well, no problem, it's so cold, you go back to sleep, wake up and talk about it!" Shen Laoshi put on a rotten cotton jacket, and said in his heart what kind of university this graduate student is, and decided to go back and ask, this child is finally normal, and his heart is both relieved and regretful.

"Dad, you need to go to the county to register for this exam, you give me twenty yuan!"

Shen Tiejun said the purpose, this is his decision to think about it for a week, the last time I got it back from the educated youth point, there was a report on the recruitment of graduate students by the Chinese Academy of Sciences a few months ago, at that time it was just pure curiosity, and I didn't pay enough attention to the graduate school entrance examination in my memory, after all, the goal was set in the university, and for the graduate students who could only apply for the examination after graduating from college, it was something that I never dreamed of.

Until Xiao Wu was sent away, the date of the last report of the university had passed, and all Shen Tiejun could think of was to honestly review for half a year, and he wanted to release a big satellite in six months, that is, in the college entrance examination in 78.

In this exam, Shen Tiejun, who had scruples in his heart, deliberately answered a lot of mistakes, first, the three brothers and sisters may be admitted, which is easy to arouse people's attention, if there are some legendary mysterious departments, it will definitely fall in their eyes, and he doesn't want to be noticed by too many people, and second, there are many troubles after becoming a well-known figure, and after the physical examination, there are people who can't shirk it, and they all let Xiao Wu and the third sister come forward, honest Mao Dong.

As a result, his acceptance letter did not come!

Then there is no need to hide it, Shen Tiejun made up his mind that he wanted to make a big splash in the college entrance examination in '78! Until a few days ago, Zhang Jian sent some newspapers and asked him to change his mind immediately.

On January 10, 1978, the Ministry of Education issued the "Opinions on the Arrangement of Graduate Student Enrollment in Colleges and Universities in 1978", and decided to combine the enrollment of graduate students in 1977 and 1978, collectively referred to as the 1978 graduate students.

Immediately afterwards, "People's Daily" also published a commentator's article "Eclectic Reduction of Talents", emphasizing that graduate student enrollment should be realistic and eclectic in terms of age, educational background, family background, and personal performance.

Shen Tiejun's ambition, to be precise, these days, he has been blown up by people's kind or strange eyes, anyway, they all have to review, anyway, they all have to take exams, the difference is only that in the re-examination after being admitted, they need to go to the school location for re-examination.

It's not easy to travel these years, the letter of introduction is good, after passing the initial test, you can get the notice of retest, and you can open it in the village and commune, the problem is still money, and the school will not reimburse the travel expenses for the retest.

If you are admitted, it is a big satellite, and if you can't pass the exam, you will only lose two yuan of registration fee, Shen Tiejun calculated an account in his heart.

Faced with the most promising son's request, Shen Laoshi naturally would not refuse, these days Shen Tiejun is silent, even with him and Shen Wang's family have a guess, this child's admission letter has not come until now, the two old people feel sorry for their son, and they didn't open their mouths to ask, at this time, seeing that he finally returned to normal, Shen Laoshi hurriedly went back to the house and gave him the money.

Taking the money from Shen Laoshi's hand, Shen Tiejun walked out cautiously, with a thick layer of snow on the ground, stepping on a black hole, and leaving the village to the side of the national highway, the snow on the road had been rolled out of ruts by the vehicles coming and going.

A bus drove slowly in the distance, the road was slippery in the snow, and the drivers were driving very carefully, completely losing the energy they used to have fun on the road.

When the bus came, Shen Tiejun got on to find a seat, paid a dime for the ticket, and looked at the boundless white mind outside the window, eclectic talent, should be high Chinese can apply for the exam, otherwise the university diploma can be examined, that is still called eclectic?

With a faint apprehension, Shen Tiejun rubbed his red and swollen hands, he had frozen hands and feet since he was a child, red, swollen and swollen like a big bun in Dongshan Province, in his sleeve and shook into the Education Bureau, and then heard a scolding: "Alas, what are you doing?"

The voice sounded, the door next to the gate of the Education Bureau opened, and a young man with a vigilant face walked out, and when he saw the face under the dogskin hat, his brows furrowed slightly: "Are you here to do something?"

"Yes, I'm here to do something, the registration for the graduate exam mentioned in the newspaper this time is with us, right?" Shen Tiejun knew that the king of Hades was so difficult to see little ghosts, so he hurriedly took out the newspaper from his pocket, stretched out his finger and tapped on it.

The young man's expression changed, and he looked at the man in front of him from head to toe who was wearing a patched jacket and big cotton pants without a jacket, and found that the report in the newspaper turned into a curious look: "Oh, it turned out to be a comrade who came to sign up, come, I'll take you there!"

"Okay, thank you then!"

Thanking him, Shen Tiejun was very clear about the thoughts of these people, this was because he was afraid that he would enter the Education Bureau under the guise of signing up to do bad things, and he knew that it was the impact of this dress.

Entering the corridor, Shen Tiejun took off his hat and wiped the muddy water on his feet on the steps, the young man next to him nodded silently, knowing that he had guessed correctly, authentic peasants, how could there be so much yellow mud in the city, just seeing that this person had a big bald head, but his face was very immature, and he said suspiciously: "Comrade, how many years have you been a graduate?"

"Oh, I graduated last year!"

Half a month has passed since the solar calendar year, Shen Tiejun sighed and said: "This is not a good exam last year, and the physical examination has also passed, but I don't know what went wrong with the admission notice, and I haven't seen it until now. ”

"Have you been admitted to university? Have you also had a medical examination? Now because you haven't received an admission letter, you want to try the graduate exam?"

"Have you seen this headline? Do you see the name of this newspaper? People Daily!" Shen Tiejun had no choice but to turn out another piece of newspaper, which he had prepared, and nodded on the subtitle below: "It is emphasized that graduate student enrollment should be realistic and eclectic in terms of age, educational background, family background, and personal performance." ”

The young man was completely stupid, he had never seen or heard of this newspaper, and looked at the newspaper with a dull face: "Hmm-"

"This is realistic, just the knowledge in my head. ”

Shen Tiejun said and walked in, his voice was not small, it was past 10 o'clock at this time, and most of the people who stayed in the bureau office were drinking tea and reading newspapers, and when they heard movement outside, many heads were exposed at the doors of various offices in the corridor.

Seeing that there were signs of being watched, the young man nodded quickly, took him to the door of an office, knocked on the door and pushed the door open: "Director Wu, this comrade is here to apply for graduate school." ”

"Thank you!"

Shen Tiejun thanked the young man who was far away, and entered the office he had been to, he had been here before the interview in the professional class of the local party committee last time, the difference was that this time there was a heating stove in the house, and the four chimneys passed out of the window from the air, and he felt warm on his body.

Wu Erjin endured the smell coming from the tip of his nose, and a curious look flashed in his eyes behind the glasses like the bottom of the bottle: "That, have we seen it anywhere?"

"Director Wu, you are so forgetful, I am Shen Tiejun, the second brother and sister who were admitted to college!" Shen Tiejun took off his dogskin hat and stood by the door, he paid more attention to personal hygiene, in order to take care of it in winter, he still shaved his bald head, but the cotton jacket, cotton pants and cotton shoes on his body were old, and a little more taste was unavoidable.

"Ah, Xiao Shen, it's you?"

slapped the table, as the only one in Tianh County who has passed the score line of the English major, Wu Erjin will naturally not forget that the last time he was interviewed from the Education Bureau to the prefectural committee, he was just suspicious after speaking: "What, why didn't you go to college?"

"Hey, in a word, I don't know what's wrong with my notice, I haven't received it yet, I can't ask all over the world, right?" Shen Tiejun said and sat on the chair at the door, pointing to the stove: "Well, I'm wearing a lot, so I'm going to go." ”

"So that's the case, Xiao Shen, don't worry, I'll go and let them check, you have passed the score line, the physical examination has passed, and the files have been transferred, but now that you find out, I'm afraid that the reporting time has passed-" Wu Erjin said, his face full of pain: "Why didn't you come early-oh, you are here to apply for graduate school this time?!"

At this time, the student file is extremely important, and if you don't come after the report date, you will be transferred back to the place where you are registered, Shen Tiejun saw that he was so enthusiastic, and there was a lot more smile on his face: "Director Wu, I'm here to apply for graduate school, I don't know if I can apply?"