Chapter 4: The Sacrifice of Youth
Li Yadong studied in the No. 1 high school in the county, and the assigned examination room this time was in the No. 2 high school, and it was fixed, which was a very fortunate thing, because candidates in some big cities usually have to change venues several times, just like fighting guerrilla warfare, and changing places with one shot, that is really tiring. Half of the three days were in the exam room, and half were on the way to the exam room.
The main thing is that there are not a few schools in their county, and there are relatively few candidates, but it saves a lot of trouble, and it is only two o'clock a day.
Originally, he could go directly to the second high school for reference, and the admission ticket had already been obtained, because some daily necessities were inconvenient to bring into the examination room, so he had to go back to his school first.
When I arrived at No. 2 High School after the work was done, there was still half an hour before the start of the exam. The two of them stood outside the not majestic school gate, looking at the candidates coming and going and the parents who sent the exam, Li Yadong could clearly feel the unstoppable envy in Zhang Chunxi's eyes.
"Tell your father, he is a scholar anyway, he should be able to make sense, just repeat his studies for a year. Li Yadong sighed faintly, not thinking that his words could change anything, because he knew very well that Zhang Chunxi did not repeat his studies in the end, but gave up school to become a carpenter.
"Forget it, I know what I do, and I don't think I will be able to pass the preliminary exam if I study for another year, let alone improve the exam. Zhang Chunxi smiled bitterly, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Come on, take the test, strive to be a national cadre, don't pretend not to know me when the time comes." ”
"That can't be. ”
"Haha...... Don't dare you, kid. Alright, you go in, I'm going back too. ”
"Hmm. ”
Li Yadong watched Chunxi's lonely back disappear at the end of the road, and then he reorganized his mood and strode into the campus.
At this stage, he is indeed powerless to change anyone's fate, but it does not mean that he can't in the future, and before that, he first has to change his fate.
In the 80s, candidates were innocent and hardly thought about cheating, and there were still ten minutes before the start of the exam, and everyone was sitting at the desks with the admission ticket number, no one was talking to each other, their faces were full of excitement and worry, and everyone was a combination of contradictions.
Li Yadong sat by the window, the extra desk on the right side had been cleaned up, and it was stacked on the playground downstairs, and about 1.5 meters to the right, there was an uncle with a scruffy beard, which made him look at it twice.
In fact, this is a very normal phenomenon of the times, after all, it has only been seven years since the resumption of the college entrance examination, and there are many people who have not been admitted for a few years. Most of these people are not young, have wives, have children, and usually put down the hoe is a textbook. There are also students who are in the same class as their own teachers, and they are not surprised after taking pictures.
What is more sad is that once such people are admitted to university, they are influenced by the new cultural trend and see the wider world outside the countryside, and many of them will do things like they have abandoned their families and children, just like some of them who returned to the city two years earlier.
The invigilator walked into the classroom, holding a stack of test papers in his hand, and the candidates quickly took a deep breath and silently grabbed the pens in their hands.
Fountain pens are very expensive things in these years, and the same is true for ink, the so-called "South Hero, North Venus" Most rural children don't have to count on it, a cheap Xinhua brand fountain pen is squeezed out of the teeth of the whole family, and even then not every candidate has a fountain pen. Using a ballpoint pen or pencil to answer the test will have an impact on your test score.
The first exam was Chinese, and when there was a "bell" sound outside the door, the teacher began to distribute the test papers, and the fateful moment came.
Li Yadong first turned to the last composition when he got the test paper, which is a habit of many people when facing the language exam, which is conducive to thinking in advance-
[Some students said: "Whenever I write, I often feel that I have nothing to say, so I have to piece it together, say some empty words, and even make up some materials. Some teachers said: "Every time a student writes an essay, I work hard to correct and comment, but students often only look at the scores and do not pay attention to the problems in their essays, so they do not improve quickly." ”
In response to the situation reflected in the above two paragraphs, please write an argumentative essay of about 800 words with your own and your classmates' current situation centered on your views on the essays of middle school students. It is required to have a clear point of view, some analysis, and a sense of truth. 】
Then he smiled, and the dusty memories in his mind were slowly scraped off like a scratch ticket, and many fragments were gradually pieced together.
Most people who have taken the exam have the experience of discussing the correct answers with others afterwards, and this is especially true for students in this era, so Li Yadong instantly scanned the test paper from beginning to end, and always felt that every question was so familiar.
There is a "rustle" sound between the tip of the pen and the test paper, and the rest is sweating like rain. The weather is too hot, and I don't know if there is any consideration for adjusting the college entrance examination from July to June in the future.
The exam lasted for two hours, and as the sun outside gradually rose, the classroom was simply a stove, and beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on the foreheads of every candidate. At this time, the invigilator picked up an enamel basin that had been prepared long ago, filled with water and towels, and shuttled through the examination room to send cool comfort to the candidates.
Otherwise, how can we say that socialism is good, teachers in this era are selfless, and there is no phenomenon that they need to give gifts to a certain student in the future, and some teachers even take out their own salaries to subsidize those students who are expected to be admitted to undergraduate colleges but their families are very difficult, but they just don't open their brains and give away the things inside.
Most of the subjects in literature and history are closely related to experience, not to mention that Li Yadong still recalls a lot of things, so this language test paper did not cause him much trouble, but he did not submit the paper in advance in an unconventional way, checked it again, and waited until the bell rang, and left the examination room quietly.
At noon, Li Yadong did not return to the first middle school, but simply solved a meal in the canteen of the second middle school, and then ran to a big camphor tree on the playground to cool off.
During the period, I also met several classmates in the class, everyone chatted with each other, analyzed the Chinese test paper that had just been completed, and at the end Li Yadong inadvertently mentioned: "No matter what, everyone must persevere, and confidence cannot be lost." ”
It is not difficult to see from the expressions of the classmates that they did not attach too much importance to this sentence of golden balm, and Li Yadong did not say much.
The afternoon math exam was undoubtedly a disaster, the weather was still hot, but the invigilator no longer needed to wipe the sweat of the candidates, because almost everyone was in a cold heart, and the rustle of the tip of the pen across the test paper could not be heard in the examination room, but more clearly the sound of scratching ears and cheeks.
It is difficult for the question to come out of the sky, but the sky is going to kill me?—— which is probably the common voice of all candidates.
Li Yadong is undoubtedly the most calm one, because he compared this test paper to a book from heaven in advance, and put it at a very terrifying height, which caused the gap between reality and imagination to be small, and even easier.
The set of math papers that he had put the most effort into in the past three days had been of great help to him, although he always felt that his brain hurt, but he was not out of control.
The ordeal passed, and many candidates were reluctant to leave the venue for a long time, staring at the neat paper and crying.
Then the next day, the tragedy of history was repeated, and many seats suddenly vacated in the examination room, and many candidates thought that they had failed the exam and voluntarily chose to give up.
It is almost predictable that when the test paper scores come out, when they learn that the national average score is only 26 points, they are afraid that there will be another heart-rending cry.
Time also, life also.
The first two exams on the second day did not have too many waves, and the physics and chemistry in high school seemed to him to be quite simple, basically revolving around several major physical laws and the periodic table, as long as you keep the relevant knowledge points in mind, there is not much of a problem.
But in the third game, Li Yadong was quite unsettled - creatures. If you had asked him about his impressions of biology three days ago, he would have said in a tone, "Cell division has to be tilted like the real me." ”
Rao is in the past three days, he squeezed the time to go through the textbook from front to back, and also recalled a lot of memories, but he still lacked confidence.
As expected, he did not perform well in this exam and failed to keep up with the process of cell evolution. This also made him lie on the plank bed at night and couldn't sleep for a long time, and he couldn't talk about discouragement, but he was a little sorry.
The English on the third day brought him a surprise, and he was surprised to find that the whole test paper was completely understandable.
I don't know if he overestimated the English level of this era, or underestimated his own ability, anyway, those words are not unfamiliar, and I can always think of an encounter somewhere, or a web page on the computer, or a sign on the street, maybe I have to thank the future.
He played well in this scene, and even looked at a "Sanyo" put on the podium by the teacher for a long time with interest.
The subsequent political exam is undoubtedly the most stress-free, he is probably past the age of "knowing that there are tigers in the mountains and biasing towards the tigers", and he knows very well the benefits of catering to the situation for the scores, in such an important exam, the angry youth is unacceptable.
The three-day college entrance examination is over, and after Li Yadong returned to his school, it was easy to read their feelings from the expressions of his classmates.
As night fell, hoarse cries could be heard everywhere on campus, and it was a night of indulgence, some singing, some grief-stricken, and they wantonly squandered what little youth they had. Referring to the acceptance rate of previous schools not higher than 3 per 1,000, the vast majority of them will quickly change their identity and become a group of farmers in the field.
At that time, the responsibility will be added, regardless of age, and this period of youth will inevitably pass away.