Gu Biao patted Director Xu on the back and said in a consultative tone, "That's it, I'll show you something." ”

With that, he opened one of his carry-on bags and pulled out a stack of things from it.

It was a small stack of large solidarities, and two black-and-white photographs.

"It's such a cold day, and it's all my fault to let everyone run hard, so let's have a good rest in the town. He first secretly handed over the money, and then changed the conversation,

"Secretary, you also know that I have been low-key for the past half a year, and there are not many educated youths from Wuyue Province who have crossed the province to come to your Hui Province. Don't you wonder why I left my homeland?"

"You kid was mysterious at the beginning, the ghost knows what's going on with you!" Director Xu looked indifferent, and pushed the money out as he spoke.

The things that Gu Biao offended people in the meeting belonged to the unspoken rules, and of course it was impossible to record them in the archives. When he took the initiative to keep a low profile, Xu Jinhui accepted him for half a year, and he didn't know the details of Gu Biao's origins, and he didn't bother to care.

"This has something to do with the person in this photo - my sister used to cut the queue at a state-run tea farm in Huiji. It's a pity that the cardinal's son there has taken a fancy to my sister and wants to use it.

However, he also sold the qualifications recommended to go to college, played with other women, and sold the national treasure to Yue himself as a traitor. I couldn't see it, and on impulse, I shot the cardinal's father and son, and cut off the children and grandchildren. It's a pity that I also offended people, and I couldn't get along in the local area, so I had to leave my hometown and come to a place where no one knew my bottom to cut the line......"

Listening to Gu Biao's understatement of the words "cut off children and grandchildren", Xu Jinhui felt a pain for no reason.

Looking at the two black-and-white photographs at hand, as well as the upside-down name tag with a big cross painted in black lacquer on them, and the comparison of his head before and after being shot, he also had a new assessment of the situation.

Obviously, the one that was destroyed by Gu Biao was at the level of the township chief, half a level higher than him Xu Jinhui.

"What do you do?"

"I didn't do anything, but I just happened to be serving a big project that reached the heavens, and I can't say specifically. Director, I'm also sincere in reasoning with you, I really didn't do anything bad, but you can't let outsiders falsely accuse me, right?

I was innocent, I reviewed with a few like-minded classmates, I lent them materials on mathematics, physics and chemistry, and they helped me to review language and politics. This is the purest way to learn from each other's strengths and make progress together.

If you don't believe it, ask this classmate Yan, oh no, it should be called Teacher Yan. After graduating from high school, he has been working as a Chinese teacher in Magang Middle School, and this time he heard that he wanted to fight again after the college entrance examination was resumed. Everyone is a motivated reader, how can there be a dirty deal?"

Xu Jinhui's face changed several times, and he also knew that Gu Biao was arrogant, and finally compromised.

He wiped his hard work without thinking, tucked it into his sleeve, and said, "Okay, you can prepare for the exam with peace of mind." I'll put pressure on you until the day of your exam, and I'll send someone to take you to the exam room. ”

After saying that, his hands tightened fiercely, and the bundle of great unity was wet.

……

December 10, 1977, the first day of the college entrance examination in Hui Province.

As the first year after the resumption of the college entrance examination system, the college entrance examination in 77 had too many hasty accommodations with the market, which were unimaginable to future generations-

Each province proposes its own proposition, arranges its own examination time, and arranges its own invigilation system......

Such chaos will inevitably lead to irregularities and fraud, and it is also easy to be counterattacked by vested interests who once held power under the recommendation system.

But in general, it still does not hide the flaws, and lays the standard for talent selection in the new era.

In all parts of Hui Province, the speed of receiving the college entrance examination notice is still relatively slow. However, the date set by the Department of Education has not been postponed at all, and it is even considered early in the provinces of eastern China - one day earlier than the most well-informed city in Hujiang. (The latest is Hu Jian Province, who only took the exam on the 16th, almost a week later than other provinces.) ）

Such an arrangement, of course, will minimize the time for candidates in this province to review and prepare, but it also solves some other more practical problems-

Most of the territory of Hui Province is north of the Yangtze River, which belongs to the province at the junction of the north and south, and is not close to the sea, so among the five provinces in East China, the winter climate is relatively cold, and there is never a heating word.

In the decades since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the relevant departments have never had the experience of organizing college entrance examinations in winter, and now they have to consider the factor of temperature.

The later you drag, the colder it gets.

In order to reduce the risk of freezing, the early exam is overtaken.

This kind of strange reason, people who live in the era of air conditioning, I am afraid that they can't even think of eight heads.

At this moment, Gu Biao has to experience all this wonder.

He wore a new blue cloth tunic with a sweater underneath. Compared with other candidates who wore padded jackets early, they looked very energetic.

The rural candidates are arranged in the examination room according to the commune and the production team, so almost all the people who are in the same field with Gu Biao are the educated youths of Dushan Farm. In order to prevent cheating, when the seats are arranged, they are arranged in tandem according to the intervals of different production teams.

As the gong sounded, the first language test began - you read that right, not the electric bell, but the gong that played the shift.

When the paper came down, Gu Biao took a deep breath and began to review the question. Language and politics are his relative worries, while English and mathematics, physics and chemistry are not a problem.

But after just a few glances, he was shocked.

It's not that the questions are too difficult or too easy, but that there are too few.

The proposition teacher really cherishes paper like gold.

Chinese, a subject that should have a large number of reading questions in Gu Ao's memory, actually stuffed all the topics on a paper size of A4 paper.

If you put it aside for decades, there are no more than a dozen pages in the volume, and the proposition teacher is embarrassed to meet people?

"A paper with a full score of 100 points, 70 points for composition, 15 points for phonetic word filling and sentence analysis, 15 points for ancient Chinese translation? No wonder a piece of paper is printed, which is really trouble-free. ”

Correspondingly, the exam time is not long, only 2 hours - because all subjects need to be completed in two days, in addition to the number of languages, there are also science and politics, so there is not so much time for candidates to waste.

It took Gu Biao more than half an hour to carefully complete the 30-point basic questions, and checked them again, before he began to deal with the composition without distraction.

As a result, I was happy when I looked at the title.

This year's essay question in Hui Province is one of two choices.

The first question is called "Follow the Huazhu seat closely, and sing Dongfang Hong forever".

The second topic is called "Science has dangers and obstacles, and hard work can be passed" - starting from Ye Shuai's "Poems for Tackling Key Problems".

Well, these two questions obviously catered to the two core powers of the imperial court at that time. (Ye Shuai still made a great contribution in 76~77, and presided over the work of the military WEI in the process of crushing.) And Deng Weiren has not yet returned).

In the eyes of normal candidates, the vast majority of people are expected to choose the first question - no matter how you look at it, this is a good opportunity to sing praises.

The second question is not so politically radical, it is completely about paying attention to the laws of objective facts, stressing scientific research and public relations, and seeking truth from facts. Most candidates need to worry about the question of "whether writing too much truth will be considered a white road".

But in Gu Ao's eyes, the gold content of these two questions is obviously diametrically opposed.

"Hehe, it's still close to it, and after next year's seeking truth from facts and not engaging in two things, it will be completely cold. Even if the grading teacher didn't know the power movement above, he gave a high score for the time being. The road ahead is also easy to leave stains. ”

Besides, Gu Biao sincerely supports seeking truth from facts in his heart, so he chose the second question without hesitation.

Well, what to write?

He didn't think much about it, so he naturally decided to write about his personal experience with his father in the factory - how to go to the city library to consult materials, how to find a unique way under the premise of respecting the objective laws of nature, and find a technical route to achieve the localization of helium and break through the technological blockade of Western capital in the world......

How to use capital to pay attention to the existing materials of the country and carry out micro-innovation at the level of use methods......

Of course, things involving state secrets must never be revealed. The scale of this, Gu Biao has gone through the pre-exam assault training, and he also has a lot of experience.

With the sound of a gong, the Chinese exam was easily passed.

As soon as the session ended, the candidates in the room began to talk, and the most they talked about was what was written in the essay.

Some acquaintances asked Gu Biao, but he didn't hide it and told him bluntly.

After chatting in a circle, Gu Biao found that he could not find one out of ten to choose the topic of scientific research.

Some people who didn't have a good relationship with him heard that he didn't write "Forever Sing Dongfanghong", and immediately began to gloat.

Gu Biao could only laugh and not speak.

After lunch in the examination room, I took a short break, and at 1 p.m., I started to take the math test, and then the politics, and the two courses were completed in one afternoon.

Mathematics Gu Biao easily finished the second, and even handed in the paper half an hour early.

Because there were not many people who submitted the papers in advance, the invigilator didn't pay much attention to him.

After all, it was the first year that the exam was resumed, and everyone didn't review, so many people just came to try their luck.

Liberal arts can still fill the paper with blind writing, while science and engineering can't. In order to save the number of mimeographed pages, the teacher did not have a single multiple-choice question, and all the questions were very short and the solution steps were relatively long.

I can't wait to print two lines of words and answer the question on a whole sheet of paper.

Candidates who can't write it, instead of sitting and accepting the torment, it is better to simply vote for twenty.

"Look, it's another one who can't do it and hand in the paper in advance. ”

"Yo, this is not giving up, and I still want to struggle. actually came out in advance to memorize politics - unfortunately, if you do math for half an hour, you can't make up for how much politics you memorize, and you're still struggling. ”

Gu Biao remained unmoved.

On the second day, students in science took physical chemistry and in English.

……

"Brother Gu, what do you think, I'm still not good at math, I guess I'll fail, alas, it's too difficult. ”

After the exam, Gu Biao went back to the town with Ma Feng and Su Zetian and went to the guest house to get a salute. As soon as the scene ended, Ma Feng couldn't help but complain.

As for Yan Ping, who was reviewing for the exam with Gu Biao and others, because he was going back to Mashan for the exam, he didn't live in the guest house in advance.

"How bad can it be? It won't be completely undone, can it only get 1 point?" Gu Biao was afraid that the historical inertia was too great, so he couldn't help but speculate maliciously.

"How can I get 1 point!" Ma Feng seemed insulted.

"So, 19 points?"

Ma Feng couldn't laugh or cry: "Why do you guess 19 points? Even if you don't believe me, you have to believe in your own tutoring level! I said that I might fail, but there are always more than 40 points." ”

Gu Biao breathed a sigh of relief: "That's not bad, at your level, it's been two years since you stole away from others." If the other classes are okay, try to get a junior college. None of this year's scores will be high. ”