Jiangbei Oilfield successfully completed the first year of the battle task. Zhao Yuemin has also received more honors and commendations, and there are rumors about his latest movements. Some said that the bureau would promote him to the headquarters as deputy section chief. Some said that he might have to be transferred to the most glorious Daqing Oilfield to serve as the leader of the drilling team.

However, Zhao Yuemin did not show any special excitement, he still worked at his post step by step, and in his spare time, he went to the Red Star Hotel to see the situation.

In recent days, however, he has noticed that some of the young workers in the team seem to be a little absent-minded and have been discussing something in private. Zhao Yuemin couldn't look at it, so he reprimanded them a few words, but who knows, a few workers took him to the radio loudspeaker in the compound of the living area.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the gray-white horn released the excited voice of the female announcer of the radio:

"The latest news from the Central People's Radio, according to the notice issued by the Central Committee and the State Council, has decided to resume the enrollment of colleges and universities this year......"

There was a cheer in the compound, it was a long-suppressed cry.

Young workers hugged each other and celebrated with each other, some spilling their hats into the air, others simply lying on the ground.

Over the past 66 years, after the education model of selecting talents through the college entrance examination has been characterized as "cultivating the successor of the bourgeoisie", the Ministry of Higher Education has issued a series of notices to suspend the recruitment of graduate students and the selection and dispatch of international students.

Since then, the 16-character policy of "voluntary registration, mass recommendation, leadership approval, and school review" has become the admission method of Chinese universities. However, at that time, the special period arose, the functions of local governments were paralyzed, and local enrollment was not carried out on time, and in 1966~1971, colleges and universities in most parts of China failed to enroll students, and they were blank for at least 3 years. In 1972, most colleges and universities resumed the enrollment of "combination of recommendation and selection", which was also the day when "workers, peasants and soldiers" appeared on the stage.

After ten years of turmoil, the central government once again issued a thunderous measure to save the nation - announcing the resumption of the college entrance examination.

Hearing the central government's announcement of the resumption of the college entrance examination, after several drilling workers celebrated, they glanced at each other and showed pity and pleading eyes to Zhao Yuemin.

"Captain Zhao, none of us have you to do, and we can have this rocket-like promotion. We feel that only the college entrance examination can change our fate, you see...... Is it permissible for us not to start studying politics after work, we want to spend two hours to review. ”

"Yes, Captain Zhao." Another worker observed Zhao Yuemin's expression and said, "If we really want to study politics, can we study it once every two days?" ”

Zhao Yuemin pondered for a moment, looked at the pleading eyes of the workers, nodded and said, "Okay, if any of you want to take the college entrance examination, report your name to me." During the two months, after-work political studies were concentrated on weekends. Also, I'm allowing you to leave work an hour early to review. ”

"Really?" Several workers were surprised and rubbed their hands excitedly, "Captain Zhao, you are really a reasonable and good person." ”

"You can be admitted to the university, and I can also brag outside that I Zhao Yuemin has trained a few college students." Zhao Yuemin said with a smile.

"Team Zhao, why don't you take the test too?"

"What words? Our Captain Zhao is now a celebrity in the bureau, and he is about to return to the headquarters as a deputy section chief, and he doesn't need to take the college entrance examination at all......"

Zhao Yuemin was determined to support the workers in the team to review, but he took action, not only taking out his own room as a conference room, but also taking the trouble to get malt milk essence as a drink for everyone to refresh.

The workers were reading and reviewing under the gas lamp, holding a cup of fragrant malt cream, and in addition to praising the Party Central Committee, they were all praising Zhao Yuemin.

The news of the resumption of the college entrance examination spread all over Shaohu Town in an instant. Many new high school graduates and young workers are eager to take the exam.

Zhao Yuemin received the news that Hu Lin and Su Hong were both preparing to take the college entrance examination.

The college entrance examination has just resumed, and the time is tight, and even the review materials and books are not complete. Many young people find a way to go to the recycling station to find books and see if there are any previous review materials.

The town's scrap yard has quietly become a bookstore for temporary exams. Zhao Yuemin saw that the young people who were reviewing nearby had no books, so he was so anxious that he decided to borrow a jeep and drive to Xinhua Bookstore on Nanjing East Road in Shanghai to buy books.

Hu Lin and several fresh graduates sat in Zhao Yuemin's jeep and drove all the way to Shanghai.

On Nanjing East Road in the early morning, the Wanguo Complex slept in darkness. There was already a long queue of people at the entrance of Xinhua Bookstore. The queue can be lined up from Shandong Road, Jiujiang Road, Hankou Road all the way to Henan Road. Many people wear small benches and roll up their bedding, and they come to line up in the middle of the night. In addition to young people, there are also middle-aged and elderly people, and the purpose of their visit to the bookstore is to snap up a set of "Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Self-study Series", and some even go out with their whole families to buy a few more sets and send them to relatives in Jiangxi, Anhui, Yunnan and other places, where relatives are looking forward to getting this set of self-study books as soon as possible.

In the two months of preparing for the college entrance examination, the oilfield authorities also seem to realize the enthusiasm of the young people for revision, and they can also reduce the workload, and even open the library of the oilfield middle school for everyone to study on their own.

Hu Dong was busy opening a restaurant, and Hu Lin was reviewing and no one cared, so he went to Zhao Yuemin's house to eat on every day off, and read books while eating.

Zhao Chunda was very supportive of Hu Lin's exam and asked Zhao Yuemin to take more care of Hu Lin.

Zhao Yuemin had no choice but to become a nanny for Hu Lin's family. Everything was reversed, Zhao Yuemin had to cook for Hu Lin, making minced meat and fried eggplant.

"Brother Yuemin, I want to drink malt milk essence......"

"Brother Yuemin, I want to eat egg cakes......"

"Brother Yuemin, don't run......"

On the day of the college entrance examination, the town hired a bus to transport all the candidates to the test centers of several middle schools in Huaiyang City.

In the makeshift examination room, the examination table is not enough, and many times, two candidates share a test table. The maximum score for the language test is 100 points, and the score for composition is 70 points.

The candidates from Jiangbei Province opened the exam paper with the title "My Year of Fighting".

This article made all the candidates feel a lot of emotion, recalling their experience of going to the mountains and going to the countryside, the bitterness of the frontier support, and the tears that were written and written couldn't help but flow, and the examination room suddenly became a sob.

Tears blurred the exam papers, the candidates cried and wrote, and the teacher invigilated the exam with red eyes. The whole examination room burst into tears.

Zhao Yuemin sent Hu Lin to take the exam, and waited outside the school, feeling a sigh of emotion in his heart. He looked at so many pairs of eyes eager to go to college, and suddenly felt that he also needed to take the college entrance examination?

The college entrance examination changes fate. He Zhao Yuemin only entered the Jiangbei Oilfield for one year, and then became the captain of the drilling team, which can be described as a steady progress. For him, even if he doesn't take the college entrance examination, his fate has long changed.

However, Zhao Yuemin just felt that if he hadn't experienced the college entrance examination and college in his life, it would seem empty.

He thought about it alone for a long time, and decided to start quietly reviewing, and after work, he also picked up the textbook and read it.

However, unexpectedly, the news of Zhao Yuemin's review leaked and was known by Director Su Guoliang, who asked him to come to the office to talk.

In front of the wide desk of the headquarters, Su Guoliang picked up the enamel tea jar, blew the hot air, and took a sip of tea.

He smiled slightly:

"Xiao Su, have you thought about it? Do you really want to give up the improper cadres of the drilling team and take the college entrance examination to become a college student? ”