"Candidate No. 16, please prepare!" A female voice sounded through the speaker.

The voice itself was not high, but Gu Chi heard it like thunder. Candidate No. 15 has been in for eight minutes, and the next candidate will be his turn, and he is extremely nervous at this time, and his palms have become sweaty. All interviews are conducted by lottery, and this one was no exception. According to previous interview experience, it is better to have a high serial number, otherwise it is easy to wait for too long, which will lead to a sharp increase in mental pressure, which is not conducive to the development of personal ability. This time, Furuike drew No. 16. Although the situation is not good, the wood is already in the boat, and I can only try to play extraordinarily.

"Candidate No. 16, please enter!"

It's finally time to play on your own. Gu Chi felt that the world around him was instantly quiet, so he took a deep breath to keep his composure, and tidied up his tie and suit a little, although he had checked it again and again, he was still afraid that there would be any flaws. This is the twelfth time he has taken the civil service examination and the fourth time he has entered the interview, and he has memorized the entire examination process.

Politely knocked on the door and heard a "Please come in". Gu Chi generously pushed the door in, bowed, and sat down in the designated position. There were a total of seven examiners at the scene, sitting opposite each other in a row, with expressionless faces. The examiner had a milder attitude and said with a smile: "Congratulations on entering the interview!" There are four questions in this interview, and the answer time is 10 minutes, and there is a copy of the test text and an alarm clock with a reference time on the table in front of you. Next, let's start with the first question: The People's Daily issued an article saying that the vast number of leading cadres should make good use of their power 'steering wheel' and fasten their 'seat belts' of integrity. ”

Gu Chi sat motionless, listening carefully to the exam questions, his brain spinning rapidly. He didn't know how many times he had practiced this type of interview question before, and there was no pressure to answer it, but he didn't dare to take it lightly. After thinking for a while, he smiled and said: "Hello teachers, let's start answering the question: This sentence is intended to exhort party members and leading cadres not to spend too much energy on the pursuit of material wealth, but to focus on helping the masses and serving the society." The so-called 'good land is tilted, but three meals a day; There are 10,000 spacious buildings, nothing more than three-foot bed boards'. In ancient times, there were Yang Zhen's "Sanzhitang", Yu Qian's two-sleeved breeze, and now there are model cadres Kong Fansen and Jiao Yulu, whose reputation will be remembered by future generations......"

The whole answer can be described as smooth, without the slightest flaw, and Gu Chi feels good about himself. As the saying goes: one minute on stage, ten years off the stage. In order to be able to answer fluently, he once insisted on more than ten hours of high-intensity training every day, and for such interview questions, he basically didn't need to think too much, everything has become an instinctive reaction. After answering the first question, he glanced at the alarm clock on the table, and it took less than three minutes.

The examiner then reads the second question: "You have just entered the unit, and the leader has asked you to complete a work task with several old colleagues as a temporary leader, but the old colleagues are not very cooperative with your work and the work is at a standstill, what should you do at this time?" ”

After Gu Chi heard this, he felt a burst of ecstasy in his heart, because this question had been answered before, and he remembered the content clearly. So, I finished it in one breath without thinking. Gu Chi became more and more relaxed, and he felt that there was no difficulty in the question, and it seemed that this time he was going to win, and he still answered the third question very fluently.

The examiner reads the fourth question: "Although the phenomenon of sky-high bride price exists in both urban and rural areas, the countryside is undoubtedly the 'hardest hit area'. The high bride price brings a heavy burden to the family and corrupts the folk customs. What do you think about this? ”

Gu Chi felt that the burden on his body was getting lighter and lighter, and the dawn of victory was just around the corner. The last question is not only easy to answer, but he has also seen the embarrassment of the people around him suffering from the heavy bride price, and he has nothing to say at all. So the excitement was palpable. In an instant, he was like a river in his mouth, and he gushed endlessly: "The problem illustrated by this question is widespread in China, and it can be said that it is very representative. Marriage is supposed to be united by sincere feelings, but the sky-high bride price that has prevailed in recent years has made love and marriage more like a transaction, losing sincerity. Let's talk about my personal experience, I was born in ......"

"Stop!" The examiner suddenly shouted loudly, "You deliberately disclosed personal information, and it is now handled as a violation, and the score of this interview is zero." ”

Gu Chi was immersed in the pleasure of answering questions, taking his hometown as an example, he originally wanted to make the answer more brilliant, but he didn't expect to foul. Suddenly, a cold air poured into the whole body, and the bones and femurs became ossified. How could you make such a low-level mistake? He couldn't believe that this was happening, and he couldn't bear to see his long-standing efforts come to naught.

Boom! The door to the exam room was pushed open, and two uniformed staff members entered. Gu Chi sat up from his seat and exclaimed, "No, I didn't mean it just now. Please, let me answer it again, okay? ”

The examiner was expressionless, as if he had not heard, and shouted loudly: "Get out immediately!" Two staff members strode forward and made a gesture of please.

Gu Chi was covered in cold sweat, grabbed the foot of the table, and begged desperately: "Please, let me answer again!" I've really given so much for this day. I have been studying hard for decades, and I am not in vain. If I am eliminated today, where will I have the face to see my parents again, it is really not easy. Please, give me another chance! ”

The examiner clasped his arms around his chest and said in a cold voice: "Drag it out!" ”

The two staff members grabbed Gu Chi's arm and dragged him out of the door. Gu Chi was unwilling to give up, and begged hoarsely to give him another chance. However, no one listened to his cries. While trying to break free, he sobbed and said, "Teachers, teachers, the candidates will start answering the questions below......" The two couldn't resist him, so they had to savagely drag his legs and drag him out. His hands tugged at the ground desperately, but he couldn't catch anything......

Gu Chi writhed in pain, and suddenly woke up, it turned out that everything just now was just a nightmare. He was still in shock, his cheeks were covered with cold sweat, and it took a long time for his whole body to gradually recover his strength.

Watching the scenery outside fade away, Gu Chi's hesitant heart sank, he knew that everything that had been once was a thing of the past, and a new beginning was welcoming him. In the regular crashing sound of the rails, a lonely face is reflected on the window, which looks shadowy.

The end of the trip is a city in the north, a thousand kilometers away, where his work will begin. If there were many assumptions in life, he would never have imagined that one day, he would go all the way north, over the mountains and mountains, to such a distant place. However, life is so elusive, it was originally conceived as this way, but it is actually a different look.

Watching the familiar scenery in front of him gradually disappear from view, Gu Chi suddenly had an indescribable pathos, is it the kind of pathos of "not seeing the ancients before, not hearing the people who came after, thinking of the world and the world, and being alone and crying", but it is not. He remembered that when a great man left his hometown of Shaoguan, he wrote a poem in the book: "The child is determined to go out of the countryside, and he vows not to return if he can't learn to become famous." Why bury bones, there are green mountains everywhere in life. "After going thousands of miles, Gu Chi has an infinite nostalgia for his hometown, and not long ago, he desperately wanted to leave that land, because he was never given any chance there. When the pale temples of his parents appeared in front of him, those deep eyes were unforgettable, and many times, Gu Chi was ashamed to face them the most.

Suddenly, he smiled dumbly and shook his head helplessly, feeling that he was thinking nonsense. How can I compare myself with a great man, I am just a pathetic bowl man. Looking back on the old days, I couldn't help but sigh softly. In that remote village, he once vowed to pass the exam, believing that knowledge can change fate, and after ten years of cold windows, he really did it, and the high score he did his best made him officially become a student of a famous university in Jiangnan. He has always been surrounded by this aura, and if he hadn't been awakened by the bloody cruel reality after graduation, he would probably have been immersed in that empty dream and couldn't extricate himself. How many times have I thought that my fate has been changed, imagining that one day my dream will come true, and I will use the knowledge I have learned to transform the country and benefit mankind, but when I really walk into reality, I find that everything is so cruel. Throw a random brick on the street and maybe hit an undergraduate. Except for the prestigious university diploma, he really couldn't see any difference between himself and the others, and he never understood what he had studied hard for many years. After thinking calmly, he realized that the 5,000-year-old traditional thinking of the Chinese nation had been deeply rooted in the bone marrow.

Exams have always been Gu Chi's best thing, and this specialty has been reflected when he was still in school, and his grades have always been at the top of the students, and he has been extremely proud of it. However, he doesn't feel that he is smarter than others, and the real reason is simply that he is willing to put in the time and hard work. Back in his hometown, he once fell asleep at night because he was too tired from staying up late to read, and the candles on the table caused a fire that almost burned the house. Teachers often use this as a positive lesson to motivate other students to study hard. After two months of serious preparation, he participated in the civil service examination, and after fierce written examinations, interviews and other links, he won the championship in one fell swoop. In the past, the news said that there were people who desperately wanted to get a job as a civil servant, and they were able to take the examination for eight consecutive years, regardless of traveling, and constantly taking exams all over the country. He always thought that once his personal experience was written, it might become a typical textbook for the public examination, which might be more convincing than what teachers such as Huatu and Zhonggong said, after all, practice is the only criterion for testing truth.

For the first two days, he had been entangled and hesitant to go to a city thousands of miles away to make a living, what it really meant. The so-called parents are not far away, whether their behavior is a kind of unfilial piety. My father had worked hard all his life and knew that life was not easy, so he insisted that he not give up this precious opportunity, so that he had the heart to report for duty.

He didn't know why he made this choice, but he felt that there was a force pushing him to do so, which may be the values of the Chinese and the ultimate fate of readers. When I read about Fan Jinzhongju before, everyone around me was ecstatic and crazy, and I was very puzzled. When he succeeded in the public examination, he realized why he had that joy. Whether it is the ancient imperial examination or the contemporary civil service examination, its purpose is to promote talents for the party and the state. If you don't study and don't get into the office, it is difficult to be complete, or it is difficult to get into the right path, which is the traditional Chinese culture. In today's society, many college graduates are keen to take the public examination, and even do not hesitate to abandon their majors, how many of them have the intention of transforming society, this is a pathology or a kind of regression, it is estimated that no one can really say it.