The test score was eight points short of entering the university. The teacher helped Shan Tsubaki analyze, it was Shan Tsubaki's English score that was poor, and the average English score in the county was 34 points, but Shan Tsubaki's English test was only 10 points. The teacher said that it would be a pity if Yamatsuki's English score could be averaged and he could go to a good university.

The teacher also encouraged Yama Tsubaki to work hard and improve his English, so that he will definitely be admitted to a good university.

Because my father was building a railway in the foreign railway bureau, the family lacked labor, and after the land was devolved to the family, my mother couldn't bear so much production work alone. After graduating from junior high school and being admitted to the middle school in the district, she does not attend classes on Saturday afternoons and Sundays every week, and goes home once a week to help her mother and brother with some farm work and the food and pickles they eat at school. Every busy farming season, after school on Saturday morning, Shanchun ran to the student cafeteria to get his lunch box, and then ran back to the dormitory on his back, trotted all the way through the mountain road of more than 30 miles back home, ate the meal left by his mother at noon, and then went uphill to help his mother and brother work, on Monday morning, Shanchun got up early in the morning, carried the food and pickles prepared by his mother for a week, and trotted all the way to school, and several times he was late to school and went to class. Yama Tsubaki was punished by the teacher to stand outside the classroom door.

Two years of hardship have passed, but Shan Tsubaki failed to be admitted to the university, the teacher's encouragement made Tsubaki very excited, want to review and re-exam, but Tsubaki is also afraid of review and re-examination, because Tsubaki knows that when he was in junior high school in the commune elementary school, there was no English course, high school, in the face of high school English, Tsubaki can not learn anything, every English test, half-term exam, final exam Tsubaki has dragged the whole class back, back to be criticized by the English teacher and the homeroom teacher, English has become Tsubaki's nightmare. Shan Tsubaki did not review and re-examine, and hesitated.

Mom and brother didn't want to let Tsubaki repeat his studies, the family was too short of labor, and Tsubaki had grown into an adult at the age of fifteen, but he was very thin and had a bamboo pole. Mom wants Yama Tsubaki to go home to work. But after my mother heard Fan Cheng say that she would definitely be able to get a good university by reviewing for a year with Shan Chun's grades, her mother and brother were moved and asked Shan Chun to review for another year. However, I just reviewed for a semester, and I met a recruiting cadre, so whether to take the exam or not.

"The country is now breaking the iron rice bowl, and your father is not allowed to work on the railway. Workers are also recruited. However, railways, communes, and units are not allowed to work at the top of the work, and universities are no longer recommended, but they must have someone to do the work. After three years, it's impossible not to do it for no reason. Yamatsumi remembered her mother's words.

English is always a hurdle for Tsubaki, and the study time of the review class takes one-third of the energy to fiddle with English, but the effect is not good, can you take the college entrance examination again? Yamatsumi thought in the darkness with her eyes open.

Whatever, go for the test. Let's take it one step at a time.

It was almost dawn, and the mountain tree heard the rooster crowing all over again. Then I heard my mother go out of bed and start cooking breakfast and pig food in the stove.

"Mom, I'll take the test." Yamatsumi also got up and went to the stove room and sat in front of the stove to light the fire.

"Go ahead, just do it if you get admitted, don't care so much for now, and talk about it later, the ship will naturally arrive at the dock." The mother poured the pig food into the big iron pot.

"Hmm." Yamatsumi nodded.

"If you can't pass the test, you won't lose anything." Mom continued.

"I took the test today, and I'll go to school tomorrow. The school only signed up today, and classes will start tomorrow, so there is no loss at all. In the past, I didn't sometimes go on Sundays, but only on Monday mornings. All right. "Yamatsuki is calm and in a good mood.

"It's just that it's late tomorrow, and the teacher is going to criticize you again." Mom looked at Tsubaki and smiled.

"It's okay, it used to be like this, it's late, some teachers are punished for standing outside the classroom door, and some teachers are not punished." Yamatsumi said.

"And the teacher doesn't punish you if you're late?" Mom didn't believe it.

"That teacher Lin won't punish me." Yamatsumi smiled.

"Why?" Mom asked.

"I have good Chinese grades." Shanchun added firewood to the stove and got up to fetch water, but it was delayed last night, and the water tank was not full.

Luohan Township is named after the Luohan Temple, just liberated, the Luohan Township Government worked in the Luohan Temple, the Luohan Temple is the office of the township government, and now the township government has moved to a state-owned mountain in Luohan Village, the township government is located in the state-owned mountain forest of Luohan Village, the mountain is chair-shaped, the township government is built on the chair board, the government is below the township primary school, the first, second and third grades of the Shanchun Primary School are read in the village primary school, and the fourth and fifth grades and junior high school are read in the township primary school under the township government. In the school days, Shan Tsubaki and his classmates played in the state-owned mountains and forests, but they never went to the township government, because people at that time had a deep awe and fear of the commune.

"What time is the test, it's early." At eight o'clock, Shanchun came to the gate of the township government and saw the township cadres inside eating breakfast.

Shan Tsubaki was standing on the gravel road outside the door, and at nine o'clock he saw several young people also come to the door of the township government. There are a few familiar classmates, who should be a few years old when they were studying, but they don't know their names.

"Hey, for the exam?" Yamatsuki asked a few people.

"yes, what time is it?" An older one.

"I don't know." Someone answered.

"Have you signed up?" Someone asked again.

"I reported it, and my father helped me report it." A girl replied.

"Nope. We heard that others were talking about recruiting cadres, so we ran away, and we didn't know anything. Someone said.

"My dad works in Guanyin Township, he knows. Helped me sign up, just brought a letter to ask me to come to the exam today. The girl said.

Nine o'clock was approaching, and more than 20 people came to the door of the township government, waiting for the exam.

"Whatever, go, go in, take a look." Someone said.

So more than 20 people walked to the courtyard.

"What are you doing?" In the middle of the government compound, a man stood on the edge of the front steps of another door and shouted.

"We take exams." Hearing the roar, everyone looked over together, not knowing who was answering.

"That's the secretary of the Commune." Someone whispered.

"For the exam, there are only eight people who have registered, so there are so many?" Secretary Wang said loudly.

"We only heard it last night, and we came early in the morning to register for the exam." Someone said again.

"Exams? I didn't sign up, what kind of exam did I take? Those who have not registered will not be allowed to take the test. Secretary Wang said undoubtedly.

There were more than 20 people in a group who did not sign up, and they heard Secretary Wang speak and had no ideas.

"Secretary Zhou, call the registered person to the conference room to take the exam. If you don't sign up, go back. Secretary Wang said to a person who came out of the office.

"Registered, come here." Secretary Zhou waved his hand at a group of people. There were three people walking towards Secretary Zhou. The rest of the people stood in the courtyard and didn't know what to do.

"If you don't let you take the test, you won't take the test, let's go." After more than ten minutes, Shan Tsubaki took the lead and walked towards the door of the township government. The rest of the people hesitated and slowly moved towards the station.

"Fuck, I'm going to do a black-box operation again, without notice, without giving time to sign up, and leaving the opportunity to those who have a relationship." I don't know who in the crowd is very resentful.

"There is a ball method, if you don't have a mother, you will be an official." Some people say laugh.

"Mom didn't become an official, so it's okay to find an old man to be an official the second time." Someone joked.

"The father-in-law doesn't have to be an official, but the mother-in-law needs to be an official." Someone said again.

"Why?" Someone doesn't understand.

"Why, in these years, only my mother eats national food, and the children born have urban hukou and national food. So only by finding an old mother-in-law who is an official, and her daughter is the one who eats the imperial grain, so that you can get the light of the national grain. Someone explained.

"And this rule?" Some people don't believe it.

"Of course." Again, the man affirmed.

"I didn't come in vain, I always entered the yamen and stood a footprint." Someone ridiculed, and everyone smiled easily.

"Wait a minute." Everyone was in a cheerful mood, not affected by not being allowed to take the exam, laughing all the way, Yamatsuki walked in front, just about to go out of the gate, I heard a shout.

Everyone didn't know who they were telling to wait, but they all stopped and looked back.

"All of you who came to take the exam, wait a minute." A young man in his twenties walked out of the corner door of the row of houses in the government, pointed to the mountain tree in the courtyard and was about to reach the government gate.

Everyone stood in the middle of the courtyard dam, and the mountain tree walked back more than ten steps and stood with everyone.

"Secretary Wang, this year's recruitment, the county said, all are based on merit-based admission, and the quota is not allocated by township, and the county will set the admission line uniformly. I think it's better to let these people take the exam, and it is also a good thing that the township can choose more people with good grades to take the exam. I saw the young man walk to the door of the office and say to Secretary Wang.

"I didn't report my name, what did I test?" Secretary Wang said, his tone was extremely impatient.

"Registration is not a problem, the township examination is only a preliminary selection, and the final admission must be based on the results of the county examination. In our township, we will register for the exam first, and then make up the report when the results come out. Not sending more good grades to the test is a loss for our township. The young man said.

"Secretary Wang, I think what Comrade Tian Liang said makes sense, let's let these children take the test." Secretary Zhou came out of the office and said.

"Okay." Secretary Wang was silent for a while, and finally relented.

"Well, you guys, come here." Secretary Wang waved at Shanchun and a group of people.

Everyone immediately ran to Secretary Wang and stood up.

"You babies, you didn't sign up, you couldn't take the test, but this time it's the county's unified examination, and our township wants to produce more talents, so you will be allowed to take the test. We must take the test well and add glory to our township. Secretary Wang lectured everyone a few words and entered the office.

"Hello everyone, my surname is Tian, I am the secretary of the Youth League District Committee, and I am also a cadre of Luohan Township. This time, the district office sent me to Luohan Township to preside over the township-level primary examination for the recruitment of cadres. You are welcome to refer to it. I hope that everyone will take the exam seriously and obtain the qualification to participate in the county's unified examination to add glory to Luohan Township. After Secretary Wang left, Secretary Tian welcomed everyone's reference.

"Secretary Zhou, please take everyone to the conference room to prepare for the exam, and I will go get the test questions." Secretary Tian said to Deputy Secretary Zhou who came out of the conference room.

There were already eight people sitting in the examination room, three of them had just entered, and the other five did not know when they entered the examination room. Secretary Tian announced the discipline of the examination and began the examination.

The questions for the exam are very simple, a three-hundred-word essay, a few high school math questions, and a few current affairs and politics. It took Yama 40 minutes to finish the questions, then wrote his name and home address on the test paper as required, and then handed in the paper and went home.

"How's it going?" At lunchtime, my mother asked Tsubaki.

"It's okay." Yamatsumi replied.

"Then you can afford it." Yamakawa asked.

"I don't know. This is the commune primary election, and if you are selected, you have to go to the county to take the exam. The whole county is uniformly admitted. Yamatsumi said.

"You can choose your grades." Mom is still very confident in Tsubaki's studies.

"It should be okay according to the grades, but it is not necessarily good grades, so you can be selected." Shan Chun remembered Secretary Wang's attitude.

"Didn't the second master say that he was admitted according to his exam scores?" Yamakawa asked eagerly.

"That's right, Secretary Tian, who came down from the district office to take the exam, also said so." Yamatsumi said.

"What's the problem?" Mom asked.

"I heard Secretary Tian say that the commune is an open primary election, and it is recommended to the county to take the exam according to the results, and the county admits students according to the results. The commune did not make public the matter of the recruitment examination, and when we went today, only eight people registered, and it seemed that all of them were people related to the commune cadres. Twenty-four of them didn't sign up, and they all ran away after hearing what others said. At first, Secretary Wang did not allow us to take the exam, but Secretary Tian said that he took the exam. I don't know if it's really chosen by grades. Yamatsumi told the situation.

"Oh." Mom listened and fell silent.

The mountains and rivers did not speak.

"Well, it's been a long time to hear the news." After a while, Mom asked.

"It is said that today and tomorrow I will pay attention to the commune's radio and make an announcement on the radio." Yamatsumi said.

"Then delay for two more days before going to school." Mom wants Yamatsumi to hear the accurate news before going to school.

"That is, the officials of the commune want to keep others out of the examination and make their own people easy to choose, and it seems that this recruitment of cadres should be a very good thing." Yamakawa said.

"In the afternoon and tomorrow, the earth will be dug up on the slope of the opposite door." Mom said to the mountains and rivers.

"The soil on the back slope hasn't been dug yet, so let's go to the opposite slope after digging." Yamakawa said.

"Throw the one on the back slope there, dig the right door first." Mom said.

"Okay." Yamakawa didn't understand his mother's thoughts, but he agreed.

In the afternoon, Yamatsuki, his mother and brother were digging in the contracted land on the opposite slope. The soil is not big, and the mother can finish the work early after digging in the afternoon, but the mother tells Shanchuan and Shanchun to dig slowly.

"Luohan Township Radio Station, start broadcasting now." At six o'clock, the loudspeaker in Luohan Village, which hung on the mountain opposite the gate of the township government, sounded.

Mom told the Yamatsumi brothers to stop and sit on the mound to listen to the radio. Shanchuan suddenly understood why his mother dug the soil of the opposite door first, and the back slope blocked the tweeter of Luohan Village, so that he could not hear the sound of the radio clearly, and the sound of the radio was heard very clearly on the front door slope of the loudspeaker of Luohan Village.

"Notices, notices, important notices." After a burst of music, the voice of a female announcer rang out on the radio.