It was Wang Bing, the head teacher, who came in, holding a stack of things in his hand, as if it was a letter or something. Due to the constraints, Xingtang Middle School did not give each class a mailbox, the letter is sent by the school to the class teacher of each class every week, and then distributed by the class teacher to the students, of course, this may be delayed, however, the general letter does not matter, if it is the kind of express or registered mail and the like with a certain time limit, the class teacher is often the first time to submit to the student's hand.

Yang Chen didn't care, anyway, he rarely received letters, in this era when the Internet has not yet risen, in fact, many students like to make pen pals by correspondence, Yang Chen also has a pen pal, however, Yang Chen remembers that it seems that he received a letter from her last week.

It's May 2000, and in this era, there are only two 386 or 486 computers in the computer room in the middle school in the countryside, and Yang Chen is now in his third year of high school, so he has no chance to go to the computer room to learn computers. The computer in Xingtang Middle School still uses the DOS system, which is undoubtedly a problem for Yang Chen, who is used to Wen Du dying in later generations. Internet cafes are even more legendary, that is, the first Internet café has not yet appeared in Pu'an City and County.

I forgot to explain that Pu'an City is actually a county-level city. The citizens of Pu'an are also accustomed to calling Pu'an urban area the county seat.

After a while, a letter fell lightly in front of Yang Chen, because he had to study at night, so the head teacher did not call the names of his classmates to receive the letters, but sent each letter to their respective seats.

Yang Chen glanced at Mr. Wang with gratitude, and then his eyes fell on the letter, and he knew that the letter was sent by his sister who was working in Guangdong.

Although his sister Yang Xi is only a little more than a year older than him, she has been working in that capitalist-developed southern province for two years, and after graduating from junior high school, she will leave her hometown, which is the fate of most girls in the inland countryside, and only a few lucky children can sit in a crowded classroom like the girls in their class and dream about tomorrow.

Graduating from junior high school is a watershed moment for rural children.

Although my sister doesn't read much and her grades have not been very good, my sister's handwriting is very beautiful, and it looks like it was written by a cultured person.

Yang Chen opened the envelope, there was only a thin page inside, my sister didn't read much, and she could think of very few words, nothing more than talking about her situation in Guangdong, and then encouraging her younger brother to study hard, and he was about to take the college entrance examination, and he had to move forward bravely at the most critical juncture in his life.

Yang Chen thought about his apologies for this family in the next ten years, and when he saw his sister's ardent expectations at this time, he couldn't help but feel a huge sentimentality, thinking about it, tears flowed out, wetting the letterhead that still had a faint fragrance.

Chen Hao noticed Yang Chen's change, "What's the matter, isn't this your sister's letter, what's wrong?" Chen Hao saw the notes and address on the envelope, and he also recognized it.

"It's okay, I just think of a lot of past events!" Yang Chen wiped away his tears, but noticed that there were still a few lines on the back of the letterhead.

"Brother, I originally wrote to send it to you, but I received a letter from one of my pen pals, in which she said that she wanted to meet you, and I told her that my brother is handsome and very smart, and he is about to be admitted to a university, and he will definitely be admitted to a key university. She asked me for your contact information, I gave it to her, she is a girl, I think you should take the initiative, write a letter to her first, I wrote the address to you, oh, by the way, my sister's pen pal has the same name and surname as my sister!"

Yang Chen remembered that he corresponded with his sister after he was admitted to college, and his sister told him that there was such a pen pal, how could he tell himself in advance this time.

Yang Chen looked at the address left by his sister, the third and second classes of Lingxian Jiefang Middle School. It's exactly the same as my own memories in later life.

Of course, when he met Yang Xi in later life, Yang Xi was already in college, but she told Yang Chen that her high school situation was the same as what her sister said.

Ling County is next door to Pu'an City, and it is less than two hours' drive by bus, Yang Chen of course knows the way to Jiefang Town in Ling County, and of course he also remembers the house of the person who has a small river and a big pond in front of the door.

That's where he haunts his dreams.

But I'm about to take the college entrance examination, shouldn't I be distracted to think about these things?

History is full of variables, and although he has been reborn, he is still just an ordinary high school student, but he has a little more memories of later generations and a system that looks like a bull.

If you are slightly distracted, will your dream of a major university be shattered?

The top priority is to get the university admission letter, Yang Chen secretly warned himself, besides, now that he and Yang Xi are still high school students, there is still a lot of time to change the outcome of the future.

However, tonight, Yang Chen didn't have the heart to study, he had to write back to his sister, tell him about his study at this stage, and tell his sister that he would definitely get in touch with her pen friend.

Yang Chen wrote two pages to his sister, probably talking about his own situation, the exam is about to be, and he hopes that his sister will give her more blessings and encouragement, and she will definitely live up to her trust, be admitted to the ideal university, and let her sister work with peace of mind and pay attention to her body.

The school can collect letters on your behalf, but you can only send letters to the town post office, but the school's rule is that you only have half a day off on weekend afternoons every week. It's only Wednesday today.

Fortunately, the school stipulates that the third year of high school must live on campus, the first and second years of high school can go to school, and Yang Chen can ask his younger students to help send the letter.

After writing the address on the envelope, Yang Chen sealed it with glue, thinking that his sister was wandering outside at a young age, but he could sit in the classroom rain or shine, and he couldn't help but feel great sadness for the children in the countryside. Although it is related to the individual, the social environment is always the culprit.

After Yang Chen did all this, he calmed his emotions, thinking about how it would feel to see her again, Yang Xi, who might be waiting for his letter, or Yang Xi, who was writing a letter to himself.

The classroom is very quiet, the head teacher Mr. Wang sits on the podium to correct the chemistry test papers of the other class, the students below are afraid to speak, and they are all quietly writing homework, in this school with a very low admission rate, 100 people in the first year of high school are only more than 60 people left in the third year of high school, and among these more than 60 people, only 7 percent of them work hard to get into college. The final admission rate will not exceed 3%. In other words, there will only be about 20 people in the whole class who will be admitted to various universities, and the most of them are various junior colleges.

Of course, this does not stop the students' enthusiasm for reading and their yearning for university. If it had been two years ago, the proportion would have been even lower, because since last year, the university has expanded its enrollment, and more people can go to the university to experience the cultural influence.

Yang Chen in later generations is actually full of ambivalent feelings about the expansion of university enrollment, if the university does not expand, he will inevitably be able to be admitted to the university, not necessarily a key university, but the general undergraduate is possible, and the least should be able to be admitted to the junior college.

However, if the enrollment is not expanded, the gold content of the specialty is already very high, and it will be much smoother to find a job, and the job will be assigned, and his fate may be different.

But he shouldn't be so selfish, so he is also grateful for the expansion of the university's enrollment, only by expanding the enrollment, rural students like him can have more opportunities to be admitted to the university, jump out of the "farmer's door", and be a knowledgeable and educated newcomer. Instead of shackling in a sweatshop in the south as soon as he graduated from junior high school, adding bricks to the luxury villas of the capitalists.