Second Marriage in the 1970s - Chapter 56

“Are you going to take the college entrance examination?”

County Revolutionary Committee, Director Zhong heard that Zhao Donglin said he was going to take the college entrance examination, and said that he was not surprised.

From the news that the country has resumed the college entrance examination, there are especially many people who signed up for the examination in the past two days. The workload of the relevant personnel of the Revolutionary Committee has also increased a lot. It is necessary to check whether the applicants meet the relevant policy requirements, but there are so many people who signed up. No one shocked him more than Zhao Donglin’s situation.

You must know that Zhao Donglin was a cadre who returned to his hometown from the army. Before he transferred, he was a company commander in the army. The entire commune counted all the people who could have this position.

It is not easy for him to give up his vested interests and return to his hometown. During his tenure as the village party secretary, he also performed his duties and earnestly did every job. The evaluation is very high.

Such a grassroots cadre who has a wealth of work experience and has achieved certain results is willing to give up everything that is available to take the college entrance examination and start again like other young people. In addition to shock, Director Zhong also appreciates and is pleased.

What does this show? It shows that Comrade Zhao Donglin is a good comrade with ideals and aspirations!

“good!”

Director Zhong said “OK”, his voice was loud, he got up from behind the desk, walked to Zhao Donglin and patted him on the shoulder, and said with emotion, ”

You are good-looking, courageous, and you deserve to be an outstanding cadre from the army. Since you want to participate, please prepare well and prepare carefully. If you need to mention anything, the commune will try its best to make it convenient for you. There is still one month left. I am waiting for the good news of your success. ”

Zhao Donglin smiled, “The director, don’t expect too much from me, because I am under too much pressure, and I am not sure whether I can pass the exam.”

Although his wife comforted him and said that it was okay, Zhao Donglin himself was only 50% sure.

There have been no textbooks for a few years, and there are few reference books available on the market. The state has issued documents to allow provinces to make independent propositions, and they have to fill in their volunteers before taking the exam.

For the first college entrance examination ten years later, it is not too much to describe it with a confused face.

What to test? What to test? What are the knowledge points? What kind of score can go to college?

And now there is only one month left for everyone. It is really too difficult and too difficult to study without delaying work and labor. No one knows what the specific situation will be, just like a blind man.

Secretary Zhong thinks that Zhao Donglin is humble, not to mention other things, Zhao Donglin is a party member, and he must have memorized various political policies and regulations. Normally, the documents and materials in the village are summarized by Zhao Donglin and handed over to the commune, with good words and expressions. The ability is very strong, and this language shouldn’t be a problem. As for the remaining mathematics and other subjects, Zhao Donglin’s starting point is the same as others. When compared vertically, Zhao Donglin still has a lot of advantages.

“I believe you will have no problem. Comrade Donglin will not do anything unsure. Work hard so that everyone can see the strength of our revolutionary soldiers.”

Director Zhong has already thought about it. If Zhao Donglin is admitted to college, he will set up Zhao Donglin as a model of the whole commune, so that more young people will love to learn and be positive!

Young people still have to have goals and ideals, and can’t live in a muddle-headed way. If many people have lost their youth due to the problems of the times in the past few years, but now life has returned to the right track, everyone can’t just indulge in pain In the middle, we must learn to let go and continue to move forward.

At once, three people from Zhao’s family took the college entrance examination. The villagers blasted the pot when they knew it. They always had to say a few words before and after dinner.

“This Zhao family is really weird. It makes people unable to understand. The two sons are divorced from their first marriage. Now that three of the family have signed up for the college entrance examination, isn’t it a problem with their brains?”

It’s only necessary for Meixiang to sign up. After all, Zhao Donglin is young. He is almost thirty. He is still a village party secretary. He costs more than sixty yuan a month. How can I take the college entrance examination if I can’t think about it? Just lost it.

As for Dong Jiahui, the second marriage head, he used to have a reputation for being unable to bear children. After giving birth to a son, the rumors were self-defeating, but a woman who was married and gave birth to a baby was fine. Can you eat it?

The daughter-in-law in front of Zhao Donglin divorced because of the problem of returning to the city. This second daughter-in-law is good, but also restless.

“Who says no? You have to live your life steadily. You can’t go far ahead and think that all your family will be admitted to college? Let’s not say whether this university is good or not, so I said they all went to college. The family is old and young. Days are gone? How about drinking northwest wind?”

As soon as this point of view came out, there were those who agreed with it, and others put forward other ideas.

“I heard that not only do you need tuition fees when you are admitted to college, the country also pays money every month. The three of them sign up together. They don’t need tuition fees and have money to get them. Even if they don’t participate in the team’s labor, they will not be unable to eat, but it is The elderly and children are working hard at home. Besides, there is still Donghe at home.”

Whenever Donghe was mentioned, everyone also remembered.

“Yes, why don’t you sign up for Donghe? He is a few years younger than Donglin.”

“He has been separated and divorced again. It must be that Donglin can’t take care of him anymore.”

“This Donglin is also very pitiful. He used to have such a daughter-in-law. Now that he is separated, he has taken the stone by himself. Hey, haven’t you heard Donghe looking for another daughter-in-law?”

“Some people talked about the matchmaking, but Donghe himself was not happy, saying that he didn’t want to find it in the past few years.”

“Tsk tusk, why don’t you look for it, still thinking about Zheng Yuefen?”

“I heard that Zheng Yuefen has already looked for someone else and married to another commune. He is a widower in his thirties. The family conditions are good, and the gift is 120 yuan.”

“Ah? When did it come, I haven’t heard much about it.”

“She didn’t want to leave at the time. Donghe insisted. She didn’t let her go, and her family refused to let her live like this. She and her family didn’t get along well. Her mother said, it’s okay to go back to live, but you have to find it for her. People marry another, no, they will marry soon after they go back.”

Everyone shook their heads and sighed, “If it were me, I wouldn’t want to leave, and I would just wait for the man to change his mind. After all, the two still have a stone, and they will always bow their heads for the sake of their children.”

From a woman’s point of view, everyone still thinks that Dong He is a bit cruel and has a wife. How can he just leave and give birth to a son?

“A man is more cruel than a woman, but Donghe is not bad to Zheng Yuefen, and gave her two hundred yuan when he left.”

“Two hundred, it’s not a small amount of money. I remember that Donghe was divided into three hundred yuan.”

“No, if you want me to say, then Zheng Yuefen is really too much noise, and Donghe can’t bear the divorce, there is nothing wrong with it.”

“It’s just that I feel sorry for the stone and become a motherless child.”

The rumors and rumors are unclear and unclear. The mouth is on the face of others, what you want to say, what you want to say, how to say and how to say, for a while, Zhao Donghe is ruthless, and for a while, Zheng Yuefen can make trouble. Anyway, how reasonable is it to say.

Therefore, what a person sees in his heart is what he sees. A person with a quiet heart abandons the vulgarity and ugliness of the world, and everything is beautiful in his eyes. It is said that there is a Buddha in the heart, everything is a Buddha, and those who are not at peace in their hearts will speculate others with malicious intent.

Zhao Donglin talked to his brother Donghe about the college entrance examination.

“How about you try?”

Donghe shook his head and refused.

He wants to go to work and bring stones. After the divorce, there is an inexplicable emptiness in the relaxed days, especially when the stone is crying for his mother. wind.

When they are together, they are flying with each other, and when they are not together, they are inextricably linked. Zhao Donghe’s heart is so tired that he has no intention of preparing for the college entrance examination.

All right and wrong, Jiahui cares unintentionally, and she starts preparing for the college entrance examination wholeheartedly.

The first is to apply for a volunteer. One person can fill in six volunteers. There are twelve universities in Wudong Province, including undergraduate colleges and colleges. After some consideration and research, the three of them filled out their volunteers and handed them in. .

After dinner every night, two kerosene lamps were lit in the hall, and Jiahui took her husband and sister-in-law to review together.

First, I sorted out the knowledge points, and then found a few review materials to do the questions. Meixiang is young, high school knowledge is still in her mind, and the foundation of liberal arts is good, but mathematics is a bit choking. Jiahui feels that her current state is not a good university or ordinary school. It is still possible to fight for it. As for Zhao Donglin, a typical science brain, he can read mathematics, physics and chemistry only once, and the language problem is not big.

Jiahui worked as a tutor at university and also worked part-time in a summer tutoring class. She has some training knowledge. Based on her experience and judgment, she has compiled review materials for each subject.

In this era, there is very little knowledge in textbooks. In the first two years, Jiahui spent a lot of hard work to find useful textbooks. This time it finally came in handy.

“Sister-in-law, your reference materials are well organized, can I show them to my classmates?”

Meixiang has a few well-connected classmates who also want to take the college entrance examination. Nowadays, there is no way to buy review materials on the market. Some people can’t even find textbooks. Meixiang is kind and thinks that while he can make progress, his classmates can also make progress together. , The opportunity for the college entrance examination is too rare. She didn’t want those dear classmates to waste this opportunity for the college entrance examination because they did not review the materials.

“Yes, let them copy a copy by hand. Be careful not to spread it. Just look at it with people close to you. I did it all by myself. I have to say if it’s useful.”

This is naturally not the main reason. The reason for reminding Mika not to spread is that he doesn’t want to attract attention. As a person who has passed through, the original owner was not very good before. Suddenly he was able to organize and review the materials. Oh no.

“Well, good, I’ll show it to them, and I’ll get it back in the evening.”

It can only be said that Meixiang doesn’t understand the complexity of human nature. The few review materials that Jiahui compiled were printed out and sold for money. Two yuan each is considered a high price, but in order to be admitted to the ideal university, you just need to know The news is that even if you borrow money, you have to buy it. In this way, at least 30% of the people in the commune will have one share.

Meixiang learned of the news a few days later and was very angry and guilty!

“It’s too much, I kindly gave them the information, but someone actually sold it for money!”

Jiahui told her that the college entrance examination is cruel, and you have to get higher scores than others to get into college. Meixiang feels that if others take Jiahui’s review materials to improve their grades, they will have a lot of competitors. Well.

Moreover, she gave these materials to her high school classmates. Someone must have leaked them out, or someone maliciously printed them for profit. She had the final say, five copies of the materials, one for two yuan, and one hundred people would buy it. There is only one thousand yuan. What is the concept of one thousand yuan? How many years do ordinary peasant families have to work, even if they are workers’ families, they have to work for several years without food or drink.

“Sister-in-law, I’m sorry. You have worked so hard to sort it out. Now the benefits have been gained, and no one mentions your name. It was all my fault. I shouldn’t be a good person at the time.”

Jiahui really doesn’t care much. To be honest, reviewing materials is not the golden key to entering university. The review materials for later generations are flying all over the sky. I want to see how much I want to see. Isn’t everyone’s grades different? It can be seen that learning materials do not play a decisive role. In the end, it depends on the strength or weakness of each person’s learning ability.

“Mika, actually I don’t care how the review materials are, but I am still worried about you, because you are too kind, don’t understand the evil of people’s hearts, think of others too well, and those who are heart-wrenching are good to others, but in fact, We must have reservations when we get along with others, and we can’t show all our cards to others.”

Mixiang obviously doesn’t understand, is kindness also wrong? What is the hole card?

Jiahui smiled and wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and patted her face and said, “Don’t cry, this is not a big deal. It’s just the review materials I compiled for the first stage. It’s not just the college entrance examination. In the past two days, I have compiled another one, which is a kind of development exercise.

You can take a look, but this time you don’t have to think about others. We have to learn to keep a low profile and get the best marksmanship. People who are too good will also make people jealous. ”

Mika nodded holding the information book, and said nothing this time to others.

In the intensive preparation process, one month passed quickly. In December, the nationwide college entrance examination began. More than five million candidates will rush to the examination room from rural areas, factories, and troops.

The Victory Commune has no examination room. The nearest examination room is in Jiangkou County. At noon the day before the exam, after the family had eaten, the three of them set off from home to the county town, preparing to stay in the county for one night, waiting for the exam the next day. So as not to miss the exam time in a hurry the next day.

“Don’t have too much psychological burden, just do your best.”

At first, Zhang Qiaoer just reluctantly accepted their idea of ​​taking the college entrance examination. After this month, after seeing them reviewing until midnight every day, they were unconsciously infected with that kind of seriousness. Another, there are many jokes in the village. , Don’t look at Zhao Manzhu’s family for three at a time, maybe the last one will fail.

People fight for a breath, and trees fight for a piece of skin. Now that things are up, Zhang Qiao’er still hopes that they can pass the exam. Not to mention exaggerating, at least it’s good to be able to plug others’ mouths.

But she can’t say, you give me a good test, and you are not allowed to come back if the test is not good, you still have to let them relax.

“Well, mom, don’t worry, we will take the exam well.”

Zhao Donghe borrowed a tractor from the village and took them to the commune by car. On the way, when he met people in the village, everyone couldn’t help but care about a few words, and they all asked them to take the test.

“Well, you can go back. We just need to wait here for the bus.”

It takes one hour to get from the commune to the county seat, and there is a bus at 3 o’clock in the afternoon every day.

“Well, then I’m leaving.”

The tractor is on the team, and sand and soil will be transported in the afternoon. If it is not available, Zhao Donghe can drive the tractor to send them there.

The three were sitting on the side of the road waiting for the bus. The bus was late for a few minutes. There were a lot of people on the bus. Many of them were students who were going to take the college entrance examination. There was not a single seat.

Jiahui was holding on to the railing, and as the car swayed, Zhao Donglin stood behind her, blocking part of the flow of people for them.

“We have to find a place to live as soon as we get out of the car. Look at so many people, the guest house must be nervous.”

Jiahui whispered in Zhao Donglin’s ear. Zhao Donglin tilted his head and cast his eyes out of the window. The delicate and soft breath in his ears wrapped around his heart like blisters, which was a particularly happy and satisfying feeling.

He has the same aspirations as Jiahui. The school is the same, but his major is different. He chooses economics and agriculture, and Jiahui chooses English, education, and medicine, all of which she is interested in.

The reason why she chose English major is that although Jiahui was not an English major in her previous life, she also passed the eighth test after passing the sixth level in university. She also considered going abroad that year. The IELTS score was as high as 8.5, which fully met the requirements for applying for Cambridge. The requirements of higher education institutions such as London’s political and economic institutions, but in the end the plan to go abroad was cancelled due to consideration of other issues.

Taking into account the development trend of the times, learning English is very easy and useful for her. As for education and medicine, she also starts from her own hobbies.

After the old bus swayed on the road for more than an hour, it finally reached the terminal station. The three of them had no time to relax, so they went to the guest house for the first time, starting near the test site.

Unexpectedly, the guest house was full. After searching for a long time, he booked a room in a guest house two blocks away from the test site.

There is only one bed. Naturally, Jiahui and Meixiang slept together. If it was summer, Zhao Donglin would sleep on the floor, but now it’s cold winter and the floor is too cold. Jiahui feels distressed and asks the staff if they have camp beds.

“Sorry, really not. If it weren’t for your late arrival, when it gets dark, there won’t even be the last room.”

In the end, an extra bed of cotton wool came out in the guest house, which could put a layer on the floor. Jiahui and Meixiang put the quilt together and gave Zhao Donglin a bed.

The three of them ate a simple dinner, read a book for a while, washed and washed, turned off the lights and went to bed at more than nine o’clock.

“Are you cold on the floor?”

“It’s not cold, you guys hurry to sleep, you will have an exam tomorrow, and you need to keep your spirits up.”

It was naturally cold on the ground, the door was not tight, and there was wind from time to time in the gap under the door. Zhao Donglin was wearing clothes and a military coat was covered on the quilt. Fortunately, his body was strong and the heat production was high, so he could barely withstand it.

“Miscalculated, we should have brought two quilts.”

Jiahui didn’t expect that the guest house would be full. In fact, it is not because there are too many people, but because there are too few places to live in this era. Like later generations, the streets are full of hotels and hotels.

Zhao Donglin knew his wife’s thoughts, and he felt good, but he didn’t want her to worry, so he comforted him again, “It’s okay, I’m really not cold, you guys hurry to sleep.”

Jiahui couldn’t help it even if she felt distressed. Of the three of them, he was naturally the one who could sleep on the floor.

Meixiang didn’t have any sleepiness, she was too nervous, even though she didn’t want to show it, the few unintentional turning over made Jiahui aware of her anxiety.

“Mixiang, take it easy, and based on your review situation, there will be no problem with the university entrance examination.”

Although the mathematics is not outstanding enough, she has a balanced grasp of knowledge points. Moreover, she chooses liberal arts, mostly memorizing and understanding the content. She works so hard and does not seek excellence, and there is no problem in reaching the admission score.

Mei Xiang thought that she had affected her sister-in-law over and over again, and immediately said apologetically, “Sister-in-law, did I affect you?”

“No, I didn’t fall asleep either.”

In fact, Jiahui somewhat recognizes the bed, and she didn’t like to sleep with others since she was a child, except for Zhao Donglin of course.

Meixiang said softly, “I’m a little nervous.”

There is still some confusion, like standing at the crossroads of destiny, every step is crucial.

Jiahui fully understands Meixiang’s feelings. She was also a little nervous during the college entrance examination. Although she was sufficiently prepared, who can guarantee that everything will be as smooth as you expected.

“If you can’t sleep, you can count the dumplings, one dumpling, two dumplings, three dumplings… Count like this and you will soon fall asleep.”

“Why do you count dumplings?”

“Dumplings are the homonym of’sleeping’, which is equivalent to hypnotizing yourself.”

“Huh? That’s what I mean, it seems to make sense.”

After talking to Jiahui, Meixiang felt less nervous. She closed her eyes in the dark, counted according to Jiahui’s method, and fell asleep when she counted the 138th dumplings. .

Zhao Donglin heard the sound of breathing evenly in the air and knew that his sister was asleep.

“How about you, why are you still asleep?”

A familiar voice sounded, Jiahui curled her lips and said, “I recognize the bed.”

There is the second half sentence, I can’t sleep without you.

Zhao Donglin also smiled. In the night, his face was not as firm as during the day, the lines were completely softened, and his eyes were shining brightly.

Jiahui stretched out her hand from the bed, and the two of them held hands together in the air.

After Zhao Donglin rubbed Jiahui’s palm, nostalgic for the temperature and smoothness in her hand, he got up from the bed and helped her put her hand back to the bed.

“You go to sleep, I’ll be with you.”

Jia Hui said, and Yiyan closed her eyes.

Jiahui and Meixiang had a good rest this night, only Zhao Donglin, who did not sleep well in the first half of the night, and the temperature dropped in the second half of the night. He woke up from freezing and did push-ups. Later, he simply leaned against the corner and closed his eyes to rest, just like the army was in the field. Zipper is the same.

Early in the morning, Jiahui was awakened by the scent of the food. It turned out that Zhao Donglin went out quietly at dawn, went to the state-owned restaurant to buy meat buns and soy milk, and asked the boss to cook half a pot of noodles. After eating, he sent the pot back .

“Yeah! You even bought breakfast!”

Jiahui got up from the bed and started putting on clothes, and Meixiang, who was sleeping next to her, woke up in a daze.

After the three of them had breakfast together, they arranged the things for the exam and walked to the exam room together.