After the tragic death of his daughter, the honest father of the age awakened

The weather at the end of December was extremely cold, especially with light rain. No matter how much clothes I put on, I couldn't resist the attack of the air-conditioning.

On the tractor heading to the commune, all the peace brigade reference officers were shivering with cold.

"With this damn weather, can't we wait until we finish the exam before it rains?" Ergou said.

He felt that God was too disrespectful to them. It hadn't rained yesterday, but when he got up this morning, it started to rain lightly, making the already cold weather even colder.

He wrapped his raincoat tightly around him, fearing that he would fall ill before the end of the exam if he got caught in the rain.

When he got on the bus just now, he felt very sad when he heard Liu Zhiqing say that Qian Zhiqing had a high fever and could not take the exam because he fell into the water the first day.

The exam is coming soon. Suddenly, all the previous efforts are in vain.

"Qian Zhiqing was so careless. Why did he suddenly fall into the water?" Ergou said.

Liu Zhiqing also asked Zhu Zhiqing and Chen Zhiqing, "Zhu Zhiqing, didn't you go to wash clothes together yesterday? Why did Qian Zhiqing fall into the water?"

Zhu Zhiqing: "We just stood up after washing. Song Zhiqing accidentally slipped his foot and bumped into Qian Zhiqing."

Chen Zhiqing added, "If I hadn't escaped quickly, I would have lost my footing and fallen."

At this point, Chen Zhiqing and Zhu Zhiqing looked at each other, and then said: "You said, Song Zhiqing was not careless..."

Ergou took over, "It goes without saying that she must have done it on purpose. That woman had bad intentions. Now you can all take the exam, but she can't. She definitely doesn't want you to take the exam."

Liu Zhiqing: "The truth of the matter has not yet been determined. Let's not speculate here now. While we still have time, let's review the knowledge points in our hearts."

His proposal was unanimously approved by everyone, so for the next time, no one in the car spoke, only the rumble of the tractor came.

The tractor stopped in front of the commune middle school, and sisters Xu Shuxin and the educated youth got out of the car one by one.

Xu Shuxin told Ma Shengli, "Brother Shengli, you can set off at almost five o'clock in the afternoon. We will finish the exam at five o'clock in the afternoon."

The exam was divided into two days. The brigade cadres decided that Ma Shengli would pick them up on both days, making one trip in the morning and another trip in the evening to pick them up.

That is to say, the commune also has an examination room, and their brigade is very close to the commune, so it is very convenient to come here.

If those brigades that are far away can't make it on the same day, they have no choice but to come over in advance, or stay with relatives in the commune, or go to a guest house.

Xu Shuxin and the others will not go back at noon. Everyone has agreed to go to the state-owned hotel for dinner together. Xu Qingmu happens to work there and can take care of them.

Ma Shengli responded, watched them walk into the school, and then drove back to the school.

As he drove, he sighed in his heart: Oh my goodness, there are so many people taking the exam!

With that crowd of people, I don't know if any of the people in their brigade who took the exam can pass?

As soon as this idea was formed, he immediately rejected it. He didn't know about those educated youths, but there would definitely be someone from the Xu family who could pass the exam.

Those girls have always ranked first in the exams before, and they can even skip a grade!

That must be awesome!

The Xu Shuxin sisters didn't know that Ma Shengli had special confidence in them, but they themselves were very confident.

As soon as the test papers were handed out, they all listened to Xu Shuxin and quickly browsed the questions from beginning to end to make sure they knew it well.

Watching all the way, sisters Xu Shuyue were very excited and felt that these questions were not difficult for them.

The sisters suppressed the excitement in their hearts and began to answer the questions with very calm faces.

Time passed quickly. When the bell rang for the end of the exam, the Xu sisters walked out and heard the wailing sounds of different people. Some of them even cried on the spot. After Xu Shuxin, her sisters and the educated youth from their brigade gathered together, except for the three educated youth Kong who were reviewing with them, the expressions on the other educated youth's faces were not very good either.

Chen Zhiqing burst into tears on the spot, "I, I still have a lot of questions that I haven't finished yet. If it's over, I will definitely fail the exam."

Zheng Zhiqing and Zhang Zhiqing immediately agreed, "We are too."

Liu Zhiqing smiled bitterly and said, "I'm about the same. I've put down my textbooks for so many years, and it's only been less than two months. It's too difficult to pick them up again."

The two dogs didn't say a word, but they had some doubts in their hearts: Is it that difficult? It seemed that Xu Qiya told them similar question types, and they thought it was not that difficult.

It's just that they have always been poor students. If they say that the exam is easy at this time, I am afraid it will give these educated youths a bigger blow, so forget it and don't talk about it.

Seeing them all looking like they were mourning for their heirs, Xu Shuxin said a few words of comfort, "Okay, this subject has been tested. It's useless to say more. Let's go eat first, then take a good rest and prepare for the afternoon test."

Xu Shuyue advised, "Yes, except for fresh graduates like us, other people's situation must be similar to yours, so there is nothing to worry about. If you do well in the subsequent exams, there is still hope."

Xu Shuyan did a good job and could not empathize with them. She touched her growling stomach and said, "Let's go eat first. I'm already hungry."

"Let's go." Xu Shuxin said, taking the lead in walking towards the state-owned hotel.

Sister Xu Shuyue and Ergou followed quickly.

Kong Zhiqing, Fang Zhiqing and Qin Zhiqing did not delay and followed behind.

Liu Zhiqing looked at the dejected people and said, "They are right. It's all over. No matter how much you cry, you can't save it. Let's deal with the exams ahead first."

Several people gathered their emotions and followed.

The state-owned hotel was particularly busy today.

Compared with seven years ago, the area of ​​​​the current state-owned hotel is one generation larger. Even so, the current state-owned hotel is still full of people.

It was packed with people who came to take the exam today.

Xu Shuxin and her group did not need to wait in line like them, their meals had already been prepared by Xu Qingmu.

For the sake of being in the same brigade, he also prepared it together with Liu Zhiqing and the others.

The group of people entered through the back door. When they arrived, Xu Qingmu was busy, holding a spatula in one hand and a pot in the other, with smooth movements.

When he heard the Xu Shuxin sisters calling him, he looked up from his busy work and said, "Have you finished the exam? The food prepared for you is still hot on the chopping board over there. You should eat quickly."

"Also, there's a stove over there. You all can bake some to keep yourself warm."

He brought it from home specifically in the morning, just so that his daughter could warm herself up by the fire at noon.

Xu sisters: "Okay, thank you dad!"

Educated youth: "Thank you, Uncle Xu!"

A group of people finished their lunch in the back kitchen. (End of chapter)