1983Fishing and Farming between Mountains and Seas

Chapter 317 The Test Was Too Successful
When they woke up in the morning, little Cheng Cheng was sleeping soundly, but Liang Ziqiang and his wife walked out of the room with sleepy and tired faces.

As soon as he walked into the main room, he heard his mother and mother-in-law praising each other, and every word they said was praising little Cheng Cheng.

My mother-in-law has been staying here for a week to help take care of Chen Xiangbei during her confinement. She sleeps with Lizhi at night. Among the three bedrooms, only Lizhi's bedroom can accommodate one more person.

At this time, early in the morning, Liang's mother was smiling and praising her mother-in-law:
"Little Chengcheng is such a good boy! I didn't hear him cry at all from the whole night till dawn. This little guy is so obedient!"

A row of question marks appeared on Liang Ziqiang's forehead at that time.

Is my mother sleeping too deeply, or has she become deaf recently?
Unexpectedly, my mother-in-law Li Jinju also nodded repeatedly and continued with a smile:

"That's right! My grandson wasn't so easy to take care of when he was just born. He woke people up several times at night. It's so rare to find a baby as quiet as Xiao Chengcheng! This baby is easy to raise, and they can rest assured!"

The two were praising each other with one heart and one mind, but when they looked up, they saw Liang Ziqiang and Chen Xiangbei, who looked haggard, approaching them. They were both startled:

"What's wrong with you two? The baby is so easy to take care of, why do you two look like you haven't woken up yet, and your eyes are still dark?"

"Easy to take care of?" Chen Xiangbei's eyes were filled with confusion and worry. "He cried all night, how can you call him easy to take care of?"

"Crying? Who is crying, Xiao Chengcheng? No, your room is very quiet, there is no sound at all, how could you be crying?" It was Li Jinju's turn to be confused, and she looked at others for confirmation.

In response, not only did Liang's mother nod repeatedly, but even Liang's father and Lizhi also nodded with honest faces.

Duobao lay on the side, not feeling awkward, and also snorted. If it could speak, it would probably utter the word "yes".

Liang's mother's face gradually became suspicious, with an indescribable meaning on her face, and her tone became alert:

"You two can't be together, can you? I've already told you that the confinement period is officially one and a half months, and you two can't be together during this period. It's only been seven or eight days, can you not hold back? Ah Qiang, I'm telling you, if you want to do this, get out of that room and sleep in another room!"

Li Jinju seemed to have thought of this as well, and her face darkened:

"You girl, are you trying to kill yourself? No wonder you two look so bad! Listen to your mother-in-law and sleep in separate rooms!"

Hearing this, Liang's father's face darkened and he turned and walked away.

Liang's mother felt that she had completely figured out the truth of the matter and continued to complain:

"You two didn't sleep well, and you want to put the blame on my grandson! My grandson is very well behaved, who did you blame?"

Liang Ziqiang turned his head and looked through the half-open door at Liang Jingcheng who was sleeping on the bed.

As if to prove his grandma and grandma's point of view, little Jingcheng is really well-behaved at this moment.

Lying on her back, her chubby little face makes her look very lovable, and her sleeping position is comfortable and peaceful.

The right forearm was still raised comfortably and resting beside the head.

He was just about to make a smug scissors gesture towards Liang Ziqiang!

She behaved so well-behaved and comfortable at the critical moment. This sleeping posture was an inexplicable provocation to Liang Ziqiang and his wife!
"Did you really not hear any crying at all? He was crying for so long and you didn't hear anything at all?" Liang Ziqiang felt that it would be more reliable to ask Lizhi at this time.

Lizhi looked at him with clear eyes, turned her neck straight, and shook her head:

"Brother, I swear, there really is no sound! How could I not know there was a sound? I always like to lie down by your door and listen. After moving to this new house, I have never heard any noise!"

There was a deafening silence in the room.

Liang's mother has gone to find a bamboo stick...

Hearing Lizhi's words, Liang Ziqiang's eyes once again swept over the solid thickened wooden door and the extra-thick partition wall of his bedroom...

Suddenly, I seemed to understand.

When this wall was first built, I put a lot of effort into soundproofing!
Now it seems that the partition wall has withstood the severe test of practice, and the sound insulation effect is excellent, unexpectedly...

He put himself and his wife into a situation where they could not defend themselves.

Even the loud crying of little Jingcheng was blocked out completely, making it very stable.

Chen Xiangbei apparently also gradually thought of the soundproof wall, and her entire oval face immediately turned red like a fried shrimp.

Her blushing face happened to be seen by her mother-in-law and mother, and it immediately became evidence of her guilty conscience.

So, everyone started scolding their son and daughter, and the large-scale family education session began.

Liang Ziqiang felt so powerless, and finally had to be fierce: "Mom, don't worry, you guys listen carefully tonight!"

He had already risked his life and decided not to close the door tonight and just keep it wide open!

In order to prove my innocence and restore my reputation, the whole family has to be quarreled with and no one can sleep!
He wanted to use hard facts to expose Xiao Jingcheng's false and obedient face.

In order to save his own face, he must not give Liang Jingcheng face. The face of the father and son is destined to be impossible to coexist today...

After breakfast, Liang Ziqiang went to the city to attend training with controversial dark circles under his eyes.

When I got home in the afternoon, I saw my father discussing something with Liang Zifeng again.

When his father saw Liang Ziqiang coming back, he called him:
"Aqiang, let me tell you something. I just discussed it with Zifeng. The college entrance examination is over. With the results, Zifeng doesn't plan to fill out the application form. That's good. I can stop thinking about it and live a peaceful life fishing.

Now that you have an iron boat, you don't need that wooden boat anymore, right? I'll buy it for Zifeng to use for fishing!"

Liang's father told Liang Ziqiang all his plans. Liang Ziqiang had just stepped into the door and was so shocked that he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Liang's mother thought more specifically and asked urgently:

"What's the use of having a boat? How can he go fishing alone?!"

Father Liang glared at him and said, "I have my own plans. Listen to me first! I will take Zifeng out to sea with me in the future. Tiancheng has learned a lot from following me. Just find a helper in the village to go out to sea with him!"

Hearing this, Liang's mother had nothing to say. It seemed quite thoughtful and appropriate.

But Liang Ziqiang was anxious! He quickly took over their words:

"Ah Feng, you too, who told you that you have no hope with that score? There are many people with lower scores than you, the average score in the country is only in the 20s, your score is more than twice as high as others!"

"Ah?" Liang Zifeng looked at his second brother as if he didn't recognize him, thinking there was something wrong with his ears. "Second brother, what are you talking about? How is it possible that everyone failed the test with only 20 points? Besides, you are at sea every day, how can you be so sure about this?!"

Faced with Zifeng's extremely puzzled look, Liang Ziqiang felt a little annoyed.

Of course he knew, and he was very sure.

Last night, when he was lying in bed, looking at little Jingcheng who gradually fell asleep after a lot of noise, Liang Ziqiang couldn't help but think of his son in the previous life, Liang Jingcheng.

Liang Jingcheng's academic ability was average, but Liang Ziqiang insisted on letting him graduate from high school.

In the early 2000s, Liang Jingcheng performed poorly in the college entrance examination and complained that the test paper was too difficult, especially the math questions.

Liang Ziqiang met their teacher and chatted with him. Liang Jingcheng's head teacher answered him like this:
"It's a little difficult, but not as difficult as your son said! You call this difficult? If you really want to say it's difficult, the college entrance examination in 30 was really difficult. Chinese, physics, and chemistry were difficult enough, but mathematics was even more difficult. Those who scored over points were all top students!"

According to the teacher, 1984 was a year in history when Chinese, math, physics and chemistry were all difficult, and it was also a year when the math test paper set a record for difficulty.

In 1984, the national average score for mathematics in the college entrance examination was only 26 points, and the average score in some provinces was 17 points.

Not only was the difficulty unprecedented, but it was also unprecedented. Until 2000, when Liang Jingcheng was in high school, there was no math test of such difficulty again.

The reason why Liang Ziqiang didn't think of this history immediately yesterday was mainly because it was too long ago, and he couldn't remember clearly that Liang Jingcheng's class teacher said it was in the 1980s.

I thought about it again and again in bed last night, and the more I thought, the more certain I became. It couldn’t be wrong. It was 1984.

Faced with Liang Zifeng's puzzled inquiry, Liang Ziqiang certainly could not say that he could predict the future and determine in advance that the national average mathematics score for that year would be only 26 points.

He had already thought of a response during the day:

"I just heard about it today! Wasn't I receiving training at the Municipal Fisheries Bureau? There was a staff member whose wife worked at the Education Bureau. He said that after the test, the bureau estimated that with the difficulty of math, the average test taker would only be able to score in the 20s!"

"Ah? So I'm a lot taller than you?"

Because Liang Zifeng was a young person applying for the exam from society, he was not familiar with the other candidates, so he did not communicate with them specifically after the exam.

He only knew that he had completely failed the exam, and he immediately began to have deep doubts about his study methods and direction. He felt too ashamed to fill out his application form or continue to apply for the exam.

In fact, he was not the only one with the same mentality that year.

"Brother, you're not going to make up these words to comfort me, are you?"

Liang Zifeng's doubts were not completely dispelled, but a glimmer of hope had rekindled in his eyes.

(1984 was the most difficult math year in history. This is true, not made up.)
(End of this chapter)