Traveling through 1980 to become a top student

Chapter 43

Zhang Wenzhong was leaning halfway on the sofa in the living room, flipping through a thick original English book in his hand, and he was in an extremely relaxed state.

Zhang's mother came over, glanced at the book in Zhang Wenzhong's hand, and said with a smile, "I just finished the college entrance examination, why don't you take a good rest? I'm reading again."

Zhang Wenzhong closed the book, raised his head and said to his mother, "This is just resting, reading a novel."

Mother Zhang picked up the book Zhang Wenzhong put on the tea table, and frowned, "The Song of Youth? Isn't this Yang Mo's Song of Youth? It's a Chinese novel, so why read the translated English version?"

"I just want to see what the translation looks like." Zhang Wenzhong said with a smile, "In fact, it's quite interesting to compare and compare. It is obviously the same novel, but many parts are expressed in Chinese and English, and it feels very different. I want to read it before the college entrance examination. The book is out, but I haven't had the time."

Zhang's mother asked casually, "How did you do in the college entrance examination? Are you sure you are the provincial number one?"

Zhang Wenzhong tried his best not to show his emotions or anger, but he was still a teenager after all, his eyes were bright, and the corners of his lips were slightly curled up, saying, "The college entrance examination is performed normally."

Mama Zhang glared at Zhang Wenzhong, "Both my mother and I are unwilling to tell the truth, and still perform normally? Is it so difficult to say that you can save the top prize?" Zhang Mama's tone seemed to be reproachful, but her face was full of pride for her son , "I really don't know what you think. You can get recommended to Tsinghua University, but you have to take the college entrance examination. If you still can't pass the provincial champion, let me and your dad teach you a lesson!"

Zhang Wenzhong begged for mercy, "You also know that I want to go to Peking University, but I didn't expect that Tsinghua University gave me the eligibility for admission, but Peking University refused. It's not that I have no choice but to take the college entrance examination."

Zhang's mother was amused by Zhang Wenzhong, "I can't tell you. After the results of the college entrance examination come out, let's go to a farther place for a family trip this year. We have visited all the nearby provinces. Besides, you will have a long vacation this year."

Zhang Wenzhong's expression turned serious, and he asked seriously, "Why don't you go to Guangdong?"

Zhang’s mother was taken aback, she didn’t expect that Zhang Wenzhong would want to go to Guangdong, “I originally planned to go to Yunnan, Xinjiang or Sichuan, I wanted to see different natural scenery…” Zhang’s mother sighed, “Actually, I would like to go abroad as a family of three Let's play for a while, but unfortunately your father's job doesn't allow it, I guess my wish will never come true in this life."

"Do you really want to go to Guangdong?" Mama Zhang confirmed again.

Seeing Zhang Wenzhong nodding, Zhang's mother had no choice but to say, "If you pass the provincial champion exam, I will go to Guangdong at your request. If you fail the exam, go to Yunnan, where I want to go more."

Zhang Wenzhong smiled, "Then you can prepare to buy tickets to Guangdong now."

The Education Committee of Qingshan Town was in a hurry.The County Education Bureau just sealed the results of all the candidates in Qingshan Town in a file bag and sent them over.

The education committee has to unpack, classify, and distribute it to each school in turn. This time of the year is the busiest time in the education committee. They don't even have time to talk, only the sound of tearing the seal and turning the paper .

Suddenly, someone exclaimed, "583 points! Is this a typo?"

Everyone in the Education Committee's office focused their eyes on the face of the speaker, who was either bewildered or in disbelief.

The person next to him looked over, "What's wrong, it's printed wrong? How many points did you say just now?" After seeing it clearly, he also exclaimed, "Oh my god! This, this is really printed wrong..."

"No, wait, look at the candidate's name... Lin Jinglan... Isn't this the number one student in the preliminary exam?"

Everyone in the office gathered together with their heads tied together, staring at Lin Jinglan's score, almost making a hole in the paper.

After a long time, everyone slowly came back to their senses, "This... 583 points, it must be the champion of the city who has not escaped!"

The team leader of the Education Committee was also very excited, "Hurry up and work, you will know in a short while whether you are the champion of the city. Don't wait for the results of other towns to be counted, but our Qingshan Town has not counted the results."

Everyone heard the words, and immediately became busy again. While not stopping their work, they said, "At least in Qingshan Town, Lin Jinglan must be the first one not to run away."

The others laughed and said, "That's up to you."

Someone said, "I really want to know now, how many points can No.2 in Qingshan Town test? I don't know how many points Lin Jinglan can beat the second place?"

"Hurry up to work, hurry up to work, and you'll know when you're done tidying up!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone moved faster, and everyone was very curious about this question.Lin Jinglan was able to get a high score of 583 in the test, she must have been the first and did not run, but No.2... It is estimated that she could not even get a score of 500 in the test.

The excitement of the staff in the Education Committee subsided a little, and everyone thought in unison that although there was an unbelievably high-scoring candidate like Lin Jinglan this year, the overall situation in Qingshan Town must still be not optimistic.It is estimated that in the entire Qingshan Town, the number of people who can be admitted to the university can be counted with a slap.

According to the experience of previous years, there can be three or four people at most.

In Qingshan No. [-] Middle School, the principal was holding the red list in his hand, his hands were trembling with excitement.

Lin Jinglan, the number one in the school, got a high score of 583!
In the past few years, the score of the provincial champion has never reached 550 points!
The principal was pacing back and forth excitedly, his heart was surging, the provincial champion must be in the bag of Qingshan No. [-] this year.If it weren't for the fact that the college entrance examination is not a unified national examination paper, the principal doubts whether Lin Jinglan can get a national champion.

The headmaster forced himself to calm down and continued to look down.After seeing the score of No.2, the headmaster almost jumped up in shock.

No.2 even got a high score of 520!
The principal was shocked. Since the resumption of the college entrance examination, no student in Qingshan Middle School has ever scored more than 500 points, and a score above 400 is considered a rare high score.After all, more than 400 points can be admitted to the undergraduate course, and the students who can be admitted to the undergraduate course must be rare.

The headmaster looked at the scores on the red list, and his expression became more and more dignified—the top five students in this year's school all got more than 500 points in the test.

The principal began to feel that something was wrong, and said to himself, "Could it be that this year's college entrance examination questions are particularly easy?"

"Lin Jinglan's high score of 583 is nothing more than a high score. She has never been able to use common sense to infer. But the second one also got 520, and the top five all scored 500. This is too abnormal..."

The principal frowned, "If this year's scores are generally high, the admission scores of all universities must also rise. At that time, I don't know how many will be admitted to the university."

The principal's heart shuddered, and then he felt a deep sense of worry. If the scores are generally high, can the provincial champion be Lin Jinglan's?

The principal sighed heavily, and ordered the teacher to post the red list.He just needs to hold back his mind and wait for two more days, and the provincial champion will be revealed.

The head teacher of each class has informed the grades of each student in his class.For such a major event in life as scoring in the college entrance examination, it is impossible to directly let the students see the results on the red list. If that is the case, it is very possible to squeeze a few to death.

But even though everyone already knew their results, there were still many people crowded in front of the red list.

Gu Panpan scored more than 450 points in the test, which was a score that surprised her.She never thought that she could get such a high score in the exam. After all, she just passed the preliminaries.

With such a good score in the test, Gu Panpan is now very light-hearted. It is already a sure thing that she will be admitted to the university she applied for.

When she was in the first and second grades of high school, she couldn't even imagine that with her grades, she would be able to take the college entrance examination for the first time and be admitted to a university!

Gu Panpan thought gratefully that since he met Lin Jinglan, everything has changed.

When Gu Panpan walked to the red list, he saw his name at first sight.She stared at her name and score, and after admiring it for a while, Gu Panpan scanned the names and scores of other people on the red list.

She suddenly remembered Wei Ying's hesitant speech when she asked Wei Ying how many points she estimated, and Wei Ying's refusal to read the key points Lin Jinglan sorted out before the college entrance examination.The worries in my heart surfaced again.

Wei Ying told her last time that she estimated that she could score around 470 in the test. Although Gu Panpan didn't quite believe it, she still looked up from her own name.

After looking at it several times in a row, Gu Panpan raised his head until his neck was sore, and he still didn't see Wei Ying's name.

Gu Panpan's heart sank, and he began to look under her name again.

There are two students with more than 440 points, but no Wei Ying... There are two students with more than 430 points, but there is still no Wei Ying...

Gu Panpan was already looking for the names of people with a score below 400, and she was looking for Wei Ying's name more and more anxiously. Below 400 points, it means that you will not be admitted to the undergraduate course!It means that Wei Ying will definitely not be admitted to the school she applied for before!
But he kept finding the bottom line, and Gu Panpan didn't see Wei Ying's name.Gu Panpan was extremely anxious, and quickly pulled Lin Jinglan aside, "Jinglan, have you found Wei Ying's name and score?"

Lin Jinglan looked at Gu Panpan in astonishment, "Whose?"

Gu Panpan was very anxious, "Wei Ying's! Did she fail the exam? I searched for a long time but couldn't find her name. I wonder if she can pass the college entrance examination?"

The expression on Lin Jinglan's face became even weirder.

Gu Panpan asked Lin Jinglan in a daze, "Why do you have such an expression? Did you see Wei Ying's score?"

Lin Jinglan nodded, "I've seen it a long time ago."

Gu Panpan stood on tiptoe and looked at the red list, "Where is it?"

"Can you find my name?" Lin Jinglan asked.

Gu Panpan stared at Lin Jinglan hard, "Nonsense. Your name is on the first line, how could I not find it!"

Lin Jinglan said, "Okay, then move your gaze down a little bit from my name. Did you see Wei Ying's name?"

Gu Panpan hadn't realized what Lin Jinglan's words meant, but moved his gaze down mechanically.Suddenly, Gu Panpan let out a deafening scream, "Ah! Number one, number two!"

"Wei Ying is actually the second in the school!"

"It's the second in the school with 520 points!"

"Oh my god! Wei Ying passed the exam so high!"

Lin Jinglan was startled by Gu Panpan's scream and jumped up, covering her ears with her hands, "Gu Panpan, what kind of nerves are you..."

(End of this chapter)