The technical secondary school examinations in this province are all in early June, so there are only more than fifty days left.
Chu Ye didn't dare to slack off, so she had to squeeze out more time to study. Within a few days, dark circles appeared under her eyes. She was originally white, but looking from a distance, it looked like two fists hitting her eye sockets.
In addition, she had to go to work every day and cook for the family, so she looked even more haggard.
Not to mention, every day when she has free time, she just memorizes vocabulary, Chinese and politics. When she has time, she holds the notebook given by Mu Jiajun and studies the exercises on it. All her time is spent on studying, and she looks even more beautiful. Silent and lifeless.
Mu Jiajun saw her hard work in his heart and could only feed her more food while tutoring her.
At first, Chu Ye refused to accept it and kept giving it away. Then she became really hungry. After all, the weather was hot now, and the work in the fields was getting harder and harder. She didn’t eat well at home, so she often studied at night. At this time, my stomach would growl.
Every time at this time, Chu Ye felt embarrassed and smiled shyly at the two of them. Mu Jiajun would take out the food from the cabinet and pass it to her.
As time passed, she couldn't resist the persuasion of Mu Jiajun and Sister Deng, and she accepted the night feeding.
Time flew by in June, and Chu Ye’s tutoring life was announced to be over.
Mu Jiajun specifically told her to adjust her schedule these days to prepare for the exam.
Chu's father and Chu's mother also gave her a holiday, so that she didn't have to go to work these days and could study for the exam at home.
Chu Ye agreed one by one. It was an important moment to decide her fate. There was no need for her to be pretentious and refuse to accept it.
Then she took out her book again, preparing to consolidate her knowledge points. There was a piece of white paper lying quietly in the cloth bag, which Chu Guangyao brought home yesterday.
This is her admission ticket.
Chu Ye put down the book, took the white paper in his hand, and looked at it carefully.
I saw a few conspicuous big words printed on the front of the white paper - Admission Ticket. Above these three words, the 1976 Qingyang City Middle School Enrollment was printed. Below the words were the examination room, category, number and Name.
On the right side, there is a black and white photo of Chu Ye taped with glue, which she gave to Teacher Chu along with the registration fee.
Chu Ye turned his wrist and saw that on the back of the admission ticket, there were instructions for candidates, which were some precautions in the examination room, and the examination time was written below.
Looking at it one by one, I saw that the exam lasted for three days, from June 5th to June 7th, with one exam every half day, a total of five exams. The exam would end at ten o'clock in the morning on the 7th.
The examination room was the school where she went to junior high school. Chu Ye calmed down and carefully put the admission ticket away and put it into the bag together with the stationery.
This morning, she went to see Brother Jianwen and begged him to use a bullock cart to take her to town during the exam. For this reason, she collected the snacks every night and wanted to secretly give them to Brother Jianwen so that he could replenish Sister Nianci's body.
However, he was directly rejected by Jianwen. He said that he had just gone to town a while ago and bought a lot of nutritional supplements for Nianci. Chu Ye did not need these things at home.
Jianwen looked at Chu Ye's thin body, and he also knew that Chu Ye was going to take the exam.
After all, during this period, Nianci's belly gradually became pregnant, and sometimes she felt uncomfortable. Aunt Wang would just let her rest at home, but she was afraid that she would be bored at home alone, so she often called Chu Ye to come to the house to accompany Nianci.
Chu Ye often brought books when she came, and sometimes asked Nian Ci questions about the books. As time went by, Jianwen also saw that she wanted to continue studying and go to school.
Now that Chu Yeqiu comes to visit, Jianwen naturally has no reason not to agree. Besides, if he dares not to agree, Nian Ci will start a quarrel with him.
So the two of them agreed that on the morning of the exam, Jianwen would drop her off at the school gate and pick her up after the exam in the afternoon.
Although it was a bit troublesome to get around in one day, after all, it was a major life event involving Chu Ye, so Jianwen felt that he could help.
For this reason, Chu Ye was deeply moved. She couldn't say too many high-sounding words of gratitude and could only put more effort into studying.
In the blink of an eye, it came to the evening of the 4th. After dinner, Chu's father and Chu's mother also made earnest promises to her, asking her to get good grades, study, have a job, and help the family.
Chu Ye naturally nodded in agreement, and then Chu's mother took two more steamed buns. These were steamed by Chu's mother at noon. To save trouble, she steamed six in total.
"There is white flour in this steamed bun. When the time comes for the exam, I will find a place to rest at noon and eat some steamed buns to fill my stomach." Mother Chu explained earnestly, stuffing the steamed bun into her cloth bag as she spoke.
Chu Ye nodded, knowing that the trip would take a whole day, and it would be impossible without some dry food.
In the evening, she checked all the bags again to make sure everything was ready, and then fell asleep early.
The next day, the rooster crows.
Looking through the window, it was still dark and green outside. Chu Ye got up, packed his things, and went to the kitchen to cook.
After the corn paste was ready, the sky outside the house gradually became clear, and the white mist in the sky could be seen with the naked eye. Chu Ye took the time to finish his meal, took the cloth bag and went to the next door.
However, as soon as she walked out of the house, she saw a figure, wearing a white shirt, leaning sideways at the door.
The person who came was none other than Mu Jiajun. He obviously saw Chu Ye as well. His eyes lit up and he raised his arm carrying the bag and greeted him warmly.
Chu Ye trotted over in confusion, "Why are you here? How long have you been standing here so early in the morning?"
Since her tutoring career ended a few days ago, she has not gone to the educated youth compound and has been studying at home. It has been many days since she last saw him and Sister Deng.
Chu Ye originally planned to wait until the exam was over before looking for the two of them, but he didn't want to see Mu Jiajun this morning.
Mu Jiajun rolled his eyes and answered, but deliberately lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of waking up the neighbors, "I just stood here, and you came out. I thought that your exam today is an important moment in your life. , I want to see you off." After that, he raised his chin slightly and said with a little pride, "I am a teacher, so I must escort my students into the examination room."
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After hearing this, Chu Ye was stunned for a moment, and finally smiled helplessly, while Mu Jiajun also grinned, showing his white teeth.
She looked over carefully and could easily see that Mu Jiajun was lying to her. She saw the moisture on Mu Jiajun's hair and guessed that he had been standing outside for a long time.
Chu Ye lowered his eyes, feeling unspeakable emotions in his heart.
Since her rebirth, she was very lucky to have met Mu Jiajun and Sister Deng. They helped her a lot for free, which allowed her to get to where she is now and gave her the confidence to take the exam.
Mu Jiajun's voice came from above her head, "I brought you something to eat. Don't go hungry during the exam." Chu Ye looked up and saw Mu Jiajun raising the leather bag in his hand towards her, indicating that it was full of food. Food.
Chu Ye wanted to refuse, but he heard the door of the next door creaking, and Brother Jianwen opened the door and walked out.
He didn't take a few steps, raised his head and looked at her and Mu Jiajun in surprise, and finally raised his eyebrows without saying anything.
It was Chu Ye who took the initiative and asked Brother Jianwen if he had eaten.
After receiving a positive answer, Jianwen did not waste any time and directly said, "The ox cart is at the brigade. You two go to the entrance of the village and wait for me. I will bring the ox cart over."
This is a rule of the village. You can raise a small number of chickens and ducks at home, but cattle and sheep are collective property and must be kept in the brigade.
Chu Ye nodded, greeted Jianwen, and walked towards the village entrance with his cloth bag on his back, followed closely by Mu Jiajun.
White light rises on the distant horizon, the sky gradually becomes brighter, and the fog in the air dissipates, bringing a hint of coolness.
Today, Chu Ye was wearing a green coarse cloth shirt, black pants underneath, and a pair of handmade cloth shoes. Two braids hung straight on his chest. They were longer than in the past few months.
Mu Jiajun followed behind silently, always neither far nor close, only one step behind.
I don’t know why, even though I haven’t seen him for a few days, this silent environment makes Chu Ye unable to speak.
Seeing that he was approaching the entrance of the village, Chu Ye turned around and asked, "You got up so early, have you eaten yet?"
Mu Jiajun was lowering his head and kicking a small stone with his feet. When he heard this, he raised his head and said "Huh?", then thought about it, scratched his head and avoided Chu Ye's sight, saying that he had eaten.
Chu Ye turned around, and the two fell into silence again.
Chu Ye knew that this was the second lie Mu Jiajun had told today.
The educated youth compound always prepares meals in the morning and eats together. It’s so early, where can we get food?
She thought of the yellow-faced steamed buns in the cloth bag and wanted to take them out, but held back. After many struggles, she was mainly afraid that Mu Jiajun wouldn't be used to eating them.
After a long while, she still asked, "I have steamed buns here, do you want to eat them?"
After saying that, she reached out and took it out from the cloth bag and handed it over.
The steamed buns didn't look very good, and the skin was broken in some places, revealing the crumbs inside.
Chu Ye also felt a little unable to take it out, and was about to retract it when he saw Mu Jiajun's palms with distinct knuckles stretched out, took away the steamed bun, and then put it into his mouth.
After taking a bite, he chewed it in his mouth, and then smiled at Chu Ye.
Then he followed suit, took out biscuits from his purse and handed them over.
He said, "This is called reciprocity."
Mu Jiajun still has the same smile on his face, which makes people feel good just looking at him. His face is not as fair as before. The past few months of farm work have made the young master in front of him realize the hard work of farmers.
But during this period, Mu Jiajun and Sister Deng never complained at all. They were always enthusiastic, and they also infected Chu Ye.
Chu Ye also took it with a smile, tore open the package and ate it slowly.
The two of them quickly walked to the entrance of the village. After a while, Jianwen drove the bullock cart over. The two of them sat on it quickly, one on the left and the other on the right. After they sat firmly, Mu Jiajun took out the dried meat from his bag and handed it to Jianwen.
However, Jianwen glanced at her and waved her hand to refuse. Mu Jiajun still insisted on passing it over. Chu Ye also supported her and indicated that the biscuit in her hand was also given by Mu Jiajun.
Jianwen couldn't defeat them alone, so he had to reach out and take it.
The sun gradually rose in the east, the mist dispersed in the air, and the weeds on the roadside were swaying with dew. Jianwen drove the ox cart and drove the two of them farther away.
The road in the countryside was bumpy, but Chu Ye didn't feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, she felt that she was in a good mood.
She is now standing at the fork of fate. On one side, she is repeating the life of getting married and having children in her previous life, and on the other side, she is about to start a new life of studying.
She was full of expectations and full of confidence in herself.
(End of chapter)