After listening to his wife's words, the captain made up his mind and planned to mention it to his superiors after the autumn harvest is completed.
But before he could mention it, news of the resumption of the college entrance examination was released at the end of September. After the educated youth in the village heard the news, those working in the fields cheered and went to the brigade headquarters to check with the brigade leader for verification.
Then they made an appointment to go to town to buy books for review. Here in the city, many workers and recent high school graduates were also happy because of this news. Then they went to major bookstores and recycling bins to find review books.
Several people who were acquainted with each other in the evening also gathered at Fang Nuo's house.
The joy on their faces could not be concealed. This news made their persistence over the past few years not in vain.
Then, since we have agreed to review together later, everyone will talk to each other about topics and learn from each other.
Here in the village, the team leader also secured benefits for people in the village who wanted to take the college entrance examination. They only had to work half a day every day. He also wanted these children to pass the college entrance examination.
He also mentioned his upcoming resignation to his superiors, but his superiors did not refuse and asked him to go back and wait for news.
There are many people who want to be captain these days, so no one wants to keep him.
At the end of the month, a leader was assigned to the village to take over, and he had to get to know the leader for a period of time.
After the college entrance examination was resumed, it did not have much impact on the few people at work. They continued to go to work every day. In the evening, they gathered at Fang Nuo and Shen Gongqi's homes to learn from each other.
Two months passed like this, and finally it was the day of the college entrance examination. Fang Nuo and the others were already in the county. They got up in the morning, had breakfast, and went to the examination room to take the exam.
In the past few days, Yaya and Xiaoer, Fang Nuo invited Aunt Dahua to come to the county for two days. She didn't take the initiative to mention it, but Aunt Dahua was willing to come.
Not to mention the current relationship between the two families, from now on, they will also be neighbors, and it is inevitable that they will interact in the future. She is also happy to bring Fang Nuo two well-behaved children.
The college entrance examination lasted for two and a half days, and at noon on the third day, it was finally over.
After leaving the examination room, Fang Nuo felt relaxed all over.
When she left the school and saw Shen Gongqi waiting at the door, she happily walked towards him faster.
"Brother Qi, why are you out so early?" Fang Nuo walked up to him and asked
Shen Gongqi: "Well, I finished all the questions, checked them again, and handed them in early."
Fang Nuo: "Then the others haven't come out yet?"
Shen Gongqi: "Not yet, it just ended. It will take a while for them to get here."
Fang Nuo: "The exam is finally over today. Why don't we celebrate at home tonight? I don't know when we will have time to get together later."
Shen Gongqi: "Okay, wife, tell me how to get together, and I'll prepare the things."
Fang Nuo: "We still have all the things at home. How about we have spicy chicken hotpot tonight? We can also eat the chicken at home."
Shen Gongqi: "Okay, I'll listen to you."
At this time, snowflakes were falling in the sky. Fang Nuo stretched out his hand to catch the snowflakes and said, "Brother Qi, look, it's snowing."
Shen Gongqi tied the scarf around her and buttoned her clothes tightly before saying: "Be careful of catching a cold."
The two waited for a while, and Haiyang and others also came out of the school.
I told them my plans for the evening and they all agreed.
Wang Lijuan and Haiyang were going to pick up their two children from their parents. The second child of Haiyang's family was still a boy.
This shattered Wang Lijuan's desire for a daughter. Fang Nuo had advised her a few days ago that if she wanted a daughter, she should have another one.
Wang Lijuan said: "It's better to say goodbye. I don't want to go to college and breastfeed my child at the same time."
Fang Nuo asked her at that time: "What will be the arrangements for your two children after you go to college?"
Wang Lijuan: "Haiyang and I talked to both parents. My mother-in-law said that she would be living with Haiyang's eldest brother in the future, so she couldn't take care of our children.
I could only go and tell my mother. My mother thought that she would be fine at ordinary times, so she said that we would be given two bags when the time came. It would depend on where we got in the exam, and then we would buy a small courtyard there or rent a small one. She went to the hospital and took her children with us, and we gave her living expenses and will also provide her with old age care in the future.”
Fang Nuo: "That's good. Several of us want to take the exam in Beijing. Where are you and Haiyang going to take the exam?"
Wang Lijuan: "We have to wait until we get the two exams and estimate the scores before we look at it."
Before the exam, they sent the child back to their parents' home for a few days. After the exam, they wanted to take the child back.
They couldn't help but think about the children they had been around since childhood and who they had not seen for a few days.
In the evening, a group of people ate hot pot together at Fang Nuo's house. After eating, everyone checked their answers together, estimated their scores, and waited to go to school to fill out their application in two days.
Aunt Dahua has not returned to the village these days, and is helping Fang Nuo take care of her two children.
Two days later, several people went back to school and filled out their applications. Their first choices were all for Beijing University, but their second and third choices were different.
The Haiyang couple filled out the university form in this city. They thought that they could not go to Beijing, so the couple would study at the university in this city first, and after graduation, they would go to Beijing to find Shen Gongqi and the others.
After Fang Nuo and the others took the college entrance examination, the captain completely stepped down from that position.
Before that, he used his position to do a good thing for this group of candidates, which was to borrow tractors from the commune and send several candidates from their brigade to the county to take the exam.
Otherwise, in this snowy day, everyone would go to town and take a bus by themselves, and they would have to get up very early and catch the bus.
If this were the case, most people would not be able to catch up with the first exam.
Therefore, the captain's actions also moved these candidates and made him remember something good in their hearts. If they can help him in the future, they will also remember this sentiment.
After filling out their application forms, the candidates waited for more than a month, and finally received their respective notification letters.
In the brigade managed by the brigade captain, five people were admitted this year, not including Fang Nuo and the other three.
Among these five people, three are educated youths and two are current high school graduates in the village.
Fang Nuo and the others also received their respective notices, and they were all admitted to their first choice, Beijing University, as they wished.
After receiving the admission notice, the two began to pack what they could take away from home and mail it to Beijing first.
Those that couldn't be taken away were not moved away and were left to the next owner of the courtyard.
The two of them didn't sell the house in the village. After all, this was Shen Gongqi's hometown. They would come back to pay homage to the old man when they had time, so they kept the yard as a place to stay when they came back in the future.
The captain's house was also packing up everything they could take away, and like Fang Nuo and the others, sent it all to the capital.
Since Haiyang and his family haven't bought a house in Beijing yet, they plan to celebrate the New Year at home before joining them in Beijing.
