Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 90 The college entrance examination is coming

Nanluoguxiang Siheyuan

The dinner was simple, a few steamed corn bread, a few steamed buns made of two grams of flour, a plate of pickles, a plate of cabbage, and cornmeal porridge.

The family of four enjoyed the meal very much. The four little ones were licking their cornmeal porridge. Yan Bugui mixed some small fish into the porridge.

Yan Bugui asked Yan Jiekuang: "How is your Russian?"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "It's OK, just average, not that great."

"I heard that your exam has been postponed. Have you decided on your major?" Yan Bugui asked again.

Yan Jiekuang ate a steamed bread and stopped eating, saying, "I've thought about it. I'm still a little young at this age. I plan to apply for the Chinese Department or the History Department."

Yan Bugui thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I don't really care about your business. If you don't pass the exam, we can think of other ways."

"Bah, bah, bah, can't you say something nice?" Yang Ruiping shouted at Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui suddenly became dispirited and stopped talking.

"Is there another change in the backyard?" Yan Jiekuang asked, changing the subject.

Yang Ruiping said, "Nothing has changed, except that Zhang Erzhu's family has a new daughter. Jia Zhang is now at home taking care of Qin Huairu, so I don't come here anymore."

Yan Jiekuang said, "This courtyard can only prosper if we have more children. Please urge Big Brother when you have time."

Yan Jiekuang betrayed his eldest brother at the right time. When Yan Bugui heard this, he became excited and said, "It's time to have another child. Qingqing is old enough."

He turned around and asked Yan Jiekuang: "Are you here just to relax?"

"What do you think? I'm just bored from reading. By the way, I still want to hear my family's opinions on my major." Yan Jiekuang said.

Yan Bugui said: "You are undecided. In addition to Chinese and history, do you have any new ideas?"

"How about my studying medicine?" Yan Jiekuang asked.

Yan Bugui stopped talking. Yang Ruiping didn't understand, but he was annoyed by his wife's attitude, so he urged her, "Speak."

"God will strike you if you persuade others to study medicine," Yan Jiedi suddenly blurted out.

Yan Bugui burst out laughing and said, "Look at my daughter and she will know. Studying medicine is too hard and too difficult."

"I just don't want to pursue a career in politics. I want to focus on academic subjects, such as Chinese and history. I guess the only other path I can take is to become a teacher," said Yan Jiekuang.

Yan Bugui said: "Actually, the teacher is pretty good. He teaches and educates people, and his students are all over the world."

Yan Jiekuang looked at Yan Bugui and said, "Let me think about it again. I am still inclined towards history now."

After a few people chatted for a while, Yan Jiekuang took the three children away. As soon as they arrived at the gate of the compound, they saw Zhou Nianping and Sun Xiaolong walking side by side.

"Is there any new situation?" Yan Jiekuang joked.

Sun Xiaolong was thick-skinned and said, "What's new? It's the same old situation. His mother said we'll talk about it after the assignment."

Yan Jiekuang said, "I guess you only work at the steel mill, and Sister Ping will probably go to my eldest brother's place."

Zhou Nianping said: "It's about the same. I heard that the steel mill will be expanded next year."

Sun Xiaolong said, "It's settled. We're going to expand it. By the way, how's your review going?"

"It's okay. I'll be executed next month. I have to do it even if I can't." Yan Jiekuang said jokingly.

The three of them laughed, and Yan Jiekuang said, "I'm going back now. You guys go in and tell Guangfu when he writes."

"Okay." The three of them parted ways, and Yan Jiekuang ran towards Yuer Hutong.

Yuer Hutong
After Yan Jiekuang came back, he prepared a meal for the three little ones. The big cat showed up at the most appropriate time, so Yan Jiekuang had no choice but to cook another meal for the big cat.

Back in the study room at the backyard, looking at a pile of chemistry and physics books, Yan Jiekuang decided to study history.

I made myself a cup of Longjing tea. The three little ones were probably still under the guidance of their mother and did not show up.

Looking back on his previous learning journey, he could never get around his first harvest, which was Prince Fu's palace collection. It made him start a lot of learning, from Chinese studies to history, to classics, history, and collections, and finally to essays and books of rites, without getting around history.

He already had a lot of collections, but some of them still had unknown origins, and most of the ones he did know were from the Ming and Qing dynasties. He wanted to explore the long river of history. Yan Jiekuang finally solved the last bit of doubt in his heart, and he felt much more relaxed.

Looking at the review materials again is another state, which is called giving it your all.

The weather in July is getting hot.

Yan Jiekuang moved the battlefield to the yard. He could no longer stay in the house. Yesterday, the teacher came to inform him of the arrangements for the college entrance examination.

Yan Jiekuang is going to fill in his application form tomorrow. Actually, he is not reviewing yet. He is just checking for gaps and filling them in, looking at his weak points in geography and Russian.

The college entrance examination is scheduled for the 15th to the 17th, with a total of six subjects: Chinese, mathematics, Russian, politics, history and geography.

When Principal Chen saw the physics and chemistry books in his home, he still asked him what he wanted to apply for.
Yan Jiekuang joked that he had been struggling for half a year, worrying about gains and losses, so he had been reviewing all subjects.

Principal Chen said, "You are just looking for trouble for nothing. You have nothing to do. I told you that you always say that you can't review your lessons."

"You're just bored!" This is what Principal Chen said to him.

July 15th ~ July 17th

Yan Bugui and Yang Ruiping arrived at Yuer Hutong early in the morning.

Yan Jiedi also wanted to come, but was scolded by Yang Ruiping and cried.

Yan Bugui's task was to check stationery, admission tickets and the like.

Yang Ruiping only did one thing, which was to make a bowl of Zhuangyuan noodles. Yang Ruiping stood beside Yan Jiekuang and watched him eat.

Yan Jiekuang was very confused. He had never heard of the custom of eating Zhuangyuan noodles in his family. If there was a custom, it would be that the eldest and second sons ate it during their exams. He looked at Yan Bugui with confusion. Yan Bugui saw what the third son was thinking and gave him the answer he wanted, "Jia Zhang".

Yan Jiekuang thought to himself, "I'm so stupid. Only the Jia Zhang family in the Siheyuan could do such a thing."

At eight o'clock in the morning, Yan Jiekuang stepped into the examination room. Each person had a desk. The windows of the classroom were open, and it was a bit stuffy.

In this way, Yan Jiekuang started his first college entrance examination.

The three days passed quickly and there were many interesting things happening in the examination room. For example, several people suffered from heatstroke, some handed in their papers early due to the heat, some cried at the school gate, and some refused to hand in their papers.

Yan Jiekuang was not affected. Even when he was taking the math test, he answered all the last four questions because he had answered them incorrectly at the beginning. The last two questions were for liberal arts, and the first two were for science. He wrote down the questions with great enthusiasm and answered the first two questions directly. Then he stopped and looked, and realized that they were not the ones he should answer, so he answered the last two questions.

After the three-day exam, I walked out of the exam room with ease. Under a big tree at the school gate, there was an old bicycle with a man squatting next to it, smoking.

Yan Jiekuang felt like crying. That was Yan Bugui. It was such a hot day and he hadn't gone home since morning. He had been waiting for him there.

I quickly ran over, and Yan Bugui stood up. The first thing he said was, "Let's go home. Dad will make you something delicious to replenish your body."

Yan Bugui was riding a second-hand 28-inch bicycle, with Yan Jiekuang sitting behind him. As the sun set, the long shadows of the father and son were cast behind the bicycle.

When I returned to Nanluoguxiang, everyone in my family was there. They immediately surrounded me and asked me questions.

Yan Jiekuang also patiently told interesting stories about the examination room, making everyone laugh.

Yan Bugui actually made a noodle dish for Yan Jiekuang called soup fish. His father introduced it and said that he almost forgot about this noodle dish from his hometown.

While eating, Yan Jiekuang turned around and said, "Comrade Yan Bugui, the topic of the college entrance examination Russian composition is called "My Teacher". Guess who I wrote about?"

Yan Bugui was stunned at first, then his face was full of smiles, and he asked, "Can I get the test paper back after I finish the test?"

Yan Jiekuang said: "You should be able to see it, but it's unlikely to be able to get it back. It's okay, I'll write it again for you."

Yan Bugui was not happy and said, "I want to read the one with comments."

Yan Jiekuang was speechless and said perfunctorily, "We'll see when the time comes. If not, take a photo."

"By the way, where did you volunteer? It's not out of town, right?" Yan Bugui suddenly asked.

When Yang Ruiping heard this, he also looked at Yan Jiekuang nervously.

"Don't worry, I only filled in five, all from the old city." Yan Jiekuang finished drinking the noodle soup and burped.

The college entrance examination is over and Jie Kuang returns.

(End of this chapter)