Time carved for no reason

Chapter 17 Chapter Three (2)
During the period before applying for the voluntary exam, apart from being happy and arrogant, or adding arrogance, there are no other words to describe Xueqian's state of mind.Xueqian passed the college entrance examination, and the weight of his speech is very different from before. He doesn't even reach for his slippers. Wen's mother is happy to be a domestic helper, and Wen's father has confidence in the work unit.Among the children of my colleagues, the academic scores are the highest. Someone asked Wen’s father about his experience in educating children. It’s fine to give up on yourself, and the rest is up to him, haha. I don’t care about him often, let him do it all by himself. Now that the market is oriented, the government can’t control it too tightly. The same is true for children’s education, no You can control too much, and let him adjust it by himself.” Father Wen told half the truth, if Xueqian did not pass the exam, no one would ask Father Wen about his education experience, and Father Wen could only eagerly complain to his colleagues: "That's all, I didn't have any hope. Learning is his own business. I can only play a service role at home. Just like the current government, I have to let go of competitive industries. He can't stand the competition. I There is no way, just let him go.” It turns out that a kind of truth, viewed from different angles, actually has different effects, and human logic is best at avoiding obstacles.

Xueqian gradually came out of the excitement and began to think about the matter of applying for the exam. When he calmed down, he realized that he had a lot of difficulties.The province plans to enroll about 5000 students in the first batch of key enrollments. According to this order, Xueqian can only be ranked in the middle and lower ranks.If the applicants are rational enough, there is almost no chance of Xueqian going to 211 school.

Wen's mother checked the college entrance examination volunteer guidance manual, but also found it difficult.If you apply for a good school, the possibility of admission is very small; if you go to a low-level school in the key points, it is relatively safe, but you are unwilling.Just like the challenges in TV entertainment programs, the contestants have already won the prize money. If they continue to challenge, they may get more, and they may even lose the existing ones.

The family also held several trilateral talks. Wen's father believed that Xueqian's achievement was due to stepping on pet feces. He was lucky. If he is not satisfied, God will be angry. The punishment is not worth the loss; Wen's mother refuted Wen Her father dismissed it as a fallacy, saying that it is rare to pass the exam once, which shows that God favors Xueqian and likes Xueqian, so it is better to take the risk and apply for a good one. She strongly recommends Xueqian to apply for a school in Shanghai.Father Wen laughed and touched his beardless chin symbolically, as if touching his beard meant he got wisdom from the beard. Most of the statues of philosophers in ancient Greece were bearded, while modern philosophers, It's strange that many don't grow beards.Father Wen believes that beards can show wisdom. Maybe beards and hair are connected from the head. If baldness and long beards are both endorsements of wisdom, this is in line with the law of conservation of length.After stroking his chin, Father Wen said, "You don't understand this, do you? Shanghai is too impetuous and materialistic. It's too inappropriate for someone like your son to go. Your son is timid and impatient with competition. It's suitable for traditional Famous schools, there are many schools in Beijing. According to the situation this year, except for a few famous schools that cannot apply for the exam, others can try. However, I still think that the requirements are stable. It is better to apply for the China Youth University for Political Science, which was approved in advance. It should be The leaders of the Central Youth League School must be good when you think about it. The first batch of admissions will apply to schools like Beijing Second Foreign Language School or Beijing Commerce and Trade, and the schools at the root of the imperial city. It’s not bad to think about it..."

Mother Wen hurriedly interrupted Father Wen's proposal: "Schools in the north are going downhill every year, and Peking University's ranking is almost surpassed by Zhejiang University. The schools in the north are too unrealistic and have too much feudalism. They are not as good as the urban schools in the southeast coast. I think it’s better to apply for a school in Shanghai, Shanghai Finance and Economics can give it a try, maybe if you’re lucky, you can get in…”

The two argued for a long time, but no one was willing to give in. Instead, they ignored Xueqian. Xueqian was so disturbed that he thought of He Wenxuan. Ken let go of the opportunity and applied for the same school with her, which became a good story.God's care is not thorough enough, it seems to have been intentionally forgotten, if God remembers and restores this friendship, it will be perfect.

A few days later, the Experimental Middle School held a large-scale application consultation meeting. More than 100 colleges and universities across the country came as scheduled. The consultation sheds were set up on the football field in order, forming an n-shape. The outermost layer was the key colleges and universities. The independent college is surrounded by a thick group of creatures, most of them are beautiful and handsome men and women. They have no depression of failing the college entrance examination. On the contrary, they are definitely less happy than those who were admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University. For them, the college entrance examination means a The end of the dark age, but for those admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, the college entrance examination means the beginning of a happy era.In comparison, those who failed the test are happier. Their happiness is purer and simpler. They do not bear pressure and are not responsible for any period of time. They firmly believe that eliminating pain is the greatest happiness.

The deeper the school is, the better it is, and the number of people is getting less and less. There are not many students at the information desks of Tsinghua University and Peking University, and there are many parents. There is no shortage of seven aunts and eight aunts. One aunt and two uncles also come to join in the fun, just like superficial women The extra ornaments on the body jingle just to attract vanity.Xueqian despises such people from the bottom of his heart. He has fully recognized that he has the capital of evaluation. Although he can't go to Tsinghua University or Peking University, and literary critics can't write great books, they are also ruthless in their criticism of masterpieces. .

The low-level schools with a first-class undergraduate and the upper-class schools with a second-class undergraduate are close to each other, but their momentum is very different. The admissions staff of the first-class undergraduate colleges are all arrogant, and the students who come to consult are all full of shame. joy.The enrollees of the second-class undergraduate upper-class schools were full of disdain and resentment, as if they were fighting in a ring, provoking the first-class undergraduate schools.Most of the students who came to consult sighed.There are often parents who sigh a long time and say: "You say you, why don't you get more points in the test, and if you get two more points in the test, you will be able to get a book. Okay, okay, I won't say anything." I used to say this: "Our school is by no means inferior to the one in the first grade. If you don't believe me, just ask. The country has been urging us to upgrade to the first grade. In order to consider those students who have not performed well in the college entrance examination, we have not been promoted to a higher grade."

I met He Wenxuan during this trip. My ideal self sees He Wenxuan now. With my current status, I should greet him provocatively and affectionately. Unfortunately, in the movie, the western gentleman takes off his hat gracefully, which is absolutely useless now. , but when he really saw He Wenxuan, his heart trembled and twitched.He Wenxuan is consulting at the consultation desk of Chutian University of Technology. Does she want to stay in the province?Stay in Wuhan?I have never had a good impression of Wuhan. The dirty streets and uneven buildings always make people lose their sense of direction.The urban planning is like the product of the artist's passion. It must be looked down from a high altitude to feel like an abstract work.Will she go to school in Wuhan?I'm afraid it's because girls don't want to be too far away from home.I don’t know much about Chutian University of Technology. It seems to be a new engineering college. In recent years, Chinese schools have developed into a comprehensive class. Even engineering colleges have opened majors in literature, history, philosophy, agriculture and medicine.Like a robot wearing an embroidered bellyband, neither fish nor fowl.When Xueqian looked back, He Wenxuan had already left the consultation desk. Xueqian hurried over and secretly took a brief introduction of Chutian University of Technology.

After reading the introduction patiently, Xueqian realized that Chutian University of Technology was established in 1913. It was a school established after the revolution. It was not a new school. In recent years, art disciplines have been launched in various disciplines under the brand of comprehensive school running, and now it ranks 90th in the country.Xueqian thought to himself that there must be too many boys in engineering colleges, lack of girls to adjust, and the school is too masculine, so it opened art majors and recruited more girls. The boy's luck.Chutian University of Technology recruits very few liberal arts majors, nothing more than media, journalism, foreign languages, law, Chinese, philosophy, economics, management, nursing and so on.

Xueqian made up his mind to apply for Chutian University of Technology, while Wen's parents were still arguing about the advantages and disadvantages of Shanghai and Beijing.Xueqian told them both of his thoughts, and Wen's mother was shocked: "Why do you want to go to an engineering school? There is no good liberal arts major in an engineering school, no, no, I disagree." On the opposite side of Wenmu, who took pleasure in criticizing each other, now they are in step with each other and firmly disagree.Xueqian couldn't argue, so he went back to the house.

A few days later, Xueqian finally convinced his parents. Mother Wen specifically asked Lao Ma about the situation of Chutian University of Technology. Lao Ma replied that it was good. Father Wen no longer insisted on Ma's opinion. Instead, he said: "It's okay, I think the teacher recommended it, and it must be right. You can't get into a good school in Beijing. Going to Wuhan is the pride of heaven." But he doesn't advocate it. Xueqian applied for the Chinese Department or the Law Department, and replaced it with the Department of Economics and Management. The two sides argued for a long time, and finally compromised. Xueqian filled in the four volunteers in order-management, economics, journalism, and Chinese. The application for volunteers came to an end. Xueqian persuaded his parents to agree, but felt empty instead.

In the next few days, life was meaningless. Cao Yuan and Wen Bin never approached Xueqian, and Xueqian didn't bother to contact them. He took out his mobile phone several times and called up He Wenxuan's number. In the end, I still didn't press the dial button.Chatting on the Internet, looking at He Wenxuan's dim profile picture, kissing the screen with her mouth several times dreamily, sometimes when He Wenxuan is online, she deliberately changes her status to invisible first, and then changes to online, expecting her to take the initiative to talk to herself, as if If I don't take the initiative to speak, it proves my bravery, as if to say: "Hey, I don't take the initiative to talk to you, although I saw you online." Thinking about it, He Wenxuan might be heartbroken because of her complete indifference, if she If she took the initiative to talk to herself, she must be brave enough to pursue her. However, He Wenxuan seemed to know Xueqian's intentions and never took the initiative.

On the day of handing in the application form, Xueqian hesitated for a while, but still did not change it. Although it was not easy for him to get this score, he seemed careless when applying for the test, as if he felt that the score was not worthy of enjoyment.A gambler who gets a windfall will never cherish the good money.Lao Ma frowned when he saw Xueqian's school, "Is there no other choice? There are five people in our class who applied for the exam. I think the number of applicants in the whole province will not be small. Have you discussed it with your family?" Xueqian I became nervous and asked: "There are five reports in our class? Is there anyone with higher scores than me?" The old horse said: "Three are higher than you, so you should discuss it, and the one of your good friend should also report." In this school, she is lower than you." Xueqian finally felt relieved and became bold, but he couldn't show firmness, so he just said to go out and call his family to ask questions, and Lao Ma also said that Xueqian should talk to his family well. discuss.

Xueqian went out and wandered around, finally made up his mind, took a deep breath, pushed the door into Lao Ma's office, and Lao Ma said in surprise: "It was agreed so quickly, what do you say?" Xueqian's face was stiff, Embarrassedly lied: "My mother said it's okay, just this." Lao Ma felt that he couldn't say anything more, and ignored Xueqian, and said to himself earnestly: "Your mother said so, I It doesn’t matter, it’s not easy for you to take the test, you have to understand the situation yourself, this form can still be changed, I will hand it in tomorrow night, if you want to change, you still have another day.”

Xueqian thanked Lao Ma, pushed the door and went out, struggling with conflicts in his heart, his heart seemed to be compressed, and his breathing became tighter.I always feel that I am a thoughtful person and should be more decisive in dealing with things, but the stakes are too high, like signing a bond with the devil.Then it occurred to me that He Wenxuan also applied for this school, and she had a higher score than her, so even if she dropped out, she would drop out together. Anyway, "Life and death have a good relationship, and you will be happy with Zicheng".

Xueqian met many classmates at school.After the college entrance examination, the face of the students seems to have lost the function of disguising their emotions. If they pass the exam, they will chat and laugh with their families, but if they fail the exam, they will argue with their parents.Originally, students who had better grades than Xueqian, but whose scores in the college entrance examination were lower than Xueqian, because of their face, and the habit of looking down on Xueqian in their consciousness, did not care much about Xueqian; their grades were similar to Xueqian, but they did not Those who perform at a super level all complain about the injustice of God, thinking that Xueqian has taken the elixir and ascended to heaven, and has distanced himself from himself, and doesn't talk to Xueqian much; only the original grades are good, and the test is also good Some students are still willing to perfunctory Xueqian, the tone is like an old man’s insincere praise for young people, always praise Xueqian first and then suppress, first praise Xueqian comfortably, say Xueqian is smart, and then emphasize that Xueqian is good luck, Xueqian doesn’t want to Hearing it again, he thanked Cao Yuan several times against his will and went home. When he passed by the stadium, he saw Cao Yuan playing. Tang Xiaotang was watching the game, holding Cao Yuan's clothes in his hand, with a cute face.Xueqian didn't feel like saying hello, maybe Caoyuan didn't want to see him either, so forget it.

A few days later, in early July, seeing that the filing line came out, relatives also called to ask questions, Xueqian was very anxious, only he knew that the situation was not optimistic, Wen Bin called himself, and went to make a call together. After playing billiards once, Xueqian paid for the billiards and also lost his meal, so he didn't want to go out again.I could only hide at home and chat online. Some classmates mentioned He Wenxuan when they found out that Xueqian had applied for Chutian University of Technology.But I also didn’t forget to bring Meng Zhou along, which disturbed Xueqian so much that he didn’t dare to apply for the school again. When others asked him, he only said that he didn’t do well in the exam, and kept it hidden. Some people knew that Xueqian did well in the exam, and they all called him hypocritical .

On the day when the casting line came out, Xueqian was overly nervous. Instead, he forgot that he should be nervous today. Has already come out, Cao Yuan did not answer for a long time, suddenly replied: "You have something wrong, but don't worry."

Xueqian knew that something was wrong, so he quickly opened the admissions website and found the latest news on the admission line. He saw that the score line of Chutian University of Technology was 554 points, and his legs were weak at that time. He staggered to report the truth to Wen's mother. Putting on slippers, he ran barefoot to the computer, watched the news, and was speechless for a long time, like a general pleading guilty after losing a battle.After a long time, I was still at a loss, so I had to call Father Wen quickly and ask Father Wen to go home to discuss it, as if Father Wen had a bag of tips hidden in him.Xueqian was lying on the bed, shaking his head and sneering from time to time, and Wen's mother was so frightened that she was about to cry.

After a while, Xueqian came to his senses and realized that it was a done deal, no matter how sad he was, it was meaningless.Fantasizing about miracles will only aggravate the distress.As Schopenhauer said, imagination is not judgment, it can only produce hallucinations, and these hallucinations often lead to a useless, even extremely painful mood.Just like heroin, it makes drug addicts hallucinate. After the hallucination ends, there can only be endless emptiness and melancholy. Even the opportunity for hallucination has been used up. There is nothing left except pain, and the fantasy is always jumping Logic connects unrelated things.At this time, Xueqian really thought of He Wenxuan. In his previous ideals, he must be aggressive. Since his score was one point higher, now that he is out of gear, He Wenxuan must look down on him.wrong!He Wenxuan applied for the same school as herself, so she also dropped out, right?Thinking of this, I was actually excited, my cold body was full of blood, knowing the news of He Wenxuan's loss of file, I seemed to have a revenge-like pleasure in my heart, and I strongly denied it in my consciousness, but I still couldn't hold back the excitement in my heart. Know where this excitement comes from and where it goes.Xueqian jumped out of bed and chatted with Caoyuan online.Wen's mother and Wen's father were complaining to each other, and seeing Xueqian got out of bed, they were more puzzled in relief.

Cao Yuan was still waiting for Xueqian, Xueqian asked a few questions first, at this moment he just wanted to know the news about He Wenxuan, although the news of He Wenxuan's failure had been confirmed in his heart thousands of times, but he always asked others to say it, It counts. It seems that in the election, some voters know in advance that they have been elected, but they still have to wait for others to announce it. It is not only the demeanor, but also a complete reply, their own expectations, plus other people's reply, It's like some people often talk to themselves to get satisfaction.

(End of this chapter)