Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

Xu Huizhen discussed with He Yuzhu and decided that it was time for the children to prepare for the college entrance examination.

With my foresight, I let the children start early. Even if I am a tortoise, I think I can outrun the rabbit.

On this day, Xu Huizhen gathered the four children in the family, except for the youngest, He Shuyao, who was still a little kid. It was useless to start early.

Xu Huizhen said very seriously: "Children, I have received news that the college entrance examination will be resumed this winter. This news has not been officially announced yet, so you must not tell anyone, understand?"

Xu Jingli and the others nodded to show that they understood. Xu Huizhen continued, "Do you four want to go to college? If you want to go to college, you should start reviewing your lessons from tomorrow."

Xu Jingli was the first to express her opinion: "Mom, I will definitely go to college."

Xu Jingping and He Shuyan then said they would also take the college entrance examination. Only He Jiankun was like a goose, without any reaction. He Yuzhu couldn't stand it anymore, so he kicked him under the table.

He finally reacted and said, "Dad, it's no use kicking me. I've never been as good as my sister in academics since I was a child. I probably wouldn't pass the exam even if I wanted to."

Xu Huizhen said, "That's not necessarily true. I prepared review materials for you in advance, and you knew about the college entrance examination in advance. In addition, no one has paid attention to studying in recent years, so I guess the test questions won't be too difficult. Jiankun, you might as well give it a try."

He Yuzhu also encouraged him, "Don't you want to join the army? You can pass the college entrance examination and go to a military academy. After graduation, you will be an officer. How great! Besides, if your sisters and brothers and sisters all get into college, wouldn't you be envious?"

He Jiankun: "Then I'll give it a try. Don't be disappointed if I fail."

He Yuzhu said, "As long as you work hard, the result is not important. Make a review plan later and ask Sister Jingli if you have any questions."

Xu Huizhen went into the room and took out the "Self-study Series of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry" that she had collected in advance. This set of books was published in 1960. It is said that the college entrance examination questions in 1977 were based on this set of books, so this set of books was later called the magical book for the college entrance examination.

Xu Huizhen prepared two sets and gave them to the children as reference books.

She said, "I'm not worried about Jingli, she will definitely pass. Jingping and Shuyan are graduating from high school this year, and they haven't put down their textbook knowledge yet, so I guess they will pass. The one who is least sure is Jiankun. Jiankun, you don't have to go back to Fangshan. I will handle the procedures for you to return to the city, and you can just review your lessons at home. I will ask Aunt Han to make delicious food for you and supplement your nutrition. Your father and I will provide you with logistical services. In the days to come, our family's main task is to prepare for the college entrance examination."

After sending all the children away, Xu Huizhen said to He Yuzhu, "I plan to tell Yingzi that his eldest son, Xu Pengcheng, is only a few months younger than Jingping. Let him take the exam as well. This opportunity will never come again."

He Yuzhu: "In that case, I have to tell my second uncle that both the eldest and second sons in his family can take the college entrance examination."

Xu Huizhen: "Okay, but we can't control others so much. Please tell them to keep their mouths shut and don't let the news leak out."

In recent years, Hu Yingzi has been following Xu Huizhen's lead and believed in Xu Huizhen's words without a doubt. So, in the following days, Xu Pengcheng basically stayed at the He family every day, studying with his brothers and sisters, and also using some reference books.

Cai Quanwu's two daughters also came to ask Xu Jingli for help when they had questions. Several people spontaneously formed a study group to help each other and discuss problems. Everyone was very enthusiastic and hoped that they would have the opportunity to enter university.

In Xu Huizhen's memory, after the resumption of the college entrance examination, the individual private economy began to recover. However, at the beginning, only small-scale operations were allowed.

He Yuzhu plans to open the restaurant next year after the policy becomes clear. He Daqing is retired now, so he will be in charge of the kitchen and pick a few trustworthy chefs from among his apprentices.

The address is in a house by the North Sea. Now only Feng Dashuan lives in that house. He moved out after the MCA unit was allocated a house.

Don't plan to do it on a large scale at the beginning, the protruding rafters will rot first. Take it step by step.

On October 1977, 10, China National Radio and other media outlets published the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination as headlines. This exciting news quickly spread across the country.

11月6日，北京发布了《一九七七年高等学校招生简章》，公布当年高考时间为12月10号至12月12号。

In other words, everyone only has a little more than a month to prepare. However, due to the lack of attention paid to education over the years, many people's books are nowhere to be found, and there are no reference books, so they have no idea where to start reviewing.

Everyone knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change their destiny, but they didn't know what to do, especially the educated youth who went to the countryside. Few of them brought books with them, so they could only try their best to collect information everywhere and cram at the last minute.

The seven-member team of the He family had been reviewing for more than half a year. When they heard the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination, several of them became excited and chattered about it.

Xu Pengcheng said: "Aunt is really the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, she is very good at predicting and calculating. Isn't this what Aunt said right?"

He Jiankun also said: "If I can get into university, the first person I want to thank is my mother!"

Xu Jingli kicked him and said, "If you still can't pass the exam, then you can just find a piece of tofu and kill yourself."

Xu Huizhen thought of Chen Xueru's son Hou Kui. The original plot said that this boy was very smart, and to exaggerate a little, he had a photographic memory.

Xu Huizhen was quite satisfied with her future son-in-law. Now that the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination had been made public, she wanted to help Hou Kui and get him into a good school.

So she found Chen Xueru and asked, "Xueru, is your son Hou Kui also taking the college entrance examination?"

Chen Xueru said proudly, "That's right. I'm not exaggerating. With my son's IQ, he's almost certain to get into college."

Xu Huizhen said, "I know my son is very good. I am here to add icing on the cake. I have two sets of reference books at home, which are quite good. The children can take turns to read them. When you are free, you can ask Hou Kui to come to my house to see if he can use them. By the way, we can exchange learning experiences and learn from each other."

Chen Xueru said: "Then thank you Huizhen first."

In this way, the seven-person study group became eight people with the addition of Hou Kui.

Therefore, Hou Kui got to know Xu Jingli in advance, which really fulfilled the saying: The man comes riding on a bamboo horse, and plays with green plums around the bed.