Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

The wind and sand this spring seem to be gentler. Summer has arrived before I even feel the yellow sand blowing on my face.

As summer arrived, the atmosphere on campus became tense, and Cao Shuiyun and the other two were no longer distracted.

Li Xiang was right. No matter what ideas you have, they all have to give way to the college entrance examination. You have spent such a huge price and this is the final step. At this moment, even if the king of heaven comes, he has to give way to the college entrance examination.

In this tense state, the college entrance examination arrived as scheduled.

Before entering the examination room, Lin Baoyan was very calm.

Although this is the first time I’ve taken the college entrance exam in two lives, my three years of hard work are not fake, and my day and night reviewing are real, so there’s no need to worry too much.

Do the questions carefully, check them, and hand in the paper when the time comes.

After repeating it several times, the college entrance examination was over.

After leaving the examination room, Lin Baoyan was still a little confused. Is this the end? Did I really take the college entrance examination? From now on, I am also a college student? After graduation, I can be a dignified successor of socialism, instead of a lousy worker with nothing but a junior high school graduate?

"Li Xiang! Li Xiang! We've finished the exam!"

In the distance, Cao Shuiyun, who had just walked out of the examination room, ran towards her shouting happily.

"Ah! Ah! Ah! We finally finished the exam!"

Tao Xiaomei also ran over screaming.

The three of them were not in the same examination room. Now that the exams are over, the person they both want to see the most is Li Xiang.

Lin Baoyan came back to her senses and greeted the two with a smile: "Okay, okay, the exams are all over."

The three of them had already agreed that they would not check the answers after finishing the individual subjects and would wait until all the exams were finished.

After gathering together, the three people began to compare answers.

After finishing, everyone laughed.

Cao Shuiyun was full of enthusiasm: "My results are completely beyond my usual level. I can apply to my dream school."

Tao Xiaomei couldn't hide her happiness: "Me too, if my score is correct it will be good enough."

Lin Baoyan couldn't help but grin, "That's right, our three years of hard work have not been in vain, we can all go to college!"

The students who passed by heard their conversation, but they didn't say anything to ask why they were so arrogant. They just stared at the three of them and asked, "When did you three become so close? Didn't they say that Li Xiang usually ignored everyone?"

Cao Shuiyun retorted: "Who are you? Li Xiangxiang needs your approval before he can make friends with anyone, right?"

Tao Xiaomei also said: "Are you polite? You just casually put a hat on Li Xiang. When did Li Xiang ignore everyone? She is obviously a very nice person."

The classmate was not convinced: "Why does she usually ignore me? She didn't even go out when I invited her last month."

Inviting students to hang out before the college entrance exam? What the hell!

Cao Shuiyun was furious: "Who are you? You are so shameless and you want to invite her out to play. Why don't you look in the mirror and see if you are good at studying? Can you get into college?"

Tao Xiaomei also scolded: "You can't get into college, so you want to drag others down with you, right? How can you be so evil?"

The classmate was speechless: "No, I just wanted to make friends with Li Xiang because I'm about to graduate. I didn't mean to drag her down with me. Li Xiang, believe me, I really don't have any bad intentions. I just want to make friends with you."

Lin Baoyan didn't even remember who this person was, and she didn't bother to be polite at this point. She glanced at her classmates and said to Cao Shuiyun and the others, "Alright, stop wasting your breath. I'm leaving now. You guys should go do whatever you need to do."

Watching Lin Baoyan leave, the classmate collapsed and shouted at Cao Shuiyun and the other person, "It's like this again, it's like this again, she just ignores us like this, I just want to make friends with her, am I wrong?"

Cao Shuiyun rolled her eyes. "If you don't want to take the college entrance exam, we still want to. At this time, whoever dares to ask us out to play is our enemy. Li Xiang is kind-hearted for ignoring you. If it were me," she raised her fist, "I would definitely give you a good beating!"

Tao Xiaomei pulled her away and said, "Don't waste your time talking to this kind of person. He can't pass the exam, so he wants to hold his female classmates back. Who knows what he is up to? Let's pack up and go home to make our parents happy."

Lin Baoyan packed her things and returned to the courtyard.

Along the way, many people, both known and unknown to her, greeted her enthusiastically and asked her how she did on the exam and whether she was confident she could pass.

Granny Liu, who lived nearby, came up to Lin Baoyan enthusiastically, took Lin Baoyan's hand and said, "Hey, Li Xiang, now that you've finished your exams, you can just wait to go to college."

Without waiting for Li Xiang to reply, she said, "I've watched you grow up, and I've long said that you'll have a great future. Sure enough, I was right. You're going to college now."

Lin Baoyan said politely: "Grandma, the results haven't come out yet, I don't know anything now."

Granny Liu interrupted her and said, "I know, I know. Do you want to be modest? Your teacher has said that you have always had good grades and will definitely go to college. By the way, you are already 18 years old. Isn't it time to meet someone? Granny has a nephew who just turned 20 this year. He works in a department store. He looks energetic and he is the only son in the family. How about we make an appointment to meet? Don't worry, you are good-looking and my nephew will definitely like you. Then, you can get engaged first and then get married after you graduate."

Lin Baoyan was confused by what she heard. Before she even opened her mouth, her future had already been arranged by someone?

Li Xia from the next door quickly came up to interrupt: "Grandma Liu, Li Xiang just finished the exam and is exhausted. Let her go home and rest first. As for other things, we can talk about it later."

Granny Liu didn't let go: "The exams are over, why are you still tired? Let's talk about Li Xiang's marriage to my nephew first. If we're going to get engaged, how about the eighth day of next month? Your cousin is the only one in your family, so you don't need to bring any more dowry. How about this yard being your new home?"

The more Lin Baoyan listened, the angrier she became. She waved her arm hard and waved away Granny Liu's hand.

She glared at Granny Liu and said, "I see that you are an old lady, and I respect you and call you Granny. You should have some shame, okay? We haven't even exchanged a few words. If someone hadn't called you, I wouldn't even know your name. And yet you come up to me and start talking to yourself. You start planning my life right away, and you even want to meet me and get engaged. How dare you be so shameless?"

Granny Liu immediately slapped her thigh and cried, "Oh my God, you look down on others before you even get into college. My nephew works for a department store, he's very smart and he's an only child. You, an orphan, don't even look down on him. Do you think you're great just because you can go to college? College students look down on others~"

Someone nearby who knew what kind of person Granny Liu was immediately mocked her: "You also said that Li Xiang will be a college student in the future. Your nephew is indeed not worthy of Li Xiang."

Lin Baoyan suppressed her anger and emphasized again: "I don't know who you are at all, and I never said I wanted to meet someone. I still have to go to college, and dating will only waste my time. That's it, neighbors, I've made fun of you. Goodbye, everyone."

After saying that, he turned around and left.

As I walked, I was thinking, how does this old lady Liu know so much and even set her sights on me?