After Gu Caiwei returned to school, she had her final exams immediately, and the Spring Festival came not long after the winter vacation.
On New Year's Eve this year, it is the custom of the Lin family to have the New Year's Eve dinner together, but this time it was the turn of uncle Lin Guofeng's family.
At the table, my cousin Cheng Zihui asked casually, "Xiaojie, are you familiar with the classmate named Gu in your class?"
The "red Porsche" incident happened on New Year's Day last year, and several adults had an impression of it. Unexpectedly, he was still thinking about it, and felt that it was too unfair.
Only Lin Guoqing and Yu Xiujuan looked at each other strangely, but said nothing.
Lin Yi seemed not to understand what he meant: "Unfamiliar, ordinary classmate."
Cheng Zihui wanted to say something more, but his aunt Lin Guofang took the initiative to stop him: "Xiaojie is going to take the college entrance examination next semester, so he can't be distracted by any messy things."
He was a little helpless, feeling that Lin was too angry when he was a primary school student, and several elders were too conservative in their thinking to allow them to engage in those "social habits" at home.
But that’s how society is!
In fact, Lin Yi's mental age is much more mature than he looks. If it were other parents, he wouldn't mind introducing him to his cousin.
Only Gu Changge couldn't do it.
In short, this small trial failed in vain, and Cheng Zihui was very sorry.
After dinner, while Lin Yi was eating alone on the balcony, Lin Guoqing followed him out.
"I didn't ask you later, how was your explanation to Mother Gu last time?"
"No problem, the misunderstanding has been cleared up."
"Then you and that Gu Caiwei are now?"
"We're doing fine."
Lin Guoqing felt relieved and planned to explain: "You don't have to worry about Xiaohui."
Lin Yi had already thought about it: "Don't worry, I know it. If I have a chance in the future, I will ask him for it. It's still early."
"Yes, it's still early."
Lin Guoqing added: "But the college entrance examination is only a few months away. You have to take care of yourself. We can't get involved in studying. If there is anything else missing, you can tell me."
"I don't lack anything."
Lin Guoqing nodded and went in again. Lin Yi knew that he should go to report to Ms. Yu Xiujuan.
When Lin Yi returned to the house, he found that his aunt Lin Guofang was imparting some specious exam preparation experience to Yu Xiujuan.
"This medicine is for the brain. It was recommended by Xiaohui's class teacher when he took the college entrance examination a few years ago. Xiaohui said he was able to study better after taking it."
Lin Yi also asked curiously: "Auntie, how much does this thing cost?"
"Twenty-four thousand for a course of treatment, which lasts for a month. But this price was a few years ago. I'm not sure now. If you want, I can help you ask."
Good guy.
Two middle-aged women who were scrambling for pennies at the vegetable market and had to spare a handful of green onions to buy a few garlics did not hesitate to spend 20,000 to 30,000 yuan on some "brain-enhancing" medicine for their son's college entrance examination.
I pity the hearts of parents in the world.
No wonder cousin Cheng Zihui sat there silently. He must have realized that this is an IQ tax, but how heartbreaking it would be to say that he bought his aunt for nothing?
"Xiaojie, do you want to give it a try? How many people are there who are one point short of the college entrance examination? One more point will be enough to earn back."
Of course Lin Yi would not take these weird health products, but there was no need to expose them: "Auntie, I don't want them anymore. I can still keep up with my energy now."
He thought again, if Ms. Yu Xiujuan was not allowed to do anything, what if she went to research some other products.
"Mom, why don't you buy a big turtle and stew it back? I heard it's good for the brain."
Although Lin Yi feels that turtle supplements are taxing on IQ, they are still a serious ingredient and should be better than those small pills with unknown ingredients and doubtful efficacy.
Yu Xiujuan actually felt that more than 20,000 yuan was too expensive. After hearing Lin Yi's suggestion, she immediately agreed: "Medicinal supplements are not as good as food supplements. I will buy them after the Spring Festival. It is cheaper."
"Buy one first and try it out. If you think it's good, buy a few more."
In the evening, it was still the same, with the adults sitting at a table playing mahjong, and others sitting around the sofa watching the Spring Festival Gala together.
This year's Spring Festival Gala still has several impressive programs, such as the androgynous "The New Drunken Concubine", and another example is "Because of Love", a collaboration between kings and queens.
But the most classic one has to be the inexplicable scandal between a certain piano genius and a certain musical talent. After years of fermentation, not only has it not subsided, but it has gradually become more and more solid.
There is no "Dance of the Golden Snake", only "The Peacock Spreads Its Tail".
There is no "Descendants of the Dragon", only "The Eyes of Love".
In short, in the noisy and festive atmosphere on TV, Lin Yi realized that this was the second year since he came back.
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This winter vacation in the senior year of high school is particularly short.
Not only because I didn’t dare to relax in my studies during the holidays, but also because the Linzhong students had such a tight schedule for the entrance competition that they couldn’t wait until school started.
In early February, two days before the official start of school, Lin'an Middle School, one of the two major examination centers in Zhijiang Province, held the 2012 Aurora University Independent Admissions Examination.
The papers of this company are quite unique. They do not distinguish between liberal arts and science exams. The same paper has a total of 200 questions and each question is worth five points. It is commonly known as the "thousand-point test".
Aurora University's quota of school-recommended places is also very generous, but it is far less popular than City University of Hong Kong.
Of course, it’s not that the school is not high-quality, it’s just that this quota has very little meaning, it only means that you are qualified to take the Thousand Points Examination.
There are even more exaggerated ones. For example, the local giant Zhijiang University gave Linzhong 100 school recommendation qualifications of this nature, which is equivalent to 100 admission tickets.
Linzhong may receive more independent enrollment quotas every year than the total number of students. If you want to take the exam, everyone has a chance to try.
What's more, there are self-recommendations, and schools that generally require a written test don't mind sending an extra paper.
Things are rare and valuable.
Aurora University's truly valuable independent enrollment quota is called the "Wangdao Plan", which skips the written test and goes directly to the interview. However, this plan limits professional-oriented training and is relatively academic.
Although Lin Yi had made up his mind to go to the capital, he couldn't remember this year's college entrance examination questions. In fact, he was very uncertain.
Just wanted to try it out.
There are many people who hold this idea, not to mention that in the examination room of his school, Lin Yi saw a lot of familiar faces from his grade.
For example, his roommate Liu Pengfei was surprised when he saw him: "Are you coming to take the Thousand Points Test too?"
This guy is still very talkative. What he means is that a university at the level of Aurora University is not something Lin Yi can covet with his grades.
"Haha, maybe I, Brother Xiao, am possessed."
There is no need to be polite to your roommates, you can attack them however you want. As expected, Liu Pengfei's face turned dark immediately after being exposed.
They both actually saw their classmate Qian Jiahao, but there was no need to say hello to him.
The 1,000-point exam has a large amount of questions, but it involves many subjects. The number of questions in each course is about the same, so the general strategy is to do the subjects you are good at first.
There is no need to get entangled when you encounter difficult problems, because no matter how difficult or easy it is, it is just five points, just jump over it boldly.
Because they are all multiple-choice questions, you can get some random answers before handing in the paper. Not to mention it’s pretty cool, memorizing formulas while filling out answer sheets.
If there are three long and one short, choose short. If there are three short and one long, choose long. If it is long or short, choose A. If it is uneven, choose C.
When Lin Yi walked out of the examination room, looking at the familiar campus and the senior high school candidates who had come from all over the province, a sense of nervousness arose spontaneously.