Xu Haiyuan came back from participating in the competition. The next day, Monday, he had normal classes.
When the national flag was raised in the morning, the principal also specially praised the students who went to participate in the competition.
He also gave out prizes to the children as encouragement, which made many students envious.
Students in the sixth grade have an entrance exam, which is what everyone calls junior high school.
In these days, there was no such thing as nine-year compulsory education. The exam for primary school to junior high school was also very important. If you failed the exam, you had no choice but to go home and farm.
This year's primary school entrance examination is scheduled for June 24th, which happens to be a Saturday.
Reviewing has started since the winter vacation, and teachers and students are all nervous.
At this point, there is no need to put any more pressure on the children.
So we chose a sunny day, and the teacher led the children to take graduation photos.
First, there is a group photo of the class, with the school leader in the middle and the head teacher sitting next to the leader.
The children squatted in one row in front, the class leader sat next to the teacher, and stood two rows behind.
The school's art teacher held a camera and shouted one, two, three, leaving an unforgettable moment for the children.
After the group photo was taken, the school leaders withdrew and the head teacher led the class cadres to take the group photo.
Students who have a good relationship with each other will also take photos together in twos and threes.
At this time, the differences between students are reflected.
My family is in good condition and I don’t care at all. I took many photos with teachers and classmates.
Those in poor condition did not dare to take any more photos except for a group photo, for fear that their parents would be unhappy and not give them money when they returned home.
Like Xu Haiyuan, who is good at studying and popular, teachers, classmates, and many others come to take photos with him.
I did nothing else this afternoon except take pictures.
On Saturday, other grades in primary school have a holiday, and there are only sixth grade students in the entire school.
All candidates are separated into separate examination rooms and sit at single tables, and the school arranges for teachers from other grades to invigilate the examination.
Fortunately, nowadays, there are no small subjects for primary school to junior high school, only mathematics and Chinese, one subject in the morning and one in the afternoon, which is very easy.
After the exam in the afternoon, the teacher called all the children back to class to discuss the graduation party.
The teacher asked the class monitor in advance to collect the remaining class fees, collect a little more from each student, and buy melon seeds, candies and the like.
The class saved a lot of colored paper, and let the girls with dexterity cut out latte art or paper strips to decorate the classroom.
Everyone worked hard all afternoon and arranged the classrooms, and went back to school for a party on Sunday.
This season is the perfect time for ground fruits, that is, strawberries. The teacher specially ordered a few baskets of ground fruits, plus melon seeds, candies, etc. from the people in the orchard.
Xu Haiyuan’s class also has soda specially sponsored by Guo Shouye.
The children ate, drank, sang and danced in school until noon.
A child of this age does not understand what distinction is.
Besides, they are all in Donggang, not far away. You can see them anytime you want.
So no one felt any discomfort, on the contrary, everyone was very happy.
Because I don’t have any homework this summer, I can play whatever I want, and my parents won’t scold me.
After the noon party is over, everyone starts cleaning the classroom together and arranges the tables and chairs neatly.
Then one by one, like wild horses that had escaped the reins, they rushed out of the school screaming.
"Monitor, what are your plans for the holiday? Let's go and play with you another day.
I know a place with a pretty big pool where we can catch fish, touch the fish, and swim."
Several boys came up to Xu Haiyuan and invited him to play together.
"I have to study with my master. My dad said he would take us back to our hometown in a few days. I don't seem to have time to play with you." Xu Haiyuan shook his head.
"It's better not to go to any other places, it's too dangerous.
My dad said that every summer, children get into trouble in those pools and rivers."
Xu Haiyuan always remembered that he was severely beaten by his father because of this.
In the past few summer vacations, he, Huang Shuqing, Sun Yu and others have not gone to Dapaozi again.
There are so many fun places, there is no need to take risks. If something happens, your life will be lost.
"Tch, it's not as serious as you said. I go swimming every summer.
Forget it, if you don’t go and pull him down, we will do it.”
When the children heard this, they were quite disapproving.
So I stopped talking to Xu Haiyuan and several people got together to discuss what they would bring to catch fish.
Xu Haiyuan shook his head, said nothing more, and walked quickly home.
"Master, grandma, we have a holiday. We just need to go to school in two days to hear the results. Then on August 20th, we will go to the junior high school to divide classes and report."
Xu Haiyuan entered the house and first spoke to his grandparents.
"Oh, okay, okay, I can relax a little bit after the holiday. Let's take a few days off and stop reading.
After your eldest sister and the others have finished their final exams in a few days, we will go back to our hometown together.
I also want to show you where grandpa lived when he was a child."
When Xu Chenghou heard this, he smiled and nodded. He didn't ask his grandson how the exam went.
How about his eldest grandson? He must have the best grades.
Xu Haiyuan responded and went to the clinic to study with Chu Xuanhuai.
Two days later, the children returned to school to listen to their results. As expected, Xu Haiyuan's results were still far ahead.
Not only is he first in the grade, he is also first in the entire school district.
But his class teacher was so happy that he had to give him a notebook.
The teacher also wrote a message on it, hoping that Xu Haiyuan would guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and would continue to work hard and strive for greater progress.
Xu Haiyuan has finished his primary school entrance examination, and Xu Haibo's high school entrance examination has also ended.
Ten days later, Xu Jinping, Xu Jinfeng, Xu Haitao and others also finished their final exams.
Xu Jinfeng is a sophomore in high school in the fall. They will not have classes during the summer vacation, let alone other children. I have never heard of elementary and junior high schools having classes during the summer vacation.
Children of this age are actually quite happy. They don’t have to go to cram schools here and there during holidays.
Except for the little holiday homework left by the teacher, there is nothing much to do. I just eat and play all day long.
The children are all on vacation, and the Xu family brothers have also taken vacations.
So on July 15th, Xu Shiyan drove the car that was awarded to him by the province and picked up Xu Chenghou and his wife.
Su Anying drove the one she bought, with her four children sitting on it.
Xu Shian drove Xu Shiyan's old jeep, with his wife and son sitting on it. The three cars set off together and headed straight to the county seat.
Xu Chenghou originally said that he wanted to take Chu Xuanhuai out for a walk to relax, but Chu Xuanhuai was unwilling to move.
He is getting older and is most afraid of going out, so it is better to stay at home.
I had no choice but to ask Su Anfen and sisters Su Anzhen to take care of me, wash clothes, cook and so on.
Xu Shixian and Xu Shixiang can also drive, and they sometimes use the company's car, so they negotiated with their leaders to borrow it at their own expense.
These two people are very happy in the workplace now. How can the leader be so rigid? It’s just a trivial matter, so he just nodded his head.
Xu Shide took his wife and children to the county in advance by bus. When Xu Shiyan and the others arrived, the four of them were divided into several cars, which were just big enough to drive.
In this way, a family of more than 20 people and five cars set off from the county town, followed Jingyu, rushed to the Hun River, and then headed to Tonghua.