The Wanglou Brigade is full of talent and is developing well. In recent years, it has almost beco the weathervane of the whole commune.
People from their brigade said that the country might resu the college entrance exam, and the Wanglou Brigade has already started to organize and review lessons, working part-ti and studying. So educated youth from other brigades believe this and have begun writing ho to request textbooks and review materials. Others are skeptical and respond with mockery, waiting to see the Wanglou Brigade make a fool of itself.
The college entrance exam has been suspended for a full decade. Even though the Gang of Four has been crushed, life hasn’t completely returned to normal. Over the years, the workers, peasants, and soldiers’ universities depended entirely on recomndations for admissions. Only those with the right background were selected. Is it worthwhile to ticulously review lessons and prepare for the college entrance exam?
To move from junior high to high school, grades are needed aside from background, let alone university. Those with unacceptable backgrounds definitely have no chance.
Therefore, the outside world doesn’t view the Wanglou Brigade’s years of emphasis on learning, especially the recent opening of review classes, with optimism. They think it would be more worthwhile to spend the effort doing more work to earn more work points and avoid hunger next year.
Feng Qingxue doesn’t care about the outsiders’ skepticism. Those willing to believe see it as seizing an opportunity to increase their chances of passing the exam. Those unwilling to believe have missed the opportunity, and that’s their own choice.
The people of the Wanglou Brigade care even less. For twenty or thirty years, following the brigade leader’s advice was the right choice. Anyway, Wang Zhenguo and Feng Qingxue wouldn’t mislead them. The Lu family’s child, Lu Tianzhi, and Guan Yu’s couple are all in the review class. Although they don’t attend often due to their good grades, it represents the Lu family’s level of concern.
Thus, the mbers of the Wanglou Brigade go to work, collect firewood, or attend school as they should, and dig out their high school textbooks.
Most of the educated youth directly asked their families to buy college entrance exam review materials and send them over, studying under the light, full of energy.
They desire to return to the city more than anyone. Instead of waiting endlessly for the Wanglou Brigade’s chance to return to the city, it’s better to trust Feng Qingxue and rely on their own efforts and studies to pass the exam!
Although they haven’t returned to the city, they have had the opportunity to visit family and are well aware of so returning educated youth being rejected by their families.
Because of the early preparation and ample ti, and because more than 150 of the over 200 people have only a junior high education, much knowledge has been forgotten, but the desire to learn is very strong. Several old professors in charge of the review class cherish talent, and after discussing, they started teaching from the basics after two days. It’s just that there aren’t enough textbooks, often with three to five people using one set or copying from each other. Fortunately, adults have a far better understanding ability than during their youth, so progress is fast. They believe that when the college entrance exam announcent cos, they will fully grasp the content of junior and senior high school textbooks.
Without experiencing this era, it’s hard to understand the students’ thirst for knowledge and the importance of knowledge in their lives. It fully attests to the saying "knowledge changes destiny."
Wang Zhenguo and Lu’s father discussed solutions to the divorce incidents that occur when educated youth return to the city, while Feng Qingxue found an excuse to go to Shanghai.
The ready excuse was the lack of learning materials in the review class, but the Xinhua Bookstore in Shanghai had them. She wanted to make a trip. The number of materials she could take out wasn’t much, after all, she could only carry so many books in her suitcase. There was a pile in her space, but they weren’t suitable to take out. It would be better to buy a batch from Shanghai or find so at a recycling station to bring back. Then, not only could the Wanglou Brigade’s review class use them, but it would also be convenient for other schools to borrow and copy, always hoping more talent could erge from their hotown.
When her children heard she was going to Shanghai, they imdiately beca interested and clamored to go along.
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