Zheng Juan, who has her second child, is obviously even busier. She has three children at home. Fortunately, she has the help of Li Suhua and Zheng Guangming. Otherwise, she would be extremely busy by herself.
Time has entered 1977. This year, Zhou Chen lived a very stable life. Except for one more person in the family, everything was going on in an orderly manner.
A few months ago, Zhou Rong received a letter saying that Feng Huacheng had been released.
The reason why Feng Huacheng was released was also related to national policies.
In this new year, the country is quietly changing, and the changes are very big.
During this period, Hao Dongmei returned to Jichun, came to Zhou's house, visited Li Suhua, and brought gifts to the newborn Zhou Cong.
The reason why Hao Dongmei got the opportunity to come back was because her parents were rehabilitated and resumed their jobs. Now her father is a senior official in the province, basically a top leader, and her mother has also been reinstated.
With these parents as provincial officials, Hao Dongmei's life would naturally be much easier. If she hadn't been with Zhou Bingyi, she would have been transferred back to Jichun.
Seeing Hao Dongmei again, Zhou Chen could clearly feel the changes in her. She was more confident and her temperament had also improved. This was the external change brought about by the change in her mood.
The summer of this year has soon entered. At this time, there have been rumors in the country that the country intends to resume the college entrance examination, possibly within the next year or two at the earliest. This has caused a huge shock to the entire country's education sector.
Many schools have resumed teaching, but many more are still waiting and watching.
Zhou Chen's second son, Zhou Cong, has also been weaned at this time. Zheng Juan is feeding him, while Zhou Rui and Feng Yue are playing next to him.
After Zheng Juan finished feeding and handed Zhou Cong to Guangming, Zhou Chen asked Zheng Juan: "Juan'er, do you want to go to college?"
"University?"
Zheng Juan was stunned when she heard Zhou Chen's words. This word was too far away for her and she had never thought about it.
"Why should I go to college? I am already a mother of two children."
Zhou Chen smiled and rubbed her forehead, and said: "No one stipulates that you can't go to college if you have a child. Just tell me, if you have the opportunity to go to college, would you be willing to go?"
"I have no idea."
Zheng Juan shook her head. She really didn't know because she didn't have this concept.
"Bingkun, isn't it true that you can't take the college entrance exam now? Why do you ask me that?"
Zhou Chen said: "Because the country will soon announce the resumption of the college entrance examination, and many people will be allowed to take the college entrance examination. Although your conditions are not enough, if you think of some ways, it should be able to work."
The college entrance examination was resumed in 1977, and farmers, workers, etc. could all take the college entrance examination. Even those in their thirties could take the college entrance examination.
Zheng Juan graduated from elementary school, so she does not meet the requirements. But it depends on people. As long as she wants to take the exam, Zhou Chen can still find a way.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Juan shook her head and said: "Even if the college entrance examination is resumed, it has nothing to do with me. I don't have the ability to pass it."
Zhou Chen said: "I can help you and teach you to study. There are still a few months left, so I should be able to catch up."
"But I'm really not good at it. I haven't even gone to school for a few years..."
Zheng Juan had no confidence at all, but Zhou Chen didn't give her any room to refuse, and said directly: "How do you know if you haven't tried it? So, starting from tomorrow, you can teach me for a few days and I will see how you are doing.
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Zheng Juan didn't want to learn, but couldn't defeat Zhou Chen, so in the end she could only agree with a grimace.
Zhou Chen was ambitious and confident when he said it, but three days later.
Zhou Chen stood in the yard outside the door, his chest kept rising and falling, his breathing became heavy, and his face was expressionless. It could be seen that he was in a very bad mood at the moment.
Zheng Juan cautiously walked out of the room, took small steps, walked quietly behind Zhou Chen, lowered her head, reached out and gently pulled the corner of Zhou Chen's clothes.
"Bingkun, I'm sorry."
Zhou Chen was still expressionless and silent.
Zheng Juan spoke again aggrievedly: "I'm too stupid. I'm sorry. Don't be angry."
Zhou Chen hummed: "I'm not angry with you, I'm angry with myself. It's because I'm useless and I can't teach you. It's because I'm stupid. It's because I'm stupid."
Thinking of the teaching he had given to Zheng Juan in the past three days, Zhou Chen felt a strong sense of frustration. He had also tutored his own children before, and even he was quite angry.
Teaching Zheng Juan feels like teaching a child, even more difficult.
Because children's learning thinking and thinking are not yet fixed, and Zheng Juan is already twenty-six years old and has already had her own fixed thinking and thinking ability.
Therefore, during the learning process, Zheng Juan often couldn't turn a corner, no matter how Zhou Chen taught her. She learned it in the morning, but might have forgotten it by noon, or more often than not, she couldn't learn it at all.
After three days of teaching, Zhou Chen felt several times more tired than he had been after three days of hard work. His blood pressure had been soaring in the past three days, and he was complaining a lot.
So much so that Zhou Rui and Feng Yue had been hiding in Guangming and Li Suhua's room for the past three days and did not dare to approach Zhou Chen at all.
Li Suhua even scolded Zhou Chen for three days in a row, telling him not to go crazy.
Today is the third day. Zhou Chen can't hold on anymore. He needs to be alone to calm down. He has been standing in the yard for nearly an hour regardless of the hot temperature outside.
"Bingkun, I know I was wrong. I will study hard tomorrow, no, tonight, I will definitely..."
"Okay, okay."
Zhou Chen quickly interrupted: "Juan'er, please spare me. I don't need to learn anymore. I don't need to learn anymore. I have finally recognized the reality. Some things cannot be forced. I accept my fate. You are this, and I accept it."
He gave Zheng Juan a thumbs up.
"You really don't want to learn anymore?"
Zheng Juan suddenly looked surprised, but when she saw Zhou Chen's dark face, she immediately covered her mouth and argued: "Bingkun, please listen to me explain, I didn't mean that, I meant..."
"Stop talking, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to help but beat you up. Come into the room quickly, I want to calm down for a while."
If it were normal times, Zheng Juan would definitely not leave, but now, she turned around and left, fearing that Zhou Chen would regret it and let her continue studying.
Zheng Juan's actions made Zhou Chen sigh heavily: "What a sin."
The feeling of asking for trouble is really uncomfortable. There is nothing he can do about Zheng Juan, a stubborn stone.
In the next few days, Zhou Chen felt really relaxed several times. He could even walk with a bounce. His mood improved and his walking became lighter.
The Zhou family has also restored its former harmony and tranquility. The sequelae is that Zhou Rui and Feng Yue still avoided Zhou Chen in the next few days, and they were even more unwilling to be coaxed by Zhou Chen at night. They even refused to listen to their favorite storytelling session.
Already.
The resumption of the college entrance examination is as scheduled. After the Ministry of Education announced the news of the resumption of the college entrance examination, people all over the country were in jubilation.
Especially the students, many of them set off firecrackers to celebrate.
For many students, being a worker is not what they expected. They all hope to learn to change the future, but being a worker or a farmer is just like that for the rest of their life, and there is no way they can change.
Therefore, for those who are motivated and ambitious, entering the college entrance examination is the most important moment in life.
After ten years of waiting, this moment has finally arrived. How could it not be exciting?
In November, registration for the Jiangliao Provincial College Entrance Examination began, and Zhou Chen naturally signed up as soon as possible.
This year's college entrance examination has different dates across the country. The college entrance examination in Jiangliao Province is in early December.
For many people, this time is very tight, but for Zhou Chen, there is no pressure at all.
Among the friends Zhou Chen knew, not many took the college entrance examination. Sun Qianchao and Xiao Guoqing gave up immediately, and only Lu Chuan and Tang Xiangyang decided to take the college entrance examination.
For this college entrance examination, Lu Chuan and Tang Xiangyang discussed with Zhou Chen frequently. Zhou Chen did not show off. As long as they asked, he understood and would teach them.
In a blink of an eye, it was time for the college entrance examination. Although there were many subjects in the exam, Zhou Chen passed every exam easily.
As he expected, although it was a different time and space, the college entrance examination had just been resumed. The difficulty of the college entrance examination this time was relatively low, mainly for the consideration of the majority of candidates. After all, many people did not have the time or opportunity to study in previous years.
If it were to be difficult from the very beginning, it is estimated that not even one tenth of the tens of millions of college entrance examination students would be admitted.
Many people from Jiangliao Publishing House also took the college entrance examination, so Zhou Chen's participation in the college entrance examination was not too sudden or too noticeable.
Shao Jingwen was very concerned about Zhou Chen taking the college entrance examination.
"Bingkun, are you sure about the college entrance examination this time?"
Facing Shao Jingwen, Zhou Chen did not hide anything and said truthfully: "Yes."
Shao Jingwen was happy and melancholy at the same time: "After you are admitted to university, you will leave the publishing house, right?"
Zhou Chen nodded: "Well, Teacher Shao, if I get admitted to university, the publishing house won't hold me back, right?"
Shao Jingwen immediately said angrily: "Who dares? If anyone dares to get in your way, I can't spare him."
He has long regarded Zhou Chen as his old friend. He must be thinking about this kind of thing from Zhou Chen's side. Although the job in the publishing house is good, if Zhou Chen can get into a good university, he can find a better job in the future.
Moreover, he is also aware of Zhou Chen's talent. Being a content editor in a publishing house is really too humiliating. He also wants Zhou Chen to have a broader future.
"Teacher Shao, thank you."
To be continued...