Transmigration: On the Gossip Front
Chapter 351 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 51_1

Chapter 351: Chapter 351 Unlucky Female Educated Youth 51_1

Huang Lei knew that in any era, there were always perceptive and intelligent people.

"Whether or not the university entrance exam is reinstated, it’s good to prepare," Huang Lei whispered.

Zhang Xia immediately understood; if even Huang Lei and her group were so sure, it meant one thing—that the restoration of the university entrance exam was really just around the corner.

Even without having received any definitive news, Zhang Xia was on the verge of tears, "I’m so happy, to be able to have the university entrance exam return."

Then came various worries, "We, we’ve been graduates for so long now, we don’t know, we don’t know..."

To have long awaited good news only to find it had nothing to do with them would indeed be heartbreakingly disappointing.

"I think, the authorities shouldn’t fail to consider those of us who are older educated youths."

"We have the older educated youths who have already spent many years, and there are new educated youths behind us."

"But there’s a problem, there will certainly be a lot of applicants, but the number of admission spots..."

Though he had forgotten the exact numbers of applicants and admissions, he knew it was a brutally competitive ratio.

Later generations liked to use the so-called metaphor of ’thousands of troops crossing a single-log bridge’ to describe the university entrance exam, unaware that the one and only winter session was even more fierce.

Everyone took the field for the opportunity to change their fate, after the years away from the academy, having almost forgotten the knowledge, with no textbooks or study materials.

As for this session’s university entrance exam without any hope of coaching teachers, it was truly unforgettable.

"Right, have you bought any books?" Huang Lei asked in a low voice.

"I, I haven’t bought any yet," Zhang Xia remembered an important issue only at that moment.

Zhang Xia’s face paled again, after all the talking, all the anticipation, to then realize she had no textbooks or anything of the sort.

"No, I’m going to write to my dad and ask him to help me find high school textbooks."

"And middle school ones, too, of course, unless you still remember the content from your classes back then, and you don’t need to prepare middle school textbooks."

As a high school graduate looking at middle school textbooks, there was no need to worry about saving face, "Just in case even middle school material is forgotten and then brought up by the teacher."

"Right, right, right." Zhang Xia nodded incessantly, indicating that preparing middle school textbooks was necessary.

"It’s better to be over-prepared than to have nothing at all."

She had given the necessary reminder; whether Zhang Xia would inform others or go buy textbooks was up to her.

Huang Lei felt certain that Zhang Xia would not share these thoughts with friends, as sharing would only mean having more rivals.

Ever since Wang Nan learned that Fan Xiaofei had given her up, even knowing that her family might not be able to rely on her,

she still believed that no matter what, if a significant issue arose, her family would support her.

But she would no longer, as before, neglect her own health to take care of her family.

To increase her nutrition, she often went to the river to catch fish; although not highly successful, the occasional improvement to her meals made her very happy.

After a series of events, the eldest passing away, the 2+2 Gang being caught, sadness was then replaced by happiness and joy.

After the joy, what everyone considered was, "Can we return to the cities?"

Life in the city may not be easy, there might be no work, and one might have to squeeze into a small room, but after all, it’s about returning to the city.

In terms of food and accommodation, the farm might be better than their homes, but here, one had to go down to the fields and work.

Some people were more eager to know, "Can the university entrance exam be reinstated?"

Everyone had so many questions, so much anticipation and longing, but after the excitement, they returned to their regular tasks.

Life doesn’t go according to their wishes. Before any news came out, they had to carry on as usual, otherwise they wouldn’t have money for food and living.

In October, just as everyone was recovering from the busy harvest season, preparing for one of the more relaxing times of the year,

it was then that they learned from the radio about the restoration of the college entrance examination, and everyone was stunned.

Especially after learning about the requirements for registering for the college entrance examination, everyone went crazy. Those who had previously spoken ironically and made fun of the older youth wanting to take the college entrance examination rushed back to grab their materials, preparing to register.

No matter what their grades were, or whether they had returned all that they had learned to their teachers, what if someone else was in an even worse situation than them?

Seeing everyone’s frenzied behavior, Huang Lei and Zhang Xia looked at each other and knew that once this news was confirmed, everyone would go crazy.

They just hadn’t expected everyone to go this mad, "If they knew that no matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t buy any textbooks..."

"And without any reference books, what would they do?"

Huang Lei started to get worried, looking anxiously at Zhang Xia, "Some people know that we usually look at textbooks."

"If they can’t buy textbooks and other materials, I can guess they’ll be devastated."

Anyone who got in their way and delayed their study progress would be ruthlessly steamrolled without mercy.

"Our textbooks..." Although she had improved a lot these days and didn’t find the junior high curriculum too problematic,

Zhang Xia didn’t have Huang Lei’s confidence, always feeling that her foundation was too weak, and there was too little time to study.

"The college entrance exam is in December, and I’m really panicking. I feel like I’m not prepared at all," Zhang Xia was truly anxious.

Seeing Zhang Xia’s panic, Huang Lei, who had been all nerves, suddenly felt much better, "You won’t, and they won’t either."

"At least we started studying earlier." Zhang Xia thought about it and couldn’t help feeling relieved.

Right, right, right, Huang Lei suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, "Let’s go back and study."

As they had anticipated, after registration ended, the reality they faced was that there were no teachers and no textbooks.

Soon, it got out who had textbooks, and everyone came knocking, hoping to borrow them.

Those in possession of textbooks certainly couldn’t compare with the many youths who needed to borrow the books.

The few who had books were reluctant to lend them out, fearing that once lent, the books would be like kites lost to the wind, never to be reclaimed.

While some agreed to lend their books, it was only under a series of conditions.

Eventually, the farm intervened, found a few teachers, and acquired some textbooks and study guides from the youths, to start classes for everyone.

Huang Lei and Zhang Xia, of course, had no choice but to contribute some of their materials and study guides.

As for attending classes, Huang Lei thought about improving herself by going, but when she arrived and saw the auditorium packed with people, she was scared enough to step back.

She was truly grateful it was winter, with so many people crammed in, it wasn’t an issue, and no odd smell would arise.

Thus, Huang Lei, who had wanted to attend classes, abandoned the idea. If she had the time for classes, she’d rather spend it doing more practice exercises at home.

Zhang Xia did stick with it for a few classes but quickly gave up, "There were too many people in class, I couldn’t even hear what the teacher was saying."

"And many had forgotten even the junior high content."

Zhang Xia sighed softly, "I should be relieved. There are many taking the exam, but the level of many..."