Traveling back to 1977

Chapter 164 What a pity

Chen Fan used a clever maneuver to throw the problem back at Captain Yang and his team, dispelling their idea of ​​setting up a pottery factory. After that, Captain Yang and the other two patiently focused on the exam.

Whether or not you can secure one of the two veterinary positions depends on whether there are any promising candidates. Otherwise, you'll have to follow Chen Fan to the brigade's training course and become a team doctor.

It's not that the team doctor is bad; it's a skilled job, and it's better than just toiling in the fields.

They can't be the coordinators, and their treatment is a personal matter. But whether they have a licensed veterinarian is a matter of face for the entire team, so they can't help but care.

The specific family that gets the spot is also very important, as it concerns the face of all three families, and no one wants someone from another family to stand out.

This cross-examination completely eliminates the possibility of cheating by test takers.

After finishing the first subject, Chinese, it was almost lunchtime.

All the candidates went home to eat, but Chen Fan stayed at Captain Yang's house for a simple meal.

After the meal, the exam continued.

While people outside were taking exams in the cold wind, Chen Fan was inside grading papers by the stove.

I was busy until after 3 p.m., when all the test papers were graded and the rankings were released.

Chen Fan handed the score report he had made to Captain Yang, saying, "The two people with the highest scores are Huang Ying and Yang Ju."

Captain Yang, Accountant Liu, and Warehouse Keeper Huang were all stunned and stared at him intently.

After a long while, Captain Yang asked in a low voice, "Is there any mistake?"

Accountant Liu: "Why are they all girls?"

He paused for a moment, then asked, "How many points did my nephews and nieces get on the exams?"

Chen Fan handed the report card forward again, saying, "You can look at it yourselves."

He then pointed to the test paper on the table, "The test paper and the answer key are here. If you're worried that I might make a mistake, you can check it yourselves."

Captain Yang then took the results sheet, and the three heads huddled together.

The first place winners were Huang Ying and Yang Ju, both scoring 257 out of a total of 300 points, a relatively high score.

Chen Fan thought to himself, no wonder the custodian Huang said his niece was quick-witted, she really is quite good.

Yang Ju was no exception. Both of them dropped out of school after only completing the second grade. It wasn't because Lujiawan Village Primary School only had two grades; this was Team 6, which was closer to the commune. They both attended the commune's "Nanhu Complete Primary School".

A school that includes both lower and upper primary stages is called a complete primary school. If a junior high school stage is added, it is called a through-train school.

Therefore, there is no situation where there are no teachers to teach them. It can only be said that their families do not support their education. Otherwise, they could have completed the entire primary school curriculum through self-study. If they had followed the school, they might have been able to continue studying until junior high school graduation, and they might even have been able to get into high school.

Forget about vocational schools. Like universities, vocational schools only accept recommended students. They will only start recruiting students together with universities once the college entrance examination is reinstated.

Therefore, in that era, many ordinary people also referred to vocational school students as "college students," and this usage did not change even after the new millennium.

Moreover, from the resumption of the college entrance examination to the entire 1980s, it was more difficult to get into a vocational school than to get into a key university, and its prestige was no less than that of a 985 university today.

Because the country was in dire need of talent at the time, a tuition-free policy was implemented for vocational high schools, and job placement was guaranteed after graduation.

Although university graduates are guaranteed job placement, except for a few majors such as teacher training, agriculture, and national defense, other majors require a small tuition fee.

Although these tuition fees are less than the monthly living allowance and student grants provided by the government, the people don't care. They believe that vocational schools are free, provide grants and living allowances, guarantee job placement, and allow students to start working and earning money earlier. Therefore, they naturally think that vocational schools are better than universities.

As a result, most of the top students end up in vocational schools instead of universities.

Back then, anyone who could get into a vocational high school through their own abilities would later easily get into a top university. Therefore, a vocational high school diploma from that period firmly held its place at the top of the academic hierarchy, with even Peking University and Tsinghua University taking a backseat. Only truly farsighted families would support their children applying to university.

If Yang Ju and Huang Ying had not dropped out of school but had persisted in their studies, and had happened to be able to take the college entrance examination when it was reinstated, they would have had a very good chance of getting into a vocational school.

Now, Chen Fan could only shake his head inwardly, thinking to himself what a pity.

Chen Fan took out his alarm clock and looked at it. He said in a low voice, "Captain, you guys can decide who to choose. I have to go back to the brigade headquarters to work, so I'll be going now."

Captain Yang then suddenly realized what was happening and handed the report card to custodian Huang, saying, "I'll see you off."

Chen Fan quickly waved his hand, "No need, no need, I can walk by myself."

After saying that, he walked out.

Captain Yang followed them out and saw that there were still quite a few people on the field outside. He waved his hand and said, "Go back first. I will send out a notice when the list comes out."

The members then slowly dispersed.

Captain Yang saw Chen Fan off on the road and whispered, "Little Chen, a girl shouldn't study veterinary medicine, right?"

Chen Fan looked at him and understood his thoughts.

Frankly speaking, it's not really good for girls to study veterinary medicine. It's not that there's anything else to it, but when it comes to enduring hardship, girls at that time were no less than boys. The saying "women hold up half the sky" is not just a saying.

For example, Chen Fan felt that he was not as good as Jiang Lili when it came to getting things done.

However, girls are weaker than boys, which is an objective and natural disadvantage. For example, when treating large livestock, male veterinarians at the veterinary station can hold down a pig or a horse so that it cannot get up. How many girls can do that?

Anyway, neither Yang Ju nor Huang Ying will do.

But Chen Fan wouldn't say that directly. He just smiled and said, "Captain, you said you didn't know how to choose people. I've given you an idea. Now that the exam is over, it's up to you to decide who to choose."

But no matter who's ultimately chosen, I'll definitely give special attention to Team 6 out of the 12 teams.

Hearing this, Captain Yang sighed softly, "Alright, I'll have to trouble you to take care of things from now on."

Chen Fan smiled and waved, "I'm going to work now."

Captain Yang waved his hand and was about to turn back when he suddenly remembered something. "Hey, Xiao Chen, go back and tell Xiao Jiang that we'll be slaughtering a pig at the livestock shed tomorrow morning, and the whole team will get their share of the pork. Tell her to remember to come."

Then he smiled at Chen Fan and said, "Those three pigs were raised by the team last year. Since you haven't come yet, there's no share for you."

That's just a polite remark. Chen Fan's work points are collected from the brigade headquarters. Even if the pigs were raised after he arrived, it has nothing to do with him.

Chen Fan said "Oh", his eyes darted around slightly, and he chuckled, "It's alright, it's nothing. Don't worry, I'll definitely pass on the message."

After saying that, he left.

Along the way, some members approached him to inquire about who had ultimately won the spot. He only said that Captain Yang and the others were still studying the matter and waiting for the captain's news, without mentioning a word about each person's performance.

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Back at the educated youth settlement, Jiang Lili had already fried a lot of soybeans and white rice, and used the small stone mill that Chen Fan had bought to grind a lot of rice flour and glutinous rice flour.

The soybeans were bought by Chen Fan last time, and the glutinous rice should be Jiang Lili's own.

However, Chen Fan is too lazy to figure out whether the rice and beans are his or hers. Since the two of them are sharing, it's hard to tell who owns what. They'll just live like this in a daze.

Chen Fan's food supply alone can last for another six months. We'll see what happens when the rice runs out.

(End of this chapter)