Exciting 1979!

Chapter 2 211
Weixiu Garden is opposite the west gate of Peking University, separated by the Summer Palace Road, which was once the royal road.

The apartment buildings here were all newly built in the 70s. They are five stories high and there are more than a dozen of them. I heard that Peking University is planning to buy Changchun Garden next door and build a building there.

The river in the park is lush with aquatic plants, and occasionally you can see two or three wild ducks swimming out of the concrete culvert to find food. There are also several small pavilions in classical styles scattered along the river.

Wei Jiefang sighed as he walked: "Isn't it amazing? This used to be the royal garden, where the emperor lived. Now your uncle lives here!"

Old Wei always likes to spur Wei Ming and his sister on by bragging about his cousin, in order to achieve his goal of making progress for them.

But my cousin Wei Ping'an is indeed worth praising.

To be precise, they are cousins because the fathers of Wei Jiefang and Wei Ping'an were cousins, so their relationship is even more distant.

However, Wei Ping'an was a posthumous child, and Wei Ming's grandparents took good care of the orphan and widow. Later, Wei Ming's grandfather passed away. The two widows and their two children often helped each other and were as close as a family.

Wei Jiefang and Wei Ping'an, who are of similar age, grew up together. As both of their branches have sparse connections, they are already each other's closest brothers.

But the two brothers have had very different personalities since childhood: Wei Jiefang is playful, while Wei Pingan is calm and steady.

Wei Jiefang poked a beehive and Wei Pingan was stung on the face.

Wei Jiefang stole watermelons and Wei Ping'an was arrested.

Wei Jiefang went to the river to fish, and Wei Ping'an almost died.

In short, the two brothers had a very good relationship during their childhood.

In the early 60s, Wei Ping'an was admitted to Peking University, becoming the first person in Ping'an County after the founding of the People's Republic of China. From then on, he stepped out of the farming community and became a successful person.

The saying "Ping'an County produced a Wei Ping'an" has been circulating in the local area for many years.

At that time, Wei Jiefang already had a son, and the name was given by Wei Ping'an.

"Let's call him Wei Ming. Peking University has an Unnamed Lake. Let Xiao Ming and I go to Peking University together in the future!"

Wei Jiefang always remembered this sentence. He held an envelope in his hand and found the third floor of Building 13, Weixiuyuan according to the address on the letter.

"Dong Dong~"

"Who is it...Brother Jiefang?"

After the door of Room 301 opened, Wei Ping'an took a moment to recognize his cousin from his hometown.

They had not seen each other for two years since their aunt (Wei Jiefang's mother) passed away, and only occasionally exchanged letters.

After not seeing each other for two years, Wei Jiefang, who is less than 40 years old, looks much older.

"Xiao Ming is here too. He's so tall now. Come in quickly." Wei Ping'an let him in and tidied up the coffee table.

It was the first time that Wei Jiefang came to Wei Ping'an's new home. It was much better than the previous tube-shaped building, but not as grand as he had imagined.

The living room is not big, but it is very new and full of value.

There are sewing machines, tape recorders, washing machines, and even telephones here!

There is no electricity in their Gouzi Village.

Wait, that square thing is a TV, right?
He had only seen it twice in the commune, it wasn't this big!
"Is your sister-in-law not at home?" After taking a look around, Wei Jiefang asked as he opened the snakeskin bag and took out the local specialties from his hometown.

"Well, she's at work." Wei Ping'an rubbed his face. He had worked a night shift and had just woken up.

"That's perfect. It will be easier for us brothers to talk. Hehe, let's have a couple of sips of Hengzhou's Laobai Gan and the salted duck eggs from Henghu Lake."

Wei Jiefang opened the bottle cap and let Wei Pingan smell it.

Wei Ping'an didn't like drinking when he was young. It was only after he entered the workplace and started his career that he realized he had a natural ability to drink, so he became an expert in it.

He was still a little dazed, and when he smelled the familiar aroma of Lao Baigan, he thought it would be a good opportunity to drink a couple of sips to clear his head and wake up from his nap.

"Then just take a couple of bites~"

There were still some leftovers at home. When Wei Ping'an brought out the braised tofu, sausages, peanuts and salted duck eggs, Wei Jiefang had already filled his wine glass. He was about to take off his shoes and sit cross-legged on the sofa, but fortunately Wei Ming stopped him in time.

Wei Pingan looked at the handsome Wei Ming and said, "Xiao Ming must be around 17 or 18 years old this year."

"Yes, uncle. I am eighteen years old this year."

"It's time for the college entrance examination, right? How did you do in it?" Wei Ming shook his head regretfully.

Wei Jiefang passed the wine glass to Wei Ping'an and drank it himself first, then sighed:
"Don't mention it. This kid is actually quite talented. The teacher often praises him for his good writing skills. It's just that his luck was bad this year."

"How much was your luck?" Wei Ping'an asked.

Wei Ming couldn't remember, so he looked at Wei Jiefang.

"211 points." He said while biting his back teeth.

Wei Ming: Wow, this is a lucky number, just slightly worse than 985.

When Wei Ping'an heard this number, the wine in his mouth suddenly lost its flavor.

If I'm not mistaken, this score is not enough to even get into a junior college!

This is the third year after the resumption of the college entrance examination, with a total of six subjects.

Chinese, mathematics and politics are compulsory subjects, each worth 100 points.

For science subjects, the exams are physics and chemistry; for liberal arts subjects, the exams are history and geography, each with 100 points.

In addition, English became a college entrance examination subject for the first time, with 100 points, but it was calculated as 10%, 10 points (except for foreign language majors).

So the total score was 510 points, and Wei Ming only scored less than half of it.

These days, there is only one national exam, and as long as you score around 300 points, you can get into school, but 300 points is still as difficult as an insurmountable chasm.

This year, out of 468 million candidates nationwide, only 28 were admitted, with an admission rate of only 5.98%, which is only slightly higher than that in 77.

Wei Pingan comforted him, "It's okay, Xiao Ming is still young, you can take the exam again next year."

Wei Jiefang held up three fingers: "Three times! This is his third time taking the college entrance examination! The first time he didn't know anything, so he didn't pass. The second time he realized that he wasn't cut out for science, so he switched to liberal arts and tried again. But the third time he took the exam, there was hail in the village. It rained so hard that it lasted for an hour. He didn't make it in time for the Chinese subject, which he was most confident in. Sigh!"

Upon hearing that he had missed one subject, Wei Ping'an breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that it was not hopeless.

"Brother Jiefang, I'll get you some Yanjing college entrance examination textbooks to take back. I think Xiao Ming still has hope. We can't just give up like this."

Wei Jiefang was a little overwhelmed. He waved his hands and said, "No need to take the exam. A good exam is not as good as a good relationship. I received your letter last month and learned that you got a promotion. I thought, why bother taking the exam? You have his uncle. You are a big leader in Peking University now. You can arrange it for him."

Wei Ping'an's hand holding the wine glass suddenly stopped moving and he didn't dare to move.

"Brother Jiefang, how can I arrange this?"

"Why can't you arrange it? You are such a big leader. Our county director feels half a head shorter than you when he sees you." Wei Jiefang praised him.

"That's because he's not tall!" Wei Pingan laughed angrily, "Besides, I'm just a director, not a principal or a secretary."

Wei Ping'an felt a little regretful about writing to him and telling him all those things. It must be his vanity that was getting to him.

You deserve it! Let you show off!

"Don't talk nonsense to me. I just know that we are brothers. I treat you as my own brother. Have you forgotten who saved you when you fell into the river and almost drowned as a child?"

"If I hadn't helped you catch fish, would I have fallen into the river?"

Wei Jiefang was furious: "Hey, did you eat the fish? Did you eat most of it?"

"It's burnt and no salt has been added. I guess you don't want to eat it." Wei Ping'an complained.

Wei Jiefang stopped drinking and stood up, swaying:

"Just tell me if you can get your eldest nephew into Peking University. He grew up listening to your stories and has always wanted to go to Peking University. My mother and my aunt are watching him from heaven!" Wei Jiefang used the trick of "family kidnapping".

"This is really impossible. Peking University is not run by my family!" Wei Ping'an responded with an "impartial and impartial" move.

His voice became a little louder, and he was obviously a little angry. How could you open your mouth to make such a request?

It was still okay a few years ago when the college students were workers, peasants and soldiers, but now it has been three years since the college entrance examination was resumed!
Wei Jiefang became even angrier, his eyes red with anger, and he slapped his thighs:

"Why can't you do it? I praised you to my fellow villagers before I came here, saying that you can definitely do it. With my kid's height and appearance, he can be a gatekeeper, a mound cutter in the canteen, or even a manure shoveler. If you can't do any job, what kind of leader are you?"

Wei Pingan was stunned: Ah, looking for a job? Aren't you going to Peking University?
Wei Ming was also stunned: "Ah? Digging manure? I really can't do this!"

(End of this chapter)