Mixed in 1980

Chapter 66 The College Entrance Examination is Coming

In the 1980s, the college entrance examination could change your destiny!

Until 1994, college graduates were guaranteed jobs and were assigned to cadres right after graduation, which was a stepping stone for most people to cross class boundaries.

Xu Jinqiu had given up once because Chen Fan picked it up again. Unfortunately, the time was too short and she had no confidence, so she could only study hard.

Chen Fan, on the other hand, was taking it easy.

He didn't stay in the house either. He was writing on the stone table in the backyard with a pen and paper. There were tea cups, cigarettes, and an ashtray on the table...

When Zeng Ali came over, he saw him smoking and couldn't help but joked, "Wow, you look so leisurely. I thought he was a retired cadre from somewhere."

When Chen Fan saw this girl, he felt pain in his eyes.

"I'm just bored and in this state. Regardless of whether I'm a retired veteran cadre or not, do we have a score to settle first? Comrade Zeng Ali!"

"It's time to settle the accounts!"

Zeng Ali moved a stool and sat opposite Chen Fan: "Let's settle the score with Xiao Qiang first. How can you be so mean? You even cheated a child. Do you have the nerve to do that?"

"You should thank me for this. Your little brat is reading a book on his own initiative after being beaten. Uncle Zeng is so happy."

Chen Fan went to see his father-in-law the day before yesterday. When Zeng Hongwen talked about this, the corners of his mouth almost stretched to the back of his head, and he insisted on dragging him home to drink.

Zeng Tuqiang bared his teeth at him in dissatisfaction and let Zeng Hongwen hit him a few more times.

But no one at home spoke for him. That essay offended his entire family, especially his second sister, who had a bad temper.

"Pfft..."

Zeng Ali couldn't help laughing. He was shocked when he got home yesterday. Zeng Tuqiang was beaten up badly, but he actually decided to study on his own initiative.

This can be considered a pleasant surprise.

After laughing a few times, Zeng Ali immediately restrained his expression and said, "Forget about Xiao Qiang. Tell me yourself, was that punch unfair to you?"

Chen Fan took a puff of his cigarette and complained, "I was drunk, how could you have the nerve to use such heavy hands? My eye socket was bruised for three days, and I didn't dare to go out."

"You deserve it."

Thinking of what happened that night, Zeng Ali blushed for a moment, then returned to normal and took out a pen case from her bag: "This is for you, as compensation for that punch."

"Then I'll accept it reluctantly!"

Chen Fan smiled and accepted it without hesitation. When he took a look at it, he was surprised to find that it was a Hero pen, but he didn't know what model it was.

But this brand of pens has never been cheap and is considered a luxury item in this era.

When you go out, it is a very prestigious thing to put a Hero fountain pen in your shirt pocket, especially the gold series, which is no less than the famous watches worn on wrists in later generations.

This look is also popular nowadays.

Fountain pens are not only used for writing, but are also a trendy item for men. In the beginning, everyone only wore one, but later some people wore two or three to show off their cool.

"You've grown up, why are you pretending here?"

Seeing that Chen Fan had put the pen in his pocket, Zeng Ali couldn't help but glare at him, then got up and walked into the house to chat with Xu Jinqiu.

I also bought a pen for Xu Jinqiu!
Chen Fan put out his cigarette, took a sip of tea, and sorted out the manuscripts on the table.

I went back to the room to get the manuscript I had written earlier, and went straight to People's Literature. It was already the beginning of July, and it was time to submit the manuscript for the column.

A few days ago, Wang Wei made a special trip to his home to urge him to submit manuscripts. After all, it was a new column, and he couldn't run out of manuscripts in the second issue, which would be a joke.

The magazine attaches great importance to the column "Chen Fan Sees the World".

The article in the previous issue, “The Magical Third Brother,” caused such a huge response that the magazine’s sales steadily increased by more than 50,000 copies.

For a magazine with a sales volume of millions, this is a huge increase.

Everyone in the magazine hopes to maintain it.

"Finally you're here. I was planning to go to your house tomorrow to urge you to submit your manuscript."

Seeing Chen Fan coming in with a briefcase, Wang Wei breathed a sigh of relief. They had already entered the manuscript selection stage, and would start typesetting in a few days.

"I'll write a few more articles for you when I have time." Chen Fan smiled awkwardly.

I have been really busy recently. On the one hand, I have to tutor Xu Jinqiu, and on the other hand, the script was not finished, so I rewrote it into a "movie story".

Because of this, the new novel has been put on hold and I haven't started writing for several days.

"It's settled. We have to be accurate this time. How many times have you let me off the hook? I don't know what you're fiddling with all day long." Wang Wei said unhappily.

"This time, there will be a definite score."

Chen Fan took out the manuscript angrily and said, "Take a look at it first. Even though it's mostly shit and fart, there's a lot of information to check."

Wang Wei nodded, he believed it.

Take the article that scolded Brother San for example. Although it was full of shit, urine and fart, it covered all aspects of Brother San's society. A lot of information was hard to find. Sometimes he was curious about how Chen Fan looked up information.

Wang Wei sometimes thought that Chen Fan's brain circuit was abnormal. The angles he looked up information and looked at problems were different from those of normal people. He just wanted to curse people.

He is not interested in normal things.

Looking at the article in his hand, Wang Wei became even more certain that Chen Fan was simply looking for the "pain points of scolding people" and was definitely not looking up serious information.

Who would read these when a normal person is looking for information?
That's why he didn't ask, otherwise Chen Fan would have said: Brother, you have experienced the information explosion after all, what kind of weird things have you not seen?

That is to say, there is a time difference of several decades, and a lot of information is not yet useful. Otherwise, Chen Fan would have been able to curse even more brilliantly, to the point of overturning the ancestral graves.

Just like this one, it’s written in Korean!

Chen Fan had seen and remembered countless strange things about Korea, but due to the time difference, many of them were not useful.

Fortunately, the weirdness of Koreans is not something that only became weird in later generations, it has always been weird.

A lot of information is still available.

So that the article won’t lack things like shit, piss and fart.

Chen Fan has always felt that when writing articles about these weird countries, if they lack stuff like shit, piss and fart, what is written will be soulless.

It's dry and tastes like chewing wax!

Wang Wei almost laughed as he read the entire article. Then he looked at Chen Fan strangely and said, "This article is interesting. Just keep this style."

As he spoke, he took out a cigarette and lit one for each of them: "I'm wondering, the novels you write are so orthodox and positive, why is your style completely different when you write editorials?"

"..."

Chen Fan took the cigarette and sneered, "How about I write you an editorial with an orthodox style and positive content in the next issue?"

"Okay, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Wang Wei almost slapped himself. If it really was that kind of editorial, he would not even look down on it.

Readers won't like that stuff either.

Now readers have the same expectations for the column "Chen Fan Sees the World". Just like the first article, they want to see all kinds of weird things.

As for articles about how developed the West is, there are plenty of those in other publications.

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

Chen Fan did not stay long, but just reminded Wang Wei to keep the manuscript for him and take it back with him when he came to submit his manuscript next time.

When I got home, it was already past four o'clock.

After dinner, Chen Fan was pulled back to his room by Xu Jinqiu. The girl had saved up a few more difficult questions in the afternoon and was waiting for him to come back.

"Wife, can you relax for a while?" Chen Fan hugged his wife.

This girl has been a little crazy recently. She reads until midnight every day and gets up early in the morning. She looks much more haggard.

"We only have a few more days to fight. It will pass if we just hold on. I don't want to regret it in the future." Xu Jinqiu raised her head and kissed him on the lips.

Chen Fan has been very considerate recently. He finds different ways to prepare delicious food for her every day, fearing that she will not get enough nutrition. This makes her feel very warm.

"I'm just worried that you'll ruin your health."

Chen Fan was not happy and patted her on the buttocks: "You have been studying very well recently. Don't worry, you will definitely pass the exam."

Xu Jinqiu stuck out her tongue and said, "I'm not that optimistic. The choices you chose for me, especially the first choice, are too difficult."

"Don't worry, if you can't get into your first choice, you can still get into your second and third choices." Chen Fan scratched her nose lovingly.

In fact, based on the knowledge she currently possesses, it is still difficult for her to get into university.

But who made Chen Fan cheat?

I have memorized so many test questions, enough for me to get into my favorite university this fall.

When submitting the college entrance examination application form in early June, Chen Fan asked Xu Jinqiu to write Beijing Normal University as her first choice, as that was the university she most wanted to attend but had not dared to apply to.

However, the admission score was not high in the 387s. Yu Minhong also took the college entrance examination this year and scored points, successfully obtaining an admission letter from Peking University.

Xu Jinqiu doesn’t have such high aspirations. For her, as long as she can get into university, that’s enough. If she has to add a requirement, it would be that she must be a native of Beijing.

Chen Fan’s goal is Peking University, and she doesn’t want to go out of town and have a long-distance relationship with Chen Fan.

"I still have to try my best, just in case I get admitted to Beijing Normal University."

Xu Jinqiu had already taken a leave of absence and would not go to work before the college entrance examination. Fortunately, there were only a few days left, so on the 7th, she got up while it was still dawn.

PS: Guys, do you have tickets?
(End of this chapter)