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Bai Jing and the others were somewhat puzzled as to why the old Party Secretary had come.

But they still went to meet them.

When the old Party Secretary saw Bai Jing and the others, he took out several letters from his pocket and handed them to them.

Bai Jing and the others took the letter from the old Party Secretary with some confusion.

To be honest, they didn't know whose letter it was.

Immediately afterward, the moment the letter was opened, the group was overwhelmed with joy.

This turned out to be a recommendation letter for a worker-peasant-soldier college student assessment.

This thing is amazing; with this, you have the right to go to university.

Although there's no guarantee of being selected, without this letter of recommendation, there's no chance of even participating in the selection process.

Bai Jing glanced at the assessment date; there were still two months left.

The assessment content is actually very simple, consisting of things like political background checks and cultural assessments.

Of course, whether or not you get elected depends on yourself.

Chapter 84 Encountering Wu Yiqiong

Time flies, and by May, Tuanshanzi was already covered in green.

During this time, Bai Jing carefully surveyed the area and successfully located the vein of the gold mine in Tuanshanzi.

This news was quickly reported to higher authorities.

The exploration team arrived quickly, and by the end of May, after professional exploration, the gold mine was confirmed.

Resources like gold mines are highly valued in any country.

As expected, Bai Jing and his group were commended again.

After exploration, the gold ore at Tuanshanzi was found to be of very high grade, reaching approximately 40 grams per ton.

This level of gold content is already very high.

Therefore, before Bai Jing and his group went to participate in the assessment, the higher-ups had already begun to move into Tuanshanzi to carry out preliminary mining operations at the gold mine.

This has brought many changes to Ganggangyingzi.

The biggest change is that power lines have now been installed in the village.

That's right. Although there is no electricity yet, it is expected that the village will definitely have electricity in the near future.

And so, June arrived quickly, and Bai Jing and his three companions set off for the capital to take the university's entrance exams.

Since their trip was official business, they naturally took a proper train this time and didn't need to hop on a timber wagon.

The group boarded the train with their tickets in hand.

This journey covers more than a thousand kilometers and will take a day and a night to complete.

Their train leaves at around 9 a.m., meaning they won't arrive until tomorrow morning.

It was June, and since we hadn't experienced the Spring Festival travel rush, there weren't many people on the train.

Bai Jing, Hu Bayi, and Wang Pangzi were fine; they had come to Ganggangyingzi by train. Yanzi, however, was taking a train with seats for the first time and was curiously looking around.

The trains of that time were naturally incomparable to those of later generations.

Whether it's speed or the aesthetics of the vehicle, the difference is enormous.

The train's carriages had many parts peeling off, and even the exposed iron sheets looked rusty.

Bai Jing and the others didn't care about any of that; instead, they were curiously looking around.

They quickly found their seats and sat down.

This is the starting station, and there aren't many people on the train yet, but as the train moves forward, more and more people are getting on.

One reason why trains don't travel very fast these days is that they stop at every station. With more stops, more people naturally get on.

When it was noon, the two empty seats opposite Bai Jing and his group were filled with people.

These two people don't look very old.

She was around twenty years old.

One of them looked rather composed, while the other was talking animatedly to the person next to him, appearing quite lively.

At first, Bai Jing didn't pay attention, but when Bai Jing started chatting with Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan, and Yanzi, the people opposite him looked over curiously when they heard Bai Jing's accent.

Bai Jing lived in the capital for more than ten years in this life, so naturally he speaks fluent Beijing dialect.

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The two people on the other side looked at Bai Jing with curiosity and asked, "Are you from the capital?"

Bai Jing was not the kind of person who kept people at arm's length, and replied, "Not entirely, but I'm from the capital. Are you all from the capital too?"

Upon hearing this, one of them laughed and said, "I'm from Beijing, and my classmate is from Hangzhou. We are both students at Beijing University of Geosciences. We were originally here to explore geology, but not long ago we heard from our teacher that a gold mine was discovered in the Greater Khingan Mountains. So our teacher asked us to meet at the provincial capital and then go to explore it together."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing and the others exchanged glances.

Gold mine?

Could it be the gold mine in Tuanshanzi?

The fat man, unable to control his tongue, immediately said, "We're going to participate in the university entrance examination. Oh, by the way, the gold mine you mentioned, you wouldn't happen to be the one in Ganggangyingzi, Xing'an League, would you?"

Upon hearing this, the two people opposite them immediately became interested.

After talking, the people on the other side learned that Bai Jing and his group came from Ganggangyingzi, and that Bai Jing was the discoverer of the gold mine.

This piqued the interest of the two people opposite them even more.

Then the seemingly eccentric person started to get close to Bai Jing and even began to introduce himself.

"Hello everyone, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Lin Jianguo. My parents gave me this name because I was born in 49. My classmate is named Wu Yiqiong, and he is the same age as me."

Upon hearing the name Wu Yiqiong, Bai Jing couldn't help but glance at the man named Wu Yiqiong.

Such names are both common and rare.

Furthermore, this person is from Hangzhou and studied geology.

Bai Jing couldn't help but make some guesses.

Immediately, Bai Jing said, seemingly casually, "Wu Yiqiong? That's an interesting name. I have a classmate named Zhang Yiqiong, and he also has a brother named Zhang Erbai. Hearing your name, I immediately thought of my classmate."

Bai Jing naturally didn't have such a classmate, but the person opposite him didn't know that.

Upon hearing Bai Jing's words, Wu Yiqiong also became interested and said, "That's quite a coincidence. I have two younger brothers at home, one named Wu Erbai and the other named Wu Sansheng."

Upon hearing this, Bai Jing instantly confirmed his guess.

The others also became interested and started talking about the name.

In the era when Bai Jing and his friends were born, many people were named things like "Building the Nation," "Building the Army," "Building a Career," "Resisting America," "Aiding Korea," and "Liberation."

Just like Hu Bayi, whose original name was Hu Jianjun, but when he went to school, he found that there were several students in his class named Jianjun, so he immediately changed his name.

Bai Jing was also secretly observing Wu Yiqiong.

This Wu Yiqiong should be the Wu family member among the Nine Gates in the Tomb Raider Chronicles, that is, Wu Xie's father and Wu Laogou's eldest son.

However, it was just a chance encounter, and the two people didn't have any in-depth conversation.

Soon, the next day arrived, and the train reached its destination.

The group parted ways at the exit.

No matter what, Guihua was the capital of the autonomous region, so it naturally had the air of a provincial capital.

As soon as Bai Jing and the others stepped out of the station, they saw people outside holding up signs to welcome those who were taking the worker-peasant-soldier student assessment.

Bai Jing and his group went up to register and then got into the car with the receptionist.

While on the bus, Bai Jing and his companions learned from the receptionist that they had only obtained the qualification to participate in the assessment, and whether they would pass in the end was still uncertain.

And so, as time went by, the day of the assessment finally arrived.

Chapter 85 Heading to the Great Northern Wilderness

After several days of investigation, Bai Jing and others learned that this year was the first time that worker-peasant-soldier college students were being recruited.

Many regulations are unclear, such as the number of places for each province and the total number of places nationwide.

However, if you are recommended to participate in the assessment, then there is still a chance.

After several days of interviews and background checks, Fatty Wang was eliminated, leaving only Bai Jing, Hu Bayi, and Yanzi to continue the assessment.

The recruitment of worker-peasant-soldier students was conducted through a combination of public recommendation, leadership approval, and school review.

Currently, the process has already passed two stages: public recommendation and leadership approval. The remaining stage is the school's review.

There are many schools that offer admissions, and the selection of a school is done through a dual selection process involving both the student and the school.

In fact, it's quite similar to filling out college applications in later generations.