Movie: Get Alpha Dog at the start

October 1977, 10, Double Ninth Festival.

On this day, He Jiali brought her son Zhang Tunan back to the He family. The four-month-old little guy became the "toy" of several girls in the He family, and they all scrambled to hold him.

"It's rare that Jiali is back, how about we make dumplings today?"

Grandma He looked at her great-grandson and couldn't help but smile.

"Okay, I'll knead the dough." He Jiali rolled up her sleeves and prepared to work.

Suddenly, a sharp electric sound came from the loudspeaker on the telephone pole outside, and then an exciting news was announced.

Resume the college entrance examination!
These four seemingly insignificant words, when combined together, are like a thunderclap, resounding throughout the land of China.

"Second sister, Brother Hao is right. The college entrance examination has really been restored and you can go to college." He Jiahuan excitedly pulled He Jiawen's hand.

He Jiawen also changed her usual gentle demeanor and hugged He Jiahuan excitedly.

He Jiali looked at her sister with envy. She was also a very good student at the beginning, but unfortunately she had to take the college entrance examination before she graduated from high school, and the following ten years of study were wasted.

"Jiawen, study hard, you will definitely pass the exam."

"Well, sister, I will try my best."

Since October 10, the college entrance examination has become the hottest topic in the whole society. The streets, alleys, fields and farmlands are filled with discussions about the college entrance examination in leisure time.

At the same time, the media also began to disclose the rules of the college entrance examination one after another.

The first thing is to expand the scope of enrollment and no longer use the mass recommendation system. Workers, farmers, educated youth who went to the countryside or returned to their hometowns, demobilized soldiers, and cadres can all sign up.

However, you must at least have graduated from high school or a technical secondary school.

Of course, it’s not all good news. For the high school graduates of 1966 and 1967, age and marital status became a huge obstacle in their way of taking the college entrance examination.

According to the registration requirements for the college entrance examination, candidates must be around 20 years old, not more than 25 years old, and unmarried.

After hearing this document, many people beat their chests and stamped their feet, thinking that they had wasted so many years and now they were over the age limit.

However, good news soon came. Just one week later, due to strong public response, the enrollment documents made special provisions: for those with rich practical experience and achievements in research or real expertise, the age limit can be relaxed to 30 years old, regardless of marital status.

At the same time, the cumbersome political review conditions were also revised to implement admission based on merit.

Bad news and good news came one after another, making the mood of the high school graduates in 66 and 67 like riding a roller coaster, first falling to the bottom and then soaring to the clouds.

Because the news of resuming the college entrance examination came too suddenly, a phenomenon occurred: all high school-related books on the market were sold out. As for review materials, the college entrance examination had been suspended for ten years, and there were no review materials specifically for the college entrance examination on the market at all.

"Second sister, you don't know how popular those study materials are now. In the past, even dogs would shake their heads when they saw them, but now they can be sold for several times the price on the black market."

He Jiawen glanced at his third sister He Jiayi and said, "How do you know about the black market? It's not a good place. There are all kinds of people there."

"I...I was also dragged there by my friends." He Jiayi shrank his neck guiltily.

"Friends? What friends? Male or female."

"Oh, second sister, why are you as suspicious as the eldest sister now?"

He Jiayi fled in panic.

"Could it be that the third brother learned bad things from some bad kids?" He Jiawen was about to chase after him to find out what was going on, but was stopped by Qin Hao.

"You still have the energy to take care of the third child. You should worry about yourself. The college entrance examination will be held in half a month."

"But……"

"Don't worry about it. It won't be too late to deal with her after you finish the exam. Your task now is to prepare for the college entrance examination wholeheartedly."

He Jiawen remained silent, with a bitter face as she concentrated on doing the exercises Qin Hao had given her.

On December 1977, 12, Qin Hao and He Jiawen squeezed onto a bus to the examination center. Most of the people on the bus were young people taking the college entrance examination. The atmosphere was a bit depressing at the beginning, but as a man who looked somewhat mature started singing "The East is Red", the whole car was filled with singing.

It was a bumpy ride, and Qin Hao was guarding He Jiawen. Seeing that she was a little nervous, he comforted her, "Don't worry, the college entrance examination has been interrupted for ten years, and your foundation is very good. You will definitely pass."

He Jiawen thought Qin Hao was comforting her and just nodded slightly. She was worried that Qin Hao might be affected by her and affect his performance.

When the two arrived at the examination room, it was not yet open, but a large number of candidates and their families had already gathered in the open space outside the examination room.

He Jiawen didn't care about the messy environment and took out the notes Qin Hao gave her to review. According to He Jiayi, this is called sharpening the sword before the battle, even if it's not sharp.

As I was watching, a female worker in navy blue overalls came up from behind. A few hard-boiled eggs were sticking out of the pocket of her Lenin suit. "Comrade, can I exchange three eggs for your notes?"

"No need, I brought the eggs." He Jiawen could only smile apologetically at the other party.

The other party was not giving up and kept standing next to He Jiawen to peek at her notes. He Jiawen couldn't refuse him either, so the two of them kept watching until the iron gate of the examination room opened.

The candidates swarmed to the front and began to check their admission tickets before entering the examination room.

"Don't be nervous, just read the questions carefully, and you'll be fine."

Qin Hao and He Jiawen were not in the same examination room. Before they parted, Qin Hao gave some instructions.

"Okay, go in now."

After entering the examination room, He Jiawen was surprised to find that the female worker who had been stealing her notes outside the examination room was actually in the same examination room with her. The other party also noticed He Jiawen and smiled at her.

This smile also diluted He Jiawen's nervousness. With the arrival of the invigilator, the test papers were distributed one by one.

When He Jiawen looked at the test questions, he was surprised to find that Qin Hao had already taught many of the knowledge points. Although the question types were different, they were just in a different format.

She wrote furiously for a while, and after checking it carefully, she looked up and looked around, and found that other people in the examination room were still thinking hard, and some of them even had wrinkles on their foreheads.

On the poplar trees outside the examination room, icicles reflected colorful spots of light. He Jiawen came out of the examination room breathing out white air, and an arm from the crowd grabbed her.

"It's you?"

"Hello, my name is Qiu Meizhen. We are in the same examination room. I just saw you finish the test paper in half the time. You are really amazing."

Facing Qiu Meizhen's praise, He Jiawen felt a little embarrassed: "It's mainly because I have reviewed these knowledge points."

"Is that the notebook?"

"Ah."

As they were talking, Qin Hao pushed through the crowd and found He Jiawen.

"This is my...neighbor. He prepared the notes especially for me."

Qiu Meizhen showed an "I understand" expression: "Then I won't bother you for now, see you this afternoon."

"how do you feel?"

Qin Hao asked with a smile.

He Jiawen showed a relieved expression: "It's actually quite simple, much simpler than I thought."

"See, I told you not to be so nervous."

After the two men left, several educated youth nearby began to whisper to each other.

"Simple? How can this be simple?"

"Everyone can brag, but only those who can pass the exam are real."

The three consecutive days of college entrance examinations also caused a great response in society. On the one hand, the resumption of the college entrance examination after a break was itself a topic of discussion. On the other hand, the number of candidates for this year's college entrance examination was unprecedented, reaching 570 million, and there were great differences in age and status.

All kinds of newspapers also did their best to publicize the story, saying that fathers and sons, husbands and wives, took the college entrance examination at the same time, and that there were educated youth who walked on the mountain road for three days and three nights just to take the college entrance examination.

These are undoubtedly sending a signal to the outside world that the authorities attach unprecedented importance to this year's college entrance examination.

Three days later, Qin Hao, He Jiawen and Zhang Qiufang returned to the leather factory's family lane in the sunset, immediately attracting the attention of neighbors.

"Second sister, you are finally back."

"Haozi, how did you do on the test? Were the questions difficult?"

"Qiu Fang..."

After finally sending away the neighbors who came to watch the fun, Qin Hao and the other two finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After returning home, facing the various looks from the whole family, He Jiawen simply said that the questions were not too difficult and she had answered them all, but she couldn't guarantee how she performed in the exam.

"It's good that Jiawen can finish answering the questions. I heard that many people don't know how to answer them. They just write "Selected Works of Mao Zedong" for the questions they don't know." He Changsheng thought that He Jiawen was unsure and subconsciously made excuses for his daughter.

Liu Meixin pouted: "Anyway, the exam is over. If I fail, I can go back to work. At most I will lose a few days' salary."

He Changsheng was about to retort when He Jiali handed her son Zhang Tunan to He Jiawen: "Tunan, come and hug your aunt to get some literary inspiration."

At the same time, Qin Hongqi and Zhou Guilan were also nervously asking Qin Hao how he performed in the exam.

"Wait for the admission letter from Jinling University."

The college entrance examination was just resumed in 77, and many systems were different from later times. Candidates had to fill in their application forms after receiving their admission tickets, instead of waiting for their scores to come out.

That's why He Jiawen was so nervous before the exam.

Originally, according to Qin Hao's grades, it would be no problem for him to be admitted to Peking University or Tsinghua University. However, considering that he had to apply to the same school as He Jiawen, he chose Jinling University. According to He Jiawen's grades, as long as he performed normally, the probability of being admitted was still very high. After all, many candidates in this year had wasted many years. The college entrance examination is ultimately a game of probability. As long as you perform better than most candidates, you will be admitted to the university.

Qin Hongqi and Zhou Guilan were slightly startled, then overjoyed: "So our family will soon have its first college student."

If it were other children, they would have some doubts, but for Qin Hao, they only have one word: reliable.

Since this was the first college entrance examination after a ten-year hiatus and it was hastily held in winter, the results of this year's college entrance examination were not announced to the public. Instead, the focus was on receiving admission notices. Those who did not receive admission notices were considered to have failed.

Countless parents spent a boring Spring Festival in this agonizing wait.

Of course, it was an agonizing wait for others, but Qin Hongqi and Zhou Guilan were in high spirits.

However, the couple remained tight-lipped when asked by outsiders.

"Hey, the test results haven't been announced yet. Who knows if I can pass? It all depends on fate."

"It's normal not to pass the exam this year. At worst, you can just take it again next year."

It was February of 1978, on a Sunday, the snow on the road had just begun to melt, and a bicycle slowly drove into the alley.

"Is Comrade Qin Hao here? There is a letter for you."

It was Qin Hongqi who opened the door. Looking at the letter which was much bigger than usual, he did not dare to reach out for a moment. Instead, Zhou Guilan snatched it away and opened the outer envelope in no time.

"Haha, he passed, our son passed!"

Suddenly, the entire Family Lane was in an uproar.

"The eldest son of the Qin family was admitted to university."

"Yo, there's going to be a college student in our alley."

"I heard that Haozi applied for Jinling University. Wow, it's incredible. It's a famous school."

Just as the neighbors were enthusiastically congratulating Qin Hongqi and his wife, the postman arrived at the He family's door pushing his bicycle.

"Is He Jiawen here?"

He Changsheng, who had come out to watch the fun, suddenly felt as if something was grabbing his heart. After a while, he asked cautiously.

"Yes, the acceptance letter?"

When the postman took out the envelope from his military green bag, He Changsheng was overjoyed. He could see clearly that the size of the envelope was exactly the same as the one in Qin Hongqi's hand next door.

"Dad, open it quickly!"

He Jiayi had been itching to try it out, so he urged.

He Changsheng took a deep breath and carefully tore off the seal of the envelope.

"He passed the exam. Our Wen passed the exam too!"

Suddenly, the whole alley was filled with exclamations again.

"This is incredible! There is also a college student in the He family."

"Tsk tsk, now Chang Sheng can be proud of himself."

"Two college students came out at once. Our alley has good feng shui."

Compared with the joyful atmosphere of the Qin and He families, the smile of Aunt Liu next door seemed rather forced.

"Sister Qiufang, with your grades, you should have no problem getting into a medical school. Just wait a little longer. Admission letters from different schools are not sent out at the same time."

Zhang Qiufang's originally gloomy face showed some hope: "I'll take your good words."

Since there is a college student in the family, it is natural to treat everyone to a meal, and Qin Hongqi naturally agreed.

"One of you counts as one. Come to our house for a feast tomorrow and don't leave until you are drunk!"

He Changsheng was not to be outdone: "Then we'll treat you the day after tomorrow!"

As a result, when she returned home, Liu Meixin started complaining.

"A banquet must have wine and meat, right? All our family property combined only has three pounds of meat tickets, what can we use to buy it?"

He Changsheng waved his hand and said, "At worst, we can borrow money. If our family has a college student, it will be a great honor for our ancestors. Besides, the Qin family next door has done it, but if our family doesn't, how can we hold our heads up in front of our neighbors in the future?"

"Hmph, what are the conditions of the Qin family? What are our conditions? And yet we still compare ourselves with them." Liu Mei said bitterly.

At this time, He Jiali stood up and said, "I'll let Jianguo think of a way to deal with the issue of the sex tickets. No matter what, Jiawen's admission to university is a great joyous event, so we have to celebrate it in a big way, and let those who usually laugh at our family see that our daughters are no worse than our sons." (End of this chapter)