"Hello, are you Xu Xiaoxi? I ​​am the admissions office teacher of XX University."

……

"Thanks, I'll consider it."

Lin Qian hung up the phone. The scores will not be announced until ten o'clock tomorrow morning, but starting from three o'clock this afternoon, teachers from the university admissions office have been calling her one after another.

Until dinner in the evening, her cell phone never stopped.

Sometimes the line is busy for too long, and the other party will send several text messages.

Lin Qian finally had to turn off her phone because the teachers in the admissions office were so eloquent.

These schools, without exception, are among the top in China.

The teachers didn't say anything, they just said that she did very well in the exam and that such an outstanding student should go to their school.

Who doesn’t want to hear good things? Lin Qian felt that her grades were stable this time.

Because she asked all the teachers who called the same question: If I apply to your school, will I choose my major?

All the teachers gave an affirmative answer: it’s up to you to choose.

Lin Qian felt that she was most likely to be the provincial liberal arts champion, so that would be an easy path. Maybe she doesn't have to wait until her sophomore year to switch majors. After all, the number one pick always has privileges.

The next day, Lin Qian was woken up from bed by Xu Xiaodong. She glanced at the alarm clock and saw that it was only half past seven. "Xiaodong, it's not even ten o'clock yet. I can't check my results."

Xu Xiaodong said excitedly: "The admissions teacher from Qingbei is already here, right outside my home."

"So early?" Lin Qian got up in a hurry, washed up quickly, and then opened the door to let people come in and sit at home.

"How are you thinking about it, classmate Xu Xiaoxi? Our school's Yuanpei experimental class has a flexible academic system, and you don't start choosing your major until your sophomore year. I think you have A grades in both physical and chemical studies, so you are just right for coming to our school."

"Beijing University is different from other schools. It respects the independent choices of outstanding students and aims to cultivate students' comprehensive qualities. Just like the school philosophy of Yuanpei Experimental Class, it downplays majors and teaches students in accordance with their aptitude."

Before Lin Qian could reply, another teacher retorted: "Your class is simply wasting students' precious youth. Time waits for no one. Excellent students like Xu Xiaoxi must have their own goals."

"Student Xu Xiaoxi, you should come to Tsinghua University. I can promise now that you can choose all the majors in our school."

"Your school requires students to commit to a four-year major as soon as they enter the school. It is rigid and dogmatic and lacks freedom."

Lin Qian had seen the news on the Internet that teachers from the Qingbei Admissions Office went to the homes of college entrance examination winners to talk to students. The pictures above were all about sitting down and chatting in an elegant and easy-going manner.

How can we be so bickering and exposing each other's shortcomings like now?

What is the level of humility in the highest academic institution that has been promised?

It was impossible not to waver. These were the two top universities in China. Lin Qian made up her mind and said frankly: "I already have a plan. I want to study the cultivation of hybrid rice in the future."

“The School of Life Sciences of our school has always been ranked among the best in the country, and there are currently five academicians teaching.”

"From our school..."

Seeing the two people continuing to argue, Lin Qian's silence was deafening, and she finally had to mediate: "I will think about it carefully. Please leave your business cards to the teachers."

After sending the person away, Xu Xiaodong looked at Lin Qian with envy, "Little sister, you are so awesome!"

Lin Qian waved her hand, "Read my notes carefully. Maybe next year it will be your turn to be the protagonist of this scene."

At ten o'clock, Lin Qian checked her college entrance examination results, ranking: 1, Xu Xiaodong happily pulled her up and down, "The top scholar in liberal arts, little sister, you are the top scholar in liberal arts in our province!"

She is so lucky, and Lin Qian is also very excited. The road ahead will be as wide as the sea as the fish can leap, and the sky is as high as the birds can fly.

At noon that day, reporters from the city and province came to hear the news.

In China, studying has been a matter of ancient and modern times. After the results of the college entrance examination are announced every year, the top scorers in the college entrance examination in each province are even more focused.

It was not until more than ten years later that the authorities strictly prohibited the release of information about the top scorers in the college entrance examination.

Lin Qian called Principal Zhang and set the interview location at the school.

The top scorer in the college entrance examination in 2004 was still a highly anticipated person. Principal Zhang was overjoyed and told Lin Qian that the school, the county education bureau, the city, and the province would all give her a bonus.

The red banner and good news will be posted at the school gate tomorrow.

During the interview, Lin Qian wore the school uniform of Baisha Middle School and smiled confidently at the camera.

She was not stage frightened when asked by reporters, and answered questions she didn't want to answer directly.

Don't ask, just ask that the top scorer in the college entrance examination has personality.

A reporter may have known about her family and wanted to play the emotional card by asking her if she would go to prison to tell her parents the good news.

"I think you are a good person, why not help me convey this news."

The other party was stunned on the spot. Shouldn't he be crying and thanking his parents at this time?

Another reporter asked her what her future dream is, and Lin Qian replied: "I want to study hybrid rice and major in agriculture."

The reporters were surprised. They smelled the story and pricked up their ears.

"Our province was originally a major grain-producing province, but now we need to import grain from other provinces. I hope that one day I can develop better rice seeds, and the fields will be filled with the sight of 'the fragrance of rice flowers means a good harvest'."

The next day's headlines were all major newspapers publishing an interview with the top scholar in arts and sciences.

The topics everyone discussed focused on Xu Xiaoxi, the top scholar in liberal arts. From an unknown high school in a small county town, a golden phoenix flew out.

The newspaper said that her family was extremely poor, and her sister worked outside to support her education. Her high school entrance examination results were not very good, but she worked hard in high school and finally changed her fate in the college entrance examination.

This tortuous learning journey is much more exciting than that of the science champion who studied all the way from a key school since childhood.

Mayor Wu was also reading the newspaper. When he saw what Lin Qian said, he remembered what Mr. Ping said to him after he came over to investigate.

In the 80s, Mr. Ping came here to consult local farmers. Unexpectedly, twenty years later, residential buildings had been built on the fertile land cultivated by generations of talents.

Mr. Ping kept shaking his head and sighing as he said this. It would be difficult to grow the land on which the house was built. They had to re-open the experimental field and record the data.

In recent years, rainfall has been low across the country, and this is also the case in this province.

In addition, the groundwater level rises, bringing salt to the surface soil. After the water evaporates, soil salinization intensifies.

This situation is both a natural disaster and a man-made disaster.

Mayor Wu thought of this and murmured to himself: "It's good to study agriculture. Only when people are full can people have confidence and people's hearts will not be in chaos."

He picked up the phone and told Xiao Li, the secretary outside: "Let the Education Bureau increase the publicity of the Agricultural University. This year's provincial liberal arts champion will be in our city. If she finally applies for the Agricultural University, she can't be stingy with the scholarship. Let the Education Bureau Send someone to tell her that talents like her are needed for the construction of her hometown."

That afternoon, Lin Qian finally waited for the teacher from the Admissions Office of Huaguo Agricultural University.

"Classmate Xu Xiaoxi, let me introduce our school first."

After hearing what he said, Lin Qian pretended to be a little entangled and said: "I personally like Agricultural University very much, and I want to study rice cultivation, but the conditions given by Qingbei..."

"Our school can also provide those conditions!" The teacher's tone increased, with a smile on his face and secret joy in his heart. It was a good idea to negotiate conditions.

It is rare for a provincial top scholar to reject the temptation of Qingbei and instead favor the Agricultural University. This is definitely a good candidate who wants to engage in agricultural research. The teacher at the admissions office said kindly: "You can choose your major, and we also provide scholarships."

Just waiting for your words, Lin Qian was about to say something when her cell phone rang.

"Teacher, I'm sorry, let me take a call."

The call came from the Admissions Office of Hunan Agricultural University. Lin Qian was a little confused because the other party offered better conditions, including a choice of majors and a bachelor's and master's degree.

"Don't listen to his nonsense. Apart from Mr. Ping, are any of the master's tutors in their school valuable? Mr. Ping doesn't accept students easily now."

"Our school is different. Several academicians accept graduate students. Student Xu Xiaoxi, if you are no longer interested in hybrid rice in the future, you can also study other grass plants."

“Wheat, corn, millet, sorghum, etc. all have academicians presiding over national projects.”

The unexpected surprise of this phone call was that the teacher from Agricultural University went out and made a phone call, and the scholarship was increased by 1 yuan.

The income of those who are at the top of any industry is very considerable, and studying is no exception.

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