Reborn in 1977

Holding a handful of soybeans, Chen Fan walked along, eating as he went, finishing them just as he arrived at Captain Yang's house.

His house was already crowded with people, and as soon as Chen Fan arrived, someone called out, "Master Chen is here!"

Immediately, a large group of people surged forward.

Chen Fan was a little stunned. Were there more people watching than taking the exam? Or were these all parents?

Huang Laosi, relying on his acquaintance with Chen Fan, came over and offered him a cigarette, "Master Chen, thank you for your trouble."

Chen Fan took the cigarette, looking at him in surprise, "Does your family also have children signed up?"

Huang Laosi chuckled, "A few nephews and nieces."

A few?

Chen Fan was a little dizzy. He thought there would be at most 5 or 6 people taking the exam, but the Huang family alone had several. Were they going to use a human-wave tactic?

If one doesn't work, send in a bunch?

At this moment, Accountant Liu also hurried over, "Come, come, we've been waiting for you for a long time."

Chen Fan said as he walked, "Company Commander Zhang pulled me aside for something, so I was delayed a bit."

Upon hearing this, Accountant Liu swallowed the words he was about to say.

Walking into Captain Yang's house, Huang, the custodian, immediately came out of the room and handed him three document bags.

Chen Fan took them and looked at them. The covers were labeled "Elementary School Third Grade Graduation Exam Papers."

It seemed that this was still a five-year elementary school. If it were a six-year system, it should be fourth grade for elementary school graduation.

There were three subjects: Chinese, Mathematics, and General Knowledge.

He knew about the General Knowledge class, which included weather proverbs like "Swallows fly low, snakes cross the road, chickens roost late, toads croak, salt jars sweat, tobacco leaves are damp, heavy rain is coming soon," recognizing crops, pests, and beneficial insects, understanding heroic figures, how to identify special agents, and so on, almost encompassing everything.

Well, he learned these from the textbooks he bought from the commune's Xinhua Bookstore. He himself had never learned them in his previous life.

Or he had learned them but had forgotten.

He didn't look much, but just asked, "Is everyone here?"

Custodian Huang immediately nodded, "They've all been here for a long time. There are 13 in total, the youngest is 11 years old, graduated from elementary school a year ago, the oldest is 17 years old, finished the village's elementary school second grade and then stopped studying, but is quite smart and often studies on her own. Many high school graduates are not as good as her."

Chen Fan casually replied, "Is that so."

Well, they knew how to pick people, just expanding one year above and below his required age range. Chen Fan didn't believe they didn't do it on purpose.

Custodian Huang, thinking that he didn't believe that someone who had only finished second grade could be better than a high school graduate, immediately beckoned, "Huang Ying, come here."

Huang Ying quickly emerged from the crowd and ran over, "Fourth Uncle."

Then she smiled sweetly at Chen Fan, "Hello, Teacher Chen."

Chen Fan looked at her and blinked. Why was she here too?

At the same time, he barely swallowed the words "Why is it a girl?"

It wouldn't matter what the villagers said, they were all related, and you couldn't do anything about their preference for boys over girls. But if he dared to say such a thing, Comrade Yang Xingxiu would probably want to talk to him.

He nodded stiffly and smiled, "Hello."

However, was it really appropriate for a girl to study veterinary medicine?

But to be fair, this brain was indeed quite active, knowing that she should call him Teacher Chen at this time, not Master Chen.

Captain Yang, with his pipe in his mouth, said from the side, "This set of test papers was obtained from the commune's elementary school as spare test papers. When I took them, the principal sealed them with paste and stamped them with the official seal, guaranteeing that no one had seen them before."

Chen Fan looked around, "Where will the exam be held?"

Captain Yang pointed to the open space in front of the house, "Here is fine."

Chen Fan looked outside and blinked, "It's so cold, taking the exam outside, aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"

Accountant Liu raised his old face, "Hey, what's this? Who didn't come this way? The end-of-term exams in summer are called 'roasting'."

Captain Yang also said, "Wear something thick and wear a hat, don't be afraid."

Chen Fan didn't understand why the end-of-term exams in summer were called 'roasting', so he followed Captain Yang out the door to supervise the exam.

Captain Yang waved his hands, "The exam is about to start, go, go, go, all go a little further away."

Everyone immediately walked towards the road, laughing and joking, and stood there to watch from a distance.

Accountant Liu then directed the examinees to come and get benches.

Yes, there were both long benches and small benches. The long benches were used as tables, and the small benches were for sitting.

No one helped, all the examinees moved them themselves. Chen Fan even suspected that these benches were brought by them, Captain Yang's house didn't have so many benches.

Soon the examinees sat down in four rows, each person separated by two benches to the left and right, and one bench in front and behind. Sitting so scattered, even a pilot's eyesight wouldn't work.

After sitting down, they each took out their stationery.

In fact, it was just a pencil and an eraser, nothing else.

Some people's erasers were obviously cut from a whole piece. Needless to say, they must all have the same surname.

Chen Fan didn't say much, and directly tore open the seal of the document bag, "Chinese first."

He took out the test papers, which were mimeographed on wax paper. The test questions were all handwritten, but each stroke was neat and tidy, even clearer than printed text, showing his skill.

(Handwritten mimeographed test papers)

One test paper was handed out after another, and finally there were two left, and also a reference answer.

Not bad, not bad, saving Chen Fan from the embarrassment of possibly not being able to answer the questions.

It's not that he definitely couldn't do it, but some things might be inappropriate, and it would inevitably be embarrassing to write them out.

It would be much better to have reference answers, and there were also scoring standards. Who was right and who was wrong, looking at the reference answers, everything was clear at a glance, and no one could say anything.

The 13 examinees sat in the cold wind to answer the questions. On the village road next to them was a dark crowd, but no one spoke loudly. Even if they spoke, it was just a few words in a low voice.

Chen Fan naturally sat with Captain Yang, Accountant Liu, and Custodian Huang to supervise the exam at the door.

Custodian Huang's eyes swept back and forth over everyone, with a pipe in his mouth, smiling and saying, "When we went to school, mathematics was still called arithmetic, and there was no general knowledge class. The main subjects were only Chinese and arithmetic, and the minor subjects in elementary school were drawing, music, and physical education. In high school, natural science, history, and geography were added. But we had to practice calligraphy and abacus, and we couldn't graduate if the abacus wasn't up to standard."

Accountant Liu habitually sang a different tune, "If you want to talk about that time, we still had 5-point system at that time. Getting 3 points on a test paper was passing. Now a test paper is 100 points, times are different."

Seeing Custodian Huang's eyes widen, ready to argue with Accountant Liu, Captain Yang habitually changed the subject, "At that time, we had a saying, 'Exams, exams, exams, the teacher's magic weapon, grades, grades, grades, the student's lifeline.'"

Chen Fan's eyes widened instantly. Did this saying have such a history?

Captain Yang was still saying, "On weekdays, there were unit tests and passing tests. Formal exams included mid-term and final exams. Mid-term and final exams were also divided into county-wide unified exams and town unified exams. Town unified exams were unified by the township education group, and county unified exams were unified by the county education commission.

When we had exams at that time, all the students were pulled to the playground, each student half a zhang apart. Not to mention copying, you couldn't even hear a word.

It was okay to have exams in the snow in winter, at most wear more clothes. The most uncomfortable thing was in summer. The sun was shining on our heads, making us dizzy and bloated, and we still had to take exams. The test papers were soaked in sweat. I don't know if it was the students taking the exam or the sun roasting people."

Hearing this, Chen Fan suddenly understood that the 'roasting' that Accountant Liu said just now, 'The end-of-term exams in summer are called 'roasting',' was actually the 'roasting' of barbecue.