Chapter 511: Resuming the College Entrance Examination(2)

Translator: Henyee Translations       Editor: Henyee Translations

Seeing everyone’s stunned reaction, Liu Ming raised the newspaper in his hand and said softly, “The country has resumed the college entrance examination!”

Some people rushed to Liu Ming to snatch the newspaper without even taking off their gloves.

The other intellectuals also ran forward to see the newspaper.

The entire page of the day’s news was reporting on the resumption of the college entrance examination. There were also the views of the various national leaders on the resumption of the college entrance examination and specific guidelines on the registration method and conditions.

Their reactions stunned the other employees in the workshop.

“What’s wrong with them? Why are they acting so weird?”

“Didn’t you hear that the college entrance examination has been resumed?!

“If the college entrance examination has been resumed, people can become cadres when they return, just like when they go to the University of Labor and Agriculture?

“They might even be able to return to the city. Otherwise, why would they be so excited?”

Zhao Lin, Jiang Chun, and a few team leaders returned from the conference room after a meeting. They saw that about half of the people of Production Room 1 were blocking the middle road.

Zhao Lin immediately shouted, “What are you guys doing? You guys don’t want to work anymore?!

Everyone came back to their senses when they heard the supervisor’s voice and turned around.

Zhao Lin saw that some of the female workers’ eyes were red and everyone still had some excitement in their eyes. She was about to reflect on whether she had spoken too harshly just now.

Jiang Chun’s heart skipped a beat when she saw everyone’s strange expression. Then, she went forward and took the only newspaper.

Although Yu Bing had hinted to Jiang Chun many times, it wasn’t news that was released through official channels after all. Therefore, the shock of seeing it with her own eyes was no less than that of other intellectuals.

Jiang Chun thought about how she was the person in charge of the production department. No matter how excited she was, she couldn’t delay her work because of private matters, so she cleared her throat and said, “Everyone, get back to work first. Since the matter was reported, we can read it later as well.

We can discuss it during lunch break.”

The intellectuals suppressed their excitement and returned to work.

At noon, Yu Bing specifically went to the intellectual dormitory for this matter. This was a big deal for the young people, so as the captain, Yu Bing had to guide everyone.

As everyone discussed it during lunch, their faces were filled with excitement.

When they saw Yu Bing enter, everyone gathered in the hall with small stools.

Yu Bing stood at the front and saw the unconcealable fervor in everyone’s eyes.

Among the group of young people who came at the beginning, there were still three people who were unmarried and had been waiting for the opportunity to return to the city. The others were also young people who had been here for three to five years, or seven to eight years. The opportunity that everyone had been waiting for so long suddenly appeared in front of them, so many people wished they could do nothing but study every day.

However, the college entrance examination wasn’t that easy. Although the difficulty of the first year was the lowest, most of the young people had been out of school for many years after all. Even with her previous reminder, the number of people who registered was large and the number of enrollment spots was limited.

In addition, everyone was afraid that the policy would change overnight. There was only this one chance. Many people prepared for the exam with heavy psychological pressure, which wasn’t conducive to preparing for the exam.

Yu Bing glanced at everyone and said with a smile, “I also received a notice from the commune in the morning. If the youngsters of every village want to apply, you guys can register with the captains of the various villages. Raise your hands first. I’ll roughly count the number of people.”

As expected, most people signed up. Only a small number of young people who had not attended high school or had bad grades didn’t sign up.

After Yu Bing counted the number of people, she continued, “A total of 56 people have signed up. It’s the middle of October now, and the exam is in the middle of December. Two months of study time is indeed very tight. Moreover, we still have to face harvesting season. Although it’s nearing the end, we still have to be busy for another week. What are your plans for this week?”

After a low discussion, someone mustered his courage and said, “Captain Yu, I want to take a week off.”

After a while, Yu Bing asked, “Is that what you all want?”

Everyone had been in the village for so many years and knew that if the harvest wasn’t done in time, it would affect their gains. However, compared to returning to the city, no one cared about that right now..