Age: Passionate youth, starting from graduation assignment

Chapter 284 The College Entrance Exam Begins

Xu Jichang not only laughed dumbly: but also, he is only in his early twenties now, which is the time to grow taller.

It may be the age when he traveled back in time, or it may be everything he has experienced in the past two years. He often ignores his age, often thinks like an older person, and often regards himself as a middle-aged man.

……

After getting off work in the evening, Xu Jichang took his admission ticket home.

"Have you received your admission ticket too?"

He put the admission ticket into his bedroom drawer and asked Du Xiaojing, who was studying hard.

"I received it. My examination room is in Chongwen, where are you."

Du Xiaojing replied without raising his head, still writing something on his hand.

"I'm in Xuanwu. Fortunately, we were not assigned to the suburbs, otherwise we would have been in trouble."

Xu Jichang said happily.

These days, you can get a letter of introduction from a hostel, but the reason for opening a letter of introduction never includes exams.

If the examination center is far from home and there are no relatives or friends nearby, it can be a big trouble.

A few days later, there are less than ten days left before the college entrance examination begins.

Xu Jichang rode his bicycle and measured the distance from his home to the examination room.

It's not too far, only ten minutes away.

In the final analysis, it is because the capital city has not yet begun major construction in these years, and the urban skeleton has not yet expanded. As long as they are within the urban area, they are not too far apart from each other.

When he arrived at the entrance of the middle school, Xu Jichang heard the sound of reading aloud from inside, and felt a little emotional in his heart.

Compared with a few years ago, high school students today are obviously more motivated to learn and spend more and more time studying.

After all, the college entrance examination has resumed, and a path for ordinary people to advance is in front of everyone, and everyone has begun to consciously sprint towards the goal.

On the way back from the school gate, Xu Jichang bought new stationery for himself and Du Xiaojing.

"Relax during the exam. The more normal you are, the easier it is to get high scores."

Xu Jichang said as he handed the stationery to Du Xiaojing after returning home.

"Ah."

Du Xiaojing nodded briefly, not sure whether he heard it or not.

Soon, the college entrance examination began.

On the first day, there was a national unified examination on politics in the morning, a history and geography examination on liberal arts in the afternoon, and a physics and chemistry examination on science.

Xu Jichang originally applied for liberal arts, because liberal arts knowledge points were relatively easy for him, and he could know many things without studying.

The next day, there was a Chinese test in the morning and a math test in the afternoon.

At this point, the exam for most people is over.

However, Xu Jichang and Du Xiaojing still have to take another English test.

Because Xu Jichang wanted to major in foreign trade and Du Xiaojing wanted to study foreign languages, both majors required additional exams.

By the time the exam was over, Du Xiaojing was completely wilted, and it would be no exaggeration to describe it as if he was as depressed as ashes.

Xu Jichang rode his bicycle to find Du Xiaojing's examination room and waited for her at the door. After waiting, he did not ask her how she did in the exam: "It has been a hard three days, let's go have a good meal together."

Du Xiaojing was dejected and looked at him with tired eyes: "How can I still be in the mood?"

"The exams are all over, why do you care so much?"

Xu Jichang ignored the looks of all the candidates at the door, took her arm and said, "Get into the car."

Du Xiaojing couldn't resist Xu Jichang, so he had to sit on the back seat of the bicycle.

"Sit tight."

After Xu Jichang finished speaking, he pedaled and rushed out like a hot wheel.

Nowadays, there are not many couples who are so high-profile, and his actions attracted many people's attention.

Xu Jichang didn't bother to care about this.

It's none of anyone else's business if he takes his beloved wife to dinner.

Not long after, Xu Jichang took Du Xiaojing and stopped in front of the Moscow restaurant, Lao Mo, which is famous in the capital.

Du Xiaojing's expression improved a little when he saw the splendid signboard: "Are you going to eat Lao Mo today?"

"Otherwise, I will bring you here."

Xu Jichang got off his bicycle and asked, "Have you never been here before?"

Du Xiaojing shook his head honestly: "Never been here."

“When I was at home, my dad said we should live in poverty and poverty, and we basically didn’t have any pocket money.”

"Then let's eat meat today."

Xu Jichang took Du Xiaojing's hand and walked inside the restaurant.

Oak floors, bright yellow lights, and the rich scent of pine oil in the air.

After walking two steps inside, the two of them felt that they had entered a strange and warm world.

The attitude of the waiters inside is also very different from other state-owned hotels nowadays.

As soon as the two of them sat down at a table by the window, a waiter handed over the menu: "Hello, comrades, you can call me when you finish ordering."

"Ok."

Xu Jichang searched the menu with his eyes.

Canned beef, beetroot soup, red sausage, cream prawns...

One after another, the names of exotic dishes caught his eye, all of which could not be eaten outside at the moment.

As for the price, it is not like the legend in later generations that you can have a good meal for five yuan.

A dish of stewed pot beef alone costs three yuan.

In fact, the so-called five-dollar meal for Lao Mo was a phenomenon that only existed in the [-]s when it first opened.

Over the past two decades, inflation has nearly doubled the price of Lao Mo.

Xu Jichang ordered potted beef and buttered prawns, and handed the menu to Du Xiaojing: "Take a look and see what you like."

In fact, there was also the famous caviar on the menu, but Xu Jichang didn't order it because he wasn't used to it.

Du Xiaojing took the beautifully bound menu and quickly browsed it. After a minute or two, she closed the menu: "I'll order red sausage and Russian-style roast lamb."

"Comrade, our table is ready."

Xu Jichang picked up the menu, turned his head and said.

The waiter immediately walked over quickly and took the menu, respectfully asked them what they had ordered, and then left in a hurry.

“The service attitude is really good.”

Looking at the waiter's back, Du Xiaojing sighed in admiration.

"The waiters here are paid better than elsewhere."

Xu Jichang answered.

Du Xiaojing suddenly realized: "So that's it..."

While waiting for the food, she observed the pine lamp in the restaurant with great interest, her expression was very novel.

After a while, the food was served, and Du Xiaojing took the lead in picking up a can of beef with chopsticks: "Hmm... it's really delicious. It tastes different from home-cooked beef."

"I brought you here just to have a change of taste and eat some meat."

Xu Jichang also picked up a chopstick of beef and ate it deliciously.

After a while, the restaurant served two more plates of Russian bread, the so-called big bread.

"We didn't order this."

Du Xiaojing shook his head.

The waiter had a professional smile on his face: "It's from us. Doesn't it suit your taste?"

"Oh, that's it. Thank you."

Du Xiaojing agreed, feeling very incredible.

At present, many families cannot even eat white flour steamed buns, and bread is something that most families have never seen or heard of.

And Lao Mo could give them so much bread casually, which was really eye-opening.

Just as Du Xiaojing was sighing in his heart, Xu Jichang had already picked up the knife and cut a piece of bread for Du Xiaojing and himself: "You can try dipping it in the sauce. It tastes good."

Du Xiaojing reached out and took the bread: "Okay."

……

By the time the two of them finished enjoying the big meal, it was already late at night.

Du Xiaojing was very satisfied with her meal. The fatigue caused by the exam had long been gone. There was no sign of depression on her face.

Xu Jichang paid, a total of 17 yuan.

"It's really expensive."

Du Xiaojing exclaimed after walking out of the restaurant.

"Good value for money."

Xu Jichang hugged Du Xiaojing and said.

Du Xiaojing shrank into Xu Jichang's arms, trying to get some warmth in the biting cold wind: "That's true, not a penny was wrongly paid."

After returning home, the two of them took a shower and then fell asleep cuddling each other.

Early the next morning, Xu Jichang went to Dongfang Fertilizer Factory early and waited in front of Director Gao's office.

"Hey, squat here with me."

Factory Director Gao was a little surprised to see Xu Jichang just staying at the door when he went to work.

"I have something to ask you."

Xu Jichang said.

"Go, go in and talk."

Director Gao took out the key to unlock the door and greeted Xu Jichang.

The two entered the office. Director Gao walked in and made Xu Jichang a cup of tea himself: "The college entrance examination is over, do you feel okay?"

Xu Jichang didn't hide it either: "It's okay, I should be able to go to college."

"I'm meeting Uncle Gao today just because I'm hungry to talk about the management of Pioneer Distribution Company after I go to college."

"I want to give up my career so soon."

Director Gao held up the tea cup, took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "It's still early before the scores are released and admission is completed."

“Everything is done in advance, and failure to do so will result in failure. It’s always good to prepare early.”

Xu Jichang said without hesitation.

Director Gao nodded slightly: "It makes sense."

"The factory has conducted research and found that Ding Xiawei is indeed the best candidate to serve as the manager of the distribution company."

"In addition, the factory is also preparing to set up a deputy manager and several section chiefs in the distribution company."

"The candidate will be decided by Ding Xiawei. After all, the nature of the company is quite special. If direct appointments end up being in conflict with each other, it will be detrimental to business development."

"Director Gao, I don't think it's necessary to appoint so many cadres."

Xu Jichang rarely directly expressed his opposition, "The biggest advantage of a distribution company is that there are few layers."

"If it is set up layer by layer, its advantages will be eliminated."

"Oh? In your opinion..."

"Just set up a deputy manager to assist Ding Xiawei. There is no need to have so many section chiefs. In fact, the company's current personnel and finance are all handled by one person alone."

"Is that so? Then I'll think about it. But the factory has already approved the study, so it may not be easy to overturn."

Director Gao thought for a while and felt that what Xu Jichang said made sense, but he still did not adopt it immediately.

Xu Ji often thought about it when Director Gao said this.

Although Gao Jinjin is the leader, it is not easy for him to make changes to things that have been collectively studied and approved by the factory.

Considering the situation of the other party, Xu Jichang finally decided to modify his suggestion: "It can also be like this. The chiefs of each section must still engage in specific work and not specifically perform management functions."

"That's all, the section chief has to work and can't just give orders. If there is no section chief among the salesmen, they will still work on their own."

(End of this chapter)