Chapter 1186 - 1059: The Red Honor Roll

Chapter 1186: Chapter 1059: The Red Honor Roll

Just like during the initial exam, at the entrance of the county high school, a big red paper announcement was directly posted, with a huge crowd in front.

Individual scores weren’t published, nor rankings; only the list of candidates who passed the exam. To avoid the awkwardness of having people with the same name, each name was preceded by their exam registration number.

Zhang Ziwen squeezed through to the front, quickly found his own name, and his exam registration number was accurate. But, did he just see something?

He suddenly looked up, and at the top of the list was an extremely familiar name - Zhang Minglei.

Zhang Ziwen looked silly, grinning at the three big characters... although there were no scores, no rankings, this was undoubtedly the first place.

By accident, he was immediately stepped on by someone, which brought him back to his senses. He followed the list down and silently prayed: May all my brothers be on the list!

Below Shi Tou’s name on the big red list, he found his name in fifth place, Zhang Ziwu in eighth place, followed closely by Zhang Miao (Mai Sui) and then nothing more...

At the very end, Zhang Ziwen finally found two names, his younger brother Zhang Zicong and his cousin Chen Zicheng, and then really nothing more.

– Although these two brothers were at the end, with Shi Tou’s big name, they still managed to grab onto the tail and directly made it onto the list!

Zhang Mingzuo and a few others who arrived a bit later just stared blankly... after a few seconds, each rubbed their eyes and looked again, each with different expressions.

Some were incredulous, some disappointed, some surprised, and...

Zhang Ziwen patted Zhang Mingzuo’s shoulder comfortingly, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Zhang Mingzuo forced a smile, "Why, our brothers at least didn’t all fail, if we didn’t pass, we can try again next year."

"Right, keep working hard!"

"Let’s go, hurry back and spread the good news!"

A group of young people clasped each other’s hands, struggled to squeeze out of the crowd, feeling the strength in each other’s hands, as if this alone could convey encouragement to one another.

– During the waiting days, how many times had they dreamed of their brothers starting off together, but reality gave them a lesson right away.

Shi Tou tightly held his cousin and cousin’s hand and turned to look at the crowd before leaving.

Those crouched on the ground hugging their knees in pain, those holding back tears, those looking lost, those as ecstatic as himself...

He drew a deep breath, looking up at the sky - Why did he want to burst into tears at this moment?

The county high school is not far from the small courtyard of Zhang Guoqing.

– It was initially chosen by Zhou Xiaozheng for his daughter’s convenience in schooling and living.

Once the group calmed down, they all chose the same destination – running back to the courtyard.

In the courtyard, Mother Zhang was just about to turn back into the house when a string of footsteps from not far away attracted her attention, as she looked at her grandson and grandsons with anticipation.

"Grandma, Grandpa, we’ve come to bring you good news!"

They didn’t need to bring the good news; Mother Zhang already knew.

– Just now, many people ran out, yelling that the university entrance exam results were out.

But she never expected that they would all have passed...

"Heaven bless us! Quick, quick, quick, go call your mom and dad and wives over, today we’ll celebrate with a meal!"

Ah?

The brothers looked at each other.

The meaning in each other’s eyes was not hard to understand - Is there a misunderstanding?

A bit awkward, and a bit amusing.

– The words were shouted too soon!

Seeing something was off, Mother Zhang immediately asked, "What’s wrong?"

Facing her question, Zhang Mingzuo couldn’t meet her eyes, "Grandma, I didn’t pass."

Seeing him speak up, Zhang Mingyou touched his head, realizing he hadn’t taken off his hat, and sighed, "I didn’t pass either."

Zhang Zicong opened his mouth, a flash of inspiration, "Grandma, none of my sisters-in-law passed."

"Hehe, Grandma, it’s not certain that we’ve been admitted yet, there’s a health check in a week, and only after passing that can we fill in the preferences. Only after receiving the acceptance letter are we really sure. Let’s celebrate then."

Zhang Ziwen silently watched his second and third brothers, no wonder these two rascals were boasting about matching answers with him, estimating a score around 250!

Couldn’t be that they’re both 250!

Are they comforting, or showing off?

Chen Zicheng, the eldest son of Zhang Meihao, looked at everyone, a bit anxious to go back and report the good news to his grandparents, but what to do now?

The fact that the daughters-in-law didn’t make the list didn’t seem to surprise Mother Zhang much.

Once a woman has children, how can she really put her mind on studying? One child crying, another fussing, still have to work during the day.

– But why didn’t the two eldest sons make it? All the kids studied, worked, and reviewed together from a young age.

She looked at the two grandsons who were forcing a smile, secretly thinking it was a pity, but still showed a smile and comforted them, "Alright. It’s no big deal, you still have jobs, don’t you?"

"Besides, not everyone can get into university, right? If we want to go, we can try again next year, maybe then you both can go together."

Mr. Zhang came out of the living room, looked at them, and waved his hand, "Go back and share your good news with your parents first. If you didn’t pass, you didn’t, just work at home."

Clearly, Mr. Zhang had listened to the entire process.

Mother Zhang glared at him, annoyed, what do you mean by working at home if you didn’t pass? She suddenly remembered something, "Did Yin Suo’s family pass?"

Shi Tou glanced at his brothers’ confused looks, knowing they hadn’t noticed, and quickly replied, "No one from Uncle’s family, just Cousin Da Jiang from Third Uncle’s family was on the list."

"Oh..." Mother Zhang sighed, "Uncle is going to be mad again."

"Why talk like this in front of kids?" Mr. Zhang glared at his wife, "Alright, you all go back to your own homes early."

Watching the kids leave, Mother Zhang sighed, "Why didn’t the eldest’s kids make it?"

"Kids take after their moms. Look at the eldest’s wife, so muddle-headed, aren’t they?"

"Xi Zi passed the college exam!"

"He gets it from his father! Our eldest is nothing to scoff at either."

Mr. Zhang’s retort made Mother Zhang not want to argue further, though she didn’t lack the thought internally. After a moment of silence, she sighed again, "It’s going to be troublesome again."

Mr. Zhang laughed indifferently, "Trouble? It’s not like they can’t retake it next year. Strange, we didn’t mention anything about the three girls?"

"They probably didn’t make it either."

"Who knows, I wonder if the granddaughter’s husband passed? Anyway, I’ll go take a look myself, might as well check the post office for any telegrams for us."

Mother Zhang rolled her eyes at her husband’s back as he headed towards the gate. Saying next year you can retake it... better just to focus on working.

"Remember to send a telegram of good news to Xiao Wu~"

Mr. Zhang waved his hand backward without looking back.

Oh dear, really troublesome!

Why didn’t they pass? Back then, Xiao Wu and Jiao Jiao both worked and took care of kids, yet they still easily got first and second place.

These rascals, really wasted their uncle’s painstaking efforts!