Mo Yan's Prose "A Whole Day with My Daughter in College Entrance Examination"

Mo Yan's Prose "A Whole Day with My Daughter in College Entrance Examination"

That night, I took a taxi to catch the exam with books, clothes, medicine, food and many other things that I might need these three days. Fortunately, our daughter's examination room is in our school, and we booked an air-conditioned room in the training center on campus in advance, which not only familiarized us with the environment, but also saved us the pain of running back and forth. The wife who believes in Buddhism says it is the blessing of Buddha! I also said, yes, this is the blessing of the Buddha.

Sitting in a taxi, I was exulting when I saw that the mantissa of the number on the license plate was 575. Maybe I can get 575 points, so I can go to a key university. When the car was waiting for the light at the intersection, I looked at the car next to it. The mantissa of the license plate is 268, and my heart suddenly becomes heavy. If you get 268 points, it will be terrible. Look at the tail of the license plate in the back. It's 629. I was overjoyed, but on second thought, my daughter didn't like science very much and studied science. She only got 540 points in the second model. How can she take the 629 exam? I got 575, which is really exciting. After the Third Ring Road, I saw some students and parents carrying backpacks and baskets and rushing to several big hotels with special rooms for college entrance examination students. Although it's a special price, I still need 400 yuan every day, and the rented room is only 120 yuan. At this moment, money is a trivial matter. The key point is that these hotels are still an awkward distance from the examination room, which is not worth riding. It is too far, and our room is only 100 meters away from the examination room! I am very touched in my heart, for this good luck.

Settle down the luggage, and my daughter will immediately lie on the table to review the Chinese, okay? Don't sharpen your gun when it's cold, okay? . I suggested that she watch TV or go around the campus, but she refused. I studied until eleven o'clock in the middle of the night and repeatedly persuaded me to turn off the lights and go to bed. I can't sleep when I sleep. I said for a while that I forgot whose work "Soon Is the Wall" was, and then I asked Gorky whether he was a Russian writer or a Soviet writer. I just pretended not to sleep with her, secretly wondering whether to give her valium. I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep all night if I don't give her food, and I'm afraid it will affect my brain.

Finally, I heard her snoring slightly and dared not turn on the light to look at my watch. It's probably past zero.

In the early morning, on the poplar trees outside the window, groups of sparrows chirped in unison, and then magpies chirped. I was afraid that the birds would wake her, but she woke up. Look at your watch. It's only after four o'clock. This child is particularly sleepy at ordinary times. Even if firecrackers were set off in her ear, she wouldn't wake up. It is often her mother who grabs her by the neck and picks her up. As soon as she let go, she immediately lay down and fell asleep again, but now a few birdsongs woke her up. I opened the curtain and saw that it was already bright outside. The sparrow stopped chirping and the magpie was still chirping. I am very happy, because the crow of magpies is a good sign.

My daughter washed her face and began to review. I know it's useless to persuade her, so I won't say anything more. There are still four and a half hours before the exam, and I'm worried that she will be tired and anxious when she goes to the examination room.

Breakfast is eaten in the school cafeteria. Children who usually have a good appetite have no appetite at this time. After dinner, she was suggested to walk around the campus. After only a few minutes, she said that there were still many questions to be clarified, and then she hurried upstairs to review. She has been running to the bathroom since seven o'clock.

I think of my grandmother. When something happened in Japan, my grandmother ran to the toilet as soon as she heard that the Japanese devils were coming. After many years of liberation, we played pranks and shouted: here comes the devil! My grandmother turned pale at once and ran to the toilet with pants in her hand. Alas, this college entrance examination is as terrible as the Japanese devils.

Finally, at 8: 20, the loudspeaker in the school began to play the candidates' instructions. Sending my daughter to the examination room, I saw a red line on the way from the training center to the examination room. Parents are only allowed to send it off-line.

My daughter crossed the line and reported it to the head teacher of her school.

At 8: 30, candidates began to enter. I saw my daughter in a red skirt in the distance with a group of candidates pouring into the building and finally disappearing. There is still some time before the official exam, but the bustling campus has just quieted down, and the cicadas on the poplar trees have become particularly harsh. A parent wearing Huang Jun pants looked up and said: When did Beijing have this thing? Another parent with glasses said: The school should drive them away. Others said: it's not that suspense, they can't hear anything in the exam. Just then, I saw a little fat man swaggering over with an exam bag on his back. Everyone almost looked at their watches together and found that there were less than ten minutes before the exam. Several leading teachers ran to meet the little fat man, as if blaming him for coming too late. But the little fat man raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and still walked leisurely to the examination room. The parents were impressed by the boy's leisurely behavior. Some people say that this child is either the best student or the worst student. Parents wearing yellow trousers say that no matter whether they are good students or bad students, their psychological quality is absolutely good, and such children can become commanders of the army when they grow up.

Everyone was talking when they heard a deep voice outside the school gate. So they all lay on the red line and looked at the gate. I saw two men carrying a thin boy and rushing in. The boy's legs dragged on the ground like bones, and his neck tilted to one side, which seemed unable to support the weight of his head. A middle-aged woman (obviously her mother) followed the boy closely, holding an exam bag, towels and medicine, while trotting, raising her arm to wipe the sweat and tears on her face.

A group of teachers ran out of the examination building to pick up the boy from the two men, and the mother was blocked from the examination building. Outside the red line, we all look very sympathetic, some sigh, and some whisper something. My consciousness is not high, and I have sympathy for the boy who took the exam in spite of illness, but I am more grateful. Anyway, my daughter has been sitting in the examination room safely, and now she has picked up a pen and started answering questions.

The exam has officially started, and the cicadas make the campus seem particularly quiet. We lucky parents who live in the training center, standing in the shade, saw those parents gathered in the strong sunshine outside the gate, and our hearts were filled with emotion. Because we know the news that the training center is open to the outside world in advance, and because we spend 120 yuan every day, we can stand in the shade and watch those people in the same position stand in the scorching sun. It can be seen that things in the world are not absolutely fair, such as the college entrance examination, which has many unfairness in itself, but it is much fairer than recommending college students of workers, peasants and soldiers. For ordinary children, the college entrance examination is the best way. Any way that fails to pass the audit, such as walking, such as recommendation, such as various bonus points, is likely to operate behind the scenes.

Some parents went back to their rooms, but most of them still stood there talking, and the topic was erratic. One minute they talk about the weather, the next they say that Beijing has become Africa and India, and the next they say that the college entrance examination is more casual than it is now. School security guards intervened and told parents not to talk on campus. Parents dispersed obediently.

1 1 half past ten, parents look at the examination building with red lines. The big horn sounded, indicating that it was time. Please stop writing at once and put the document on the table. My daughter's grade director came to me and said excitedly, Teacher Mo, the score of one question is 18, which is similar to that on the second simulation paper in Haidian District! Parents are also very excited. A teacher led by an unknown school said: Reference books in Haidian District will sell well again next year.

The students poured out of the building. I found my daughter, and when I saw her coming in high spirits from a distance, my heart was a little bottom. Seeing the smile on her face made me feel more gratified.

Welcome her and listen to her: I think it's great. As soon as I entered the examination room, I felt very quiet and my composition was well written. The topic is "Green Moon in the Sky".

In the afternoon, when I took the chemistry exam, most of the children were smiling. They all said that this year's chemistry problem was relatively easy, and her daughter consciously did well in the exam. The first day was a great victory. Call home to report the good news. After supper, my daughter began to review math until eleven o'clock. Before going to bed, she suddenly said, Dad, there is a question in the chemistry exam this afternoon, saying? Original undissolved? When I was reviewing the questions, I felt that the paper was printed wrong. Original? what's up Isn't it? Did you write it in pencil? Coming? Words, forgot to erase. I said, what does it matter? She suddenly became nervous, saying that the invigilator said that the paper could not be marked, and those marked were treated as cheating papers and got zero points. She didn't listen to my advice, and her mood became worse and worse. She said, I'm done. I'm getting zero in chemistry. I said, if you don't believe me, you can call your teacher and listen to her. She cried and told her story while calling the teacher. The teacher also said nothing. But she is still not at ease.

But I called my eldest brother, who is the principal of a middle school in my hometown of Shandong, and asked him to persuade me. I said, to say the least, they regarded our paper as a cheating paper and gave zero points. We must appeal and file a lawsuit against them. Dad knows many people in the newspaper, and he can win the lawsuit with the help of the media.

At one in the morning, my daughter fell asleep with a heavy heart.

I lay in bed and secretly prayed for the Buddha's blessing to let the children sleep until eight o'clock. I hope she will forget chemistry and devote herself to tomorrow's exam. She will take a math test tomorrow morning and a physics test in the afternoon. These are her weaknesses.