Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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Maybe because the college entrance examination was approaching, the dormitory was a little messy. Ye Ning took a look, picked up a rag and started cleaning. After cleaning up, she made the bed. Just as school got over in the morning, several roommates came in one after another.
“Ye Ning, you’re back.” Wang Yao was stunned when she saw Ye Ning, and then immediately asked with a smile: “Have all the things at home been taken care of?”
“It’s been taken care of.” Ye Ning glanced at her, “I briefly cleaned the dormitory, but I didn’t touch your bed. By the way, Wang Yao, can I borrow your notes to read? I took more than half a month’s leave, and I fell behind a lot of homework.”
“Why, are you still planning to take the college entrance examination?” Wu Jing looked at Ye Ning in surprise.
“Wu Jing, what do you mean? Why can’t Ye Ning take the college entrance examination?” Ye Ning hadn’t spoken yet, but Wang Yao jumped out to express her grievances for Ye Ning.
It was her behaviour that made the original person feel that she was a good friend who always cared about her.
“Did I say anything? I just think…” Even if Wu Jing hated Ye Ning, she knew it was hard to talk about her father at this time. She snorted coldly, picked up her lunch box and went to her bed to eat.
Wang Yao also hummed, and went over to hold Ye Ning’s hand, “Ye Ning, don’t think too much, you usually have good grades, and you will definitely be admitted to college in more than two months.”
Ye Ning smiled and took out her hand. She held her hand and said: “There is not much hope, but I have been studying for so many years. If I don’t take the exam, I would be sorry for myself, and even more sorry for the efforts of my parents.”
It was strange to say that she had received the memory of the original person, so she also had the memory of learning. Perhaps due to brain capacity issues, her memory was not particularly detailed. There was some memory about learning, but it was very vague, and there was no way to support her in the college entrance examination.
Besides, spring ploughing was coming soon, and she had to go back to her hometown. It took a lot of time to go back and forth. If there was a job opportunity, she may only consider the job for a limited time. She would also take the college entrance examination, just as a formality, right? Relatives, friends and teachers also gave explanations.
“These are my Chinese notes. You can take a look at them first. The math ones are in the classroom. I’ll give them to you later.” Wang Yao took out her own notes and gave the Chinese notes to Ye Ning first.
“Thank you.” Ye Ning took the thick notebook and returned to the bed, slowly flipping through it.
“Have you eaten?” Wang Yao slapped her forehead, “I forgot. You didn’t steam rice last night. You must have nothing to eat now. Eat some at my place.”
“No, I’ve already eaten.” She had eaten early in the morning and had something to eat near the station when she got off the bus. She was not hungry yet.
After dinner, the roommates went back to the classroom to review. Ye Ning did not go this afternoon and stayed in the dormitory. She opened the textbooks and notebooks and felt that her brain was bloated and she had no way to start. Her original memory was too fragmented and she learned it by herself. The knowledge had been returned to the teacher long ago, which was equivalent to zero foundation now. To review, she had to start from the junior high school textbook.
After school in the afternoon, the roommates came back one after another. Ye Ning returned the notebook to Wang Yao, “Thank you, I want to see the English notes.”
Both Chinese and English were memorized by rote, mainly because Ye Ning was better at these two subjects, it was easier to review, but she had almost forgotten mathematics. She had no choice but to get more points from these two courses. Even if she didn’t plan to go to college, her scores shouldn’t be too ugly.
Wang Yao glanced at her, “You can ask me if you don’t understand anything.” After a moment of silence, she asked, “Are you really not planning to go to college?”
“I will take the college entrance examination, but college? I may not go to college.” Ye Ning said.
“If you are looking for a job, maybe I can help?” Wang Yao pondered for a long time before saying.
In fact, the last time she spoke, Ye Ning had guessed that she would help, but she didn’t expect to speak so herself today.
“My uncle is the director of Everbright Pharmaceuticals. It just so happens that I had dinner at my uncle’s house last weekend. I heard from him that he would be recruiting a few people in June, and there are still a few office positions. You can try for that.”
“Everbright Pharmaceutical Factory?” Everbright Pharmaceutical Factory was the largest industry in their county and a pillar industry. Many people wanted to enter the pharmaceutical factory but there was no way to do so. Unexpectedly, Wang Yao’s uncle was the director of the pharmaceutical factory.
“I told my uncle about your situation, and he is willing to give you a quota.” Wang Yao was afraid that Ye Ning would misunderstand, so she quickly explained, “It’s not a job quota, it’s an exam quota. My uncle doesn’t have the final say in the factory. But if you pass the exam, my uncle will speak for you during the interview.”
“Thank you very much.” The factories at this time were different from the future. Jobs could be replaced. Many parents retired and gave their positions to their children, especially for some good positions, priority was given to the children of factory cadres. For recruitment like this, the outside world may not know about it. Only those with good connections and well-informed people had the opportunity to apply.
Ye Ning was very grateful to be able to get a place in the exam, so how could she expect to get an appointment directly.
“But there is a very serious problem. You must be prepared to take the exam, but here you have the college entrance examination, so you are stuck. So how do you choose?” Wang Yao looked at Ye Ning and said seriously: “From a rational point of view, I think it is better for you to take the pharmaceutical factory exam. Even if you cannot enter the office, you can go to the workshop. After some time, when you have the opportunity, I will ask my uncle to help transfer positions. But from an emotional point of view, I…I hope you can study hard. Your future after graduating from college will be completely different.”
“I’ll think about it.” Of course Ye Ning knows how valuable college graduation was at this time, but her situation was different. Although it was a parallel world, in fact the general background was the same. Given such an opportunity, she could not be willing to work from nine to five. She must start a business. In that case, why waste the next four years.
The main reason why she didn’t start a business immediately was because her own world implemented a severe crackdown in 1983. It was a very serious crackdown. Ye Ning was timid and was afraid of being affected by the time, so she wanted to find a job first and take advantage of the opportunity. She could also take this time to think carefully about what business to do.
Wang Yao expressed her understanding, and she would also be very confused.
Early the next morning, Ye Ning found Wang Yao and said, “I choose the pharmaceutical factory.”
Wang Yao didn’t say anything, but just gave her a book, saying that most of the questions in the pharmaceutical factory exam would be from this book.
“Does everyone have one?” Ye Ning took the book and asked.
“Of course not, only the children of cadres.” Wang Yao glanced at Ye Ning, she believed that Ye Ning would not be stupid enough to tell the matter to others.
Sure enough, classes exist at all times. She thought that the fairest test was already unfair. Although the test questions were not given directly to certain people, this book had already widened the gap between the children of cadres and the children of ordinary workers.
“Thank you.” Ye Ning was not pretentious and prepared to review seriously.
When Wang Yao talked about Everbright Pharmaceutical Factory yesterday, her mind kept spinning. Her own aunt opened a pharmacy, so she didn’t need to understand it at all. She just needed to find a pharmacist to get a certificate, and then hire two girls who graduated as nurses to be salespersons. A third-level pharmacy of 90 square meters could earn hundreds of thousands a year, which was very profitable. Ye Ning helped out for a while during the summer vacation. She would start selling medicines in two days, so she thought she would have the opportunity to open a pharmacy later. Seemed pretty good too.
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