In this era, inquiries about college entrance examination results were mainly done through landline telephones.
Chen Fan's home doesn't have a phone.
After lunch, Chen Fan's family of three went to the second aunt's house in the town early.
In order to know their son's college entrance examination results as soon as possible, Chen Jianye and his wife took half a day off.
As a result, I started calling from one o'clock, but it kept showing that the service was not yet available.
The second aunt and Chen Fan's father were chatting aside.
Li Jinqiu looked nervous and made a call every five minutes.
Seeing Li Jinqiu's nervous look, Chen Fan's second aunt Chen Meiyun couldn't help but smile and comfort her.
"Sister-in-law, you don't have to stay on the phone all the time."
"The results have been decided. No matter how nervous you are now, it won't help."
Li Jinqiu was a little embarrassed.
"I don't know why, but my heartbeat feels a little fast today."
"All parents are like this."
Chen Meiyun glanced at the eldest brother on the side.
"Look at my eldest brother, he is not nervous at all."
"Besides, Xiaofan's estimated score this time is 575, so you can just relax."
This time it was the eldest brother Chen Jianye's turn to speak.
"Xiao Fan is always in the middle or lower level of the class in his exams."
"If you do well in the exam, you can get the second level. If you don't do well, you won't even get the second level."
"This time, the score was estimated at 575. To be honest, I always feel a little unsure."
Li Jinqiu also nodded.
"That's the reason. You have to confirm your score before you can feel completely at ease."
"You can't say that about my eldest nephew."
Chen Meiyun pulled Chen Fan with a look of love on her face.
"I have always thought Xiao Fan was smart since I was a child, much smarter than that bastard boy in my family."
After saying that, he didn't forget to cheer Chen Fan up.
"I believe you."
"Your cousin is not good at studying. He can't even pass the undergraduate degree, so he can only go to junior college."
"Xiaofan, try your best to get admitted into a prestigious school and earn face for your parents and our old Chen family."
Chen Fan smiled: "Second aunt, I'm hungry."
Chen Meiyun glared: "You kid, why didn't you tell me earlier? I'll get you some snacks."
Li Jinqiu glanced at his son, who was sitting on the sofa and watching TV leisurely.
Still feeling a little worried, I picked up the phone and continued to call the inquiry hotline.
The torment lasted until six o'clock in the evening.
After Li Jinqiu called countless times, the inquiry hotline was finally connected.
After a shout, Chen Jianye, who was eating in the living room outside, was the first to get up and run in.
The second aunt and his wife also quickly followed.
Chen Fan put down his chopsticks and was the last one to walk into the back room.
"Candidate's name."
"Chen Fan."
"Admission ticket number."
Li Jinqiu was stunned and quickly searched around.
"Where's the admission ticket? I put it here just now..."
Chen Jianye suddenly glared.
"You said you can't handle such a small thing, why don't you hurry up and find..."
The old couple immediately panicked and started looking around.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, first think about where you put it when you took it."
Second aunt Chen Meiyun reminded in a low voice.
Li Jinqiu murmured: "I took it and put it on the table. Then I looked at the child's admission ticket number again, and then put it away..."
Li Jinqiu reached into his pocket and suddenly looked happy.
"found it."
"The admission ticket number is: xxxxxxxxxxxx..."
After finishing reading, the whole room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Everyone raised their ears and listened carefully to what was happening on the other end of the phone.
Finally, the voice sounded.
"Candidate Chen Fan, Chinese: 136, Mathematics 113, English 137, Liberal Arts: 217, total score: 603 points."
As soon as the score came out, the whole room fell silent.
Everyone was stunned and obviously shocked.
Chen Jianye's neck was a little stiff and he turned his head to look at Chen Meiyun and his wife.
"Just...what score did he say just now?"
Chen Meiyun shouted excitedly: "The total score is 603 points. Brother, Xiaofan scored 603 points."
Chen Jianye couldn't believe it and looked at his son standing at the door.
"No...didn't you say 575 points?"
Chen Fan was also a little surprised.
When estimating the scores, he was a little more conservative, and he tried to deduct some points for some subjective questions that had no standard answers.
Now it seems that I answered well.
He saw a room full of people looking at him.
Chen Fan scratched his head.
"Maybe I was a little conservative in my assessment."
"this……"
Uncle Chen Fan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"This conservative gain is nearly 30 points."
Only then did Chen Jianye react suddenly.
He quickly rushed over and grabbed the phone from his wife's hand.
"I'll fight again."
He had to hear the score on the other end of the phone to feel reassured.
Follow the prompts to enter your admission ticket number.
Soon, Chen Fan's college entrance examination results came from the other end of the phone.
"Total score 603."
Sure enough, it was still 603.
"603,603..."
Chen Jianye murmured excitedly: "You heard it right, I heard it right."
"It's really 603 points."
"Please press 1 to hear again..."
Chen Jianye didn't hesitate and pressed 1 immediately.
I listened to it three times in a row and it was all 603.
There was no mistake this time.
"Haha, 603 points. My son got 603 points."
"It's really great."
Chen Jianye, who has always been calm and taciturn, lost his composure for the first time.
Rubbing his hands together excitedly, his dark face turned red.
His wife Li Jinqiu sat aside and quietly wiped away tears.
"God bless me, the old Chen family finally has a college student."
Chen Jianye walked over excitedly, raised his hand and patted his son hard on the shoulder.
Chen Fan grimaced in pain.
"Dad, you want to beat me to death."
"Haha, Dad is happy today. He is so happy."
The second aunt on the side also laughed and said: "Brother, you must treat me this time."
"Xiaofan's score is way above the first line."
"I guess there won't be any problem even if I go to one of those famous universities."
After hearing this, Chen Jianye suddenly looked at his son.
Then there was some regret.
"But my application has been completed."
Chen Fan smiled.
"Dad, even if my choice can be modified, I will still choose Unkai University."
"And Unkai University is really good."
Chen Jianye smiled and said, "Okay, it's all up to you."
"Brother..."
Chen Meiyun on the side couldn't help but remind her again.
"Ah? What did you say?"
Chen Jianye was obviously so excited that he was a little down.
"I asked if we should have a good celebration."
"Yes, yes, it's time to celebrate."
Chen Jianye rubbed his hands together excitedly and glanced at his wife.
"In this way, I will hold a banquet in two days and invite all our relatives and friends to come, so that everyone can have a good time."
Chen Meiyun smiled and reminded: "You are talking about the entrance banquet, and I am talking about tonight. It's rare for everyone to be so happy."
"And such a big happy event, shouldn't it be celebrated properly?"
"Why don't you inform Jianzhong and Jianlong and ask them to come to my house and have a drink together?"
"Yep……"
Chen Jianye slapped his head.
"Look at my brain, how could I forget this?"
"I will inform them now..."
