Chapter 439 - 157: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in a Period Novel (44)

Chapter 439: Chapter 157: The Green Tea Female Supporting Character in a Period Novel (44)

"By the way, the office building behind you has been converted into a guest house. Some of you will be working here..."

Hearing Xu Chengfang’s words, everyone stared, their hearts burning with anticipation.

They could all imagine what their future workdays would be like. The nervous excitement was so intense they hardly dared to breathe.

"You’ve all had a tough couple of days, what with the travel and the exam. Go back and get a good rest."

"The cafeteria will provide two meals tomorrow, which you can claim using your admission tickets. The exam results will be posted tomorrow afternoon on the bulletin board below the guest house. Copies will also be posted on the bulletin boards on all four sides of the hospital."

"Whether you’re accepted or not, always remember: fate never overlooks the diligent."

"You’ve taken one step ahead, and in the future, you will continue to stay steps ahead of others..."

Xu Chengfang recalled the pep talks Chi Yun’er usually gave her, picked out the lines that resonated with her the most, and shared them with the crowd.

She understood Chi Yun’er’s meaning perfectly. There wouldn’t be many positions available down the road, but with the country developing so rapidly, those who didn’t study would be overtaken and left behind.

She hoped everyone would understand the good intentions of Yunyun and the hospital.

The educated youth sent to the countryside were a group of exceptionally talented and hardworking comrades.

Their entire lives shouldn’t be lost to stagnant manual labor just because they were born a few years too early or a few years too late.

Many of them had been top students in their classes, filled with passionate idealism as they volunteered to go to the countryside to support rural development. But the gap between reality and their ideals was too vast; none of them expected to find no use for all their learning.

The educated youth weren’t lacking in any way—all they needed was an opportunity, a launching pad.

Chi Yun’er’s goal was to use the name of Kyoto General Hospital to inspire all the educated youth to immerse themselves in their studies and wait for their moment to soar.

Chi Yun’er knew the educated youths’ time was precious and that the journey back and forth was incredibly difficult.

That was why she had arranged in advance for high school, middle school, and elementary school teachers still on their summer break to help grade the exams. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

Aside from the open-ended questions, the rest of the answers were fixed, so teachers of any grade level or subject could help with the grading, as long as they were meticulous.

The teachers were all outstanding educators recommended by their schools as a friendly favor. They were eager to serve the educated youth, working with extreme caution, as if they couldn’t even blink, terrified that a single careless mistake might cost a deserving comrade a job opportunity.

As soon as the exam papers were collected that morning, the teachers, who had already eaten an early meal, got to work grading.

’Three catered meals a day, a cold drink in both the morning and afternoon, and a daily ten-yuan subsidy on top of that? What wasn’t to love about this volunteer work?’

The teachers stayed up all night grading, and at the crack of dawn the next day, they rushed back to continue their work.

By eight-thirty the next morning, all the exams had been graded, and they began transcribing the scores to compile the final rankings.

At two in the afternoon, the hottest part of the day, the cicadas were still shrieking their lungs out, burning through what little life they had.

Over a dozen pages of results were posted on the bulletin boards on the four walls of the hospital and below the guest house!

All the educated youth had been waiting by the bulletin boards since early that morning. Now, their hearts pounded violently. They wanted to look but didn’t dare. Many of the young women covered their eyes, but their bodies betrayed their true feelings, inching forward reluctantly.

The result sheets were incredibly detailed, listing each candidate’s name, admission ticket number, place of origin, the name of their countryside commune, their scores and rank for each subject, and finally, their total score and overall rank!

Every single piece of data had been checked and verified by three to five people, so the chance of error was minuscule.

With so many of their peers looking on, the crowd gradually braced themselves and began searching for their names among the densely packed lists.

"Who’s Zheng Qianwei, the one in first place? Ah, and third place is Hu Binlu! He’s from our brigade..."

"Ah, I’m seventy-sixth! Does that mean I passed?" someone shouted upon seeing their name and rank. They were so excited they felt like they might faint, letting out a cry that could be heard halfway down the street.

His family’s situation was very ordinary. His parents were simple, quiet people, and their jobs had been passed down to his older brother and sister. Unless the organization itself ordered him back to the city, he’d never have had a chance to return in his entire life.

’So studying really can change your destiny!’

’Heh. I wonder, back when my siblings were fighting tooth and nail over who would inherit the jobs and who would be sent to the countryside, did they ever imagine I would have a day like this?’