Chapter 77 First in the class
Seeing that the classroom was silent, the retired teacher began to distribute the papers.

Meng Guangsheng was not seen today, so it was thought that he had something to do and did not come. This also made Wang Yongsheng and others breathe a sigh of relief.

"Wang Xigui, 67 points."

"Lu Liansheng, 71 points."

"Chen Guisheng, 54 points..."

As the teacher called out the names, the students began to come forward to take their papers.

Judging from the results, the students in this class are doing pretty well, but how much real talent and knowledge they have is another matter.

"Liu Siying, 97 points!" The substitute teacher showed a satisfied smile on his face. After taking a look at Liu Siying who came forward to receive the paper, he smiled and said, "Not bad. If you keep it up, you can get into university."

Upon hearing this, the other students below also clapped their hands, and everyone's eyes were filled with envy.

Without a doubt, this was the highest score in the class so far, and no one was surprised that Liu Siying got such a high score. After all, Liu Siying had always been known as a "talented woman" in the factory. She was a top student who graduated from a technical secondary school and was also the youngest team leader in the factory's technical department. So no one was surprised that she got such a high score.

"Thank you teacher for your encouragement." Liu Siying thanked him politely after taking the test paper.

But after seeing her test paper, she seemed a little dissatisfied. After all, the difficulty of the paper was not high. With her level, it was entirely possible for her to get full marks.

"Wang Yongsheng, 92 points!"

When the teacher on the stage read out Wang Yongsheng's score, the audience suddenly exploded. Some people applauded and some laughed. The atmosphere in the classroom suddenly became noisy.

"Brother Sheng is awesome!"

"It has to be my brother Sheng!"

The people in the back row were suddenly filled with flattery, and the little cannon even stood up and clapped his hands hard.

"what……"

At this moment, Wang Yongsheng seemed to have just come to his senses. He shook his combed shiny curly hair, straightened his collar with his hands, and put the pen into his shirt pocket. Then he slowly walked up to the podium.

But when he was walking up to the podium, Wang Yongsheng subconsciously glanced at Xu Qiang in the front row, his eyes full of approval.

"Your grades are good, but your handwriting is so bad..." The substitute teacher picked up Wang Yongsheng's test paper, frowned slightly, and said, "Practice your handwriting well later. It's too hard to mark your paper."

"Of course, of course. Actually, what I wrote is cursive script." Wang Yongsheng explained quickly after taking the paper.

There is no doubt that today is definitely a rare highlight moment in Wang Yongsheng's student days. He never dreamed that he could get such a high score. With this score, he obviously would not be eliminated from night school immediately.

"Lin Yueying, 88 points, this result is also very good."

"Thank you, teacher." When Lin Yueying took the test paper, she also looked at Liu Siying with a smile.

"...There are three test papers left, and the name on all of them is Xu Qiang." The substitute teacher adjusted his reading glasses and said to the audience, "Those of you who haven't received the test papers yet, please come up."

The next moment, Xu Qiang, Xiao Gangpao and another boy in the back row stood up and walked up to the podium.

"Teacher, I'm sorry, I wrote my name wrong." When he saw that he had scored 82 points, the little boy was overjoyed and kept explaining to the teacher.

"You can even write your name wrong on the exam. If you take the college entrance examination like this, your score will be invalidated!" "Yes, yes, I won't do it again in the future." After getting the test paper, the little cannon returned to his seat with a smug look on his face.

"I wrote the wrong name too." The other person was Xiao Gangpao's desk mate. He took the test paper and turned away.

"Then it seems that you are the real Xu Qiang." The substitute teacher glanced at Liu Jun, who was the last one to receive the paper, and said with a smile: "You also graduated from our high school?"

"No, I went to junior high school in town, and then taught myself some high school courses." Xu Qiang evaded the question casually.

"You are very good. You can get 98 points this time, which is the highest score in the class." said the substitute teacher.

"Wow!"

As soon as the substitute teacher finished speaking, the whole classroom became agitated and everyone's eyes were focused on Xu Qiang.

At this time, Liu Siying also looked at Xu Qiang suddenly, with a bit of surprise and confusion in her eyes.

In Liu Siying's impression, Xu Qiang did not seem to have a strong presence in the class. Except for Wang Yongsheng, he did not seem to talk to other students. During class, the two rows at the back were all sleeping. But no one expected that in the first exam of night school, Xu Qiang actually got the first place in the class!
But at this moment, Liu Siying seemed to have finally noticed this classmate who usually had little presence...

"In the future, all the students in our class should learn from Xu Qiang. Only if you work hard, you will get rewards!" After the substitute teacher said this, he led the applause with a smile on his face.

The next moment, everyone in the back row of the classroom clapped their hands desperately. There was no doubt that Xu Qiang was the "savior" in their eyes this time. If it weren't for him, Wang Yongsheng and others would have been "annihilated" long ago.

The others also applauded. Amidst everyone's surprised gazes and warm applause, Xu Qiang returned to his seat with the test paper.

"You're really good at what you do!" Seeing Xu Qiang return to his seat, Wang Yongsheng gave him a thumbs up, then leaned over and said behind Xu Qiang: "I'll treat you to lunch tomorrow at noon, let's meet at the Wuqi Restaurant! This time, we're going to drink till we're drunk!"

"Okay." Xu Qiang nodded, because he was planning to bring a batch of goods to Wang Yongsheng tomorrow at noon.

"You must come!"

Wang Yongsheng added, and then put away the test paper in front of him. They planned to give their father a surprise after returning home...

……

After night school, Liu Siying and Lin Yueying walked home together.

The club is not far from their home, and it takes less than ten minutes to walk there.

Under the street lights on both sides of the road, many workers are playing chess and poker, and life at night is lively and comfortable.

"If I can get into university, I can go to Shanghai to play for three years and still get paid. It's so wonderful just thinking about it..." Lin Yueying said on the way with a look of longing.

The factory still attaches great importance to the students who successfully pass the entrance examination to the TV University. Since Shengli Machinery Factory is located in a mountain valley, the factory’s television and signal are poor, and there are frequent power outages, so students often have to study on their own. In order to enable them to complete their studies smoothly, starting from the year before last, the factory leaders finally decided to move the factory’s TV University classes directly to Shanghai. They study with pay but no bonuses, and they have to pay for their own accommodation and transportation. Since then, conditions have improved greatly.

"Then you have to work hard." Liu Siying said with a smile.

"It's a pity that I'm not as smart as you. I just can't concentrate on reading. I feel sleepy as soon as I start reading..." Lin Yueying sighed and continued, "I guess you'll be the only one in our class who can get into college in the next college entrance examination. Then we won't be able to be together every day..."

"It's not easy to get into university. I'm not sure about it. But I think Xu Qiang should have a good chance of passing. He got the first place in the class this time..." Liu Siying said after a moment of hesitation.

"Are you talking about the temporary worker in the chemical workshop? He, I think, is from Wang Yongsheng's group. I guess he's not a good guy. He must have cheated on his grades this time!" Lin Yueying looked disdainful and continued, "But Wang Yongsheng is quite handsome. With him around, our class is quite happy..."

(End of this chapter)