I was reborn after my cousin stole my life.

Chapter 187: Do you know what this means?

Yuan Xiu was still worried that putting too much energy into her studies would affect her child, so she began to reduce the time she spent reading medical books. During her free time at work, she no longer read medical books, but instead read the high school textbooks that she had not yet finished studying.

She no longer gets up early in the morning, and she reduces her study time to one hour in the evening.

After dinner, Jiang Zhou and I would take a leisurely half-hour walk in the courtyard.

Dr. Liu prescribed several recipes for her, and she also used the ingredients she had learned in her previous life to nourish her body, ensuring that she was well-nourished without overeating, which could lead to a large fetus and difficulty in childbirth.

Jiang Zhou would go to the market to buy vegetables early every day. When he didn't have enough egg and meat coupons at home, he would try to exchange them with others.

There was always a supply of brown sugar and malted milk powder at home, ensuring that Yuan Xiu could drink a cup every morning and evening.

Old hens are the most nutritious, but they are hard to find in the market. So Jiangzhou went to the countryside to buy them from the villagers. If he was lucky, he could buy two chickens in one trip. Since it was hot, he couldn't kill them all at once, so he bought a chicken coop and kept them in the backyard.

During that period, what woke Yuan Xiu up was not her biological clock or Jiangzhou, but the chickens raised in the back.

It's clearly a hen, but it's taken over the rooster's job of crowing.

When Yuan Xiu was eight months pregnant, her belly was already very big, bigger than when other women were about to give birth. At this time, it was also the hottest time of the year.

Pregnant women naturally have high body temperatures, and the pharmacy's fans were old and weak, making Yuan Xiu unbearably hot. After applying to the hospital, Jiang Zhou started working as a porter.

Every day before going to work, Jiang Zhou would bring the table fan from home, and when he picked up Yuan Xiu after get off work, he would hang the fan on the front of his car and take it back. It had become a common sight in the compound.

That day, Jiang Zhou's eyes shone brightly when he came to pick Yuan Xiu up from get off work!

He didn't say much on the way home until he got inside.

He pulled Yuan Xiu into his arms!

Yuan Xiu: "...What's wrong?"

It doesn't seem like he's unhappy; rather, he's so happy he doesn't know what to do.

"finally……"

Jiang Zhou's voice trembled slightly, "Finally, there's news!"

He released Yuan Xiu, his eyes filled with the shock of being illuminated by the times. "Yesterday, the Ministry of Education convened the National Conference on College Enrollment in the capital. The conference passed the 'Opinions on College Enrollment Work in 1977.' Do you know what this means?"

Yuan Xiu knew, of course, that this meant the college entrance examination was about to be reinstated.

Those well-informed within the system knew about the news two months before the official document was issued. Even though this "Guideline on Enrollment Work" has only been approved by the Ministry of Education and will have to go through a series of intense battles before it can be officially implemented, those insiders still need to know the news.

But this is hope!

Jiang Zhou's excitement wasn't for himself, but for his motherland. If the college entrance examination were reinstated, it would mean the restoration of order in the country's political life, the end of "class background-based judgment," and the return of "respect for knowledge"!

Jiang Zhou breathed a sigh of relief!

This heavy burden began to cause anxiety over the next two weeks, because the meeting had been going on for half a month and still hadn't reached a conclusion.

In the capital's conference rooms, heated debates rage daily over whether to continue down the old path of "recommendation" or to shatter the shackles of "ingredient theory."

Yuan Xiu possesses memories of her past life and knows that all of this is only temporary. The college entrance examination will definitely be reinstated, their country will definitely become strong, and earth-shattering changes will occur.

When he was feeling down, she repeatedly assured him, "The college entrance exam will definitely be reinstated. Didn't you say that everything is only temporary? It might be a month, or it might be two months. We'll have news soon."

Jiang Zhou nodded: "You're right. We've waited eleven years, so what's one or two months? Overturning previous policies is not an easy thing to do."

Gradually, rumors began to circulate that the college entrance examination might be reinstated.

"Yuan Xiu, you're studying high school textbooks. Did you hear about this beforehand and prepare for the college entrance exam?"

Yuan Xiu used to read medical books, but now she's started reading textbooks; everyone who goes in and out of the pharmacy knows that.

The person who asked her the question was a nurse from the nursing department.

Yuan Xiu shook her head: "No, I started studying high school textbooks last year. My purpose in studying them is simply to improve my cultural level."

The nurse was uneasy: "I don't know whether I should believe it or not. I'm afraid that if I learn it, it will be a waste of time and effort."

Yuan Xiu: "If you really want to go to university, then study. Opportunities are for those who are prepared. If you're not prepared, when the opportunity comes, can you seize it before others do?"

The nurse was intrigued and said, "You're right."

Wang Xiaomei passed by the window, pursed her lips, and said, "What's there to say? How could the college entrance examination possibly be reinstated? Don't jump to conclusions based on hearsay. You might end up with nothing and being labeled as having a 'bourgeois reactionary academic style'!"

Hearing her say that, the nurse started to have second thoughts again.

Hao Jia glared at Wang Xiaomei: "We didn't ask you to study, why are you in such a hurry? Besides, we weren't talking about anything else, just about studying. You're really putting a big accusation on me!"

Wang Xiaomei rolled her eyes at her and left.

Back in the nursing department, everyone was talking about this issue. Nurse Lin was there too. She hadn't started school yet and was supposed to stop working after this week's shift, but then news came that the college entrance exam was going to be reinstated.

Now that the college entrance examination has been reinstated, what will happen to these recommended "worker-peasant-soldier" college students? Can they still register at the university?

She's been so worried these past two days that she hasn't been able to sleep.

Wang Xiaomei sat alone to one side, and when she saw that Nurse Lin seemed absent-minded, she was happy!

"If the college entrance examination is really reinstated, do you think the worker-peasant-soldier students recommended by our hospital this year will still be able to study? Even if they can, will their graduation be the same as those who get in through the regular entrance exam?"

Everyone in the nursing department looked at her.

After looking at her, he looked at Nurse Lin.

Wang Xiaomei said gloatingly, "I wonder if those who got the spot are lucky or unlucky."

Nurse Lin said, "Whether it's luck or bad luck, it won't happen to you. You don't need to worry about those of us who got the spots."

Wang Xiaomei scoffed, "I don't want it yet. Once the college entrance exam is reinstated, I can pass it on my own merit!"

Just then, the nurse who had gone to the pharmacy to get the medicine came in. Hearing this, she asked in confusion, "Wang Xiaomei, didn't you just say that the college entrance examination could not be reinstated?"

The nurses all chuckled, "This guy has two faces, huh?"

"Wang Xiaomei, now that you've said it, if the college entrance exam really comes back, you absolutely have to work hard! We'll remember what you said!"

Wang Xiaomei blushed. "Fine, I'll remember it!"

In any case, the college entrance examination will never be reinstated!

In September, regardless of the rumors about the college entrance examination, Nurse Lin and her friends left the hospital according to the normal procedure and officially entered the university campus.