Chapter 467: The College Entrance Exams Are Over!

July 7, 1981—the Minor Heat solar term!

Early in the morning, Li Yi and Jiang Xue got up, because today was the day Jiang Xue was taking the college entrance exam.

To help Jiang Xue feel at ease during the exam, Li Yi had specially bought her a new dress and sandals; he wanted his wife to look her best and go into the exam with confidence.

After a quick breakfast, she put on the new outfit Li Yi had prepared for her, grabbed her exam supplies and ID—which had been packed long ago—and the two of them headed out together.

Jiang Xue’s exam was scheduled at Beijing No. 4 High School—the very school where Juanzhi attended.

A couple of days earlier, right after she received her admission ticket, Li Yi had brought Jiang Xue here specifically to check out the location.

Driving confidently to the area near the school, Li Yi pulled over.

There were too many people ahead, and he didn’t want to drive through the crowd and make a scene.

Li Yi glanced at Jiang Xue and asked, “Do you want me to walk you over?”

Jiang Xue shook her head and said, “No need. I’m not a little kid—I’m not going to get lost!”

“I was just worried you’d be nervous. With me here, you’ll be able to relax a bit more!” Li Yi said with a smile.

Hearing this, Jiang Xue’s face instantly flushed red.

Thinking about how this guy had been giving her a hard time these past few days under the pretext of helping her de-stress, Jiang Xue couldn’t help but glare at Li Yi.

“Alright, let’s go inside. You should get there early and familiarize yourself with the exam room!”

“Okay!”

With that, Jiang Xue opened the car door and got out, then headed straight for the exam hall.

After watching Jiang Xue enter the exam hall, Li Yi didn’t go back. Instead, he got out of the car and began wandering around the school entrance.

Anyway, with his mother-in-law and Juanzi at home, he’d have nothing to do if he went back, so he might as well wait here for his wife—it was only a little over two hours anyway!

By now, the entrance to Beijing No. 4 High School was packed with people—a dense crowd of at least seven or eight hundred.

Most of them were parents of examinees, but there were also some, like Li Yi, who had come to accompany their wives or partners to take the exam.

Walking past them and listening to their conversations about this year’s exam and past cutoff scores, as well as their own children, Li Yi couldn’t help but feel a sense of unreality.

He had never imagined that one day he would be accompanying his own wife to take the college entrance exam, much less that he would be waiting outside just like these other parents while his child took the test.

Listening to the parents around him envisioning what their children would do after getting into college and what they would do after graduating, Li Yi found himself feeling a faint sense of anticipation as well!

The wait was agonizingly long!

Although the students inside the exam hall felt time was flying by, for the parents outside, every minute and every second felt interminable and agonizing.

At 11:30 a.m., as a piercing bell rang out from inside the school, the morning exam finally came to an end.

About seven or eight minutes later, students began trickling out of the school.

As they emerged, the school entrance instantly buzzed with activity. Some excitedly told their families they’d done well, while others burst into tears the moment they were out, clinging to their parents.

In short, people’s joys and sorrows are never the same!

Soon, Li Yi spotted Jiang Xue in the crowd. Dressed in a yellow floral dress, she stood out so vividly among the sea of candidates in shirts and pants—she truly stood out like a swan among chickens.

“Jiang Xue!”

Jiang Xue was reviewing the exam questions in her mind when she heard Li Yi’s voice and immediately looked up.

She quickly spotted Li Yi in the crowd and immediately broke into a light jog toward him.

“Take it easy, why are you running?”

As soon as they met, Li Yi playfully ruffled his wife’s hair and said.

“Hehe, I just didn’t want you to get impatient waiting!” Jiang Xue said with a smile.

“Judging by the look on your face, you must have done pretty well!”

Jiang Xue smiled and said, “Yeah, I’ve seen most of the questions before. Aside from one multiple-choice question I wasn’t too sure about, the other basic questions shouldn’t be a problem.”

“Hmm, well, you’ve got me to thank for that. If I hadn’t been helping you unwind every night, you wouldn’t have done so well!” Li Yi grinned and teased.

“You can’t expect a dog to spit out ivory!”

Although Jiang Xue secretly scolded her man for being shameless, she had to admit that his method really did help her unwind.

Every time he was done with her, she was exhausted—she simply didn’t have the energy to think about anything else.

After a few days of this, her mindset had miraculously improved.

So much so that when she actually arrived at the exam hall today, she felt surprisingly calm, without a trace of nervousness.

“Alright, let’s go home!”

Then, the two of them got in the car and headed home!

When they got home, her mother-in-law had already prepared lunch and was waiting for them.

As soon as they walked in the door, Ye Lingyun couldn’t wait to ask her daughter how the exam had gone!

Upon learning that she had done well, she finally felt at ease…

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The college entrance exams ran from July 7th through July 9th.

During those days, Li Yi personally drove Jiang Xue to the exam site every day and picked her up afterward.

This continued until Jiang Xue finished her exams!

To everyone’s delight, Jiang Xue said she had performed well on all her exams and estimated her score would be around 450 points.

Although the scores won’t be available for a while, both Li Yi and Ye Lingyun breathed a sigh of relief.

A score of 450 is definitely considered high. If Jiang Xue really achieves this score, she’ll be able to choose from any of the top universities in the country—after all, last year’s admission cutoffs for Shuimu University and Jingda University were just over 400 points.

Overjoyed, Li Yi personally cooked that evening, preparing a table full of delicious dishes!

He also invited Jiang Longcheng, Zhang Xinyao, as well as Ye Jianhua and Lin Ying over to their home for a get-together to celebrate the end of Jiang Xue’s college entrance exams.

Happy times are always short-lived. With Jiang Xue’s college entrance exams over, Li Yi’s laid-back lifestyle came to an end.

The very next day after the exams, Li Yi began to get busy.

First, he went to the cotton mill, where he called a meeting with the factory’s management. After listening to reports from the heads of each department, he made some minor adjustments to the factory’s future operational direction.

At present, all departments of the cotton mill were running smoothly, with the textile mill and garment factory operating as independent entities.

As a result, State Cotton Mill No. 2 functioned as a large conglomerate, with each factory operating as a subsidiary.

Thanks to their autonomy and clearly defined responsibilities and tasks, work efficiency improved significantly.

Starting in June, the performance of all departments at the cotton mill improved dramatically, which was directly reflected in turnover and profits.

In June alone, they achieved 7.68 million yuan in revenue, with a net profit of 5.75 million yuan.

By the end of June, in just four short months, the cotton mill’s revenue had surpassed 17.8 million yuan, with a net profit of 12.96 million yuan, firmly securing the top spot among state-owned enterprises in Beijing in terms of both revenue and profit.

Of course, with the company’s rapid growth, various issues inevitably arose.

Li Yi seized this opportunity to resolve each of these issues one by one.

Before leaving, he handed over several sets of clothing design sketches suitable for the summer and fall seasons to Old Tan and his team, instructing them to expedite production.

After settling matters at the cotton mill, Li Yi paid a visit to the candy factory and the television factory.

Then, acting as an economic advisor, he held separate meetings with each of these factories, instructing them to adjust their operational models in accordance with the plans he had previously formulated.

After completing these tasks and settling matters at his shop and home, Li Yi immediately boarded a flight bound for Guangdong Province!