After the results came out, Xu's father and mother walked and talked with much more confidence the next day.
They were willing to chat with anyone around.
Others would smile and offer congratulations, then turn around to berate their own underachieving children with a Seven Wolves belt.
Xu Musen always felt that every time he stepped outside, the students from the neighborhood who were on summer break looked at him a bit oddly.
It was obvious they had been compared to him by their parents.
If a village produced a student who got into Tsinghua University or Peking University, they would certainly become the nightmare of all other students in the village.
The day after the results were released, it was already time to start filling in university preferences.
The school also notified the students to return to collect their graduation certificates, which was also an opportunity for the students to seek advice from their teachers on choosing a good university.