"Do you think Deng Zhiqing failed the entrance exam?" a man plowing the fields asked as he wiped his sweat, squatting by the irrigation ditch to chat with his neighbor during a break.
"That's impossible, isn't it? The other educated youths all passed."
"That's exactly why it's weird. Everyone else received their admission letters, but she didn't."
"HISS, now that you mention it, it's really possible. Granny Zhang is probably going to be thrilled to death. Deng Zhiqing really doesn't put her heart into her work, and with a child, her mind probably isn't on studying anyway."
The man nudged his companion's shoulder and pointed toward the Zhang Family's home. "Tell me, if she really failed and can't leave Dazhang Village, do you think she'll go back to Jiahua?"
