A new day had begun.
Setting aside the worries of Gu Rushan and Jiang Xiulan at home, the days flew by quickly for Gu Xiaoqing.
The day to go to the city for the competition arrived swiftly.
This time, only Gu Xiaoqing went, because Jiang Weidong did not qualify.
Principal Gu could only send Gu Xiaoqing to the county's education bureau, from where a teacher would lead the team to the city by bus.
The transportation for them was arranged by the county, using an official vehicle, giving the competing students the highest honor and generous treatment.
Principal Gu could only remind Gu Xiaoqing to do well in the exam, be confident, not overthink it, and then left.
All arrangements for the entire trip were managed by the teachers from the education bureau.
Besides Gu Xiaoqing, the top three in the county included a boy from Gula Town named Han Zhongguo, and another boy named Wu Zhongwang, whom Gu Xiaoqing did not know; it wasn't easy to talk between boys and girls anyway.
