Chapter 123: A driving test anecdote
Everyone finished their last driving practice session. The next day, they gathered at the Driving School to go to the Vehicle Administration Office for their license tests.
Instructor Li Gang told them, "For the test, you'd each better hand over fifty yuan. This isn't for me. It's to deal with the examiners, buy a couple of packs of cigarettes. We have to give them red envelopes. If you don't pass, if you really get stuck here and can't get your license, you're about to start university. You'll be the ones held up. So it's best to play it safe. Of course, the most important thing is still to make as few mistakes as possible."
The two men in their thirties obediently handed over the money. Qiu Xiao, the first-year university student, visibly hesitated, but still took the money from her bag.
Lin Luoran was still talking about how those friends of hers might arrive today. She casually took out her little red wallet and paid for Su Can and the others as well.
The two men were privately surprised. High school students really did have money these days. But putting together what they had learned from spending so much time with them, the men reckoned that girls like Lin Luoran and Tang Wu probably came from comfortably well-off families. Their families had money, but were otherwise ordinary and had no connections.
After all, some children whose families had connections could find a car and practice on their own for a dozen days or so, then come straight in for the test. Having an acquaintance at the Vehicle Administration Office put in a word was more useful than any amount of money an instructor could slip someone with a flattering smile.
The test site was