Chasing the Light: Chronicles of the College Entrance Examination of Northern Xinjiang Boys

"Chasing the Light: Chronicle of the College Entrance Examination of a Northern Xinjiang Boy" focuses on the college entrance examination journey of Xu Peng, a young man from the small farming town of Jianbian, Heilongjiang. His father was paralyzed due to cerebral infarction, and the family relied on small supermarkets to make ends meet, but Xu Peng always looked towards the sun. In 2022, in order to accompany him in his studies, his mother sold a supermarket that had been in business for ten years, and the mother and son rented a ten-square-meter small house in Heihe. Xu Peng got up at five o'clock in the morning to endorse, immersed himself in the problem late at night, and continued to attend classes even with a fever of 39 degrees. His mother sewed buttons to support the family, and later got a job in the study room to create a safe learning environment for him. During his studies, Xu Peng not only ranked first in his grade, but also helped Li Na, Xiao Zhang and other classmates make up lessons for free, and did not give up even if he was criticized by others. When his father's condition worsened during his senior year of high school, he took care of himself and studied, adjusted his condition and returned to the top of the list. In the 2025 college entrance examination, Xu Peng became the top scorer in the 1993 college entrance examination with a score of 640, and was also the first top scorer in Jianbian. He kept his promise and returned to Jianbian to run free cram schools, and used his experience to illuminate the educational path of more northern Xinjiang teenagers, becoming the glory and hope of his hometown.