"Later, you got what you wanted?" Sheng Chuncheng asked Teacher Li.
Teacher Li is right, for more than a month, we almost didn’t distinguish between day and night. Anyway, as soon as we opened our eyes, we read and studied. When we couldn’t learn anymore, we went to bed to sleep for a few hours, and then woke up to continue.
The two of us didn't say it, but we both knew in our hearts that we were burning the boat, and we were only allowed to succeed and not fail. If we failed, it would be very difficult to live in this place again. The pigs were sold, the chickens and ducks were sold, and the vegetable fields were deserted.
We have to leave here. Even if only one of us passes the exam and the other one takes the child and goes wandering with us, we will not stay in this educated youth spot.
Fortunately, our efforts were not in vain. I said that we are the chosen ones, and it is reflected in this. The two of us complement each other. When I was in school, I was very good at Chinese and she was very good at mathematics, physics and chemistry.
, when reviewing, we can teach each other, and at the same time we are reviewing and consolidating ourselves.
"At that time, because it was the first time the college entrance examination was resumed, the test papers were also simple. For example, the Chinese test paper in our province was 100 points, and an essay accounted for 80 points. In other provinces, the Chinese test paper was only an essay.
It’s not as complicated and comprehensive as it is now.”
Teacher Li and Sheng Chuncheng said:
"But think about it, the people who published the test papers at that time actually had the right idea. The ultimate goal of learning Chinese is not just to express yourself. In a composition, all your comprehensive abilities are contained in it. In the current exam, in the end
The results of the exam showed that many of my students had very high scores in the exam, but if you asked them to write an article, they would write nonsense.
"Composition accounts for such a large proportion, I must have an advantage. Mathematics, physics, chemistry, and exam content are not published in books. Unlike now, the exams are like brain teasers. We basically didn't review politics. Teacher Xu said there was not enough time.
We don't have that much time to memorize.
"The two of us, after discussing it, decided to use the original things in our minds, plus the things we know from reading newspapers. During the exam, we can write whatever is beautiful, as long as it can be connected to something.
"And you should write as much as possible. Don't be afraid of being wordy. Politics is long-winded, so it's too big to handle, right? After filling up a test paper, the teacher who graded the paper looked ambiguous, and he was embarrassed not to give any points. The result was haha.
, politics has not held us back yet.
"I forgot whether there was an English test that year. Even if I took the test, the proportion was not high anyway. It was only calculated as 30%. For a long time, English has not been calculated according to the full score in the college entrance examination. We all have English skills.
It’s not good, but English didn’t hold us back. Maybe it was the candidates at that time who were all in the same boat.
"The results of the exam were not announced by the school like later, but were posted at the door of the county education bureau. The names of the admitted students were written on the red paper. On the day I took my son to the county seat to see the results,
Sitting in the car, not to mention how nervous we were, we seemed to be able to hear our own heartbeats, even if the car was so noisy, we could hear it.
"My name was on the third one. We saw it at a glance. Teacher Xu started crying. He almost collapsed on the ground, his eyes were blurry and he couldn't see anything. It was me on the red paper, too.
I found her name and told her, but she still didn't believe it. She wiped her eyes and looked, and sure enough, she saw it. This time, even I cried.
"We, a family of three, just stood there crying and laughing. I was admitted to the Chinese Department of Hangzhou University, and she was admitted to the Mathematics Department of Zhejiang University. At that time, the two schools had not yet merged. The university's liberal arts and sciences were still branch schools, and Zhejiang University did not have Chinese.
Department, Hangzhou University does not have a science department, otherwise, we would have attended the same school.
Everyone, please go and try it soon.]
"That forgotten educated youth spot suddenly had two college students. Haha, it was a sensation at that time. The commune specially set up a banquet for us to see us off. We took our son and the three old hens with us.
Then came back to Hangzhou.
"At that time, no one from my family had come back. I was the first one, and we didn't even have a home yet. When we returned to Hangzhou, we had to live at Teacher Xu's house first, and then we would live on campus when the school started.
"Her mother was of course very happy to see us back. Her daughter came back with her son-in-law and granddaughter, both of whom were newly admitted college students. At that time, the whole Pishi Alley was in a sensation, just like when we were in the commune.
"After we are admitted to university, we are considered state cadres. Every month at school, we have free food and accommodation, and we also receive subsidies. We put our son at his grandmother's house, and there is no problem in using this little money to support him. We have a registered permanent residence.
After we moved to school and both had household registrations, we applied for a marriage certificate. Our son was no longer a black householder and had a place to register his household registration.
"College students at that time really had no pressure in life, and the organization would help you solve it. In our class, the youngest classmate was seventeen years old, and the oldest was forty-one years old. Two generations, like us, had families and children.
Yes, there are several of them, and they live in the dormitory with their children. It doesn't matter, they can still support themselves.
"What we need is to study hard. The whole country is in urgent need of talents and is waiting for our group of college students to graduate. When I graduated, every unit was rushing to recruit people. I was originally assigned to work at the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee
Department, Teacher Xu went to the State Planning Commission, not the disciplinary committee that now arrests corrupt officials, but the Planning Commission. This unit no longer exists.
"We didn't want to live in two places, so we both asked the school to stay and teach. At that time, university teachers were very poor and their status was not high. As long as there were other ways out, no one wanted to be a university teacher, and the school itself was
There is a shortage of jobs and we urgently need young teachers.
"The teachers who taught us in the school at that time were all the same teachers before the Cultural Revolution. They were overthrown later. Now they have just been liberated and have returned to teaching positions. They are already older. The young and middle-aged teachers are the workers, peasants and soldiers.
How can these people teach students if they didn't learn any real knowledge when they were in school? People like us are exactly what the school is in urgent need of.
"Our group of students, who stayed in the school at that time, later became the leaders and backbone of various disciplines in the school and even the country. This is the reason. Our teachers are basically the same people who studied abroad before liberation.
, there is a gap in the middle, and by resuming the college entrance examination, we have connected this gap.
"After we applied ourselves, we were immediately approved. I stayed at Hangzhou University as a teacher, and she stayed at Zhejiang University. Later, the two schools merged and we became teachers at the same school. For us,
The most gratifying thing is that the family can continue to be together without being separated, and other things are not so important."
When Sheng Chuncheng listened to Teacher Li's words, he felt as if he and Teacher Li were on a boat, going down a long river of time. There were sparkling waves on the river, and on both sides of the river, Sheng Chuncheng was familiar but somewhat familiar.
Strange scenery.
Teacher Li sighed and said: "In the bumpy days, the whole family was together. However, later on, when things went smoothly, the family separated, and my son ran away to a place further than us. Fortunately, things went smoothly.
In ordinary days, parting will not be so worrying."
