Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 736: Not at all ashamed

Yang Xiaole looked at Xizi, thinking something.

There is still some time before the college entrance examination, and the advantage of giving it in advance is that you can learn in advance, after all, there is still quite a lot of content.

There are 17 books in the self-study series of mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Covers all knowledge points in junior high and high school.

But the problem is that this book is banned.

If Xizi takes it to study in advance and others find out, it will be a very troublesome thing.

As for the reason, it naturally comes from a saying that has been passed down to later generations.

If you learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, you will not be afraid of traveling all over the world.

This sentence, which became popular after the reform and opening up, is completely inappropriate at this time.

If it is given too late, learning will be very slow.

Another thing is how to explain the college entrance examination.

She pinched her brows and said to him, "Xizi, I want to tell you something, but you can't tell anyone about it."

Xizi was confused for a moment.

"What's going on? Don't worry, brother. I will never tell anyone else."

Since childhood, my second brother would always get a lot of food, and that had to be kept secret.

So over the years, he has formed a habit.

When he grew up, he realized how right Yang Xiaole's decision was. If their family had made their eating and drinking public, they would probably have felt great at the time.

But the consequences will be serious.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole thought for a moment and said, "I guess you know what the current study situation is like!"

Xizi pondered for a moment after hearing this.

He nodded gently: "Yes, I know, this is completely... If we continue like this, we will face a talent gap..."

I've explained the situation, and it's a disadvantage anyway.

After listening to it, Yang Xiaole nodded secretly, and what he said made sense.

Then he asked, "How long do you think this situation will last?"

Xizi thought about it and shook his head: "I don't know, but I believe that someone will see the essence of it and will not let it go on like this."

"Yes, you can see it, and naturally other people can see it too. In the future, it will definitely return to the previous mode. This is also inevitable. However, you also know the current situation, so it may take some time."

After Yang Xiaole finished speaking, he paused and said, "So, I will prepare some things for you, which are the self-study books on mathematics, physics and chemistry. You can take them back and study with Zhao Xiulian. Do you dare?"

These words made Xizi's face look solemn.

Of course he knew this book and had bought several copies of it before.

It has been banned for a long time.

Then he looked up and asked, "Second brother, tell me honestly, how did you know that?"

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "Of course it's my unit! I can't tell you anything else. I can only tell you that the place where I work is a confidential unit. I can't tell you anything else. Think about it carefully."

There are so many confidential units in Beijing, and ordinary people have come into contact with many of them.

As long as you don't mention specific content, it's fine.

Often when friends go on blind dates, the girl asks the guy what his job is, and the guy always says it's a confidential unit, so the guy won't ask again.

Xizi was thinking about it after hearing this.

All kinds of thoughts have already started running through my mind.

But there were many things he couldn't ask, and even if he asked his second brother he probably wouldn't tell him.

This made him so anxious that he scratched his head.

Then he asked, "Second brother, is it true or false?"

"Don't believe me? Actually, I'm telling you that this matter is already against the law. I can't tell you anything else."

Yang Xiaole said in a pretentious manner.

As long as he dares to take it home and learn, even if he lacks patience after learning it, he will be able to become familiar with it quickly when he picks it up again in the future.

The advantage over others is not a little bit.

Xizi looked outside and laughed softly, "Brother, I believe you! So what should I do?"

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "Don't worry about this. Finish learning as soon as possible. When I send you a telegram, you can start reviewing after receiving the message. However, no one except Zhao Xiulian can leak this matter. Even Zhao Xiulian cannot be so direct. Did you hear me?"

Xizi thought about it for a while and agreed: "Okay! I understand. Don't worry, I will find a way after we get married."

"Well, let's do this for now. Don't take my words lightly. The same goes for you. If possible, your path will be different."

"Not quite the same? Why?"

Xizi was confused for a moment.

Yang Xiaole shook his head: "It's okay, we'll know later."

In fact, he forgot one thing.

After the college entrance examination notice came out that year, the postgraduate entrance examination notice also came out.

The requirements for taking the postgraduate entrance examination at that time were that one had a bachelor's degree or had graduated from university before 1970.

Although my eldest sister did not get her diploma, many people in this batch did not get one, so they are all considered university graduates.

She can take the postgraduate entrance examination.

My younger sister will be able to get her college diploma next year. Although she is a worker-peasant-soldier college student, she is still a college graduate.

She can take the postgraduate entrance examination.

If she could get into the first batch of graduate school after the reform and opening up, her future achievements would not be too bad.

My eldest sister had attended college before and had special circumstances, so she was also able to take the postgraduate entrance examination.

In addition to these two situations, there was a group of students who had excellent grades in the college entrance examination that year and were directly admitted to graduate school.

There are very few such people.

Those who are admitted to graduate school are basically those who have scored full marks in the real-time political examination.

After so many years of well water irrigation, Xizi's IQ is naturally not a problem.

If he is included, there is still a chance.

Of course, success is not guaranteed. After all, Xizi also likes science, so he didn't say too much.

Seeing that his second brother was unwilling to speak, Xizi didn't say anything.

He looked outside and said with a smile, "It's snowing heavily today. Otherwise, it would be great if we could go ice skating!"

Yang Xiaole hummed.

My eldest sister was busy at work today and didn't go home, so she gave up the idea of ​​talking to the two of them.

I was thinking about it in my mind.

If this is the case, three of the five children in the family can go back to college if they work hard.

And he's a graduate student.

Oh, by the way, there is also Xiaomai, but Xiaomai is married now, so many things are not very convenient for her.

Everyone except himself will go to college.

As for himself.

Studying is necessary, and it doesn't matter if you don't have a diploma, but being uneducated is definitely not acceptable. However, he really doesn't want to go to college anymore.

He collected his thoughts and smiled, "The day after tomorrow is Chinese New Year. If the snow stops tomorrow, the skating rink will definitely be cleared of snow and should be open in the evening."

Xizi hummed.

Just as he was about to speak, there was a shout from the door.

"Xiao Le! Xiao Le!"

Yang Xiaole knew who it was without even looking.

Wang Xuewu.

Wang Xuewu's parents no longer live in this yard, so this guy rarely returns to this yard.

But the distance is not very far.

Then I heard the voices of my mother and Wang Xuewu talking at the door.

"Aunt! Let's go play with Xiaole."

"Learn martial arts, liberate yourself! Xiaole is in the room!"

"Oh, ok, let's go in."

Then I heard the sound of the door being pushed open.

Wang Xuewu and Liu Jiefang came in with smiles on their faces.

"Xiao Le, Xizi!"

Liu Jiefang came in and saw the two of them and greeted them with a smile.

Then he smiled and said, "When did you two come back?"

Yang Xiaole naturally knew that Liu Jiefang had returned a long time ago, but his grandmother was sick and he was not in the compound these days.

"I've been back for a few days. I heard your grandma was sick. Is she okay?"

"It's okay, it's much better."

Wang Xuewu smiled and said, "Do you want to play cards? I brought the cards. We haven't gotten together for a long time." Yang Xiaole looked at the time. It was only seven o'clock.

He smiled and agreed: "Sure! Get on the kang!"

Xizi had already taken a bath when he came back, so he naturally joined in the fun.

Not playing for money.

It's just entertainment and chatting.

My mother came over to take a look, then went back. After a while, she came back with some melon seeds and peanuts.

"eat something!"

Liu Jiefang smiled when he saw this and said, "Thank you, Auntie. We are just playing for fun, not for money."

"It's okay, go play!"

After saying that, he left.

On the kang table, Wang Xuewu was shuffling cards.

Liu Jiefang smiled and asked, "Xiao Le, are you still serving in the army in Northeast China?"

Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "No, I have been transferred back to the military area in Sijiu City. I will be here from now on."

"Ah? Is that true? Where is it?"

"Yes, I'm back, but I can't tell you where I am. The army has a rule that after you come out, you can't talk about anything in the army."

After hearing this, Liu Jiefang stopped asking and chatted with Xizi for a while.

After a while of chatting, they all knew what was going on with everyone.

Yang Xiaole looked at Liu Jiefang and said with a smile: "I heard that you are in Luohu, Guangdong? Are there many people in your area who secretly run to Hong Kong Island?"

The place where this guy cut in line was in Luohu, but it was just here.

It will also be the first place to be opened to the outside world in the future reform and opening up.

Liu Jiefang hummed, and while taking the card, he said, "Yes! But the other side is strict, most of them were caught by the people over there and then sent back. Several people in our team sneaked out, and I heard that some died.

I heard from the people who came back that some of those who were arrested were digging stones there, and some were put under centralized management, but they were able to eat meat and bread every day..."

Tell me about the situation there.

Wang Xuewu was surprised when he heard this: "Is it true? Can people who are imprisoned eat meat every day?"

"Well, I heard that someone over there donated money. Part of the money came from donations over there, and part of it was provided by the Hong Kong government. I don't know the details. ..."

Listening to his words, Wang Xuewu still felt a little envious.

But he didn't dare say it out loud.

Yang Xiaole was not surprised at all.

With the current limited living standards, having meat for every meal can be said to be everyone’s dream.

Their Yang family and Wang family are considered the two families with the best living standards in the entire compound.

Because you need meat tickets to eat meat now, each person has a monthly ration of one pound.

There are 9 people in the family, including the children, so we need 9 kilograms of meat per month.

Pigs, cattle and sheep require meat tickets.

However, chickens, ducks, geese and fish no longer require tickets, but the quantities released each day are very small, so you need to go to the market before dawn to queue up.

Even when he was not at home, apart from the required ration of pork every month, there was almost always chicken, duck and fish.

This is something that no other house in the entire compound can compare to.

But the prerequisite for all these foods is money.

After all, one pound of chicken costs an ordinary worker one day's salary, and a three-pound chicken is equivalent to three days' salary.

Fortunately, my family members’ salaries are pretty good now.

My eldest brother makes about 100 yuan a month, my eldest sister makes nearly 50 yuan a month, and my father makes more than 30 yuan a month.

The most important thing is that he always secretly left a lot of money for his family.

From the outside, it seems that the Yang family does not know how to save money or live, but their living conditions are quite good.

A few of them were chatting there, talking about their childhood, which made Yang Xiaole feel nostalgic.

They played cards until eleven o'clock at night, and then they dispersed.

However, the two families did not leave. Several people lay on the kang, chatting and talking.

In the words of these two guys, the kang in his house is warm.

We cannot talk about Yang Xiaole’s army. We can only talk about the things about the educated youth who went to the countryside, especially the matter of Xizi being the team leader.

I don't know what time they chatted until they finally fell asleep because they were too sleepy.

……

The next morning, Yang Xiaole got up before dawn as usual.

When he got up, the others naturally followed suit.

I had breakfast here and then left.

There is nothing to play with in the snow outside.

And Yang Xiaole still has things to deal with.

Tomorrow is New Year’s Eve. Although it is not popular to celebrate the New Year now, we still have to secretly have a good meal as a family.

In the past, some people reported it, but now as long as you don’t go too far, there’s no problem.

He said goodbye to Xizi and left home.

The first place they went to was naturally Feng Aijun's home. Cakes, tea and medicinal wine made with well water were naturally the indispensable items.

The second family is naturally Feng Xue’s family.

Feng Xue is not at home today. She has gone to work at the art troupe. Feng's father is also busy at work. Only Feng's mother is at home.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, he left.

Naturally, my uncle was also present, and finally he went to Chen Dalin's house.

Finally, it’s Old Man Wang.

The old man lived in the famous Shijia Hutong. The address was naturally told to him by the old man. It was no longer in the yard where Feng Aijun lived before.

The compound looks like an ordinary compound from the outside.

But there were soldiers standing guard at the gate.

"Comrade! Who are you looking for?"

"Hello, I'm looking for Chief Wang, my name is Yang Xiaole!"

"Wait a minute!"

Upon seeing this, the other party said something and went to the nearby sentry post to make a phone call.

Yang Xiaole was waiting there.

Originally, he was just reciprocating, so he could just give something as a token of his appreciation. If that didn't work, he could just have someone bring the things in.

I didn't expect the old man to be at home today.

After a while, the other party called back: "Please show your ID, we need to register."

"it is good!"

Yang Xiaole took out his ID and registered him.

"Commander Wang is in the west wing. Turn left after entering the door. You can't go anywhere else."

"it is good!"

Yang Xiaole agreed, took back his ID and went in. As soon as he entered, he saw a concrete door on the left, which was closed.

This should be the one.

I went over and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened and an old lady with half white hair stood there.

The other person was dressed very simply. He looked at him and smiled, "You are Xiao Yang, right?"

"Yes, it's me, Aunt Wang! Chief Wang is home today, right?"

"Well, I'm at home, come in!"

"it is good!"

Then followed in.

This is a cross-courtyard house. In the past, when there were too many people in a family, some people would live in cross-courtyard houses.

The area is not very large, with several big trees planted in the yard and a row of houses on each side.

If it were in the past, there should be accommodation for nannies and guards, and even a dedicated medical worker. Now there is no one inside, probably because the old man has not fully recovered yet.

"Old man, someone is coming."

After coming in, the old lady shouted.

The old man was reading a newspaper there. Hearing what I said, he looked up and said with a smile: "Why did you think of coming here? And you brought something with you!"

Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "I brought some goodies, some tea and some medicinal wine."

Hearing this, the old man laughed and said, "This is the first time I've heard of someone coming to your house with a gift, saying that they are bringing good things. You are not ashamed at all!"

A hand tapped him.

Obviously in a very good mood.

(End of this chapter)