1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 39 Secret Base and Thief

Standing on both sides of the Yellow River, holding confidential documents, with machine gun fire in front and artillery fire behind...

"Comfortable~"

Dachun came out of the public toilet and saw his friends waiting for him not far away.

"What are you talking about? By the way, are there a lot more people on the streets recently?" He seemed to realize something belatedly.

Glasses pushed his glasses up: "The college entrance examination will be held in the next two days."

That’s right, the college entrance examination is from July 7th to 20nd.

The notification in November last year was a bit hasty. The exam started one month after the notification. Many people had no preparation at all and did not even have time to take the exam.

Therefore, this year is the real resumption of the college entrance examination.

According to data released later: 78 million people applied for the national college entrance examination in 610, and 40.2 were admitted.

In the meantime, cities such as Yanjing, Tianjin, and Shanghai expanded their enrollment twice, and the Ministry of Rites restored and added 55 colleges and universities...

Among those who took the college entrance examination this year, many of them later became successful figures.

There was a person who later became the president of Bank of Zhao S.

There was the company that made China's first generation PDA handheld computer, the Business Communication System.

There was one who founded the famous Soitong Company and became a prominent figure in Yanjing Zhongguancun.

There are three famous color TV companies, Konka, Skyworth and TCL founder - at their peak, these three color TV companies accounted for 40% of China's TV production.

And these three people were in the same class in 78, which is where history becomes interesting.

There are also people who did not get into university, but whose destiny was changed because of the college entrance examination.

For example, in Sichuan Province, the three brothers Liu Yongxing all passed the score line, but were not admitted because of their poor family background.

At that time, the college entrance examination required a Z review, and the three brothers were so angry that they opened a small breeding farm.

20 years later, the Liu brothers became the richest people in China at that time - which later became the New Hope Group.

It is the time for the college entrance examination now, and candidates from surrounding towns have all flocked to Yanjing, so there are naturally a lot of people.

Moreover, many of the educated youth who had gone to the countryside to work had already returned to the city at this time.

Because these people have no jobs, they can only eat at home and wander around the streets all day.

Now in this area of ​​Dongcheng alone, there are many unfamiliar faces in their twenties.

Anxious and confused expressions. This must be a big problem!
It would be best if the returned educated youth could take the college entrance examination and pass it, but most of them still had to wait for employment.

Older parents may retire early and let their children take over their jobs.

But there are very few people like Xia Tiandachun's family who are only children these days.

With four or five children in a family, who will take care of the job? Who will make a living on their own?
In those days, you needed food coupons to eat. When I suddenly returned home, I found that my family was suddenly short of money for both housing and food.

Xia Tian knew that next year, there would be more educated youth returning to the city, and the situation would be even more serious then.

……

At the end of July, a good thing happened to summer.

Didn’t we plan to give Xia’s dad a new house before? But at that time, Xia hugged the pillar for three hours and ended up ruining it.

There is no new house now, but as the propaganda section chief, Dad Xia still got a small single room in an old tube-shaped building.

Naturally, Dad Xia couldn't live there anymore, so the key belonged to Xia Tian.

Many of my later friends have never seen a tube-shaped building, but they may have seen it in a high school dormitory, right?

It’s a similar layout, with a long corridor and entrance doors one after another.

This is the style of Mao Xiong, commonly known as Yumi Xiaofu Building~
In summer, this small suite has a small living room as soon as you enter the door, and a small bedroom further in. That’s it! A total of 25 square meters.

As for the kitchen, usually three or four families share one kitchen.

There are also older buildings that don’t have kitchens, so the gas stoves are placed on one side of the corridor.

As soon as it was time for dinner, a symphony of pots and pans could be heard in the corridor.

When someone makes something delicious, the neighbor will ask, "Hey, what did you make? It smells so good!"

The other party has to ask: "Have you eaten yet? A whole mouthful?"

It has a very down-to-earth feel.

The bathroom was shared - there was a washroom and toilet at each end of the corridor. Neighbors took turns cleaning.

Well, at least there was central heating, but not much else.

Later, Shougang built several new residential buildings of its own, which were larger and better equipped. They were new-style units with bathrooms and kitchens, and were very comfortable.

Shougang is so prosperous! The treatment is so envious of other companies!
This narrow old building has become much more empty.

If a family of four or five people lived there, it would definitely be very crowded.

But for Xia Tian, ​​it is also an independent space and a secret base.

In the summer, I am often not at home during the day, hiding upstairs to paint or write. I also put some things here.

In the summer, I hide in a small building and think about this strange world and myself when no one is around. It is a bit of peaceful time.

On August 8, Xiatian rode his bicycle to his secret base, holding a stack of newspapers.

There is an interesting article in the newspaper today. I need to think about it.

At this time, there was a thin, dark-skinned boy with small single eyelids who was wandering around their building in summer.

Because everyone is at work these days, there are few people idle, so the building is very deserted during the day.

The boy looked around, picked a door, took out a piece of wire, and started to tinker with it. This boy is not a Buddha - in Yanjing, thieves are called Buddhas, and I don't know what the meaning is?
This guy is not a thief, but he has a hobby of breaking into houses and picking locks.

He taught himself at home and could pick open locks using a piece of wire - he started by picking his father's drawer lock.

His father is an officer, yes, this grandson is a child of a wealthy family.

But as I said before, young people these days are full of energy and have nothing serious to do, especially those from big courtyards who have no pressure in life and are very naughty! They will do anything!

When he was six years old, he made his own master key, which opened his father's drawer and also opened the door to a new world.

The kid pried open his father's drawer and took out a saber, certificates, medals, photos and other things.

Children who grow up in military compounds generally have a yearning for the army.

Or it can be said that most young people these days yearn to join the army.

I long to be a soldier and sacrifice my life for my country.

Which young person has not had this impulse?
But this time the urge is even stronger.

And children from military compounds usually take this step - being a soldier is a good choice these days.

The boy hung his father's medals all over his chest, saluted and stamped his feet in front of the mirror, fantasizing about being inspected.

Finally, he took out a balloon from the drawer and blew it up for fun, but he accidentally broke the balloon and the air flew everywhere.

He was so scared that he quickly put the things away and put them back.

Because of the tire leak, he now has a 9-year-old brother.

Later he realized that his brother's birth was directly related to the deflated balloon - umbrellas were reused in those days.
After a few years, it became boring to leave the lock on the house open, so he started looking for excitement.

They would just enter a building and open any locked door at random, without stealing anything - there weren't many thieves these days, and the moral bottom line hadn't collapsed that much.

This kid is like going on an adventure, entering someone else's home, as if he has entered a strange little world, looking at this and that, sometimes even taking a nap, and then leaving.

Unconsciously.

This bad hobby has lasted for more than half a year, but today it’s better…

He opened the door, slipped in, closed the door and turned around, wow!

I was so scared that I froze at the door!

As soon as you enter the door, you will see an easel with a colorful oil painting called "Ne Zha"!
Nezha with three heads and six arms holding various magic weapons!
The three faces of Nezha have different expressions. The middle one is as calm as water, the left one is ferocious and angry, with clenched teeth and glaring, and the right one is sad and painful, with tears... It was painted two days ago in the summer.

During this period, the information from the world still made him feel uneasy, so he tried to relieve it through painting.

This habit was formed in the circular stairwell!

I was even crazier at that time, I cut my fingers and scribbled on the wall with blood! Later, I even became more determined!
That period was probably when Xia Tian was on the verge of mental breakdown.

The boy didn't expect to see such a scene as soon as he entered the door. He was so scared that he stood at attention on the spot.

It took me several seconds to recover. I let out a long breath and felt my calves trembling.

Although he likes excitement, he is actually not very courageous.

He took small steps to the side to avoid Nezha's sight, staring at the canvas without daring to move away.

At first glance, this painting is really shocking.

He felt his heart beating wildly and it couldn't stop at all!

"This, this... This painting is amazing." The boy looked away and observed his surroundings.

The house is very clean and tidy, and even gives people a feeling that there is no life in it.

You have to know that this kind of tube-shaped building is usually very crowded, with furniture and daily necessities squeezed together, making it difficult to keep it clean.

But this room is different. A simple modular bookcase is filled with books, drawing paper, canvas and other things.

There are also many pens, pencils, pens, brushes, paintbrushes...

"Hiss~" He picked up the pens and looked at them one by one, then looked at the many notes on the desk, and felt that the owner of this house must be very powerful.

"Here it is!" He looked through it carefully.

And just at this moment, Xia Tian went up to the fourth floor.

When I arrived at my door, I found the lock was opened.

Hmm? Interesting!

He gripped the door handle, lifted the door with a little force and pushed it open - this way the door wouldn't make any noise.

Then I saw a black boy of about fifteen or sixteen looking through his things in front of the desk.

"Does it look good?" Xia Tian asked.

"Well! This story is well written..." The boy was stunned and turned his head away abruptly, his eyes almost popping out.

Xia Tian smiled at him, grabbed his not-too-thick arm, threw him to the ground with a small grab, and held him down with his hands behind his back.

"Ouch! My arm, my arm is going to break!" The thin little black man lying on the ground, who looked like a big monkey, screamed.

Xia Tian heard this and used a little more strength, and heard the boy scream like a pig being slaughtered, with a very high pitch.
I've been worrying about how to vent my emotions during this summer, can God be merciful and give me something to vent my emotions?

Naughty children who sneak into houses and pick locks must be educated properly.

Steal a brick today and tear down the house tomorrow!
What's destroying the crops? Grasshoppers!

Why don't you catch it?

Because it has four legs, it can jump and hop.
Thanks to the 100-point reward from Nashou Xianyutiao

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