1979: Literary Master, Starting from the Return of Educated Youth

Chapter 112 Teaching the Daughter King to Learn Foreign Languages
After a while, Xu Yuexin, Chen Qiaoqiao and Chen Yixiu returned home.

After his daughter-in-law washed her face and fell asleep, Xu Yuexin walked out of the bedroom and planned to return to his home in Keyuan Community.

Bring some daily necessities over, and by the way, wait for a while on the road that Zhu Chen must take on his way back.

"Where?"

My sister-in-law asked, leaning back on the sofa.

"Go home and get something."

Xu Yuexin responded and walked towards the door.

At this moment, he felt an ominous breath coming from behind him.

When he turned around, he saw his sister-in-law looking at him with murderous eyes and a hint of sneer on her lips.

Did she discover something?

Xu Yuexin thought to himself, his hand involuntarily slipped from the door handle and he took two steps back.

"He looks like a decent person, but I didn't expect him to be so cunning."

The sister-in-law stared at him and spoke in a cold tone.

"No, I'm a good person, don't slander me."

Xu Yuexin quickly denied three times and said firmly, "Do I have to report to you when I go home?"

He clearly didn't say anything, so how did his sister-in-law find out?
Xu Yuexin was puzzled.

"Oh, you're still making excuses."

"I asked you why you were so absent-minded when you walked to the gate just now."

"..."

Xu Yuexin was speechless after being asked by his sister-in-law.

When he saw the notice of the pork shop just now, he was indeed distracted.

I didn't expect that my sister-in-law would find out in such a short while.

This woman is not simple!

Xu Yuexin sighed towards the sky.

Of course, he is not a vegetarian.

"I saw a notice posted at the pork shop saying that they would no longer be selling pork with coupons, which I found very interesting."

"So I just watched it for a little longer, what's the matter?"

Xu Yuexin said confidently, trying hard not to reveal a single flaw.

The sister-in-law still looked at him coldly.

As smart as Bingxue is, she is 100% sure that Xu Yuexin is lying.

But she couldn't find any evidence to expose it.

Chen Yixiu stared at Xu Yuexin, thought for a long time, and then sighed.

"Hey, just live a good life with Qiaoqiao."

"Others would be so happy to marry such a good wife."

"It's none of your business."

Xu Yuexin made some specious arguments and then slipped back into the bedroom.

My sister-in-law is too smart. I’m afraid I won’t be able to hold on if the situation continues.

Fortunately, my daughter-in-law was still sleeping soundly and was not awakened by the noise just now.

However, when Xu Yuexin lay down on the bed, she was awakened by the noise.

"Water, drink water..."

Chen Qiaoqiao closed her eyes and spoke in a daze.

"Milk, water or juice?"

Xu Yuexin asked caringly.

He is a gentle scumbag!

"Just drink plain water."

"Ok."

Xu Yuexin went outside to get some water, and Chen Yixiu supervised him the whole time to prevent him from taking the opportunity to go out again.

"What are you looking at?"

Before returning to the bedroom, Xu Yuexin glared at his sister-in-law unhappily.

Chen Yixue rolled her eyes at him and said, "You know it clearly in your heart."

"Ah."

Xu Yuexin sneered.

The advantage of having little conscience was reflected at this time.

After some self-adjustment, he is now very mentally strong.

If the sister-in-law can watch over him for an afternoon, can she watch over him for a lifetime?

The next day Xu Yuexin had a full schedule of classes, and Chen Qiaoqiao only had classes in the morning.

After sending his wife back to Tuanjie Lake at noon, Xu Yuexin attended classes until the evening before returning home.

Not far from the school gate, a familiar face appeared in front of him.

Zhu Chen is here.

Zhu Chen also saw Xu Yuexin and walked towards him.

“Pork is now in wide supply.”

"Yue Xin, you win."

When he came up to her, Zhu Chen said generously and regretfully, "This is the pen you gave me that day. I'm returning it to you."

After saying that, Zhu Chen took out a Hero brand pen from his bag and handed it to Xu Yuexin.

Xu Yuexin blocked her hand.

"No, you keep it."

Xu Yuexin said simply, "It's just a pen."

Zhu Chen didn't expect that he would make such a decision, and his hand hung in the air for a moment.

"This is so bad."

Zhu Chen hesitated and said, "We both agreed in advance..."

"You do not want?"

Xu Yuexin asked calmly.

Zhu Chen felt embarrassed when asked this question.

This is an award-winning commemorative pen for a famous writer.

How could she not want it?
"Well, I owe you too much."

Zhu Chen lowered his head and said, "It's not appropriate to take your things again."

"Okay, give it back to me then."

Seeing this, Xu Yuexin took the pen back from Zhu Chen without any hesitation.

The moment the pen was taken away, Zhu Chen felt a little melancholy, as if he had lost something important.

This is the People's Literature Award-winning fountain pen...

As a literary young woman, Zhu Chen missed her in her heart.

"How are you studying lately? Is everything going well?"

While walking home, Zhu Chen asked Xu Yuexin.

"It's going well. Are you happy with your work?"

"Uh, it's okay, that's it."

Zhu Chen's smile was a little forced.

Xu Yuexin could see that Zhu Chen was not being sincere.

Zhu Chen had talked to him last time about the problem of her being coldly treated at work as one of the students taking the college entrance examination.

From the tone and expression in her answer just now, it can be concluded that her days at work must be becoming increasingly difficult.

The reason for this is that all units are currently facing requirements for the educational structure of cadres and must ensure that there is a certain proportion of college students in the team.

At present, the practice in various places is to promote the old college graduates who graduated in the 50s and 60s. When the first batch of college graduates graduate after the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1982, each unit will need to vacate positions for them.

As a college student recommended for admission before the resumption of the college entrance examination, Zhu Chen naturally became the target of evacuation.

In a word, she has to make way for others.

Xu Yuexin pondered for a moment and felt that he should show her some direction.

"If you don't want to stay in the company, you can also try to continue studying."

"For example, to become a graduate student?"

Xu Yuexin looked at Zhu Chen and said.

"Study for graduate school?"

Zhu Chen’s first reaction was surprise, “Can I do it?” In her impression, getting into college was difficult enough, so wouldn’t being a graduate student be even more difficult?
"Trust me, you can do it."

"In fact, applying for graduate school now is a good opportunity to pick up a bargain."

Xu Yuexin said seriously.

In 1978, the country announced the resumption of the postgraduate entrance examination, but the number of admissions that year was very small.

In 1979, the scale of graduate student enrollment was expanded, with a total of students enrolled nationwide.

The scale of graduate student enrollment this year will only expand further, and the difficulty of the examination will not be much.

The prerequisite for taking the postgraduate examination is to have a bachelor's degree.

Nowadays, the older college students from the 50s and 60s have just been given important positions and are all focusing on their careers. Not many of them will come to take the exam.

After the resumption of the college entrance examination, college students are still in school and have not graduated.

In other words, Zhu Chen basically only needed to compete with other college students who were recommended for admission.

The cultural levels of these college students vary greatly. Some have graduated from junior high school, while others only have a primary school degree.

After all, Zhu Chen went to high school. Compared with them, isn't he just a murderer?

Xu Yuexin explained this to Zhu Chen, and Zhu Chen's eyes lit up after hearing it.

"You're right. It's true that you can get a good deal when taking the postgraduate entrance exam now."

Zhu Chen agreed very much and said, "If you hadn't reminded me, I really wouldn't have thought of it."

"The postgraduate entrance examination is divided into two rounds, in January and July. I think you still have time to prepare for the July one."

Xu Yuexin encouraged.

The CCTV version of "Journey to the West" began filming in 1982, and only the first 11 episodes were filmed in the early stage.

The episode about the Kingdom of Women was filmed in 1986. As long as Zhu Chen can pass the postgraduate entrance examination this year, it will definitely not delay her from becoming the King of Women in the future.

Similarly, it would not delay Xu Yuexin from becoming her royal brother.

"I...should I prepare for January next year?"

Zhu Chen said unconfidently, "I need to spend some time improving my English..."

The competition for postgraduate entrance examinations is very low these days, but you must pass each subject, otherwise you will not be admitted.

For this reason, until the late 90s, some unpopular majors at Peking University and Tsinghua University often failed to recruit enough graduate students and had to be transferred to other majors.

"Just sign up, and I'll help you with your English."

Xu Yuexin said firmly, "I got full marks in English in the college entrance examination."

"Ah? Thank you so much."

Zhu Chen was overjoyed.

After going through a special period, it is difficult to find a teacher who is proficient in English.

Now in Zhu Chen's eyes, Xu Yuexin is simply her living god.

After promising Zhu Lin, Xu Yuexin would take time out twice a week to go to Zhu Lin's house to help her with English.

Under Xu Yuexin's hands-on teaching, her English level has improved continuously, and she knows nearly half of the commonly used words.

As his academic level improved, Zhu Chen became more and more grateful to Xu Yuexin, feeling that he was not only his benefactor but also a guide in his life.

Xu Yuexin did put a lot of thought into Zhu Chen's English proficiency.

In order to improve her reading level, Xu Yuexin went to the reading room of the Foreign Languages ​​Department to read original English newspapers, memorized the contents by rote, and wrote them down at home and gave them to Zhu Chen.

"These are all original English reports, and exam questions may be drawn from them."

Xu Yuexin reminded him, "Read these when your vocabulary improves. If you don't understand something, don't look it up in the dictionary. Guess the meaning based on the context."

Compared with the previous two sessions, the difficulty of the postgraduate entrance examination in 1980 has increased significantly.

Moreover, the content of postgraduate examinations these days is not unified. Xu Yuexin reasonably suspected that the Peking Union Medical College that Zhu Chen applied to would increase the difficulty of foreign language and test his reading skills.

After all, these days a lot of English medical literature has not been translated, and students need to learn the original text.

Zhu Chen felt under tremendous pressure when he saw the original text sent by Xu Yuexin.

“It’s so hard. I feel like I’ll never learn it.”

In the study, Zhu Chen looked at the densely packed English articles and said with a headache.

"Hard work pays off."

Xu Yuexin put his hand on her shoulder and said, "You didn't know a lot of words at the beginning, but now you have mastered nearly half of them, right?"

Zhu Chen felt Xu Yuexin's intimate actions and couldn't help but blush.

"Continue to memorize words. I'll teach you passive tense grammar later."

Xu Yuexin said slowly.

"Um……"

Zhu Chen answered vaguely, his heart beating fast.

Xu Yuexin really does have some ideas about himself.

Zhu Chen couldn't help but feel distressed about this.

……

After another round of teaching by Xu Yuexin, Zhu Chen could already read the original English article fluently and answer some simple questions based on the original text.

Considering the general English proficiency of that era, Xu Yuexin believed that no matter how difficult the English test questions at Peking Union Medical College were, they could not be more difficult than this.

"I think I've learned enough to this extent."

"You can study at home later. If you have any questions, come to me."

In the study room of Zhu Lin's house, Xu Yuexin gave instructions to her while she was studying.

"Ah, you won't come over again?"

Zhu Chen stood up from his chair and said with surprise in his tone, "I haven't learned the perfect tense yet."

"I have explained everything I need to say about perfect tense. I see that you are taking notes very seriously, so you can refer to your notes later."

“English itself is a subject suitable for self-study.”

"Then... let's do it."

Zhu Chen was unhappy and not happy about it.

At this moment, Zhu Chen's mood was very complicated.

On the one hand, after she confirmed that Xu Yuexin was interested in her, she felt a heavy sense of guilt in her heart, because he was a married man.

On the other hand, she admired Xu Yuexin very much and felt that he had helped her a lot since they met.

Especially during the period of learning English, she had close contact with Xu Yuexin for a long time, and had developed different feelings for Xu Yuexin.

Zhu Chen herself couldn't explain what this emotion was. She only knew that she felt very sad when she learned that Xu Yuexin was leaving.

"Why, you want me to stay here?"

Seeing that Zhu Chen was not very happy, Xu Yuexin asked with a smile.

"You have your own things to do, so it's not a good idea to force you to stay."

Zhu Chen suppressed his emotions with reason and forced a smile, "By the way, I've seen your wife. She's very beautiful and seems to be a nice person."

Zhu Chen hoped to use this method to remind Xu Yuexin to stop overstepping the boundaries, so as to avoid leaving her at a loss as to what to do.

"Well, I love her very much."

Xu Yuexin expressed his opinion.

Zhu Chen was confused: If he loved his wife so much, why would he still... have feelings for her?

Just when Zhu Chen didn't know what to say, Xu Yuexin took her hand and said, "I can still love others."

? ?
Zhu Chen was shocked when he heard this.

Falling in love with more than one person at the same time? And with this?

This really impacted her worldview.

A serious look appeared on Zhu Chen's dignified face and he pulled his hand out.

Xu Yuexin had helped her a lot, and she felt that she needed to pull him back on the right track when he started to go astray.

"Comrade Xu Yuexin, such thoughts as yours are very dangerous and must not be tolerated."

Zhu Chen warned solemnly, "It will harm you."

"Oh? Is it your turn to be my teacher?"

Xu Yuexin chuckled.

Zhu Chen was a little embarrassed by the question: she said those words out of moral instinct.

Now that he had calmed down and thought about it, Zhu Chen felt a little regretful, thinking that saying this might have been a bit too hurtful to him.

"I did not mean that."

Zhu Chen explained somewhat embarrassedly, "I just think that you are living a good life now. There is no need to risk ruining this life by doing something, something..."

Zhu Chen was a little at a loss for words and didn't know how to express his meaning in a tactful way.

This time it was Xu Yuexin who looked serious.

"But you're worth it."

Xu Yuexin looked into Zhu Chen's beautiful eyes and said affectionately.

Zhu Chen's heart started pounding when he was looked at by him, and he didn't know how to respond.

(End of this chapter)