Traveling through 1980 to become a top student

Chapter 50

Lin Jinglan was at a loss, what is the certificate at the county level?She hadn't even heard of it.

The train conductor could tell at a glance that Lin Jinglan did not have a county-level certificate, but after scanning Lin Jinglan's young and dazed face, he looked at the other people in the carriage, pointed to the young man on the upper berth and asked, "Your Proof? Is there any?"

The young man smiled wryly, "Me neither."

The conductor pointed to the young man and said, "Without a certificate from the county regiment level, you are not allowed to sit on a soft sleeper according to the regulations. Come down, I will change you to a hard sleeper, and I will issue a certificate for you. When you get off the train and leave the station, take the certificate and return it to the police station." You pay the difference."

The conductor turned sideways, and Lin Jinglan saw a beautiful foreign woman standing behind her. The conductor said to the foreigner, "You can sleep in this berth." Some urged the young man, "Pack up quickly and come with me for a hard sleeper."

The young man looked helpless, "It's not that I'm the only one who doesn't have a certificate, why do I have to give up the soft berth?"

The conductor glared at the young man, "Are you ashamed to let the little girl pass?"

Lin Jinglan was amused by the conductor, she also felt a little embarrassed, and said to the young man, "Thank you, just take advantage of me, if I am alone, it doesn't matter if I change to hard sleeper, but my mother and I are the first Once on the train, if she sleeps separately, she will definitely feel worried."

When the young man saw Lin Jinglan, a young and beautiful girl, talking to him so politely, his face turned red, and he waved his hands, "I'll just say it casually, how can I let you change it?" Go to the hard sleeper."

After the conductor left with the young man and the foreign beauties came into their soft sleeper to settle down, Lin Jinglan asked Yang Gui, "What is the county regimental certificate?"

Yang Gui was a little surprised that Lin Jinglan didn't know it at all, but she still patiently explained to her, "If you want to sit on a soft sleeper, there is actually a requirement for the level. It doesn't mean that whoever can afford the ticket can sit, but you must be above the county and regiment level. Therefore, a certificate at the county and regiment level is required."

"But in fact, in the past two years, the regulations have become less strict. Most of the soft sleepers are not above the county level. Today is just in time," Yang Gui motioned in the direction of the foreign beauty, and paused Only then did I think of the right words, "...foreign friends, the conductor just checked the county regimental certificate, so as to find someone who doesn't have a certificate to give up a berth."

Lin Jinglan was stunned, "It turns out that this is the case. Someone bought this ticket for me. I really didn't know about it."

Lin Jinglan knew that soft sleepers had to be above the county regiment level to sit. Such regulations would become looser and looser until they were finally banned.Now, although money can buy some goods and services, it is still very restricted. It will take a few years for this restriction to disappear. Lin Jinglan is eagerly looking forward to it—at least the food stamps will be cancelled.

The foreign woman in the same room has long brown hair and a pair of blue eyes, she can definitely be regarded as a beauty. Lin Jinglan looked at her quietly, she couldn't tell the age of the foreigner, maybe around 30 or [-] years old?

The foreign beauty met Lin Jinglan's gaze and spoke to her proactively, "Excuse me, where can I buy food?" understand.

Lin Jinglan hesitated for a moment, the dining car on the train should sell food, right?But she wasn't sure if this time was still available, after all, it was already past dinner time, and it was time to turn off the lights and go to bed soon.Lin Jinglan briefly explained her thoughts to the foreign beauty in English, then opened the door and called the conductor, and explained to the conductor that the foreign beauty wanted to buy food.China is not yet an era where foreigners run everywhere. Lin Jinglan can see from the incident that the train conductor asked the young man to give up a berth to a foreign beauty, that the conductor attaches great importance to foreign friends.

Sure enough, the conductor immediately called the foreign beauty to go to the dining car with her.

After a while, the foreign beauties came back with food, two pancakes, braised meat, and two bottles of mineral water.Although it still looks a bit shabby, Lin Jinglan knows that these foods already contain the sincerity of the conductor.

Lin Jinglan stared at the mineral water for a long time. Mineral water is a rarity in this era. When the school didn't have enough coal to burn and there was no water to drink, she looked for mineral water everywhere, but couldn't find it!After inquiring, she found out that there are mineral waters produced in China now, but all the produced mineral waters are exported for export, and they are not sold in the country at all.

The foreign beauty held chopsticks, didn't know what to do with the burrito in front of her, and looked sad.

Seeing this, Lin Jinglan said to her in English, "Such a big burrito, just pick it up and eat it with your hands, no need to use chopsticks."

The foreign beauty raised her head and looked at Lin Jinglan hesitantly.Lin Jinglan nodded and said with a smile, "Chinese people eat burritos in the same way. They hold them with their hands."

The foreign beauty hesitated to pick it up, took a bite, and a look of satisfaction appeared on her face.There was a smile in Lin Jinglan's eyes, and she couldn't help jokingly thinking, is the beauty opposite her British?
The beauty was pleasantly surprised to find that Lin Jinglan's English was very good, and it was not a problem to communicate with her at all. I don't know if it was because of being suffocated in China. After eating the burrito, she chatted with Lin Jinglan non-stop.Lin Jinglan's spoken language was still a little rusty at first, after all, she hadn't used it for a long time, and when encountering long sentences, she had to turn her head twice before she could speak them.After chatting for a while, Lin Jinglan's strangeness disappeared, and the beauty had long forgotten about slowing down her speech, and the two chatted happily.

When Lin Jinglan got up and was about to turn off the lights and go to bed, she realized that Zhou Hui and Yang Gui had stopped chatting a long time ago and had been staring at her dumbfounded for so long.

Lin Jinglan really frightened the two of them too much.

At first Lin Jinglan answered the foreigner in English, and when they called the conductor, they thought that Lin Jinglan could not understand English, so they called the conductor to help.It never occurred to her that Lin Jinglan could chat with foreigners so fluently after they came back with food.

Zhou Hui asked Lin Jinglan in a low voice, "Since when did your English become so good?"

Lin Jinglan smiled and said, "I learned it at school. I didn't score very high in English in the college entrance examination, you know that."

Zhou Hui believed it without any doubt. Parents are always easy to believe that their children are capable.Zhou Hui was so excited that her eyes were slightly moist, "Jing Lan has really grown up and is so capable. Mom is so happy that she can't believe it."

Lin Jinglan didn't expect Zhou Hui to have such a big reaction, she felt sore, but she still joked with a smile, "It's not just English, your daughter has a lot of skills, she will definitely let you live a good life in the future."

Unexpectedly, when Lin Jinglan said this, Zhou Hui's tears would immediately fall down, and Lin Jinglan hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe Zhou Hui's tears.

Zhou Hui took the handkerchief and wiped it by herself, and said with a smile, "Mom is so happy."

Yang Gui saw everything in his eyes and felt that this mother and daughter pair was even more mysterious.But there is one thing, Yang Gui believes that the money spent by the mother and daughter should be earned by the daughter. Based on her English level alone, she can get a lot of money by doing translation.But why did Zhou Hui also look shocked by her daughter's English level?Doesn't she know how good her daughter's English is?Moreover, Lin Jinglan told Zhou Hui just now that she learned English like this in school. Yang Gui couldn't believe it. No English teacher in school could do it to communicate with foreigners so fluently!No matter how good you are in English at school, you can only get a high score in the college entrance examination. With such a good oral English, you must hire a special person to teach and practice.

Yang Gui felt more and more that the mother and daughter couldn't see through.However, Yang Gui didn't want to inquire too much, so she just asked, "Which university did Xiao Lin get into?" She originally thought that there were so many universities in Beijing, and she wasn't curious about which one Lin Jinglan got into, but now It seems that the university that Lin Jinglan got into must be very good.

Before Lin Jinglan could answer, Zhou Hui rushed to say, "Tsinghua University."

Yang Gui gasped. Even though she guessed that Lin Jinglan's university was very good, she never expected it to be Tsinghua University.This is one of the best schools in the country!How many people are recruited in the whole country in a year?
It took Yang Gui a long time to regain his composure, and he said incessantly, "Ah, Xiao Lin is really capable, and this is the first time I've met a top student from Tsinghua University!" Yang Gui shook Lin Jinglan's hand with a smile, "I'm so lucky. It's great, I can sit in the same box with you, and let me feel happy!"

Lin Jinglan pursed her lips and smiled. Although Yang Gui's reaction was exaggerated, it didn't make people feel fake at all. Even some body movements did not make Lin Jinglan feel disgusted at all.

"To be admitted to Tsinghua University, you have to be among the top in the province, right?" Yang Gui sighed, "It's really not easy, it's really not easy."

Zhou Hui said, "He is the number one scholar in the province." Although his tone was modest, the pride on his face could not be concealed.

Yang Gui was hit by a heavy bomb again, unable to recover, "Provincial No. [-]? How many candidates are there in the whole province? It's really not easy to be No. [-]..."

Yang Gui suddenly felt that no matter what the mother and daughter in front of her were, she would not be surprised anymore. If she could get the first prize among so many candidates in the province, what was it worth to earn money?What is it to be angry?
People in the 80s have never heard of the saying that high scores are low-energy. Yang Gui directly equated the provincial champion with the best person in the province. Yang Gui even thought in his heart that the legendary champions are all stars of Wenqu, so they cannot be judged by ordinary people's standards .

At the beginning, Yang Gui chatted with Zhou Huilin and Jinglan's mother and daughter, but because of curiosity, she felt that there were too many things about this pair of mother and daughter that she couldn't see through, but now Yang Gui was determined to get to know them well. It's a pity that I don't know such a good person.As a businessman, Yang Gui firmly believes that many friends have multiple paths, and a good friend can help sometimes not at 01:30.

But Yang Gui was very enthusiastic from the beginning to the end, so Lin Jinglan and Zhou Hui didn't feel the change in her mind.After sleeping, the next morning, Yang Gui and Lin Jinglan exchanged addresses very naturally, and agreed to keep in touch in the future.Zhou Hui said with a smile on his face, "I must be in touch often. It's the first time I've seen such a free and easy person like you. Your life is so different."

Lin Jinglan looked at Zhou Huiyoushen's eyes, and was very happy in her heart.Zhou Hui should also have her own friends, her life can't just revolve around herself.

After the crowd left the station, Yang Gui enthusiastically asked if he wanted to see Zhou Hui and Lin Jinglan for a ride, "It's your first time in Beijing, I'll see you off, anyway, I'm familiar with the roads in Beijing."

Lin Jinglan refused with a smile, "Thank you, but we have someone to pick you up, so I won't bother you."

Lin Jinglan stood at the exit, glanced around, and really saw a sign raised high, with the three big characters Lin Jinglan written on it.After saying goodbye to Yang Gui, Lin Jinglan pulled Zhou Hui and strode towards the signboard.

(End of this chapter)