Siheyuan: I, the eldest son of the Liu family, will enter the department!

the other side.

The registers at department stores were packed.

The uniformed staff took the registration form, engraved the number on the frame, and finally stamped it with a steel stamp.

Liu Guangqi paid the license registration fee.

This completes the entire process.

Not long after, Liu Guangqi came out of the department store with a brand new bicycle beside him.

At this time.

Dusk has fallen.

Liu Guangqi smiled and thought that he could be considered a car owner.

Without wasting any more time, I got on the saddle, stepped lightly on the pedals, and the wheels started rolling silently.

The evening breeze blows towards me.

With the fragrance of locust leaves, it is much more comfortable than taking the bus.

About half an hour later.

The bicycle rolled over the stone road in front of the courtyard gate, and Liu Guangqi got off the bicycle. He couldn't ride on the road ahead, so he could only push it in.

forecourt.

Yan Bugui was squatting at the door picking vegetables.

Hearing the noise, he suddenly raised his head and the beans in his hand fell to the ground with a "pop".

"My darling!"

Yan Bugui's eyes widened as he pointed at the bicycle Liu Guangqi was pushing, stunned: "Guangqi...you...bought a bicycle?"

Liu Guangqi stopped the car and nodded with a smile.

Yan Bugui, come here quickly!

He circled the bike three times, poking his fingers lightly at the seat and pinching the rubber on the handlebars.

"Permanent card!"

"That's one hundred and eighty, right? And you need a bicycle ticket! You're really good, kid!"

He smacked his lips in pain as he spoke.

It was as if it was his money that was being spent. One hundred and eighty yuan was enough for his family to live frugally for half a year, not counting the expensive bicycle ticket.

……

Yan Jiecheng next to him.

Squatting by the door, he stared at Liu Guangqi's bicycle with eyes full of envy.

No wonder he envied Liu Guangqi!

After all, he and Liu Guangqi were the same age, both born in 1939, and Liu Guangqi had always been someone else's child...

He had gotten used to it over the years.

did not expect.

After Liu Guangqi graduated from university, the gap between him and me became so big.

To know!

When Liu Guangqi was studying, he happened to catch up with the 522 system.

So does he!

Unfortunately, because his family was a "small landlord" back then, he couldn't even pass the political review when he wanted to take the junior high school entrance exam, the technical secondary school entrance exam, and the high school entrance exam.

As a result, he only managed to get a junior high school diploma despite his average academic performance.

Now he works odd jobs in the street office.

He does all kinds of dirty work, such as moving bricks and unloading coal, but even so, he doesn't earn much money, far less than the regular workers in the factory.

Look at Liu Guangqi again!

He made rapid progress and not only was admitted to Shuimu University, but he even joined the Ministry of Industry as soon as he graduated.

Now he has bought a bicycle again!

These days, he lives a more comfortable life than Xu Damao in the courtyard.

Xu Damao was born in 37, two years older than them. He had graduated from high school and took over his father Xu Fugui's job, becoming a projectionist, one of the eight major personnel...

On the other hand, there are several young people in the hospital.

Jia Dongxu took over Lao Jia's job and is now a second-level fitter. Sha Zhu is a ninth-level cook at the steel rolling mill, and Xu Damao is a projectionist at the steel rolling mill.

A row of regular workers in the steel rolling mill!

And he...

But he doesn't even have a proper job.

Before I knew it, an indescribable envy surged into my heart like a tide.

.......

Chapter 23: Steel Mill Assessment! Yi Zhonghai is going to take the eighth-level fitter exam?!

forecourt.

Liu Guangqi naturally noticed Yan Jiecheng's gaze, but he didn't say much.

Every era has its own characteristics!

He is not a saint, and he will not empathize with anyone or feel the same way about them.

Based on Yan Jiecheng's family background.

Getting the qualification to take junior high school entrance exam, technical secondary school entrance exam, or senior high school entrance exam may be somewhat difficult, but it depends more on his own performance.

If he had any achievements to show for himself—

The fact that one is a small landlord will not be so strictly controlled during the political review that one will not be denied the qualification for the high school entrance examination.

Neither academic performance nor family background is good.

Then there is nothing more to say.

after all.

These days, he is not the only one who cannot get into technical secondary school or high school.

……

Liu Guangqi obviously also knew what kind of person Yan Bugui was.

Therefore, I didn't stay in the front yard for too long.

He could guess that Old Yan was rolling his eyes and was probably thinking of asking him to treat him.

The usual calculations and petty gains of old students...

have nothing to say!

Therefore, Liu Guangqi smiled and said a few words to Yan Bugui, then pushed the cart towards the central courtyard.

Not giving him a chance to continue.

It’s time to say it or not!

This is the bad thing about living in the backyard. Every day when going to and from get off work, you have to pass by the front and middle yards without fail...

It’s impossible not to encounter the birds in the courtyard!

Exactly.

As a native of Beijing, I like to say hello when I meet someone. Even if I have nothing to say, I will at least ask if the person has eaten.

To be honest!

Liu Guangqi has plenty of ways to deal with the trivialities and intrigues in the courtyard.

But I really don't like this lifestyle...

Everything you do is under other people's eyes, and there is no such comfort as to live as you please.

I really don’t know what the protagonists of those courtyard-travel novels are thinking.

Would love to live in a place like this.

Don’t talk about how valuable the courtyard houses will be in the future. That will happen many years from now.

With this skill...

Wouldn’t it be nice to enjoy the convenience of the tube-shaped buildings of this era first?

If you only think about how valuable the courtyard house will be in the future, isn't this just like drawing a character for "拆" (demolition) on the mud wall of your own rural home?

How many years will it take to wait?

and so.

Liu Guangqi's thoughts were exactly the opposite of theirs. He didn't want to live in a courtyard house at all. He had to run a long way to go to the toilet and go to a public bathhouse to take a shower.

If you have the chance, you must ask your company about housing allocation and try to get the qualification as soon as possible.

Then--

Move out!

……