Their family had been separated for too many years, and now they were reunited again. Sometimes spending time together felt like a dream, and they were always worried that once they woke up from the dream, they would be back to the days when their family was far away.
Especially the three of them, grandfather and grandson, who were used to working in the brigade, were a little uncomfortable with the sudden leisure time. His father and grandfather even turned the flower garden into a small vegetable garden, and they had to weed and plant vegetables there every day.
Gu Xingshu cut a plate of fruit and brought it over. He placed it in front of Tian Tian and said with a smile, "How are you doing in college now? Is there anything you are not used to?"
"No! I'm doing pretty well in college. My roommates are very kind, and my classmates are all studious people. No one does any messy things." Tian Tian said with a smile.
Her experience of going to college this time was better than that in her previous life. Last time, there were too many things to do, with constant meetings, lectures, and various large studies. Now there are not so many things to do.
"Those who can go to college all have top-notch determination and perseverance. Studying in such an atmosphere will also be good for you," said Gu Xingshu.
"The benefits are huge. Sometimes I want to take a break, but when I see those people who spend the whole day in the library, I dare not take a break." Tian Tian said with a smile.
Nowadays, everyone is very free-spirited, they are all free-spirited, and Tian Tian was also forced to become free-spirited.
"You are studying English now, but English is not easy to learn, especially if you want to speak fluent English. It is not easy and requires a lot of effort. You didn't have any foundation in English before, so why did you choose such a major?" asked Gu Xingshu.
Gu Xingshu had wanted to ask this question for a long time. He was extremely surprised when he learned that Tian Tian chose to major in English. The school had not offered English classes in the past ten years. Even ten years ago, Russian classes were more popular. Ten years later, neither the English department nor the Russian department were so popular.
"I just thought learning a language was interesting, and when I heard there was an English major, I chose it. Now I'm quite used to it. The teacher also started from scratch, so I don't have any difficulties for the time being," Tian said with a smile.
Most of the students in the class now have never been exposed to English. Some of them may have been exposed to English ten years ago, but have long forgotten about it in the past ten years. It is even more impossible for students within the past ten years to have been exposed to English.
So after teaching for a while, the teachers in their class found that many students had never been exposed to English before and had no foundation at all. Some of them didn't even know the English letters. The teachers had no choice but to start teaching from the 26 English letters.
Fortunately, although the people in their class had no basic knowledge, they all had strong learning abilities. They were also willing to work hard, so everyone learned very quickly.
"It's enough that you are interested in English. I knew you were studying English, so I asked someone to buy you a tape recorder and English tapes. You can use them. To learn English, you need to listen and speak more. You must be able to speak it in the future." After saying that, Gu Xingshu took out a box, which contained a small radio and a few tapes next to it.
Tian Tian looked at the tapes with shining eyes. Radios could still be bought at that time, but tapes were hard to get.
Especially the English tapes. There are still many people who are stuck in the thinking of that decade and are worried that these English tapes will put them in danger again.
So I didn't have the courage to buy English tapes. Even if I had some at home, I didn't dare to take them out, let alone give them to others.
What their English major students need most are English tapes.
There are very few study materials nowadays, let alone unpopular subjects like foreign languages. A tape recorder is easy to get, and you can definitely buy it if you have money, but English tapes are not something you can get just because you have money.
"Forget about the radio, it's too expensive. But this tape is exactly what I need, so I'll accept it. Thank you, Grandpa Gu." Tian Tian said.
"Just take it! We didn't buy my radio with our own money. When Gu Zhao and his classmates were taking the mechanics class, they learned how to make a radio. Gu Zhaozhao specially went to the scrap yard to find a broken radio and modified it. We didn't need it at home, so I thought you wanted to use it to listen to English tapes, so I gave it to you." Gu Xingshu said.
After hearing this, Tian Tian turned to look at Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao raised his eyebrows proudly at Tian Tian, "I'm awesome, don't you think this radio looks a bit shabby, but it still works well."
Gu Zhao took the radio out of the box and began to demonstrate to Tian Tian how to use the radio.
The radio, which looked a bit shabby, was operating very sensitively, changing channels and tuning audio channels. A tape was put in, and soon standard American English came out from the radio, no, it should be the tape recorder.
Tian Tian was a little surprised. Although the radio looked quite worn out and had some rust in some places, it was a tape recorder with very complete functions.
Moreover, this tape recorder is very small, only the size of three palms, and does not look bulky.
"Then I won't be polite." Tian Tian hugged the radio and tapes in her arms without hesitation.
This afternoon is a weekday, and Gu Zhao's parents are not home. There are only Gu Zhao, Gu Xingshu, and Tian Tian at home, so Tian Tian is more relaxed staying here.
In the evening, the three of them cooked a meal together, using the small vegetable seedlings that Gu Xingshu had just grown. They ate happily. After the meal, Tian Tian went back to the dormitory with the radio and tapes that Gu Xingshu had given her.
The people in the dormitory were very surprised to see Tiantian coming back with a radio after going out. They surrounded Tiantian and asked her where the thing came from. Tiantian didn't want to cause trouble, so she just said that her brother asked his classmates to assemble a new one for her using an old radio.
Except for Zhao Chunxian, everyone here knew that he had a brother. They also knew that Tiantian called his brother yesterday. Now when they heard Tiantian say this, they didn't doubt anything.
Could it be that Zhao Chunxian turned around and looked at Tiantian curiously? He knew that Tiantian was also from the countryside like him, and from another province, but he didn't know why Tiantian also had a brother in the city.
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