Chapter 78 She Wants to Become One of the First College Students After the Turmoil
Without saying a word, Tan Chen threw the hoe aside and pulled Shang Ruoting back to their room.
I opened the box and took out all the books on top. At the bottom was a stack of white paper, as well as pens and pencils.
"Here is paper and pen, please feel free to use them."
At this moment, Shang Ruoting's attention was all on those books.
When Tan Chen opened the box that night, the light in the room was dim and she couldn't see clearly. Now, all the books were clearly presented in front of her.
Shang Ruoting could tell at a glance that these were high school textbooks.
"Are you teaching yourself high school courses?"
"Well, I learned it in the army." Tan Chen's tone was obviously a little lost.
Shang Ruoting was casually flipping through the textbooks when she suddenly thought of something.
If she remembered correctly, the national college entrance examination would be resumed in 1977. Now it was 1976, so there was only one year left.
She could see that Tan Chen attached great importance to these textbooks, otherwise he would not have kept them in a separate box.
When Tan Chen saw Shang Ruoting flipping through those books, he thought she also wanted to learn.
"These are all high school textbooks. If you like, you can take a look."
After listening to Tan Chen's words, Shang Ruoting suddenly had an idea in her mind: she wanted to be one of the first batch of college students after the turmoil ended.
She just casually flipped through these books. Except for the Russian book, she basically knew the contents of the other books. She thought that if she reviewed it carefully, it would not be difficult to get into university.
"Have you ever thought about going to college?"
Tan Chen was a little confused by her question.
"How is this possible?"
"I usually study these courses on my own, just to increase my knowledge."
Shang Ruoting understood what Tan Chen meant. After all, this was still a turbulent period and the college entrance examination was not allowed. It was not surprising that Tan Chen would say this.
"If the country allows the college entrance examination in the future, won't you also want to go to college?"
Tan Chen pondered for a moment: "Of course I want to go to college, but unfortunately..."
Although Shang Ruoting knew some of the general directions for the future, she couldn't say them out loud now, so she could only encourage Tan Chen in another way.
"Actually, we can definitely study more of the content in these textbooks. If we have the opportunity to take the college entrance examination, we can also try it."
Tan Chen didn't expect that the little girl in front of him had such great ambitions. In order not to discourage her enthusiasm, he casually agreed.
"Okay, if you want to learn these, I will learn with you."
Many years later, when Tan Chen thought of this scene today, he didn't know how grateful he was to Shang Ruoting.
Shang Ruoting secretly curled her lips: Haha, look at how careless you are. There was a time when you took the textbook to ask me for advice.
The couple each has their own little thoughts, but there is no selfishness in their little thoughts, and they all include each other.
Since Shang Ruoting wanted to study these high school courses, Tan Chen simply gave her the key to the box.
"The books are all here. Come and get them whenever you want to read them."
Shang Ruoting didn't hesitate and took the key and put it away.
Tan Chen continued to go outside to tidy up the vegetable garden, while Shang Ruoting sat at the table drawing.
She drew a house first. Although she had many advanced modern house structures in her mind, they were not suitable for this place.
We can only follow the exterior design of the current houses and then renovate the interior structures of the houses.
She drew a four-room brick and tile house with a gabled roof, and its overall appearance looked not much different from the houses here.
For example, the houses of this era basically had a kitchen room right outside the door, and the stove was directly connected to the kang in the bedroom.
Although this is very practical, it is not very beautiful.
Shang Ruoting made some simple modifications here. One of the two rooms in the middle remained a bedroom, and the other became a living room.
A stove is installed between the two bedrooms adjacent to the living room and the middle bedroom, so that when the fire is lit, the rooms on both sides can be heated.
This not only saves resources, but also allows one stove to serve two rooms.
Shang Ruoting was very satisfied with her design and waited for Tan Chen to come back and show it to him. If he had no objection, their house would be built according to the drawings.
Painting a greenhouse is much simpler. Bac Ha Province is located slightly to the north and it can be very cold in winter.
Shang Ruoting directly drew a diagram of the simplest greenhouse structure in rural areas of later generations.
Build a row of brick walls on the north side, connect steel bars to the top of the brick walls, extend them diagonally to the south, and then cover them with a layer of plastic sheeting. Build a stove at one end of the greenhouse. When the weather is too cold, you can light a fire to heat the greenhouse.
This is the simplest greenhouse. Shang Ruoting only learned about this structure from books. With the development of technology in later generations, such greenhouses have long been eliminated.
However, in this era of underdeveloped technology, it is good enough to have a greenhouse like this.
Now, we just have to wait for Tan Chen to come back and take a look. If he thinks it’s okay, the west yard will be built like this.
After Tan Chen tidied up the vegetable garden in the backyard and returned to the room, the first thing Shang Ruoting did was to bring the structural drawing she had drawn to him.
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