Time flies, and before we knew it, it was summer 1953.
A lot has happened in the past two years. First, military control ended in 1952, and street offices and police stations were established. No. 95 Nanluoguxiang was under the management of Jiaodaokou Street Office.
To cooperate with the street office's management, the courtyard elected three stewards to prevent enemy agents, mediate disputes among neighbors, and facilitate the transmission of government instructions and notices.
At the same time, it is clearly stipulated that it is not allowed to set up private courts, arbitrarily punish, make private donations, or engage in feudal superstition, etc. Problems should be mediated if possible, and reported to the street office if they cannot be mediated. If criminals are encountered, they should be reported directly to the police station.
Although the position of steward of the courtyard house was a sinecure without a salary, the people in the courtyard house still fought fiercely over it. In the front courtyard there were Sun Dajiang, Lin Wencui (the stewardess), and Yan Bugui; in the middle courtyard there were Yi Zhonghai and He Daqing; and in the back courtyard there were Xu Fugui and Liu Haizhong.
Under the witness of Director Wang of the Subdistrict Office, everyone voted and elected Liu Haizhong of the backyard as the backyard manager, Yi Zhonghai of the middle yard as the middle yard manager, and Yan Bugui of the front yard, having no opponents, directly became the front yard manager because Sun Dajiang and his wife withdrew.
To distinguish themselves, the three men were named according to their age: the eldest was Yi Zhonghai, the second was Liu Haizhong, and the third was Yan Bugui. Thus, the era of the eldest men in the courtyard house officially began.
In the past two years, the Sun family has also developed well. Sun Dajiang works in the electrician group of the steel rolling mill. Because of his highest technical level, he has become the group leader of the electrician group. He is in charge of three subgroups, two of which work day shifts and one of which works night shifts. His salary is 790,000 yuan, and with the group leader's subsidy, his monthly salary reaches 890,000 yuan.
Lin Wencui used to be a level 5 clerk in the factory's women's federation, but now she has been promoted to level 3 clerk, and her monthly salary, including subsidies, has reached 650,000 yuan.
The couple's wages became the ceiling in this courtyard house, arousing envy, jealousy, and hatred from these beasts, especially Jia Zhangshi, who cursed the factory leaders every day, saying that Dongxu was so excellent, yet they were still apprentices.
Sun Zhengguo's grades have been excellent these past two years. He will be taking the college entrance examination in a few days. Yes, you heard right, Sun Zhengguo skipped a grade again, from the first year of junior high to the third year.
In terms of martial arts training, he has already mastered the basic moves of Tongbei Quan, and has two more stance training techniques. All the others have been mastered to a minor degree. Even Lin Hong praised him as a genius, saying that he might have even mastered the hidden strength.
The younger brother, Sun Zheng'an, started sixth grade this afternoon and will soon be entering junior high school. The younger sister is in fourth grade and will soon be entering fifth grade. Although the two siblings are not as gifted as Sun Zhengguo, their grades are still quite good, and they are always among the top students in their class in every exam.
Others in the institute have also made significant progress in the past two years. For example, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong have become senior technicians, and their salaries have increased considerably. He Daqing has also become the deputy director of the canteen (no administrative rank, just a higher salary). Yan Bugui and Xu Fugui have also been promoted, and their salaries have increased considerably.
Jia Dongxu is the only one who is lagging behind. He has been working for three years and is still an apprentice. It seems that he can only wait until he finishes his three-year apprenticeship and will be automatically promoted to a permanent position. This has made Yi Zhonghai a little doubtful about life. He wonders if he has taken on a fake apprentice (Jia).
For this reason, Jia Zhangshi asked a matchmaker to arrange several marriages, but none of them worked out (for various reasons, Jia Zhangshi had a bad reputation in the area). If all else failed, she planned to go to the countryside to find someone.
On the weekend, at Sun Zhengguo's home, Sun Zhengguo was practicing calligraphy while his younger siblings did their homework nearby. After two years of practice, Sun Zhengguo is now able to write couplets.
"Jung-guk, stop for a moment, your parents want to talk to you about something."
Sun Dajiang and his wife came in from the door and said.
"Oh, here it comes."
After they finished speaking, the three of them went to the little sister's side room next door, found a stool and sat down. Then, Sun's father spoke first.
"The high school entrance exam is coming up soon. Are you planning to take the high school entrance exam or the vocational school entrance exam?"
"My teacher also talked to me, saying that as long as I perform normally, I can get into both schools. Whether I want to go to high school or vocational school depends on my family's financial situation. If I go to high school, I will definitely be able to get into university in the future."
"You brat, you know our family situation. Even if you go alone, all three of you siblings can handle it."
Sun Dajiang replied with a smile.
"Then let's go to high school and college. If we get into college, we'll be the first college student in this courtyard and in our village."
After making their decision, the three of them smiled at each other. Sun Zhengguo had only attended junior high school before his rebirth, and he never expected to have the chance to go to university in this life. Just thinking about it made him excited.
The next morning, Sun Zhengguo arrived at school. In the morning, under the guidance of their homeroom teacher, the students filled out their college application forms.
Sun Zhengguo and several other students with good grades who were confident of getting into university submitted their application forms to their homeroom teacher as soon as possible. The teacher was quite pleased after reviewing them, as the information matched the school's previous assessment of their families.
Time passed day by day, the textbook content had long been covered, and all that remained was to review, review, and review some more, in preparation for the upcoming high school entrance examination. Whether one becomes a dragon or a worm, only today will tell.
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