Chapter 70: First time at university
At this time, the trains almost never arrived on time. Wen Jiajia was still thinking that she might be able to have lunch in Hai City, but she didn't know that she was stuck in traffic. Half an hour later, the train was still not moving.
You know, in a few decades, it will only take half an hour to get from Linhe to Haishi by high-speed rail.
What about now? Anyway, I got on the train at 8 o'clock, and it's almost 11 o'clock and I haven't left the province yet.
The passengers on the bus were not in a hurry and seemed to be accustomed to it.
Wen Jiajia is an impatient person and has suffered many times from the traffic jams at this time. After waiting for half an hour, he became a little impatient and looked out the window frequently.
Liang Mu saw that her neck was stretched out like a goose, so he said, "Come on, come on, sit by the window. I'll change seats with you."
Wen Jiajia was not polite either: "Thank you, I can't stand the smell of smoke."
Damn, there are still people smoking on the train now. I don’t know which idiot is smoking, but the smell of smoke is even coming towards her.
Sitting by the window, smelling the fresh air coming in from outside the window, Wen Jiajia's impatience gradually dissipated.
Director Gao was taking a nap. Wen Jiajia thought she was very strong and could sleep as soundly as if no one was around even in such a noisy environment.
Wen Jiajia could even hear her snoring.
About ten minutes later, the train finally started slowly, and Director Gao was awakened by the sound of the whistle when it started.
Director Gao rubbed his head and said, "Why don't you take this opportunity to get some sleep? I have a few appointments tonight and you guys have to follow me. It will probably be very late before we can get back to the guesthouse."
Wen Jiajia: "I am a night owl."
Compared to other family members in the compound who go to bed at 7 or 8 o'clock, she is a real night owl who goes to bed after 10 o'clock.
Liang Mu said: "I am young and can stay up late."
"..." Wen Jiajia's mouth, which was about to rise, froze. Sometimes she really wanted to sew Liang Mu's mouth shut.
Fortunately, Director Gao was magnanimous and said with a smile, "You mean I'm old? You can endure when you're young, but you still have to take good care of yourself. When you reach my age, you may not even have half the energy I have."
It was almost time for lunch, and some people started to get up and go to the dining car to eat. Some of them were holding lunch boxes, going to get their meals.
As the person serving the meal came back, an indescribable smell filled the carriage.
There was fragrance in the stench, stench in the fragrance, and smoke mixed in. Fortunately, the train windows were open, so most people could still tolerate it.
Director Gao asked the two people, "Do you want to go eat?"
Wen Jiajia and Liang Mu shook their heads at the same time. Wen Jiajia patted her backpack and said, "I brought some dry food."
Liang Mu wanted to save money.
He was willing to buy a five-cent steamed bun, but would rather go hungry than buy a box of rice for one or two yuan, or even two or three yuan, because he had to save money for his marriage.
Director Gao said, "If you don't go, then I will."
He stood up and left, but someone else took his seat right after he left. Wen Jiajia didn't care, because when Director Gao came back, the man would give way.
Wen Jiajia took out the buns from her bag and started eating. The person who had just sat down opposite her also took out his lunch box and ate the vegetable rolls inside.
The two of them ate with such relish that everyone in the row took out their dry food from their bags.
Whether Liang Mu pinches his nose or not, the visual sense has a greater impact than the taste sense.
When you are hungry, everyone around you is munching on delicious steamed buns, rolls, and dumplings, or at least on mixed-grain steamed buns. You must be drooling.
Liang Mu closed his eyes and endured it for a while, but his stomach was growling. After a while, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he got up and went to the dining car.
Wen Jiajia laughed silently and ate more happily.
Oh, the steamed buns with cooked fillings are really delicious. She must make them again when she gets home from her business trip.
At 2:30 in the afternoon, the train finally arrived at Haishi.
The Haishi Railway Station is obviously much more "high-end" than the Linhe Railway Station. Wen Jiajia looked at it and missed the huge Hongqiao Bridge decades later. She was late for Hongqiao three times and her shoes were lost.
Director Gao was obviously very familiar with this place. He took the two of them around the train station, and after leaving the station, they stayed in a guesthouse next to the train station.
The factory would reimburse the travel expenses, and Director Gao was not the kind of person who would rather sacrifice himself to save money for the factory, so the three of them booked three rooms.
Wen Jiajia came to the room, looked here and there, even opened the cupboard door and looked inside.
That’s why it’s called the Magic City. The guesthouses here are much better than those in other cities.
She stood by the window, looking at the bustling city through the open window, and felt that she could see some shadows of the future through the scenery before her.
Perhaps it was because she came to a place that was more familiar to her. Wen Jiajia could always recall things from her past life ever since she walked out of the train station.
But before I could recall for half a minute, there was a knock on the door.
It was Director Gao who opened the door. Director Gao said, "Take a half-hour break. We will leave for Dongda in half an hour."
Wen Jiajia: "Okay."
She closed the door, raised her hand and smelled her clothes, and she always felt that there was a smell.
Take a bath. You will feel more energetic after taking a bath.
When she came to the bathroom, Wen Jiajia couldn't help but sigh again at the Haishi Guesthouse. Look at them, the water in the bathroom was still hot in the broad daylight, how nice!
After taking a bath, I feel refreshed and comfortable.
Wen Jiajia stretched, took out a white T-shirt and black pants from her suitcase, put them on, and tied her hair into a ponytail, making her look neat and tidy.
She stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom, looked at herself, then took out an eyebrow pencil from her bag and made her eyebrows thicker and darker.
She bought the eyebrow pencil in the market. It is of good quality and is easy to use. The color matches the color of her hair.
The original owner's eyebrows were a little light, but her eyebrow shape was good, and she actually looked a bit gentle.
Now use an eyebrow pencil to outline it, the gentleness in the eyebrows and eyes disappears, and a bit of heroic spirit is added.
Wen Jiajia took out another lipstick.
This lipstick was made by her. It is not synthetic, but manufactured.
She found cochineal on cacti and made lipstick using cochineal and beeswax almond oil.
Why not synthesize it? Because the synthesis of lipstick is too uncertain. If it turns out to be a color she doesn't like, it would be a waste of all the cochineal.
However, she is not necessarily good at DIY. Although she had filmed a video of making lipstick in her previous life, so she was not completely unable to start. But she had a lot of equipment to help her and more abundant materials in her previous life. This time, she only has beeswax, almond oil and cochineal. It is a blessing from God that she can make it to the level it is now.
Wen Jiajia gently rubbed the small iron box, which was about a quarter of the size of her palm, with her fingers to melt the solidified lipstick, and then applied it to her lips, only applying a thin layer.
It looks like it's not painted, but it improves your complexion.
Half an hour passed quickly and the three were about to set off.
Director Gao noticed that Wen Jiajia had changed her clothes and nodded at her: "Not bad, you look very capable."
Wen Jiajia smiled.
When we went downstairs, Director Gao asked casually, "Where did you buy this shirt? It looks like cotton, but it's tighter than cotton."
Where did you buy it? It was synthesized by the system.
The fabric is tighter and thicker, making it more comfortable and capable to wear.
The most important thing is that it is very white, whiter than cotton, as if it has been bleached, and it looks very bright.
Wen Jiajia said, "My husband brought it to me from another city. Director Gao, if you like it, I can exchange it for you. I have a lot of this kind of fabric at home."
Director Gao couldn't help but touch it. "It absorbs sweat quite well, not see-through at all. Then can you give me some new ones when we get back? About two or three short-sleeved shirts will be enough."
“Four or five pieces are no problem!” Short-sleeves don’t require much fabric.
Director Gao said hurriedly, "That's a deal!" At that time, cloth was in short supply and ordinary cloth was hard to buy, let alone high-quality cloth like this. If you have the chance, you should buy more.
Liang Mu hesitated for a moment and asked her, "Comrade Wen, can I buy two too?"
"It's not buying, it's exchanging!" Wen Jiajia said seriously.
"Can I change two pieces?" Liang Mu readily agreed.
“…Okay.”
Director Gao joked, "You bought it for your girlfriend? I remember seeing your girlfriend before, the girl who always wears a single braid in the Industry Bureau."
"Don't mention it. I broke up with them a long time ago. I bought them for my parents to wear." Then he smiled shyly at Wen Jiajia, "If possible, give me another one. I want to wear it too."
Wen Jiajia: “No problem.”
The three of them got on the bus and took more than half an hour to reach the University of Tokyo.
The scenery near the university is nice. At this time of year, the green trees provide shade, and it is very cool when walking under the shade.
Director Gao took the two people into the school and then to an office in the administrative building.
"Teacher Yue, long time no see." Director Gao's face was almost blossoming with smiles.
Yue Qingsheng laughed and snorted twice: "I'm afraid to hear you say 'long time no see'. As soon as you say this, you have something to bother me with again." A typical example of Zhong Wuyan when there is something to do and Xia Yingchun when there is nothing to do.
Director Gao sorted out his weird temper and said with a smile: "No, no, I respect you all the time in my heart, I dare not trouble you with anything."
"So what are you doing here today?"
"I dare not trouble you with personal matters, but I can't help it for official matters. This is all for our medical staff."
Director Gao leaned over and introduced them, "These are two team leaders from our office. They are young, one is newlywed and the other is going on a blind date. I got them here. So, Master, I must bring a group of people back this time, otherwise I will be too ashamed to return to the factory! I issued a military warrant at the factory meeting!"
“…”
Wen Jiajia and Liang Mu were simply stunned; they hadn't expected Director Gao to have this side of him.
Such nonsense.
In an instant, the two men looked miserable, as if they would be beheaded if they brought the person back.
Yue Qingsheng pulled his sleeve out of Director Gao's hand in disgust: "Don't act like that. Your teacher said you are very polite."
Director Gao took advantage of the situation and said, "I was forced into this. Even a polite person like me has been forced into this. Master, you know that my office is a small branch of a thousand-mile land. There is only Shu Yong. You also know what Shu Yong's level is. If he is left alone for a few more months, our medical glass factory will be finished."
Yue Qingsheng was speechless: "Speak nicely. If you want to take people away, I can't decide how many people to take away. How can I get involved in the distribution of people?"
Director Gao: "Please introduce me to the dean and teachers of the School of Chemistry. Besides, you teach mechanical engineering, and we need talents in mechanical engineering. If you hadn't retired, I would have asked you for some mathematical talents."
"You are here to skin me." Although Yue Qingsheng said this, he still took the three of them to the Chemical Academy.
He didn't talk to Gao Yi on the way, but only talked to Wen Jiajia and Liang Mu.
"Which of you are newlyweds?" he asked.
Well……
"Me." They both said in unison.
Yue Qingsheng glared at her: "Who lied to me just now? Are you not married?"
Liang Muzhang blushed and said with a grumble: "I'm single."
Wen Jiajia smiled awkwardly: "I'm married, and I've been married for more than a year and a half."
"Oh, you look so young, younger than my daughter, who is still single." Then he sighed, "It's good to be single now."
Director Gao said, "You should have brought Lingling back a long time ago. It's been two years, and the moisture in her head should have been dried up by the scorching sun on the farmland."
"Who knows? Anyway, she didn't mention it and I won't mention it either." Yue Qingsheng turned around, and Wen Jiajia felt that the view in front of him suddenly opened up. This was a very long Wutong Avenue.
Yue Qingsheng said again: "Besides, the current situation..." When he noticed that there were two outsiders here, he fell silent again.
Wen Jiajia understood what he had not yet finished saying.
The situation is a bit tense now. There is always a period of confusion before dawn.
Teacher Yue was teaching in a sensitive area such as a university, and he had to be very careful when giving lectures for fear of being criticized. How could he dare to bring back the children who had been sent to study as educated youth?
However, teachers are sensitive, but they always teach some capable students, such as Director Gao. Director Gao said at this moment, "We are recruiting people in the medical field."
"Hasn't the recruitment been completed? The factories are all open."
"The factory is in the development stage and needs to recruit people from time to time."
At this point, Yue Qingsheng understood. After a moment of contemplation, his father's love for his daughter prevailed. He sighed and said, "Then I'll ask her next time I write."
Director Gao said, "It should have been done long ago."
She turned to Wen Jiajia and Liang Mu and said, "Our factory is also hiring workshop workers. Oh, I heard that we are also hiring drivers and maintenance workers. If you have any relatives or friends, you can recommend them."
Wen Jiajia was surprised: "Is it okay?"
"Okay. Aren't you familiar with the girl in HR? It's very simple to just tell her. Besides, we are quite short of manpower in the production workshop. One or two people won't make much difference..." Director Gao paused, but still didn't elaborate.
Wen Jiajia: "I was not allowed to recommend it before."
Director Gao laughed and said, "You weren't a member of our medical department before. What can you recommend?"
That's right.
Wen Jiajia felt that she was stupid. Director Xue was able to recommend her because she had connections and face. The reason Pingping and the other two were able to get in was essentially because of Deputy Director Song. Wen Jiajia only played the role of a go-between.
Song Jiacheng's work as deputy factory director had already begun a long time ago, and he had the actual job the moment he took office, so naturally he could be recommended.
She was still working for a pharmaceutical company at that time, so of course she didn't have any recommendations.
Wen Jiajia looked at Liang Mu. However, Liang Mu's family had workers since his grandparents' generation. After three generations of accumulation, it was definitely a working class family. The same was true for his grandparents' family. Basically every relative had a job.
Looking at him, it seems like he doesn't take it too seriously.
Wen Jiajia fell into deep thought.
She wasn't thinking about the family compound. After all, the number of people in the family compound who had a good relationship with her could be counted on one hand.
Teacher Shen is suitable, and her expertise is also suitable. However, her identity is a bit sensitive, so Wen Jiajia dare not recommend her rashly, and must consult Director Gao first.
Then there is Sister Bao. It’s time for her to prepare to take care of her granddaughter. Besides, she has her own business now. She devotes all her attention to online shopping and can earn a sum of money every month.
There is also Sister Hong. Sister Hong also gave up her mushrooms and made net-button flowers with Sister Bao.
To be more precise, most people in the family courtyard followed suit. Last month, the family courtyard was so quiet that no one was seen even in the vegetable garden. Everyone was at home making flower nets!
However, this thing is not something that just anyone can do. Most of the family members participated, and among them, most of them were eliminated, leaving only a few people with clever minds and hands.
Sister Hong is one of them. According to Sister Bao, Sister Hong learns very quickly and is the fastest learner among the group.
Apart from them, she had a mediocre relationship with everyone else.
I still have to live in the family compound. If everyone has a similar relationship, if I turn down this offer, others will definitely have some thoughts in their minds and think that I am "partial". It's better not to turn it down. It's better to live a happy life. There is no need to add troubles to my life.
She was thinking... recommending someone from her hometown.
At this time, if a worker can support the whole family, it is not impossible for the quality of life to make a qualitative leap.
Still working, Wen Jiajia quickly collected her thoughts.
What Director Gao said just now was probably an attempt to shut her and Liang Mu up, and also an attempt to establish a deeper interest relationship with them.
When she arrived at the School of Chemistry, Director Gao showed her unruly side again and flattered the leaders of the school so much that they felt like they were in spring breeze.
What are Wen Jiajia and Liang Mu going to do? Director Gao arranged for them to chat with the students.
Director Gao said: "You are young and have things to talk about with students. Talk to them more about our medical glass factory. Our medical glass factory is a rising new factory with great potential!"
Then he gritted his teeth and whispered, "Even if it's a scam, you have to trick people into showing some interest first!"
Wen Jiajia's mouth twitched and she nodded.
She tried her best.
The class is in session now, but looking at the time, it is almost over.
The campus was filled with sunset glow, emerald green leaves, and red and blue buildings, which were breathtakingly beautiful in the sunset glow. Wen Jiajia sat in a seat downstairs in the teaching building, admiring the beautiful view and waiting quietly.
The bell rang and she stood up. Liang Mu, who was standing by the lake teasing the swans not far away, also came over.
"That's why they say everyone wants to go to college. Those people fight so hard for a place, it seems it's worth it." Liang Mu looked around with envy in his eyes.
“It’s worth it.”
After a few years? The college entrance examination will be resumed, and it will be like a huge army crossing a single-plank bridge.
It is undeniable that some of the workers, peasants and soldiers college students at that time were diligent and studious, and many bigwigs were from workers, peasants and soldiers colleges. But there were also quite a few who were just slackers, the kind who had trouble solving even a quadratic equation.
She was not making this up. One of the original owner's classmates got a place in the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. However, his grades were ridiculously poor. He only got 8 points in math. To be frank, the original owner spent three minutes on the test and got more than 8 points. And he was not only bad at math, but also Chinese. He could only read a text with difficulty. He never passed the exam. He got the rare place thanks to his uncle, who was the leader of a certain committee.
People like this will learn nothing in college and will only do sports vigorously.
It is at this time that they can get a bachelor's degree and be guaranteed a job. If they miss a few years, they will not even be able to get a bachelor's degree, let alone a junior college.
That’s why it’s worth it to break your head to get the spot. If nothing unexpected happens, it will secure your life for the rest of your life.
After class, Wen Jiajia went to look for other students, and they were all students with good grades.
She smiled and said, "I'm from the Linhe City Medical Glass Factory. I came to our school today for research. It just so happened that I was assigned to an internship, so I wanted to hear what our classmates think."
Several students looked at each other, not quite understanding what Wen Jiajia meant.
It's right that you don't understand. Wen Jiajia's explanation was vague and unclear.
She looked at her watch again and said, "Oh! It's time to eat now. Which cafeteria in our school is good? How about I treat you guys to a meal?"
As for eating, you can still eat in your own school cafeteria. Even though they are strangers, you don’t have to worry about being kidnapped or drugged, so of course you can eat there.
Wen Jiajia was like a close sister, chatting with them all the way.
There were eight students, half of them were boys and half were girls. Wen Jiajia had a particularly great time chatting with the female classmates.
Is college life good? What dishes are good in the cafeteria? Are there any extracurricular activities? What are your plans for your future career? Do you want to work in a factory or in a government department?
When Wen Jiajia wants to have a good chat with someone, she is still very good at making small talk.
The key is that she was a college student, and in fact, it has not been three years since she graduated. Although there is almost half a century between them, there are still many topics to talk about, and she can especially grasp the psychology of graduates.
So when they arrived at the cafeteria, she was almost holding hands with the other female students.
Liang Mu was stunned, but he was tongue-tied at the moment. He always felt inferior when facing college students. How could he be as talkative and cheerful as Wen Jiajia?
He made up his mind to learn more from Wen Jiajia in the future.
Entering the cafeteria, Wen Jiajia immediately said, "Hey, our school cafeteria is really good, better than the one in the factory. But our factory has received a lot of support, and the cafeteria is just for a short period of time. I heard that they are planning to build a new cafeteria."
Innocent college students don’t understand the twists and turns in the minds of people in society. When they heard Jia Jia say that their cafeteria was good, they were very proud.
Someone said, "Right, our student cafeteria has small private rooms, but other schools don't have that."
Wen Jiajia made the decision: "Then let's go to the private room to eat."
The man just laughed dryly: "But students can't get in."
“…Okay.”
So Wen Jiajia had no choice but to take this group of students to get their meals at the cafeteria stall.
After all, they are students and cannot afford to lose face, so they can just eat cheap vegetarian dishes.
Wen Jiajia said, "Don't be polite. We are a wealthy medical institution. I am here for research. The restaurant will reimburse you. Don't save me money."
Then he asked them to pick one kind of vegetable each.
Why else would they say it’s a school in Shanghai? They actually have sweet and sour spare ribs in their cafeteria.
Seeing the heavy color, Wen Jiajia directly packed two portions. If she had a lunch box, she would have packed one to take away.
After the meal was over, the innocent students blushed when they paid the bill.
Wen Jiajia smiled, but she was still too thin-skinned.
But it's better to have a thin and tender face, so that she can be fooled more easily... No, it's easier to communicate with her.
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