Chapter 082
Silence is required in the library.
Others have already opened their books and picked up their pens to start studying.
Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan naturally stopped talking and also opened their books and quickly started studying.
During this time, except for getting up to find a book to read from the bookshelf or going to the bathroom, I spent the rest of the time sitting at the table reading and studying, ignoring everything else.
When you are focused, time will be ignored.
Chuxia didn't notice how long she had been sitting in the library. When she was thinking about new concepts based on the information, a piece of paper suddenly fell in front of her.
The note read: [Eat? 】
After reading the note, Chuxia turned to look at Lin Xiaohan, then looked outside, only to find that it was already noon. It was lunchtime, and some other people in the library got up and left.
I had breakfast early in the morning, and I felt obviously hungry when I thought about eating.
So Chuxia withdrew her gaze, nodded at Lin Xiaohan, then closed the book and put down the book and pen, and stood up quietly with him, leaving the library and going to the cafeteria.
You don't have to keep quiet once you leave the library.
Of course, you still have to seize the time. After all, the books are still on the table. It’s not good to be away for too long, and other people are also rushing to study.
Some people hold a vocabulary book in their hands even when they are walking or eating.
So on the way out of the library and towards the cafeteria, Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan walked at a fast pace.
As they walked, the two chatted for a while about their respective situations after school started.
Apart from studying, there is nothing else to do.
After getting her lunch at the cafeteria, Chu Xia said with emotion while eating, "When I was reviewing, I thought that the hard work would only last for a month or so, and the exams would be like going to the battlefield, and everything would be fine after the exams. But I never expected that the start of school would be the real battlefield, and every day was like a war."
Of course, the same is true for Lin Xiaohan.
He continued, "The college entrance examination has been suspended for ten years. If anyone wants to study, there is no place to study and no books to study. This opportunity is very precious to everyone, and everyone must make up for their lack of knowledge."
Eating is like fighting a war, not much conversation can be done.
Chu Xia chatted with Lin Xiaohan for a while, quickly finished her lunch, and then went back to the library to sit down and study.
The rest of the day was not much different from the morning.
The library closes at 10 p.m., and everyone studied until closing time before packing up and leaving.
After returning to the dormitory from the library or study room and washing up, some people will chat for a while, while others will continue to read books and memorize words.
After waking up from a nap, I still go to exercise and attend classes to learn these things.
As everyone gradually adapts to and becomes familiar with the daily study and life in school, there are naturally other things to do besides attending classes and studying every day.
For example, it is common to have arguments in learning because of different opinions.
People argue in the classroom, in the dormitory, in meetings, and in lectures.
And everyone takes more than just classes in their own major.
No matter which department, as long as there are famous teachers and famous courses, people will rush to attend the classes if they have time.
If you can’t get a seat, just sit on the concrete steps and listen.
Besides these.
Because the workers, peasants and soldiers students of classes 1975 and 1976 had not yet graduated, these workers, peasants and soldiers representatives who were recommended for admission and the new students who were admitted based on their own abilities formed two student forces.
Students from both sides started a heated argument with words on the bulletin board in the triangle.
In such a campus atmosphere, there is little to think about and time is the most scarce.
Chuxia stayed in school for half a semester and only chose one Sunday to go home.
I took the bus back in the evening and it was getting dark when I entered the alley.
When the neighbor saw her coming back, he smiled and said, "Oh, the college student is back."
I greeted everyone along the way and entered Courtyard No. 8.
When the people in the yard saw her, they naturally greeted her with warm smiles.
The Jiang family had now accepted the reality and greeted them warmly as they saw Chu Xia.
Of course, Xu Lihua was still feeling depressed. When she returned to her house, she had to put pressure on Jiang Guanjie again, asking him to work harder to review and strive to pass the college entrance examination in the summer, get into a good university, and earn back all the face their family had lost.
Jiang Jianping, on the other hand, was more open-minded and said, "What's the point of forcing him? Just take whatever exam he can."
Xu Lihua was unwilling to give up. "If Tang Chuxia could charge forward, why can't we?"
Jiang Jianping: "She got into Peking University, why do you have to compete with her?"
Xu Lihua: "Then who should we compare with? We have lived in the same courtyard for so many years, and our family has always been better than their two families in everything. Moreover, Tang Chuxia has always been the least noticeable among these children. Now that they have been admitted to a good university, they are suppressing your family. You feel comfortable, but I feel uncomfortable. Being suppressed for a while is fine, but do we have to be suppressed like this forever?"
Jiang Jianping lowered his brows and remained silent, too lazy to say anything more.
***
After greeting people in the yard, Chuxia went into the house and sat down to have dinner with Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei.
Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei were naturally most concerned about how she was doing in school.
I also asked her, "Are you very busy? It took you so long to come back."
Even the speed of eating has become faster in early summer.
She said while eating, "I'm not really busy, but I'm almost too busy. There are so many things to learn. Many books that were banned before have been unbanned in the library, so there are many books to read. There is not enough time. I'm almost squeezing out time for sleeping."
Wu Xuemei felt a little distressed after hearing this, and picked up some food for Chu Xia and asked, "Are you tired?"
Chu Xia looked at her and smiled, "The atmosphere there is very passionate, and learning and discussing are very fulfilling, so you don't feel tired."
Wu Xuemei still said: "Then we should also take a proper rest."
Chu Xia still smiled and said, "It's okay. I'm young and healthy, so this little hardship is nothing."
Talked about learning this aspect.
Tang Haikuan also found a topic to ask casually: "Have you ever been an official?"
Chu Xia shook her head when she heard this. "It's not my turn at all. The oldest in our class is 32 years old and already has two children. Many of them were cadres before they were admitted to university. Some have been factory directors for many years, some work in their provincial party committees, some are section chiefs in their city's education bureaus, and some are female party secretaries in a village in our countryside..."
He shrugged and said, "I'm not even qualified to be a team leader."
Tang Haikuan was just asking casually.
He added: "It's okay, we are young and just study hard."
Chu Xia nodded at him and responded: "Yeah!"
***
I didn’t stay at home long this time when I went home in early summer.
After lunch the next day, I carried my schoolbag and got on the bus to go to school.
I don’t waste time sitting in the car, I can just hold the vocabulary book in my hand and memorize it.
When she arrived at school, she did not go back to the dormitory first, but went to the study room and library.
At this time, there were naturally no seats in these two places, so Chuxia picked out two books from the library's bookshelves and read them while standing.
After reading for a while, her legs felt tired, so she sat on the floor leaning against the bookshelf.
She sat like this and read for a while, and suddenly there was another person next to her. He sat down next to her, leaning against the bookshelf like her, and sat shoulder to shoulder with her, leaving a distance of half a meter between them.
Chu Xia subconsciously turned her head and saw that it was Lin Xiaohan. She couldn't help but smile.
She smiled and looked at Lin Xiaohan. Neither of them said hello. Then they sat side by side between the bookshelves, reading the books in their hands carefully.
I have read more and more books.
They are
There are more and more people staying in the library.
Amid such passion and busyness, the remaining half of the semester passed quickly.
Many people feel that they have not done anything yet and summer vacation has arrived.
When summer vacation comes, everyone naturally leaves school and goes home.
Of course, there are also those who apply to stay in school and continue their self-study because their homes are too far away and the fare to go home is too expensive, but they still want to stay in school to continue their studies.
In early summer, going home for the summer vacation doesn't really give me a complete break.
Before the holiday, she borrowed a lot of books from the library and put them in her travel bag when she went home. Even at home, she would read and study whenever she had time.
Because most of her mind was on studying, Chuxia didn't pay much attention to other things in the courtyard.
Of course, nothing unexpected happened. Just like in the novel, Jiang Guanjie was admitted to the local teachers' college in the college entrance examination in the summer, and Han Ting continued to stay in the countryside.
When people in the alley met Jiang Guanjie, they congratulated him on his admission to the Normal College, but Xu Lihua could see that he was not happy and her smiles looked forced every time.
But she did not force Jiang Guanjie to take the exam for the third time, and he was admitted directly when the fall semester started.
It was also in the summer of that year that all schools across the country changed to fall enrollment.
Those who entered in 1977 naturally did not follow suit. The primary and secondary schools below all complied with the policy and extended the courses by half a semester.
Jiang Guanjie's first semester after entering school was the second semester after Chu Xia entered school.
Compared with last semester, the study and life in major universities across the country are gradually getting back on track this semester, and there are slowly beginning to be some club activities besides studying in class.
At the end of the year, the household contract responsibility system in Xiaogang Village caused huge controversy across the country, and naturally the same was true in schools.
At this time of transition between old and new ideas, everyone had their own thoughts and opinions to express and discuss, so students in the Economics Department began to plan to establish a magazine.
It was also at the end of this year that the large-scale return of educated youth to the city movement broke out.
Starting from Yunnan and then spreading to all parts of the country, the educated youth began to rise up in resistance, gathering to protest and demanding to return to the city and their homes.
Shortly after New Year's Day, the school began its winter vacation.
In order to establish the magazine, many students from the Economics Department applied to stay in school.
As a local living close to home, it is easiest for Chuxia to go home for the New Year, so naturally he stayed at school to help.
Of course I have to tell my family that I will be staying at school and not going home for the time being.
So on the second day of the holiday, Chuxia took time to go back home after lunch.
When I got home and entered the alley, it was not yet time to get off work in the evening.
When Chuxia entered the alley and walked outside the No. 8 courtyard, she happened to meet the postman who was delivering mail.
The postman knew she was from Courtyard No. 8, so he gave the letter to her.
The letter was sent by Han Ting from the countryside. Chu Xia glanced at the envelope and took the letter into the yard.
Because it was cold, there was no one in the yard.
After entering the second door, Chu Xia went straight along the corridor to the east room. When she reached the door of the east room, she pulled up the door curtain a little and said inside: "Auntie, there is a letter from your family."
Wang Cuiying and Li Lan were pasting paper boxes in the house.
Hearing Chuxia's words, Wang Cuiying hurriedly said, "Chuxia is back from vacation, come in quickly."
Chuxia responded and went in with the letter.
Li Lan picked up the kettle and poured her a bowl of hot water, asking her to drink some to warm herself up.
Li Lan was so polite that Chu Xia naturally felt embarrassed to refuse.
She quickly put the letter on the table, took the bowl from Li Lan, and held it in her hands to warm them.
Wang Cuiying smiled and talked to Chuxia again, asking her, "This should be the winter vacation, right?"
Chu Xia smiled and nodded, "But I still have something to do at school, so I have to go."
Wang Cuiying smiled and added: "College students are different."
Chu Xia and Wang Cuiying were chatting and laughing while Li Lan had already picked up the envelope and tore the letter. She interrupted and said to Wang Cuiying, "It's a letter from San'er."
Every time Han Ting sent a letter back, it was just a few words of nonsense, so Wang Cuiying didn't look forward to it.
But she still had to listen to whatever nonsense was in the letter.
Li Lan tore open the envelope and poured out the letter paper.
Then she picked up the letter, unfolded it, and read it to Wang Cuiying word by word: "Dear Mom and Dad, the organization has agreed to let us return to the city. Once the formalities are completed, Chaozi, Guogai and I will be home soon..."
When the letter reached this point, Li Lan, who was reading it, had not yet reacted, but Wang Cuiying was already stunned.
Before Li Lan could read on, she immediately opened her eyes wide and interrupted Li Lan and asked, "What were you reading just now? Is San'er coming back?"
Li Lan then read it again, and then realized what she had read.
She also became a little excited, and nodded to Wang Cuiying, "Yes, yes, San'er said that the organization has agreed to let them return to the city, and they will come back after the formalities are completed. This letter has been on the road for a long time. I estimate that if everything goes well, it should arrive home in a few days."
After hearing this, Wang Cuiying was so excited that she almost couldn't stand it.
She was so excited that she almost fainted and quickly covered her chest with her hands.
She covered her eyes for a moment until tears started to flow, and said in a trembling voice: "My San'er... he is finally back..."
Chuxia was holding a bowl to warm her hands, with a faint smile on her face, like an outsider.
When she received the letter from the postman in the alley just now and saw Han Ting's name on the letter, she roughly guessed what had happened, so she was not surprised at all.
Han Ting should be home in about two days.
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