Chapter 136 Yes, I’m Just Doing Well
Because we chatted too excitedly that night, everyone in dormitory 206 slept in bed the next day.
In order to review before the college entrance examination, Hang Jingshu basically got up on time at 5:30. When he was working at Yan's house, he got up at 6:30 at the latest.
Last night, the four of us finally got together and shared our experiences and gossip along the way, so naturally we couldn't go to bed early.
When Hang Jingshu woke up, it was already bright and Cui Yanyang was reading a book on the balcony.
The morning sunlight is soft, the summer breeze is blowing, and the weather in early September is refreshing.
Hang Jingshu glanced at the alarm clock on the desk below him from his bed. He said he was staying in bed, but it was actually only 7:30.
Without all kinds of electronic products and light pollution, only one or two out of ten students would wear glasses.
Without mobile phones, and without staying up late to watch TV, everyone is basically used to going to bed early and getting up early.
The most important thing today is the freshman welcome party. Hang Jingshu thought about it and lay back on the bed.
She lived a very comfortable period after the college entrance examination.
I no longer have to rush to early self-study classes, nor do I have to worry about my grades. Every day I only care about the ingredients in the farmers' market. I haven't felt this solid for a long time.
University is like sitting in an ivory tower. Students here don’t have to worry about the future. Their families send them living expenses every month, and even their studies depend entirely on their own initiative.
When you go to college, teachers really won’t care about you like they did in high school. Your future is in your own hands.
The small commodity business at home, how my parents’ stall is set up, and how my second sister is adapting, all these seem very far away from me.
Working as a nanny to supplement my family's tuition and getting into the university of my choice, I have accomplished both of these things well, which can be considered a small initial goal.
The next thing I need to work hard on is to study hard in college.
Be like a sponge that absorbs energy, calm down and learn the real things.
In today's universities, you can still see some old gentlemen in their seventies and eighties. Their main task is to train the new generation of young talents.
For example, Mr. Yu who is currently studying for a master's degree.
Those who teach students are generally the backbone of the industry in their forties or fifties, who are currently the top experts in the industry.
Schools all emphasize seniority. Although these teachers in their 40s and 50s have completed their studies, they are still not qualified to be doctoral supervisors. They need older teachers to do the job.
Once the transition from the old to the new is completely completed, the old gentlemen in their seventies and eighties should retreat to the second line, and those in their forties and fifties should go a step further.
Those who come to teach undergraduate students have become the same group of young talents as before.
Of course, in order to motivate the freshmen, the old teachers will still teach two classes at the beginning of the school year to express their welcome to the freshmen.
For example, Mr. Yuan once attended the opening ceremony of Hunan Agricultural University.
All of this is to motivate freshmen to study hard.
The welcome party at Huinong University was very lively, with speeches by outstanding freshman representatives. When the lights were turned on, it really looked like a real party.
Cui Yanyang was familiar with Hang Jingshu. When the freshman representative was speaking on the stage, she whispered to Hang Jingshu:
"Xiao Hang, I think you are also very good. Why didn't Teacher Yu recommend you to be the freshman representative?"
Cui Yanyang couldn’t recognize who was standing on the stage, but Hang Jingshu was the top student in the province, so how was he worse than the freshman representative?
Besides, we all go to school together, so how could one of us be any worse than the other?
What are the criteria for selecting freshman representatives? Why was they chosen without any notice?
Cui Yanyang didn't want to do anything, she just wanted to know who this freshman representative was!
The playground was already crowded with people, and there was a lot of noise around him. Hang Jingshu simply laughed it off: "I'm stage fright. Even if I'm chosen, I'll still be nervous."
It is only the third day since the freshmen entered the school, so they are probably the freshman representatives selected early on.
When you go to university, your files will be transferred and your household registration will be obtained. Who is outstanding and how outstanding you are will be written on paper.
To excel in college, it's not just about grades.
The welcome party was relatively simple. Although Hang Jingshu was at school, his heart had already flown back home.
I don’t know what my parents are doing now, how the family business is doing, and whether I should start a side job while in college?
Hang Jingshu only tried once to submit an article to the newspaper. Now that he has entered the campus, he is a little uncomfortable with the sudden free time.
People always have to be busy, so they don't have time to think about all kinds of things.
Hang Jingshu was in Huicheng, thinking about his parents, while Wang Silan in Fengcheng was flipping the table and arguing with people.
The fact that the daughter of a noble family was the top scholar in the province was reported in the newspapers, so naturally it could not be hidden from others.
It’s not like Hang Renshan has no relatives in Fengcheng. He even has an aunt with whom he has severed all ties!
At first, this old lady from Hang was very proud. She was able to get into university in the 1940s. Her family put all their efforts into supporting her education, but in the end, she ended up being divorced.
When old man Hang Jingshu was still alive, old aunt Hang would come back to visit every year, but she would just leave some money and then leave.
When Grandpa Hang was young, his relationship with his sister was just average. After they got married, it is not an exaggeration to say that the two siblings were like strangers.
Now that she knew Hang Jingshu had been admitted to university, this old aunt came to visit him.
She just couldn't believe that her brother who lived off the land in the countryside could have such a promising granddaughter.
It's not that she hasn't seen Hang Renshan before. He's tall and strong, and his wife is just so-so. It's amazing that his family has two college graduates, which can be considered a contribution to the Hang family's ancestral grave.
But they actually started to run their own businesses?
This made Aunt Hang feel extremely unbalanced.
The workshop divided in the 1940s was just a piece of land. When Hang Heyun got married, her family of six squeezed into it.
Finally, the old people passed away and the children grew up.
There are only two rooms in the hut, and although there is a yard, it is crowded and not even as big as the land in the countryside.
When the children grew up, they looked after their grandchildren, but none of the children they had lived up to expectations, and the grandchildren didn't achieve much either, and they kept clamoring to sell the house.
I thought that the Hang Renshan couple just set up a small stall and made some hard-earned money in the cold winter and hot summer.
But when I actually saw it, I found that they not only had a store, but they even had their own shop in a commercial building!
How much money does this make?
Wang Silan didn't recognize him at first. This man with gray hair and hunched body turned out to be Hang Heyun?
At that time, the old ladies in Hangzhou were very proud and happy. There was only one college student in the village. After finishing her studies, she got married in the city.
Every time she goes home, she is treated as a guest of honor. Old Mrs. Hang is living in the Hang family, and not only does she not spend a penny, she also often comes to give orders.
After Grandpa Hang passed away, Hang Heyun completely stopped contacting his hometown.
Even when Hang Renshan went to pay New Year's greetings, he was turned away.
Why does he show up again now? Haven’t we already broken off the relationship?
If you show up on your own initiative, it's definitely not a good thing.
Wang Silan is a boss now, so naturally she has to dress neatly and smartly, and her significant other cannot be left behind. Hang Renshan is also well dressed by her.
Clothes make the man, and the couple's children are all good-looking, so naturally they don't look much different from each other.
But since Aunt Hang showed up, as a junior, Wang Silan still invited her to dinner at the state-owned hotel.
Seeing Wang Silan skillfully ordering food in the state-owned hotel, Aunt Hang felt even more jealous.
Why are self-employed individuals so proud of themselves?