"Xiao Jia, what's wrong with you? Maizi did so well in the exam, aren't you happy?" Lin Qingwan asked curiously.
"Of course I'm happy, but it's because I did so well in the exam that I feel it's a pity."
Lin Jiayu sighed deeply and walked into the inner room without saying a word.
"What happened to Xiaojia?"
Seeing Lin Qingwan's puzzled look, Cheng Maixiang didn't explain much to her. She stood up and walked towards the inner room.
"I'll go take a look."
The door to the inner room was not closed tightly. It was evening and the lights in the room were not on. The light in the room was dim. Lin Jiayu lay on the bed with his hands on his head, staring blankly at the beams, not knowing what he was thinking.
Cheng Maixiang sat down beside him and asked softly, "Jia Yu, what's wrong with you?"
After a while, Lin Jiayu said in a low voice, "Maizi, am I a burden to you?"
Cheng Maixiang sneered, "Why do you think so?"
"You applied to the provincial university because of me, right? If it weren't for me, with your grades, you should have gone to the best university in Beijing. That way you would have a better future. Maybe when the policy is relaxed in the future, you can study abroad like my parents did. It would be much more promising than staying in the provincial capital."
That's true.
In this era, college students were a scarce resource, far more valuable than in later generations. Whether it was government departments or promising industries, they all recruited and even competed for university graduates. University graduates were practically synonymous with the social elite. The more prestigious a school, the brighter the future for its graduates.
It was precisely because of this that Lin Jiayu deeply felt that he had been holding his young wife back.
The two have been together for more than a year. Although he feels that he has a bad reputation in the past and is not worthy of her, after a series of efforts, he still has the confidence to be with her.
But the reality is so cruel. Just when he was full of confidence in life, it dealt him a heavy blow in the blink of an eye, making him seem to return to his previous low point.
What's worse is that no matter how messed up he was in the past, it only affected himself and didn't involve others. But this time, he implicated the person he loved the most and the person he cared about the most, which made him feel despair involuntarily.
Maybe I should have lived in the previous world and shouldn't have messed with such an outstanding girl. But I just didn't believe it and ended up ruining her future.
Cheng Maixiang had never seen Lin Jiayu so dejected, as if he had completely lost hope in life. She didn't want him to be immersed in self-blame and guilt, so she had to let him know his plans for the future.
"You know, when I applied for college, I didn't know my grades at all. How could I dare to apply to the best university in Beijing? If I didn't get in, wouldn't I be unlucky?"
"But you should know that you did well in the exam. Since the college entrance examination, I've seen you smiling every day and never worried about your grades. Even if you can't get into the best university in Beijing, you definitely have a chance of getting into other universities in Beijing. But you still only applied to the provincial capital university."
Lin Jiayu said in a hoarse voice.
I have to say that his observation is so meticulous that he even guessed such details.
Cheng Maixiang sighed helplessly, "I do know that I did well in the exam and can indeed go to the best university in Beijing, but my ambition is not there. For me, my current goal is the provincial capital. What would I do in Beijing?"
Lin Jiayu suddenly sat up and looked at Cheng Maixiang in confusion, not knowing what she meant.
"Jia Yu, there are only three purposes for going to university.
First, study knowledge. Then your future direction will be either to become an expert and scholar in a certain field like your parents, or to teach in a university.
Second, use university as a springboard to work in the ** department, become a member of the **, and then enter the official career.
Third, study your major well in college so that you can enter a particularly good unit in the future and become a backbone member of the unit.
If I were pursuing the above three goals, then it would be better to go to Beijing to study. Staying in the provincial capital would be a disadvantage. However, my purpose of studying at a university is completely incompatible with these three goals. Why would I go to a place as far away as Beijing? "
Lin Jiayu was confused. Indeed, in this era, students work hard to get into college in order to get into better units and have a better future. She didn't want anything, so why did she study so hard and take exams? Was it just for the reputation of a college student? What's the point?
Lin Jiayu asked in a low voice, "Then why do you want to go to college?"
"Of course it's for my future career!" Cheng Maixiang said with longing, "Jia Yu, I'm different from many people. I don't like working in state-owned enterprises, or even any enterprise. I want to start my own business and create my own career. Of course, I want to create my own clothing brand.
But building a brand is not that easy. Foreign brands have gone through hundreds of years of development to achieve their current status. I also want to make my brand vivid and meaningful, so I have to add the flavor of my own national culture to the brand, so I chose to study Chinese.
However, this kind of study is different from doing in-depth research. There is no need to go to the best university and take up the places of students who are determined to do professional research.
A university in the provincial capital is enough. My current base is in the garment workshop in Shuangshui Village. If I go to the provincial capital, it will only take three hours by bus to get back. If I go to Beijing, many things will not be handled in time, which may affect the development of the garment workshop."
Seeing that she was speaking so logically, Lin Jiayu gradually let go of the remorse that had been lingering in his heart. "You really don't want to work in a state-owned enterprise?"
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