Chapter 100
There is something that Yan Lei has been thinking about: "How about your diploma?" "
..." Qiao Wei coughed to cover up, "cough..."
Yan Lei stared at her: "You didn't forget it,
did you?" "Cough cough... That's right, it happened on the same day." Qiao Wei explained.
It was said that it happened at the door of the photo studio on National Day, and then after watching a movie and going home, Yan Xiang said something shocking that night, and Yan Lei did not return home all night.
This happened for several days afterwards. There was
another series of things afterwards, Qiao Wei really forgot about it.
She didn't take it seriously in the first place.
Yan Lei was very dissatisfied: "You should be more careful."
"Hmm..." Qiao Wei perfunctorily.
Yan Lei knew at a glance that she didn't take it seriously. This person!
He chased after her: "Can you have some attitude? Ah, call Lin City tomorrow, ah, you know. If you need to take an exam, you should study hard and take a leave. Ah, I'll get a car to take you to the exam, ah——."
Qiao Wei's head hurt from his nagging: "I know, I know."
He didn't stop, strangling her waist and forcing her to promise to call tomorrow, otherwise he would suck a red mark on her neck.
Qiao Wei had no choice but to agree.
The next day she really called, and the local operator transferred to Lin City, asking the Lin City operator to transfer to Lin City Lin City Second Factory Middle School.
At this time, it was very difficult to find someone directly with a phone call.
There were generally two ways. One was to leave a call back number for the person on the other side, and then wait there. The person in charge of the phone on the other side went to find the person. The person came over and called back.
The second method is to leave a message directly. The person in charge of the telephone in the unit can go and deliver it.
If it is a street phone, there will be a special operator who will write down the message in his head or with a pen. After hanging up the phone, the operator will run to the street corner of your house and shout at the top of his voice: "XXX, XXX from XXX is calling you to tell you that XXXX happened to XXXXX."
That's how the information is delivered.
Basically, it's by shouting.
There is no privacy.
But this can only be found in cities.
For example, Xiahekou District is a town, and only government agencies have telephones. Telephones have not yet been popularized in the streets.
Connecting tap water and telephones to the streets is also something that Secretary Meng has been pushing for after the merger of towns and counties.
Qiao Wei chose the first method, left her phone number, and said, "I'll wait."
She waited there for less than ten minutes, and the phone rang: "Is this Qiao Wei from the office? Someone from City Lin is calling you."
"Okay, I'm waiting. Please answer the phone."
The operator took the call.
Qiao Wei: "Hello? Teacher Zhang?"
Just after asking one question, the person on the other side started asking questions like a machine gun: "Is it Qiao Wei? Is it the Qiao Wei from the previous class? Your father worked in the fourth workshop, and you dropped out to work for him. Later, you got married and went to Yongming?" "
Yes, yes, it's me." Qiao Wei said, "Teacher Zhang, do you still remember me?" "
Qiao Wei! Let me ask you!" Teacher Zhang asked excitedly, "Are you the Qiao Wei who has been publishing articles in the city newspaper?"
"Yes, it's me." Qiao Wei explained, "I'm in Yongming now, not Bocheng. I'm on secondment to the Bocheng County Committee, and my main job is to write articles."
"It's really you!" Teacher Zhang's voice sounded very happy. "The first time I saw your article, I saw 'Qiao Wei' and then I looked at the merger of towns and counties. It was Xiahekou Town, and I remembered that my student Qiao Wei seemed to have married there. I told the principal, but he didn't believe it. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. It really is you! Oh, yes, Qiao Wei, what's the matter?"
Qiao Wei then made her request and asked, "Do I need to take an exam? I can pass the exam to prove that I am qualified to graduate."
Teacher Zhang laughed, "What exam? Students in school don't take exams now. Besides, you've become a penman now, who will take you? Let me talk to the principal, and he will have to put up a banner to welcome you to receive your diploma. He will also have to post your article on the bulletin board for display."
No, not really...
Qiao Wei had a slight sweat on her forehead.
But Teacher Zhang assured her.
Qiao Wei expressed her sincere gratitude to him.
The phone was hung up first. Less than an hour later, Teacher Zhang called excitedly to confirm: "The principal said it's okay. The principal just asked you to come and give a lecture."
Qiao Wei: "..."
Qiao Wei went home and told Yan Lei.
Yan Lei was very happy: "Which day? You take a leave. I'll go with you! I'll arrange the car, don't worry!"
Qiao Wei: "..."
She had to ask for leave. She was now directly managed by Secretary Huang, so she had to ask for leave from Secretary Huang.
Secretary Huang asked her what was wrong, and Qiao Wei told the truth: "My father passed away and there was no one at home, so I dropped out. Now I'm contacting the school and want to get my diploma."
Secretary Huang thought for a while and asked: "Do you still want to go to college? It's best to be cautious. The wind direction is not clear now. The university is a bit chaotic now."
"Ah, no... I didn't..." Qiao Wei said.
But Secretary Huang felt that she just didn't want to say it directly. Some people really don't like to tell others that they are doing something before it is done.
He pushed his glasses: "Be cautious first, don't rush. My wife also wants to go to college. I have been persuading her."
"Oh?" Qiao Wei agreed with him, "She wants to take the exam..."
"Yes, my wife is very studious." Secretary Huang said, "She is a very hardworking person. When we were in school, I was a writer and she was a painter."
Qiao Wei felt that she and Secretary Huang were not familiar enough to talk about each other's lovers. She has always been wary of the relationship of "colleagues". Especially in the institutions within this system.
And this is the second time that Secretary Huang has praised his wife in front of Qiao Wei. Is he a man who likes to praise his wife so much? To be honest, it is really hard to tell from his daily work.
Qiao Wei always felt that it was a bit weird...but she also felt that it was much better than many men of this era who would refer to her as "my old hag" with disdain.
Qiao Wei felt that a man who would brag about his wife to others should be encouraged.
She agreed with him and applied for leave smoothly.
On that day, Yan Lei got up early in the morning. Not only did he make breakfast, he also picked out a set of clean clothes and pants for Yan Xiang, and instructed Yan Xiang to dress herself up like a pocket-sized veteran cadre.
"Apply more facial oil." He shouted to Qiao Wei through the window, "Apply more, your face is white and bright, it looks very beautiful."
Qiao Wei, who was washing her face in front of the washbasin: "..."
Yan Lei borrowed the army's car, and Xiao Zhang drove.
Xiao Zhang was also in a good mood: "Sister-in-law, are you going to give a lecture? I have to listen, too."
Qiao Wei is no longer the spoiled girl who had a bad reputation among her family members. Qiao Wei's reputation is now very famous in the army.
The family of three sat in the jeep driven by Xiao Zhang and headed for Lin City.
Entering Lin City, many of the original owner's memories fit in with the street scenes. Qiao Wei also passed by the factory where the original owner's father worked, the vocational compound where the original owner grew up and lived...
The school was also very close because it was originally a school for children of students.
Qiao Wei thought that Teacher Zhang's statement that the principal had put up a banner to welcome her was just an exaggerated rhetoric. She never expected that there was actually a banner at the school gate: Welcome home, Qiao Wei, alumnus of Class 1, XXth session.
The principal and several teachers heard the students coming in and calling out, "The car is coming, the car is coming," and they all came out to greet them.
Yan Lei shook hands with the principal and teachers and introduced himself, "I am Qiao Wei's lover."
The principal and Teacher Zhang knew that their schoolmate Qiao Wei married a soldier, but they didn't expect that he was a regimental-level cadre, which was also a surprise. It was quite flattering for a regimental-level cadre to come to a school like theirs for children of children.
Qiao Wei thought that giving a lecture was a lecture for one or two classes of students on the classroom podium. When she saw that all the students in the school had moved their chairs to sit in the playground, and a row of tables were placed on the podium with a red tablecloth...
Qiao Wei was numb.
She really underestimated the importance that people of this era attached to "being in the newspaper."
Yan Lei was very satisfied.
Qiao Wei is now a famous writer in Bo City. He felt that this grand occasion suited her.
The principal insisted on inviting Yan Lei to sit on the rostrum, but Yan Lei refused with a smile: "I'll be downstairs."
The principal invited him again and again, but Yan Lei used Yan Xiang as a shield: "The child is still young, and may have to go to the toilet soon..."
The principal no longer insisted, and praised Yan Xiang for being clean and polite, and arranged for Yan Lei and Yan Xiang to sit in the middle of the first row below the rostrum.
Yan Lei was also very satisfied with this position.
This angle was the perfect position to appreciate his wife speaking up there.
Qiao Wei was invited to the rostrum and sat side by side with the principal in the middle.
The principal first gave a speech, introducing Qiao Wei's many articles published in the city newspaper, and even the report on catching spies that was reprinted by the Japanese, expressing his appreciation and welcome for Qiao Wei.
"Students, applaud and welcome your senior sister Qiao Wei to give a speech."
The applause was sparse. Teenagers of this age are the most restless. The mountains of documents and meetings of adults are too uncomfortable for them.
Please, principal, please be a human being, please, senior sister, please be a human being, and speak briefly.
Qiao Wei glanced at the teenagers below.
They don't know what kind of social turmoil their best youth will encounter in the future.
In order to ease the employment pressure in the city and because of the increasingly tense international situation, young intellectuals were sent to the countryside to evacuate the urban population and mobilize for war preparedness in all directions.
The best youth.
Qiao Wei retracted her gaze and unfolded her prepared speech.
"Thank you Principal Liu, school leaders, and beloved teachers for giving me this opportunity to speak. I am very happy to be your senior and tell you my expectations for you young people."
"The theme of my speech this time is--"
"The direction is bright, but the road is tortuous."
"We must grasp both ideas and knowledge."
"Knowledge guides us to build airplanes and cannons, and ideas tell us where to fire."
"Resisting France and aiding Vietnam, resisting the United States and aiding Korea, and self-defense counterattacks against India... Every bloody and sacrificial battle that has taken place in the past few years has clearly told us--dignity is only on the blade, and truth is only within the range of the cannon!"