Chapter 486 What is a Famous Name?
Although it is already the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, most people who work have already started work.
But in Chengjiazhuang, the festive atmosphere is still strong.
The reason for this is that winter has not yet completely passed and the crops in the fields do not require much effort, so everyone takes advantage of this rare good time to have a good rest.
Some young people who are on good terms with each other took advantage of this rare opportunity to drink and chat.
Cheng Xuyuan had to go out for some urgent business during the New Year holiday, which was news in the village and many people paid attention to it.
After all, his identity is different now.
Not only is he the only college student in the village so far, but he is also a famous writer.
It was even in the newspapers.
As for television, there is still no television in the village, so no one knows about it.
"Xuyuan is back." When Cheng Xuyuan walked into the village entrance, someone greeted him.
Adhering to the memory of the previous owner, Cheng Xuyuan greeted everyone along the way and returned to his home.
Only mother Wang Guilan was at home; father Cheng Jiaxing had gone out to discuss something with someone.
"Xuyuan, you must be hungry after sitting on the bus for so long." Wang Guilan said with some concern when she saw Cheng Xuyuan, who was exhausted.
"Take a break first, I'll make you a bowl of noodles."
Seeing his mother about to go to work, Cheng Xuyuan hurriedly stopped her and said, "Mom, you don't have to work."
"I had a bowl of mutton soup in the county town and I'm still full now."
"Mom, how's things going at home these past two days?"
Seeing that Cheng Xuyuan was really not hungry, Wang Guilan poured him a glass of water and added a spoonful of sugar from the can of brown sugar at home.
Although Cheng Xuyuan was not used to drinking sweetened water, when his mother brought it to him, he still smiled and drank it in big gulps.
"It's Chinese New Year at home these days, and everyone wants to see you."
Speaking of this, Wang Guilan smiled a lot more.
"By the way, a few days ago, someone from the county came to our village and even came to our house to ask about you."
Cheng Xuyuan was not too surprised by this situation.
After all, he is now famous.
He smiled and said, "Mom, where is my dad?"
"I went to your uncle Ping's house." Wang Guilan said, "Now, it seems that many places want to go it alone."
"In our village, everyone is discussing this matter now, and the discussion is quite intense."
"Do you think it's better to work alone or together?"
Seeing his mother's expectant and anxious expression, Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Mom, with our family situation, anything is fine."
"I think we should do whatever the higher-ups arrange."
Cheng Xuyuan naturally knew what to choose, but he still gave Wang Guilan the simplest and most worry-free option.
When Wang Guilan heard Cheng Xuyuan say this, she immediately thought of the passbook that Cheng Xuyuan gave her during the Chinese New Year.
Although she insisted not to, Cheng Xuyuan insisted on giving it to her.
He also told her that he had more money than that.
In the end, Wang Guilan did not insist on Cheng Xuyuan and temporarily kept the money.
But every time she thought about the amount of money, she felt uneasy.
After all, 10,000 yuan! Not to mention in their village, even in the entire county, there are not many people who can afford this much money.
"I see. I'll tell your dad later." Wang Guilan said this and then continued, "Your dad told your uncle a few days ago."
"Tell him to talk to the grocery store in the county and ask him to prepare ten kilograms of cooked beef for you to take to Yanjing and deliver to Yuqing's home when you leave."
Cheng Xuyuan knew that to get these ten kilograms of beef, not only would he need money and tickets, but he would also need to ask for favors.
After all, there is not much beef, not to mention it is braised.
He thought about it and finally did not refuse.
My family is not short of money now, and this is also a token of my parents’ care.
Just as Cheng Xuyuan was chatting with Wang Guilan, he heard someone outside the door shouting, "Second Aunt, is Xuyuan home?"
Hearing this, Wang Guilan quickly went out, and soon saw a middle-aged man from the village who should be called uncle and a girl who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old walked in.
The way this girl is dressed doesn't look like someone from the village.
"Xuyuan, why are you going out during the New Year's Day?" asked the middle-aged man.
At this time, Cheng Xuyuan had already found out who the visitor was from the owner's memory.
Although Chengjiazhuang is called Chengjiazhuang, it does not mean that everyone in the village has the surname Cheng. For example, the middle-aged man in front of him, Du Changxi, has a rare surname in the village.
However, according to the elder generations in the village, Cheng Xuyuan needs to call the other person "uncle".
"Uncle Du, please take a seat." Cheng Xuyuan stood up and offered his seat to him, saying, "Something happened at school, so I'll go over there."
Having said that, Cheng Xuyuan was about to pour water for the two people.
Du Changxi waved his hand to stop him and said to Cheng Xuyuan, "Xuyuan, this is my niece Feng Xiaoyan, who is currently attending the No. 1 High School in our county."
"She heard that you were back, so she wanted to learn from you."
"After the New Year, this girl will also take the college entrance examination."
Feng Xiaoyan looked at Cheng Xuyuan with admiration. After all, the man in front of her, who was not much older than her, was a student of Yenching University.
More importantly, many of the questions I did were set by others.
When the teacher was commenting on these questions, he even said more than once that if they could solve these questions, getting into university would not be a problem.
This time when she came to her uncle's house, she heard that Cheng Xuyuan had returned, so she pestered her uncle to come and see Cheng Xuyuan.
Facing Feng Xiaoyan, who looked admiring, Cheng Xuyuan smiled and said, "Hello, Xiaoyan."
"Xiaoyan, you have surpassed many people by being able to be admitted to the No. 1 Middle School in the county."
Hearing Cheng Xuyuan's praise, Feng Xiaoyan hurriedly said: "Cheng... Cheng Xuyuan, I am far behind you."
"For us high school students, it would be great if we could get into college."
“If I can’t get into college, everything will be in vain.”
After saying a few words, Feng Xiaoyan was no longer so nervous. She said awkwardly: "Cheng Xuyuan, our teacher always praises you."
"Not only do we need to follow your example and strive to get into a good university."
"He also said that the level of your questions is very high, and asked us to ask you for advice if we have the chance."
Cheng Xuyuan looked at Feng Xiaoyan with admiration and felt helpless.
With the passage of two years, the current college entrance examination has basically begun to focus on fresh graduates.
After all, they learned systematically.
"Whatever you want to ask, just ask." Not knowing how to say it and not wanting to hurt the girl's feelings, Cheng Xuyuan could only pretend to be generous.
When Feng Xiaoyan heard Cheng Xuyuan say just ask casually, she was stunned for a moment.
When she heard that Cheng Xuyuan had returned home, she hurried over, but she really didn't know what to ask Cheng Xuyuan.
After a pause, she finally said, "My English is not very good. How can I improve my English as quickly as possible?"
Hearing this question, Cheng Xuyuan felt relieved.
In his previous life, he had read a lot of summary materials on how to learn English well.
Although reading these things may not necessarily improve your English level, they are still quite useful as long as you stick to them.
So the programmer pondered for a moment and said, "To improve your English, I think you should do more in the following aspects. The first is to memorize more words. As for the method of memorizing words, we..."
When Cheng Xuyuan and Feng Xiaoyan started talking, Wang Guilan and Du Changxi were listening attentively.
However, as Cheng Xuyuan's remarks became more and more profound, both of them felt as if they were listening to a foreign language.
In the end, the two could only chat quietly on the side.
Feng Xiaoyan paused halfway through and said to Cheng Xuyuan, "Cheng Xuyuan, do you have paper and pen? I'll take note."
Cheng Xuyuan took out a piece of paper and a pen from the table at home and said, "These experiences I have summarized are most suitable for me."
"If you want to make these things your own, you need to do more exercises and summarize them more."
"Thank you. I think what you said is very helpful to me." Feng Xiaoyan said here, a little expectantly: "In the future, if I have any questions, can I come and ask you?"
"I'm going back to Yanjing in two days." Cheng Xuyuan said casually, "You can write to me then."
After chatting with Cheng Xuyuan for a full hour, Feng Xiaoyan reluctantly left Cheng Xuyuan's house.
On the way, Du Changxi, as an uncle, asked Feng Xiaoyan: "Yanzi, was what you talked about with Cheng Xuyuan helpful to you?"
"Uncle, you have helped me a lot."
"I plan to stay at your house for a few more days and take this opportunity to ask Cheng Xuyuan for more advice."
"I think he explains some issues better than our teachers."
Feng Xiaoyan's expression was full of reverence.
Du Changxi didn't care too much about his niece staying for two more days. After all, his niece still had to go to school and couldn't stay for a few days.
He smiled and said, "You don't even know who Cheng Xuyuan is. He is a student at Yenching University, and his writings have won awards abroad."
"I naturally know more than your teacher."
Cheng Xuyuan originally thought that Feng Xiaoyan was just an isolated case.
But the next day, when a well-mannered middle-aged man in his forties wearing black-framed glasses came to his house on a bicycle, he realized that he had thought too simply.
"Hello, Cheng Xuyuan, my name is Zhang Bowen, and I'm a teacher of the graduating class of our county's No. 1 Middle School." The middle-aged man had two bottles of wine in his bag.
Cheng Xuyuan was a little surprised, but since the teacher had come, he still smiled and said, "Hello, Teacher Zhang. Please take a seat."
After chatting with Cheng Xuyuan for a few words, Zhang Bowen said solemnly: "Cheng Xuyuan, I came to you this time to ask you to compile some study papers."
"The papers you compiled before were all of very high quality."
"But your papers are a bit simpler than the current situation, and our students should have basically done them."
"So I hope you can help me and compile some more test questions."
At this point, Zhang Bowen said: "Although we teachers are working hard to find it, there are still too few review materials."
"Xuyuan, please help me!"
"It's mainly for those kids who are going to take the college entrance exam!"
(End of this chapter)
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