Chapter 60 Good things happen one after
another The bustle in front of Gao Jialin’s house lasted until the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. Even those who wanted to make money did not want to work on this day and went home to prepare for the New Year.
Gao Yude finally got to enjoy some wealth. He straightened his back and went to the town to buy New Year's goods. He had two chickens in his left hand, two fish in his right hand, and his backpack was filled with tens of thousands of firecrackers. Wherever he went, people looked at him with envy.
If someone else says that this is the father of Gao Jialin from Gaojia Village, others will be even more envious.
"His family's ancestral graves are well-buried. Now his child has been admitted to university. In a few years, he will probably live a good life in a big city! Upstairs and downstairs, electricity and telephones, and meat for every meal!"
After hearing these words, Gao Yude felt like he was floating when he walked, and felt that all the hard work in the first half of his life was worth it.
Gao Jialin has never stopped drinking since New Year's Eve. He drinks at home on the first day of the New Year, and after the second day he goes around the village drinking. Today he comes to my house, tomorrow he goes to your house, and the day after tomorrow he goes to his house. After all the relatives and friends who are close to him have finished drinking, it is the seventh day of the New Year.
On the eighth day of the first lunar month, the workers came back and continued to build the cave. They were busy until the fourteenth day, when they went back to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
After the Lantern Festival, they returned to work, while Gao Jialin took the company bus and started his journey back to school, carrying specialties from his hometown.
This time going back to school was a lot easier than last time. I arrived in Yinxia and took a mail coach all the way to Xi'an. Then I went to the train station to find a way to get a license plate for a lower berth in a hard sleeper. I chatted and ate with people in the carriage during the day, and slept at night.
When I woke up, I found myself back in Shanghai. I got on the bus from the station and more than an hour later, I started distributing Shaanxi red dates in dormitory 404.
"It's delicious, big and sweet, much better than the red dates I've eaten before!" Ma Chuanjie couldn't bear to eat two of them. "I have to save the rest and let my parents taste it when I go home this weekend."
Nowadays, it is nothing like the future. Open JD.com, forget about JD.com. Open Pinduoduo, and specialties from all over the world will appear in front of you as you slide your fingers. If you want to eat something fresh, just place an order directly. Whether it is Russian purple candy or Serbian cheese, it will be delivered in three or two days.
Nowadays, due to the backward transportation and logistics, it is difficult for ordinary people to eat specialties from other places, so it is so rare for them to taste the red dates from northern Shaanxi.
"You guys try it first, I'll go find Teacher Cui to get the transcript." Gao Jialin said and left the dormitory. There was no Internet at that time, and he still didn't know the results of his final exam.
This may not be a bad thing. At least you won’t be depressed about failing a course during the Chinese New Year. You can just celebrate the new year happily.
When they arrived at the office of the head teacher Ke Wanwei, his face was filled with joy when he saw Gao Jialin. "Jialin, you have brought honor to our class again this time! You ranked first in the class in the final exam, and the school also named you the school's three-good student, outstanding student leader, and outstanding league member! You are the only one in Pujiang College who can receive these four honors at the same time!"
"It's all thanks to your good teaching!" Gao Jialin was very calm. He had already obtained a doctorate degree, so he was not going to get excited about such a small honor.
"I can't give you the certificate yet. Teacher Zhang will give it to you in person during the class meeting tonight. You can take the transcript back first! Your dormitory 404 is great. No one has failed a course. When you hand out the transcripts later, comfort those who have failed and tell them not to worry and to study hard. It doesn't matter if they pass the make-up exam! But you can't be as careless this semester as you were last semester. You have to focus on studying!"
Today's college students are all gifted children and are very proud. Ke Wanwei was worried that some of them would not be able to accept the blow of failing a course and would do something stupid, so he gave them a few specific warnings.
After chatting for a while, I came out with the transcript and met Zhang Changqing in the corridor. He was also smiling and said, "Hurry up and hand out the transcripts. Come over to me after you're done. I have something good to tell you!"
He first went to the girls' dormitory and shouted a few times downstairs, and the League Secretary Luo Xuemei came down. Gao Jialin handed her the report card, reminded her a few words of technique on how to notify students who failed a course of their grades, and then left.
In the 1980s, it was not that you couldn't go to the girls' dormitory in college. As long as you had a legitimate reason, the dormitory manager would let you in. However, female college students at that time would not wear such cool clothes in the dormitory as in later generations. Gao Jialin was too lazy to go up.
After running through all the boys' dormitories one by one, distributing the report cards and comforting the few unlucky guys who had failed their exams, Gao Jialin hurried to find Zhang Changqing.
"Teacher Ke has already told you about the honors you received in school, right? Then I will tell you even better news! The Municipal Youth League Committee and the Municipal Student Union sent a notice a few days ago: You, Gao Jialin, have won three honors: the 1984 Municipal Outstanding College Student, Outstanding Student Leader, and Outstanding League Member for your outstanding performance last semester!"
"In a few days, the city will hold a commendation meeting. By then, your name, Gao Jialin, will be known throughout all the colleges and universities in Shanghai!"
Fame spread throughout all the universities in Shanghai? Wasn't this achievement already achieved when "Young Friends Come to Meet" was published? Gao Jialin muttered to himself, with a bright smile on his face, and he kept expressing his modesty and gratitude.
"Jia Lin, this is more than just an honor!" Zhang Changqing was afraid that he didn't understand, so he reminded him, "Every year, the Student Union will give priority to selecting new members from college students who have received honors, so if nothing unexpected happens, you will probably be able to become a representative of the Municipal Student Union this semester!"
"If you continue to work hard after joining the Municipal Student Union, you will have the opportunity to join the National Student Union and become a representative of college students across the country! I guess you don't quite understand what this means, so let me give you an example!"
"Among the delegates who attended the National Student Union Conference in 1979, some are now deputy director-level cadres! Think about it, how many years has he graduated? Four years at most!" Zhang Changqing's words were full of envy. A college student who graduated four years ago has a higher rank than himself. How can this be justified! Gao Jialin also knew that he would be at the same level as Sha Ruijin in the future, but he was not that powerful. There were elders among the student union representatives.
Of course, joining the Student Union doesn’t mean you can rise to the top. Looking at all the members of the Student Union in history, most of them ended up with mediocre lives. This is just an opportunity, and whether you can grasp it depends on yourself.
In the evening, Gao Jialin once again stole the limelight in the class meeting, but few of the students in the audience were jealous because they had already become numb.
After the class meeting, Gao Jialin's life returned to its normal rhythm. He attended classes every day, wrote some manuscripts for "Story Club", and continued to go to Wei Su'e's house on weekends to tutor Mingliang.
That day, after the supplementary class, Gao Jialin was preparing to go to Heniu Xinliang for a good meal, but he didn't expect that as soon as they met, he told Gao Jialin a good news.
(End of this chapter)
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