3 years ago, the life of a farmer's child in northern Jiangsu in college.
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It's been 3 years.
That night, I was lying on the bed board of Xuzhou Teachers College, and I was often woken up in the middle of the night by the sound of a rush of rain brushing in the distance. Later, I learned that a few miles away from the school, the train rumbled by, and the earth seemed to be shaken up and down and left and right by the iron dragon, struggling and gasping. Day after day, it was peaceful, and I couldn't feel the noise of the train anymore.
After work, in the dormitory of rural middle school, I woke up in the middle of the night and went out. There was no rumbling sound of the train. Under the palm-sized moon, there were only towering poplars on campus, patting countless palms like giants, laughing and making noise. I can no longer hear the roar of the train, feel the noise of the city, and life seems to have returned to the primitive rural times.
After receiving the notice from Xu Teachers College, my family was busy with my schooling for a while. My father and I took a flatbed car and handed it over to Jinling Township Grain Management Office. As the saying goes, we changed our plans, that is, after eating grain, the state supplied it and began to eat the national plan. From then on, we jumped out of the farm and got rid of the fate of the hairdresser on earth completely.
in my heart, I have never been ashamed of being born and raised in the countryside, and I have never been arrogant. After working for many years, it seems bitter to think about living in the countryside. Perhaps there is a reason. I was never a real farmer since I was a child. I didn't really experience in the natural environment. I didn't have tanned arms, a thin face and a shriveled chest.
nature is boundless in winter, but in other seasons, it is full of flowers, green as jade, or golden. Farmers worked in the fields sweating profusely, bitter, sweet and salty, and experienced a life of birth, aging, illness and death with five flavors; Cycle from generation to generation. They are truly the sons of nature, like babies in the arms of adults, like children holding their mothers' clothes, playing and laughing.
My sister is still unmarried. She has just learned tailoring skills and made some clothes, one of which is a long-sleeved shirt with white background and broken flowers. It is rare to buy new clothes at home. After wearing it, she is very happy. Big Brother sent me a blue polyester-covered cotton zipper shirt, which is much more fashionable than the green military uniform with brown buttons I wore.
On the day when we reported to Xu Normal University, my eldest brother and I took the bank's Dawn SUV and brought some local products. We were introduced by our friends who went to Xu Normal University to meet the editor-in-chief of Journal of Xu Zhou Normal University. The editor's hometown is Fengxian, and the Journal of Xuzhou Teachers College was printed in Fengxian Printing Factory because of him.
When I first saw him, he was chubby, with a big shiny skull and a pleasant face. I always felt something special with the country people, and that was probably the aura. He greeted us warmly and said something about his hometown. His daughter had already cooked the rice, took a spoon of rice from the rice cooker in a small bowl, and set several dishes, one of which was green vegetables and ribs, which was very delicious.
Listening to them talking and laughing while eating is nothing more than a physical examination when they enter the school, and there are other inconveniences that need more attention. The professor is very talkative and warmly greets us to eat more food. Surprisingly, everyone eats very little, and Big Brother eats very politely.
In the past, Big Brother was at home, and it was very fragrant and sweet when eating. A bowl of cabbage and radish, and a pot cake posted by his mother, were screaming and blowing away, and they played very fast.
It's the first time I'm a guest in the living room of a city family. To my surprise, city people are dressed up and even entertain guests with small bowls. Is it too picky to eat so little in front of guests? Listening to their happy talk, I just smiled dully. Coming out of the professor building of Xu Teachers College, the vehicle sped past the Fourth Hospital of Xu Zhou and Zhaishan, and came to the first branch of Xu Teachers College.
Many years later, Xu Teachers College was changed to Xuzhou Normal University, and a more resounding name was changed-A Provincial Normal University. However, no matter how it is changed, it has not changed the reality that the alma mater has no right to award doctoral degrees. There are many universities in China, which are also rivers and lakes. Just like hosting a banquet, there is no hard food, and it is difficult for guests who fly, ride cars and ride electric donkeys to praise them.
One year, the Ministry of Education decentralized a doctoral degree awarding point, and Xuzhou Medical College contended with its alma mater. The alma mater didn't pay attention to the medical school, but the medical school finally threw out a big thunder cannon-the National Natural Science Progress Award, and successfully won the right to a doctoral degree in a discipline.
when the news came, the teachers' college was full of sorrow, and red banners hung all over the campus, demanding justice and exposing the shady. Some old professors cry and faint in the bathroom. If they can't recruit doctors, they can't be tutors, and there will be no glory and benefits brought by tutors.
In the past, professors who had to look up to them had nothing to do with being open-minded, insisting on "coming with a heart and not taking a blade of grass" and "gathering talents from all over the world to teach them and having fun", which was nothing more than "writing books for the benefit of rice and Liang".
The campus of Xu Teachers College has spread from the mountainside in Niu Shan to the plain below. Walking along the campus path for a circle will make your legs and feet feel a little sour and numb. As soon as I entered the gate, there was a Little Square. On the west side of the square stood a tall bell tower, which rose to the sky, and the bell room inlaid with clocks all around was like a spear, stabbing the sky. Every time I walk in front of the bell tower and look up at the white clouds floating across the blue sky, I can't help stretching my neck and straightening my waist, and I feel much more tall and straight.
I arrived at the workstation for welcoming new students under the bell tower, got a full set of daily necessities, and drove to the student apartment halfway up the mountain-a brand-new dormitory with fresh breath. One staircase corresponds to something on the first floor, two suites. One suite, three small rooms and four large rooms; One room with three double beds. Each person has a table, a chair and two closets. Each suite also has a tiled bathroom.
The first two students are making their beds and exchanging their names and places of origin. One is Shi Minglai from Lianyungang, and the other is Gao Xiang from Siyang County. I come from Fengxian, the hometown of the son of heaven in the Han family. Gao Fei happens to be Yu Ji's little hometown. The story of Farewell My Concubine is stirring, and the sad and desolate background is bloody killing and the helplessness of the hero.
Life, love, heroes and beauties are intertwined and become an eternal drama theme. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, there was chaos in the world. Xiang Yu killed the old leader Chu Huaiwang (actually Chu Huaiwang's grandson Mi Xin) and became the leader of the uprising. The four-year struggle between Chu and Han, and Liu Bang, the son of cloth, who was defeated repeatedly, pushed the old leader Xiang Yu to the wall.
The result of the competition between Xiang Yu, a handsome young hero, and Liu Bang, a somewhat greasy and obscene middle-aged uncle, was beyond the expectation of ordinary people. Later generations were controversial about this war. Many people think that Liu Bang's victory over Xiang Yu is a bit overwhelming, but he only gained the upper hand by playing tricks.
I came from Liu Bang's hometown, and when I met Siyang's roommate, I seemed to feel a little sorry for Yu Ji's tragic fate. Without thinking, Gao Xiang smiled and held out his hand generously, holding it tightly with me. A little bit of doubt and anxiety vanished, so the feud between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's hometown people that spanned more than two thousand years was "all the brothers who robbed the waves, and when they met, they smiled and disappeared."
On the upward hillside of the apartment building, the yellow thatch is squeezed, and one person is taller, and there are often spotted snakes. Further up, it is a short, sparse wild jujube bush, which is not knee-high. Red wild dates, the size of beans, are dotted among the branches with dense thorns, and they are like clusters of beating flames in withering everywhere.
In the morning, eating sour and sweet wild dates, breathing the cool air, walking on the cement road around the mountain, occasionally meeting young couples to enjoy the scenery on this lonely mountain. Boys sometimes wear windbreakers and are charming, while girls are often fair-skinned, tall and cold, intoxicated with the happiness and pride of the stars.
Over time, this place has become a feng shui treasure-house for lovers to pour out their feelings, and the students who come to study and exercise are also close at hand, so they can * * * live * * without disturbing each other. Go back to the dormitory and go to the canteen. The boiling water on the mountain is very sweet. There is no theophylline in a large bottle of boiling water.
You can eat meat buns and noodles in the morning. You can eat meat and vegetables at noon and evening, and the weight of steamed bread, rice, vegetables and soup is sufficient. Professor Qiu Minggao, a fellow villager, is the dean. He is kind-hearted and wears a pair of faded woolen trousers in winter. At first glance, he knows that he is a master of Confucianism.
He once called several student cadres to talk about the promotion from junior college to undergraduate course. When he learned that I was a fellow villager, he specifically asked me to talk about it. I was very excited and deliberately expressed my desire to continue studying. He said that the college has plans to upgrade to undergraduate courses, encouraging us to study hard. Who knows, this measure will not be implemented for several years. I sat down with Professor Qiu, and saw that his face was smooth and his eyes were full of warmth and encouragement. I felt the direction of struggle and the hope of success.
In this college on the hillside, what a great happiness it is to have a full meal and sleep in a clean student apartment. It's true that if you don't know the gap, you will know the happiness in the middle. Our 3-32 is the west suite on the third floor, with fifteen students. On Saturday night, we will have dinner together. The dinner is also very simple, and everyone has a stir-fried dish.
At that time, I used to eat four-and six-hair cauldron dishes, and I didn't have the conditions to eat meat buns often. After living for a period of time, I found that only Shi Yun and I were the poorest, and Hu Daolai in the East Suite was even poorer than me. Time has come to tell me calmly that my brother is only living his own life after work, and his parents are old and life is tight.
One winter, he often hid himself in the dormitory to eat the leftover pickles in the morning. Lips are often chapped and bleeding, perhaps because they don't eat vegetables and lack vitamins, let alone buy fruits. The students are passionate, and there are always endless jokes and endless words. However, at the dinner, a small fry cost 35 yuan. I brought some meat buns and snuggled up several times, always feeling uneasy.
My classmate Shi Yunlai and I will have dinner early on Saturday night, and then go to the school video hall to watch a play or go for a walk in the big playground. Students with good economic conditions later talked about interesting things about eating and drinking in restaurants at the party, so I had to prevaricate.
in my memory, the canteen is almost the only place to eat. Thanks to the canteen master, the dishes at 6 cents are already fleshy, and the wax gourd at 4 cents is also full of oil and water. This made me spend the most difficult two years of college life.
I went to Xinhua Bookstore on Sunday, and once went through the books in the downtown Xinhua Bookstore, I couldn't help being immersed in it. A familiar voice came by surprise. It was my old classmate Li Xiaoming. When he saw me smile, I smiled.
He is wearing a dark suit, while I am wearing a green military uniform with brown buttons and the school emblem of Xu Teachers College with red letters on a white background, which is a bit funny and inappropriate. So he took me to the second branch of Xu Normal University for dinner.