The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

On August 8, Li Yuan brought the materials to Huaqing University, commonly known as Pudaokou Institute of Technology.

There are three main gates in the history of Huaqing University, namely the first main gate when the school was founded, commonly known as the "Second Campus".

The second main school gate built in the 30s was called the "West Gate".

And the third main school gate built in 2000, namely the "East Gate" (also known as the "Southeast Gate").

During the expansion in the 30s, the first main school gate was located inside the school. It is commonly known as the "Second School Gate" and it is still used today.

The second main gate was built in 33 and is located on the west side of the campus. The gate faces west and is called the "West Gate".

The West Gate is located at the western end of the Tsinghua campus. Not far ahead is the Old Summer Palace, and further away you can see the West Mountain of Beijing.

The west gate is taller than the second gate. It looks majestic and square, giving people a sense of strength and stability.

However, it still contains the characteristics of European architecture. It was damaged in the wind and was rebuilt in 1991.

Li Yuan entered Huaqing University through the West Gate on his bicycle.

The registration went smoothly, and Li Yuan was assigned to the Department of Power Machinery, which merged with the newly established Department of Agricultural Machinery, commonly known as the Department of Agricultural Machinery.

Li Yuan’s professional name is gas turbine, and his schooling lasts for 6 years.

The class name is Class 608, commonly known as the "Ran 8" class.

Since Li Yuan had experience in the design of single-cylinder engines, he joined the development of a parallel-arranged 4-cylinder diesel engine headed by Professor Zhang Ran of the Department of Agricultural Machinery right after the beginning of the semester.

This is a bit inconsistent with his professional direction. He is studying gas turbine courses and doing work in the agricultural machinery department.

Li Yuan is somewhat famous in the class, but apart from attending classes, he also spends the rest of his time in the laboratory.

Since it was not convenient to practice in the dormitory, Li Yuan applied for day study.

Therefore, it has been more than a month since school started, and Li Yuan has become the most familiar stranger in the class.

At this time, college life included many labor activities in addition to study.

In October 1960, he went to the Second Brigade of Hongxing Commune to participate in rice harvesting.

In the same year, we supported the construction of the 9003 construction site, dragging pallets to Yongdingmen and Fuchengmen to pull steel bars and cement.

During the busy farming season of May and June, classes are suspended for two weeks to participate in agricultural work: tilling the ground, transplanting seedlings, digging out manure, and transporting manure.

They worked in batches in various workshops of the school's comprehensive machinery factory, helping sell food in the canteen, moving house, eradicating bed bugs, and storing cabbage for the winter. These were all commonplace.

The second brand new college life gave Li Yuan an unusual feeling.

Most of the students are not rich. Although the state tries its best to meet the food supply of the university, everyone is still generally not full.

The monthly subsidy has been increased from 12.5 yuan to 15.5 yuan. For students who are growing up, they still feel that they cannot make ends meet.

Because there was no oil or water, the pickles Li Yuan brought every week became the favorite of his classmates.

Classmate Wang Chun was severely malnourished and had edema all over his body. Li Yuan brought him a bottle of sesame oil and half a pound of pork to help him get through the most difficult period.

Although everyone didn't spend much time with Li Yuan, half a year later, almost all the students had a good impression of Li Yuan.

The students all knew that he had profound knowledge in engines, but they did not expect that an invitation letter would let them know that he was actually a wood carving artist.

The invitation letter was sent directly to Li Yuan from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

When the life committee received more than a dozen emails and distributed them, they realized that this letter was unusual.

The envelope was obviously much wider than other envelopes, and the red seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shocked him even more.

When he was curious and handed the letter to Li Yuan, he found that Li Yuan had put it in his schoolbag disapprovingly, and he accidentally broke through.

He wanted to snatch it, open it, and see what was inside.

"Li Yuan, don't you open it and take a look?"

"Go home and see," Li Yuan replied with a smile without saying much.

The next day I went to my class teacher, Mr. Jiang, and explained my purpose, which also shocked the teacher.

When the teacher read the invitation in his hand, he showed an incredible expression.

Having been engaged in the education industry for many years, he is usually busy with his business and has no time to pay attention to art reports.

It wasn't until he saw the words on the invitation letter that "We sincerely invite Mr. Li Yuan, the master of wood carving art, to come to our office for a discussion" that he realized that there was actually a master hidden in his class.

"Classmate Li Yuan, when did you become a master?"

Until now, he still can't believe this is true. In his impression, the masters are all white-haired and immortal.

But when it came to "the bone of immortality", after he stared at Li Yuan, he felt that there seemed to be a hint of a master.

"Teacher Jiang, I don't know either. They probably screamed on their own." Li Yuan did not answer directly.

After Teacher Jiang repeatedly confirmed the authenticity of the invitation letter, he had no choice but to grant the leave.

After Li Yuan left, Teacher Jiang immediately ran to the teaching and research office and started looking through old newspapers.

Half an hour later, he finally saw a report in an evening newspaper.

It was actually the headline on the front page. The big headline shocked him at the time.

"Master Li Yuan's flying dragon in the sky sculpture was auctioned in Xiangjiang for as high as 38 yuan."

He hurriedly browsed the newspaper and ran to the dean's office with the newspaper.

"Director Li, this is terrible." Teacher Jiang ran out of breath.

"What's wrong? Slow down," an elegant middle-aged man said with a smile.

"Director Li, look at this."

After reading the newspaper, Director Li had doubts in his eyes, "Is there any problem with this?"

"This is a big problem. Do you know who this Li Yuan is?"

"Huh?" Director Li has not yet come out of his previous work state.

"He is a freshman in our department, from Class 8, and now works in Professor Zhang Ran's research group."

"Wait a minute, why do you sound so messed up to me? A freshman in Class 8 of the Department of Power Mechanical Engineering?"

Teacher Jiang nodded.

"Do you do scientific research in Zhang Ran's research group in the Department of Agricultural Machinery?"

Teacher Jiang nodded again.

"He's also a master of wood carving?"

Teacher Jiang nodded again.

Director Li touched Teacher Jiang's forehead and then his own forehead, "You don't have a fever either!"

"No! Director, I am very normal. This is true."

"Haha, they obviously have the same name," Director Li said with a smile.

"No, I saw the invitation letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it clearly said Master Li Yuan. The recipient address is our department."

Director Li slowly became serious, "Did you read that correctly?"

"Look here," Teacher Jiang pointed to a description in the newspaper.

"You see, Master Li Yuan is the deputy chief of the technical section of the Fifth Machinery Factory in Kyoto, and he led the team to complete the design of the universal wrench...

Classmate Li Yuan is very smart, so I usually pay close attention to him.

The description in the newspaper is consistent with his file records, and there is no doubt that it is him."

Director Li grabbed the newspaper and read it carefully, then raised his head in shock.

"This Li Yuan is indeed a master. He has made so many achievements, but he has always been unknown.

If it weren't for the invitation, who knows how long it would have been hidden? "

"Yes, Director Li, how should we treat him in the future?"

"How is his academic performance?"

"I have always been among the best, and I don't feel that it is very strenuous, because apart from attending classes on time, I spend the rest of the time in Professor Zhang's laboratory."

"Where can I get feedback from Professor Zhang?"

"Project sharing has already begun."

"Awesome. Since he wants to keep a low profile, we will cooperate with him. Just pay more attention in the future."

"I know, Director Li."

After seeing Teacher Jiang off, Director Li took a few glances at the newspaper, got up and walked to the vice principal's office.