Siheyuan: Spring and Autumn

Director Miao sighed and said, "Take it. Qin Leshan looks like a dull man, but I didn't expect he had such a smart and insightful son. It's incredible. Our family will just consider it a good relationship and take good care of him in the future."

"Are they really here to find out who they are?"

Mrs. Miao was still a little confused.

"How is that possible? That's not right. There must be this reason. Another reason is that, didn't you hear him say that his father comes home exhausted every day and he feels bad for him. He wants to change his father's job."

"Can it be done?"

"Of course we can do it. You don't even need to find a reason. Qin Zheng has made great contributions on the front line. No one will say anything if the bureau takes care of the father of the hero."

"That's good. I'll put the watch away first then."

After a while, Mrs. Miao called out again, "Old Miao, come and see."

"what happened?"

"This watch can be read clearly even in dark places."

Director Miao saw that it was true. Even if he turned off all the lights in the house, he could still see the watch hands. He was also knowledgeable and explained immediately: "This is a luminous watch."

I have heard of this kind of watch, but this is the first time I have seen it.

Not to mention Director Miao and his wife sighing at home, Qin Zheng and his companion then went to the homes of three deputies and the director of the power supply station. What they said was similar and the atmosphere was very good.

At that time, the country did not have the ability to produce watches, and it would take five years before it could do so. Moreover, the value of luminous watches was not small. In the commissioned bank, each one cost two million.

The result of this visit naturally did not disappoint Han Qing. Three days later, Qin Leshan was transferred to the East Fourth District Power Supply Bureau and joined the trade union to manage logistics. Three months later, he was promoted to vice chairman of the trade union, and his status was changed from a worker to a cadre.

Dongsi District was established in 1952, and in 1958 it was part of Dongcheng District.

Qin Zheng gave away five watches but didn't tell anyone in his family. Han Qing didn't know that her son gave such an expensive gift to his father in order to change his job. Now she was just happy.

During the following exam preparation period, Qin Zheng was actually not idle.

On June 6, Qin Zheng was awarded the First Class Medal of Honor for his service in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

On July 7, Qin Zheng, as a member of the reporting group of heroes returning from the Volunteer Army, was warmly received by the leaders. The leaders kindly told him to prepare for the exam at home and not to travel back and forth with the members of the reporting group.

On July 7, the warring parties signed the Korean Armistice Agreement, thus marking the end of the 27-year and 2-month War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

On August 8, the blue military stamp was issued. Qin Zheng rode his bicycle to major post offices in Beijing to buy it continuously. He bought two copies from each post office to avoid attracting attention. Naturally, he also bought the purple and yellow military stamps that were issued in advance.

As Qin Zheng expected, just after buying fifty copies, the Blue Military Mail was discontinued and recalled, and all unsold copies were destroyed, because it was reported that the military mail could easily expose the unit's number, station, and movement situation from the envelope.

Think about the 21st century, a blue military stamp is equivalent to a house, isn’t that cool?

Moreover, with Qin Ming as the postman, Qin Zheng is the first to get the moon. He has already informed Qin Ming in advance that whenever new stamps are issued, he will buy twenty copies of each type as his philatelic items.

You tell me, is it easy for ordinary people to make money?

However, some ordinary people make money unconsciously.

They just happened to buy the Blue Army Postage, and just happened not to use it, and just happened to keep it in good condition, and just happened to know its value. In a few decades, won’t they achieve financial freedom?

You see, if ordinary people want to achieve financial freedom, they have to be so lucky!

The money that Qin Zheng had left at home before he went abroad was returned by his mother. However, in a short period of time, he had spent most of it.

In 1953, the college entrance examination was held from August 8 to 20, and the schedule was different from that of the previous year.

Last year, on August 8, 15 and 16, New China held its first college entrance examination. There were only 17 candidates, which is different from this year's date.

The question is difficult!

Yes, contrary to what most people think, the college entrance examination when the country was first founded was really difficult.

The so-called "difficult" does not mean that the questions are difficult, but that the requirements are too high compared to the young people in the country at that time.

There are eight subjects in the college entrance examination: Chinese, mathematics, foreign language (English or Russian), history, geography, politics, physics, chemistry and biology.

The subdivisions of the exam are basically the same as in the 8st century, but it should be noted that everyone must take these subjects, regardless of arts or science.

The examination time for each subject is 100 minutes and is completed in three days, followed by internship operations and interviews.

At this time, the Korean War had just ended, most of the soldiers had not returned home, and more than half of the people in the country were illiterate. It is conceivable that the number of people who had the opportunity to learn all eight subjects was surprisingly small, and it was not surprising that those who could be admitted to university were called "disciples of the emperor."

Later, the country conducted statistics and found that although the college entrance examination requirements at that time were particularly high, it did select a large number of talents for the country, and almost all of them were top talents.

That is to say, since 1952, "college student" has become synonymous with elite. To this day, people still have a special feeling when they mention college students.

When Qin Zheng came out of the examination room, that feeling of being in another world came to his mind again.

Counting it all, this was his second time taking the college entrance examination.

In the college entrance examination of New China, all colleges and universities still followed the practice of most of the Republic of China period and implemented separate admissions, while the three universities in Beijing, namely Peking University, Tsinghua University and Nankai University, as well as Beijing Normal University and Beiyang University, adopted the form of joint admissions.

Shanghai was the first to establish the "Shanghai National Universities and Colleges Unified Admissions Committee" and adopted a unified entrance examination method. On August 16, 1952, the 8 universities in Shanghai took the examination simultaneously using unified examination papers.

Qin Zheng felt that the subsequent internship and interview were just a formality and ended as soon as they began. He applied for the Department of Physics at Peking University.

At this point, his second college entrance examination was over, and the next step was to wait for notification at home.

During this period, Han Qing was very nervous and often couldn't sleep because she was worried that Qin Zheng would fail to get into university and would be devastated. After all, he hadn't touched a textbook for three years.

"Hey, I don't know how many points Xiao Zheng can get in the exam. If he doesn't pass, he could have gone straight to work, but now he has to look for a job again. This child is really worrying."

"You are always worrying about nothing. My son will be fine."

"You're tough now, isn't it time for you to whip me with a belt?"

"I……"

Because of Qin Zheng's decision to go to college, many people in the hospital thought he was stupid. Really, after three years of fighting on the battlefield, wouldn't it be better for him to work and earn money directly after retiring?

If he failed the exam, there would probably be more people laughing at him behind his back. At the very least, Jia Zhang would probably not miss the opportunity to laugh at him.

Qin Zheng was not like her. He had enough self-confidence and sang happily from time to time:

"You can't blow a cowhide, and you can't push a train. If you don't have the skills, how can you survive in society?"

“I’ll take you to show off, to fly, and to go crazy until dark. If you want to have a life without regrets, why not try your best, try your best.”