Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

Which teacher would eat and drink in the office in front of students?

Resisting the hunger in his stomach, his mind raced and he quickly solved the questions one by one. The questions in junior high school were indeed a bit more difficult than those in elementary school.

But in his opinion, it was just a little more than elementary school knowledge. Whether it was Chinese, mathematics or natural science, the amount of knowledge contained was only comparable to the elementary school knowledge in his previous life.

Social sciences can still be traced, as they contain a lot of geography, politics and history knowledge, which is relatively basic. He can also search for it from his memories of past lives, and politics can also be written in a lofty manner.

But Russian made him a little confused. After all, he had never learned Russian. In his previous life, he learned English.

After finishing the test papers other than Russian, Zhou Tian looked at the Russian test paper in front of him and scratched his head. It was not that he was unwilling to continue writing, but he really didn't know how to do it.

Now he vaguely regretted that he should have learned Russian at the beginning. After all, he knew that due to the good relationship between the country and Big Brother in recent years, Russian is now considered the country's second language.

But it's too late to say anything now. Although it is shameful to hand in a blank paper, he is not willing to guess blindly!

He gave a bitter smile and just as he was about to stand up and hand in the paper, he felt something was wrong. He saw that the three people had left the table at some point and were standing behind him.

"Teacher Zhang, I've finished writing!"

Zhou Tian stood up, spoke respectfully to Teacher Zhang, and handed him the paper.

Teacher Zhang took the test paper, but the old man took out a paper directly from it.

"That's not right! Little guy, why don't you write a single word in Russian?"

Before Teacher Zhang could speak, the old man asked in confusion.

"Mr. Old Man, I have never learned a foreign language. I don't understand anything about foreign languages, so I didn't write it down!"

Zhou Tian said with an embarrassed look on his face. He originally thought that his knowledge was enough to become a night school teacher, and that studying at night school was just to get a diploma.

But now he was slapped in the face.

"It seems that you are still not good enough. At the beginning, your teacher Zhang was still bragging about how talented you are. It seems that the truth has been revealed now!"

The old man couldn't help but jokingly heard this.

"Okay, kid, wait a minute while we grade it first!"

Teacher Zhang looked at Zhou Tian with embarrassment, but smiled to help, sat down with the papers, gave a few to Director Yun, and the two of them started grading the papers on the spot in the office.

Zhou Tian's face turned slightly red after being retorted by the old man. He looked down at his feet. If the floor of the office was not paved with cement, he would probably really want to dig out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes.

After teasing Zhou Tian, ​​the old man stopped teasing him, found a chair to sit down, and looked the little guy up and down.

He still remembers that he had planned to go off work last night, but just for the little guy in front of him, Teacher Zhang and Director Yun found him together.

He hoped that he could use his connections to investigate this boy's background, and said that if this boy was not lying, he must be a talented person with a promising future.

The old man didn't believe it at first, but after seeing the solemn assurances from his two trusted generals, he became curious and made a few phone calls.

After the three of them brought the little guy's investigation report and read it, they realized that they seemed to have underestimated the kid in front of them.

No matter how talented a fitter is, improving one level per year is the upper limit for him. However, the little guy in front of them actually broke their cognition. He was promoted from an apprentice to a junior worker in just half a year. Later, he was unstoppable and skipped the intermediate worker level and directly became a senior worker within a year.

You know, a senior worker is the lifetime achievement of a worker, but according to the survey data, the little guy seems to be unsatisfied and is teaching himself mechanical design and electrical engineering. I don't know if this little guy is bold or if he really has this talent.

However, this spirit of learning made him admire this boy a little.

"Little guy, can you play chess?"

Just as the office fell into silence, the old man looked at Zhou Tian and asked.

"Not really?"

Zhou Tian spoke truthfully. Facing this future big boss, he didn't dare to hide anything.

"How about playing the next round with the old man?"

As the old man spoke, he took out a chess set from the drawer of a table behind him and set it up on the table.

Zhou Tian was stunned when he saw the old man's actions. "There are chess pieces in this office?"

Although he was confused, he still walked over and sat down opposite the old man.

After everything was set up, the old man and Zhou Tian started working in the office. The two of them worked very quickly, but Zhou Tian soon slowed down.

He found that his chess skills were no match for the old man opposite him. For a moment, he looked at the chessboard and fell into deep thought.

The old man did not urge him, but continued to light a cigarette and smoked. Looking at Zhou Tian who was still in deep thought, he suddenly asked, "Little guy, do you want to go to college?"

Zhou Tian was somewhat confused by the old man's sudden question. You know, since the liberation of the country, the country has started large-scale adjustments to universities, and university enrollment has come to a standstill.

If he wanted to go to college now, he would have no way to do so. According to his memory from his previous life, the university adjusted its formal enrollment in October 1952.

It is now the 51st year, which means that it will take at least one year before the country officially opens the college entrance examination. He did not expect that the old man would ask him if he wanted to go to college.

If someone else asked, Zhou Tian would definitely not answer, but the person in front of him was the future big boss, he thought about it, nodded and said truthfully: "I do!"

"But universities are not recruiting students now, and I'm not a freshman in high school. Can I still go to university?"

Zhou Tian couldn't help but ask with the doubts in his heart.

As far as he knew, even if the country later liberalized university enrollment, universities would only recruit recent graduates, and it would be impossible for an employee like him who did not have a high school diploma to go to university.

So Zhou Tian didn’t have this idea from the beginning, but now the old man actually raised this question, which made Zhou Tian’s heart beat rapidly.

Because he knew very well that if he continued to stay in the factory, he might have a good life and would be able to raise his younger brothers and sisters, but Zhou Tian, ​​who had his own ambitions, knew even better.

The gap between college students and workers is not just about wages, but also about cultural level. In the factory, no matter how good Zhou Tian's performance is, if he brings some things out, it will inevitably arouse suspicion among many people.

But it was different after graduating from university. He developed high technology and everyone would say that Zhou Tian was a genius.

The gap between the two seems not big, but the gap can only be known within the system. It is actually an invisible gap.

"You can if you want!"

The old man did not answer Zhou Tian’s question, but just smiled mysteriously.