1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

After a warm weekend at home, Li Weiguo entered the university campus with his family's love and concern, truly starting his university study life.

At first, Li Weiguo was overwhelmed by the course content. The theories and complex formulas in the books overlapped with what he had learned in the past, but at the same time, they were also unfamiliar to him.

As the days passed, he became more and more amazed at the depth and breadth of college courses in this era.

The professional knowledge he learned every day seemed to open a door to a whole new world for him. It not only involved some knowledge about machinery he had learned in his previous life, but also involved more profound principles of various weapons.

Every time he opened the professional textbooks, the detailed drawings and obscure terms made Li Weiguo more and more frightened.

He realized that the technological development of this era was at a critical juncture and he was fortunate to be involved in it.

In class, the teacher was explaining passionately, and the students were either writing furiously or frowning in thought.

Li Weiguo, however, often falls into deeper thinking. He tries to integrate the knowledge he has accumulated in his previous life with what he is learning now. Whenever a new spark of inspiration comes to his mind, he can't wait to share it.

During a professional class, the head teacher Xu Changqing wrote a complex mechanical design problem on the blackboard. The students lowered their heads to think, and the classroom was so quiet that the only sound was the rustling of the pen tips on the paper.

Li Weiguo stared at the blackboard for a long time, his mind filled with violent collisions between his past life experiences and present life knowledge.

Suddenly, he stood up and broke the silence: "Teacher Xu, I have an idea, maybe we can approach it from this angle..."

He elaborated on his suggestions in detail, involving some epoch-making design concepts and material applications.

Hearing this, a hint of surprise flashed in Xu Changqing's eyes, and then he listened carefully and nodded frequently.

After class, Xu Changqing found Li Weiguo alone, patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Weiguo, your thinking is very unique, and some of your suggestions have given me great inspiration."

Since then, Xu Changqing has attached great importance to every suggestion of Li Weiguo. Sometimes, a casual remark of Li Weiguo would make Xu Changqing lead the team to work overtime for a week just to verify its feasibility.

In this way, relying on solid knowledge reserves and innovative thinking, a year later, Li Weiguo successfully entered the core research group of the Department of Mechanical Engineering with excellent grades and outstanding scientific research performance.

This is where the elites of the school gather, and being able to enter it is undoubtedly the greatest recognition of his abilities.

Joining the group with him was Lin Wanqing.

If the appearance of Li Weiguo caught the teachers' eyes, then Lin Wanqing was the most stable and solid student among all the students.

Her notes are always the neatest, her grasp of knowledge is precise and precise, and she can always respond calmly to questions asked in class.

During this year's study, Lin Wanqing always regarded Li Weiguo as her role model.

She was filled with admiration when she saw that Li Weiguo not only applied the knowledge he had learned flexibly, but also used a unique perspective to discover problems and solve difficulties.

At first, she just watched silently, but later, as the opportunities for group cooperation increased, the two became more familiar with each other.

"Student Weiguo, I have spent a long time studying the mechanical transmission optimization solution you proposed last time. It is really ingenious. How did you come up with it?"

After a group discussion, Lin Wanqing couldn't help but ask Li Weiguo for advice, with a gleam of curiosity in her eyes.

Li Weiguo smiled and replied, "In fact, it is just to string together some scattered knowledge that we have learned before, and combine it with what we are learning now, so as to integrate it. Wanqing, you have such a good foundation. If we discuss it together, we will definitely be able to solve more difficult problems."

Lin Wanqing's cheeks flushed slightly, and she nodded gently: "Well, please give me more advice in the future."

However, the honor of Li Weiguo and Lin Wanqing joining the core group of the Mechanical Engineering Department made some people in the class jealous, and Yang Qiming was the most obvious among them.

Recalling the beginning of the school year, Li Weiguo showed his talent everywhere when he first entered the campus.

He has a tall stature and a handsome face, and when he stands among the crowd, he exudes an extraordinary aura.

In class, when he got the difficult questions, he could always solve them easily, and his unique insights often made the teacher nod frequently.

After class, he can also get along well with his classmates and help them solve some difficult problems sincerely and enthusiastically.

And every weekend, when Li Weiguo returned to school from home, he would always bring back large and small bags of various foods and distribute them to his roommates and classmates one by one.

Everyone sat together, enjoying the food and sharing interesting stories from their hometowns, and laughter echoed in the dormitory.

Chen Yuxuan, who comes from a wealthy family, also praised Li Weiguo's way of dealing with people.

On the other hand, Yang Qiming, although he lived in the same dormitory and classmate with Li Weiguo, he naturally saw all the "glory" of Li Weiguo and was jealous of him.

He and Li Weiguo both go home once a week, but their situations are very different.

Every weekend when he returned to school, he came empty-handed. Not to mention bringing food to his classmates, he never even invited anyone to his home.

The roommates in the dormitory naturally became closer to Li Weiguo.

When everyone goes out to play together on weekends, Li Weiguo often warmly invites everyone to stay at his house and experience life in the alleys of old Beijing.

Moreover, the Li family would prepare a table of delicious food to entertain them warmly. The warmth and kindness made the students like Li Weiguo's family even more.

Gradually, the classmates felt that there was a huge difference between Yang Qiming and Li Weiguo.

From his figure and appearance to his knowledge and character, Li Weiguo seemed to be superior to Yang Qiming in every way.

Over the past year, the jealousy in Yang Qiming's heart has grown like weeds, and he always speaks in a sarcastic tone.

On this day, roommates in the dormitory were gathered together to discuss the upcoming mechanical design competition. Everyone was talking at once and the atmosphere was lively.

Li Weiguo proposed a novel design idea. When he was talking about it with great excitement, Yang Qiming suddenly snorted: "Humph, it sounds good, but I don't know if it can be done by then. Don't just talk about it on paper."

The atmosphere in the dormitory suddenly became cold, and everyone looked at Li Weiguo awkwardly.

Li Weiguo just smiled faintly. He knew in his heart that Yang Qiming was just jealous.

After all, they are all adults, and Li Weiguo has his own way of dealing with people. He knows who to interact with more and who to keep a distance from.

He didn't want to argue with Yang Qiming, so he just pretended not to hear the sarcastic remark and continued to discuss the plan with other students, his eyes still showing determination and confidence.

But the more Li Weiguo acted like this, the more unhappy Yang Qiming felt.

He secretly kept Li Weiguo and his colleagues' ideas in mind, thinking of studying them secretly with other classmates.

But Yang Qiming could not have imagined that Li Weiguo had long been wary of him and would certainly not bring out his most core designs for discussion in the dormitory.