Chapter 8 Dad
After his best friends left, Zhou Zhi began to proofread his article for the last time.
In the previous life, submitting articles was just a temporary game, but now it has become more serious, and the article has been changed from one to two.
The review will be completed soon, and now it is time to vote them out.
After explaining to his grandmother, Zhou Zhi went out.
In 1991, the small county town was already full of vitality. All the former stone roads had been replaced by cement roads. Although the urban area had not yet expanded, buildings were being built everywhere in the city.
The small county town is sandwiched between the entrance of the Hongshui River and the Yangtze River. The Hongshui River twists and turns from Anle Mountain in the southwest, and finally merges into the Yangtze River, forming a triangle.
At the intersection of the two rivers, there is a large stone beach made of sand and gravel. The stone beach is submerged every year when the floods rise. The floods wash out various ditches and holes on the stone beach. When the water recedes, Later, rainwater will accumulate, and the water will grow water flies, tadpoles, small fish and shrimps, and a kind of aquatic beetle called "water turtle". It is a place where children in the county like to play.
There are roughly three roads in the county. One is the old stone road in Chengguan Town that has been used since ancient times. It runs along the wooden buildings and small brick buildings along the river, from Chishui River Wharf to Zaoling Bridge.
That road is Zhou Zhi’s favorite memory of the old city. Both sides of the street are antique, quiet and elegant.
Except for a few blue brick buildings, the rest are separated by wooden boards. In the morning, the door panels facing the street were removed, and there are small shops, small restaurants, and small teahouses.
Every once in a while, there will be a big banyan tree or old osmanthus tree on the roadside. There is a stone railing around the tree. It is also a place for residents to rest and chat. When meeting, many villagers will also Sit there and put the basket or vegetable picker in front of you.
There are some small courtyards also located on that road. Those were the mansions of wealthy families in the past, and were later distributed to several families.
Many of those small courtyards are very exquisite, with carved windows, carved stone foundations, painted pillars and carved beams, and some patios even have a large stone water tank.
On the side of the water tank, there are many curved depressions, which were made by people living in the small courtyard who used the water tank as a whetstone for decades.
Later, with the development of the small town, another road was built behind the wooden buildings on the side of the road away from the Yangtze River. Larger residential areas formed on both sides of the road, and Chengguan Town became Jiachuan County.
The road was first made of stone, and later made of cement.
The main road was still built from Chishui River Pier to Zaoling Bridge. In the middle section of the main road, next to the site of the old Industrial and Commercial Bureau, another road was built to the south, connecting the bus station and the ferry terminal.
That section of road is called the New Highway, which is the hub connecting the water and land routes in Jiachuan County.
Yang He’s family is in Baimi Township on the other side of the river. Every time he goes home, he has to take a ferry on the new highway.
Later, the new highway continued southward and finally reached Egong Mountain on the outskirts of the city. Then it circled around the county seat and connected the Chishui River Pier and the New Highway Pier again, forming a loop.
Using this ring line as a distinction, from the Chishui River Pier to the New Highway Pier, the urban construction within the ring line is changing with each passing day, forming a relatively modern new city.
The section from the new highway to Zaoling Bridge still maintains its original simplicity, appearing to be declining and dilapidated.
Jiachuan people use the flow direction of the Yangtze River as a distinction. They call the Xincheng section Xiaguan Town and the upstream section Shangguan Town. In fact, in the real administrative division, Shangguan and Xiaguan are all one. District, Chengguan District.
The post office that Zhou Zhi wants to go to is right opposite the old site of the New Highway Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
It sounds like a big place, but actually it only takes ten minutes at normal walking speed.
So Jiachuan County is now a small sparrow with all the internal organs. Speaking of the actual core area, it is not as big as a large-scale university.
There are no taxis in the county yet, and Zhou Zhi’s wound had not recovered, so he raised his hand and hailed a three-wheeler.
I heard that Master Sanwa was a little surprised when he went to the post office. How lazy is this guy?
It only took a few minutes and a dollar to arrive at the door of the post office.
The two articles are quite thick. I asked the staff at the post office and bought a large envelope from the staff. I also bought the stamps I needed for urgent needs. I wrote the address on the counter, affixed the stamps with paste myself, and sealed them. The envelope was put into the big green mailbox next to it.
After coming out of the post office, it was almost time for the office to get off work. Zhou Zhi saw a few people in industrial and commercial uniforms. Accompanying his father in a woolen coat, he was walking from the old industrial and commercial bureau, now the Chengguan Town industrial and commercial office. Come out of the house.
Zhou Zhi waved over there. Director Liu Changzheng noticed this and reminded his father.
Dad hurriedly exchanged a few words with Liu Changzheng and came over with a big leather bag under his arm: "Zhou Zhi, why are you here? Didn't your Uncle Xinhua let you recuperate at home?"
"Uncle Xinhua also said that we should move more to avoid intestinal adhesions, so I went out for a walk."
Now my father is really in the prime of life, he still has thick black hair on his head, and he has an elegant temperament.
Dad is still wearing a Chinese tunic suit, with a pen on the breast pocket and a long woolen coat outside.
The material for the coat was sent by my cousin who worked in the Yuzhou Woolen Mill. At that time, there was a shortage of color TVs in Yuzhou, so I found my dad here, and my dad got him a 21-inch Panda in the county. For the tickets for the color TV, my cousin happily took a boat from Yuzhou to move the color TV, and gave away a lot of wool from the factory.
My cousin works as a worker in a woolen mill and is also a tailor in his spare time. He also taught Mrs. Zhao how to make suits, which was also several years ago.
The woolen coat that dad wears is still made by Mrs. Zhao back then. It is made of a suit collar and looks very fit and handsome now.
Dad looked Zhou Zhi up and down, and then said: "That's it, let's get a three-wheeler back."
"Yeah." The father and son got on the three-wheeler, and the father said: "It's convenient now. Yes, do you know my pager number? "
"I don't know."
"Then remember it." The father reported a few numbers: "Remember to remind your mother if you encounter this kind of thing in the future. Call me promptly.”
In this era, pagers were still a new thing, and counties were only equipped with them at the bureau level and above. They were still digital, and it cost more than a thousand for one.
Zhou Zhi in his previous life was still a heartless guy, but now he sighed secretly. It seems that this career crisis has actually dealt a big blow to his father.
My father never told Zhou Zhi the pager number before, because he thought it was allocated to him for work and had nothing to do with personal matters at home.
The way things are now is actually better, which shows that dad’s thoughts have begun to change and become somewhat “transparent”.
However, Zhou Zhi could not comfort him, so he only repeated the pager number: "Yes, I remember it."
"Just remember it." Dad began to care about Zhou Zhi's surgery again: "Is the wound okay? Did it hurt at the time?"
"It didn't hurt. I fell asleep on the operating table. Surgery I was woken up after finishing it, and then continued to sleep on the hospital bed."
"That's okay," Dad nodded: "But after all, I missed a few days of studying. , you still have to make it up quickly."
Zhou Zhi looked at his father in surprise, this...this...
"I know you are emotional about your mother's decision," Dad explained patiently. : "But after all, times have changed. What the country needs more urgently now is construction talents and research talents with science and engineering backgrounds."
"Of course, this is not to say that I am going to sing a high-key tone." Dad said: "This means that in the next few years, your employment direction, science, will obviously have a broader future than liberal arts."
"Besides, your science skills are not bad. If you work hard, there will be no problem. Originally, I wanted to wait for your final exam. Come down and see if your grades fluctuate. I just told you this. Now... I can't grasp the situation."
"Dad, actually... deep down in your heart, you want me to study liberal arts. Right? "
Dad was stunned for a moment. Why did his bastard seem to have some changes in his thinking after being stabbed?
"You cultivated my hobbies when I was a child, and asked me to learn Chinese traditional culture and calligraphy from my fourth cousin. You also asked your godfather to guide me..." Zhou Zhi asked: "Actually, in your heart, you want me to read Liberal arts, right? ”
"But after studying liberal arts, it's really hard to find a job... It's hard to get into the public security, procuratorate, and law, so there's only the education system. What else is there?"
"How come teachers' salaries are in arrears now? ”
Feel your own The words were a little inappropriate, so Dad quickly explained: "Last time you couldn't remember the politics test, Dad gave you half a day of tutoring and you got 90 points. What does that mean?"
"That's not true. Does it mean that I am smart and can learn liberal arts quickly?" Zhou Zhi asked.
"You are wrong." Dad shook his head: "This just shows the replaceability of liberal arts."
"What do you mean?"
"Don't think that you are smart." Dad continued to speak earnestly: "If you choose liberal arts, even if you enter college, what you have learned in four years may be relevant to your political exam. It was the same that time, he was able to be caught up and surpassed by others in a short time.”
“ This will be detrimental to your future. Unless you can advance to a certain level in your profession and become irreplaceable.”
“That requires a master’s degree.”
"But science is different. For national construction, science talents at all levels are needed."
"From researching supercomputers and colliders to making bicycles in factories, building roads and building houses in the county...everywhere is needed and used everywhere."
"Even if you can't reach a high level Regardless of your professional level, you can still find a job position that suits you.”
“This is called the demand gap, and the gap in liberal arts is very narrow. , and the gap in science is very wide."
"Then what if I reach the point where I am irreplaceable, as dad said?"
"Son, you are like this. "It's a bit too ambitious." Dad was very patient: "We still have to proceed from reality and our own achievements and consider everything comprehensively."
"Your Chinese scores are pretty good now, but the rest can only be considered above average, and you're barely close to getting a bachelor's degree."
"We don't care about your political, history, geography, liberal arts, or physical and Student, your grades are still very average.”
“That is to say, based on your current situation. If you have good grades, you can choose either liberal arts or science. "
"But considering the future employment gap, if you don't have any preference at this stage, choosing science will undoubtedly be better for your future employment. It’s good.”
(End of this chapter)