Text: Mr. Lee
Private Teacher Examination
After graduating from high school, my parents had a headache for me. Soldiers can't be. There is no hope for recruitment. Recommending college, let alone have a few years of particularly outstanding performance. Besides, if no one behaves well, it may not be possible to achieve the wish. Big Brother is an iron example. Brother Daxi also signed up to be a soldier, and they all informed the leader of the outfit, thinking that it was foolproof, but the result was that people were topped. He was also recommended to go to college, and he also passed the level, and finally let people top it. It's a big blow to our entire extended family. Where is my way out? The parents were embarrassed.
The second uncle was not convinced. He said, there is no way out, isn't it in vain to go to school all these years? The second uncle has always been optimistic about me. He thought I was working hard in elementary school, and he decided that I should always be a little out of the way, so he kept talking about my business. First I wanted to learn carpentry. The carpenters in our village are famous far and wide, and in their later years they want to take a few more apprentices, specifically, one in a team, and they will look favorably on me, tell my father. My father also studied carpentry in his early years, but the master easily did not teach and did not learn it, so he resolutely refused to let me learn. The second uncle wanted me to learn to play iron. Uncle Blacksmith had an extraordinary relationship with my father, and he also meant to take me as an apprentice. I thought, this must work. Because, usually, a sentence that my father hangs on his lips is: I can open a medicine shop and hit iron, and any business is not hot. Who knows, this time it changed its position. He said that businessmen are very adulterous, and their craftsmanship is easily not passed on. My fourth master and uncle blacksmith have been hammering all their lives, but they have not learned it, and they assert that I will not be a teacher. Uncle Zhongren introduced me to learn storytelling with people. As the saying goes, craftsmanship is not as good as oral art. Opening your mouth is also a good way out. Father said that this ninth-rate activity was even worse. Just let me stay at home.
One day, the notice was given to recruit private teachers. The father hesitated at first. Private teachers only have a salary of seven or eight yuan a month, and a big laborer squats in school every day to break the mouth of a doll, one is not able to draw, and the other is not big. I said, after teaching, I can write. If it's like Haoran, it's just what happened. Daxi Brother can become a private teacher without graduating from junior high school, if I want, I guess the problem is not big. However, this time, private teachers must take the examination organized by the Education Office. I was thrilled to hear that I only took one essay. Isn't that a godsend? Then take the test. I gladly participated.
The examination hall is located in Liangzhai Central Primary School. After breakfast that day, I arrived at the exam room. As soon as I entered the door, the whole house laughed. It turned out that most of my high school classmates who took the exam were female class leaders, Li Yuexin, etc., all of whom were familiar faces. Before the exam time came, everyone recounted the past, asked what they were doing after graduation, and then talked about the exam. Everyone said that I had the greatest hope, and it was me who recruited one. Because my level of composition is recognized by everyone. To this end, some people also said that when the time comes, I will write first, write it and then pass the draft back, and plan it seamlessly. Nature is all about laughter.
When it was time for the exam, two invigilators came in. Each person was given a blank piece of paper, and then stood one after the other. The atmosphere in the examination room suddenly became tense. At this time, the director of the education office stepped up to the podium, wrote a topic on the blackboard with chalk, and then smiled at us ironically and went out. The title on the blackboard is: Praise the Gardener.
I was dumbfounded! After nine years of schooling, I had never heard the word gardener. When working at home, I don't have access to newspapers and periodicals, and I don't know what a gardener means. I sat in the front row, which was the position that my classmates unanimously asked me to sit, and I really regretted it. After the two invigilators went one after the other, Hugh said to discuss, and his head was not allowed to turn. I was at a loss. For a long time, I didn't write. The invigilator smiled and said, half the time has passed, can't you always hand in the white papers? Only then did I know that my classmates had not written. What is a gardener? Finally someone asked without a breath. Everyone looked up at the proctor in front of them. It's all flattering and praying eyes. The invigilator made a quiet gesture, and everyone buried their heads and stopped talking.
Write it! I started writing. It is estimated that the students have also started writing. What to write? Write whatever you want, and write whatever you want. At this point, I had no choice but to moan and groan helplessly. In my life, in composition, this is the first time I have encountered such an embarrassing situation.
To this day, I can't remember what I wrote that day. The only thing that was clear was that the composition paper made me write airtight. The time passed quickly, and the proctor looked at what was written, looked at what was written, and couldn't stop laughing. I laughed so hard I couldn't even look at him.
When the time came, the invigilator collected the paper and asked, what did you all write? Some say that they write the captain, some say that they write the branch book, some say that they write about the parents, and few write about the teacher. The invigilator said, as long as you don't write hello comrade gardener. We asked the gardener what he meant. The invigilator said: The gardener is me. I? We were all a little stunned. The invigilator was afraid that we would not understand, and added: Gardener is my profession Wow! The exam room was full of sighs. Someone looked gray and hurried away.
Several of my classmates didn't leave and asked me what I had written. I said I don't know. Everyone laughed. Some indignantly scolded: the teacher is the teacher, what a gardener. There is really no disease to find disease! Some then complained: What else do private teachers take? It's like a multi-scened person. I knew it was like this. Please don't come to test him for anything. Come on!
Everyone dispersed. Those of us who took the exam, whether we got in or not, didn't ask. I didn't get in anyway.
When I got home and talked about the situation of the exam, my father sighed and said, "You didn't work hard when you went to school." I can't complain about others. He also said that there were no monkeys jumping, and the feet were stuck in the ditches. A mind, build a house, say daughter-in-law.
Desperate
The biggest difficulty in building a house is that there is no place. Platoon said that it had long been included in the plan, but it was not implemented. The parents were in a hurry. At that time, Uncle Chicken Dog was the captain, and he had a house. I was not enthusiastic about arranging row houses, nor was I as enthusiastic as when I first advised us to move out of the old courtyard. Because of the quarrel with him on the river, the relationship was originally tense, and the rumor was that I wanted to take his captain (I don't know how this news spread, the conscience of heaven and earth, I never wanted to be the captain), this is amazing. He saw my enemy as if he were an enemy, and even the aunt swore that he was going to usurp the party and seize power. Good guys, this hat is big enough.
The fourth uncle is the deputy director of the brigade and is also specifically responsible for our team. I consulted with the fourth uncle and said that I would build a house and say that I would arrange a row of houses. My fourth uncle is the most snobbish. He said, there are more houses to be built, so why should you be counted? Didn't you go to the private school teacher examination? It's okay, you won't eat rice at home. Seventy-three eighty-four, not salty, said a whole bunch. I'm on fire. Scolding people does not reveal the short, I did not expect him to humiliate me with the matter of taking the private teacher examination. I said, I don't want to be a private teacher yet. As soon as he listened, he said sarcastically, who are you, your ability day by day! You think you're thick and long, why don't people use you? What do you have the ability to come to me for? The more you talk, the more you talk. Since then, he has seen me even more viciously. I still can't figure out why my father's brother, my uncle, treated me like this! My father also only sighed and shook his head.
After my family moved from the old courtyard to the fourth uncle's house, he was not happy. But usually I always take care of half a face, and I do too much, afraid of people gossiping. If you fall out with me, it will be a tear in the face. He was a brigade cadre and spoke at every turn. In front of the whole team, the chicken scolded the dog. He talked about the chicken and the dog uncle, singing one and making a harmony. There were two of them in charge of the team, and the row of houses was hopeless for a while. How to build a house? Parents keep their brows furrowed.
For this reason, I went directly to the brigade branch secretary. The branch secretary said that the cadres of this matter must study it carefully and unify their opinions. If your two uncles can't agree, this matter will not be easy to handle. Although I am the branch secretary, the county official is not as good as the current manager, and I cannot sing against them. I said that my two uncles' children were small and were not in a hurry to build a house. I'm different from them. The branch book said, consider your difficulties. But it's not your family who is in a hurry to build a house. Some people are more anxious than you. Wait and see, this is not a matter of dogs eating the sun.
Zhishu is good at talking, what else can he say? Who knows, this matter let the fourth uncle know. He was more annoyed. He said that as long as he did not spit out, it would be useless to find a branch secretary or a commune. He is in charge of this team, this team he said one and the same, he is the family. So much so that when they met, they were all tense.
My parents told me to hide from him, saying he was about to become a mad dog. But a team, when you go out, you touch your eyelids, where to hide? It is a blessing not a curse, and it is a curse that cannot be avoided. Hiding is not a long law. Think, why should I hide? People are good and some are deceived, and horses are good and people are ridden. I'm not afraid of him. It's a big deal not to build a house, not to say kiss, and not to swallow this mouthful of air. My parents scolded me for disobedience. They were afraid that I would cause trouble.
One day, I was standing on the terrace in a daze, and the fourth uncle came home from the side of the cow house, and when he saw me, he said to himself: Some people want to hit this land, but there is no door. My kids are small and not in a hurry to build a house. When should my children build a house, and when will they arrange row houses?
The words were so choking. I looked around, and there was no one else, and I couldn't hold back any longer. I said, who are you? You are the head of the brigade, and you can cover the sky with one hand.
The fourth uncle said, I will cover the sky with one hand, what can you do? With me there, you don't want to build a house on the terrace. I said, don't overdo it. The sun can't be old enough to be south yet.
Seeing me arguing with him, my mother rushed over and scolded me. The fourth uncle then left, and walked and said: Walk and see, you have only to be appointed. My mother did not spare him: who are you, you are an officer of the brigade, you say let me die, I dare not live. Is there anything higher on the back fourth floor than you?
He didn't argue with my mother and went straight away.
When my mother got home, she scolded me and said I shouldn't argue with him. Saying that I am a child really does not let her worry. Now we drink water leaking under his mouth, and he spits and drowns people. I don't recognize this pot of wine money! Naturally, he disregarded his family affection and drove me to the road of extinction, and I was not a fuel-saving lamp.
Since then, the resentment has accumulated more and more, and it has accumulated deeper and deeper. The two could not listen to a bad word. So much so that I couldn't even see each other. I literally drove him crazy.
Mao Lou had a bloody case. Someone killed six or seven members of the captain's family overnight. It is said that it is also because of gas. It irritated me. I said to my father, "If he does this to me again, I will kill him!"
I was having breakfast. My father looked at me in surprise and then became furious. He took down the bowl, slapped me with his hand, and scolded: "Are you fucking dead?" There is medicine and rope, and you die immediately. I should have done without you.
My mother also rebuked me. And the second oldest. I can't swallow this breath!
My father continued to scold me: What about high school students, do you have this belly? Can you give me something? Huh? Boil him! Isn't he raising his head? I think he's crazy and self-dead! Is he a tiger who can eat you? Alas!
Now that I think about it, how terrible my thoughts were at that time.
Although my parents disciplined me strictly, and although my neighbors advised me to calm down, I was worried that I would not be able to control myself. I don't know which time I will go to the abyss. However, probably in response to the old saying that the desperate life is born, suddenly the good news has fallen: the college entrance examination has been resumed!
It is true that people want people to die and people not to die. Dead wood can still meet the spring, let alone people?
Dilemma
Just when I was desperate, the state resumed the college entrance examination
The news pleased the parents, but soon became disheartened. Because the big river work task came down.
The first person in the team who announced that they were going to go to the river workers was me. Whether to review the exam at home or to dig a big river, parents are very embarrassed. If you are reviewing at home to meet the exam, in case you can't pass the exam, won't you make people laugh, and won't some people have more jokes. Moreover, there is no review material, and I do not know what to take. In two years of high school, I never saw a textbook. The time is only one or two months, which point can be reviewed? If they do not dig the great river, all the laborers who are sent will have to pay double their money and grain if they do not go. Two months of river work, doubling is not a small amount. If you go to dig a big river, you just give up, and there is no hope at all. My parents asked for my opinion. I said that even if they could get in, they would be in vain if they didn't sign it, and they dug the river. Because, some people have long threatened that the resumption of the college entrance examination and the recommendation to go to college are the same. Heavenly skill, as long as the big and small teams do not give signatures, in the end it is the cat biting the urine bubble empty joy. In any case, I can't get past the big and small teams.
I'm on the big river again.
This time it was the excavation of the county seat of Dongguan Meridian River. In order not to disappoint my parents too much, and I was still unwilling, when I was about to go to the river, I borrowed two books from our team's old accountant: Geography and History. (The old accountant is a high school student of the 66th class, who gave up the college entrance examination because of the child's heavy burden, so he lent me the book) The pages are yellow. Think about the wind and snow before meals or glances before going to bed at night.
This idea is good, but there is always a distance between the ideal and the reality. Just imagine, the life of the river worker is bitter and tired, only before going to bed can you look at it a few times, and you are not allowed to light candles, for fear of causing a fire. Therefore, although I took the book with me, I didn't read a few lines. So I worked on the river for two more months.
When I come back, I take the exam, and the results are predictable.
In several surrounding villages, the hordes of people who took the college entrance examination came out of the examination room to say how well they did. As a result, none of them were admitted. The difficulty of the college entrance examination is difficult to go to the blue sky.
But my classmates were admitted. He told me I had to review it. In 1978, the college entrance examination was changed to the summer, and there was only half a year in between. Life is a rare few beats. After this village, there is no more shop. Urge goodness.
My parents asked me to review for the exam. Since ancient times, there have been no people outside the arena. The first year was missed and cannot be made again and again. Although it is difficult to take the exam, is there still someone who has been admitted? Exam, don't take the exam twice without dying heart. I won't be allowed to do the work anymore. Isn't it less than half a year's worth of work? Children can't trap wolves.
Seeing me reading at home and not working, some people couldn't stop sneering. Mother said that these bad seeds are unbearable to die, and they will not let us read quietly at home. Sure enough. I only read the book at home for a few days before an accident occurred: the team was notified of the meeting and arranged for the row of houses. Whoever wants to build a house will take the reserved land for row of real estate, and a homestead is half an acre. If you change it, you have to cover it. If it is not covered, it will be withdrawn and wait for the next batch. My parents looked at me and looked very embarrassed.
The mother scolded: Last time, I was afraid that our children would dig the river and double the money and pay the grain if they didn't go. This has not touched the books, and arranged a row of rooms. Isn't this deliberately curing our cough? What is the heart of these people? What the hell are we talking about him?
My father smoked only. Hope for the stars and the moon for the row of houses. If the first batch is not covered, the second batch will be arranged in the Year of the Ox? In case I can't pass the exam, the homestead is gone, and both ends are lost. Ming is a pit, jump or not?
I say cover. If you don't take the exam, you have to cover it. Even if I don't live by then, I still have two younger brothers. Parents agree. Then go to the meeting and catch the castor. In the first row, a total of five houses were arranged to be built first. I smoked a number three, which was only two houses away from the original house.
So I concentrated on building a house. I came up with the strength of desperate Sanlang. In the cold spring, I wore single pants and a single coat, and sometimes bare-skinned, and drove out of the pit a mile deep, and took the soil from the bottom of the pit to pad the foundation. Ramm the big stone. Rammers are all raised high. On the Dasha River planing thatch roots as wall tendons. Rent a big car on Shaw County to pull the strip stone. Pull cement tiles on the pipe factory. Pick the wall, the wall picks four stubble and the mountain flowers. In nearly a year, three earthen wall houses with sealed eaves were built.
On the terrace of the row house, my family was the first to build a house.
The house was built. The 1978 college entrance examination was also missed. Although I also participated hard, the results are still predictable.
The roof is built, there is no need to worry about it, you can boldly give it a fight. Moreover, there was an exciting news in the 1978 college entrance examination: the university did not want to be signed by the cadres of the big and small teams. My parents were very happy and said they wanted to send me to Liangzhai High School for review. He also said that this time he had to fight in a proper way. If you can't spell it, you won't complain anymore.
I hesitated. In order to fight for a house to be built in one breath, there is a lot of debt. How can my parents afford to let me go to high school again? The second is in high school, and the third is also in elementary school. Although my sister does not go to school, she is short in size, how much can she help her parents? I am the pillar of the family. I can no longer burden my parents. After all, I have taken the exam twice, what if I can't pass the exam again this time? According to the number of people admitted to the first two college entrance examinations, less than one percent. A commune will be admitted to two or three, most of them are the old three. My great uncle always said to me: What do you study? Those who go to school are thicker than cow hair, and the best ones are thinner than the horns. You have several exams in your sisi visit. Let your father drink and think about the bun. The house owes so much, why pay it back? I was dizzy. Uncle Liu Xiaoting of the West Head, seeing me walking and reading a book on the road, stopped me and stared at me and asked: Can the golden phoenix really fly out of the sand nest? The tone of that look seemed to pour me a basin of cold water on my head. This not only made me flinch and fear, but also shuddered.
My father was angry, saying that I didn't show up, saying that if I didn't take the exam, I would know that I wouldn't be able to pass the exam. No matter how few people are recruited, are not there still people who are admitted? My father wanted me to be one of the one in a thousandth of that.
The second eldest also went to high school, and usually slipped his head when he went to school. If I review and come and go with him, I can also supervise and discipline a little. Father said. I am still hesitant.
My father saw my thoughts, took out four large unity sheets from his pocket and slapped them on the board and said: Aren't you worried about money? No, the money was borrowed. You don't have to worry about paying your bills. People are not bad.
Mother said: People go to the road of no evil, boats go to the river of no evil, and there is no mountain of flames that cannot be crossed. You give your mother a breath to get into a good university for them to see.
My parents were so bitter, I had nothing to say.
I only hate me for not arguing. In the 1979 college entrance examination, I only took one college entrance examination. We have more than 300 candidates in five liberal arts classes at Liangzhai High School (jointly organized by fan jinliang three communes), and only three have been admitted.
Although he is only a junior college, he is the first college student in our village to go out after the resumption of the college entrance examination. This is enough to make parents happy to live.
I would like to use this document to give the 70s who sought hope from despair!