The Red Era, the Opening University Speech

Chapter 14 I know he is powerful, but how can he be so powerful?
The crowd formed a long queue after this shout. Li Mu followed behind, bought a ticket and got on the bus.

The car was packed with people, filled with all kinds of smells, and the smell of sweaty feet rushed straight to my head. From time to time, someone shouted loudly: "Don't push, don't push!"

Li Mu was already a little regretful about taking the bus.

"Li Mu?"

After finally squeezing into the car, Li Mu heard a familiar voice.

"Professor Wei, it's you!" Li Mu greeted him warmly.

It's so unlucky to meet acquaintances here.

"It's really you. I thought I was seeing things." Professor Wei came over.

Li Mu was afraid that Professor Wei would ask him questions about his studies, so he decided to take the initiative: "Don't professors in the college have their own dormitories? Professor Wei, why are you taking the bus here?"

"My brother lives in Luoguxiang. I'm going to go see him." Professor Wei smiled cheerfully. "By the way, I remember your home is also in Luoguxiang?"

Li Mu said politely, "Yes, Luoguxiang No. 18, the slum, Professor Wei, are you free to come and have a seat?"

"Next time, next time." Professor Wei did not refuse. Judging from his expression, he seemed to be really moved.

The two chatted for a while on the way.

It didn't take long for Li Mu to find out that Professor Wei's younger brother worked in a spinning mill.

"You and your brother must have a very good relationship, right?"

"He lives at No. 27. That's not far away. Maybe I've seen him before. Does your brother look like you?"

……

Whenever the topic was about to end, Li Mu would bring up a new topic and let Professor Wei keep talking.

Professor Wei was still chatting happily until he got off the car.

He seemed to feel that he had forgotten something. Didn’t he want to ask Li Mu about study problems at the beginning?

After getting off the car, Li Mu said goodbye to Professor Wei.

“It does save some time, but it’s also very crowded.”

On the way home, Li Mu looked at the sky and thought he should be home ten minutes earlier, but if the traffic was crowded, he might as well walk.

"It would be nice to have a bicycle," Li Mu couldn't help but sigh.

Don’t even think about buying a small car. You can’t buy one even if you have money these days.

There is some hope for bicycles, but they require a ticket and cost about 150 yuan, and a second-hand one costs about 80 or 90 yuan.

"Just think of it as exercise!" Li Mu could only comfort himself optimistically.

Return to the compound.

Grandma Li was sitting on a low stool at the door of her house washing clothes. When she saw her eldest grandson coming back, a smile appeared on her face:

"Xiao Mu, you're up so early today. Your aunt is cooking. We'll eat when your uncle comes back."

"Well, I'll go back to my room and read for a while."

Li Mu looked at Grandma Li's kind eyes and was no longer as uncomfortable as he was at the beginning. He responded and went back to his room to continue watching the learning video.

"I have to take notes. A good memory is not as good as a bad pen." After looking for a while, Li Mu started searching in the room.

After searching for a long time, I only found a stack of old newspapers.

The old newspapers were filled with notes, probably left over from the past.

Li Mu has a pen, but too little paper.

“I’ll just have to buy it.”

Li Mu looked at the five dollars in his pocket. It was the bonus he received last time. Grandma Li didn’t want it and told him to keep it.

This money is more than enough to buy dozens of notebooks.

Li Mu didn't see Grandma Li when he walked out of the room. When he was about to reach the door, he heard the voice again:

"My eldest grandson has been smart and sensible since he was young. How many words can an old woman like me know? I didn't expect that my eldest grandson would be so hardworking and study hard on his own and get admitted to university..."

Li Mu paused and touched his nose awkwardly.

If Grandma Li's words were put into later times, it would be pure Versailles.

"Yes, your eldest grandson was like this in the past, he came down to earth..."

"The star of literature has descended to earth!"

"Yes, it's Wenquxing, look at my head."

……

Li Mu leaned over to take a look and saw several old ladies who were about the same age as Grandma Li gathered together, with envy and jealousy on their faces.

But no matter what they were thinking, they all spoke flattering words.

In this era, the three words "college student" represent a bright future.

You may not be able to ask for it, but you cannot offend.

"Hey, isn't that your Xiao Mu?"

Just when Li Mu was about to slip away in another direction, an old lady suddenly screamed.

"Hello, elders."

Seeing that he was discovered, Li Mu had no choice but to walk out.

"You've grown up so much now. Do you have a partner?" the old lady who just called Li Mu asked cheerfully.

"If you don't have a date, we'll introduce you to someone and I guarantee you'll be satisfied."

Another old lady took over the conversation.

"Let me tell you, my relative in the countryside has a daughter who is so pretty..."

Seeing a group of people talking about introducing a daughter-in-law to her precious grandson, Grandma Li quickly stopped them:

"Go away, the more you talk, the more nonsense it makes. My eldest grandson is still in school. Why are you so anxious?"

Seeing that Grandma Li was unhappy, the old ladies laughed for a while before stopping.

After dealing with it, Grandma Li looked at Li Mu again:
"Xiao Mu, it's time to eat, are you going out?"

"Well, there are no more books. I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some."

Li Mu said so.

"Do you have enough money to buy things? I'll give you some more."

When she heard that Li Mu wanted to buy something, Grandma Li immediately took money out of her pocket.

Most of the subsidy that the school gives to Li Mu every month is used to support his family. Grandma Li is worried that her eldest grandson will run out of money.

It’s okay to be a little frugal in life, but when it comes to Li Mu’s studies, Grandma Li is never vague.

"No, I still have some."

Li Mu was afraid that Grandma Li would not believe him, so he took out the five dollars from his pocket.

Grandma Li was still worried and gave another dollar.

Only when she saw Li Mu holding it did Grandma Li smile.

Afterwards, Li Mu went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy the notebook and returned home just in time for dinner.

At the dinner table, Li Mu began to speak a few words from time to time. While trying to integrate into this era, he also wanted to integrate into this family.

After dinner, Li Mu returned to his room.

Open and continue, taking notes and studying as you watch.

It was not until late at night that Li Mu fell asleep.

……

In the experimental teaching building of Beijing Institute of Technology, the incandescent lights in the classrooms are still brightly lit.

In the silent classrooms, students are still pulling their hair and concentrating on experiments.

Just from their faces, you can feel a sense of anxiety.

At this moment, two ghostly howling voices suddenly sounded:

"It's done! It's done!"

"Ahhh! We did it!"

The noise made all the students who were doing experiments in the building stick their heads out and start cursing!

"Sorry sorry, we were too excited."

Zhang Kai and Li Jian quickly came out and apologized loudly.

Wang Ya walked out from the next classroom.

I walked over and took a look inside the classroom, but didn't see Li Mu.

"What's wrong? Why are you so happy?" Wang Ya asked curiously.

Zhang Kai said: "The experiment was successful. Wang Ya, I'm sorry if I disturbed you."

"It's okay, just be more careful next time." Wang Ya noticed the excited expressions of the two people after she finished speaking, and she suddenly realized: "Did you succeed in improving the incandescent lamp?"

Li Mu has excellent grades, and everyone in the class knows what project his group is working on.

Wang Ya was also aware that Zhang Kai and his team were stuck in their progress a few days ago.

How did it suddenly succeed?

"What is the effect of the improvement?" Wang Ya asked immediately.

Zhang Kai excitedly explained: "The effect is very good. The luminous flux of incandescent lamps has been greatly improved, and it also saves more electricity!"

“Although it will take time to verify its service life and stability, we are very confident in it. This is definitely a successful improvement!”

"Congratulations to you!" Wang Ya was full of envy.

Their group has not made any progress yet.

Zhang Kai said: "In fact, it was all thanks to Li Mu. After he recovered from his illness, he immediately gave us an idea, and we followed his instructions and succeeded."

Li Jian kept nodding.

The two of them did not hide anything about Li Mu's contribution.

"Li Mu?" Wang Ya was stunned.

"I know he's great, but how can he be so great? Are there really geniuses in the world who are born with knowledge?"

Wang Ya felt dizzy. She vaguely felt that in terms of engineering talent, Li Mu was like the sun, while the light emitted by their classmates was not even as bright as the stars.

Wang Ya pursed her red lips and made up her mind: I still have no idea about my project on more efficient laboratory preparation of single crystal silicon. Tomorrow, I must ask Li Mu for help!
(End of this chapter)