Rebirth of Siheyuan starts in the 1980s

"Brother, brother, brother Cao, you are finally here, I miss you so much!"

Cao Zhiqiang was also deeply touched by Qiao Simei rushing towards him and hugging him, and by the deep affection he expressed.

Ever since, Cao Zhiqiang smiled and lowered his head and touched Qiao Simei's head: "Simei, I miss you too."

"You lied!" Qiao Simei, who could only hold Cao Zhiqiang's butt with her hands because of her height, suddenly raised her head, "If you really miss me, why haven't you come to me for so long? Do you know how much I miss you?

You don’t even miss me, huh!”

Having said this, Qiao Simei let go of her hands and pursed her lips, obviously looking angry.

Cao Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment, then laughed, squatted down and said, "Okay, Simei, it's my fault. I shouldn't have been busy with work and neglected you. I accept my punishment and treat you to a big dinner another day to make amends, okay?"

"That's pretty much it." Qiao Simei laughed, "I want to eat Western food!"

"Okay, let's eat Western food!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded.

"I also want to buy a beautiful dress!" Qiao Simei made the conditions again.

"No problem!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded again.

"I also want to go to the zoo." Qiao Simei added.

This time, before Cao Zhiqiang opened his mouth, Cao Lili's voice came from behind: "Simei, that's enough! Don't go too far!"

"Humph!" Qiao Simei folded her arms, "But Brother Cao is obviously wrong."

"Yes, yes, it's my fault." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, then stood up, "Okay, tomorrow is Sunday, I will take you to the zoo, is that okay?"

"Great!" Qiao Simei laughed, "Well, since you are so sincere, I forgive you!"

Cao Lili shook her head, walked up to Cao Zhiqiang and said, "Brother, come in first. What are you saying if you block the door? It will make people see how embarrassed you are."

Cao Zhiqiang followed him through the door, and then he found a tall, elegant young woman standing aside, smiling and nodding to him.

"Hello."

Cao Zhiqiang immediately realized that this was the tutor he had found for Cao Lili and Qiao Simei, Xiang Dongfang.

Strictly speaking, Xiang Dongfang is not a teacher, she is still a student of Peking Normal School at this time.

However, unlike other college students, Xiang Dongfang is one of the very few people who is not in a hurry to graduate and do internships after graduating from college, but continues to study in school and pursue graduate studies.

To put it more simply, Xiang Dongfang is currently a graduate student, a proper graduate student, not an undergraduate.

Taking the postgraduate entrance examination was very common in later generations, but in 1983, it was still a very rare thing.

It's not that graduate students are not recognized, on the contrary, the value of graduate students is quite high at this time.

The main reason is that it is too difficult for graduate students at this time.

Especially for ordinary people, it is not easy to pass the exam, and secondly, they think it is not cost-effective and have insufficient understanding of graduate students.

Because even if you are admitted to graduate school, you still have to study for at least three more years.

This time is a heavy burden for most ordinary families at this time.

Especially for girls who generally get married very young during this period, this is something that is not very acceptable.

And even if you graduate from a master's degree, it may seem more valuable than an undergraduate degree, but in fact it is not much higher.

Especially if they go to factories or institutions, graduate students will arrive at least three years later than other undergraduates at the same time, which is equivalent to losing three years of working experience. This is a real loss.

Furthermore, when graduate students work in government agencies and institutions, the difference between graduate students and undergraduate students is not that big.

However, some key universities and other places have a relatively high demand for graduate students.

But the problem is that the salary of college teachers at this time is actually not high, otherwise there would be no saying that those who research missiles are not as good as those who sell tea eggs.

Of course, in general, graduate students are still very valuable, very respected, and more popular in the medium to long term.

But the problem is that the cost of a three-year postgraduate degree is very high, and it is difficult for ordinary families to afford it.

For ordinary families at this time, the shorter the schooling time, the better.

Therefore, few students who can be tested at this time have poor family circumstances.

But in the early 1980s, there were a few families with good family conditions who fully supported their children's exams and were able to pass the exams?

Very rare!

Of course, other issues are minor.

To put it bluntly, the most important reason why there are so few students taking the postgraduate entrance examination at this time is that the postgraduate examination at this time is particularly difficult, even more difficult than the college entrance examination.

Those who were able to pass the postgraduate entrance examination during this period were all truly top students and truly gifted geniuses.

If you are not a gifted student, don't think about graduate school at this time, because it is too difficult, and there is no back door.

The trend of taking the postgraduate entrance examination through the back door actually only gradually emerged after the 1990s, but in the early 1980s, the real practice had not yet begun.

Because in the early 1980s, those ordinary academic circles in colleges and universities that could independently recruit graduate students were still largely inactive at this time.

Historically, the degree system was officially launched in China in 1981, which was divided into the so-called bachelor's degree, master's degree, and doctoral degree.

The first batch of self-trained PhDs in China, the so-called Eighteenth Doctors, only appeared in May 1983.

In other words, at this time, there were no doctors trained by domestic universities in China, only imported doctors.

In fact, these imported Ph.D.s generally have high moral standards. Their criteria for measuring students are firstly their talent level, and secondly their moral level. Both are indispensable.

There are only a small number of colleges and universities, and the threshold is very high. It is naturally difficult to take the postgraduate entrance examination, and it is naturally not cost-effective.

In other words, graduate students are a very scarce and valuable resource at this time. Although it does not depend on family background or money, very few can be admitted to graduate school.

Precisely because the test standards are too high, 99% of college students will not consider going to graduate school. It is a waste of time and energy.

At this time, those who can really study for graduate school, and those who dare to study for graduate school, are either ignorant people who don't know how high the sky is, or they are real geniuses.

Obviously, this Ms. Xiang Dongfang is definitely not an ignorant person, but a true genius.

Yes, if he is not a genius, others will not recommend him to Cao Zhiqiang.

Because Xiang Dongfang was, strictly speaking, recommended to Cao Zhiqiang by a female teaching assistant at Beijing Normal University, and that female teaching assistant was a student of high-ranking cadres, a friend of Hao Shuwen, and had also attended the forest dance.

Cao Zhiqiang met the female teaching assistant through Hao Shuwen, and through that female teaching assistant, he got this talented student Xiang Dongfang.

At first, Cao Zhiqiang didn't pay much attention to this, but it was later that Xiang Dongfang started living here, and then through Cao Lili's mouth, he realized that this sister Xiang was a genius.

Especially in mathematics, Dongfang is far better than ordinary people in this subject, and his English level is also very high. He is a real genius academic master.

The problem is that Xiang Dongfang is not only an academic master, but also an educator. Since she came, not only Cao Lili's academic performance has improved by leaps and bounds, but even Qiao Simei, who Cao Zhiqiang thought was not good at studying, has amazing academic performance.

rapid rise.

If it weren't for Xiang Dongfang's excellent education, Cao Zhiqiang would not have agreed to let her live here.

"Oh, Xiao Xiang, you are here too." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and nodded to the other party.

"Hehehe." Qiao Simei suddenly laughed from behind.

"Why are you laughing?" Cao Zhiqiang turned to look at Qiao Simei.

Qiao Simei laughed and said: "Brother Cao, you are only nineteen years old this year, but Sister Xiang is already twenty-two this year. She is three years older than you! She is older than you, and you still call her Xiao Xiang, don't you?

Think it’s funny?”

"Huh?" Cao Zhiqiang was stunned and looked at Xiang Dongfang again. He really didn't expect that the other party was actually twenty-two years old.

But when I think about it, it's normal. Everyone has gone to graduate school, so being twenty-two is normal.

"It doesn't matter." Xiang Dongfang smiled, "Manager Cao is used to being a leader, so it's normal to say this. And I'm not too particular about this. On the contrary, I think it's more cordial for you to call me Xiaoxiang."

"Haha." Cao Zhiqiang smiled awkwardly, "Teacher Xiang was joking."

Seemingly seeing Cao Zhiqiang's embarrassment, Xiang Dongfang pursed his lips and smiled again: "Manager Cao, please sit down quickly. Strictly speaking, you are the host and I am the guest. If you don't sit down, I will stand with you all the time.

You are welcome."

"Oh?" Cao Zhiqiang looked at Xiang Dongfang and smiled, "That's right."

Nodding, Cao Zhiqiang walked to the sofa and sat down. Then Xiang Dongfang took the initiative to pour a glass of water: "Boss, you drink water. If you don't like it, can I pour you tea?"

"No, no, no." Cao Zhiqiang smiled and waved his hands, suddenly feeling much more relaxed.

Looking at Xiang Dongfang again, Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "Teacher Xiang, please sit down too and let's chat. It seems that we have never sat down and talked in detail like this since you came, right?"

"Okay." Xiang Dongfang smiled and sat opposite Cao Zhiqiang, "You are the leader, and you are busy with things. It is normal to ignore this matter. If not for this, you would not ask me to tutor these two sisters.

"

Speaking of this, Xiang Dongfang poured himself a glass of water, holding the water glass in both hands and said: "Manager Cao, I have never had the opportunity to thank you. Now I use water instead of wine. Thank you for giving me this opportunity and a place to stay."

After speaking, Xiang Dongfang drank the glass of water in one gulp.

This confused Cao Zhiqiang: "Wait a minute, you came to be my sister's tutor. I should be thanking you. Why are you thanking me in return?"

Xiang Dongfang smiled and said: "That's right, you allowed me to stay here for a long time and gave me such a high tutoring fee, which helped me a lot.

Not to mention that your tutoring fee is higher than the salary of lecturers in our school and can perfectly meet my daily needs. Just let me live here and give me a better learning environment. Then what do you think I should do?

Shouldn’t I thank you?”

Cao Zhiqiang blinked: "Well, you said tutoring fees are high. I don't deny this, but the learning environment here is better than school?"

"Of course." Xiang Dongfang said.

"You don't know, I am a graduate student. If I live on campus now, I can only continue to live in the student dormitory, but the student dormitory can't compare with this.

If nothing else, there is a water heater here and you can take a shower every day. This is something that cannot be compared to a university dormitory.

And it’s not far from the university where I study, and you don’t charge me rent. This is simply my dream life.”

Cao Zhiqiang burst into laughter: "That's right, it's okay, you can make our two sisters' grades improve by leaps and bounds, and you can also help me take care of them, which is also a great help to me, so I let you live here for free.

Tutoring fees are all due, and there is no need to say thank you. At most, it is mutual help and mutual benefit."

Xiang Dongfang shook his head: "This is what makes you extraordinary."

Speaking of this, Xiang Dongfang sighed: "To be honest, many of my classmates are also tutoring the children of some leaders.

But these people serve as tutors for the children of leaders, and there is no tutoring fee at all. They all tutor the children for free.

Moreover, these people who work as tutors have never heard of leaders arranging houses for people to live outside for free. After they finish tutoring students, they go back to the dormitories to live on their own.

I dare not say that the treatment you gave me is the same in the whole of Beijing, but at least in the whole of Beiping Normal University, this is definitely the first one."

"Oh, is that so?" Cao Zhiqiang frowned, "In other words, your classmates not only don't charge tuition fees, but give tutoring for free, they also have to go back to live in the dormitory, and they don't even give them a place to live?

"

"That's right." Xiang Dongfang nodded.

Cao Zhiqiang said strangely: "If that's the case, who would be willing to make up lessons for others? It's no good and it's a waste of time. What's the point?"

"Of course it makes sense." Xiang Dongfang said, "First of all, those who allow you to make up tutoring are usually introduced by the school's teachers or teaching assistants, and leaders who can ask school leaders to introduce tutoring teachers have a certain amount of energy in themselves.

I won’t mention local students, especially some students from other places. If they want to stay in the capital, they will definitely need to be accepted by local units, which will require help from local leaders.

Therefore, although tutoring for children of leaders is free, it can be recognized by the leaders.

As long as the leaders are satisfied and can help out when they graduate, they can help these people stay in the capital.

It is precisely because of this that giving tutoring lessons to leaders is a very coveted opportunity, and many people are rushing to do it."

"Oh, that's right." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "So, you are also rushing to do it?"

"I'm not." Xiang Dongfang said, "I was Assistant Professor Gan who took the initiative to find me and asked me to come to help you."

"Assistant Professor Gan, are you talking about Gan Hongzhuang?" Cao Zhiqiang said with a smile.

"Yes, that's her." Xiang Dongfang nodded and took the lead.

Gan Hongzhuang was a disciple of that senior cadre and one of Hao Shuwen's sisters. When Cao Zhiqiang attended a dance in the forest, he met Gan Hongzhuang once, and the two parties even left their contact information.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang has no idea about her, because Gan Hongzhuang is almost thirty years old, not to mention her average appearance, and she has a husband who is a son of a high-ranking official.

You should never mess with this kind of person at this time, but it is still very good to get along with them as ordinary friends or as connections.

"Sister Gan took the initiative to find you. Are you very familiar with her?" Cao Zhiqiang asked.

"We're not familiar at all." Xiang Dongfang shook his head and said, "Assistant Teacher Gan and I can only be regarded as acquaintances, and our relationship is very ordinary. I really didn't expect that she would suddenly find me and recommend me to be your tutor."

"Oh, is that so?" Cao Zhiqiang thought for a while, and then suddenly an idea came to him, "Wait a minute, you are from Nanjing, right?"

"Yes." Xiang Dongfang nodded.

"Then I understand." Cao Zhiqiang chuckled.

"That's right. When I asked Sister Gan, my assistant teacher Gan Hongzhuang, for help, I made it clear that it was best for the tutor to be from Nanjing.

Because both my sisters grew up in Nanjing, I wanted to find someone who was from Nanjing so that I could appear friendly.

It seems that Assistant Teacher Gan specially screened out students from Nanjing and selected girls, and then found them based on their academic performance.

Because I also said at the time, it’s best to find someone with good academic performance.”

"I see." Xiang Dongfang smiled, "It seems that it is fate that we can know each other."

"That's right!" Cao Zhiqiang nodded with emotion, "The fate is so wonderful!"