Reborn in 1977

Chapter 421: Give and Take

The college entrance exam ended, and the craze that had lasted for more than a month finally came to a temporary end.

Almost all the students who participated in the exam were waiting anxiously for the results. If they were lucky, they would see their names on the physical examination list.

If they couldn't even get on the physical examination list, there was no doubt that they had no chance this year and could only wait to fight again next year.

In comparison, Chen Fan had a much better attitude. After giving some application advice to the students in Lujiawan, he stayed at home and enjoyed his leisure.

Among the 23 students, Zhang Cuie, Huang Ying, Yang Ju, and Liu Dan were the first four. Under Chen Fan's arrangement, they all decided on the universities and majors they wanted to apply for.

Zhang Cuie applied for one of the most competitive universities and majors in this year's college entrance exam: the Chinese Language and Literature major in the Chinese Department of Peking University, referred to as the Chinese major of Peking University.

This major is almost the representative of the Chinese Department of Peking University.

Later generations generally refer to this major when they talk about the Chinese Department of Peking University.

Especially the "Old Three Classes," they occupied many important positions behind the scenes in the literary world, dominating the national literary world for more than ten years, until the decline of literature in the early new century weakened them, but they still lived up to their reputation.

Liu Dan also applied for the Chinese Department, but it was the Journalism major.

This Journalism major can be described as having a "rough fate." It used to be Peking University's flagship major. Mr. Li even studied here.

Later, Peking University merged with Yanjing University and absorbed the Journalism Department of Yanjing University, forming the Journalism and Editing major in the Chinese Department.

In 1958, the Journalism and Editing major was entirely incorporated into the Journalism Department of Renmin University.

As a result, it was discontinued there in 1973, and all the teachers of the Journalism Department were assigned back to Peking University, becoming the Journalism major under the Chinese Department.

By next year, which is 1978, Renmin University will reopen, and this major will be re-assigned to Renmin University, completely transforming into the Journalism Department of Renmin University.

Therefore, there is no Renmin University among the key universities this year.

No, it should be said that Liu Dan will become a student of Renmin University next year.

Many years later, the Journalism Department of Renmin University still occupies the top position in the comprehensive strength list of journalism and communication disciplines in the country for a long time.

What this background means is naturally conceivable!

The Journalism major and the Literature major are two bright pearls on the crown of Peking University.

Even the freshmen who have just entered school are seen by other students as future "great writers" and "great journalists." Their demeanor is so elegant.

Then there is Huang Ying. Her dream was to be a salesperson, but under Chen Fan's inspiration, she became a foreign trade clerk. Therefore, she plans to apply for the Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade.

Why not apply for Peking University?

Sorry, Peking University does not have a Foreign Trade major at this time.

In this college entrance exam, Peking University has 14 departments enrolling students, with a total of 1,177 undergraduate students admitted.

Among them, 134 in the Physics Department, 138 in the Chemistry Department, 69 in the Geophysics Department, 71 in the Geology Department, 59 in the Geography Department, 138 in the Chinese Department, 121 in the Philosophy Department, 80 in the Economics Department, 60 in the History Department, 31 in the International Politics Department, 83 in the Law Department, 51 in the Library Science Department, 130 in the Western Languages Department, and 12 in the Russian Language Department.

Among these 14 departments, only 5 departments have set up sub-majors, namely the Chinese Department, the Western Languages Department, the Geophysics Department, the Geology Department, and the Geography Department.

The Chinese Department has 3 majors: Literature, Classical Literature, and Journalism; the Western Languages Department has English, German, and French; the Geophysics Department has two majors: Geophysics and Space Physics; the Geology Department also has two, namely Petrology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, and Paleontology and Stratigraphy.

The last Geography Department also has two majors: Natural Geography and Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology.

Therefore, even if all the majors are counted, there are only 21.

Even so, it is one of the colleges with the most majors offered.

Even if you add the enrollment brochures of all the colleges in the country, it is only a thin booklet, which is not worth mentioning compared to the college entrance examination volunteer filling guide that is as thick as a dictionary later.

For example, the Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade, which Huang Ying is preparing to apply for, is currently the only school in the country that offers a Foreign Trade major.

It is also the only institution of higher learning directly under the Ministry of Foreign Trade. It only offers 4 departments. The first department is the English major, the second department is Russian, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Arabic, a total of 9 majors, the third department is the Foreign Trade major, and the fourth department is management-related majors, which are actually responsible for cadre training.

Although this school is not a key university now, it will be included in the list of the only foreign trade key universities in the country in a few months.

Want to engage in foreign trade?

Graduating from this school, the units you enter are either the Ministry of Foreign Trade or major national foreign trade companies. The starting point is the end point for most graduates of foreign language majors in other schools!

So there is no need to think about it, just apply to this school.

Given that this school only plans to recruit "1" student majoring in Foreign Trade in Jiangnan Province, Chen Fan plans to let her choose to accept school and major adjustments.

It's better to be safe than sorry. What if there is a child from a big foreign trade family in this province who also studies hard?

So it's better to be safe.

At worst, you can be transferred to the Economics Department of Peking University.

After all, Peking University is okay.

Finally, Yang Ju, because she chose the direction of machinery and is more talented in science, directly chose Tsinghua University, and the major is also the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.

As for the other 19 people besides the four of them, 5 of them were persuaded in advance by Teacher Guo and Teacher He, and they all booked to apply for Jiangnan University, but the majors were slightly different.

In view of this, Chen Fan directly skipped it. For the remaining 14, after listening to their ideals and pursuits one by one, he gave them the most suitable suggestions.

As a result, most of them chose schools in the provincial capital. Only 5 people chose to study in the capital with Zhang Cuie and the others. Chen Fan also selected suitable schools for them, all of which were directly under the ministries and commissions, and graduates directly entered the agencies.

Yes, it is "them", because these are all girls, and they are the classmates of the girls' cram school, the predecessor of the study class that Zhang Cuie joined the earliest.

Originally, 7 people wanted to go with Zhang Cuie, but their families did not agree with them running too far.

They are all girls, why run so far? In the end, aren't they going to marry? So they are only allowed to go to school in the provincial capital at most.

In the end, only 5 of them persisted, which can be regarded as loyal.

As for Zhang Cuie and the other four?

Didn't the teachers Guo and He from Jiangnan University come over, and Teacher Chen blocked them back? Did Zhang Cuie's parents dare to touch Teacher Chen's bad luck, or did Captain Yang dare to disobey Teacher Chen's opinion?

So even if they are unwilling, they dare not say anything, not to mention that they are still thinking about their own little plans.

… …

Outside the Lujiawan Wharf, the river water in winter has long lost the wildness of a few months ago, and appears gentle and calm.

No boats are docked at the simple wharf, leaving only a straight wooden trestle extending downwards, and a lonely wooden wharf stuck in the soil.

Because the river water has receded severely, it is no longer suitable for large ships to dock here, so it was simply abandoned.

But they also added a simple wooden boardwalk from the original platform, making it easier for Chen Fan's small yacht to dock.

Even when the water level rises next year, Chen Fan will be able to dock along this boardwalk without any impact.

Then, upstream at Team 7 of Lujiawan, a new permanent wharf is being built.

Originally, that was the entrance to the Liuhua River and the most suitable place to build a wharf. However, the water flow was too rapid in the summer, making construction inconvenient, and simple wharves are not suitable for berthing ships in places with rapid water flow, so it was temporarily placed further downstream at Team 6.

Now that the water level has dropped to its lowest point, Lujiawan, not lacking funds, hired the commune construction team and also brought in a team from the county construction company specializing in wharf construction, combining the two teams to build the new Lujiawan wharf.

The members of Team 6 were somewhat unhappy that the wharf was moved to Team 7.

After all, the production team's collection point was at the wharf, and they often had to carry chickens, ducks, and geese to deliver goods. In the past, the wharf was right at their doorstep, just a few steps away, but now they have to carry them to Team 7, which naturally made them unhappy.

However, while they were unhappy, Chen Fan was very happy.

In the past, with the wharf here, it was noisy and inconvenient for fishing, but now that the wharf has been moved away, the place has returned to tranquility, which naturally made him happy.

So, taking advantage of this rare leisure time, Chen Fan sailed his small boat to the middle of the river and sat on a stool to cast his line.

When An Quan came looking for him, he saw a small boat floating in the middle of the river amidst the heavy snow, with an old man wearing a straw hat… or rather, an old fellow?

His head was completely white; what else could he be if not an old fellow?

An Quan, with a sullen face, shouted loudly, "It's snowing so heavily; why did you run out to fish? Are you crazy?"

Chen Fan glanced up, reciting loudly with a calm expression, "An old man in a straw cloak and hat, fishes alone on the cold river in the snow!"

Then, with a whoosh, he lifted his rod and caught a yellow catfish.

Damn it, why is it another yellow catfish?

He had caught dozens of yellow catfish today; did he stumble into a catfish nest?

Forget it; since An Quan is here, I'll just feed them all to him.

Speaking of which, this kind of fish is quite delicious, and it has few bones. Maybe dozens of fish won't be enough to suck on.

He removed the fish, threw it into the fish basket, took off his gloves, put away his fishing rod, didn't start the motorboat, took out the assembled two oars, supported them on the wooden frames on both sides of the small boat, and then reeled in the iron anchor, slowly rowing towards the shore.

Before he could reach the shore, An Quan shouted loudly, "Are you sick? Are you sick?"

He pointed at Chen Fan and scolded, "It's so cold; instead of warming yourself in the house, you insist on running out to fish. You have a motor on the boat, but you don't use it, insisting on using oars. Are you playing at being romantic?"

Chen Fan brought the boat to shore, looped the cable around the wooden stake of the boardwalk, glanced at him, "Why are you so angry? Did you eat firecrackers? Where's your wife? Isn't she keeping you in check?"

An Quan's face fell again, "She's gone back to Hangzhou."

Chen Fan widened his eyes, "She doesn't want you anymore?"

He clapped his hands, "I knew it. Your wife is so good-looking; how could she have taken a fancy to you? See, see, she must be confident that she can get into college, so she dumped you in advance…"

Then he dodged backward, "Hey, I hit the nail on the head, didn't I? You're getting angry out of embarrassment."

An Quan rolled his eyes, retracted his right leg that he had kicked out, took the enamel bucket containing the fish from his hand, and was immediately shocked, "How many did you catch?"

Chen Fan curled his lips, jumped onto the boardwalk, and walked up, "Forty or fifty, but except for a few carp, all the others are yellow catfish. Since your wife has run away, you might as well live here with me and find another one when you go to school."

An Quan was about to retort when he suddenly grinned and laughed, "I have to tell Keying what you said and see how she deals with you when she comes back!"

Chen Fan pretended to be dazed, "Ah? She's coming back? Didn't you say she didn't want you and ran away?"

An Quan rolled his eyes again, "Get lost. When did I say that?"

After a pause, he explained, "It was okay before, but this time, after taking the college entrance exam and comparing the scores, we are both very confident that we can get into college. Her homesickness suddenly arose, and she couldn't control it."

He sighed, "She cried at home for two days. After thinking it over, I decided to let her take leave and go back first. I'll fill out her application for her, and then we'll meet directly in Shanghai when it's time to register."

Chen Fan pursed his lips and nodded, without speaking.

There are quite a few educated youths like Yu Keying. After taking the college entrance examination, they can't suppress their homesickness and return to the city in advance.

However, most of them ran away after receiving their admission notices, before even filling out their applications, except for Yu Keying.

After a few seconds, Chen Fan suddenly turned to look at An Quan and smiled, "Aren't you afraid your wife will run away?"

An Quan glanced at him and scolded with a smile, "Good words don't come from a dog's mouth."

Then he exhaled a long breath and said, "I originally wanted to accompany her to Hangzhou, but in the entire Zhejiang Province, only one Zhejiang University is on the list of key universities, but Zhejiang University is a science and engineering school and doesn't have suitable majors for us.

We discussed it for two days and still felt that the future was more important. Moreover, Shanghai is not far from Hangzhou, and she can go back whenever she misses home.

So we decided to apply to universities in Shanghai together. If all goes well, we will apply to stay and work in Shanghai in the future."

(The newspaper published a list of 88 key universities, with a total of 16 comprehensive universities)

(Here's a categorized version)

In the time it took to say a few words, the two climbed up the dam. An Quan turned to look at Lujiawan in the snow, "We will definitely come back here in the future, but not very often."

Chen Fan hummed twice and smiled, "You're going to college, and you'll be considered to have a work unit, and the work unit will still pay you…"

Before he could finish speaking, An Quan smiled and said, "We have already submitted our reports and applied to resign. We really won't be coming back much in the future."

Chen Fan looked at him. Although he was smiling, the smile was very complicated.

There was reluctance, relief, an eagerness to escape… for a moment, he couldn't say.

After a few seconds, Chen Fan nodded lightly and smiled, "Cutting off the wrist of a warrior, decisive, very good."

If he didn't resign now, but waited until after graduating from college, and then the new work unit applied for a transfer letter, he could enjoy his original salary for these 4 years, which would be much better than the 19.5 yuan a month for school meals and subsidies.

But he didn't want to fleece the original work unit, making this decision in advance. What else is it but cutting off the wrist of a warrior!

There are also benefits to doing so. At the very least, there will be a lot fewer troubles when graduating, and he will be included in the first batch of assignments.

With his 10 years of experience as an educated youth and a high college entrance examination score of over 400, as long as he doesn't fall too far behind during his time at school, he will definitely be an object of contention for related units. It can be considered a give and take.