Whether to choose Tsinghua University or Peking University, Wang Yige is still hesitating. At this difficult time of choice, Wang Yige still wanted to talk to Mr. Lin Ping, his parents were rough people in the mountains, and they didn't have much culture, so they couldn't provide him much help in this, and now among the trustworthy people, Mr. Lin Ping can provide him with valuable reference advice.

Hearing that Wang Yige wanted to talk to Lin Ping alone, the admissions teachers of Tsinghua University and Peking University all looked at Lin Ping, and the teachers on both sides knew that at this moment, the top student in the college entrance examination in front of him chose to talk to his teacher Lin Ping alone about what it means, which means that Teacher Lin Ping's suggestion will have a great possibility to influence Wang Yige's choice, and even maybe this Teacher Lin's words will determine Wang Yige's choice.

As a result, Wei Zhouguang, the leader of the Tsinghua admissions team, and He Xinyu, the leader of the Peking University admissions team, both gave Lin Ping a look, and both of them had a sentence in their eyes: Let you, a student, come to our school.

The door of the office was closed, leaving only Lin Ping and Wang Yige, the two teachers and students.

For a moment, there was silence.

"What, Tsinghua University or Peking University, is it a difficult choice?" Lin Ping asked jokingly, "It would be nice if I could go to Tsinghua University and Peking University at the same time, but this kind of thing is impossible, you can't have both fish and bear's paws, and you always have to make a choice." Come, Yige, tell the teacher what you think. ”

Wang Yige looked out the window, pondered for a while and said, "Teacher, you know, I wanted to choose Tsinghua University at the beginning, so I went to participate in Tsinghua's independent enrollment. ”

Lin Ping nodded and replied, "Hmm." ”

"Do you know why I wanted to choose Tsinghua University? Wang Yige turned his head to look at Lin Ping, and his clear eyes contained sadness that could not be concealed.

Lin Ping paused for a moment, then replied, "Because of your grandfather?"

Wang Yige was slightly stunned for a moment, and then his eyes were a little gloomy and nodded: "Yes, my grandfather always told me to study hard and be admitted to Tsinghua University in the future, before he passed away, he also told me in the ward to let me take the test well and strive to be admitted to Tsinghua University, in my grandfather's heart, Tsinghua is the best school." ”

Wang Yige's grandfather is a typical old man in a mountain village, with a lack of understanding of external information and some stubborn and old-fashioned, often still stuck in the ideology of a few years ago or even the last era, Wang Yige's grandfather did not know who he heard from that Tsinghua University is very powerful, and since then he has been talking about Tsinghua University every day, he does not understand what major, what discipline, what department, from his cognitive level and degree, Tsinghua University is the best university in the world. And the name "Tsinghua" won the heart of Wang Yige's grandfather, don't look at Wang Yige's grandfather does not have much culture, but in the words of his old man, how to pronounce "Tsinghua" how to pronounce it, how to pronounce it well, this name is very cultural.

Influenced by his grandfather, Wang Yige also likes Tsinghua since he was a child.

"However, I like mathematics very much, and when the teacher at Peking University told me about the comparison between Peking University mathematics and Tsinghua mathematics, I began to hesitate. Wang Yige's words were a little remorseful, as if he felt guilty for his vacillation.

Tsinghua is his grandfather's last wish, and it also planted seeds deep in Wang Yige's heart, but mathematics is his own interest, and Peking University has better mathematical strength, maybe Wang Yige can obtain better mathematical knowledge and meet more like-minded genius companions. Perhaps, for Wang Yige, choosing Tsinghua University or Peking University is a choice of love and talent.

Lin Ping smiled and sighed after hearing this: "Yige, the teacher is really envious of you, you can be distressed by such a choice, there are only a handful of people in this world who can have this kind of trouble." ”

Wang Yige frowned and said: "Teacher Lin, don't make fun of me, I really can't make up my mind, especially their left sentence of Tsinghua University and the right sentence of Peking University, which makes me even more messy, I can't wait to divide myself into two halves, half to study at Tsinghua University, and half to study at Peking University." ”

Lin Ping gently patted Wang Yige's shoulder: "Do you think grandpa's last wish and your love for Tsinghua University are not enough to make up for the gap between Tsinghua University and Peking University in mathematics?"

Wang Yige fell into thought.

"In this way, I simply ask you," Lin Ping said, "ask your own heart, think about it, if you choose Tsinghua University, you will regret not going to Peking University even more, or if you choose Peking University, you will regret not going to Tsinghua University." ”

Wang Yige looked out the window, pondered for a long time, he felt that his eyes saw the cemetery halfway up the mountain through the window, saw the brand-new tomb of his grandfather, and then looked through the tomb, back to the day when he went to visit his grandfather in the hospital before the college entrance examination, the grandfather on the hospital bed was full of kindness and expectation for him, and then his eyes returned to every time he had stayed with his grandparents in Kushan since his childhood. At that time, he and his grandfather sat on the rocks on the mountainside, his grandfather smoked dry cigarettes, he dragged his cheeks, and his grandfather and grandson looked at the sky in the distance, as if they were watching the whole world.

After a while, Wang Yige's eyes were full of tears, he closed his eyes and wiped his eyes with his fingers, twitched his blocked nose and said, "I'll choose Tsinghua." ”

"Have you thought about it?" asked Lin Ping.

Wang Yige nodded: "Well, I thought about it, choose Tsinghua." ”

Lin Ping didn't say anything more, just smiled and said, "Then go out and say sorry to the teachers at Peking University." ”

"Hmm. Wang Yige nodded again.

Years later, Wang Yige, who was studying abroad, recalled this familiar scene.

Conversation in English:

"Wang, do you really want to give up everything here and go back to China?"

"Yes, Professor. ”

"That's really a pity, I feel sorry for this, you have to know that the school has approved you to grant you the title of associate professor, with your level, you have only been a professor for a few years, and being able to stay in this school to teach is a great help to your academics, China's ...... China's math level is much worse than here, and it will be a great delay for you to go back. ”

"Thank you, professor, but I want to go back, I go back, and the level of mathematics in China may improve a little bit. ”

The professor was silent for a while, then smiled and said in English: "Okay, Wang, I really hope that we can continue to cooperate in the future, I like the hard work and diligence of your Chinese students, you are not the smartest, but you have a saying in China called 'God rewards diligence', I think it is very appropriate to describe you, may the Lord bless you." ”

Wang Yige humbly replied in English: "Thank you, professor, I will always be your student, even when I return to China, I hope to always maintain academic and emotional contact with you, I will come to see you often." ”

In the face of better treatment, a more comfortable environment, and most importantly, a more excellent academic atmosphere and academic strength, Wang Yige chose to return to China after studying abroad.

Back to the present.

Wang Yige pushed open the door and walked out, all the eyes outside were focused on him, he looked around at everyone with moist eyes, and then bowed slightly to the teachers of Peking University: "I'm sorry." ”