Chapter 24: My Grandfather

After the college entrance examination, I didn't encounter any supernatural events, so I spent my high school career in a mess, and the black three days came, ushering in the spring of forty-nine years, and I finally bid farewell to the hard twelve years of exam-oriented education life. Two things happened during the release of the list, and these two things are worth recording and telling to you, one is that my grandfather passed away, and the other is the choice of university.

mentioned my grandmother earlier, since my grandmother is everyone's best girl, then my grandfather is not far behind. Grandpa's real name is Zhou Jingkuan, and he is also a descendant of a big landlord's family, unlike the rich second generation of other landlords, grandpa is not the eldest son, nor is he the youngest child, which is also destined to grandpa never get his father's doting, and at the same time, it also created grandpa's character of relying on himself. But the saddest thing is that when my grandfather was very young, in the process of playing with other brothers, he broke one of his grandfather's treasured antiques, and as a result, his grandfather was buttoned to the center of his eyebrows with a cigarette pouch, and since then he has lost his spirituality and the possibility of enlightenment. Popularize knowledge here, the position between the two eyes is the eye of the sky, that position must be careful when you are young, whether the child has musical talent, art talent, creative talent, supernatural talent, etc. If the official is not very old, you can try to let other people's fingers point to this position, about a centimeter apart, but don't touch that position, you will be very uncomfortable, this is the reason.

Although grandpa lost his eye in the sky, "Tianxingjian, a gentleman should strive for self-improvement", but in the face of adversity, with his own efforts and the strong funds of his family as the backing, he was admitted to Yenching University and graduated successfully. The reason why I graduated successfully is because there were too many things during my studies, and many students of the same age dropped out of school and joined the various trends of that era. Because I was an early graduate and did not experience the era when Yanjing moved to Sichuan, my uncle's house still keeps photos of my grandfather when he was a student, and many of them are badly burned (text. During the revolutionary period), when he first entered the school, he wore a top coat and hat, and the graduation photo was a suit and tie, and foreigners can be seen in every photo, one of which is a photo with Situ Leiden, which shows that my grandfather was influenced by Western ideas during his college years.

After graduation, my grandfather returned to Fengtian (now Shenyang) because of the family's needs, and my grandfather was very helpless when he talked about this history, at that time my grandfather had a lot of choices, where is it like today's college students, the only idea of college students after graduation is to find a job, and college students at that time can choose to go abroad for further study, or they can choose to go to the Whampoa Military Academy to serve the country, and there are many warlords who come to the school to dig these students back to serve. Grandpa because his family is in Fengtian, he had no choice but to return to Zhang Zuolin, and was assigned to serve in the Fengtian Municipal Office, I remember that there is a photo taken at the door of the Municipal Office, the central position on the photo is the mayor at the time, grandpa once said that the person is called Zeng Youyi (I don't remember very clearly, maybe it is Zeng Youyi, the name written in homophony, if you are wrong, don't shoot), is Zhang Zuolin's subordinate. The photo below is the Mukden Municipal Office, and then it becomes the Mukden Municipal Office, and this time the center of the photo is a Japanese man with a Japanese sword at his waist. I asked my grandfather if he didn't run, and his answer was, "The streets are full of refugees and Japanese, it would be nice to have a place to eat, what to run, who can rule, and the common people are just to dress and eat." Grandma's answer was, "Two adults and several children, the whole country is at war, and if you run out, you are looking for death." These two sentences have taught me to be a real down-to-earth person. The sign of the building in the background of the next few photos is the Shenyang Municipal People's Government, the Shenyang Municipal People's Government, the sign is changing, what remains the same is that the grandfather always stands in front of the door with a group of colleagues to leave an image, maybe the people of that era and the children of today like to take pictures, the difference is that now it is a selfie, at that time it was a group of people to shoot.

A photo of Zuihou is in front of the Xiangping Water Conservancy Bureau, where my grandfather was wearing a school coat and a group of people, and then my grandfather was imprisoned for three years and sentenced in the camp. Since then, the photos have been taken of the family during the New Year's holidays. The history of grandpa's imprisonment is quite worrying, let's talk about it, don't check the water meter, I really hate Chiang Kai-shek and support the Communist Party. Give birth. Party. After the liberation of grandpa, due to the strong ability to work, good writing, and coincided with the urgent shortage of management cadres in Xiangping City, so he was transferred to Xiangping City Water Conservancy Bureau as deputy director, for Xiangping to build a lot of water conservancy projects for the benefit of the people, during the three anti, five anti, three years of natural disasters, grandpa has been committed to water conservancy projects, dedication to loyalty, after all, the atmosphere of that era is very good, officials are the people in charge. All the way to the text. During the revolutionary period, my grandfather was crowned as a historical anti-. Leather. The crime of life, because my grandfather has experienced several regime changes, Zhang Zuolin - Zhang Xueliang - Japanese - Pu Yi - Japanese - Kuomintang - Communist. Give birth. The party, it is not clear, and it is not clear to anyone, and he was finally escorted to Yingkou Prison to serve three years in prison, and his grandfather was saying until he died, "I am just supporting my family, what is the crime?" Before serving his sentence, my grandfather left my grandmother 900 yuan, which was all my grandfather's savings after liberation, and this money lasted until my grandfather was released from prison. The word "boil" is used because the composition of grandpa's family and grandma's family is very high, when listening to grandma's talk about liberation, grandpa burned a whole warehouse of golden yuan coupons at home, and now the rich second generation who dares to burn one for everyone to see, that is the real low-key show off wealth. Wen. During the revolutionary period, my grandmother's dowry was smashed by the revolutionaries, and the mahogany and pear wood furniture left by many generations, as well as those furs, clothes, etc., were robbed, and then my grandmother gave me a large jar of gold jewelry saved by my uncles and aunts was looted, and the most distressing thing for me was the ancient books left by my grandfather's family, for me, there are many books in them that are priceless, a fire was burned, my little heart, there is a broken old version of "Dream of Red Mansions", which is now preserved in my uncle's house. A middle-aged woman with six children, because of her grandfather, who also lost her job, lived on this money for three years.

After my grandfather was released from prison, the state had no explanation, so I had to fend for myself, and my grandfather at this time once again exerted his skills completely on his own, and finally became an accountant until his death. When he died, his grandfather left an inheritance of nearly 300,000 yuan to his children, and his life was not easy. The time from my grandfather's illness to his death was very short, because it was terminal cancer, and I didn't see his death, it may have been caused by the cigarette pouch pot, I understand it this way. Because of too much medication, the bones that came out of grandpa's cremation were all green, grandpa's grandson Xingguang was responsible for picking the bones, and grandpa's last wish before death was to scatter his ashes into the Taizi River, because he was bound for too long before his death, and he hoped to live freely in heaven and earth after death, and finally my brother Zhou Xingguang fulfilled grandpa's last wish, and grandpa was finally free.

When grandpa was in the funeral home, there were many people who didn't know the family, and all these people who didn't know came in high-end cars, which is enough to prove that grandpa has made countless friends in his life, as well as grandpa's personal personality. Throughout my grandfather's life, he is just an ordinary ordinary person for the country, he is definitely a good husband and father to the family, and his six children have received basic education at least within his ability, and none of the children have had an accident in the craziest era, which is enough to prove that grandpa's wisdom and excellence are enough, this may be the concept of the family in the West, and it is more worth learning from me to do everything completely on my own, which is also what I often say "people can rely on in this life, In addition to his own ability, he only has his own shadow. ”

After dealing with my grandfather's funeral, the family began to ponder the question of what kind of university I went to. The first to express her position was my mother, who meant to find a unit to protect income during drought and flood, so financial, judicial, accounting and other schools were my mother's first choice. My father never said anything, but he did a lot of things in private, and I didn't know until I got out. Action 1: Join the party (don't despise it, you know the college entrance examination), I was a bonus for party members in the college entrance examination at that time, but our school only gave two party members, and the others were activists, and the old man had not retired from the second line at that time, so through the relationship, let me join the party within the group company where he was located, and then transfer the file to the Education Bureau. Action 2: Specialty student, I have always been good at sports, especially sprinting, which relies on explosive power, I remember that the junior high school 100 meters ran to the score of 11 seconds, so the old man made a secret effort in private, and this matter was also decided, and the college entrance examination also added ten points; Action 3: Members of the school team, the same way that the old man thinks, members of the school basketball team, add five points to the college entrance examination; Action 4: Ethnic minorities, the old man obtained the kind of very rare ethnic patriarch certificate through a friend, proving that I am a member of their village, and the college entrance examination adds ten points. Party members, special students, school team members, and ethnic minorities have a total of 35 extra points.

Don't despise me, I only learned after I went to the imperial capital that compared to the students there, we are absolutely insignificant. Whether it is the quota quota of each province, or the college entrance examination papers, or the college entrance examination scores, we are definitely not on the same starting line. I don't want to talk too much about the college entrance examination, if I have children in the future, I will definitely focus on cultivating children's interests, and I will never read dead books, I remember a joke that says, "In the sixteen years from elementary school to college graduation, if I choose to play basketball, then now I can at least enter the professional basketball team; If I chose to sing, now I'm at least a second-tier singer; If I had chosen to write, I would now be able to publish at least a few novels; But I chose to study, so I'm a dick now. "When I reached the age of my establishment, I was deeply touched now, I really didn't know what the books I read, the things instilled in me by teachers and schools, and what they used to be used in the real society? In addition to the basic mathematics and Chinese characters in elementary school, what can be used now is some of the most common physics and chemistry knowledge. Those permutations and combinations calculus, geography and biopolitics classes, it seems that I rarely use them, especially foreign languages, even if I have passed level 4, in the years that I have not used them, I have basically eaten. It's hard to watch an American drama, and it's basically maintained by subtitles.

Complaining is complaining, and life has to go on. In addition to these small actions, the old man's biggest trick is to find a relationship, let me study in a medical university, and have already planned my future direction. The medical department lasts for a total of seven years, and if I choose to continue my studies after graduation, I will be arranged to enter a certain Class III A hospital first, and further my studies while working, or go directly to forensic medicine. At that time, I was young, and I didn't understand the mentality of the old man to do his best to help his children, and now I regret it very much, and I don't listen to the old man's words and suffer in front of me. Since 90% of the students in my class chose to go to the imperial capital, I also chose a university in the imperial capital, and there were a hundred people in my family who disagreed. At first, it was soft, and all my relatives were mobilized to persuade me, but after finding that it had no effect, I began to play hard, and privately signed my college entrance examination volunteer form behind my back. However, the teachers of my time were still more respectful of students, so my senior class teacher found me at that time, and at the same time called my parents, so that I could communicate with my parents before making a decision. Guarding the face of my parents, I waved my pen and filled in the name of a university in the imperial capital, and gave the old man a big slap in the face at the time, what a father and what a son, the old man has been stubborn all his life, and I am more stubborn than him. In the end, the old man threw down a sentence, "I won't give you a penny for the university you chose, I'll let you study." He turned to leave, and at the same time Mom also stood on Dad's side. I was also stubborn enough, so I asked my relatives to borrow enough money for the tuition and tickets for the first semester, and stepped on the train to the imperial capital...... Bang dang...... Bang dang...... Bang dang......

to be continued