"Headmaster, I'm here today to ask about my father." Song Yuanchao didn't want to say anything more about going to college, so he turned to the topic.

Hearing Song Yuanchao say this, Principal Zhou was stunned for a moment, and then nodded heavily: "In fact, the school has been dealing with these things these days, and I think Teacher Song's problem will have a satisfactory explanation." ”

Principal Zhou's words Song Yuanchao was not surprised, about a year after Song Yuanchao returned to Huhai, the matter about his father Song Guangzeng was resolved.

At that time, Principal Zhou also personally came to Song Yuanchao and announced the news in front of him, and at the same time, on behalf of the school, he also paid Song Guangzeng's salary for 17 months totaling 1,054 yuan.

However, Song Yuanchao was an ordinary young man back then, because of the death of his parents, he didn't have a good impression of the school, although he knew in his heart at that time that he couldn't blame Principal Zhou for this incident, because Principal Zhou himself was a victim back then, but the young and vigorous Song Yuanchao still couldn't pass the threshold in his heart.

Therefore, after accepting the retroactive salary sent by Principal Zhou next year, Song Yuanchao didn't say anything to Principal Zhou, and after saying a few words coldly, he got up to see off the guests.

Song Yuanchao still remembers the expression of Principal Zhou when he left and stopped talking to himself, as well as the slightly hunched waist when he walked out of the alley, a little lonely, in the long years that followed, Song Yuanchao never dealt with Principal Zhou again, and never saw this respectable old man again.

Recalling the scene back then, Song Yuanchao felt very sorry for Principal Zhou in his heart, he stood up with red eyes, bowed respectfully to Principal Zhou, and solemnly thanked him.

"Child, this is what I should do, no need to say thank you, this makes me really ashamed, I didn't protect your father well." Principal Zhou held Song Yuanchao's arm with both hands, and his eyes were moist.

"No!" Song Yuanchao shook his head and said sincerely: "You didn't do anything wrong, and the situation at that time was not something you could control. Now that you've done so much for my dad, as his son and as your former and current student, thank you for deserving it! ”

Principal Zhou burst into tears in his eyes instantly, and slapped Song Yuanchao's arm a few times, but he didn't know what to say for a while.

After a sigh, Song Yuanchao helped the excited Principal Zhou to sit down, and after a while, he said the second intention of coming today.

When Song Yuanchao told Principal Zhou that he had just come back and had not yet worked, because his father was a teacher at the school, and whether the school could give him a job according to the replacement policy, Principal Zhou did not expect Song Yuanchao to make such a request, and he was a little surprised.

"Aid to the DPRK, didn't Uncle Zhou say it just now? You have a foundation, and studying hard for a few months to get into college is a good way out, why are you in such a hurry to find a job? ”

"Headmaster, people have to live." Song Yuanchao sighed, his face full of helplessness: "My parents are gone, and my relatives at home have long stopped contacting, and I haven't saved any money in the northwest for so many years, so I have to eat when I come back, right?" What do I get to eat without a job or a salary? ”

"It's ......." Principal Zhou thought for a while and said, "Uncle Zhou will help you solve the problem of money, so you can review ...... at home with peace of mind." ”

"Thank you, principal, you can teach people to fish is not as good as teaching people to fish, you know better than me, besides, I have been doing the work of repairing the earth every day in the past eight years in the northwest, and the things that the teacher taught have long been forgotten, even if I review for a few months and take the university entrance examination, can you guarantee that I can pass the exam? It's true that this road is a sunny road, but although it is good, it is not safe for me. People are down-to-earth is fundamental, it is better to solve the work problem first, and it is not too late to talk about other things without worries. ”

Song Yuanchao said his thoughts sincerely, and his words were orderly, so that Principal Zhou didn't know how to persuade him for a while.

What Song Yuanchao said is not unreasonable, as an educator, Principal Zhou certainly understands the difficulty of going to university.

At the end of 1977, the country resumed the college entrance examination, and the number of applicants for the first resumption of the college entrance examination reached 11.6 million, but how many educated youths and young people can really be admitted to universities?

As Song Yuanchao said, many people have already returned all their books to their teachers, but few have succeeded in relying on just a few months of hard work.

In 1978, the second college entrance examination was the same, the number of applicants and the proportion of final entry was extremely different, and according to this trend, the competition in the college entrance examination in the next few years will be greater and greater, this year's college entrance examination will inevitably be different from the previous two, whether it is the difficulty of the examination paper and the enrollment requirements will be more stringent.

In addition, it is the key to what Song Yuanchao said, that is, his survival.

Song Yuanchao's parents have passed away, and he has no support in Huhai alone, and the survival problem of eating, drinking, and Lazar must be solved.

It is true that Principal Zhou can help him temporarily and squeeze out part of the meager salary to subsidize Song Yuanchao, but saving the emergency does not help the poor, this truth is naturally understood by Principal Zhou, who has been an old pedant all his life.

"However, it is ...... to aid North Korea." Principal Zhou is a good person, but he is also a good teacher and a good principal, but he doesn't know how to persuade him in this matter for a while.

After thinking about it, he finally came up with a solution, and said to Song Yuanchao seriously: "It's always good to try no matter how you try, if you can be admitted to the university, the state will subsidize college students, although there is not much money to live, it is not a problem, and the road after graduation after the job assignment will be easy to go." Besides, if Uncle Zhou is still here, you don't have to worry about this. ”

"Headmaster, I'm not a child anymore, I understand all the things you said, and I'm very grateful, but I still want to rely on myself."

"You, you, why are you so tough?" Principal Zhou couldn't help but be a little angry when he saw Song Yuanchao's insistence: "You want to look for a job, but have you thought about it, this is our school!" Can you, a person who didn't graduate from high school, replace your father and become a teacher at the school? If you have the ability to be a teacher, why don't you go to university? ”

Song Yuanchao smiled, he had long known that Principal Zhou would say this, and he had already figured out how to answer this question before coming.

"Headmaster, you are too worried, I never thought I could be a teacher in a school. If it's a primary school teacher, maybe it's fine, but we're in middle school, isn't it a mistake to be a teacher with this bit of ink in my stomach? ”

"And ...... you?" Song Yuanchao's words made Principal Zhou stunned, and he couldn't understand what Song Yuanchao thought.

"Principal, I remember that our school has a school-run factory, right?"

Principal Zhou was stunned for a moment, and seemed to understand Song Yuanchao's plan to come over.

"The teaching staff is also a school establishment, but the teaching staff does not belong to the teacher and does not have to teach the students. If I can, I'd like to ask you to help me arrange a job at the school's factory. Rest assured, I don't have any other requirements than a stable job. ”

School-run factories are the characteristics of the times.

Before the 80s, many schools had their own school-run factories, which were owned by the school, and a small part of the staff in them were teaching staff, and most of the others were collective.

These school-run factories are small in scale and usually have little technical content, and many of them are similar to or even inferior to street factories.

Many school-run factories are dry pasty matchboxes, packaging soap and other low-level manual work, in the period of unified purchase and sales, such factories survive no problem, but in the period of reform and opening up, with the gradual opening of the market and the vigorous rise of private enterprises, there is no slightest competitiveness of school-run factories are naturally eliminated by the times.