Liu Shengli and Qian Yuan knew very well in their hearts that the two of them had extremely little hope of being admitted to university. One of them is the deputy secretary of the county Youth League Committee and the other is the secretary of the commune committee, and there have always been a lot of things, and it is impossible to review with textbooks every day for two consecutive years like Liu Yuejin. Qian Yuan is more realistic, after failing the college entrance examination last year, he persuaded Shengli to return to the city with him first. Liu Shengli disagreed, saying that he was a well-known example of educated youth in Tianhe County, and he had written a letter of determination to take root, and it was not good to handle illness and retire. But later, when I saw that almost all the educated youths in the county had finished their illness and retired, I had some activities in my heart, and I began to care about the situation of my classmates and friends who had returned to the city after illness.

On this day, a group of educated youth friends who returned to the city gathered at the Yangshan Oriental Red Restaurant and invited Liu Shengli and Qian Yuan to participate, and Liu Shengli and Qian Yuan went together. The host of the party is the little fat man Chen Weidong, Liu Shengli's classmate, and Qian Yuan's brother. After the little fat man returned to the city, he was assigned to work at the Yangshan Oriental Red Restaurant, and the meeting place was set up in this small restaurant, apparently to save some money. The little fat man happened to be on duty that day, wearing a dirty apron on his body, and he warmly greeted Liu Shengli and Qian Yuan, who were plugging friends, and didn't care about greeting other guests who came to the restaurant to eat.

A customer got impatient and pulled the little fat man and asked, "Comrade, when will my buns arrive?" ”

The little fat man waved his hand, like chasing a fly: "Go, go, haven't you seen me as a guest?!" ”

The customer said, "Hey, comrade, you took my steamed bun ticket, but you haven't given me the steamed bun yet!" ”

The little fat man said, "Go and get it yourself, and you want me to deliver it to you?" It's three, right? There is it in the basket. ”

The customer said, "That's leftovers, it's all sour." ”

The little fat man rolled his eyelids: "Don't eat it if it's sour, I didn't invite you to eat!" ”

The customer had no choice but to return the steamed bun ticket.

Liu Shengli looked very uncomfortable, thinking that the little fat man was dissatisfied with his work unit, so he criticized the little fat man when he toasted: "Little fat man, we have to love one line when we do one line, but we can't make emotions with customers." ”

Unexpectedly, the little fat man was very satisfied with his situation after returning to the city, and said with a smile: "Secretary Liu, look at what you said, you are still emotional!" What emotions do I have? My work here is very good, even if I complete the task by chopping 25 catties of minced meat every day, it is much stronger than when I was in the countryside, and it is much stronger than Sister Zhao. It's not my business to sell buns! ”

Wang Qiang, nicknamed "Sister Zhao", also had a happy face: "Little fat man, my job is not bad!" Don't look at wiping people's backs in the bathhouse, you can make a lot of money! Guess how much I can earn in a month? ”

Qian Yuan estimated and said, "Thirty or forty yuan, right?" ”

"Sister Zhao" said proudly: "Seventy or eighty yuan a month!" We work a lot and get more, wipe a back, I take a dime and a half, and rubbing twenty a day is three yuan, ninety yuan a month, and an eighth-level worker! ”

Liu Shengli and Qian Yuan looked at each other and smiled bitterly: they are very satisfied with this kind of work, which is really incredible to them - the little fat man Chen Weidong has dreamed of being a writer, and "Sister Zhao" is also a pillar in the commune propaganda team.

After the party, Liu Shengli said to Qian Yuan: "I really didn't expect that they could be so satisfied to chop meat in the restaurant and wipe people's backs in the bathhouse, what future is there for this?" ”

Qian Yuan sighed: "Now that there are so many educated youths in the city, it is really difficult to find a good job!" ”

Liu Shengli stabbed Qian Yuan: "Then let's go back to the city like them?" I'll come back to chop meat, and you'll come back to wipe someone's back? Why don't I go out on the street and mend nylon socks to someone's house? I couldn't help but shake my head and smile bitterly, "That's the case, I might as well not come back!" ”

Qian Yuan thought about it: "Victory, then let's strive to be admitted to university!" ”

Liu Shengli asked: "What should I do if I can't pass the exam again?" I don't think we have much hope. ”

Qian Yuan said sneeringly: "I don't know either." ”

Liu Shengli said: "I have thought about it, I would rather continue to be the deputy secretary of the county Youth League Committee in Tianhe County!" ”

Sure enough, Liu Yuejin was admitted to this year's college entrance examination, and entered Tsinghua University with a score of 13 points beyond the admission score line, and later went to the United States to study, and finally moved to the United States. Liu Shengli and Qian Yuan fell off the list again, and they both returned to Tianhe County where they cut the queue with gloomy expressions. It was only five years later that they finally fulfilled their college dreams.