Chapter 2 A rookie-level male god

(1) The male god in the eyes of relatives and friends

After hearing Qiuyue's words, my mother was very surprised. "What are you talking about? He's not the person you want to be? Such a good man is not your ideal character, is there a better man than him? He is not only good to you, but also good to your family, you see, your sister is so far away in the country, he doesn't have to work hard to follow you to see her, you say, what else is wrong with him? What your ideal character looks like. Tell me. ”

Akizuki said; "My ideal character should be not only good to people, but also have a certain ability and some elegant hobbies, otherwise the life of two people will be very monotonous."

"Why do you think he's incompetent? People are college students and technicians, don't they have the ability? He works in such a good unit, and he is so kind, there are not many guys like this, what do you like? Besides, you are an ordinary worker, the work unit is not very good, the work is dirty and tired, it is your creation to meet such a good person, you must not miss it, so as not to regret it later. "Mother teaches Akizuki very seriously.

"You don't think that college students have a level and culture. Don't you know how the current college students are produced, now they are sent to college, the level of college students is uneven, not to see whether you have the level, but to see if you meet their appetite, now is to cultivate the so-called root and seedling red type, what to take the road of red and specialized. The slogan of today's college admissions is, roll in the mud, grind calluses on their hands, and despite the cow on their feet, they are good offspring of poor middle peasants. In fact, it is to engage in a policy of fooling the people, the less you have the level, the better, the more they like to use it, what is this called, it is called narrowing the gap, if you are too level, and show yourself, then you will die. Let me tell you a story, this is a real event, a fact that was published in the newspapers last year. There is a fifth-grade elementary school student named Cui Ying. During a geography test, the teacher asked the question, "What are the major cities to pass through from Beijing to Guangzhou?" The primary school student replied, "All railways lead to Guangzhou, why should the teacher be forceful, it is not far from beating around the bush, and the students are worried if the questions are not strict." "Why do elementary school students say that they are not strict in their questions? It's because the title doesn't understand what the Beijing-Guangzhou line is, so I don't know how to answer, and of course the cities that different lines pass through are different. Later, the schoolboy was expelled. said that she was reactionary, and that all railways should lead to Beijing, but she said that all railways lead to Guangzhou. To say that she is a bourgeois ideology and that she is to be dictatorship. Isn't it absurd to say such a thing? Take the current intellectual youth going to the mountains and going to the countryside as an example, that is also to narrow the gap between urban and rural areas, the youth in the city want to go to the countryside, and the young people who go to the countryside come to the city, this is a policy, we don't understand, but I know what the real level should be, so I know that he is too uneducated and too unlevel. It is very boring to live with this kind of person who is too uneducated and too unqualified for a long time, so I decided to break up with him, don't persuade me anymore, my mind has been decided, you don't care anymore. ”

Both mother and daughter are unhappy, and the mother thinks that her daughter is too disobedient, which will harm her for the rest of her life. The daughter felt that her mother didn't understand what the realm of human love was. The conversation ended, and we broke up unhappily.

In the evening, Xiaohou came back, and Qiuyue pretended to ignore him. In fact, I also wanted to ask him if he fell hard today, because after all, he was hit by someone else to see his sister, but she couldn't ask, because she knew that as long as she asked a sentence, she would leave Xiaohou with a lot of illusions, and it would not be good for both of them to drag it out like this.

When his mother saw Xiaohou coming back, she received him happily, poured water in her hand and washed his hands, and greeted him with his mouth, saying that it was hard work, sit down and rest quickly, drink boiling water first, and then eat. Qiu Yue watched him from the side, didn't see anything abnormal, felt that he didn't fall well, didn't get in the way, and then walked away.

Because my sister has gone to the countryside, the street has resumed pasting matchboxes for Qiuyue's family.

Xiaohou's persistence, friend's enlightenment, and mother's matchmaking, Qiuyue's love relationship with Xiaohou dragged on like this. She never stopped going home to make matchboxes to support her family. So she always keeps herself busy, busy.

At that time there was a saying circulating; "When you fall in love, you must first get the approval of your mother-in-law before you can have hope." Therefore, Xiaohou kept this belief and kept pleasing Qiuyue's mother. He would come to Qiuyue's house every day after work to help with manual work, and Hengzhi regarded himself as a member of the family. Qiu Yue always ignores him, and the lovers drag it lukewarmly.

Qiu Yue is a very strong girl in Xiao Hou's eyes, he likes her from the bottom of his heart, and it is inevitable. Xiaohou is in Qiu Yue's eyes, he is very kind, very down-to-earth, and has many advantages, but there is no common language, she is worried that if she really becomes a husband and wife, her future family life will definitely be monotonous and boring, and she may not be happy. She still wants to break up as well. Both of them have their own thoughts, and each of them works their own ideas.

Xiaohou has a brother who works in Lingchuan Iron and Steel Factory, found a peasant woman, gave birth to a baby, Xiaohou invited Qiuyue to visit with him, Qiuyue naturally agreed, so the two went.

There I saw their simple domestic life, except for a bed that was not too large, and there was not even a table for eating. Back at home, Qiu Yue said to Xiaohou, you can give your table and cabinet to your brother, they are too simple, your things are useless, just give them to them.

Xiaohou said, not using it now doesn't mean not using it in the future, how can you give it away casually?

Qiu Yue said, it's not for someone else, it's for your own brother, how can you say it's just a casual gift.

Xiao Hou still didn't agree, this incident made Qiu Yue look down on him in her heart. Qiu Yue felt that he was too stingy. Even his own brother is reluctant to help.

Xiao Hou is very good to Qiu Yue's mother. As long as there is a sudden change in the weather, he will take the initiative to send clothes and umbrellas to the elderly, and sometimes when the electric light in the unit is broken, he takes the initiative to help repair it, so that he not only won the favor of the "mother-in-law", but also won the praise of the colleagues of the "mother-in-law". He thought to himself, now, I'm sure I'll win.

Qiuyue's mother is a very face-loving person, he saw that Xiaohou is not only good-looking, but also a college student, he is also very honest, and he knows how to install a small radio, that is, he understands technology, if such a good-looking and talented young man becomes his son-in-law, then he is a very decent person. So she is desperate to match this marriage.

Xiaohou has to pass by his aunt's house when he arrives at Qiuyue, and his cousins are always very enthusiastic to invite him to their house for dinner, and a few times he really eats there, and after a few times, Qiuyue said to him, if you go to my aunt's house for dinner next time, don't enter this house again in the future, so scared that Xiaohou will never dare to go to his aunt's house for dinner again.

Qiu Yue's friend Jiang Taoyi is very concerned about Qiu Yue's personal problems, and often asks how their relationship is developing. Qiu Yue told, "There is no progress, drag it out." Tao Yi smiled and said, how can this work, it must be solved. ”

Qiu Yue said, "I just think he's too uneducated, and living with him will definitely feel monotonous, what should I do?" ”

Jiang Taoyi said, "You think he is uneducated, I said that he has knowledge, why don't I help you test him?" ”。

Qiu Yue smiled and said, "Okay, how to take the test?" ”

Jiang Taoyi said, "My brother is a researcher of radio, he is going to Beijing for a meeting in the next two days, and he will take the opportunity to go home to visit my mother. ”

Qiu Yue was very happy to hear this, and when she came home, she said to her mother, "I took Xiaohou to meet a friend, Jiang Taoyi's brother went home to visit his mother, and we went to meet his brother, because his brother is also engaged in radio research, and he and Xiaohou are peers." "In those days, radio was very popular, and I thought it was high-tech. Mother naturally agreed with them to go.

Qiuyue and Xiaohou came to Jiang's house, and Brother Jiang was already waiting for them. After a period of pleasantries, we immediately got to the point. Because Brother Jiang took the opportunity to go home to visit his mother, it was impossible to spend a lot of time in this regard. It's just to do a friend a favor.

Who knew that Xiao Hou was more anxious than him, and as soon as he got to the point, Xiao Hou said, "I'm sorry, I still have something to do, I have to go back quickly, let's talk another day." Xiao Hou hurriedly left.

The autumn moon sky rejoices. Because she hopes to pass this exam to understand how much Xiaohou's professional level is, the decision to break up with him or continue will come out. Who knows, this just dropped the stone and didn't hear the sound of water, and Qiu Yue left Jiang Taoyi's house with regret.

Qiu Yue has always been uncomfortable with Xiao Hou's hurried escape that day, and she has a great feeling of nostalgia, she thinks, she must be afraid that Xiao Hou is afraid of revealing his stuff in front of professionals, so take an escape. Thinking like this, I was even more determined to break up, but my mother resolutely did not allow it, and my father, under my mother's nagging, began to take care of Qiuyue's affairs, so my parents didn't agree with them to break up, on the grounds that love and hobbies can't be eaten as food, and it is impossible to let you break up when there is no matter of principle.

(2) Differences in values

Different values are reflected

Qiu Yue likes to help his younger siblings sew clothes and pants, and he has only one purpose, which is to hope that his younger siblings can dress beautifully, because they are already high school graduates, and they have no jobs yet, if their families can't help them with materials, they may have an inferiority complex. In order to make them have self-esteem, Qiu Yue always saves her own food and frees up some money to improve the material life of her younger siblings. Since the defeat of the "Gang of Four", there are more varieties of materials than in the past, in addition to the cloth tickets supplied per person every year, there are indeed good, what wool, what medium and long fibers, and so on, these are not in the plan, it is not necessary to buy cloth tickets as long as money. This month's salary was paid, and Qiuyue bought back three pairs of pants, two of which were made for Huangying's sister and one for her brother. Because I can cut it myself, I can save my wages.

Xiaohou was very narcissistic and immersed in the joy of getting married, so he went to ask Qiuyue's sister-in-law; "When you got married, your parents gave you something."

My sister-in-law said that I didn't give anything, just what our relatives and friends gave us when we got married.

One day, Xiaohou suddenly said to Qiu Yue that he wanted to go home. Qiu Yue said, "If you want to go home, go home, what does it mean to tell me?" Xiao Hou said, "I may not have that much money." ”

"Money"? This person in love is a sensitive word, Qiu Yue knew what he meant, and he didn't have much affection for him anymore, and he mentioned the sensitive issue of money again, Qiu Yue immediately retorted; "Whether you have money or not is none of my business, between us, I won't use your money, but you can't use my money either, we are well water and not river water, each with its own money, and each of us takes care of our own affairs."

Xiao Hou said; "I mean, you should have pants made of this fabric yourself, why make two for your sister and you don't want one?"

Akizuki said; "So you're here for this? Whether I want such pants or not has nothing to do with you. I don't want it because I don't have time to wear it, it's too dirty to wear it at work, I come home from work, I have a lot of housework, how can I have time to wear those things, I'm wearing it like this now, I like it. ”

Xiao Hou said; "You should also dress up and dress up, and you can't always just care about your younger siblings. ------”

Qiu Yue immediately told him to stop, "Don't talk about it anymore, I'm annoying." You're in charge of my business. I repeat, I don't care about my business, if you talk more, I will ask you to go out, and don't come to my house in the future. ”

Xiao Hou didn't dare to say anything more. At this time, everyone was speechless.

After some time, Qiu Yue chose a time that she thought was appropriate, and told her mother very carefully about breaking up with Xiaohou, the reason was; "Not only does he not have a common language with Xiaohou, but he is also stingy and selfish, it is impossible for such a person to live with him for a lifetime, rather than divorce later, it is better to break up as soon as possible, so I will officially propose to break up with him now, I hope you don't force us anymore."

As soon as the mother heard that she was going to break up with Xiaohou, she scolded as soon as the fire started; "Why do I always listen to you talk about breakups, breakups, breakups? Can't change the topic to another topic? You have been in love with Xiaohou for so long, and now you want to break up, it's impossible. If you propose to break up, you are immoral. You are not allowed to be immoral in our house, and you must continue with him. ”

"Mom. I don't think there is a moral problem in this, now it is the freedom to marry, let alone love? Then it should be more free. Actually, I have long felt that he is not suitable for me, and I have long wanted to break up with him, it is you who forced us to pull us together, and I also put a lot of pressure on myself, trying to accommodate him as much as possible, and strive to achieve a situation where I don't talk about breaking up, but I have worked very hard, and the more I try to accommodate, the more I feel that he is not suitable for me, and we have too many differences, so you can raise your hand and let me go. ”

Mother said; "I didn't tie you up, let you go? How to put it? ”

"That is, you agree that I broke up with Xiaohou." Qiu Yue said happily.

Mother; "I didn't agree with you to break up with Xiaohou, I advise you not to break up, there are really not many good men like him, you have to cherish it, don't say anything about breaking up."

"Mom. He's really not suitable for me, he's honest and knows how to please the elderly, which is his strength, but he's uneducated, uninteresting, and you've seen it. He was too stingy, and he couldn't even see it when I helped my younger siblings make some clothes and pants, and said that he wanted me to take care of myself more and not always take care of my younger siblings. Also, he had two pieces of furniture that he didn't use, and I tried to give them to his own brother, but he refused. So bits and pieces, you say, can we get along in the future? I haven't married him yet, and our money is still separated, so he wants to take care of it, and if I get married, then I won't have any autonomy. ”

Mother said; "He has more advantages than disadvantages, don't you just think he's stingy? What's so bad about being stingy? What's so good about being as generous as you? I don't have a penny left. I tell you, if you marry him, I promise you that you will be rich in the future, and then your life will be better. ”

Qiu Yue saw that there was no way to continue to communicate with her mother, and thought to herself, she made her own decisions, and her mother couldn't manage so much.

(3) The college entrance examination is a touchstone for testing ability

Mismatch between competency and job title

In 1977, the national college entrance examination was resumed, and the college entrance examination system, which had been interrupted for ten years, began to recover. Of course, most of them are just accompanying "Childe to pass the exam".

In order to buy the college entrance examination review syllabus, Qiu Yue queued up in front of Xinhua Bookstore early. She knows that as long as she has this syllabus, she can know the scope and general content of the exam, and if she wants to review and study, she can narrow down the scope, which is relatively easy. Two or three hours passed, and there were a few long lines in front of the bookstore. Finally waited for the outline to be sold. Due to the limited quantity, the bookstore is limited to two copies per person. In order to buy a few more copies, Qiu Yue queued up three times in a row and bought six copies. I sent two copies to my second aunt's house, so that my cousins and cousins in Hunan's second aunt's house could have a direction to study. I also kept two books at home for myself and my younger siblings to study together, and two books for my aunt's daughter, because none of us had seen them.

The review materials were bought, and she took Huangying's sister home from the countryside to review, not so much a review, but rather a study, because before this, they had never experienced such a national exam, even if they had never heard of the college entrance examination, learning was their hobby, and the exam was the only way for them to test how much knowledge they had learned, and it was the best channel for their ability positioning. Whether it's out of a thirst for knowledge or a quest for their own future, they have to go through it. All should be experienced.

Everyone is in full swing to read and study, Qiu Yue because she liked mathematics very much when she was in school, she decided to apply for science and engineering, but Huang Ying's sister persuaded her to apply for literature and history, Huang Ying said, although your math grades are very good, but, you have learned too little, for example, how much can you understand trigonometry? What do you know about geometry problems? You haven't been exposed to three-dimensional geometry, besides, you have never seen many formulas in chemistry and physics, to be precise, you don't even recognize the words, how to take the test? If you choose to take the liberal arts course, then, although you don't like history and geography very much, at least you know something, and it is relatively easy to understand, because you know words, and it is much easier to learn. Qiu Yue listened to her sister's explanation and felt that it was very reasonable, so she decided to apply for the literature and history class.

Now, Xiaohou's opportunity to perform has come. He took the initiative to serve as a tutor for his little brother, in fact, he also helped with math and physics. During that time, he came to Qiuyue's house almost every day to teach his brother, because although his brother graduated from high school, he did not attend a few days of class, he was born in 1960, and began to go to school in 1966, that is, he encountered the unprecedented Proletarian Cultural Revolution from the first day of school, children are greedy for fun, and it is best not to do homework when reading, and the teachers at that time did not dare or did not want to ask students to study hard, so in addition to recognizing a few words, for what mathematics, physics, I don't know anything about chemistry. He didn't have much interest in history and geography, but for his future and to get a job, he had to take the college entrance examination, so he began to study seriously from then on.

One night, Qiuyue went to her brother's room to get ink, and the brother and Xiaohou encountered a problem while doing a math problem, and when the brother saw his sister coming, he asked, "Sister, do you see how to do this problem." ”

Xiaohou took over the topic and said, "I said that it should be done like this, but my brother said that it was not right, so look at it, how should it be done?" ”

Qiu Yue took the question and looked at it, and it turned out to be an arithmetic problem; (A meteorological team measured the week's temperatures; Monday is 16 degrees, Tuesday is 18 degrees., Wednesday is 12 degrees, Thursday is 5 degrees, Friday is -5 degrees, Saturday is -5 degrees, Sunday is 0 degrees, Q, what is the average temperature of the measured air temperature in this group? Akizuki said, "Isn't this an arithmetic problem?" Is there still such a simple topic to be discussed? Either the positive sign is added, the negative is subtracted, and then the addition is the subtraction, and finally the division is divided by seven. ”

The brother said, "I'll talk about this, but Xiaohou won't say it's, so I'll ask you." ”

"Oh", Qiu Yue suddenly had an inexplicable fire in her heart, she looked at Xiao Hou with a contemptuous gaze, and said; "Really? So what do you think should be counted? ”

Xiao Hou insisted, "It's not that simple for me to say, do you think, can such a simple arithmetic problem be used as a college entrance examination question?" ”

Qiu Yue said, "Who said this is a college entrance examination question?" This is a review question. If you say it's so simple, why can't you even do such a simple question? You're a college graduate, you don't even know this, it's a rice bucket. ”

Qiu Yue scolded in her mouth, and had a firmer plan in her heart, that is, it was impossible to drag him down anymore, and she had to break up with him immediately. Thinking of this, Qiu Yue suddenly stopped scolding, not wanting to say anything more, she turned around and walked out of her brother's room.

Xiao Hou was very unconvinced and stopped Qiu Yue and said, "You are really hard-mouthed, I said that you are wrong, it can't be so simple." ”

Qiu Yue didn't want to talk to him more, firstly, because she wanted to save some face for him, and secondly, since she was going to break up, why bother to be serious with him and waste time. As a result, he stopped him, and this anger didn't hit anywhere again. He said, "I'm too lazy to tell you, as long as you're not afraid of losing face, you can ask any worker in your unit yourself, if it's my mistake, I'll promise whatever you want me to lose, and if you lose, then from tomorrow onwards, you will never be allowed to walk into my house again." After saying this, Qiu Yue left angrily.

Time passed day by day, just two or three months of review time, Qiuyue because she had to work and study at the same time, and she had no foundation, for the college entrance examination, she asked her friend Jiang Taoyi to help tutor mathematics. Tao Yi was very supportive of Qiu Yue's participation in the college entrance examination, so he took the initiative to help Qiu Yue tutor mathematics, so that Qiu Yue went to her friend's house to study after dinner after work every day, rain or shine. Such behavior was praised by Aunt Jiang. One day it was pouring rain, and Qiuyue also arrived at Jiang's house on time. My aunt cried out to the heavens, "Oh my God, such a good young man, she is so serious and diligent in her studies. If you don't let her be admitted, then you don't have eyes. ”

Due to the tight time, Qiu Yue didn't have the time to go to Xiaohou to talk about the breakup. The college entrance examination is over, and during the time of waiting for the admission results, Xiao Hou still went to Qiu Yue's house on Sunday, one day, Xiao Hou jokingly said, "If you are admitted to a university in another province and study there, if I have the opportunity to go on a business trip to that city, I will go to the school to see you, you must not say that we don't know each other." ”

Qiu Yue glared at him and said, "What do you mean by that?" Do you wish I couldn't pass the test or joke that I wasn't up to the mark? I'll tell you, I'm definitely not going to be able to do it this time, but I'm going to continue to work hard. If I can be admitted to a university in another province at my current level, then it is not unusual to go to university. Seriously, if I really go to college, our relationship will be decided, and if I don't get into college, our relationship should be over, because what I want is to learn knowledge, and what you need is material, and we will never be able to get together. You know that. I don't need to talk about it anymore. ”

Admissions began. Huang Ying was admitted to Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics, with a degree in Industrial Accounting. The autumn moon is named Sun Mountain. The brother was denied the exam because he did not go to the countryside.