"Principal, I came today to ask about my father." Song Yuanchao didn't want to say anything more about going to college, so he brought up the topic instead.

Hearing what Song Yuanchao said, Principal Zhou was stunned for a moment, and then nodded heavily: "Actually, the school has been dealing with these matters these days, not just Teacher Song, but other teachers in the city as well. The higher-level departments have already issued instructions. It is the general trend to correct the chaos.

, I think Teacher Song’s question will have a satisfactory answer.”

Principal Zhou's words were not surprising to Song Yuanchao, because in his previous life, the matter was indeed settled. About a year after Song Yuanchao returned to Shanghai, that is, in the spring of 1980, the matter about his father Song Guangzeng was resolved.

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At that time, Principal Zhou personally visited Song Yuanchao and announced the news in front of him. At the same time, he also repaid Song Guangzeng's 17-month salary totaling 1,054 yuan on behalf of the school.

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 at that time that this incident was not to blame on Principal Zhou, because Principal Zhou himself was a victim back then.

But the young and energetic Song Yuanchao still couldn't pass this threshold in his heart.

So after receiving the back pay from Principal Zhou, Song Yuanchao didn't say much to Principal Zhou. He said a few words coldly and then got up to see the guest off.

Song Yuanchao still remembered Principal Zhou's hesitant expression when he left, and his slightly bowed, somewhat lonely figure when he walked out of the alley. In the long years that followed, Song Yuanchao never had any dealings with Principal Zhou again.

I never saw this respectable old man again.

Recalling the scene back then, Song Yuanchao felt that he was very sorry for Principal Zhou. He stood up with red eyes, bowed respectfully to Principal Zhou, and solemnly said thank you.

"Son, this is what I should do. No need to say thank you. This makes me really ashamed. It was me who failed to protect your father." Principal Zhou held Song Yuanchao's arm with both hands, his eyes moist.

"No!" Song Yuanchao shook his head and said sincerely: "You did nothing wrong, and the situation at that time was beyond your control. Now you have done so much for my dad, as his son, and as you once were.

Student, you deserve this thank you!"

Principal Zhou burst into tears and slapped Song Yuanchao's arm several times, but for a moment he didn't know what to say.

After sighing for a while, Song Yuanchao helped the excited Principal Zhou sit down. After a while, he revealed his second reason for coming today.

When Song Yuanchao told Principal Zhou that he had just returned and had no job because his father was a teacher at the school, and whether the school could give him a job in accordance with the replacement policy, Principal Zhou did not expect that Song Yuanchao would make such a request and was suddenly a little surprised.

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"Aid to aid Korea, didn't Uncle Zhou just say that? You have the foundation and studying hard for a few months is a good way out to enter the university. Why are you so anxious to find a job?"

"Principal, people have to live." Song Yuanchao sighed, with helplessness on his face: "My parents are no longer here, and my relatives at home have stopped interacting with each other for a long time. I haven't accumulated any wealth in the northwest for so many years. When I come back,

You have to eat, right? Without a job and no salary, how will I eat?"

"This..." Principal Zhou thought for a while and said, "Uncle Zhou is here to help you solve the money problem. You can rest assured and study hard at home..."

"Thank you, principal. But teaching a man to fish is worse than teaching him to fish. I think principal, you know better than me. Besides, I have been doing the work of repairing the earth every day for the past eight years in the northwest, and I have long forgotten what the teacher taught me." That's almost it. Even if I study for a few months and take the college entrance examination unexpectedly, can you guarantee that I can pass it? It's true that this road is the Sunshine Avenue, but although it is good, it is not safe for me. Being down-to-earth is the foundation, not as good as Solve the work problem first, and then it’s not too late to move on to other things once you have no worries.”

Song Yuanchao expressed his thoughts sincerely, and his words were logical and logical. For a moment, Principal Zhou didn't know how to persuade him.

What Song Yuanchao said is not unreasonable. As an educator, President Zhou certainly understands the difficulty of going to college.

At the end of 1977, the country resumed the college entrance examination. The number of applicants for the first resumption of the college entrance examination reached 11.6 million. But how many of these educated youths and young people can actually get into college?

As Song Yuanchao said, many people have returned all their books to their teachers long ago, but only a few can succeed in just a few months.

In 1978, the same was true for the second college entrance examination. The ratio between the number of applicants and the final admission was extremely disparate. And according to this trend, the competition for the college entrance examination will become more and more intense in the next few years. This year's college entrance examination will definitely be different from the previous two.

Both the difficulty of the test papers and the admissions requirements will be more stringent.

In addition, the key point that Song Yuanchao said is his survival issue.

Song Yuanchao's parents had both passed away. He was alone in Shanghai and had no support. The problem of survival must be solved.

It is true that Principal Zhou could help him temporarily by squeezing out part of his meager salary to subsidize Song Yuanchao, but helping the urgent does not help the poor. Principal Zhou, who has been a scholar all his life, naturally understands this truth.

"But aiding Korea..." Principal Zhou is a good person, a good teacher and a good principal, but he didn't know how to persuade him on this matter.

After thinking for a while, he finally came up with a way, and said to Song Yuanchao sincerely: "It's always good to try no matter what. If you can get into university, the state will provide subsidies for college students. Although you don't have much money, living will not be a problem."

, the road will be easy once you are assigned a job after graduation. Besides, Uncle Zhou is still here, so you don’t have to worry about this."

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

"You, you, why are you so stubborn?" Principal Zhou couldn't help but get angry when he saw Song Yuanchao insisting on his own way: "You want to find a job, but have you ever thought about it? This is a school! You haven't graduated from high school.

Can someone replace your father and come to school as a teacher? To aid Korea, schools are not companies, and not just anyone can be a teacher. If you have the ability to be a teacher, why don't you go to college?"

Song Yuanchao smiled. He had long known that Principal Zhou would say this, and he had already thought about how to answer this question before he came.

"Principal, you are too worried. I never thought that I could be a teacher in school. If I were a primary school teacher, it might be okay, but we are a middle school. It is not a mistake to become a teacher with the little ink in my belly.

Are you a human being?"

"Then you still...?" Song Yuanchao's words made Principal Zhou stunned, and he was a little confused about what Song Yuanchao was thinking.

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

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

"Teaching staff are also established by the school, but they are not teachers and do not have to teach students. If possible, I would like to ask you to help arrange a job in the school-run factory. Don't worry, I have no other requirements, I just need a stable job

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School-run factories are a characteristic of the times.

Before the 1980s, many schools had their own school-run factories, which were owned by the school. A small number of employees in the factory were staff employees, while most of the employees were collectively staffed.

Such school-run factories are small in scale and usually have little technical content. Many of them are similar to or worse than street factories.

Many school-run factories were engaged in low-level manual work such as gluing matchboxes and packaging soap. During the period of unified purchasing and marketing, such factories had no problem surviving. However, during the period of reform and opening up, with the gradual opening of the market and the expansion of private enterprises,
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