In July, when my cousin Lin Xiaoqian finished her high school entrance examination, the adults of the Lin family got together and organized a celebration banquet for the two children.
"Congratulations, Xiaojie, for becoming the first top student from our Lin family to be admitted to a key university."
"Thank you, aunt."
Lin Yi's grades are not bad, but if you claim to be a top student in Linzhong, you will be laughed at, but just listen when your elders praise you.
"Congratulations to Xiaoqian, too, for being admitted to the High School Affiliated to Normal University, one of the top eight key middle schools in the city. She deserves encouragement."
"Hehe, thank you, aunt!"
The high school entrance examination is not the same as the college entrance examination. You fill in your application in advance. Lin Xiaoqian applied for the high school affiliated to the Normal University very pragmatically according to her usual grades, and finally successfully applied.
However, the example of Lin Yishanglinzhong seemed to have raised Lin Guofeng's expectations for his daughter's further education, and he was a little dissatisfied with the result.
"Sister, please stop praising her."
"Xiaoqian, after you enter high school, you have to work harder than you did in junior high school, you know? Only in this way can you be admitted to a key university like your brother Xiaojie..."
Encouraging students to learn also requires attention to methods. Uncle Lin Guofeng's approach was obviously too blunt, making the originally cheerful family atmosphere a bit awkward.
Lin Xiaoqian rolled her eyes covertly, probably already complaining in her heart, and said angrily:
"I know, I know..."
Lin Yi knew that if nothing unexpected happened, Lin Xiaoqian would be admitted to Lin'an Normal University in three years and become Ma Jieke's junior student.
Then, she will become a hard-working gardener and an engineer of the human soul - that is, a glorious people's teacher.
As the only girl in her generation, Lin Xiaoqian was still very favored, and Lin Guoqing helped her out.
"Don't mention it anymore after the exams are over. You should also pay attention to the balance between work and rest when studying. Take a good rest during the holidays and eat some chicken drumsticks."
After dinner, the adults continued to play mahjong and chat with each other as usual. Lin Yi and the others were only allocated a TV set.
"This show looks quite interesting. You can't even see the faces of the contestants before turning around, and you still have to snatch people after turning around." Lin Xiaoqian said with interest.
Now Zhijiang TV is showing a brand new variety show "The Voice". Lin Yi knows that its significance to domestic music talent shows is almost epoch-making.
"This show will definitely be popular."
In the first season, the instructors didn't talk so much nonsense, and none of the contestants had a tragic life experience, so the song capacity in one episode was very large.
"This "high song" is quite good."
Cheng Zihui seemed to be very impressed by what he heard. He commented and squirmed along with him. It looked like he was going to the disco a lot.
Lin Xiaoqian, a reserve high school student, has different tastes: "I think the bald version of "In My Singing" is better."
Lin Yi shook his head secretly. This song might be poisonous. Neither the original nor the cover is good.
After ten songs, the program ended quickly. This episode was simply a special show for the instructor, Nala, who had accepted half of the students.
Several people entered into the chat.
"Brother, what can you do during the summer after graduating from junior high school?"
Lin Yi thought about it carefully, and all he could think of was the TV series "Sword and Sword III" and the game "Kart Runner", but of course his sister couldn't say that. He spoke righteously:
"Of course you must study seriously, otherwise you will find when you enter school that your new classmates have already learned all the knowledge for the first year of high school."
Ms. Yu Xiujuan heard this at the mahjong table over there and exposed him mercilessly: "Don't listen to your brother's nonsense. He only played computer games for two or three months back then, and it's the same now after he finished the college entrance examination."
Lin Xiaoqian was so happy to see Lin Yi being slapped in the face by her own mother that she covered her mouth and snickered.
Lin Yi corrected him seriously: "I'm really not playing with computers this time, I'm previewing programming knowledge in advance."
To be precise, it is a review.
Ms. Yu didn't believe it at all. Based on her understanding of Lin Yi, she came to the conclusion in minutes: "I think you signed up for this computer major just to play computers openly."
This is what I said...
It can't be wrong either.
Lin Yi did think so before, but this time Yu Xiujuan really wronged him.
Lin Yi didn't go to college to kill time, he was determined to do something.
Since he hasn’t written much code in two years since he came back, his skills are a bit rusty, so he is currently picking up his old profession.
As for playing on the computer?
In all conscience, computers are productivity tools for programmers.
Yu Xiujuan couldn't hear Lin Yi's slander, but she remembered one more thing: "Do you have to buy a laptop before you go to school?"
"By the way, I need to change my mobile phone. Forget it in high school. You can't just use a senior phone when you go to college. You won't be able to get a girlfriend this way."
Having said this, she suddenly remembered that she didn't need to worry about her girlfriend.
In these days, the standard equipment for rich and handsome people to go to college is an Apple three-piece suit. Of course, Yu Xiujuan did not intend to spend a lot of money to let Lin Yi pretend to be such a coquettish person.
Sure enough, Lin Yi said casually: "The mobile phone doesn't matter, but the computer needs to be carefully selected."
The year 2012 happened to be a period of transition between the old and the new in the mobile phone market, and a period of inheriting the past and ushering in the future.
Gang Leader Qiao redefined smartphones, and now Apple, which has made him a spiritual totem, is killing people with iPhones and grabbing profits crazily.
In the first quarter of this year, Nokia gave up its 14-year-old global sales crown and will commit its mobile phone business to Microsoft in the next year.
Inheriting this position is South Korea's Samsung.
In China, the well-known Juchang has just given up the OEM route. Previously, it was mainly to protect its main business of communication equipment.
The pattern of "Chinese Cool Alliance" has not yet been formed, and Lin Yi is not interested in buying those messy small brands, so his choices are quite limited.
In fact, there was nothing to choose from, so he finally decided to buy the rice phone, a domestic upstart that is very popular on the Internet and is known as the "King of Cost-Effectiveness".
Lin Yi is not a rice fan. Apart from having no other choice when buying this phone, he also fantasizes about the possibility of cooperation with Mr. Lei from Rice in the future.
Of course, rice phones are currently in short supply and are difficult to grab online, but this does not trouble Lin Yi, a coder.
As for the computer, you have to choose carefully, although my aunt Lin Guofang said enthusiastically:
"The computer Xiaohui used when he went to college is still at home. He doesn't use it now. Why don't you take it with you, Xiaojie?"
However, this proposal was first rejected by my cousin Cheng Zihui: "Mom, don't come up with blind ideas. Xiaojie majors in computer science. How can he teach well with a second-hand machine that is several years old?"
I don’t know if I’m worried about some hidden folder being dug out of my computer.
It's not that Lin Yi dislikes second-hand machines, but he does need a handy one. Computers are to coders what swords are to swordsmen, it's the meaning of their existence.
Although Lin Yi was very careful to avoid Ms. Yu Xiujuan's disgusted eyes after getting the new computer, he was eventually kicked out of the house for being "addicted to playing computer games."