After lunch, Lu Mingzhi asked his secretary to take the four people to the guest house of the Education Committee and let them have a good rest first and then go see the night view of the capital in the evening.
The secretary took four people to the Education Committee guest house not far away and asked for two double rooms. Liu Donglai and Wang Kangri shared a room, and Liu Lang shared a room with his mother. These double rooms were very "luxury" and each room had a "machine"
Feiyue" brand 18-inch color TV set and a
There is a separate bathroom with a flush toilet inside. This high-end product was really eye-opening for Liu Donglai, Wang Kangri and Xu Wenxiu. After asking the service staff, they found out that this kind of double room is generally not open to the public and is specially used for foreign guests.
, Director Lu made an exception today by speaking personally.
This kind of color TV is indeed different from the black and white TV. The characters in it are all colorful. Although there are only four channels, several people watched it over and over again. They even forgot to take a rest. Only Liu Lang took a shower.
After cleaning, I fell on the bed and fell asleep. I slept until about four o'clock in the afternoon.
"Son, get up quickly, let's go out for a walk!"
Liu Lang, who was still confused, was shaken awake by his mother.
"Where are we going!"
Liu Lang rubbed his eyes and asked.
"This place is not far from Tiananmen. Let's go to Tiananmen and have a look!"
Mother said.
“What’s so good about Tiananmen!”
Liu Lang murmured in his heart. In his previous life, he had visited the capital a lot. Twenty or thirty years later, it would be very troublesome to enter this huge square. He had to go through various inspections and was not allowed to carry prohibited items, so every time he came to the capital, he would
He rarely comes to Tiananmen Square. For him, the most interesting places in the capital are the ancient alleys.
Although Liu Lang was a little reluctant, he sat up, put on his clothes, washed his face, and felt refreshed.
"Okay, let's go!"
Liu Donglai and Wang Kangri were waiting for them at the door.
"Coming, coming!"
Xu Wenxiu led Liu Lang out.
Saijo Alley is not very far from the center of the capital. It takes less than twenty minutes by bus. When a few people got off the bus, they looked up and saw the towering tower that symbolizes the country's highest power. In the center of the tower hangs
A huge portrait of a great man, with bright eyes, looking at this ancient capital.
"This is the Tian'an Gate Tower! It's so spectacular!"
Liu Donglai, Xu Wenxiu and Wang Kangri stood at the foot of the tower for the first time. They felt the majestic atmosphere and were all very excited.
"How many of you, would you like to take a photo? Take a Polaroid, it only takes five minutes!"
A man with a camera immediately came over and asked.
"Photo, photo, how much does it cost?"
Liu Donglai asked.
"Two dollars a piece!"
"What? Two dollars?"
Several people were taken aback by the "expensive" price.
"Oh, these are color photos, Polaroid photos. They are not expensive. You will have to pay three yuan to take them elsewhere."
The person taking the photo kept saying.
The most expensive price to take a photo in Fucheng was only 30 cents. Of course, there were very few color photos in Fucheng in 1983. Only one photo studio could take them, but even a color photo only cost 50 cents.
Well, just two yuan is equivalent to Liu Donglai's two days' salary.
Several people looked at each other and said, "Take the photo, it's too expensive! Don't take the photo, you can't miss it when you come to the capital."
"Photo, photo, the price is this in the capital, we're willing to pay for it!"
Wang Kangri now understood that when he arrived in the capital, everything was expensive anyway. Fortunately, he had several hundred dollars of "public funds" with him, and he would really be reluctant to pay for it himself.
Liu Donglai held his son in his arms, and Xu Wenxiu stood next to him. The family of three had their backs to the tower.
"Everyone smile! Click!"
After a crisp sound, a group photo was frozen forever.
Wang Kangri also took a photo alone, and then the four of them took a group photo. Three photos cost six yuan, and a week's salary was thrown in.
Five minutes later, the photo was developed. Xu Wenxiu held it in her hand and looked at it. This was the first color photo in her life.
After taking pictures, a few people started walking around the square.
The most conspicuous thing on the square is naturally the huge and majestic Monument to the People's Heroes.
"Son, this is the Monument to the People's Heroes. The good life we can live now is the result of these people's heroes. You must remember these people."
Liu Donglai taught Liu Langdao.
Liu Lang raised his head and saw the great man's inscription engraved on the monument: The people's heroes are immortal. There were many people standing in front of him, and everyone had a solemn look on their face. No matter who they were, they would think of that in front of this monument.
The rain of bullets in the past reminded me of countless heroes who shed their blood.
It is now almost evening, and the lanterns in Tiananmen Square have been turned on, illuminating the entire square like daylight. Many people are walking in the square, but there are also many young people who look like students in their 18s or 19s using the lanterns.
Guangming sat on the ground and read books. Some even set up a small table and bench to write on various topics.
"By the way, these should be students preparing for the college entrance examination."
Liu Lang reacted.
It is already the end of May in 1983, and the college entrance examination will kick off in one month. Seeing these students, Liu Lang recalled the scene during the college entrance examination that year, which can be described as "unbearable to look back on."
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In China, the college entrance examination is a major event for every student. In some cases, it is even a fate-determining event. If you are admitted to a national key university, it is equivalent to a carp jumping over the dragon gate. If you are not admitted to a university,
, then life will become bleak.
However, there is a big difference between this era and Liu Lang's era of college students. In the early 1980s, there were only hundreds of thousands of students who could enter college every year. They stood out among millions of candidates. This kind of dozens of
The ratio of one to one can really be described as the situation of thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. They are all real talents. If a college student appears in a family, it will be enough for the family to brag for several years.
And in 1999, the year when I took the college entrance examination, the college entrance examination began to expand its enrollment on a large scale, from less than one million per year to millions of people every year. Just like currency, the greater the number, the more students will be admitted.
The value will depreciate, and by the next century, the majority of society will be college students. During the employment season, countless young people will appear at job fairs, struggling to find a job. Their goal is just to find a job of their choice, but in the end
How many people can achieve this small goal?
The benefit of expanding university enrollment is that everyone can receive a better education, but it also brings problems. That is, the teaching quality of many universities has greatly declined, and the courses taught are very backward. For example, Liu Lang's previous life
At university, he majored in architecture, and he was barely able to make do with professional courses, at least
After graduation, he can build a building or something, but many other courses are far behind the times. He still remembers a military theory course. The teacher actually taught military theory from the Anti-Japanese War era, saying that to fight a protracted war, rely on mobilization
The power of the broad masses of the people plunged the enemy into the vast sea of people's war.
Damn it, an atomic bomb flew over while you were digging tunnels, and you couldn't even hide. When you were farming in the rear, an atomic bomb flew over, and you didn't even have a hair left. How can you fight a protracted war?
Not advocating technology and just relying on the same old thinking, this kind of thinking is still stuck in the "ancient" era. It is strange that this kind of course is still alive.
Of course, the country's reform is an all-round reform. The economy, politics and even education all need to be reformed, and educational reform must rely on economic and political reform. China's education still has a long way to go.