Xu Wenxuan and the others arrived at the Zhang family after ten o'clock.
Seven or eight members of the Zhang family stood inside the door to greet each other. Xu Wenxuan pushed up his glasses and didn't know where to start greeting. The door was in a mess. Zhang Zhong stood up and introduced each other to both parties, and then they gathered around the three members of the Xu family.
Entered the living room.
We chatted around the coffee table in the living room for a while, and each of us began to divide our work.
Hu Huifang took Cao Ruixia, Xu Yuhan and the other female relatives to visit the entire house, while Zhang Xingjun and the other men stayed in the living room chatting.
Pengpeng naturally followed Xu Yuhan and the others upstairs in a hurry.
Zhang Xingjun was not a particularly talkative person, and he didn't know what university professors liked to talk about, so he kept asking for tea and snacks.
Xu Wenxuan smiled and said, "Brother, don't be so polite. I'm not a polite person either. I heard Zhang Zhong said you are in business?"
"It's just a small business, not a business."
"Small business is also a business. When I was in middle school, my biggest wish was to open a shop and live my own small life every day. Later, I found that this business was not easy to do, so I gave up. It was considered a kind of business.
It’s a pity.”
Zhang Xingjun smiled and said, "Then you and I are exactly the opposite. When I was in high school, I wanted to be a scientist and study knowledge every day. Later, I failed to pass the college entrance examination, so I started a small shop to make ends meet."
As he spoke, he turned the topic to Hu Guangquan, "My uncle used to do well in high school and was admitted to college, but unfortunately he didn't go to college."
In the colloquial language here in Jiangyang, uncle refers to the wife's brother.
Hu Guangquan laughed and said, "How many years ago did that happen? Besides, if I am admitted to a junior college, it is not a good study."
In fact, he was being modest. College students in the 1980s were still very valuable. At that time, the education level was low on the one hand, and on the other hand, the number of students enrolled in the country was small, and the ranking of college students was also at the forefront.
Hu Huifang is now a middle school teacher, but she was also a middle school teacher at that time.
The middle school normal school is a special product of that era. People enter school directly after graduating from junior high school.
When Hu Huifang went to school, the technical secondary school had just opened its junior high school enrollment, and there were very few places. Only students with excellent grades could attend.
For a certain period of time, everyone had a consensus that "only those who cannot pass the technical secondary school entrance examination should go to high school."
This is a characteristic of the times, and it has both advantages and disadvantages.
Many former technical secondary schools have now been upgraded to colleges or universities.
Xu Wenxuan has experienced that era, so he understands it better. He said with emotion, "The times have changed. I remember that there were more than 90 people in our class at that time, and only six people passed the university and junior college combined. This result was so high at that time."
It looks very impressive. Nowadays, many students are not willing to take the general undergraduate examination."
Maybe it's really good to have six people admitted, so Xu Wenxuan still remembers this number to this day.
Zhang Zhong recalled that when he was taking the college entrance examination, his high school was still a famous high school in the city. A class of sixty students would be considered good if they passed forty first-level exams.
Last time I heard my mother say that their high school first grade rate is now stable at over 90%.
It has only been ten years since then, and it has become easier and easier to get into college.
"Actually, when I read Zhang Zhong's "Ordinary World", it reminded me of the life at that time. I was thinking about how old Zhang Zhong was and how he could understand our life at that time. But now that I read it, he
It should be influenced by your elders. I remember that time..."
As soon as they talked about middle school life, the chat box of the three elders completely opened up.
Zhang Zhong’s previous worries were finally eliminated.
There were exactly three of them, including scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, but they all had something in common because they were similar in age.
…
Zhang Zhong is not an alcoholic. Considering his health, he usually does not drink alcohol, but he has to admit that at certain moments, alcohol can indeed be very effective.
For example, the people at the table who are now exchanging glasses and changing glasses have become more friendly after meeting each other for the first time because of a little alcohol.
Since his father and uncle were with him, Zhang Zhong obtained the concession today and was only responsible for pouring wine.
Moreover, the job of pouring wine was later deprived by his uncle. He felt that Zhang Zhong was not so straightforward in pouring wine, so he simply took charge of the pot himself.
By the end of the drinking, everyone was a little drunk and started talking to each other.
Zhang Zhong had seen the ability of philosophers to talk nonsense after drinking wine before, and he saw it again this time.
Although Zhang Xingjun and Hu Guangquan may not understand his philosophical warnings, they all followed him and talked about it.
While eating, they also decided on one thing.
When Pengpeng went to Yanjing to participate in the competition, the Xu family also wanted to go with them. It happened that they had some friends in Yanjing that they hadn't heard from for a long time, so they went over to keep in touch during the holiday.
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When Wu Ziyun went to the door to pick up Zhang Zhong and others, he also saw Xu Wenxuan.
He and Xu Wenxuan have no friendship, but they have photographed each other a few times, so they are considered acquaintances.
When I met Xu Yuhan before, I mentioned that her father was Xu Wenxuan.
Xu Wenxuan's arrival surprised him, but when he thought about the relationship between Xu Yuhan and Zhang Zhong, he understood.
"I originally thought that the dean of Shizhong College would come and make our school shine, but I didn't expect that dean Xu of Jinling University would also come. It's really an unexpected surprise." Wu Ziyun said with a smile.
"Dean Wu was joking. It's our honor to come and appreciate the artistic atmosphere of CAFA. It's really inappropriate for us to bother you going out to greet you."
"That's right, that's right. Everyone, please follow me into school."
Central Academy of Fine Arts is only so big, and the school's appearance can be seen at a glance, and there isn't much to visit, but since Wu Ziyun is taking him, he naturally wants to see something different.
He led Zhang Zhong and his party to the various studios of the Oil Painting Academy.
Although it is the National Day, there are people in every studio.
The first place they went to was Studio One.
Zhang Zhong took Pengpeng's hand and told him, "We will see some very powerful big brothers and sisters in a while. Then you have to study a lot."
Pengpeng was still a child after all, so she asked more directly, "Are they as good as Teacher Xu?"
Wu Ziyun smiled and said, "Children, it's hard to compare who is good and who is not. But after a while, when you see their paintings, you will naturally know whether you like them or not."
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I didn't go home during the National Day because my home was too far away and the round trip fare was not cheap. I just stayed at home for a while before school started, so I naturally gave up the idea of going home.
Some of his classmates in the studio didn't go home either, but a lot of them went out to play. At the moment, he and a junior sister were the only ones in the studio.
He was mixing palettes when he suddenly heard someone talking. When he looked up, he saw a group of people walking into the studio surrounded by a pink and porcelain-white girl.