Han Shaobai was born in 1951 in Dengzhou, Dongshan Province. His mother died of illness when he was young, and his father worked in a small ship repair shop run by the township.
In 1966, Han Shaobai, who graduated from junior high school, replaced his seriously ill father and went to work in the factory as the factory's cashier.
A year later, his father died of illness and he was alone. Fortunately, he was already working and living a worry-free life.
The factory is by the sea, far away from the city, and daily life is very boring. Han Shaobai is a calm man, diligent and studious, and spends his free time reading and studying.
The college entrance examination was resumed in 1977. Because the factory was remote, Han Shaobai learned the news by the time the college entrance examination was over.
Han Shaobai was determined to quit his job in the factory and returned to his home in the city to review his high school courses for half a year.
He took the college entrance examination in 1978, was admitted to the Computer Science Department of Danfu University with excellent results, and obtained direct research qualifications.
Danfu University has been the first university in the country to launch weekend dance activities since the Spring Festival of 1979.
Han Shaobai spent all his free time studying. He had never been to the weekly dance party.
It wasn't until after the Spring Festival in 1981 that his bedmate Liu Wei fell in love with a girl who often went to dance parties.
In order to create opportunities, Liu Wei asked Han Shaobai for help and went to the dance with him. Han Shaobai couldn't save face, so he agreed to him.
The school dance was very simple. In the school cafeteria, tables and chairs were placed around, with a dance floor in the middle. People from the student union used a cassette player to play music and sell some drinks.
Liu Wei and Han Shaobai were sitting on chairs. Liu Wei secretly looked at his sweetheart, while Han Shaobai, who was here for the first time, looked around.
Suddenly, on the other side of the dance floor, Han Shaobai spotted a girl. She was very delicate, wearing a turtleneck white pullover, and her long black hair was tied up into a ponytail with a rubber band.
There were several girls beside her, chattering together. She did not participate, she just sat quietly and listened, smiling brightly.
Han Shaobai felt as if he had been hit hard in the chest by a heavy hammer, his whole body was shaken and he was stunned.
"Brother Han, Brother Han..."
Han Shaobai calmed down and turned around to see that it was Liu Wei calling him.
"Brother Han, what's wrong with you? There's no response even when I call you."
"Oh, it's nothing. Liu Wei, do you know the girl opposite? The one wearing a turtleneck and white sweater?"
Liu Wei carefully identified it, shook his head and said, "I don't know. Brother Han, you know, we science and engineering students spend all day in the laboratory and library, and rarely interact with other departments."
Liu Wei looked around and saw a few people who had just entered the cafeteria.
He said excitedly: "Brother Han, wait a minute. I know a classmate over there and have played basketball with him several times. I'll go ask him."
He waved to those people and called: "Xiao Luzi, this way."
One of the people who just came in saw Liu Wei, so he separated from the others and walked over alone.
"Liu Wei, why are you here? Don't you like dancing?" The person who came seemed to be familiar with Liu Wei.
"Come on, let me introduce you. This is Han Shaobai from our dormitory. You can call him Brother Han. He is older than us. Brother Han, he is Lu Hongda. He majored in accounting. He is pretty good at basketball, but not as good as me."
"Hello, Brother Han." Lu Hongda greeted Han Shaobai first, then turned to Liu Wei and said, "Not as good as you? I don't know who lost last time? If you don't accept it, let's have a duel next week."
"It's a one-on-one challenge. Let's not talk about it for now. Xiao Luzi, you have a wide range of people. Please help us take a look. Do you know the girl opposite? She is the pretty girl wearing a white turtleneck sweater.
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"Let me see who it is. I'll go, that's my sister. I mean Liu Wei, I'm warning you, you are such a playboy, don't try to trick my sister."
"It's not me, I didn't have any idea of her."
"That's more or less. My sister is pretty and has a good temper. There are many people chasing her. She has high vision and doesn't like anyone. Besides, she is 28 this year, several years older than you, so you just
Save yourself the trouble."
"It's really not me, it's Brother Han. Our Brother Han is 30 and still single. He is the top student in the class and is a direct graduate student. He will definitely be promising in the future. He is very down-to-earth and spends all his time studying. This dance
This is my first time here.”
Lu Hongda looked at Han Shaobai, thought for a moment, and said, "Sure, I believe Liu Wei's words. Brother Han, if you want to get to know my sister, I can introduce you to her. She shouldn't object. I'll introduce my classmates to her."
But I can't control what happens in the future, I will definitely stand by my sister."
"Sure, I'd be very grateful if you could introduce it to me. Thank you."
"Xiao Luzi, is she your sister? Kiss?"
"That's not true. She and I are in the same class and from the same hometown. We are both from the capital. She usually takes special care of me. During the winter and summer vacations in the past few years, we have made appointments to go home together and come to school together. This way on the way
We can take care of each other.
By the way, do you have any money?"
"Money, what are you bringing money for?" Liu Wei and Han Shaobai were both stunned.
Lu Hongda pointed at the two of them and said, dumbfounded: "You can't let me lead you over and introduce you to my sister directly? My sister is thin-skinned, how can I do this?"
"Then what do you think we should do?"
"I'm really convinced by you guys who study science and engineering. If your mind doesn't care about numbers, it won't work anymore.
You see, the ones next to my sister are all from their dormitory. Including my sister, I counted, there are four of them in total. We men didn’t use it, so we bought four bottles of soda and sent it to them with me. Yes.
With my help, I can talk to them."
"There are a lot of people there now."
"Nonsense, if it were just my sister, do you think I would dare to introduce a man to her? It's precisely because there are other people around that it would be inconspicuous to introduce you. Everyone was laughing and joking, and they got to know each other."
Fortunately, Lu Hongda was relatively reliable in his work. The three of them quickly started communicating with the girls.
College students in 1982 were still very simple. There were not so many taboos when boys and girls were together. As the saying goes, "the heart is selfless and the world is wide."
They talked about college students' recreational activities, literature, scientific development,...
It was not until the end that Han Shaobai found out that the girl he fell in love with at first sight was named Sun Weihong.
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"No way, aunt, I deceived you into getting a bottle of soda? We have several boxes of this stuff in the storage room. Besides, you don't like to drink soda..."
Sun Dahai, who spoke the truth when he opened his mouth, was chased around the room by Sun Weihong, who became so angry.
"Okay, you both need to calm down." Sun Weiguo spoke.
"Wei Hong, how far have you two developed?" Sun Weimin asked his sister.
Sun Weihong, who got rid of his shame by chasing Sun Dahai, heard his two brothers speak, so he got off the hill and sat on the sofa.
"Brother, we have just started to become friends. We usually go to the cafeteria to eat together and review our homework together.
I am currently a graduate student, and he is a direct graduate student in the 1978 class. He will also start graduate school in September. We will spend another year and a half together in school."
"Okay, you can handle it yourself. If you have any questions or needs, please tell your family at any time. By the way, you are a graduate student. How much is the monthly subsidy from the state now? Is it enough?"
"It's enough. Brother, the subsidy given to me by the state now is more than double what it was when I was an undergraduate. Plus the subsidy given by the research group I participated in, it's almost fifty yuan a month."
"That's not much. Well, it turns out that when you were in college, your family gave you about ten or twenty yuan of pocket money every month. Now that you are a graduate student and your family's business has grown, I will give you a fixed monthly allowance from now on.
Fifty yuan living expenses.
Don’t refuse it yet. I’ve already told my mother about this idea. What she means is that you can’t favor one over the other. The whole family has this money. Every adult has a monthly pocket money of 50 yuan. This is equivalent to each person.
Get two salaries every month.”
"What about me? Do I have it?" Sun Dahai asked quickly.