After Ma Gensheng left, Su Ye's neighbors couldn't help their curiosity and came to the door to take a look. Most of the people living here were cadres, and they were different from the neighbors in the old tube building, but their gossiping hearts were the same.
When Su Ye moved in, they thought it was Old Lady Zhou who moved back, but they didn't expect that the new neighbors were Gu Xiangqian and his wife. They heard that Gu Xiangqian's newlywed wife came from the countryside, and they were afraid that there would be some friction when getting along with each other.
They observed silently for a few days. It would have been better if they hadn't observed, as everyone couldn't keep their balance while observing.
Su Ye was definitely the luckiest person they had ever seen, bringing back a chicken or a duck every other day. The couple would cook delicious food every now and then, either stewing pork belly or chicken soup, and the aroma of meat never ceased, making them so enviable.
The students had just finished their summer vacation, and Ma Gensheng, who came from the countryside, rushed to give Su Ye some souvenirs. Although the new neighbors had heard that some country people gave Su Ye chickens and dried wild delicacies, hearing about it was one thing, and seeing it with one's own eyes was another.
"Teacher Su has a lot of stuff. Is it wild ginseng?"
"It's good to dry some dried bamboo shoots and mushrooms. Xiao Su is really popular and is liked wherever he goes."
Su Ye replied politely: "I helped them a little, these are just gifts of thanks."
Su Ye looked at the bag of small ginseng in his hand that was stuffed by Ma Gen with a bit of a smile. They had dense roots, and each one had been carefully trimmed. Although they were small, they were of great age.
The growth environment of wild ginseng is extremely harsh. It only grows in high mountains and deep forests, and only grows 1g of weight each year. The wild ginseng in Su Ye's hand is at least several years old.
Shanggou Village is indeed a poor and remote place, with nothing good to show for it. Farmers can only live off the land. There is a handful of wild ginseng in the bag. How long will it take to save enough to fill a small bag? Su Ye just felt that they were very hot when he held them.
"Wild ginseng is a very rare treasure! Do you remember Captain Huang from our hospital? He just came back from the battlefield a few years ago and was seriously injured. His family members used their connections to buy ginseng everywhere, but the wild ginseng they bought was not as big as the one in Su Ye's hand!"
These “thank you gifts” are really generous, everyone thought.
What did the production team leader say? Su Ye was distracted in class, so he took these wild ginseng to make tea... These words made them twitch their lips. What's the big deal about distracting yourself? Which teacher doesn't distract himself? If he doesn't distract himself, can he still be called a teacher
Su Ye kept the wild ginseng well. Ma Gensheng said that it was true, but good things should not be wasted like this.
She said with a smile: "If Captain Huang needs more ginseng, you can come to me. I will keep the remaining ginseng for you."
These were just Su Ye's polite words. It was impossible to use them for Gu Xiangqian. He was full of energy and vigor, and in good health. He didn't need precious wild ginseng. On the contrary, it was Professor Ning Qian who was far away in the northwest. He was very thoughtful and hardworking. Su Ye carefully packed the ginseng and sent three ginsengs to Ning Qian.
The neighbors spread Su Ye's words, and that night Captain Huang's family couldn't wait to come to their door.
Mrs. Huang shook Su Ye's hand vigorously, "Thank you, Comrade Su, thank you so much."
Su Ye touched the thick black cloth with a smile. After being humble for a few times, she said righteously: "Don't be so polite, we are all family. We are all revolutionary comrades and have a deep friendship. What money do you want? Take it away!"
"Excellent comrades like Captain Huang are pillars of the Party and the country. What is a little wild ginseng?"
The people who lived in this area were all high-ranking officials, so Mrs. Huang would not save her face by asking them for such precious things. Things that can be bought with money are really not valuable, but the favors owed to others are precious.
Mrs. Huang was very moved. Su Ye's heartfelt words touched her heart. Her righteous and kind face and sincere and warm eyes made her words more true. Others might say that her words were exaggerated, but Su Ye's righteous look made people believe it.
When she thought about what she had experienced in the past six months, her eyes almost turned red.
After everyone left, Su Ye counted the money quickly, a total of fifteen big black bills.
Although the money was not much, far less than the wild ginseng that was sold at a sky-high price a few years later, it was a huge sum of money in this era. Wild ginseng that was a few years old was not considered a rare thing nowadays.
Hey, actually she really didn't want to take the money, why didn't anyone want to owe her a favor? How much is Su Ye's favor worth
Su Ye put the money into his own personal piggy bank, and together with the money he had earned before, his personal piggy bank had a total of 630.8 yuan. The thick banknotes carried a little bit of his body temperature.
At first glance, this sum of money seemed considerable, but it was not even as much as the fraction earned from selling tea leaves. After counting the money, Su Ye thought: I can make more.
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After the college entrance examination, Su Ye fulfilled his promise and taught the senior high school students basic electrical knowledge, including repairing light bulbs, watches, radios...
A group of social scoundrels finally learned the legendary secret of getting rich. They listened attentively and copied down the key points with their heads down. Many of them did not even pass the high school graduation exam. Now they can learn as many skills as possible from Teacher Su, because it will be difficult to learn a skill after entering the society.
After Su Ye finished explaining the knowledge points, he lowered his head and saw some serious and absorbed eyes. He couldn't help but shook his head, "If anyone was even a little bit serious in the review class, I'm afraid everyone would be dating in college."
When it comes to "dating", the students blushed. One male student begged, "Teacher Su, it's not that I'm not serious, it's just that the formula makes me dizzy when I see it."
"It's great that I can go to high school, and I'm very satisfied after getting my diploma."
"I'm quite content even though I didn't get my diploma—" another male classmate with a loud voice shouted.
Xu Le said without thinking: "Teacher Su's results haven't come out yet, so it's unlikely that he will be able to pass us in the exam."
Yang Chenxing fanned the flames, "Brother Siyuan went back and memorized the answers to the math, physics and chemistry papers. The factory director asked a teacher to show him the test paper, and it seems that the deductions were no more than five points."
Even they can't help but sigh that there are really some people in the world who play the most and study the least, but still get better test scores than others.
Su Ye rarely turned his head to look at Lu Siyuan. No wonder he was so arrogant during this period
Su Ye packed up the learning parts and molds, her face was calm, and inexplicably made people feel convinced. She smiled faintly and said, "Then wait and see if I can pass the test."
A week later, I heard that the results of the 1960 joint college entrance examination would be released.
Decades ago, colleges and universities only implemented regional entrance examinations. In 1952, China implemented the first unified college entrance examination, commonly known as the college entrance examination. Every candidate in Su Ye's class had to take eight subjects in total, including Chinese, mathematics, foreign languages, physics, chemistry, political knowledge, biology, history and geography, and the examinations lasted for three consecutive days.
Although Su Ye is good at science, he seems to be mediocre in liberal arts, probably not as good as Tan Lan. Although Lu Siyuan is not good at liberal arts, he is very good at science. After deducting and calculating everyone's strengths, it seems that they are about the same.
Among Su Ye, Lu Siyuan, Yang Chenxing, and Xu Le, no one had any idea who would score higher before the scores were announced.
Although Teacher Su is good at science, her liberal arts are very average. She usually teaches science classes to junior high school students and gives them review classes whenever she has time. She is so busy trying to get a full-time job and get evaluated for excellence that she has no time to study liberal arts. Many students think this way...
Even He Meimei was almost misled by others and didn't know how to look at Su Ye. Previously, she specially tutored Su Ye in Chinese, history and geography, but Su Ye was not interested. But then she thought that some people could not be judged by common sense, and she couldn't help but let people believe her evil.
And Su Ye is such a person.
When several teachers from the graduating class heard that the college entrance examination papers had been graded, they eagerly came to the school to wait for the principal to call and inquire about the results.
Under everyone's expectant gaze, the principal happily dialed the phone and called the Admissions Committee office to inquire about the exam situation.
The voice of an office member came over the phone, "It turned out to be the principal of No. 1 Middle School... We haven't had time to count how many college students there are, but our school's exam results this year are very good, especially good!"
After hearing the repeated "good test results", the principal's heart miraculously calmed down. She turned around and said to the other teachers with a smile, "Excellent results. Did you hear that? The leaders are praising us. We will give each teacher two kilograms of sweet potatoes as a subsidy!"
The voice on the phone paused, then said excitedly, "The best student is... Su Ye. Hey, is she a student at your school? She's really amazing. She got full marks in many subjects."
The principal repeated his words to everyone like a tape recorder, "The student with the best score is called, Su Ye?"
Her tone suddenly changed, and she subconsciously corrected herself: "No, Su Ye is our teacher here, she is not a student."
Subconsciously, the principal did not take Su Ye's participation in the college entrance examination seriously. He just treated it as a joke and let it go.
The welfare of No.1 Middle School is very good, and it is a very popular iron rice bowl. People from outside are trying their best to get into No.1 Middle School. Su Ye finally got a full-time job, so how could he give it up to go to college? After graduating from college, he would still have to come back to find a job, right
How could she have imagined that Teacher Su, whom she was about to entrust with an important task, would quietly get first place in the exam
The teacher in the office was shocked, then a kind smile appeared in his eyes, and a feeling of admiration arose spontaneously.
Unexpectedly, Teacher Su actually got the first place in the exam. This result was beyond everyone's expectations, but it was reasonable when you think about it carefully. During the period before the exam, the only thing missing from Teacher Su's face was the words "I am very arrogant". How could she fill in the application for Tsinghua University without real talent
She has no confidence in herself, so why would she waste her precious time tutoring students
The principal was so shocked that he couldn't speak. His face looked dreamy and he didn't say anything for a long time. Some people looked at each other and waited for the principal to continue reporting the results.
Zhou Yi coughed lightly, took the microphone and corrected, "Hello, Teacher Su Ye is our teacher here, but her student record is registered in No. 1 Middle School, so she is indeed considered a candidate of No. 1 Middle School this year."
While listening to the microphone, he picked up a pen and quickly wrote down the data.
Zhou Yi calmly reported his results: "The highest score in our city, and also the highest score in the province this year, is from Teacher Su. He got full marks in math, physics, and chemistry, 5 points were deducted for Chinese, full marks in politics, 10 points were deducted for history and geography, and 3 points were deducted for biology. His results are also the highest scores since the college entrance examination, with a total score of 782 points."
"Next is Yang Chenxing, with a total score of 672 points; Chen Ziming, with a total score of 639 points..." followed by a string of names of students from other classes.
He Meimei held her breath and listened patiently, thinking anxiously: Su Ye is amazing, Yang Chenxing did unexpectedly well in the exam and got second place! Then she heard familiar names, "Lu Siyuan, total score 492 points; Xu Le, total score 438 points; Tan Lan, 430 points..."
Zhou Yi finally said: "Students with scores above 420 are likely to be admitted."
Su Ye scored 360 points more than the passing score! This year, more than twice as many students were admitted to universities as last year. Almost half of the students in Class 3 were admitted to universities. After hearing some of the results, He Meimei took a deep breath and felt as if tears were flowing from her eyes.
Everyone had recovered from their shock and nodded, thinking: Teacher Su has the right to be arrogant, but she is too humble about her academics. Isn't being overly humble a bit of a turn-on
Teacher He Meimei's class was tutored by Su Ye throughout the entire process, and the online rate was visibly twice that of other classes.
It makes people wonder: the students in Class 3 have such poor academic performance, but she can improve them to this level. If the students in their class were also "taken care of" by Su Ye in this way, wouldn't there be a few more good seedlings for Tsinghua and Peking University
Everyone regretted in their hearts why they didn't invite her to give lectures in their classes. What they lost was the personal instruction of the top scorer, who was the best top scorer in recent years!