Back to 80: My literary life

Chapter 132 131 "Today we are the fragrance of peaches and plums, and tomorrow we will be the pillars of society"

Today is Sunday. Fang Minghua specially put on a clean white shirt and blue trousers, his hair was neatly combed, and he did not forget to put a pen in his shirt pocket.

Because today I have to go to Western University to receive my diploma and at the same time take a group photo with the whole class.

Still carrying a satchel that had turned white after washing, Fang Minghua hurriedly rushed to Western University on his bicycle. When he walked to the school gate, he met Zhao Hongjun who had just gotten off the bus.

Today, Zhao Hongjun changed his usual fashionable young look and put on a white shirt and blue trousers, but his curly hair still made him stand out.

"Why don't you drive your Hongqi car?" Fang Minghua joked.

"My dad confiscated it and said we must be humble and cautious now. What's the fuss about a Hongqi car that is about to be scrapped?" Zhao Hongjun complained as he walked.

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  As expected, he is a big leader and his political acumen is very high.

Fang Minghua said with a smile: "Your dad is right. I think you should stop dancing from now on. Don't go dancing like ballroom dancing or disco."

"Isn't that true? Is it illegal to dance?!" Zhao Hongjun disagreed.

Fang Minghua smiled and said nothing.

"Hey, Minghua, let me tell you, I went to Shanghai for a meeting not long ago and saw a white car that looked very fashionable! After asking about it, I found out that it was a car jointly produced by the state and Germany. "

"Is your name Santana?" Fang Minghua replied with a smile.

"you know too?"

"Nonsense, didn't I go to Shanghai on a business trip some time ago?" Fang Minghua asked.

"Oh, yes. I liked it very much when I first saw it. Then when I asked about the price, wow, it's 20 yuan! Even if I don't eat or drink for 20 years, I can't afford it!"

20.
  Which idiot suddenly raised the price of a car from 8 to 20? !
  Fang Minghua cursed secretly in his mind.

Before he traveled through the world, he read online that the original price given by Santana was 8 yuan, but the price in China was abruptly mentioned at 20 yuan!
  Otherwise, if we write another book and publish it in Xiangjiang, we can easily buy one and say goodbye to the 28-year-old car.

Here, Zhao Hongjun continued to complain: "With this little salary, what can I do? I really want to quit my job!"

It’s the same old tune again!

Fang Minghua didn't know how many times he heard Zhao Hongjun talk about resigning, and his ears felt numb. However, he still worked very happily in the Planning Committee. He heard that he had become a candidate for inspection as a deputy division-level cadre.

I don't care about him.

The two of them walked and chatted as they walked into Western University. When they arrived at the door of the third floor of the teaching building, students from the correspondence class arrived one after another, and everyone was very excited.

A grand graduation ceremony was held in a lecture theater on the third floor. Professor Yang Dehou, Vice President of Western University, came to the venue to personally award graduation certificates to the students in the correspondence class.

It was Fang Minghua's turn. After he bowed, Principal Yang handed him his diploma with both hands and said with a smile: "Classmate Fang Minghua, congratulations on your successful graduation."

Fang Minghua felt a little ashamed.

To be honest, apart from attending classes seriously at the beginning, there were more and more things to do later on, including frequent business trips and various other things. Going to school became three days of fishing and two days of drying out nets.

This diploma is almost a fake.

After the graduation certificates were awarded, everyone took a group photo in the open space outside the teaching building. Of course, they couldn't forget to hold each other's notebooks and write various graduation messages:

“One of the best things about life is that our happiness outweighs our unhappiness.”

"Even if life is like a sigh, let this sound exude fragrance."

"Whoever cannot burn can only smoke - this is the theorem." - Ostrovsky
  Fang Minghua is not exempt from the custom. He prepares a notebook, and when others leave messages for him, he also leaves messages for others.

At this time, he saw a girl wearing a blue overalls, a white shirt and short hair standing not far away.

It's Li Li.

Fang Minghua remembered that when he first saw her reciting poetry at Western University, she seemed to be wearing this outfit. Three years passed quickly.

After thinking for a while, Fang Minghua closed his notebook and walked towards the girl.

"Fang Minghua, congratulations on your graduation." The girl looked at him and smiled.

"Thanks."

"Have you graduated too?"

"Well, I'm leaving school in July." Li Li replied, and then said: "Fang Minghua, let's go for a walk."

Fang Minghua nodded, and the two of them wandered around the campus aimlessly.

The university campus is beautiful at the end of June.

The summer solstice has arrived, everything is in high spirits, the summer trees are sparse, the green cover is like an umbrella, and the increasingly hot sunlight leaks through the layers of branches and leaves.

Not far away, a group of graduates were lining up in a chorus, singing Nie Er's "Graduation Song":
  We are the fragrance of peaches and plums today

Tomorrow is the pillar of society
  We are singing together today,
  Tomorrow will set off a huge wave of national self-rescue!

The singing is loud and clear.

"It's so fast. I graduated in the blink of an eye." Li Li suddenly sighed after seeing all this.

Fang Minghua knew that the girl was not just talking about him, but about herself.

"I really can't bear to leave." The girl said again.

"Where were you assigned after graduation?" Fang Minghua asked with concern.

"I took the postgraduate entrance examination, and I took the postgraduate entrance examination for Professor Xu Yuanchong of Yan University."

"Xu Yuanchong? That's a famous translator in our country." Fang Minghua was surprised.

"You also know?" This time it was Li Li's turn to be surprised.

Of course I know.

He had read the information of this scholar before traveling through time. He was a professor at Yanda University and a translator. His literary translations lasted for more than 80 years, covering Chinese, English, French and other languages. The translations focused on the English translation of ancient Chinese poems, forming the method of translating poetry in rhyme and style. Theory, known as "the only person to translate poetry into English and French"

He has translated Tang poetry and Song lyrics, "Laozi", "The Book of Songs", "The West Chamber" and other Chinese classical literary masterpieces into English and French. His 30 translated poems have been selected as teaching materials by foreign universities.

In modern terms, he is the hero of cultural export.

Of course, I couldn't say that to the girl in front of me, so I said vaguely: "I have been to Yanjing several times on business, and I heard about this scholar while chatting with the literati in Yanjing."

Li Li wasn't too surprised.

She has known him for a while, especially during that time, some new words and his erudite knowledge often popped out of his mouth, which made her very interesting.

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  Li Li quickly adjusted her mood and continued: "Professor Xu was transferred to Yanda at the end of last year and immediately recruited the first batch of graduate students. I applied after hearing the news last year, and I was admitted."

"Your English skills are quite good and your literary accomplishments are also high. You are exactly the student that Professor Xu needs." Fang Minghua said.

"Actually, I didn't plan to take the postgraduate entrance examination. When I was a sophomore in college, the leaders of China Central Radio asked me to work for them after graduation to host English programs. They said that my voice and spoken English were quite good, and I also Good to go.”

"The announcer is not bad, so you changed your mind in the end?" Fang Minghua said.

"Yes, I changed my mind." Li Li stopped and looked at Fang Minghua: "It's because of you."

(End of this chapter)