Chapter 13
Chapter 13: Get Together
On Thursday and Friday, the school officially started classes. Yuan Fangguo felt that if he remembered correctly, the country’s real two-day weekend began in 1995 on Labor Day. Before that, people only had one day off every week. And for ordinary workers, Sunday at that time was called “Battle Sunday”. During the day, people had to clean, buy daily necessities, and visit relatives and friends, from morning to night. This work system does not allow people to get a good rest physically and mentally, and also affects work efficiency.
In March 1994, the nationwide trial system of “working every other five days” was implemented. Generally, people called the two days off “big weekend” and the one day off “small weekend”. , the big weekend and the small weekend are implemented alternately.
For Yuan Fangguo and other Chinese students, the university courses seem to be more of a talent.
University is no better than high school, especially the college students of this era. Many people have long since lost the assiduous spirit of studying in the 1970s and 1980s. Many people sleep in class, read novels, and write letters.
Bashu University has always been known for its openness and tolerance. What it pursues is a harmonious and beautiful learning atmosphere. The professors do not put too much extravagance on classroom discipline.
Of course, the roll call is something that must be done every day, and no one can escape it.
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As expected, the business is not as good as the day. Yuan Fangguo’s profit on Thursday and Friday is basically only one or two yuan a day, barely enough for living expenses.
This thing really can’t last long.
Yuan Fangguo couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.
In a blink of an eye, their first Sunday of school came.
Sun Kejian got up early in the morning, took a shower, played mousse again, and seemed to be going on a date.
In the previous bragging, Yuan Fangguo knew that Sun Kejian’s girlfriend was in a normal university a few kilometers away from them, majoring in English.
Gao Dapeng is still doing questions like a nerd.
Yi Juntao also made an appointment with a few fellow villagers to go out on weekends, because it is said that there are several girls.
Yuan Fangguo didn’t have breakfast, he had already made an appointment with his second brother Yuan Fangtai.
At 8:30 in the morning, Yuan Fangguo finally met his second brother at the school gate.
What surprised him was that the second brother actually rode the side tricycle of a troop.
Looking at the second brother with a heroic face, Yuan Fangguo was even stunned for a few seconds before he recognized the second brother.
Yuan Fangguo, dressed in an army green uniform, seems to have become more mature and sensible than before enlisting in the army.
His appearance undoubtedly attracted the attention of many people around him. The People’s Liberation Army in this era is still very respected.
“Brother, get in the car, I’ll take you to eat dumplings.” Yuan Fangtai patted the motorcycle and said to Yuan Fangguo excitedly.
Yuan Fangguo grinned and immediately straddled the motorcycle.
“Boom…” Yuan Fangtai added the accelerator, and the three wheels flew out all at once.
“Second child, you are so cool.” Yuan Fangguo couldn’t help but praise.
“It’s alright, we have to go out to the newspaper every three days. I am a clerk in the company, and the company commander and the instructor let me out.” On the street, Yuan Fangtai was riding a motorcycle in a chic way, attracting a lot of people. eyeball.
After riding for more than ten minutes, Yuan Fangguo estimated that it was at least ten miles away, and saw his second brother parked Bian Sanlun at the entrance of the post office.
“There is a dumpling shop there, and it tastes good.” Yuan Fangtai said, “I’ll treat you today.”
Yuan Fangguo smiled and walked towards the dumpling shop behind his second brother.
The two brothers hadn’t seen each other for almost a year, and there were a lot of words after they met.
Yuan Fangtai simply told his eldest brother about his situation in the army. It turned out that after he left the army at the beginning of the year, because of his relatively high level of education and good writing skills, he was selected by the company as a clerk. , is also quite conscientious and responsible. Whether it is the inspection of the regiment or the battalion, there is basically no problem. The deep company commander and the instructor love it. In addition, the original correspondent will be demobilized at the end of the year, so the company also intends to let Yuan Fangtai. I came to be a correspondent, and since last month, let him be responsible for picking up newspapers and letters every week.
After listening to the second brother’s remarks, Yuan Fangguo couldn’t help but patted the second brother on the shoulder, “You are a good boy, work hard in the army and try to get a job.”
Yuan Fangtai nodded, and he told Yuan Fangguo that as long as he worked hard, he should not have much problem.
“Brother, how about you? It’s been a week since you came here, how is it? Are you still used to it?” Yuan Fangtai asked involuntarily after taking a mouthful of dumplings.
Yuan Fangguo nodded, and he also told his second brother about his school affairs.
“It’s hard enough at home, so I want to rely on myself. I made almost three hundred yuan this week. There must be no problem with living expenses, but I looked at our class schedule. Basically, the study time and the self-study time are the same. Half to half, I want to work part-time and make money, do you know where the biggest waste collection station is here?”
“What are you doing at the waste collection station?” Yuan Fangtai asked very curiously.
Yuan Fangguo told his second brother about his plan to open a bookstore as well.
“Don’t rent bookstores need shops?” Yuan Fangtai said with a frown.
“The shops are full now, where can I rent it, and I also inquired about it, the shop is 5,000 yuan a year, and I can’t get it at all, so I thought it was in our Open a bookstore in the dormitory, mix it up first, and then look at it according to the benefits.” Yuan Fangguo told his second brother of his plan.
“Go to the scrap collection station to buy books?” Yuan Fangtai frowned. He seemed to be thinking about something. After a while, he suddenly asked, “Brother, do you want those novels and magazines?”
“Yes.” Yuan Fangguo nodded without thinking.
“That’s easy to handle. I see a lot of messes in the library in our company. I’m about to sell it to a waste collector.” Yuan Fangtai already knew how to smoke, and he said with a puff of smoke.
“What won’t your leaders say?” Yuan Fangguo was very surprised.
“No, they were all bought by veterans in the past, and everyone is tired of reading them.” Yuan Fangtai said with a smile: “I estimate that there are hundreds of copies of “Story Club”, “Friends”, and “Legends of the Present and Ancient”.”
“Give it all to me,” Yuan Fanggui said.
Yuan Fangtai nodded, “Okay, I’ll go back and sort it out, and I’ll bring it out for you when I come out next Tuesday.”
This point made Yuan Fangguo completely unexpected, there are hundreds of magazines in the second brother’s place, and maybe he can run them all at once just by relying on these magazines.
But he still decided to go to the scrap collection station to have a look.
Yuan Fangtai also has relatively free time when he comes out. He can go back before going to work in the afternoon. In addition, he has done a good job in front of the company commander and the instructor. He has deep trust in them and can be regarded as a celebrity in their eyes.
Yuan Fangtai asked Yuan Fangguo to take out the letter to the family, Yuan Fangguo was very surprised, he didn’t know what method the second brother used to get the ticket free.
“You’ll find out later.” Yuan Fangtai smiled and took out something from his pocket.