My era, 1979!

Chapter 98 Xu Jianjun is a man of great character (Basic Update 23)

"Chengjun, when did you learn all that stuff?"

Xu Zhiguo listened, completely stunned.

Xu's father was considered quite capable in Dongfeng County. A high school diploma was a remarkable achievement in those days. Although he taught mathematics, he came from a family with a strong academic background and had some knowledge of Chinese language and literature. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to contribute articles to the Chuzhou Daily, would he?

Even if you didn't get the vote, it still counts as a vote!

Because I understand, I am even more surprised!

Skipping undergraduate studies and going straight to graduate school? Do you think those professors at Fudan University are easy targets?

Xu Chengjun said casually, "I learned it at the educated youth settlement. I brought a bunch of books from home with me and would flip through them whenever I had free time."

"Didn't you say that these would be the foundation for your future?"

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"You can learn it just by watching?" Xu Zhiguo felt his worldview was about to explode.

"Yeah, we've been watching it for two years already!"

"I've watched thirty of them."

Never mind, my son is awesome.

"Does that mean Fudan University's acceptance letter is coming soon?" Lu Xiulan asked.

"It should be soon. The first batch of notices should arrive in mid-August."

Empress Dowager Lu's expression instantly brightened. "My son is a graduate student at Fudan University. How many of them are there in this family compound?"
Why think so much?!

It is important that

I need to stand up straight today!
Wang Guifen next door bragged for a year about her son getting into Anhui University. She would really be letting her neighbors down if she didn't brag for two and a half years!

"Xiulan, calm down! Chengjun's notification letter hasn't come through yet!"

"Hey, it's all confirmed, what are you afraid of? You guys chat, I'll go cook!"

Not long after Lu Xiulan went out, she heard the Empress Dowager Lu's loud voice coming from the courtyard.

"Yes, Sister Xiufen, my Chengjun is back!"

"Chengjun is back. Is he still working in the countryside in Xujiatun?"

"Hey, no! This kid, I don't know how, secretly got into Fudan University, and even said he was a graduate student!"

"That's incredible!"

"What's so special about him! He's still a long way off, hahahahahahaha~"

"I'll have to get Chengjun to give my son some advice later! Baozhu's never doing anything productive, it's driving me crazy!"

The outside suddenly became incredibly lively!

Xu Zhiguo and Xu Chengjun exchanged a glance, then shook their heads with wry smiles. Weren't they supposed to be cooking? Did they go to cook for someone else's family?
"My brother hasn't come back yet."

"Yes, they wrote that they would be back at the end of July, but they're several days late."

At this point, Mr. Xu fell silent.

The eldest brother, Xu Jianjun, belongs to the kind of good young people who were born under the red flag and grew up in the spring breeze.

In 66, he resolutely refused the job arranged by his family. At that time, a propaganda team came to the county to promote the Third Front construction. My elder brother was not afraid of hardship or fatigue and volunteered to go to the most difficult place in the country to temper himself.

In 72, due to his outstanding performance in the Third Front construction, he was recognized as a special engineering and technical talent and was recruited by the local army. He remained in that position until 79.

He returned twice in the thirteen years from 1966 to 1979, and this is the third time, so you can imagine how much the whole family values ​​his return.

When Xu Chengjun transmigrated and saw this part of his memories, he was completely stunned!
What a naive and innocent girl!

No, no, what pillars of the nation! What passionate youth! The most brilliant part of a young person's life is to respond to the call of the motherland and dedicate their life to the most arduous, frontline, and grassroots places!
His older brother actually put it into practice!
I don't even look at the jobs my family arranges for me!

To be honest, Xu Chengjun had been stationed in a poor village in Southwest China in his previous life, so he had experienced some hardship, but it couldn't compare to the hardships of the Third Front construction.

He truly admired these veterans who worked on the front lines of construction.

My elder brother, Xu Jianjun, is a man of great character.

After all, that was the Third Front construction project.
The Third Front construction was a strategic project launched in the 1960s to cope with the severe international situation, and its process was extremely difficult. In the deep mountainous areas of central and western China, such as Sichuan, Guizhou, and Shaanxi, the builders faced the harsh natural environment of the Third Front areas: towering mountains blocked transportation, complex geology caused frequent disasters, and there was a lack of basic living facilities.

They used hoes and baskets to fight against treacherous mountains and rivers, building railways along cliffs and establishing industrial bases in desolate places. Every kilometer of the Chengdu-Kunming Railway is buried beneath the bones of its builders, and the Panzhihua steel base was built from scratch entirely by human labor. Behind the more than 2000 billion yuan investment over ten years lies the story of countless people bidding farewell to loved ones, dedicating themselves to extreme hardship, and using their flesh and blood to forge a strategic barrier in barren land, writing a tragic and heroic chapter in the history of Chinese construction.

Given that Xu Zhiguo was from a special background at the time, Xu Jianjun was still able to join the army, which must have been supported by his contributions to the Third Front construction.

Work like crazy.

The Xu family always falls silent whenever this topic is mentioned.

Compared to Xu Jianjun's achievements, are they greater or lesser?
What his parents and brothers were more concerned about was: Are you alright? Jianjun.

noon.

Lu Xiulan moved between the stove and the main room, her apron covered in flour, and she wiped the fine sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, but a smile that she couldn't hide always played on her lips.

Xu Chengjun had just helped his father bring the bedding that had been drying in the yard into the house when he smelled a familiar aroma wafting from the kitchen. It was the aroma of lard frying scallions, mixed with the rich and warm smell of stewed meat, making his stomach feel empty.

It's the taste of home.

While Xu Chengjun and Xu Zhiguo were busy helping Empress Dowager Lu with various tasks.

When a sudden noise came from the courtyard, Xiaomei, the younger sister who was off work at noon, rushed out carrying a blue cloth bag, with the factory emblem still pinned to her pigtails.

"Mom! Mom! Aunt Wang said my second brother is back!?"

"I'm home!"

"Wow! That's great! Did my second brother bring me any treats?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Chengjun shook his head and laughed, "Here you are! So you were thinking about me bringing you something delicious, right?"

"Did you bring it, Second Brother?"

The little girl rushed over and grabbed his arm; the knees of her work pants were worn shiny, but that couldn't hide the light in her eyes.

She misses her second brother!
"I brought it, I brought it. Who else could I forget but you, my little glutton!" Xu Chengjun smiled knowingly.

"Hey! You're finally back!"

"Second brother, let me tell you, you're really famous now! 'Walking Towards the Light' has spread throughout the workshop, and all the girls at the textile factory are asking me for your autograph! We all say that the poem is even better than the lyrics in the movie!"

"You're so sweet-talking." Xu Chengjun laughed; he also missed his younger sister.

"Second brother, second brother, let me tell you, Mom has been talking about you and eldest brother every day these past few days!"

"Second brother, let me tell you something."

Xu Xiaomei looked at Xu Chengjun as if she had endless things to say, chattering away and talking incessantly around him.

Xu Chengjun wasn't bothered at all. He listened to his sister talk, occasionally chiming in with a comment or a few words about his experiences in Hefei and Shanghai, which would elicit exclamations of "Wow!" from his sister.

Xu Chengjun's younger sister, Xu Xiaomei, is two years younger than him. When they were little, Xu Chengjun was a troublemaker. He was the only boy in the family and was spoiled. He was also taller and bigger than the average child and could be the one to fight all over Glory Street. But this troublemaker always protected his sister. When his sister was bullied, he would rush to her aid even if he was beaten black and blue.

Therefore, this younger sister has always liked to stick to her since she was little.

Even after Xu Chengjun's personality became somewhat gloomy after what happened to his father, he still clung to his older brother, even giving him his own cloth and food.

"Oh, right, Xiaomei, I brought you a lot of things!"

(End of this chapter)