Siheyuan: Rebirth 54 years ago, neighbor is stupid

Hu Yong's paranoia stems from his inferiority complex since childhood.

His father passed away when he was too young to remember, and he lived with his grandmother and mother since he was a child. The family did not have much financial resources.

My mother did odd jobs for the neighbors, and our family conditions were very difficult, always among the most disadvantaged in the compound.

However, both his mother and grandmother had very high expectations of him since he was young. They asked him to be a filial, honest, dutiful, and non-comparative child.

But who knows, children will always compare with each other.

Hu Yong's family was poor and he went hungry for nine meals out of three days, let alone buying clothes. As a result, he could not hold his head up among his peers and was often bullied. Gradually, he developed an inferiority complex and accepted everything that happened.

It is precisely because of this inferiority complex that the pressure from the outside world will accumulate in my heart and I dare not say it, for fear that speaking it out will make my grandma and mother unhappy, and then it will snowball and create invisible pressure on myself.

A kind of paranoia arose in my heart.

I have always wanted to stand out and prove myself, and I have to achieve success with my own hands!

After merging with the Li family and becoming one, living conditions improved, but my inner inferiority complex did not improve. On the contrary, it even worsened in some aspects.

Others will not praise him, they will only say that his mother was lucky to marry into the Li family, and then he also benefited from it. Others will only praise how capable Li Zhenmin is, but will not praise how hard Hu Yong tries.

In fact, this situation improved for a while because of Li Zhenmin and Li Tieguo's strong family relationship, so some of the discussions gradually died down.

Besides, few of his neighbors would really take advantage of Hu Yong to be so sarcastic. Most of the time, his neighbors still understood the ways of the world.

So Hu Yong's condition improved a lot, and he gradually became confident and energetic. He then successfully got a job in the steel rolling mill. Under the leadership of Liang Ladi and Yan Jiecheng, his work went smoothly and he became more and more confident.

That’s how I met Malanlan and we started dating.

But what Hu Yong didn't notice was that since Ma Lanlan started dating him, his state of mind slowly changed again.

Ma Lanlan would often teach Hu Yong what to do, and remind him what was wrong here and there. Gradually, Hu Yong became less confident, and some of his inferiority complex that had once faded reappeared and showed signs of worsening.

But he didn't think that these were brought by Malanlan.

Because Hu Yong had low self-esteem when he was a child, he always felt that he was not worthy of having a partner, so he was always very tolerant of the beautiful Ma Lanlan. Remember that he had a kind of male chauvinism that wanted to prove himself, so when encountering problems he would think about his own problems first, which led to his current paranoid mentality.

The so-called authorities are confused, but bystanders know clearly.

Hu Yong was not very clear about his own affairs, but Li Zhenmin, a bystander, had observed these for some time and could probably guess something.

Li Zhenmin knew about some of the things that happened to Hu Yong over the years. Liang Ladi and Yan Jiecheng would report to him from time to time, but he didn't have the time, and he also wanted Hu Yong to experience some things on his own, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

However, seeing Hu Yong's performance today, Li Zhenmin realized that the problem had become serious, and at the same time he couldn't help feeling a sense of loss.

Although he felt disappointed, he couldn't guess what Hu Yong was really thinking at the moment, so he could only stop there.

After thinking for a while, he changed the subject and said, "By the way, I also want to ask you something. I have been busy these years and haven't paid much attention to your situation. I just heard some things from Liang Ladi and Yan Jiecheng, but I don't know the details. So I want to ask, I asked you to learn some textbook knowledge from junior high school, are you still studying now?"

Hearing this, Hu Yong didn't know whether he was angry or something, but his tone was obviously a bit rebellious, and he replied: "I didn't learn much, and it's not very useful anyway."

Li Zhenmin was not surprised by this, nor would he blame him. After all, it was indeed the case from Hu Yong's perspective.

He sighed and said earnestly, "I still hope you study hard and persevere. This effort will be rewarded. A country must always cultivate talents. The modern talent selection system originated from the college entrance examination. Although the college entrance examination has been suspended for some reasons, it will be restored one day, otherwise the country will be short of high-end talents."

"If there is a talent gap, the whole country will be doomed. How long does it take for a generation to grow? From the beginning of school to graduation from university, it only takes 17 or 18 years."

"That is to say, the college entrance examination can only be suspended for this long at most, otherwise there will be a gap, and in reality it is impossible to suspend it for such a long time."

Hu Yong suddenly became interested after hearing this and asked curiously, "Do you mean that the college entrance examination will be resumed soon?"

Li Zhenmin nodded: "If nothing unexpected happens, it will be like this."

"When a country is first established, it needs talents. Even if the imperial examinations were stopped in feudal society, there would still be the recommendation system, and talents had to be selected. But our country has stopped this for ten years."

"The talent pool has decreased for ten years, but the population growth has not stagnated. In other words, if the college entrance examination is not restored, the accumulated number of young people in society will increase over the years. Without education, people will become more likely to break the law, which will cause social unrest."

"So this is also the reason why the educated youth went to the countryside, because everyone needed a place to stay, and the country happened to be short of food in recent years, so they were resettled in the countryside, which was killing two birds with one stone."

"But now that the food problem has eased, it is impossible to keep all the educated youth in the countryside, so we must find a solution."

"Over the past decade, the country's various industries have recovered to some extent, and most of the educated youth who returned to the city can be assigned jobs, but the problem is that these educated youth have a mediocre level of education and can only be assigned ordinary positions."

"If the country wants to continue to progress, it must have cutting-edge talent. Coupled with the population pressure and talent pressure that have accumulated after the college entrance examination was suspended in recent years, the college entrance examination will inevitably be restored. Moreover, the person above has been replaced, and this move will be accelerated again."

"I asked you to study before because I was waiting for this day. Wanying did the same. However, this matter cannot be resolved in a short time."

"Schools have been closed for so many years. If we conduct the college entrance examination right now, we won't be able to screen out many talents. So the country will definitely give everyone time to recover, and this time will not exceed one year at the latest."

"By this time next year, the college entrance examination will be truly resumed."

"This policy will not be released immediately. You don't need to understand the reason. You just need to know that opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. If you study well before this, then you are likely to become one of the first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination. I don't need to tell you what treatment you will receive after graduation."

"This is one of the reasons why I didn't approve of your job change. If you change to a human resources position, you will have to worry more about dealing with people, which will consume your energy. In your current position, you only need to do hands-on work, so you can focus more on studying."

Li Zhenmin took a big detour and analyzed some principles in a way that was as easy to understand as possible. Although his explanation was not very comprehensive and was colored by his personal understanding, no matter what, the topic finally returned to work, and this approach was exactly what Hu Yong could accept.