A professor's rebirth: I entered Tsinghua University in 1977.

Liu Hongyi was reborn.

Liu Hongyi, male, born in 1960, was a professor at Chuzhou Institute of Science and Technology in Jingjiang Province before his death at the age of 64.

Professor Liu's personal resume is rather complicated.

He was one of the first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination in 1977 and was admitted to a famous university in Beijing.

After graduation, he was invited by the leaders of his hometown to return to Jingjiang to work. He was assigned to work at the Jingjiang Provincial Education Commission and participated in the establishment of Chuzhou Institute of Science and Technology throughout the process.

After the Chuzhou Institute of Science and Technology was established, Liu Hongyi naturally stayed and served as the deputy director of the school's Academic Affairs Office. He was a very promising young intellectual cadre at the time.

Afterwards, due to work needs, he was transferred to a local administrative cadre, and served as deputy county magistrate, county party committee propaganda minister, county party committee deputy secretary, county party committee secretary, Chuzhou deputy mayor, Chuzhou Municipal Party Committee Standing Committee member, Political and Legal Affairs Commission Secretary and Public Security Bureau Director.

While serving as a member of the Standing Committee of the Chuzhou Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, he was involved in an official struggle.

As a scholarly leader, Secretary Liu wasn't particularly adept at fighting, and unsurprisingly, he was on the losing side. He resigned from his leadership position in anger and returned to teaching at Chuzhou Institute of Science and Technology.

From then on, he devoted himself to teaching and educating people, staying away from the vortex of power. He had many students all over the world and became a respected teacher.

He passed away due to illness in May 2024.

In the eyes of outsiders, Liu Hongyi is considered a relatively successful person. He has reached a level of achievement in both officialdom and academia that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve.

But Liu Hongyi himself always felt that he had many regrets.

Mainly reflected in two aspects.

One is that I have not achieved great academic success, which is unworthy of my extraordinary talent.

The second is that he has not made much achievements in officialdom. He has served as a leading cadre for more than ten years but has not made any outstanding achievements.

During his illness, Liu Hongyi often talked with his wife and children about how he regretted not taking a job in an administrative unit. If he had focused on academic research, with his talent, he would have achieved great academic success. Even becoming an academician would not have been impossible.

In private, Liu Hongyi occasionally jokes with his wife, saying that he is an academician who was delayed by his official position!

His wife also joked with him: I think you are a playboy who has been delayed by your wife!

This is mainly because Liu Hongyi is tall and handsome. Even in his old age, he has a straight back and not much fat on his body. In addition, he once held a leadership position, so naturally he was surrounded by beautiful women and many "scandals" were reported about him.

Liu Hongyi just laughed it off.

I just didn't expect that I would be reborn.

Are all those unreliable online novels true?

Otherwise, how to explain what is happening before our eyes?

Liu Hongyi, carrying a schoolbag with the words "Serve the People" on it, walked confusedly on the road from Chuzhou No. 1 Middle School to Chuzhou Hongxing Agricultural Machinery Factory.

Yes, he went back to May 1976, exactly 5 years ago.

I am currently a sophomore at Chuzhou No. 1 Middle School, and I will graduate in a little over a month. (Note )

Liu Hongyi clearly remembers that the national college entrance examination would not be resumed until two years later, in 1977. After graduating in July this year, he will become unemployed.

As for the workers, peasants and soldiers university system that is still being implemented, it relies on local recommendations rather than a unified college entrance examination.

If it were last year, he would have had a chance to be recommended.

At that time, his father, Liu Chuan, was the deputy head of the agricultural work group under Chuzhou Prefecture. He was a mid-level cadre in charge of the region and had some connections.

However, a month ago, Liu Chuan offended Kang Jisheng, the deputy director of the region, and was sent to Yanggou Farm to work as an ordinary employee.

Yanggou Farm was located in a remote area with harsh conditions. Liu Chuan, a mid-level cadre in charge of a region, was sent to Yanggou Farm. Kang Jisheng's actions were ruthless.

Also sent to Yanggou Farm was Liu Chu'an's wife, Liu Hongyi's mother, Xiao Yawen, who originally worked in the regional archives.

Since Liu Chuan and his wife went to Yanggou Farm, the housing allocated to them by the regional government compound was naturally taken back.

Liu Hongyi is still studying at Chuzhou No. 1 Middle School and cannot go to Yanggou Farm with his parents. He is temporarily living in the home of an old worker at the Red Star Agricultural Machinery Factory where Liu Chuan used to work.

Liu Chuan was an upright man who served as the factory director and party secretary of Hongxing Agricultural Machinery Factory for many years and enjoyed high prestige.

Liu Chuan felt relatively relieved to entrust his only son to the old worker at the Red Star Agricultural Machinery Factory.

Liu Hongyi still hasn't fully digested the fact that he was "reborn" and he walked towards the Red Star Agricultural Machinery Factory in a daze.

Suddenly, at the corner of a street, a girl's screams were heard.

Liu Hongyi suddenly stopped and looked over there.

I saw two young men, about sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed like students, standing at the entrance of the alley, staring fiercely at passers-by.

"Liu Hongyi, you son of a bitch, what are you looking at? Get away!"

One of them was Liu Hongyi’s classmate Li Minghua.

This kid is a student on the surface, but in fact he is not a good student. He hangs out with young people from society all year round and is considered a half-street thug. In school, he also hangs out with a group of bullies, showing off his power and dominating others.

Liu Hongyi and his classmates also study half a day and work half a day at school.

Despite the guise of studying, Li Minghua and other poor students mostly didn't listen in class and chatted aimlessly.

The labor was merely for show.

Only a few top students like Liu Hongyi, who were already studious, would study seriously. The others just played around.

It is precisely because of this that these top students and ruffian students like Li Minghua can never get along at all, and are often ridiculed by Li Minghua and others.

What’s the point of studying!

Submitting a blank exam paper is what makes a hero.

Liu Hongyi reflexively prepared to leave quickly.

He didn't want to have any contact with someone like Li Minghua. They were destined to be from two different worlds.

But at this moment, Liu Hongyi heard the girl's shrill scream again, and the voice seemed somewhat familiar.

In an instant, a tragedy that happened forty-eight years ago came to mind.

Ai Xiaoyu!

It’s Ai Xiaoyu’s voice!

The daughter of Ai Gaofeng, former commissioner of the Chuzhou Regional Administrative Office!

Note 1: Before 1986, primary school across China was a five-year system, junior high school a three- or four-year system, and high school a two-year system. From 5 to 3, high school was changed to a three-year system. In 4, the central government issued a document clearly stipulating that primary school should be a six-year system and junior high school a three-year system, marking the beginning of nine-year compulsory education.