Siheyuan: The Rebirth of the Silly Pillar in the 50s

Qing Da.

The auditorium was crowded with people and very noisy.

There is a platform standing directly in front of the synagogue.

There is a red banner hanging on the platform: Welcome new students!

The opening ceremony began with the host saying some clichéd opening remarks.

After everyone politely applauded, Principal Jiang walked up to the stage and took the host's microphone.

"I am very happy to meet you all at Tsingta University today. As we all know, this is the first year that our country has implemented the college entrance examination policy. All of you here have overcome six hurdles and five generals, and walked on the single-plank bridge to get here. We are from Tsinghua University. Everyone is equal before the college entrance examination. It’s great for everyone to be able to sit here!”

The audience burst into applause again.

Principal Jiang’s words resonated with most people.

Many of the people sitting in the audience were students from poor families.

They hold dreams in mind and study hard just to get into the university campus.

Their road to success is indeed not easy!

"After the enrollment was over, I read all your information. I found a very interesting phenomenon. That is, many of you are from the working class and peasant class. After I learned about your family background, I was even more pleased. What does this mean? This means that decades ago, our martyrs and martyrs in education stood on the podium of Tsinghua University and said that their wish to make China rise has come true! We did it! We did it, study It’s not just for the rich and powerful, but it’s a wish that even poor people like us can realize!”

Principal Jiang just finished speaking.

Everyone even shouted in unison.

"well said!"

Principal Jiang gently waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.

"As an old man, my legs always hurt after standing for a long time."

The venue burst into laughter again.

"I won't take up your young people's time. Next, we invite our student representatives to come to the stage to speak."

Principal Jiang walked off the stage.

Stepping out from behind the scenes was a row of young students.

He Yuzhu was also standing among them. He was wearing a big red flower and his face was full of spring breeze.

"It's brother!"

He Yuyu and He Daqing were invited to the venue as parents.

He Yuzhu shouted happily when he saw He Yuzhu.

He Daqing quickly covered her mouth.

"Don't make any noise. This is a university, so be polite."

He Yuzhu saw his father and sister and smiled at them in the audience.

The student representatives gave speeches in order.

Everyone held a speech in their hand. They were impassioned and exaggerated. They were talking about the country's righteousness and national rejuvenation.

If the microphone wasn't so loud, He Yuzhu would have fallen asleep listening to it.

These cliches seem to be products of the same factory production line.

The reaction from the audience was not very high, with only sparse applause.

There were even whispers.

"How long will it last?"

"Come on! It will be over after the students give their speeches, right?"

"My buttocks are numb."

He Yuzhu was ranked last.

After all the previous speeches, the host finally read his name.

He Yuzhu slowly came onto the stage and held the microphone.

He stood on the stage and bowed deeply in all directions.

Immediately afterwards, he picked up the speech in his hand and unexpectedly tore it in half in front of everyone.

Everyone present exclaimed.

The noise in the venue grew louder.

The host even wanted to stop him but was stopped by Principal Jiang.

"I want to see what He Yuzhu wants to do."

He Yuzhu held the microphone and spoke very confidently.

"I'm sorry, everyone, I just shocked everyone. The manuscript I tore up just now took me an hour to write. Before I went on stage, I was full of confidence and thought the manuscript I wrote was awesome and perfect. It was so great that I even thought that as long as I stood here and read this manuscript, I would become famous immediately. But when I heard the speeches of the previous few, I decisively tore up my manuscript."

"Why……"

Everyone is very puzzled.

After all, the previous ones didn’t say that well either!

"The rhetoric of my manuscript is not as gorgeous as the previous ones, and the central idea is not as vigorous as the previous ones! After all, I am different! My family has three generations of poor farmers, and I am able to have a place to settle down in the capital because of the gift of the times. And The reason why I can stand here is because of the kindness of many people. I am not a student. Before standing here, I was a cook in a steel rolling mill."

"cook?"

"Can any cook get into college?"

"How fresh!"

Everyone's discussion became louder and louder.

Among the student representatives, the boy whose nameplate read Wang Chuanxi looked at He Yuzhu with a very unkind look.

Principal Jiang smiled slightly.

He did not expect that He Yuzhu would reveal his identity at the opening ceremony.

"I know everyone is confused, how does a cook get into college? Are there a lot of twists and turns here? But let me make it clear to you here, absolutely not. The reason why I can stand here is Because this college entrance examination is designed to change the lives of ordinary people! We workers, our rural areas, and ordinary people. We are all citizens of China. We have the same right to education!"

He Yuzhu said impassionedly: "As Principal Jiang said just now, we walked across a single-plank bridge to take this college entrance examination. Why did we put in so much effort to study here? It is to change our destiny! Don't underestimate us. The fate of ordinary people. There are tens of millions of ordinary people in China, and it is only through the efforts of tens of millions of us that we can achieve the rejuvenation of the entire nation! We are small screws. In the past, we moved bricks wherever needed. It’s different now! We have become educated and knowledgeable little screws!”

There was thunderous applause from the audience.

Everyone even stood up excitedly and applauded He Yuzhu.

"Humph."

Wang Chuanxi snorted quietly.

He did not expect that the speech scripts his father bought for him at a high price did not achieve the effect of He Yuzhu's unscripted speeches.

He Yuzhu continued: "I hope that we, a group of educated screws, can be placed in more important positions after our studies in the future and continue to shine. Use our meager strength to light up this beacon of our China. I believe, We will create a bright future for China. At the same time, we will also have a very bright future ourselves!"

"well said!"

"We all have a bright future!"

The response to He Yuzhu's speech was particularly good.

Everyone stood up when they heard the excitement.

Applause resounded throughout the venue.

He Yuzhu gave a thumbs up to He Yuzhu in the audience.

He Yuzhu narrowed one eye and gave her a look.

Principal Jiang looked at him with satisfaction and said with a smile: "As expected of a young man who has been given advice by a senior leader, he is really talented."

In the entire venue, only Wang Chuanxi looked solemn.