1979: My fiancée is a goddess

Chapter 20 Everyone’s Surprise

After Cheng Kaiyan finished her introduction, the students in the class applauded to welcome her, especially the girls.

At this time, there is a condition for going to college, that is, being unmarried.

Therefore, most of the students in the class are single young people, and girls naturally pay more attention to handsome young men.

"Wow! So he is our new teaching assistant!"

"Cheng Kaiyan... this name sounds nice, and it makes one smile. It seems that Mr. Cheng's parents want him to be happy!"

Some girls analyzed the origin of Cheng Kaiyan's name.

The people in the girls' dormitory below the stage were completely stunned.

"You said this is my childhood friend? How did he become our teaching assistant? This is unbelievable!"

Yang Mengshan murmured in disbelief.

"Really? Didn't Ruixue say before that his childhood friend was staying at home unemployed and preparing for the college entrance examination? Now he's not preparing for the college entrance examination and is directly becoming a teacher? Oh my God!"

Ji Qinglan held her chubby face and stared at Cheng Kaiyan on the stage, as if she wanted to use her sharp eyes to see through this person's true face.

"Don't judge a book by its cover, and don't judge the depth of the ocean by its depth." The quiet girl Zhang Chun also sighed.

On the contrary, although Zhao Ruixue was surprised, she felt in her heart that this was no big deal for Cheng Kaiyan, as he was supposed to be so outstanding.

Cheng Kaiyan has been a unique boy since he was a child, and this idea has been deeply rooted in Zhao Ruixue's heart.

This is why she was so disappointed when she returned home and saw an ordinary Cheng Kaiyan again.

"It's great...it's shining again."

Zhao Ruixue looked proud and looked at the other person quietly with a smile on her face.

Suddenly, I remembered Cheng Kaiyan’s submission to children’s literature some time ago. It seems that it will be published next week?

What did he write?
Really looking forward to...his work!
……

"So he is the teaching assistant. No wonder he urged Ruixue to go into the classroom."

On the other hand, Song Jianchun was relieved when he heard that Cheng Kaiyan was an assistant teacher.

Not only because the two of them have no relationship, but also because Cheng Kaiyan is an assistant teacher, it is even more impossible for him to be with a female student!
"But this teaching assistant looks about the same age as us, right?"

"He should be a top student from some university. I heard he must be at least a graduate student."

Several boys sitting next to me said.

In the 1980s, the selection criteria and training mechanism for university teaching assistants were in their early stages. Teaching assistants were usually newly-graduated master's degree graduates.

As they are at the lowest level in the teacher title hierarchy, in principle they cannot teach alone, but need to follow lecturers or professors to assist in teaching.

The job responsibilities of a teaching assistant include after-school tutoring, answering questions, grading homework and other teaching support tasks. This role is similar to that of a class representative and is responsible for some classroom service work.

In addition, teaching assistant positions are sometimes used as a way to train doctoral students, with the intention of allowing doctoral students to accumulate teaching experience by serving as teaching assistants.

So Cheng Kaiyan is an outlier among the teaching assistants. The only reason he was able to get in is because of his aunt’s long legs.

On the other hand, Cheng Kaiyan guessed that it might also be related to her aunt's husband's family.

After all, they are good at climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grasslands, and now they are at least guarding one side...

……

After introducing herself, Cheng Kaiyan returned to her seat.

Jiang Ting also started today's lecture. She held a piece of chalk and wrote three big words "Metamorphosis" on the mottled blackboard.

“I think many of you have seen Metamorphosis.

Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis is a novella published in 1915. It is considered by Western writers to be a classic of modern literature and one of Kafka's most famous works.

This novel has been highly praised by readers and critics for its unique surrealist style and profound theme.

The Metamorphosis explores the theme of alienation profoundly. Gregor’s metamorphosis is a symbol of his rupture with society and his family. His insect body becomes a physical representation of his separation from the human world, reflecting the isolation and alienation that individuals feel in modern society…”

Jiang Ting’s courses are detailed and rich, and are not limited to the explanation and appreciation of foreign literature.

What amazed the students even more was that Professor Jiang would also introduce them to the customs and social environment of foreign countries when the book was written.

She said that because the economic base determines the superstructure, to deeply understand the meaning and interpretation behind the work, it is necessary to look at it dialectically in light of the background of the time. This is a sentence that every young intellectual who has read Marx is familiar with.

Books are limited by their time, but some books can withstand the erosion of time.

The students’ inherent cognition was refreshed by Jiang Ting’s course content.

So everyone kept discussing until the end of the get out of class, walking from the classroom to the cafeteria.

canteen.

When Cheng Kaiyan followed the girls to the cafeteria, it was already packed with students that stretched as far as the eye could see, and there were long queues at each window.

Everyone has a lunch bag with a lunch box inside and hangs it on their schoolbag.

The student's family background can also be seen from this.

Some of those in better condition are made of bright and beautiful finished fabrics with fine and delicate stitching, and some are even embroidered with personal names and small flowers.

Some are simply sewn from towels and scraps of cloth, and the stitching is very rough.

Then there are the lunch boxes, some new and some old, some that look like they were chewed by a dog, with the edges all curled up, but I’m reluctant to replace them.

Cheng Kaiyan followed the girl in line. It was his first time here, and he couldn't help but look at the food sign on the ground to see the prices of the food.

College students now receive subsidies for meals, and the prices of meals are quite cheap, almost half the price outside.

Vegetarian dishes like stir-fried shredded potatoes, kimchi, and carrots are only five cents a serving.

Dishes with a hint of meat like scrambled eggs with tomatoes and spiced eggs cost one cent.

For only 1.5 cents, you can eat real meat dishes, such as braised pork, braised pork elbow, dry pot pork, and four-happiness meatballs.

"Teacher Xiao Cheng! Hehe~"

"Teacher Xiao Cheng, hehe~"

"We have teachers to protect us too!"

Ji Qinglan, with a chubby face, spared no effort to tease Cheng Kaiyan all the time.

Everyone rolled their eyes while queuing up to buy food.

Cheng Kaiyan just smiled. Although today's female students are much more mature than girls in later generations, they still have a quirky side.

Cheng Kaiyan bought one vegetarian dish and two meat dishes. This is her habit. No matter who suffers, her stomach won’t be affected.

They finish their classes in the morning and have no classes in the afternoon.

Jiang Ting only has two classes a week, so Cheng Kaiyan has a lot of free time.

After buying the groceries, several people gathered around the dining table to eat and chat.

Not far away, Song Jianchun and a bearded man were sitting together having dinner.

"Brother... who is this Cheng Kaiyan? Why is she so young?"

"What a bullshit background, isn't he just an unemployed drifter who graduated from high school? Why are you pretending to be so high and mighty?"

The bearded man is Song Jianchun's elder brother. He is currently working in the logistics department, but because he can write and has some insights into foreign literature, he was seconded to the Foreign Literature Research Office.

A few days ago, he heard that an associate professor with an extraordinary background had arrived. He worked hard on his studies, so he went to Director Fang and gave him a lot of gifts, hoping to seek a teaching assistant position.

But he soon found out that the female professor brought her own teaching assistant.

"High school degree? Don't teaching assistants need at least a graduate degree?"

Song Jianchun said in surprise.

"Go through the back door, pretty boy! What the hell!"

Song Jianchun understood immediately, and looked at Cheng Kaiyan with more contempt in his heart.

How can I compare with him, with only a high school diploma and someone who got in through the back door?

I will wait until next week when his poem is published in the school magazine, and then I will confess my feelings...

(End of this chapter)