Exciting 1979!

Chapter 55: Ai Dajin Beats Gao Xiaosong
1979 10 Month 1 Day.

On this day of national celebration, Peking University held a solemn flag-raising ceremony at the May Fourth Sports Stadium.

Except for students, all other members of the school guard, including Wei Ming, must participate unless they are on duty.

Raise the national flag and play the national anthem.

However, many people just sang it with their mouths open, and there are quite a few who are just filling in the gaps. The truth is that many people are not very familiar with the new national anthem.

The national anthem is still called "March of the Volunteers", but the lyrics were just changed last year. The old lyrics are considered to be inappropriate for the current development situation.

For a long period of time before 78, the national anthem only had music but no lyrics because of the author's choice of lyrics.

However, the lyrics will be changed back in two years. Wei Ming also learned to sing the original national anthem for the first time when he was in his twenties.

His mouth moved in a pretentious manner, but his mind was still thinking about the newspapers.

He looked through the newsstands yesterday and found five copies criticizing "The Duck Prophet" and only two praising it.

I have indeed become famous, a very dark red.

Some people criticized the male protagonist for being calculating, believing that he had capitalist thinking in his head.

Some people directly criticize advertisements for fooling the public and causing unnecessary consumption.

Many people also criticized the saying "The brave ones enjoy the world first."

A commentator in the Workers' Daily said: "I heard that there is a popular saying among young people now, 'The brave ones enjoy the world first.' This saying is too sinister. Let me ask, if everyone enjoys themselves, who will build the four modernizations of the motherland? Who will realize the great rejuvenation of the nation? I think this is clearly hedonism, which is absolutely unacceptable!"

Wei Ming is so angry that he wants to laugh when he thinks about it now. Putting labels on others is your traditional skill. It’s 1979 now, and you’re still acting like it’s 1969!
Wei Ming was not afraid, but it would inevitably affect his mood.

It was not until Qiao Feng called Wei Ming and took him to the Security Department, where the leader awarded him a commendation for his bravery, that he felt better.

The award mainly consists of a certificate of commendation, and also a watch ticket.

Another practical benefit is that he has been converted to a regular employee, and his salary will be increased to 28 yuan per month. However, it will take a few days for his salary for the previous month to be paid.

Holding the watch ticket and thinking about his huge sum of more than 400 yuan, Wei Ming had an impulse to spend. He originally wanted to buy a watch within yuan, but now he has begun to think about buying a high-end Shanghai brand watch.

However, he worked the day shift these two days because he wanted to go shopping at the trust store, and the round trip into the city was too time-consuming, so he decided to wait for two days to work the night shift.

While on patrol, Wei Ming saw men and women from the May Fourth Literary Society riding bicycles and tricycles, carrying many copies of "Weiming Lake" magazines. Among them was Liang Zuo, who didn't even call him "uncle" when he saw him.

Wei Ming smiled and asked, "Are you going to set up a stall in the school to sell it?"

Cha Jianying smiled and said, "Not only will they sell them in school, they will also go out to sell them, to Tsinghua University and on the streets."

Wei Ming said: "This is not a formal publication, is it legal to sell this?"

Liang Zuo was a little worried to begin with, so he quickly said, "It's illegal."

So he really hoped that Wei Ming could persuade the sisters to just forget about it and just sell it at school.

Wei Ming said, "Okay, if you are caught by the police, don't resist. Go back with them obediently and ask them to be friendly. Call the young ones uncle and the old ones grandpa. Then call our security department and we will come to rescue them."

Liang Zuo: “…”

The young ladies happily said yes, of course, Wei Ming's words made people happy.

Because it was National Day, the students and Biaozi and Xiaomei who were not working the day shift all went to the streets, so the school was empty. When Wei Ming and his seniors were patrolling, not only was there no one there, but there was nothing to do either.

Just when he was about to sit down and take a rest, something happened.

Professor Feng ran over tremblingly: "Mei'er, Mei'er is gone!"

It's not even spring yet, but his Mei'er is already restless. She's destined to be kidnapped by Huangmao when she grows up.

Wei Ming asked his senior to send Old Feng back while he went to go find the cat himself. He was a very cat- and dog-friendly person, unlike those naughty kids who hated both cats and dogs.

After finding Mei'er in Jingchun Garden, Wei Ming personally returned the cat to Mr. Feng. Coincidentally, Mr. Feng's daughter Zong Pu was also there. It is estimated that many people have learned her essay "Wisteria Waterfall".

This older sister is in her fifties and the daughter next to her is less than ten years old.

She recognized Wei Ming and comforted him, "You must be Wei Ming. You don't have to pay attention to the criticism in the newspaper. Your novel is very well written."

It seems that "Duck Prophet" has caused quite a stir, even she knows about it. Wei Ming only saw those newspapers yesterday, so she was considered to be belatedly aware of it.

He expressed his gratitude to Teacher Zong Pu and said goodbye to Mr. Feng and Mei'er.

Mr. Feng looked at his daughter in confusion: "Do you know this boy?"

Zong Pu picked up the new school magazine on the table and pointed to the poem "Ideal" on the front page and said, "You just praised the poem for being a good writer."

"What, he wrote this!?" the old man was shocked.

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After finishing a day's work in the afternoon, Wei Ming began to pack his bags.

Children's Literature, Weiming Lake, two issues of the school magazine, three issues of Wenhui Daily, a commendation for bravery, and a bottle of Shengui Yangrong Medicinal Wine were enough for Lao Wei. But what should he buy for his mother? It was a pity that he had no storage space, otherwise he would really like to bring her a sewing machine.

After thinking for a while without any clue, Wei Ming simply took out a piece of paper and a pen, wrote down the words "The Magic Book (adapted from The Legend of Ping Yao)", and started his lonely and interesting creation again.

He ate dinner alone in the faculty and staff cafeteria which he had not visited for a long time. The students were busy partying today and no one invited him.

When I returned to the dormitory, I heard Biaozi and Xiaomei, who had just returned from outside, tell me that there would be a bonfire party in Tsinghua University tonight.

"Are you going or not?" Biaozi tempted. Xiaomei had to work the night shift, and only Wei Ming could accompany him.

Wei Ming had just finished writing the character settings for "Dan Sheng" and "Yuan Gong" and was about to write about the three foxes.

But then I thought about it and realized that I had only been here for a month and had not yet been to Tsinghua University. I also wanted to share in the joy of National Day, so I nodded.

"That's fine."

Biaozi was very good at socializing. He had become familiar with the security guard at Tsinghua University and even said hello when he entered.

Out of professional habit, Wei Ming first considered the issues of safety and firefighting when he saw a bonfire party.

Well, it can be held in the open space in front of the auditorium, and it’s close to the water system, so that’s fine.

There were a lot of people at the bonfire party, young men and women were singing and dancing, and some were singing and playing guitar.

Are Tsinghua students these days so good at attracting the opposite sex through music?
But there are really too few girls, so it would be better to bring guitars to Peking University and hold a bonfire party. As long as you can withstand a beating, it will be fine.

What's more, they basically only sing revolutionary songs, without even the lascivious songs of Teresa Teng. I'm afraid this won't work.

After watching for a while, neither of them joined in the dance.

Biaozi doesn't know how to jump, and Wei Ming hasn't adjusted his mentality yet and feels that this is not very stable.

So they left the bonfire party and Biaozi took Wei Ming for a walk around Tsinghua University.

As they walked, they came to Jinchun Garden and saw a chubby little boy by the river blocking a skinny kitten in a corner and throwing stones at it.

Wei Ming immediately stepped forward and shouted: "Hey, what are you doing!"

The little fat boy was very arrogant: "What do you think?"

Wei Ming patiently reasoned with him: "If you are stronger than it, you can bully it at will. Then if we are stronger than you, can we bully you?"

"Do you dare to bully me?" The little fat boy put his hands on his hips. "Do you know who I am? My grandfather is the president of Tsinghua University!"

Hey!
Biaozi took a step back in fright.

Wei Ming looked at the other person's not-quite-round face and felt a sense of déjà vu.

He stepped forward and asked, "May I know your name, young master?"

Seeing that he was scared, the little fat man became more proud: "My last name is Gao."

Biaozi yelled "fuck" viciously, it turned out to be Gao Yanei.

After hearing him say “fuck”, the fat boy replied “Ce Na” in dissatisfaction. He grew up in Shanghai until he was seven years old.

"What did he say?" Biaozi asked.

Wei Ming happened to understand something: "Swear words."

Seeing Biaozi's face flushed from holding his breath, Wei Ming whispered, "Why don't we beat him up?"

Biaozi was a little worried: "That's not a good idea, his grandfather is the principal."

"I guess he's just bragging. Besides, it was a dark and windy night, so no one saw it."

This sentence aroused the evil in Biaozi's heart. If I can't beat Yan Zi, why can't I beat you, a fat man?
So the two of them rushed forward, Wei Ming surrounded them, and Biaozi grabbed people. The fat boy was about ten years old and was no match for Biaozi at all. Biaozi held him on his knees and slapped his butt twice.

In fact, I didn't use much force, I just wanted to scare him, but he ended up crying so hard.

Biaozi quickly spread out and prepared to retreat.

"What kind of heroism is it for an adult to bully a child? If you have the guts, leave your name!" The little fat boy covered his butt with tears in his eyes, but still shouted.

Wei Ming suddenly had an idea and pointed at Biaozi and said, "His name is Ai Da Jin, remember it!"

After saying that, the two of them ran away!

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(For the sake of the little fat guy getting beaten, please give me a monthly ticket!)

(End of this chapter)