The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 203 Circle
Because the Science Department has just begun to resume normal work and Liu Hua has just been transferred to the Science Department, he has no projects for the time being.

So after Liu Huajin checked in at the Science Department, he was directly picked up by the Director of the Academic Affairs Office of the Semiconductor Department of Huaqing University.

"Director Huang, the students haven't enrolled yet, why are you in such a hurry to call me over?"

The whole campus was quiet, with not a single student to be seen, but the teachers' office was very lively and their quarrels could be heard from far away.

Director Huang of the Academic Affairs Office chuckled and said, "Professor Liu, you know that you invented the integrated circuit computer and PLC in our country. Our school's research had just started, but we had to stop it. This stop lasted for nearly ten years."

"I know that."

Director Huang said awkwardly: "Although we have recruited students of relevant majors today, we don't even have textbooks yet, so don't we need you..."

"You're so conspicuous right before getting on the sedan chair." Liu Hua said helplessly, "You don't conscript men like this. You know, I've wasted ten years."

Director Huang nodded and said, "That's true, but who isn't? As the inventor of PLC and integrated circuit computers, who else in the country can do more profound research than you? If you don't write this textbook, no one else dares to, and is not qualified to, write it."

Liu Hua nodded. This was indeed something to be proud of. He had suddenly become an authority in semiconductors, and he was secretly delighted in his heart.

So Liu Hua worked hard to edit textbooks in the teaching and research section of Huaqing University. It was a shabby office, but this is not to belittle the university.

At that time, there was a shortage of money everywhere. Even though Huaqing University received one of the highest annual teaching funds in the country, it did not have any extra funds to build an office.

In such a large office, there is only one ceiling fan above the head, which is creaking and turning slowly, but this little bit of cool breeze is not enough for the people in the office.

In a fit of anger, Liu Hua went directly to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a Great Wall electric fan for his own use. However, some people gossiped about him, saying that Liu Hua was only concerned with his own enjoyment and neglected the relationships between comrades.

Liu Hua will not tolerate such people. What era is this? It is time to put a label on someone and say he is addicted, right? Then Liu Hua will raise the banner of morality and punish him.

"I don't care about the relationship between comrades, but you should. Comrades are very hot now, sweat is dripping from their necks. You should let everyone cool down. Give everyone an electric fan. If that doesn't work, you should give everyone a popsicle."

A stingy person is not necessarily petty, but most petty people are miserly. Their purpose in bullying others is to take advantage of them, but they are not willing to spend a penny themselves.

Liu Hua took out five yuan and slammed the table: "You can eat red beans or cream. I'll treat you. Who can help me run errands?"

Everyone in the office is about the same age. If someone else said this, it would cause disgust among others, as if you seem to be rich.

But there is nothing wrong with Liu Hua saying this, because the young people in the entire office are basically all Professor Li’s former students. Back then, these people regarded Liu Hua as a teacher. Now they are running errands for the teacher or treating themselves to popsicles. What's wrong with that? There is nothing wrong with that at all.

As for the man who just called Cricket Liu Hua, he was actually also a student of Professor Li, but he was a student during the ten-year period and went to university through recommendation. Before going to university, he might not even be able to solve a system of quadratic equations with two variables.

He had never met Liu Hua when he was in college, because in order to reduce his influence at that time, Liu Hua basically stayed in the steel mill and did not go anywhere else. Even after being invited by Shougang three or four times, he was unwilling to go.

A colleague wearing a yellowed vest raised his hand: "I'll go. If I can't pay, can I not contribute my labor?"

He picked up the basin on the washbasin stand in the office, poured out the water, rinsed it inside and out, and ran out the door with the basin. He had no choice but to run, and he had to run on the way back because the journey was too far. If he didn't speed up, the popsicle might turn into sugar water when he got back.

After about five or six minutes, he came back with the basin and put it on the table: "Comrades, it's time for popsicles."

When everyone gathered around, this comrade stepped back instead, took a bottle of iced Arctic Ocean soda from the basin, and handed it to Liu Hua.

"Teacher Liu, please drink some soda."

After Liu Hua took the soda, he took out some scattered bills from his pocket and said, "Please keep the change here."

"Hey, why is there only one bottle of soda?"

The man who had just been teasing Liu Hua expressed his different opinion: "I want to drink soda, too."

Finally, someone couldn't stand it anymore and stood up and said, "You want to drink soda too? You have that mouth, but you don't pay a penny and don't contribute a penny. It's a waste if I give you the popsicle."

After being criticized, this person didn't say much. He picked up two popsicles and went back to his seat. This behavior made others roll their eyes.

As the editor-in-chief of the textbook, Liu Hua prepares an outline every day and distributes it to other colleagues. They write the work based on this framework and then hand it to Liu Hua for review.

The manuscripts had to be submitted every three days, and everyone felt a little uneasy when handing them over to Liu Hua.

Although it is said to be compiling a textbook, it is actually no different from giving them an exam. The teacher gives questions and they answer them. The questions given by Liu Hua are the outline, and the textbook they compiled is the answers.

Liu Hua reviewed it very carefully. If nothing unexpected happens, the first generation of computer practitioners in our country all grew up learning from this textbook. It takes ten years to grow a tree and a hundred years to cultivate a person. Education cannot tolerate any carelessness.

For each article, Liu Hua would give detailed revision suggestions, and then these colleagues would polish the paper again and again based on Liu Hua's suggestions.

If there are major mistakes, Liu Hua will drag a blackboard to the scene to give them lectures, so that they can explain it clearly first, and then they can give lectures to students in the future.

"Su Weiqing."

Liu Hua was flipping through a submitted manuscript and looking at the person in front of him. This person was the one called Cricket Liu Hua. He, on the other hand, looked at Liu Hua with a calm and confident look.

Liu Hua walked directly to the blackboard and drew a circle: "Today I will not teach you professional knowledge, but a life lesson."

“We humans, especially those who do scientific research, are like this circle. Inside the circle is the knowledge that he has mastered, and outside the circle is the knowledge that he has not yet touched.”

At this point, Liu Hua smiled and asked, "How big do you think your circle can be?"

(End of this chapter)