The Fiery Era: Starting from Longxugou

"Shi'an, Shi'an!"

Wang Zhijie saw Zhao Shi'an dozing off in class and being woken up by the teacher with chalk, yet still managing to answer correctly. As his deskmate, Wang Zhijie was very envious and immediately reached out to nudge him.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Zhao Shi'an was processing the original owner's memories when he felt someone poke his arm. He turned around and found it was his deskmate.

"Shi'an, you're really amazing! You even managed to answer correctly after being woken up by the teacher from a nap!"

As Wang Zhijie spoke, he gave his deskmate a thumbs up.

"Phew! You're lucky. I just looked at the questions the teacher asked before class, so you can definitely do it too!"

"I can't do that; I'd be lucky to get one right!"

"You can just take a look before class!"

"No wonder, you... Shh! The teacher is watching us."

When he noticed the teacher looking over, Wang Zhijie quickly made a "shh" gesture to his deskmate, then sat up straight and listened attentively to the lesson.

Seeing this, Zhao Shi'an did not respond further, and while listening to the lecture, he digested the original owner's memories.

After a while, he perfectly absorbed the original owner's memories.

The original owner, Zhao Shi'an, was a first-year high school student at the No. 11 Middle School in Beijing. He lived in the west of Jinyuchi and was 16 years old this year. He shared the same name as himself. He had both parents and was the eldest of three sisters. He had a seven-year-old brother and a four-year-old sister.

The family makes a living by growing vegetables. In the past few days, they have been busy loosening the soil and turning the land to start spring planting.

The original owner was 16 years old, which was considered a strong laborer in this era. During the busy farming season, he naturally had to work in the fields.

No. 11 Middle School is a complete secondary school, and the school does not have holidays for the busy farming season.

In the past few days, the original owner has been helping the family till the land and plant vegetables.

I have to help out in the fields after school and on Sundays. Fortunately, we don't have much vegetable garden at home, only 2.2 acres in total.

It took four or five days of work to finish.

Unexpectedly, due to overwork, he dozed off in class and was transported to another time.

After figuring out the situation, Zhao Shi'an was a little puzzled. This kid was too honest. Why didn't he ask for leave?

When the weekend comes, we can take another day off. With three adults in the family, we can finish turning over the two acres of vegetable garden in two days if we work hard. Even if we can't finish turning over them, we can do the rest at noon or after school in the afternoon. It won't be long before we finish.

He soon learned that the original owner of this body was reluctant to take leave, fearing it would interfere with his studies and affect his chances of going to university.

He could only go home to help out after school and work hard on Sundays. Fortunately, he didn't miss the farming season, but he died from overwork.

After figuring out the reason, Zhao Shi'an was filled with regret!

He was very curious about the original owner's idea of ​​going to university. The illiteracy rate in this era was as high as 80%. The original owner had already studied up to high school, which would be considered a highly educated talent in the capital. Even if he could not go to university, as long as he graduated smoothly, he could be assigned a good job. Now the First Five-Year Plan was being promoted in full swing, and there was a shortage of talent in the country. It was the time to use people, so naturally, no one would let talent go to waste. So why was he so insistent on going to university?

With these questions in mind, Zhao Shi'an carefully sorted through the original owner's memories.

After quite some time, he finally found the answer.

The original owner's obsession stemmed primarily from the influence of his mentor.

From the original owner's scattered childhood memories, Zhao Shi'an learned that the original owner's family fled famine from eastern Henan and arrived in Longxugou in 43. Since then, they have settled down and barely survived by growing vegetables for the vegetable market tycoon, doing hard labor during the off-season, and carrying heavy loads.

Before liberation, the original owner of this body had never been to school properly. It wasn't that he didn't want to go, but his family was struggling to survive and naturally couldn't afford to send him to school.

Fortunately, among the people fleeing the famine together was a teacher who had attended a private school.

The original owner developed a longing for reading after hearing the private tutor's poem encouraging study, which included the lines, "In books, there are houses of gold; in books, there are beauties like jade."

The original owner didn't care about a beautiful woman; all she cared about was a house full of gold.

Seeing his interest in reading, the teacher would occasionally offer some words of guidance.

The original owner was very ambitious and grateful for the teacher's guidance, memorizing the knowledge the teacher taught her perfectly.

The teacher saw that he was eager to learn, resilient, and very sensible, and liked him very much, so he taught him more and more knowledge.

In this way, with the occasional guidance from his mentor, Zhao Shi'an memorized books such as the "Three Character Classic," "Hundred Family Surnames," and "Thousand Character Classic" over several years.

The teacher saw that he was a promising student and, taking advantage of his position as a teacher, brought him to the school where he studied for more than a year.

After liberation, the local bully was overthrown, and the family was allocated 2.2 mu of vegetable land. From then on, the family made a living by farming, and did some work during the off-season. Life finally had hope.

The People's Republic of China attaches great importance to education. Children from poor families do not need to pay for school; they only need to pay a small amount of tuition and miscellaneous fees. If the family is really in dire straits, they do not need to pay any tuition or miscellaneous fees at all.

After the family's life improved and schooling became free, the original owner's father felt that he could not let his child follow in his footsteps. Remembering how much the teacher valued his son, he immediately sent Zhao Shi'an to school.

Zhao Shi'an did not disappoint his family's expectations. He studied very hard and passed the entrance exams for junior high school in just two years. Now he has passed the entrance exams for senior high school and is currently in his first year of senior high school.

After starting school, Zhao Shi'an discovered that not only was studying free, but he also received money. From the initial monthly subsidy of 70 jin of millet, to the current monthly scholarship, he earned more than his mother could make from a month of hard work doing odd jobs.

Seeing that studying could earn money, Zhao Shi'an studied even harder. He learned from his teacher that if he got into university, he would receive more financial aid and be assigned a job after graduation.

This experience planted the seed for Zhao Shi'an to go to university.

Looking back on this memory, although the original owner's starting point and ideas were limited, it must be said that reading is the best way out for the poor at present.

The country has been established for less than five years, and the illiteracy rate is over 80%. Anyone who can read can live a good life.

This era is the best of times for the poor, and the era in which it is easiest to turn their lives around.

Studying and getting into university is undoubtedly a golden path!

Most people don't know much about the college entrance examination in the 1950s, and Zhao Shi'an was no exception.

Before he traveled through time, he remembered that an old man from Shanxi Province wrote "My Mother," which went viral online. This essay was a college entrance examination essay from 57.

The original owner is currently in the first year of high school. If he were to complete high school step by step and take the college entrance examination, it would be in 56, which doesn't match the timeline.

Although he didn't know much about the college entrance examination in the 1950s, he figured the college entrance examination in this era wouldn't be too difficult! After all, the country had only been established for a few years.

Based on the original owner's memories and his familiarity with modern history, the college entrance examination was reformed in 52, with a unified national examination and a single exam paper.

The first national college entrance examination had an absurdly high admission rate. In 52, a total of 7.3 people registered for the exam, and 6.64 were admitted, resulting in an admission rate of 91%.

It is said that some schools that did not fill all their places conducted supplementary admissions, thus bringing the acceptance rate close to 100%.

Last year, 9 people participated, and 7 were admitted, resulting in an admission rate as high as 77.77%.

With such a high acceptance rate, even if he hadn't transmigrated, the original owner would have had a very high chance of passing the exam.

Not to mention him, a student from four provinces who has undergone modern systematic education and emerged from a sea of ​​books and exercises!