The Fiery Era: Starting from Longxugou

"Really? Mother, I'll help you out first thing tomorrow morning!"

Zhao Xiaoyue's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she volunteered to help.

"Help? Can you get up?"

Liu Guiying was delighted upon hearing this.

"able!"

Zhao Xiaoyue nodded seriously.

"Okay, I'll wake you up first thing tomorrow morning!"

Zhao Shi'an watched his younger sister and his mother talking with a smile. The best time to transplant is in the early morning when the temperature is low and the seedlings are more likely to survive. If there is no time, transplanting at five or six in the afternoon or in the evening is also fine. The temperature is high at noon and the seedlings are more likely to die.

After lunch, Zhao Shi'an rested for a while and then went directly to school.

He was just informed this morning that the college entrance examination would be moved up, and now is the time to focus on his review. Although he was confident that he could get a good score, he also knew the saying that pride comes before a fall. The more diligent and hardworking he was, the more deserving his score would be when it came out.

In the following days, high schools across the country received news that the college entrance examination would be moved up. As the People's Daily published detailed information, the news quickly spread throughout the country.

Upon receiving the news, high schools quickly adjusted their teaching and review plans, and divided students into classes according to their own preferences.

The school has been very busy these past two days. As the head of the senior grade, Li Zhankui not only has to coordinate the affairs of the entire grade, but also pay attention to the situation in his class. He is busy all day long.

After the initial chaos subsided and the teaching order quickly stabilized, he called the students in the class to have a heart-to-heart talk. After fully understanding the students' thoughts, he then recommended whether they should apply for arts and humanities or science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine.

Li Zhankui did this because most of the parents of the students at No. 11 Middle School came from poor families. The principal said that the students should discuss it with their parents, but most of the parents were illiterate or semi-literate. Even if there were a few families with better conditions, most of them were not as well-educated as their own children who were in their senior year of high school.

It was precisely because of these considerations that he wanted to have a proper talk with the students in his class.

Li Zhankui called out names based on academic performance. After calling out the class monitor, academic representative, and Youth League secretary, it was soon Zhao Shi'an's turn.

"Teacher, you wanted to see me!"

In the office, Zhao Shi'an looked at the homeroom teacher in front of him and asked.

"You're here? Sit down! The class monitor and the others told you, right? It's Saturday today, and we'll be reassigned to different classes next week. What are your thoughts?"

Li Zhankui invited Zhao Shi'an to sit down. He valued this student who had skipped a grade from the first year of high school less than a month ago. He had just skipped a grade and already achieved excellent results, ranking fourth in his class and tenth in the grade. If it weren't for the advance notice of the college entrance examination a couple of days ago, he would have had another monthly exam next week.

He had seen Zhao Shi'an's hard work over the past month and was sure his grades would improve significantly in the next exam!

I never expected that the news of the college entrance examination being moved up would throw me into disarray.

He had high hopes for Zhao Shi'an and naturally paid close attention to what kind of major he wanted to apply for!

"Teacher! I'm planning to apply for science, engineering, agriculture, or medicine!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shi'an immediately gave the answer: it's not a secret for teachers to talk to students. After the class monitor communicated with the teacher, he announced it to the class. Today is Saturday, and tomorrow is Sunday.

There are 39 students in the class, and we definitely can't finish talking to them all in one day. The teacher said that he will also be at school all day tomorrow, so students can speak up if they have any questions or ideas. He will recommend the categories and majors to apply for based on everyone's ideas.

Seeing how dedicated the teacher was, Zhao Shi'an didn't want to waste the teacher's energy and directly expressed his thoughts!

"Science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine? Not bad! These are all fields the country urgently needs. Have you decided which major to study?"

Li Zhankui felt much relieved upon hearing this. He recommended that students with good academic performance study science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine, especially science and engineering. At present, there is a severe shortage of talent in China, and construction is in full swing in various places, resulting in a great lack of corresponding talents. After graduation, they will have a place to use their skills.

"Teacher, I haven't decided yet. With the 141 projects aided by our Soviet big brother being built across the country, there's a huge demand for manpower everywhere. As contemporary youth, we should go to the most difficult and challenging places..."

Zhao Shi'an did not directly express his idea of ​​studying agriculture, but instead gave his teacher a heads-up.

Anyone familiar with modern history knows that this was an era of great talent. The country had no shortage of scientific research talent, but it lacked agricultural talent. In this era without improved seeds, fertilizers, and high-standard farmland, food was of paramount importance.

When granaries are full, people know etiquette; when food and clothing are plentiful, people know honor and shame.

This is no empty talk. On an empty stomach, you can't even walk, let alone do scientific research. You can only lie down and rest to minimize your energy consumption!

Especially given that domestic agriculture has gone astray due to the "Michurin theory," the correctness of choosing agriculture has become all the more evident.

After all, even Mr. Yuan suffered from this, wasting many years of his most energetic years!

The reason he's not saying anything now is because he's worried his teacher will encourage him to aim for Tsinghua or Peking University; he still remembers what his teacher said during the last home visit.

Currently, the Soviet Union provides 141 aid items to the country, 15 short of the 156 items mentioned in modern history. It is expected that more will be added gradually in the future.

苏联对国内的援建目前分为两批，第一批是50年的50项援助，第二批是去年5月15日新增的91个项目，总计141项。

"Great! I'm so glad you think that way! If there's anything you don't understand, feel free to ask me!"

Upon hearing this, Li Zhankui was very supportive of Zhao Shi'an's awareness and ideas!

"Teacher, I can!"

"Okay! Since you have this idea, I'll give you more advice when you fill out your college application! Alright, go back to your class and call Liu Lu over!"

"Okay!"

Zhao Shi'an agreed, left the office, returned to the class, and notified Liu Lu, who was ranked fifth, to go to the office.

Everyone was surprised to see Zhao Shi'an return so quickly and asked him in turn:

"Shi'an, what category did you apply for? Why did the teacher let you come back so quickly?"

"Yes! The class monitor and the academic representative talked for a long time."

"Shi'an, what's going on with you?"

Listening to the discussions, Zhang Haitao couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing much! The teacher just asked me what I planned to apply for. I said I wanted to study science, engineering, agriculture, or medicine. The teacher asked why, and I gave a brief explanation. I guess the teacher thought my answer was reasonable and didn't talk much more about it!"

Faced with everyone's questions, Zhao Shi'an gave a brief explanation.

Everyone immediately understood.

After school, No. 11 Middle School once again had a break. On Sunday, Li Zhankui was busy helping students choose their subjects.

Zhao Shi'an wanted to help his family with the accounting for selling vegetables, but his parents sternly stopped him, saying it wouldn't affect his studies.

Upon seeing this, he went directly to the school classroom and diligently studied Russian.

As the new week began, students in the class reported the types of subjects they had chosen to take the exams.

After submitting their application categories on Monday, the students were assigned to classes that afternoon.

Students who applied for science, engineering, agriculture, and medicine majors were assigned to Class 1 of the senior year, while Class 2 became the humanities major.

Of the 87 students in the senior year of No. 11 High School, 35 applied for arts and humanities majors and 52 applied for science, engineering, agriculture and medicine majors.

After being divided into classes, the students once again immersed themselves in intensive review!