I, Yan Jiefang, will live to 2025 in this courtyard house.

After Yan Jiefang returned, Yan Jiekuang specially brought his fourth daughter, Yan Jiedi, to report to him on the recent events that had occurred in the courtyard.

After listening, he comforted the third son, telling him not to worry about it.

After they finished speaking, Yan Jiedi, drinking Beibingyang soda, asked anxiously: (This child is spoiled; she's drinking Beibingyang in the dead of winter.)

"Erguo, where have you been this semester? Why haven't you come home at all?"

Yan Jiefang ruffled her hair and joked:

"He didn't go anywhere; he was just sent abroad by the country to fight a war."

Hearing him say this, Yan Jiekuang and she were both very surprised, thinking that he had really gone to fight abroad.

After all, the Korean War was only ten years ago.

The memory of that founding war is still very clear to everyone.

The Sino-Indian border self-defense counterattack was only last year.

Jie Di dodged her brother's large hand, opened her eyes wide, and asked curiously:

"Erguo, where are you going to fight this time? Korea or India?"

Just as Yan Jiefang was about to answer, he suddenly noticed someone flash by outside. Looking over, he saw a figure walking away.

It is Yan Bugui.

I wonder what this guy is doing here.

He lost interest in playing with the child and directly explained his plans to go abroad:

"I'm going to participate in a competition held in Java, it's a sports meet."

"Sports meet? What's that?"

Yan Jiedi was still young and had little impression of these things.

Yan Jiekuang knew a little about it, since the primary school also held a school-level sports meet every autumn.

He explained in a low voice:

"It's those kinds of competitions like running, high jump, and long jump."

Yan Jiefang nodded:

"Yes, that's the kind of competition, but this time we're competing against foreigners."

Yan Jiedi, being a native of Beijing, knew a little about foreigners:

"Foreigners? Are they those white-skinned, blond-haired monsters?"

Yan Jiefang nodded:

"right."

"So, did we win?"

"We won!"

"Erguo, how many foreigners did you defeat?"

"A few dozen, I guess."

...

A few days later, the State Sports Commission held a commendation and award ceremony at the Beijing Gymnasium. The Vice Premier (who also served as the Director of the State Sports Commission) personally attended the meeting and presided over the ceremony.

This time, the awarding of first, second, and third-class merits in sports will be temporarily applied in accordance with the military's reward system.

The level of merit shall be collectively evaluated by the Party Committee of the delegation:

Winning a gold medal in an individual event is eligible for a second-class merit award.

His performance broke the competition record, and he was awarded a first-class merit.

The person who broke the world record was awarded a special merit.

Yan Jiefang won the 100-meter championship and broke the world record by a large margin. He was awarded a special merit at the meeting.

The clerk read out the list of meritorious officials on the spot:

"In the men's 100-meter sprint, champion Yan Jiefang broke the world record and was awarded a Special Merit Citation!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Jiefang stepped forward and quickly walked to the front of the stage under everyone's gaze.

The staff handed over the merit certificate with a red-embossed cover and a bronze medal.

The Vice Premier stood up and reached out to shake his hand:

"You fought bravely on the Jakarta track, displaying the spirit of young people in the new China. The fate of China as the 'sick man of East Asia' rests on the shoulders of athletes like you. Train hard and keep up the good work."

Yan Jiefang stood with his legs together, raised his hands, and solemnly saluted:

"Please rest assured, sir, I will train hard and win glory for the country."

The Deputy Prime Minister personally handed the medal to him and patted him on the shoulder.

Yan Jiefang carefully put away the certificate and medal, then returned to his post.

I couldn't calm down for a long time.

Following them, weightlifter Li Jiyuan, archery champion Li Shulan, and gymnast Wang Weijian stepped forward to receive their awards. All the athletes who broke world records were awarded special merit. (This system was only used once after returning from this competition and was not adopted as a long-term practice, nor was it repeated in subsequent sporting events.)

The entire conference was conducted in an orderly manner, with applause coming one after another.

Four people broke world records at this conference and were awarded special merit! (4m, weightlifting, archery, gymnastics) (3 in reality)

First-class merit: More than 20 people

Second-class merit: More than forty people

Third-class merit: There are many recipients, but no specific data.

(This award method was only used once after returning from this event, and it has not become a long-term system, nor has it been repeated in other sports events.)

...

Yan Jiefang was unaware that he had been featured in the RMR newspaper the day after winning the 100-meter championship, and that he had already caught the attention of many people.

Some teams used their power and connections to try and recruit him, using him as the sharpest tool to accumulate merit and reputation for themselves.

However, Yan Jiefang's backer was the Ministry of Machine Building (a ministerial-level unit directly under the center), which also wielded considerable influence.

How could I possibly give up the good cards I have in my hand?

When the higher-ups spoke up, all those covetous glances were immediately shut down.

...

After this competition, Yan Jiefang went quiet and returned to his original rhythm.

He was just a vocational school student, and his main task was still studying.

As for the basketball tournament in Jiuxianqiao, he would naturally still participate.

Although other teams were repeatedly thrashed, they were still willing to play a friendly match with Beiwu Electric Power.

Because Yan Jiefang is a world champion, people just love to see the style of a world champion.

Even the number of spectators at the stadium has increased significantly.

Although he was suspected of being watched like a monkey, Yan Jiefang was thick-skinned and didn't care at all.

Some veterans in the sports world felt indignant to see that Bei Wu Dian was letting such a promising young talent go to waste on basketball instead of training him seriously in sprinting.

Only the leaders of Beiwu Electric Power knew that Yan Jiefang could not be viewed in the ordinary way; he was simply a monster.

I've never seen this kid train, but he's not only fast, plays basketball well, but also has the best academic performance in the whole school.

This kid can also write songs; he releases a decent revolutionary song every year.

What's most baffling is that this guy, a science and engineering student, is doing the work of a humanities student.

Every month, 25,000 words of revolutionary fiction are published in best-selling magazines!

That income level is enough to make many teachers and school leaders feel hopeless!

375 yuan per month!

It's more than the annual salary of most ordinary workers!

That's 10 times the power of Jiro! (Jiro at the beginning of the drama)

Because of these reasons, the school leaders and homeroom teachers simply let him do as he pleased.

The Spring Festival in 1964 came a little later than the previous year.

The day off for the North Electricity Company was February 4, 1964.

When Yan Jiefang returned home, Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi were helping him clean the house.

He immediately put down his schoolbag and joined in.

Actually, there were almost no insects in his house, only a small amount of dust, so cleaning was relatively simple.

This is because he used traditional Chinese medicine techniques to specially purchase relevant materials to make a special insect-repelling fragrance.

If you place this spice indoors, apart from a few extremely rare insects, common geckos, spiders, centipedes, cockroaches, bedbugs, mosquitoes, and flies will not enter at all; they will simply stay far away.

This is also why his room always has a faint fragrance.