After the summer vacation, I returned to university to continue my classes.

Later on, I became a university professor and brought my son from the village to the city for school, leading a completely different life from my hometown.

It was only many years later that I truly realized the college entrance examination that year was an opportunity for Chinese people to change their destiny.

Such opportunities are encountered only a few times in one's lifetime.

If you seize it, you seize it; if you miss it, you miss it.

I once asked Uncle Si, what exactly is fate?

Uncle Si said, I'll tell you in a profound way, but as a university student, you probably won't be interested, so let me explain it simply:

There are some things that come up that you have to do, that's your fate; whether you can accomplish them or not, that's your fortune.

If you caught the opportunity of the restored college entrance examination, that's fate. If you got admitted, that's fortune.

I admired my mother's vision and also lamented how people tend to realize things only after experiencing significant changes.

"What about the Feng Shui of our ancestors?" I asked.

Li Lao Si said:

Haven't you seen all of that?

Under the same ancestral grave, the descendants are all different.

What plays the decisive role is still your heart.

Back when you copied that set of "Self-Study Series for Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry," and gave eight copies to others, that's why you got admitted.

I said, "You knew about this?"

Li Lao Si said, "It's because of this that Cai Xiucai took notice of you. Because Cai Xiucai noticed you, he gave you that little stick, and that's how you survived."

After speaking, he sighed:

Given the difficulty of that college entrance exam back then, even if a pig copied it eight times, they could still get admitted.

Kids nowadays have it tough. According to the standards back then, half of them could get into Tsinghua University.

But now it's hard to even find a decent job, let alone getting allocated housing.

You guys have caught a good time!