Chapter 484: A Good Wife Is More Important Than a Career

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, school finally started. On the first day of school, the students of the '82 World Economics major met a surprising new teacher.

"This is Teacher Yu Yu Lichen. In the coming semester, he will teach you the course 'Development Economics'."

"Teacher Yu has just returned from studying abroad and has a direct understanding of the world's frontier economic knowledge..."

Li Ye didn't quite understand. Before the New Year, this guy had just angered their beautiful class teacher, and after the New Year, the school let him come over to teach them. What kind of medicine was in this gourd?

And when the department leader introduced Yu Yu Lichen, Li Ye quietly looked left and right and found that the expressions of several students were not quite normal.

Class monitor Zhen Zhen Rongrong frowned slightly, Youth League Committee member Chen Chen Xiaoling held a fountain pen and poked secretly on the paper, while class committee member He He Dazhuang had a bitter face.

These people had met Yu Yu Lichen and had unpleasant encounters when they went to help Mu Mu Yunning move with Li Ye back then.

Would they fail the exam in the future because of this?

And Li Ye's conflict with Yu Yu Lichen was even greater. Yu Yu Lichen wanted to know Mu Mu Yunning's address, and Li Ye directly blocked him.

Of course, Li Ye was not afraid. If Yu Yu Lichen dared to give him a failing grade, he would dare to argue with Yu Yu Lichen in front of Teacher Zhang Zhang Qiyan, asking why he gave him a failing grade.

You must give me a one, two, three, four, five, six, not talk nonsense in the clouds.

"The rise of this discipline is inseparable from developing countries like our mainland, because the content of this discipline mainly studies how poor and backward agricultural countries or developing countries can realize industrialization, get rid of poverty, and move toward prosperity."

Zhen Zhen Rongrong and the others had already started taking notes. Despite having opinions about this "Chen Chen Shimei," their learning attitude was still very upright.

Yu Yu Lichen obviously prepared the lesson seriously, telling many fresh examples from abroad, combined with the content in the textbook, which sounded quite innovative.

"Hello everyone, this semester I will study the content of 'Development Economics' with you. This discipline is a comprehensive branch of economics that gradually formed in Western countries in the late 1940s,"

Li Ye keenly felt that some students were moved.

The monk from abroad knows how to chant scriptures, not necessarily because their knowledge is high, but possibly because they chant in a foreign language that everyone doesn't understand.

"After returning to the country, I specifically analyzed the gap between mainland economics and overseas economics and found that our mainland specifically emphasizes the importance of a few problems, believing that solving them can smoothly promote the economic development of developing countries. This idea is not entirely correct."

Yu Yu Lichen first emphasized the applicability and importance of "Development Economics" to the mainland, and the subsequent lectures were also orderly, but Li Ye listened for a while and always felt that there was an "arrogance" in his words.

And because Yu Yu Lichen had the experience of studying abroad, it was possible that the department head had really "talked" to him.

After class, Yu Yu Lichen didn't leave with his bag like other teachers, and the students in the classroom didn't rush over to pull the teacher to ask this and that as before.

Unlike those cattle and horse majors like physics and chemistry, the exchange quotas for the economics major were very few. Last year there were almost none, and this year it seemed there were only a few.

So for someone like Li Ye who was familiar with the economic trend of forty years, he could just deal with Yu Yu Lichen's class to pass the exam, while he didn't dare to be distracted in Zhang Zhang Qiyan's class.

Although Li Ye often went to the teacher's house for meals and had a deep relationship as a master and apprentice, if he dared to be distracted in class and missed a knowledge point, the teacher would scold him to death.

"The economic development of a country is not a harmonious and stable process; it cannot be based on an automatic equilibrium mechanism,"

"In addition to coursework, if students have questions about English or studying abroad, they can also find me. A few days ago, the department head talked to me about the study abroad quota..."

So Li Ye saw Yu Yu Lichen as a monk from abroad.

"In the process of development, order may not necessarily appear between conflicts, and coordination may not necessarily appear in the competition of private interests."

But Li Ye felt that Yu Yu Lichen's lectures were somewhat innovative, but more of them were just repeating what others said.

While when his teacher lectured, because he had a deep understanding of the mainland situation, he paid more attention to pragmatism.

And sometimes Zhang Zhang Qiyan would also tell some amazing new ideas, and these new ideas belonged to him alone, which he explored himself, not heard from others, and certainly not in books.

This was somewhat awkward.

"Ring ring ring~"

"We must think from multiple angles, such as population, industry, agriculture, trade, finance, and education, etc., combined with world-advanced economic knowledge, to explore development methods suitable for our mainland."

However, Yu Yu Lichen soon smiled and said: "I am about the same age as everyone. Don't be so restrained in the future,"

But Li Ye found that Zhen Zhen Rongrong curled her lips slightly.

Yu Yu Lichen was overdue to return. Talk to him? Talk about why he made a mistake back then?

It was just that the temptation of studying abroad was too great, and many students were unwilling to let go of even a trace of opportunity.

There are no walls that don't leak in the world. A few days after school started, the news about Yu Yu Lichen was found out by Li Ye's classmates.

"Do you know? Teacher Yu was originally supposed to be our class teacher, but the school refused,"

"It just so happened that Professor Wang has been in poor health recently, so he temporarily let him teach us 'Development Economics'. It's not clear whether Professor Wang will take over later!"

"That's right, this is the usual trick of the unit, giving people who made mistakes a chance to see the effect."

"Hmm hmm hmm, so the things he said are all lies. Still talking about study abroad quotas with the department head? Really boasting."

Things seemed to be developing in a direction that Yu Yu Lichen didn't want to see, but there was no way. Who let Mu Mu Yunning have a special status in the hearts of many students?

But a month after school started, a very abrupt piece of news made the students' views turn 180 degrees.

Sun Sun Xianjin ran into the classroom in a hurry: "Li Ye, you have been selected as a study abroad student."

"Me? Study abroad student?"

Li Ye was surprised first, then laughed: "How is that possible? I didn't apply to study abroad. Who would put such a good thing on my head?"

Sun Sun Xianjin said urgently: "Oh, it's true. I heard the counselor say it myself. He said it was Teacher Yu who strongly recommended you to the department, and then Teacher Zhang also said you were very good..."

"..."

Sun Sun Xianjin's voice was very loud, and everyone in the classroom heard it. Li Ye immediately felt the attention of everyone.

The envious and jealous gazes were fine, but what was with so many disdainful ones?

【So I clearly stated before that I wouldn't compete with you for study abroad quotas, and now it's hypocritical, right?】

Li Ye was still very suspicious. He frowned and said: "I haven't spoken to Yu Yu Lichen alone this year. How could he recommend me?"

Sun Sun Xianjin sighed and said: "Brother, can I still lie to you? If there are no accidents, you will go to Moscow University to dance with Katyusha after the summer."

"Moscow University? He wants to send me to the north? I..."

Li Ye was so angry that he almost jumped up.

He finally understood that Yu Yu Lichen just wanted to send Li Ye far away, so that Li Ye wouldn't talk to him about the topic of "Since you were overdue to return, why did you come back?"

Back then, Li Ye only used a few words to probe, and felt that Yu Yu Lichen had likely stumbled in the Lighthouse back then before returning.

Now Li Ye's feeling was ten percent.

"What's wrong with Moscow University? Li Ye, do you only want to go to the Lighthouse?"

"That's right! Moscow is also one of the centers of the world. Li Ye, you really don't know how lucky you are!"

"It's really people comparing with people, making people angry. We are desperately applying without any news, and when good things hit people on the head, they still complain about a headache!"

The classmates who were envious of Li Ye originally rolled their eyes one after another, and sour words and strange words came one after another.

Li Ye ignored them, lifted his legs and walked out of the classroom, heading straight for the department office.

When he arrived at the department office, he didn't shout "I'm not going" directly, but smiled and exchanged glances with the teacher.

Zhang Zhang Qiyan immediately understood and walked out leisurely.

"What's wrong? Anything for me?"

"Teacher, you know I don't intend to study abroad. How come I heard there is a quota for me this time?"

"Huo, you even dislike such a good thing?"

Zhang Zhang Qiyan smiled: "You came here in such a hurry just for this?"

Li Ye nodded and said: "Just for this. Teacher, you know my situation. My girlfriend and I are going to be together. She had a chance to go out last year, so... can you help me push it?"

"I didn't intend to give it to you in the first place,"

"..."

Zhang Zhang Qiyan looked at the stunned Li Ye and said proudly: "You kid is a full man who doesn't know a hungry man's hunger. You don't know how popular this quota is."

"Since someone took the lead and sent it to my student's head, I can't just push it out. It's just preliminarily determined now, later... do you understand?"

"..."

Li Ye understood. The whole economics department knew that Li Ye was Zhang Zhang Qiyan's proud student, so now that Li Ye was preliminarily determined, this quota was his, Zhang Zhang Qiyan's. Whoever wants to change it... hehe.

"Go back! Your senior brother and sister are coming over for dinner this Saturday. Come early to cook!"

"Eh, I know, Teacher."

"Remember to buy a few more catties of prawns. The braised prawns you make are not bad. Dongshan's famous dish is well-deserved."

"Eh eh, Teacher, don't worry, enough!"

Li Ye, who had worried for nothing, turned around and walked back resentfully, but was suddenly stopped by Zhang Zhang Qiyan.

Zhang Zhang Qiyan walked up to Li Ye and whispered: "Are you really not considering going out to see? If you return from studying abroad this time, you will be an expert on Soviet economic problems in a few years..."

"..."

It must be said that Zhang Zhang Qiyan really regarded Li Ye as a proud student, and even said such words directly.

Li Ye smiled awkwardly: "Teacher, I don't have any great ambitions, so..."

Zhang Zhang Qiyan turned and left: "That's fine. Having a good wife is more important than a good career."

Others didn't know Wen Wen Leyu's situation, but he, Zhang Zhang Qiyan, didn't know?

The old guy is smart!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 485 =====