1977年，我進入新閘中小學的初中部學習，那時候我爸已經到北港中學任生物老師了。1977年最重要的一件事情就是恢複高考。這讓我爸敏銳地感覺到我必須換個地方學習，在新閘中小學這種地方是考不上大學的。他和我媽媽那時候經常商量，看看是把我轉學到哪個學校好。我媽當然想到了二中，不過她的老師都已經退休，這幾年她在新閘小學教書，人事關係簡單。我爸則有很多戰友老師是做官的。比如我爸在銘山中學時候的同學兼戰友金益銘（也是地下情報工作者）當時是常州師範學院物理教研組的組長，後來升任師範學院的副院長，常州市高教局局長。
這裏提一下金老師，為後麵打個伏筆。因為正是金老師找到常州中學的史紹熙校長，在1979年把我搞進了江蘇省最好的四所中學之一常州中學，所以金老師是我的大恩人。當然金老師和我父親是幾十年的同學加戰友。我小時候，有次金老師攜全家從城裏到鄉下到訪過我家，他兒子和我差不多大，擅長書法繪畫篆刻，一看就是大戶人家子弟，而我隻是會模仿九成宮寫楷書而已。我還帶他兒子去學校那個小木橋玩。金老師的爸爸是常州著名的資本家，家裏有當時常州獨一無二的旋轉樓，就是樓梯是建在樓外盤旋轉上的。他家的大房子是當時國民黨軍的一個團部所在地。所以我爸利用同學和中統的身份經常出入他家搞到有價值的情報。金老師是華東師範大學物理係的高材生，這裏按下暫且不表。
再說我爸想來想去，想到了他在銘山中學時期的國文老師張老師，張老師也是地下黨，1977年在常州市第十中學做校長。我記得有一天，我爸在家裏抓了一隻母雞，帶上我，騎上自行車到了城裏的張校長家。那時候我很膽怯，也不知道我爸和張校長說些什麽，張校長還留我和我爸吃飯。飯後我和我爸騎車回家，在路上我爸和我講，下個學期你就去十中讀書吧。這樣1977年下半年，我就轉學到了常州市第十中學。常州市第十中學在常州城與西郊結合部，學校當然比新閘中小學要大得多。當時初一有三個班級。我轉到了1班，班主任左榴娣老師。我小時候長得唇紅齒白，屬於古典文學裏的那種有點神韻的小男生，所以很討老師喜歡，其他老師也很喜歡我，加上我寫的書法作業，那時候書法是一門必修的作業，讓左老師驚歎不已，經常在課堂上表揚我，所以我去沒多久，同學們就問我和左老師的關係，是不是幹兒子啊之哦的。有些同學就直接叫我左榴娣的兒子。
我小時候長得好的另一個例子就是我跟了我奶奶去我姑姑家玩，我姑姑家的鄰居們都會來圍觀我，說你們家侄子怎麽長這麽好看秀氣等等，搞得我不自在。還有就是那時候常州舞蹈團的老師到十中選拔舞蹈演員，那是我初二，班主任是楊驛華老師，教數學的。那個舞蹈選拔老師就是在班級門口看了一看，就把我和高建亮兩個人叫了出去測試舞蹈功底。但我對舞蹈不感興趣，而楊老師認為我是農村戶口，實際我是城鎮戶口，就誤以為舞蹈學校老師不用招我。其實我對舞蹈一點也沒有興趣。高建亮去了市舞蹈團，年齡大離開舞蹈團正好碰上改革開放，結果在家賣烤鴨，現在是不是還在賣烤鴨不得而知。
在十中的時候，那時仍然在批判四人幫，因此班級裏學校裏有很多黑板報的工作就落到我頭上，這就是寫字好的副作用，其實我一點也不想做，但是沒辦法，老師們還覺得是重視我，這就是中國式教育的弊病。那時候學校已經開始重視文化學習了，78年常州的中學係統搞了一次數學競賽，學校是楊老師組織的，他沒看上我，覺得我語文寫字不錯，數學一般。沒想到我去單獨找楊老師，積極要求參加競賽。由於張校長的關係，楊老師同意了，沒想到那次競賽我積極準備，雖然沒取得名次，但是確實在十中參賽選手裏考得最好。這是楊老師親口告訴我的。所以從此以後讓楊老師刮目相看。因此當初三時，我要轉到省常中去的時候，楊老師和學校教務處都不肯寫轉學介紹信，他們想要把我留在十中。
上文講到金老師受我父親的委托，在1979年的暑假某一天，帶了我父親和我就直接到省中的操場找到了時任省中的史紹熙校長。史校長當時是行政13級幹部，做過很多年的省常中的校長，又在常州師範學院的副院長，金老師是物理教研組組長，所以他們很熟悉。史紹熙後任常州市人大副主任。順便說一句，史紹熙的雙胞胎兄弟也叫史紹熙，是當時天津大學校長，著名的內燃機專家，科學院院士。很顯然，金老師和史校長並沒有預約。當時史校長在操場打太極拳，金老師就湊近和史校長打招呼，估計我爸的地下工作者身份還是起作用的，史校長當場就點頭讓我轉到省常中的快班之一當時的初三二班學習，班主任王森老師。
轉學後我學習很努力，在轉學後的第一個學期，我獲得了初三2班的總成績第一名。我們年級當時有幾個學霸，初三1班班有幾個，張雷，黃浩東等。好像8班和9班也是重點班，但我不熟悉。一個年級一共有16個班級。1班之所以熟悉，是因為初三的時候我通過賴的方式進了1班。初三一開學，我就自己跑到1班去上課。學校教務處幾次勸我回2班，我就是不回去。1班班主任張湘湘老師，是我們的英語老師，其實張老師是學俄語的，從上海外國語大學下放回常州，後來政策落實她又回到了上海外國語大學俄語出版社工作至退休。張老師當時對我印象還不錯，最後學校也同意了，就留下了我，結果我當年總成績成了班上第二，僅次於學霸張雷（現在英國華威大學經濟學教授）。張雷後來成了我的好朋友，有次還騎車到我家鄉下看我。我也去過他家。他父親是牙醫。
到了高中，原來的1班2班的尖子合並為高一3班，另外從全省招來的同學組成高一1和高一2班。高中3班班主任是卜振揚老師，也是英語老師，卜老師後任江蘇國際經濟技術合作總公司黨委書記副總經理，現已退休。卜老師一直跟我們到高二畢業。高二的時候，學校經常請校友回校作報告，是不是招生宣傳我不知道。印象深刻的有南京古生物研究所的校友，還有上海光機所的王之江校友，王當時是中科院學部委員，現在叫院士。省常中西北工業大學的校友也不少，有次來了兩位，一位叫董秋庭，時任西工大航空發動機係副主任，副教授，一位叫周鳳岐，時任西工大副教授，是反坦克導彈專家，他們兩人在西工大當時都是有名的人物，兩位教授做了場報告，那是我第一次聽說了西北工業大學這個國防院校。這直接導致我81年高考填報誌願的時候報了西北工業大學位第一誌願。那一年是考前填報，我就報了西工大導彈專業，因為住在學校裏，也沒和爸爸媽媽商量。星期天回家和爸爸一講，我爸隻是輕描淡寫地說那你將來一輩子就在山溝溝了。被我爸這麽一講我就回校改了誌願，把第一第二誌願倒填了一下，改成了電子工程係計算機軟件專業為第一專業，導彈專業第二。在中學求學期間，我得到了很多師長和同學的照顧和關懷，讓我永存一份感恩之心。
n 1977, I entered the junior high school section of Xinzha Central Elementary School. At that time, my father had already become a biology teacher at Beigang Middle School. The most significant event in 1977 was the restoration of the college entrance examination. This made my father keenly aware that I needed to study elsewhere, as places like Xinzha Central Elementary School would not lead to university admission. He and my mother often discussed where to transfer me. My mother naturally thought of Erzhong (Second High School), but her former teachers had already retired. In recent years, she had been teaching at Xinzha Elementary School, where personnel matters were simpler. On the other hand, my father had many comrades who were officials. For example, a former classmate and comrade of my father, Jin Yiming (also an underground intelligence worker), was the head of the Physics Teaching and Research Group at Changzhou Normal University at the time. Later, he was promoted to vice dean of the university and director of the Higher Education Bureau of Changzhou.
Now, let me mention Mr. Jin here, laying the groundwork for later. Because it was Mr. Jin who found Principal Shi Shaoxi of Changzhou Middle School and got me into one of the four best high schools in Jiangsu Province in 1979, Changzhou Middle School. Therefore, Mr. Jin is my great benefactor. Of course, Mr. Jin and my father have been classmates and comrades for decades. When I was young, Mr. Jin once brought his whole family from the city to visit us in the countryside. His son was about the same age as me, skilled in calligraphy, painting, and seal engraving, clearly coming from a wealthy family. In contrast, I could only imitate the Nine-Palace Style to write regular script. I even took his son to play on the small wooden bridge near the school. Mr. Jin's father was a well-known capitalist in Changzhou, and their unique rotating building was a landmark. Their large house used to be the headquarters of a Nationalist Army division. Therefore, my father, using his classmate and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) connections, often visited their home to obtain valuable intelligence. Mr. Jin was an outstanding student in the Physics Department at East China Normal University, but I'll leave that aside for now.
Back to my father's considerations, he thought of his Chinese teacher, Mr. Zhang, from his time at Mingshan Middle School. In 1977, Mr. Zhang became the principal of the Tenth Middle School in Changzhou. I remember one day my father caught a hen at home, took me on his bicycle, and rode to Mr. Zhang's house in the city. I was quite timid at that time, not knowing what my father and Principal Zhang talked about, but Mr. Zhang invited us to stay for dinner. On the way back home, my father told me that I would be attending the Tenth Middle School next semester. So, in the second half of 1977, I transferred to the Tenth Middle School in Changzhou. Located on the outskirts of Changzhou, the school was much larger than Xinzha Central Elementary School. At that time, there were three classes in the first year, and I joined Class 1 with Mrs. Zuo Liuyi as the homeroom teacher. As a child with rosy lips and white teeth, I belonged to the classical literary type, somewhat charming. Consequently, teachers liked me, including Mrs. Zuo. In addition to being the homeroom teacher, she also taught Chinese. My good handwriting, a mandatory subject at that time, often impressed Mrs. Zuo. Therefore, soon after my arrival, classmates started asking about my relationship with Mrs. Zuo, wondering if I was her godson. Some classmates even directly called me Mrs. Zuo's son.
Another example from my childhood was when I followed my grandmother to my aunt's house. Neighbors there would gather to watch me, saying, 'How come your nephew looks so handsome and delicate?' This made me uncomfortable. Additionally, at that time, the dance troupe from Changzhou came to the Tenth Middle School to select dancers. This happened when I was in the second year, and the homeroom teacher was Mr. Yang Yihua, who taught mathematics. The dance selection teacher just took a look at our class and picked me and Gao Jianliang to test our dancing skills. However, I wasn't interested in dancing, and Mr. Yang, thinking I was from a rural household (though I was from an urban one), signaled to the dance school teacher not to admit me. In fact, I had no interest in dancing at all. Gao Jianliang joined the city's dance troupe, but with the arrival of the reform and opening up, he ended up selling roast duck at home. Whether he is still selling roast duck now is unknown.
During my time at the Tenth Middle School, the criticism of the Gang of Four was still ongoing. Therefore, many blackboard-related tasks in the class fell on me due to my good handwriting. This was a side effect of having good handwriting. Actually, I didn't want to do it, but there was no choice. The teachers thought they were valuing me, which was a drawback of the Chinese-style education. At that time, I was also the squad leader in the class, displaying organizational talents. I organized the Red Guards to go to the Changzhou Bus Terminal on weekends to learn from Lei Feng, do good deeds, and help wash buses. The school had begun to emphasize cultural studies by 1978. In that year, the middle school system in Changzhou held a mathematics competition, organized by Mr. Yang. He didn't select me initially, thinking my Chinese and handwriting were good but my math was average. Unexpectedly, I went to Mr. Yang and actively asked to participate in the competition. Due to my father's connections, and with the approval of Principal Zhang, Mr. Yang agreed. Surprisingly, in that competition, I prepared diligently. Although I didn't win a prize, I performed the best among the participants from the Tenth Middle School. This was confirmed by Mr. Yang himself. From then on, he began to take notice of me. Therefore, when I wanted to transfer to the Provincial Changzhou Middle School in the third year, neither Mr. Yang nor the school's academic affairs office wanted to write a transfer recommendation letter for me. They wanted to keep me in the Tenth Middle School.
As mentioned earlier, Mr. Jin, commissioned by my father, took me and my father directly to the playground of the Provincial Middle School one day in the summer vacation of 1979. There, we found Principal Shi Shaoxi. Principal Shi, at that time, was a level 13 administrative cadre. He had been the principal of the Provincial Middle School for many years, then became the vice-dean of Changzhou Normal University. Mr. Jin, as the head of the physics teaching and research group, was familiar with him. It seems they did not make an appointment. At that time, Principal Shi was practicing Tai Chi on the playground. Mr. Jin approached him to say hello, and I guess my father's identity as an underground worker still had an effect. Principal Shi immediately agreed and nodded, letting me transfer to the Provincial Middle School to study in Class 2, one of the top classes in the third year. The homeroom teacher was Mr. Wang Sen.
After the transfer, I studied very hard. In the first semester after the transfer, I ranked first in Class 2. In our grade, there were several top students. Class 1 had Zhang Lei and Huang Haodong. It seems Classes 8 and 9 were also top classes, but I'm not familiar with them. There were a total of 16 classes in one grade. I was familiar with Class 1 because, in the third year, I managed to get into Class 1 through some means. At the beginning of the third year, I went to Class 1 for class by myself. The school's academic affairs office tried several times to persuade me to return to Class 2, but I refused. The homeroom teacher for Class 1 was Mrs. Zhang Xiangxiang, our English teacher. Actually, Mrs. Zhang specialized in Russian and was transferred back to Changzhou from Shanghai Foreign Language University. Later, after the policy changed, she returned to work at Shanghai Foreign Language University's Russian publishing house until retirement. Mrs. Zhang had a good impression of me at that time, and the school also agreed to let me stay. As a result, I finished the year with the second-highest total score in the class, second only to the academic ace Zhang Lei (now a professor of economics at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom). Zhang Lei later became a good friend, and he once rode his bike to my countryside home to visit me. I also went to his home. His father was a dentist.
In high school, the top students from the original Classes 1 and 2 were merged into Class 3 of the first year. Additional students recruited from the entire province formed Classes 1 and 2 of the first year. The homeroom teacher for Class 3 was Mr. Bu Zhenyang, also an English teacher. Mr. Bu later became the Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Jiangsu International Economic and Technical Cooperation Corporation and is now retired. Mr. Bu stayed with us until we graduated from the second year of high school. In the second year of high school, the school often invited alumni to give lectures, perhaps for recruitment purposes. Memorable alumni included those from the Nanjing Institute of Paleontology and Wang Zhijiang from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics. Wang was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences at the time and is now an academician. There were also many alumni from the Northwest Polytechnic Institute. Once, two alumni visited—one named Dong Qiuting, then the Deputy Director of the Aerospace Department at Northwestern Polytechnic Institute, and the other named Zhou Fengqi, an associate professor at Northwestern Polytechnic Institute and an expert in anti-tank missiles. They were both famous figures at Northwestern Polytechnic Institute. During their visit, they gave a presentation. It was the first time I heard about Northwestern Polytechnic Institute, a military academy. This directly led to my filling out the college entrance examination application in 1981, listing Northwestern Polytechnic Institute as my first choice. That year, the application was filled out just before the exam, and I applied for the Missile Department because I lived on campus and did not consult my parents. When I went home on Sunday and told my father, he casually said, 'So, you'll be stuck in the mountains for the rest of your life.' With just a few words from my father, I returned to school and changed my application. I switched the first and second choices, making Computer Software Engineering my first major and Missile Engineering my second. During my high school years, I received a lot of care and concern from teachers and classmates, for which I am forever grateful.
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