As I gradually familiarized myself with the computer, I began to practice the five-stroke typing software. I raised both my arms and fumbled clumsily with my fingers on the keyboard. Even though my arms were sore and heavy after a while, I insisted on not letting my palms rest on the keyboard and always let my elbows hang above the keyboard. This was because there was a special reminder in the typing practice manual that if one wanted to type flexibly and efficiently, one had to pay attention to keeping their elbows suspended in the air at the beginning of the typing practice. Only when their arms were used to being suspended in the air for a long time could their hands become flexible and efficient in typing. Thanks to this reminder, I learned how to type with my arms in the air. The second key point was to achieve " blind typing." I didn't fully understand this key point at that time. I thought that not staring at the fingers on the keyboard was to achieve blind typing. I did this and thought that I did a good job. It wasn't until a long time later when I watched my daughter type that I realized that my understanding of touch typing was not in place. Not only did my daughter's eyes not stare at the fingers on the keyboard, but her eyes also did not stare at the display screen. At this time, her eyes were staring at the materials to be typed. But I couldn't do that. My eyes didn't have to stare at the keyboard, but I had to stare at the screen. Otherwise, the results would be completely different. At this time, I wanted to go back and practice again according to my daughter's typing essentials, but my hands and eyes had already formed a set pattern, and it was difficult to change my habits.
When I first started practicing the five-stroke typing, I wanted to start from memorizing the root and the five-stroke structure. However, the purpose of my typing practice was to solve practical problems and to use them immediately. Therefore, I couldn't wait to memorize the root and practice the five-stroke technique, so I forced myself to write directly on the computer. I bought a five-stroke word root manual and searched for their finger code word by word. Then, I typed them into the computer one by one. During that time, I often spent the whole night on the computer (not surfing the Internet. At that time, I didn't know what the word "Internet" was, and that pieced together computer didn't have the function of surfing the Internet). It took me a lot of effort to come up with a dozen words. At that time, a young man saw me learning to type on the computer and asked me to type dozens of words in a minute. How could my speed be measured in one minute? It would be more appropriate to change it to typing a few words in an hour.
It was winter when I was practicing typing, and the temperature was very low in the middle of the night. When my wife woke up and saw that I was still immersed in the computer, she stuck her head out from under the blanket and complained,"Do you want to die? It's already so late and you're still not sleeping?”At this moment, I was annoyed by my slow typing speed, so I said to her angrily,"Mind your own business!" When she heard that, she was really angry. She got up to pull the power of the computer and muttered,"Are you possessed? You don't sleep in the middle of the night. You're already eighty years old and you still want to learn to play the flute?”I had no choice but to unwillingly turn off the computer and get under the blanket, but those roots and codes were still in my mind for a long time. Sometimes, when my wife fell asleep again, I would secretly get up and turn on the computer. Sigh, actually, how could my wife not want me to learn how to use a computer as soon as possible? She knew that she was 47 or 48 years old. There was no way I could stay at home and do nothing. I also hope that I can find something to do as soon as possible. However, she was also worried that at my age, I would not be able to find a place to work. Before I resigned, I told her," I'm going out to work after I come down.”" Will anyone still use you?" she asked with concern.”In order to make her feel relieved, I gathered my courage and said," I want to earn 600 yuan a month to show you.”She didn't believe him." Stop dreaming. At your age, it's already good enough that someone can give you a bowl of rice to eat.”Yes, she didn't believe that I could earn 600 yuan a month. At that time, the salary in the mainland was so low that it couldn't be compared with the coastal area. My monthly salary and subsidies as a farm manager didn't even add up to 500 yuan. Who would give me 600 yuan? Although I feel that a salary of 600 yuan for someone with my ability isn't high, I can't guarantee that I can get it. After living in the old system for nearly 50 years, the rigid low wages have completely destroyed the courage and expectations of people of our age. We no longer dare to expect to have a high income and live a good life in this life. Moreover, most people had no confidence in giving up the state-owned economy that they had relied on for their entire lives to make a living.
In my circle, I was considered the most courageous person of that age group. After all, I dared to give up everything I had before and choose to work. However, my courage and expectations were just a request to have a bowl of rice to eat and a place to live. At that time, my son was working in the south and had already received several thousand yuan a month. For me, this amount of salary was not something I dared to ask for, but even if I dared to dream about it, I would not dare to think about it. Now that he was almost fifty years old, he forced himself to learn computer and English with his blurry old eyes. He was only working hard to fulfill the goal of " six hundred yuan " that he boasted in front of his wife. He did not dare to have any other delusions.
Although my wife saw that I had been on the computer for a long time and shouted at me, she actually hoped that I could master some new skills for modern young people to make a living. She picked up some waste packaging boards from the factory and begged the carpenters in the factory to make a simple computer desk for me with these old boards. She put the computer desk in the bedroom. At night, she sat on the bed and knitted a sweater while watching me practice typing on the computer. I understood her concern and expectations, which made me more motivated to learn and practice even more. Three months later, I could write at a speed of more than 20 words per minute. This typing speed was nothing for a young man who knew how to use a computer, but it was a breakthrough for me, who was almost 50 years old. The key to this breakthrough was that I had the courage to sit on the computer and write something. Compared to my original skills, it was a qualitative change. I couldn't help but feel a deep sense of pride. These three months of hard work were really worth it. From now on, I can use the computer to write things and type out the things I have written. Not only does it hide the embarrassment of not being able to write well, but it also greatly increases the efficiency of writing things. In 1998, few people over the age of 40 could use a computer to type, but I could sit on a computer and work like young people. This really greatly enhanced my confidence.
When my wife saw that I could type smoothly on the computer, she was very envious and sighed that she was not as good as me in terms of self-learning spirit. I encouraged her to practice five-stroke typing, but she gave up after a few days. She said to me in a self-deprecating manner,"It's fine as long as you work to earn money to support me. I don't have the perseverance anymore, and I don't want to suffer that hardship.”Everyone has their own way of living, so I won't force her. At this time, I really wanted to have my own typing machine. Without a typing machine, the letters in the computer could not be sent out (at that time, there was no home computer internet service in the mainland). However, a computer printer was an expensive thing at that time. It cost thousands of yuan each. It was not easy to squeeze money out of his wife's meager salary to buy a computer printer. However, my wife was determined to buy me a printer. He dragged me to the streets to find the cheapest one, but the cheapest one was 1,300 yuan (the current price of that printer in 2012 was at most 100 yuan). After spending a lot of effort to bargain, the shop owner only gave me 200 yuan. After setting the price, my wife called my son who was working in the south for help and asked him to send 1,000 yuan to support me to buy a typing machine. When my son heard that I had learned how to type on a computer, he quickly sent the money back, making my dream of having a typing machine come true.
After I used the stupid method to first use the five-stroke typing, I returned to memorize the five-stroke radical formula and practice the five-stroke radical input finger method to improve my typing proficiency. This learning method of mine is very effective for me. The hardware function of my assembled computer could barely use the beginner version of WPS software. Other functions were impossible. However, this computer, which was not of any grade, was a treasure in my eyes. My daughter first used it to learn how to type. Not only did I use it to learn how to type, but I also used it to learn how to operate text software.
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