Chapter 88: A Blind Eye

After listening to the old professor's words, Lu Shanmin finally understood the true meaning of Bai Ling's sentence 'Well frogs can't speak the sea, summer insects can't speak ice', when they were in elementary school, the two had nothing to say, as Bai Ling went to junior high school and high school, gradually Lu Shanmin didn't like to listen to what she said, and Lu Shanmin couldn't understand what she said, and the common language of the two became less and less, until finally the two had nothing to say. The real reason is that Bai Ling's three views are improving, and he has always been standing still.

In fact, it's not that Lu Shanmin doesn't like to go to school. When I was a child, I couldn't continue to go to school due to physical reasons, although I didn't say anything at that time, but every weekend, I saw the children in the village who went to junior high school back to the village with their schoolbags, and their eyes were full of envy. After so many years, Lu Shanmin had forgotten about not being able to go to school, if Bai Ling hadn't been admitted to the university and had an inexplicable complex about the university, maybe he would have lived in Mazui Village for the rest of his life.

"When I was a child, I had a serious illness and had to give up my studies because I had to receive treatment every day."

"Do you want to go to school now?"

"I want to think about it, but it's no longer possible. ”

The old professor smiled, "Is it because today's class was hit?"

Lu Shanmin thought for a while, "It's not entirely because of the blow, it's because I recognize myself better." ”

The old professor looked at Lu Shanmin with interest and smiled, "Hehe, I don't think you recognize yourself." As he spoke, he picked up a leaf from the ground and covered Lu Shanmin's eyes.

"Can you still see the world now"?

"Old professor, you covered my eyes, how can I see"?

"It's called a leaf obscure, and a leaf blocks your whole world."

Lu Shanmin seemed to understand something, "Old professor, I understand, are you saying that I am only confused by partial or temporary illusions."

Ma Guodong nodded with satisfaction, "It's very perceptive, and the children can be taught."

Lu Shanmin scratched his head, "However, I really don't understand what you said in class."

"That's right, you don't even understand it, how can you recognize it, and how can you arbitrarily think that you can't learn it"?

Lu Shanmin felt that the old professor's words were a little contradictory, and frowned and didn't know how to answer.

Ma Guodong continued: "Shanmin, what kind of work did you do when you went to work in the East China Sea?"

"It's just a barbecue on Minsheng West Road not far away."

"Do you think it's hard to grill and barbecue?"

"I think it's very simple."

Ma Guodong laughed and said, "I think it's difficult, I can burn the kitchen when I stir-fry at home, and my wife has scolded me for being a fool more than once."

Lu Shanmin smirked, "You definitely rarely go into the kitchen."

Ma Guodong nodded, "When people are faced with unfamiliar things, they often think of it out of reach, interlacing is like separating mountains, sometimes as long as you climb over that mountain, you will find that it is just like that." ”

After talking with the old professor for more than half an hour, Lu Shanmin gradually understood the reason why the old professor was talking to him, and he was excited and grateful. With a nervous mood, he tentatively asked, "Old professor, you mean that I can learn your economics."

"Didn't you just ask me what economics is? Economics is the study of the laws of human economic activities and the laws of value creation, transformation, and realization. ”

Lu Shanmin shook his head blankly, not quite understanding the meaning of this sentence.

The old professor smiled, "Then let me put it another way, economics is the study of people's clothing, food, housing, transportation, how to produce things, how to sell things, and how to spend the money earned from selling things." ”

Lu Shanmin looked at the old professor in surprise, "It's as simple as that." ”

The old professor smiled, "How difficult do you think?" ”

"What you mean is that if I open a barbecue restaurant, spend money on vegetables, sell them after they are roasted, and use the money to buy clothes, firewood, rice, oil, and salt, this is economics. ”

The old professor stroked his beard and laughed: "The children can be taught, the people who sell clothes, vegetables, rice, oil and salt earn your money, and then take the money to eat barbecue in your barbecue restaurant, which completes a complete economic cycle." ”

"So that's what economics is." Lu Shanmin's voice trembled a little with excitement.

"You only went to primary school before, and your basic knowledge accumulation is limited, and you have no contact with economics, so you can't understand a lot of technical terms." said seriously: "To tell you the truth, I think economics is much simpler than grilling."

Lu Shanmin smirked, the depressed mood just now was swept away, and he once again found the feeling when he was hunting in the mountains, and his body was full of strength.

Ma Guodong handed the two books in his hand to Lu Shanmin, "This is "Fundamentals of Economics" and "History of Economic Thought", you take it back and read it first, whether you can understand it or not, read it several times first."

Lu Shanmin was flattered, his eyes were slightly red with excitement, and he couldn't express his mood at the moment in a thousand words. "Thank you. ”

The old professor smiled and waved his hand, "Books have been fateful, old man, I have taught at the Finance College all my life, and no student has ever recorded all the words I said. From now on, there will be my classes every Monday and Friday morning, and if you dare to be absent, see that I don't smash your ass."

Lu Shanmin's eyes were slightly red, and he nodded firmly.

Seeing Lu Shanmin's resolute expression, Ma Guodong stroked his gray beard with satisfaction, talked for a long time, and was also thirsty, took out the teacup he carried with him, took a sip of tea and said, "Remember the purpose of your study."

Lu Shanmin was stunned for a moment, thinking of what the homeroom teacher said in elementary school, and said arrogantly: "Old professor, rest assured, I will never live up to your expectations, study hard, and become a useful person to society in the future."

"Cough cough," Ma Guodong almost choked to death with a sip of tea.

Lu Shanmin hurriedly patted Ma Guodong on the back, "Old professor, are you okay?"

Ma Guodong came to his senses for a long time, smoothed his breath, and said breathlessly, "Who taught you these nonsense words, you remember to me, you have only one purpose, to win the school flower of the financial college."

"Ahh

Ma Guodong had an expression of hatred on his face, "If you can't get it within three years, I won't recognize you as a student."

Lu Shanmin looked at Ma Guodong in disbelief, thinking to himself, whether the old professor's main career is to study economics or pull the red line.

Lu Shanmin asked tentatively, "Old professor, did you study economics for women?"

Ma Guodong thought of the old wife at home, and it was precisely because she and her rival applied for the economics major of the same school that she chose economics despite the opposition of the whole family.

Poked by a young junior, Ma Guodong couldn't help but blush slightly, and coughed dryly twice, "Nonsense, am I so vulgar? I applied for economics in order to become a useful person to society."

Lu Shanmin sighed, feeling deep self-reproach for his conjecture just now, an economics expert like the old professor, how could his ideals and ambitions be something that he, a mountain villager, could speculate indiscriminately.

"People, you have to have a goal in doing things, so that there will be a steady stream of motivation. But don't set your goals too big and too vain, don't think about the great cause of saving all mankind, think more about the school girl named Zeng Yaqian, think about one day you can walk with her with peace of mind, or think about one day he will be knocked down by other men, so that you will be more motivated."

Lu Shanmin nodded subconsciously, and Ma Guodong smiled with satisfaction, and then said:

"Mathematics is a tool for all sciences, from now on, you have to find time to study middle and high school mathematics on your own, and when you finish high school mathematics, I will naturally teach you some advanced things."

Lu Shanmin frowned slightly, a little worried, many people can't learn well when they have teachers in school, let alone self-study.

Seeing Lu Shanmin's expression, Ma Guodong said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's definitely not difficult to grill and barbecue."

Lu Shanmin asked suspiciously, "Really?"

"Do you think I'm lying because of my esteemed status"?

Seeing the affirmation on the old professor's face, Lu Shanmin showed a smile on his face, the old professor is a big intellectual, he said okay, he shouldn't be wrong.

"Old professor, I have a question for you."

"You ask".

"You're still seeing me for the first time, why are you willing to help me"?

Ma Guodong sighed and said: "The profession of a teacher is different from that of a master who learns technology in society, and I can't wait to teach everything I have learned to students."

"But don't you have a lot of students?"

As soon as he talked about those students, Ma Guodong got angry, "Those people, can they be good students and still be admitted to this broken school"?

"But I think I'm worse than them?"

Ma Guodong shook his head, "You are different, your handwriting is very beautiful, it looks like it has been practiced for a long time, and now there are a few young people who have that patience, I have been teaching for so many years, and I have never seen a student who can record all the words of the teacher, I see your thirst for knowledge."

Lu Shanmin sighed, and asked with some apprehension, "Then do you think I will learn better than them in the future?"

Ma Guodong waved his hand, "Who knows"?

Lu Shanmin looked surprised, "Then why did you spend so much time on me?"

"Every discipline will hold some academic seminars from time to time, what do you think we economics experts talk about when we get together?"

"Of course you get together to study economics."

Ma Guodong shook his head, "Fart, this group of people get together to either brag about what academic achievements they have achieved, or they are boasting about how big an official their so-and-so student is, how much money they make, and how awesome they are in the industry."

"Ah"? Lu Shanmin looked at Ma Guodong in surprise.

Ma Guodong said with an angry face, "I have an old opponent, who teaches at Tunghai University, and his academic achievements are not necessarily better than mine, but he is stained with the light of good students, and every time they meet, he bragged to me about how awesome his students were. Phew, if I had those excellent students from Tunghai University, my students would be worse than him."

Lu Shanmin asked worriedly, "So you want to train me to be an excellent talent and surpass his students."

Ma Guodong shook his head, "My old opponent can't do anything, but there is one sentence that I still recognize, 'Dreams still have to be had, what if they come true?'" said and patted Lu Shanmin on the shoulder, "Don't be too stressed, I'm just trying my luck, what if I really hit the shit luck"?

"Huh"?