Liu Qingsong is forty or fifty years old, his face is very dark, his face is a little fat, there is a pair of thick eyes on the bridge of his nose, and his short hair stands up like Mr. Lu Xun.

He was reading a book, and there were two stacks of tall books stacked on the table, almost blocking his whole body.

As soon as he looked up and saw Cao Xiuyan, a smile appeared on his dark face, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes bloomed.

"You're just Xiuyan, come on, come in and sit. Where are you in Liaocheng?" Liu Qingsong stood up, pulled a chair from the side, and motioned for Cao Xiuyan to sit down.

Cao Xiuyan leaned forward slightly to show respect, and said to Liu Qingsong: "Teacher, I am from Shenyang, Liaocheng. ”

When Liu Qingsong heard this, he smiled even more with wrinkles on his face, and said happily: "Then the two of us are really fellow countrymen." I am also from Shenyang. ”

Cao Xiuyan showed a very surprised expression, and said a little contrivedly: "Yes, this is too unexpected." ”

Accidental ghost, in the last life, I didn't drink beer with you in Shenyang during the holidays......

Speaking of which, Cao Xiuyan was also a little ashamed, and only remembered to visit the teacher after a month of school.

It's kind of floating.

The two of them sat down, Liu Qingsong tidied up the table, put the mess aside, pushed his glasses and said:

"How have you been doing lately? Have you not adapted to the south since the beginning of the school year? The climate in Hwaseong is still very different from our hometown...... I wanted to talk to you when I started school, after all, you are also my little fellow, but there are too many things to do at the beginning of school, and I didn't spare any effort. ”

Liu Qingsong poured a glass of water for Cao Xiuyan as he spoke.

Cao Xiuyan half-bowed, took it with both hands, and said very politely: "Teacher, where did you say, it should have been a student who came to visit the teacher, and I was sincerely afraid if you didn't think I was late." ”

Liu Qingsong laughed and said, "You don't have to be so polite with me." By the way, what's the matter with me coming this time?"

Finally got to the point.

Cao Xiuyan hesitated for a moment and said, "Teacher, I want to go to graduate school and try the direction of philology." ”

Liu Qingsong was stunned.

He has been teaching for more than ten years, and he has seen many students clamoring for graduate school entrance examinations in their freshman year, but no student has ever firmly said that he wants to take the calligraphy exam.

After all, the Chinese department is a large category, and many students do not have a systematic concept of this.

For example, literature has three categories: modern and contemporary literature, ancient literature, comparative literature, and world literature (foreign literature), linguistics is divided into modern Chinese and ancient Chinese, modern Chinese is divided into applied linguistics, experimental linguistics, etc., and ancient Chinese is divided into philology, phonology, and philology......

Varied.

The freshman being able to clearly articulate the concept of philology has already surprised Liu Qingsong.

"Can you tell the teacher why you want to study philology?" Liu Qingsong took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly.

Cao Xiuyan's eyes rolled and began to flicker: "I have a distant cousin, she originally wanted to be admitted to the Institute of Paleography of Ji University, but later she was not admitted, so some of her books were left to me, and she also told me a lot about paleography, I was more interested." After the college entrance examination this summer, I read some books and strengthened this confidence. ”

These words, of course, are nonsense. Cao Xiuyan has no cousin of Kaojida, it's just nonsense.

And he secretly sold his heart, and didn't say that his cousin was a graduate student. Because the graduate students are already considered mentors and disciples, the teachers must remember them. And Liu Qingsong is in this circle, he basically knows all the professors of philology at Jida University, and several teachers have a meal and drink to talk about it......

That's Shura.

And he didn't say what school his cousin went from. borrowed the name of Jida, just to get closer to the relationship-

Liu Qingsong graduated from Ji University with a doctorate.

Liu Qingsong suddenly said, "That's a pity." But it's also a good thing that you're interested in philology because of this. What books have you read right now?"

Cao Xiuyan thought back to the bibliography in his mind, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "I started reading Lin Yuan's "A Brief Treatise on Paleography", and then I went to read "Shuowen Jie Zi". I copied the five hundred and forty radicals a few times, copied a lot of stone carvings of the Qin Dynasty, and had a little understanding of the small seal, so I went to see Yu Xingwu's "Oracle Bone Script Interpretation Forest", but it was a little difficult and I didn't understand it very well. Then I went to read some comprehensive books, Tang Lan's "Introduction to Paleography", Huang Dekuan's "Paleography", and Qiu Xigui's "Outline of Philology...... Some books are not very well understood, such as Qiu Xigui's "Outline of Philology", and the later chapters talk about the configuration of characters, which is a bit difficult to understand. ”

Liu Qingsong looked at Cao Xiuyan in surprise, he was surprised that Cao Xiuyan could read so many academic monographs now, and almost all of the books Cao Xiuyan chose were relatively authoritative books, and there were relatively few errors.

"I'm a little surprised," Liu Qingsong drank his saliva to suppress his shock, "You have such a strong interest in philology in your freshman year, and you have read a lot of books. Have you seen any rubbings?"

Cao Xiuyan pondered for a moment and said, "I've seen some." Mr. Yu Xingwu's "Oracle Bone Script Interpretation of the Forest Preface" mentioned that the study of ancient characters is the first important study of glyphs, so I went to see some rubbings. Cao Jinyan's "Selected Writings of Shang and Zhou Jin" read half of it, and then the rubbings of the oracle bone inscription ...... The books are too expensive, so I read some of them piecemeal. ”

Liu Qingsong smiled and nodded, he was very satisfied with this student now.

He didn't think that this student was deliberately pretending, how could a freshman know so many titles?

Moreover, he was able to see from the "Oracle Bone Script Interpretation of the Forest" that he had to save on the research method of heavy glyphs, and he also went to read relevant books, which shows that this student is talented.

"You've been well prepared. It's good to stick to this idea, and if you have any ideas in the process of reading in the future, just put them forward, and if you find some blind spots, you can even consider writing a paper. It is a bit difficult for undergraduates to apply for journals, but I suggest you give it a try, it will be very helpful for you in the future. Are you having any difficulties in your studies at the moment?"

Cao Xiuyan said: "Now I just don't know what books I should continue to read, and some documents and rubbings are not available to me personally, so I am a little dazed......"

Liu Qingsong laughed and said, "Of course, ancient scripts are very expensive. You don't have to worry about this, just go to the Unearthed Literature Research Center on the fifth floor in the future. I can also help the teachers do their work and earn some extra money. ”

Liu Qingsong's last sentence is quite a joke.

Cao Xiuyan must be in his heart. That's why he's here.

The Faculty of Unearthed Literature Research Center has a large collection of books, many of which are not available in the library and are not borrowed.

Liu Qingsong's words are equivalent to a verbal pass, which saves him a lot of trouble in going in and out of the place to read books in the future.

"You should take a look at the glyphs now," Liu Qingsong said again, "Go and see more rubbings, and you should also take a look at Jianbo, Guodian Jian, Tsinghua Jian, Shangbo Jian, accumulate more." You're okay, keep up your work, if you don't understand anything in the future, just come to me. ”

Liu Qingsong was very enthusiastic about him.

is both a fellow countryman and a talented student, Liu Qingsong will certainly not turn away.

talked about some trivial matters again, mainly some of Cao Xiuyan's daily life during this time. Within ten minutes, Cao Xiuyan left.

He could see that Liu Qingsong still had a job, and he had been here for half an hour, and it would be a little uninteresting to stay any longer.

Saying goodbye to Liu Qingsong, Cao Xiuyan walked downstairs and walked back to the bedroom in a comfortable mood.

Cao Xiuyan looked at his watch, it was already half past ten. It's a bit awkward at this time. Go to the library for a while, you'll be hungry and won't be able to read for a few minutes.

Let's go eat, it's too early.

Cao Xiuyan thought for a moment. I decided to go to the food garden in the school to buy a spicy fragrant pot.

The food garden was built only last year, and it is all local snacks that are open all day.

That spicy fragrant pot has always been Cao Xiuyan's favorite, I ate it for four years in my last life, and I still miss that bite when I work after graduation.

strolled around to buy a spicy fragrant pot, although it was only half past ten o'clock, but the stall was already full of people, which showed its popularity.

After choosing some things to check out and get the number plate, Cao Xiuyan waited for nearly twenty minutes.

Food, there is always something to wait for.

Instead of dine-in, I packed it back to my dorm. Pour a glass of fat house happy water and click on an episode of anime, this is enjoyment.

The spicy fragrant pot in the left hand, the happy water in the fat house in the right hand, holding the simple happiness, unpretentious.

Back in the bedroom, Cao Xiuyan saw Huang Xiaotao and Xu Shen chatting about something.

Huang Xiaotao saw Cao Xiuyan come in and said, "Xiuyan, come over and help me see if there is any problem with my draft." ”

Cao Xiuyan put down the incense pot and happy water, walked over and approached the computer screen to take a look-

Speeches.

"You're going to participate in the Freshman Speech Contest?"

Cao Xiuyan asked.

Huang Xiaotao nodded, a little excited: "Yes, try it, anyway, I don't pay the registration fee." Please help me look at the manuscript and see if there is anything that needs to be corrected. ”

Xu Shen remembered something and said, "By the way, Xiuyan, didn't you also participate? You two won't compete together, brothers kill each other, right?"

Cao Xiuyan rolled his eyes and said, "Please don't work hard, this job is quite embarrassing." ”

Huang Xiaotao smiled even more happily, and his fleshy face trembled with laughter, "Then we can go together tomorrow, it's good." Oh, please help me read the manuscript, Xu Shen gave me a few revisions, I want to hear from you. ”

Cao Xiuyan looked at it intently and said, "For the time being...... Nothing was wrong. You just say that the day after tomorrow, no problem. The important thing in the speech is the pause, as well as the typhoon. This is critical. ”

He is very clear about the criteria for the selection of the speech team, and the preliminary round will not have too many requirements for the content, mainly depending on the talent and typhoon, as well as the aura of the whole person.

The content will be specially trained at a later date.

Huang Xiaotao nodded and said, "I'm relieved if you say that." I now have to think of a cool opening, how to introduce myself. Do you guys have any good ideas?"

Cao Xiuyan suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said:

"I'll think of one for you...... This introduction is absolutely domineering, and it will make the judges remember you at once......"

Huang Xiaotao said: "Then you say, hurry up." ”

Cao Xiuyan burst out laughing and said:

"You just say, my surname is Huang, and the yellow ...... of Mao Pian "