Updated: 2013-05-08

When passing through the antique arch, Li Yundao deliberately glanced at the school motto on both sides of the iron and silver hooks: "Cultivate the righteousness of heaven and earth, and the law is perfect in ancient and modern times." Although he has only been here for half a year, Li Da Diaomin has an indescribable affection for this 211 engineering university, just as everyone has a soft spot for the kindergarten where they spent their childhood, and this comprehensive university, which was founded at the beginning of the last century, is full of traces of a hundred years of quiet death. Fortunately, even though the school has been thrown out of the top 30 in the national ranking under the impact of mainstream social values in recent years, there are still some people who are really immersed in learning in this campus that has been carved out of mottled appearance by the rings of time and years. Wu Lao, who was nicknamed "old man" by Li Yundao, is the treasure of the town school here.

The ancient city of Gusu has never been short of water, in ancient times, it was said that "the door before opening the door is adjacent to the water, and the back window is not an exaggeration at all", the old man lives on the bank of the small river behind the school, an antique courtyard with a strong atmosphere of the Su faction, a peach blossom tree is planted on the side of the river bank in front of the door, the early summer has passed the season of falling Yingbin, but it seems that the peach blossom fragrance can faintly smell the breath of the peach blossom fragrance floating ten miles a few days ago. There is a strange-looking Taihu Lake stone at the door, which is congenital and does not touch any worldly atmosphere. The door was a wooden door, and the "squeak" sound he heard when Li Yundao pushed the door open seemed to be as old as if it came from a century ago.

The yard is not big or small, and the west side is full of trees. The old man, wearing reading glasses, sat on a wicker chair in the shade of a tree, and slowly peeled the garlic one by one, so slowly that it seemed as if the whole world was about to stop. He peeled it so earnestly that it was as if all that was left in the world was the small clove of garlic he had in his hand. When he heard the door knock, the old man slowly glanced at Li Yundao from above his reading glasses, grinned at him, revealing a mouthful of sparse old teeth that had almost fallen out, and looked complacent, but Li Da Diaomin always felt that the old guy smiled like a child who had successfully played a trick.

"Sit. The old man pointed to the clearing across from him, "Wait until I'm done." ”

Li Yundao was not polite, looked around, found a water faucet on the other side of the courtyard, washed his hands, sat on the ground opposite the old man, took out a garlic from the plastic frame, and skillfully peeled it off. One old and one young, they didn't speak, just listened to the birdsong in the trees and the occasional bicycle bell from pedestrians outside the walls. The old man still had an unhurried rhythm, and he didn't know if Li Da Diaomin was deliberately teasing the old man, but he was slower than him, and he simply served the garlic in his hand as the king of jade on Kunlun Mountain. However, with the addition of Li Da Diaomin, in less than half an hour, the crystal garlic meat in the small basket was already piled up like a hill. When the last clove of garlic meat was put into the basket, the old man clapped his hands and shouted into the room: "Today's task is completed." ”

Li Yundao didn't expect that there were still people at home, turned his head to look, and suddenly felt that his eyes lit up, and there was actually a woman who looked like a young woman walking out of the middle hall, her skin was like congealed fat, and there were thousands of styles flowing between her cheeks and smiles, even Diao Min, who was also a beautiful woman like Li Yundao, who had seen the Cai family and the Ruan family, couldn't help but want to say such a dissolute thing as "the powder tent fell and drunk Wushan".

"Teacher, it's not okay to cheat, at least half of it is done by others. Dr. Mei said that it is necessary to peel it for two hours a day to help the condition. The soft Wu Nong's soft words made Li Yundao's heart like a few loaches struggling to beat himself. Li Yundao never thought that the Wu dialect was very good, and he only retained a more sincere respect for history and culture for Kunqu Opera, but today when he heard this Wu dialect that was so soft that it was in people's bones, it was a pity that Li Da Diaomin suddenly this woman did not sing Kunqu Opera.

Sure enough, with the graceful swinging waist, a small half basket of garlic was placed in front of Wu Lao. The old man seemed to have no choice but to smile bitterly at the young woman, "Wait a little longer." ”

Li Yundao was originally a little angry, but when he saw the young woman glaring at him with a frowning eyebrow, he hurriedly smiled with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, you peel it off first." ”

"Okay, let Ah He take you to the study to sit down. ”

"I'm sorry to trouble Sister Ahe. Li Yundao hurriedly got up and followed behind the young woman named Ah He.

The old man's study was very large, and the bookshelves were arranged in rows like a library, and there was only a small sunken wood carved desk in the innermost part, complete with pen, ink, paper, and inkstone. The walls are dotted with calligraphy and paintings, all of which are made by people at home and abroad, and any one of them can be auctioned at a staggering price in the Beijing-Hong Kong auction house.

After entering the study, Ah He turned annoyance into a smile: "Let you see the smile." The teacher is old, likes to play with children's temper, and sometimes deliberately plays some tricks to let us find that the past few years have been active day by day, which has slowed down his brain degeneration symptoms. After speaking, there was still a faint worry between his eyebrows.

"Everyone has their own destiny, and the old man's life is very hard!" Li Yundao said as soon as he opened his mouth, and regretted it after speaking. He was used to such a conversation with the old man, but the young woman respected Wu Lao very much.

Fortunately, Ah He didn't seem to care, and said softly while smiling and making tea: "The teacher accepted one of my students after he turned 70, and when he was eighty years old last year, he also said that if he couldn't receive a closed disciple, I would be his closed disciple." But it's good to have you. ”

Li Yundao smiled and didn't explain much, he suddenly found that it seemed that there was such a beautiful senior sister who was beyond the realm of things, and it didn't seem to be a bad thing.

"Is it true that the teacher said that you would not want to study with him until you died?" Ah He stood by the bookshelf, gently dusting off the little dust on the book, and asked in a low voice, "You don't know, how many people in China are lining up to apprentice." ”

Li Yundao regretted that he had refused too resolutely before. "Sister Ahe, I'm going to work at the Public Security Bureau in a few days......"

"Work won't affect your studies!" Ah He smiled, laughing so hard that Li Da Diaomin was dizzy.

"Uh...... It really doesn't matter?"

"It definitely doesn't affect, in fact, the teacher looks at the diploma or anything very lightly, the key is to look at the foundation and potential. ”

"I should still have a little potential, and my skills are ......," Li Dadiao said with a humble heart.

"Senior brother, you are too modest, I was also there that day when you fought with Professor Harvard Kreese Wang. Now the person who recited Lao Zhuang without a word is really rare. ”

Li Yundao suddenly remembered that day King Krees of Harvard University said, "Young man, you have to go back and study Lao Zhuang and then come to argue with me." Li Yundao countered on the spot and said, Lao Zhuang, I was eight years old, and I had my back like a stream. Professor Krees Wang said again, then you look at it from your back, you really recite it backwards, and I will be your student. So Li Da Diaomin recited it upside down on the spot, King Kreis was not convinced, and said I will pick one article, if you really recite it, I will really worship you as a teacher, then you can recite that one, remember, you have to recite it backwards. So Li Da Diaomin once again amazed the audience, and there were good deeds in Li Yundao who recited the full text of Baidu for comparison, and finally came to the conclusion that it was word for word. After the whole audience was over, Li Da Diaomin sneaked out of the venue, and Wu Lao also let Ah He think a little before finding out Li Yundao.