Hearing Feng Xiaochen's question, Feng Lingyu was silent for a moment and said, "Brother, let's be honest, I do think that Germany is better than China, with better living conditions, abundant materials, and civilization. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoStill, I want to go back, not because I'm afraid you'll scold me, but because I want to go back. ”

"Why?" Feng Xiaochen asked curiously.

Feng Lingyu exhaled and said, "Because I'm not convinced." ”

"Unconvinced, what do you mean?" Yang Haifan asked in surprise next to him.

Feng Lingyu said: "No matter how good Germany is, it is not our own country after all. China is poor, China is backward, and even we Chinese are looked down upon here. When I was with Klina, many of her friends laughed at her and said that if she went to China with me, there would be no toilet at home, and that if she didn't wrap her little feet, she would be looked down upon by the Chinese. ”

"Wrapping little feet?" Feng Xiaochen and Yang Haifan are sweating, what is this matter, how can the Germans think that the Chinese are still wrapping their feet?

Feng Lintao interjected: "It's true, many Germans are very discriminatory against China, and their understanding of China is still stuck in 100 years ago. When Ling Yu and I first came to Germany, we were studying culture in a cram school, and I took the first place in the class, and many German classmates went to the teacher to complain, saying that I must have cheated. ”

"And then?" Feng Xiaochen asked in a low voice.

Feng Lintao said: "Of course, there is no evidence for this kind of complaint, but the sense of superiority of a strong country that these German students have revealed from their bones is really uncomfortable." Later, Ling Yu and I maintained good grades in school, and slowly they stopped talking. ”

"The main thing is that Lin Tao fights for us Chinese. Feng Lingyu said, "He is in the top three in the school every time he takes the exam, and I can't do it, barely hovering around the top ten." ”

"The top 10 is not bad. Feng Xiaochen nodded. These two cousins are really competitive, one can maintain the top three, and the other can get into the top ten, both of them are excellent students. One thing to take into account is that there is a language barrier when they study in Germany. The two of them did not learn German systematically, but only studied with the old engineer Chen Jinqun for a period of time when they were in Tongchuan, and it was indeed not easy to overcome the language barrier and become one of the best students in the school.

Hearing several people talk about the discrimination of Germans against Chinese, Feng Wenru also spoke: "What you said, grandma and my father have also experienced. My father was also very discriminated against in the past because he was of the yellow race, but he did a good job, and then everyone didn't dare to discriminate against him anymore. Lin Tao, Ling Yu, haven't you also been respected by your classmates now?"

Feng Lingyu said: "Indeed, most people in the school now at least in public no longer dare to discriminate against me and Lin Tao. Still, they felt that it was a bad decision for Klina to date me, unless I was willing to stay and work in Germany. ”

Feng Xiaochen smiled, it seemed that his younger brother's relationship with that Klina had developed so deeply that they began to think about where to settle down and work. He smiled and asked, "If that is the case, shouldn't you stay in Germany and work? ”

"I don't know what Klina means, but I'm not going to stay in Germany to work. Feng Lingyu's face showed some stubbornness.

"Why?" Feng Xiaochen asked.

Feng Lingyu said: "I don't want others to say that I stayed in Germany to live a good life. If I had stayed in Germany, even if I had mixed well, they would have pointed to my backbone and said, "Look at that poor boy in Germany, his family is so poor that he doesn't even have a toilet, and he has to stay in Germany to live like this." ”

"Uh......" Feng Xiaochen was speechless, is this also a reason to return to China?

"People fight for a breath, and the tree lives a skin. I can understand Ling Yu's thoughts. Yang Haifan sighed and said softly.

Feng Xiaochen has never felt the feeling of being discriminated against, but Yang Haifan has experienced it. He was originally from Pujiang, but he left Pujiang because he was an educated youth in Nanjiang Province, and later stayed in Nanjiang to work. Every time he went home to visit his relatives, he could often see the look of contempt on the faces of his friends who had stayed in Pujiang back then. Those people flaunted to him all kinds of big city lifestyles, and wearing an imported toad glasses could show off countless superiority feelings, which made him very depressed. One of those friends' favorite words is: Come back quickly, see you're about to become a countryman.

I'm going to make a name for myself in my country, so that you can look up to me!

This is what Yang Haifan has been thinking for many years. That's why he gave up his position as secretary of the county party committee and resolutely went to Chenyu Company to be a Chinese manager, which was also an opportunity to Bo Yibo. At the end of the first year, Feng Xiaochen privately gave him a dividend of 10,000 yuan, although he said no, but finally accepted it. He did not use the money for his own personal consumption, but took the opportunity to go back to visit relatives to buy imported color TVs, refrigerators and other large items for his family, and used practical actions to humiliate those Pujiang friends who were still gnawing at the old ones.

Contempt between people can be achieved for any reason:

You are more learned than me, but you are not as rich as I am, so you are nothing but a poor and rotten man;

You are richer than I am, but you are from a poor background, so you are an upstart, and I am a nobleman;

You're better than me in everything, but your hometown is in the countryside, so you're just a phoenix boy who flew up our plane tree, you are so good, why don't you go back to your hometown......

The phrase that dogs are not poor is sometimes considered a bit outdated, but it actually represents a very simple emotion of self-esteem. No matter how good someone else's home is, after all, it is not your home, at any time, people will point to your nose and laugh at you and say: Look, this is the poor boy from the countryside, their family is so poor that they don't even have a thatched house, and it is all thanks to us to take him in.

What is the meaning of ambition? Ambition is unwilling to admit defeat and bow one's head: I am a stupid bird, so I will fly first, and I don't need the pity of others; if I am poor, I will work hard, and I will yell at others: Don't bully the poor youth! My hometown is not as good as you, then I will try to learn from you, and then go back to build my hometown.

In contrast, other teasers are born with no idea what ambition is. Seeing that others are stronger than themselves, they don't think about how to learn, but pounce on them and kneel and lick without saying a word, and they feel extremely honored to be a dog for others. In order to hand over a letter of nomination to foreigners, they can even make up the lame reason of "sweet air", and he is not afraid of a slap from foreigners: Do you mean that our air smells of mustard gas!

"Hehe, yes, yes, Ling Yu, I support your idea. ”

Feng Xiaochen also understood what Feng Lingyu meant, he encouraged his younger brother with a smile, and then said to Yang Haifan: "Haifan, it seems that we have to speed up our actions, even if we Chinese young men can have girlfriends abroad generously, we have to hurry up to make the country rich and strong." ”

"Grandma said that we should learn the advanced technology of Europe here, go back to build the country, and make the country rich and strong, Ling Yu and I both thought so. Feng Lintao said.

"That's a good idea. 100 years ago, the students sent to Europe by the late Qing government also had such ideals, and they said this......" Feng Xiaochen thought for a while, imitated the recitation, and read:

"I went to the West here, knowing China's plan for self-improvement, and I wanted nothing else. Carrying the future of the country, taking the science of foreigners, going to 70,000 miles, leaving the country of the motherland and parents, and having no regrets. ”

"I went to the West and knew China's plan for self-improvement...... That's so good to say, it almost goes to my heart. Feng Lintao muttered, "Brother, you will copy this passage to me in a while, and I will take it as my motto." And who said that? Why haven't we learned it in textbooks?"

"Well...... I don't remember exactly, it was in a book. Feng Xiaochen hurriedly looked sloppy. This is actually a line from a TV series in later generations, but it is quite sensational, and Feng Xiaochen remembered it. It is indeed embarrassing to recall that more than 100 years ago, when Chinese began to learn Western technology. From the overseas students of the late Qing Dynasty, to Feng Weiren and Yan Leqin, to the group of people who stayed in the Soviet Union at the beginning of liberation, and today's Feng Lintao, Feng Lingyu, Du Xiaodi, and so on, generation after generation of Chinese are like sponges absorbing water, learning advanced foreign technology, only seeking to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and have no regrets.

While speaking, Feng Hua's villa had already appeared in the field of vision, Feng Lingyu remembered something, and hurriedly said to Feng Xiaochen: "Brother, don't tell your grandmother, uncle, and aunt about Klinna, and don't tell our parents when you go back." Actually, she and I are just ordinary friends, and I can't bring her back to China. ”

Feng Xiaochen smiled: "If she is willing to go to China with you, at least I will welcome it." Mom and Dad, I'll take care of the work. ”

Feng Lingyu's face was red, and he didn't know what to say. Feng Xiaochen was able to have such an attitude, which surprised him a little, and at the same time imagined a little more about the future of himself and that Klina.

The car stopped outside the villa door, and except for the driver, Feng Lintao, the rest of the people got out of the car. Yan Leqin had already heard the sound and came out of the house. When she saw Feng Xiaochen, her face was full of joy, and she took Feng Xiaochen's hand and greeted:

"Xiaochen, it's been hard all the way! Come into the house, grandma has stewed soup for you." ”

"Thank you grandma. Feng Xiaochen responded, and then introduced Yang Haifan to Yan Leqin. Yan Leqin had actually seen Yang Haifan in Nanjiang, and when they met again at this time, they were also quite enthusiastic, and they entered the house with a smile.