After Cai Yuanpei's words were finished, Kang Youwei and Ma Yinchu both fell into deep thought. Wang Lijian has fewer feelings, one is because he is relatively younger, and the other is that he is now in charge of running the "Literary and Art Circle" website, and he deals with these vernacular articles every day, of course, he doesn't feel anything.

In fact, Ma Yinchu is younger, but he has just returned from studying in the United States not long ago, so naturally he doesn't know much about domestic vernacular literature, and most of the works he reads are also previous works.

Cai Yuanpei looked at the sky outside and it was not early, he interrupted the two of them with a smile and said, "We haven't finished this book yet, and it's not too early, why don't we go to dinner first, and then go back to finish reading this book?"

Kang Youwei and Ma Yinchu nodded, and Cai Yuanpei smiled and said to Wang Lijian: "Zijian, don't worry, we will definitely read this book carefully, as for the book review or preface, we will give you an answer when we come back." Oh, don't rush back, go to dinner with us first. ”

When Wang Lijian heard the first half of Cai Yuanpei's sentence, he thought he was chasing away customers, and was about to say goodbye, but when he heard his invitation in the second half of the sentence, he nodded and said, "But it's disrespectful." ”

……

Zhuang Yan had just had dinner, sitting in front of the computer and browsing the rental information on the Internet, when he suddenly heard Chen Jiaqing knocking on the door next door.

"Sister Chen, what's the matter?" Zhuang Yan opened the door and saw Chen Jiaqing, and asked with a smile. The last time he had dinner at Chen Jiaqing's place, it was a formal acquaintance, so he didn't call her Miss Chen anymore, but called her Sister Chen.

Chen Jiaqing looked a little embarrassed, hesitated for a while before saying: "Xiaozhuang, that's the case, I have something to go out at night, but I don't worry about Xiaoying being at home alone, I'm thinking about it...... If you don't have anything to do at night, can you help me take a look at Xiaoying?"

Before Zhuang Yan could speak, Chen Jiaqing hurriedly said: "Don't you go out of your way to see it, I was wondering, can I let Xiaoying come to your side for a while at night, don't worry, Xiaoying is very well-behaved, you just let her do her homework by herself, it won't disturb you." ”

Chen Jiaqing said in a hurry, Zhuang Yan also saw her difficulties, and didn't ask her what she was doing at night, so she nodded: "It's okay, you let Xiaoying come over." ”

It's just to watch a child, and Xiaoying is indeed very well-behaved as Chen Jiaqing said, and there is nothing inconvenient for him to be at home alone, so he simply agreed.

Hearing Zhuang Yan's promise, Chen Jiaqing was pleasantly surprised: "Really, you agreed? Then I'll call Xiaoying over now." ”

Xiaoying seemed to be waiting behind their door, and before Chen Jiaqing called her, she walked out by herself, and walked over with a little dog doll in her arms, and the little girl looked up and said to Zhuang Yan with a smile: "Uncle Zhuang Yan, thank you for taking me in." ”

Zhuang Yan was amused by her appearance, touched her little head and smiled: "No thanks, you can go in." ”

When Xiaoying entered, Chen Jiaqing thanked him again before saying goodbye to Zhuang Yan and leaving.

Zhuang Yan returned to his room and saw the little girl sitting on his bed, holding the doll quietly.

No way, the room is too small, except for a chair in front of the computer desk, there is no other place to put a chair, and Xiaoying can only sit on the bed.

Fortunately, Zhuang Yan cleaned his room two days ago, otherwise he would have been too embarrassed to let Xiaoying come over.

But it's not a matter of letting this little girl sit, Zhuang Yan pinched his waist and glanced around the room, but he didn't find anything for Xiaoying to play with.

He smiled and asked Xiaoying, "Xiaoying, have you finished your homework?"

"It's done, it's done before dinner. Xiaoying said.

"Really good, do you have any books that you want to read?" Zhuang Yan asked.

Xiao Ying thought for a while, shook her head and said, "No, I've read all the books in my house several times, and I don't want to read them anymore." ”

Zhuang Yan frowned, Chen Jiaqing was too concerned about the education of children, and after reading all the books in the house, he didn't say to buy her a few new ones.

Xiaoying frowned when she saw Zhuang Yan, and she didn't know whether she guessed what he was thinking, or it was a coincidence, so she just heard her say: "Every time I want to read a book, my mother takes me to the bookstore to read it, don't buy it back." ”

Zhuang Yan sighed silently, it seems that Chen Jiaqing is not interested in Xiaoying's education, but he is too poor, even if he wants to buy books for Xiaoying, he is powerless.

"Hmm......" Zhuang Yan sat down next to Xiaoying and asked her with a smile: "Xiaoying, what kind of books do you usually read?"

Xiao Ying counted her fingers and said, "Usually the books my mother buys for me are "Grimm's Fairy Tales", "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales", "One Thousand and One Nights", ......"

"Which one do you like to read?"

Xiaoying looked up at her little face and thought for a while, and said: "I like Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales, Grimm's fairy tales are so boring, they are all like for children, every time my mother reads to me, there is a princess in the past, there is a prince in the past, and they live happily together in the back." ”

Xiaoying is only five years old, she is still in kindergarten, she doesn't know many words, even if it is an illustrated book, she can't read it, so she has to ask her mother to read it to her.

However, hearing Xiao Ying's words, Zhuang Yan was a little surprised, he didn't expect Xiao Ying to have such an obvious preference for being so old. She said that of course Zhuang Yan had read all those books, but Zhuang Yan himself might not be able to tell which fairy tale was which book, but he didn't expect this girl to be so clear.

Thinking about it, there is indeed this difference between "Grimm's Fairy Tales" and "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales", and the stories in "Grimm's Fairy Tales" are always clear about good and evil, good is good, and evil is evil, describing a clear and pure world in an obvious way. At the end of the story, and always perfect, the bad guys are punished, and the good guys end up living happily ever after.

But "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" is different, there is no obvious symmetry of good and evil in its story.

For example, in "The Little Match Girl", the little girl is cold and hungry, only uses a match to keep warm, and finally dies, which is very different from "Grimm's Fairy Tales".

It's not good or bad between the two, but comparatively speaking, "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" is indeed suitable for older readers.

However, Zhuang Yan looked at Xiaoying's immature little face and couldn't help laughing, isn't she just a child herself, but said that "Grimm's Fairy Tales" is for children.

"Uncle, what are you laughing at, are you laughing at me. Xiaoying asked.

Zhuang Yan was stunned for a moment, this little girl was quite sensitive, he touched the little girl's head and said: "I'm laughing at you, but I'm laughing kindly, because when I'm as old as you, I can't tell the difference between "Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales" and "Grimm's Fairy Tales" like you." ”

"Really?" said Xiao Ying innocently with a smile.

Zhuang Yan nodded, "It's true, so how about Uncle give you a story about mice?"

When Xiaoying heard a story, her eyes lit up: "Okay!"

Zhuang Yan smiled and began to say: "This story is called "Shuke and Beta", there is a mouse, his name is Shuke, he was born in a family with a bad reputation......"