"This is the last time I told you, Minister Zhongqing Yu. ”

Hearing Lian Liwen's introduction, Zhuang Yan was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "It turned out that Minister Yu was here, and the students were disappointed, so I hope you will forgive me." ”

Yu Zhongqing looked like a bureaucrat dressed up, but when he spoke, he was more hearty than Zhuang Yan imagined, he looked at Zhuang Yan with a smile and said: "Zhuang Yan, why are you so polite, I just came uninvited, and it is a blessing that you don't blame." ”

"Haha, don't listen to his nonsense, you continue to entertain guests here, let's just go in on our own. Before Zhuang Yan could speak, Lian Liwen opened his mouth first, and as he spoke, he pulled Yu Zhongqing and Cai Yuanpei inside.

Of course, Zhuang Yan couldn't let them in by himself, and now that the guests were almost here, and the time for the banquet was approaching, he had other things to do, and the matter of welcoming the guests could only be handed over to Wang Lijian and them.

By the time Lian Liwen and Cai Yuanpei sat down under Liu E's arrangement, the time had reached more than 11:40, and there were still more than ten minutes before the official start of the ceremony.

At this time, Ma Yinchu pulled Zhuang Yan to the side with his sleeves and said, "You take advantage of the time you still have to tidy up your clothes and hair, and the ceremony will start in a while." ”

Zhuang Yan looked himself up and down, and said with a smile: "I have something to tidy up, and I am not married, how can I be so exquisite." ”

He wore a plain suit today, which was decent and had no highlights. In fact, before Ma Yinchu, they suggested that he customize a set of robes or horse coats, at least to make him look more like a literary master who founded a sect.

However, this suggestion was directly rejected by Zhuang Yan, he is only in his early twenties, and there is no need to deliberately pretend to be old-fashioned. And whether it is a master of literature or not, and it is not a set of clothes that can be decided. If it weren't for the more formal occasion, he wouldn't even want to wear a suit.

Ma Yin pouted when he saw his lazy appearance, and said helplessly: "If you don't get the clothes, you won't get them, but your hair has to be sorted out after all, look at your hairstyle, what is the difference between your hairstyle and your student Liang Sicheng's hairstyle?"

Zhuang Yan turned his head and glanced at Liang Sicheng, and laughed suddenly, Ma Yinchu was right, the hairstyles of him and Liang Sicheng were really the same.

"Okay, okay, I'll just get it. Zhuang Yan said with a smile.

Ma Yin also laughed when he first saw him compromise, "Then you go first, and I'll warm you up." ”

Zhuang Yan shrugged his shoulders noncommittally and walked towards the bathroom, and Ma Yinchu's so-called warm field was just referring to his work today.

The banquet host work, Zhuang Yan thought about it for a long time, but he didn't settle down, and then it was Ma Yinchu who took the initiative to ask for it, so he was decided.

As if playing a trick, Ma Yinchu took out a microphone from the cuffs of his robe and walked onto the stage of the banquet hall with a smile.

"Ahem. Ma Yinchu cleared his throat and attracted the attention of the guests, he said: "Good afternoon, distinguished guests, today is the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar in 1917, the sun is shining, the singing is flying, the laughter is loud, the sky is auspicious, in this good time, we ushered in the ......"

Ma Yinchu spoke energetically above, but Wang Lijian below looked at each other.

"Old Yu, Yuan Shan's presiding speech was written by himself?" asked Wang Lijian.

Yu Hai shook his head, "I don't know, I asked him about the presiding speech before, but he pretended to be mysterious and didn't tell me." Why does his opening sentence sound like a wedding celebrant?"

Liang Qichao on the side nodded in agreement, "I'm afraid it's the officiating speech of the wedding he attended, which he learned and used to bring it." ”

And Liu He's table is now full, Cai Yuanpei and the three of them came the latest, and the seats they sat at the back, but it seems that the three of them have no opinions, after all, the status here is not low.

Gu Hongming looked at Ma Yinchu above, squinted his eyes and smiled, "Ziyan is too trouble-free, how can he find this foolish man to be the master of ceremonies?"

Kang Youwei on the side also laughed, "A few of them get together every day, and if they can use it, they can use it, Ma Yuanshan, this kid looks a little silly on the outside, but he is still a little clever in his bones." ”

After Ma Yinchu probably finished reading a line he had prepared, he finally began to return to his normal painting style, only to hear him say, "First of all, it's an honor to serve as today's host, I asked Zhuang Yan before why he would choose me as the host." I thought he would express things like trust to me, but he didn't, and he told me that the reason why he asked me to be a host was because he was short of money recently and couldn't afford to hire a professional host. ”

"Hahahaha......"

Of course, everyone here knew that it was impossible for Zhuang Yan to make him the host for this reason, but it was indeed a good joke, so they all laughed cooperatively.

But Wang Lijian couldn't help but complain, "It's obvious that he recommended himself, this guy." ”

Of course, Ma Yinchu couldn't hear Wang Lijian's complaints, he continued: "Everyone is gathered together today, so everyone knows what happened, so I won't repeat it. That's right, Zhuang Yan is going to accept students today. However, Zhuang Yan is only in his early twenties, so how can he dare to accept students in such a big way? Can he afford the responsibilities and obligations of being a teacher at such a young age? Does he understand what is the 'way of a teacher' and what is 'being trained to solve doubts'?"

Hearing this, many people below grew their mouths to express their surprise, if they didn't know that Ma Yinchu had a good relationship with Zhuang Yan, they would even think that Ma Yinchu came up to dismantle the stage.

Of course, Ma Yinchu is not demolishing the stage.

"I teach at Yenching University myself, so I know how heavy the burden of being a teacher is. When we do our own learning, we don't really think too much, we don't know how to try to understand, we don't try our best to learn, just like a general conquering a mountain, the mountain is there, you can see and touch, it's nothing more than a matter of effort. But teaching students is different, teaching students is like stepping on the ice, not knowing which piece will fall. ”

"But I also know that even though it is difficult, it is everyone's responsibility to pass on the torch, and I am so, and so is Zhuang Yan. In any case, Zhuang Yan has the courage to stand up and undertake this obligation, and I sincerely admire him. Okay, without further ado, let's invite today's protagonist to the stage. ”

Zhuang Yan was already standing under the stage at this time, and when he heard Ma Yinchu's words, he walked up with a smile.

Ma Yinchu smiled and handed the microphone to Zhuang Yan, and then raised his eyebrows, because he noticed that Zhuang Yan had an extra thing in his hand, and he had the heart to ask Zhuang Yan what it was, but in the current situation, he was not allowed to ask.