Chapter Ninety-Six: Interlude
The two crossed the road, arrived at Dongpo Restaurant, ordered a few random meals, xiaolongbao, wontons and pickles, sat opposite each other, and began to eat. At first, there was nothing to say, but after a while, Shi De felt that the atmosphere was really a bit dull, so he had nothing to say: "Mu Fang, what do you do?" ”
"Me? Write articles. Mu Fang took a bite of the xiaolongbao very elegantly and casually made up a profession.
"Writers? Admire, I have admired writers the most in my life, and the thought of the endless flow of stories from my pen makes me feel amazing. Shi De laughed.
"In fact, there is nothing magical, a writer is also a profession, from the perspective of social and economic benefits, the current writer is not as good as a singer and movie star...... "Although Mu Fang is not a real writer, she has dreamed of being a writer since she was a child, and she has a general understanding of the living conditions of current writers.
"It's also true, most people don't read books anymore, it's very sad." Shi De shook his head and felt it, "There are more than one billion people in China, whether it is film and television or publishing, they are at a very low level, and I have to say that this is the shame of the unfortunate nation of the country." The greatness of a nation does not lie in how much wealth it creates, but in how brilliant a civilization it creates. What is civilization? Civilization is the culture of the system, but what is culture? In the final analysis, culture is books, customs and words that have been passed down through the ages. ”
"Well said." Mu Fang thought that she and Shi De didn't have any common language, but unexpectedly, when they chatted, they were still very speculative, "The real big country is not determined by the amount of wealth, the Arab countries are rich in oil, and everyone is rich enough to flow oil, but how many big countries are there in the Arab countries?" No reason? Because there is no culture. Canada is the second largest country in the world by area, why does it have little international influence? Also because there is no culture. Why is the United States the number one power in the world? Many people believe that the United States is the number one power because of its advanced technology and powerful weapons. False, in addition to advanced science and technology and powerful weapons, the most terrible thing about the United States is its cultural aggression and its cultural strength. ”
"Cultural aggression is more terrible and more durable than any armed aggression. Take the history of China as an example, there have been several critical moments in history when the Han people were almost wiped out......" Shi De continued on the topic of Mu Fang, "but then why did the Han not only not go extinct, but became more powerful, and today, the Han nationality accounts for more than 90 percent of the population?" It is because the Han culture is strong, culturally inclusive, and assimilates other ethnic groups. ”
"That's right." Mu Fang nodded again and again, "In the earliest days, there were many ethnic groups on the land of China, and when the Wuhu Rebellion was in China, the five ethnic minorities joined forces to massacre the Han people, and the Han people were almost exterminated. Later, after the Han people regained their vitality, they became strong again. Up to now, the five ethnic groups in the chaos have all disappeared in the long river of history. And the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, China was ruled by foreign races, and the Yuan Dynasty was wiped out by the Ming Dynasty in just one year due to the adoption of an ethnic hierarchy. And the Qing Dynasty was much smarter than the Yuan Dynasty, not only integrated with the Han people, but also learned the culture and knowledge of the Han people, as a result, the Qing Dynasty ruled China for more than 20 years, and until now, the Manchus and the Han people not only intermarried, but also lived together in harmony, if a Manchu stood in front of you, he didn't say, you definitely can't see that he is a Manchu.
"Integration is the way of development, and harmony is the long-term foundation." Shi De nodded, and suddenly found that he and Mu Fang actually had many common languages, "Mu Fang, are you from a scholarly background?" ”
"No, I studied economics." Mu Fang glanced at Shi De casually, "You should be from a scholarly background, right?" ”
"Yes, I studied Chinese." Shi was full of food and touched his belly, "In fact, when I went to society, I found that many of the knowledge learned by the Chinese department has little practical value at all, unless you do learning, it will ...... Hehe. ”
Mu Fang also ate well and stood up: "Actually, economics is the same, a lot of knowledge is already behind the times before it is learned. The things in books can only be used as a foundation, and the society is developing too fast, and if you don't work hard to improve your self-cultivation, you will be far behind the times before you go out of school. ”
The two of them went home together, the rising sun shone on their bodies, and the warm feeling was very comfortable, so that people could obviously feel the approach of spring. Shi De sighed for a while: "The northern cities are too cold in winter, and once the winter is over, spring, summer and autumn are still good seasons. ”
"I still like winter the most." Mu Fang looked up at the sky, "The sky in winter is particularly clear and lofty, especially when it is particularly cold, the colder it is, the more you can feel a trace of mystery in the vastness." Look at the sky when you have nothing to do, the sky is so big, it can accommodate all a person's grievances, and it will also calm down your irritable or arrogant heart, and reflect your own insignificance under the vast sky. ”
Unexpectedly, Mu Fang was quite poetic and philosophical, Shi De smiled, and when he saw that he had already arrived upstairs, he said, "Do you want to drink tea?" I have good tea. ”
As soon as the words came out, Shi De himself was startled, what's the matter, why did he invite Mu Fang to his home for tea, with his character, not the character of liking to make friends.
Could it be that he and Kikata are door-to-door neighbors, and there was a close contact between him and Kikata who inadvertently saved Kikata, so there is some kind of closer connection between him and Kikata?
Just when Shi De's thoughts were uncertain, Mu Fang hesitated for a moment, and actually agreed: "Okay, anyway, I happen to have nothing to do today, if I don't bother you...... And I also happen to be more fond of tea. ”
"Don't bother, don't bother." Shi De invited Mu Fang to enter the door and took out a pair of slippers, forgetting whether it was Xia Hua's slippers or Yue Qingying's or Biyou's, "It's messy at home, hehe." ”
"It's not messy, it's pretty neat. You have a girlfriend, right? I see that there are often girls in your house, and it is very lively. "Mu Fang has changed his shoes, and he has nothing to say.
"I guess there is." Shi De took out the tea set, brewed it with Jin Junmei, and handed it a cup to Mu Fang, "There is no good tea, Jin Junmei, I don't know if you are used to drinking?" ”
"Although I love to drink tea, the taste is very varied, I don't pick, I don't refuse to come." Mu Fang lied, she was actually very picky about tea, and only drank a limited number of them, but coincidentally, Jin Junmei was exactly her favorite drink, which made her sigh that she and Shi De might really have a fate.
After drinking tea for a while, chatting for a while, Shi De intentionally or unintentionally secretly observed Mu Fang's physiognomy a few times, although Mu Fang looked very dignified, but his expression was rigid and serious, and he rarely smiled, on the whole, her face was medium to high, and there was nothing surprising, but the strange thing was that he couldn't see through her pattern.
Unlike when he couldn't see through Xia You, Quanquan and others, Mu Fang's pattern was not the hazy of looking at the moon in the fog in the fog, but like the distance of thousands of mountains and rivers, so far away that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't see the future of Mu Fang.
What's going on? Shi De was surprised for a while, if he couldn't see Xia You and the complete pattern clearly, it was because Xia You and the complete blessings were higher than him, then he couldn't see the pattern of Mu Fang clearly, what was the reason? It's not that Shi De thinks that Mu Fang's blessing will not be greater than him, but he can't figure out why Mu Fang's pattern is as far away in his eyes as looking up at the stars?
Whether it's looking at flowers in the fog or looking at the moon in the water, although it is hazy and unclear, at least it is not far away, but the stars are far away. Could it be that in the future, Mu Fang will be an existence that many people must look up to?
Shi De was distracted for a while, but he didn't know that compared with the shock in his heart, the shock in Mu Fang's heart was even more incomparable.
With such an opportunity to observe Shi De at close range, Mu Fang naturally would not miss it, when Shi De secretly observed her, she also secretly examined Shi De's face, it was okay not to look at it, but when she looked at it, she almost screamed, almost unable to believe her eyes
If you talk about the good face, Shi De's face is not as good as Yuan Yuan's innate Dacheng appearance, nor is it comparable to Du Ye's loyal and peaceful appearance, and it can even be said that Shi De's face can only be regarded as a medium face, and because there is a tiny pimple on the face, it is slightly disabled.
But the strange thing is that on top of the seemingly ordinary face, there is an aura that makes people indulge and cannot extricate themselves, as if it is like a nebula, which seems to be close to not close to far away, and like the vast space, empty and contains all things.
Hey, strange things, strange things, why is Shi De's face so strange, it's the type she's never seen before. If you only extrapolate from Shi De's face, let alone be rich and expensive in Shi De's life, it would be good to be able to achieve a well-off life without worrying about food and clothing, not to mention that he could become the only life master for thousands of years, but why did He Zitian, Bi Wentian or even Du Ye believe that Shi De can definitely become the only life master for thousands of years?
Could it be that her realm is too low and her level is not enough, so she can't see what's so strange about Shide's face? Mu Fang's heart fluctuated, she thought that she was a rare genius in the life gate, and she had reached the realm of the middle door of the phase master in only three years, although it was not as good as the realm of the master of the phase, but looking at the country, it was also a first-class qualification. With her qualifications and eyesight, she shouldn't be wrong about Shide's face, and even if she is wrong, she shouldn't be clueless.
What went wrong?
Mu Fang pondered the reason, and at the same time secretly observed Shi De's every move, and when Shi De got up to go to the kitchen to boil water, her eyes fell on Shi De's back, and suddenly her eyes lit up and found a bright spot.