Chapter 149
Mung beans are really hard to find abroad, I remember that Fang Monan was on fire at that time, and wanted to find some mung beans that were defeated, and he searched all over New York supermarkets and vegetable markets, and finally found them in Chinese medicine stores. There are many of these things in China, grain stores, supermarkets, "There are in Chinese medicine stores, cooking porridge is often eaten, you don't need to put more at a time, just a handful." Fang Menan continued: "Mung beans are cool and sweet, and have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, dissipating heat and annoyance, quenching thirst and strengthening the stomach. There is also a mung bean antidote, so you can't eat it while taking Chinese medicine. ”
"Hey! You wait, I'll write it down. Johnson pulled out his notebook and pen from his pocket and jotted them down in detail.
"There's also a recipe for you to take a bath." Fang Monan prescribed a prescription, "The required Chinese medicine is available in Chinese medicine stores in Chinatown, and the price is not expensive." ”
Thomas, as an observer, looked at Joseph curiously, and his complexion was noticeably better than when he first arrived. When he first arrived, he was haggard, and his eyes were gloomy without a trace of brilliance. When I woke up, although I couldn't immediately rejuvenate, my eyes were clear, clear, bright, pure and shining, and I was full of energy. "This sleep has changed so much."
Fang Monan smiled and said gently: "Of course, the quality of sleep directly affects the quality of life. About 1/3 of life is spent in sleep, and proper sleep is essential for human health. Sleep helps the brain to rest, restores its excitability, and makes the person energetic. She smiled and said, "Didn't someone say that they would sleep beautifully!" This is true, delaying aging is not beauty! Aging caused by poor sleep is pathological aging. Traditional Chinese medicine health care believes that "labor is exhaustion". It means that long-term excessive fatigue and fatigue can cause a large amount of human essence to be consumed. Essence is the basis of the body's vital activities. The activities of people's limbs, seven orifices, and internal organs, as well as people's spiritual thinking and consciousness, are all based on essence and energy. 'If the spirit is weak, the evil will make up. When evil is rampant, it will be damaged, and in this vicious circle, it will be sick. And in order to keep the righteous qi within, that is, the essence is not deficient, it is necessary to eliminate fatigue, and the best way to eliminate fatigue is to sleep well. During sleep, the body's essence and qi are kept in the five organs, the five organs are comfortable, the qi and blood are harmonized, the body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure decreases, and the number of breaths decreases. Endocrine function is weakened, which reduces the body's metabolic rate. Strength is restored. ”
"Tsk...... Taught. Thomas bowed to her tirade.
In 2001, the Global Sleep and Health Program sponsored by the International Foundation for Mental Health and Neuroscience launched a global campaign to designate March 21, the first day of early spring every year, as "World Sleep Day". Sure enough, being able to eat and sleep is a blessing!
Then Fang Menan chattered and said a lot of precautions, and only then did Joseph and the others take their leave. Fang Mennan and Thomas sent them downstairs. Watch as the car disappears from view. As soon as I turned around, I heard my mother's voice, "Nannan, is this here to pick us up?" ”
"I'm here to see someone off when I'm back so late." Fang Menan introduced: "This is Thomas. Andres's agent is also our Xiaobei's agent. ”
"Hello, I'm Xiaobei's father, Fang Zhengping."
"Hello, I'm Xiaobei's mother, Mo Yongyan."
"Hello, just call Thomas, Dr. Fang's parents are so young." Thomas always forgot the sense of age of the two Little North sisters, and now when he sees this couple in their thirties, he remembers that they are still children.
"Let's go, let's talk when we get home, it's too cold." Fang Monan took one person in one hand and went upstairs.
After going up, Fang Monan went into the kitchen to cook, and the rest of the people sat in the living room chatting, and Mobei went to the kitchen to take out the fruit that Fang Monan had washed and brought it out.
Thomas unceremoniously picked one, ate it in his mouth, and looked at his mother who looked at him so stunned, it was a little embarrassing, his parents were still there! Dad and they looked at him with a smile, knowing why he was so positive, and his precious daughter's fruit was unique.
Auntie, they also came back with their children, and they happened to relieve Thomas, and with them joining, the conversation was more energetic.
Dinner is no longer Western food, hearty Chinese food, chicken stewed with mushrooms in the afternoon, the taste is tangy, the aroma is overflowing, and everyone who is hungry moves to the restaurant.
After the meal, Thomas said goodbye and left, not forgetting to carry a few fruits. Mom and Aunt They cleaned up the table, and the men sat in the living room watching TV, waiting for Mom and them to clean up.
Dad couldn't wait to ask, "Xiaoyan! We don't understand Xiaobei's music, but it's very good to listen to her mentor Andres. But I can't listen to this primary school curriculum, it's like I'm playing crazy, and I won't delay the children! ”
My mother also chimed in: "I work in the Bureau of Culture and Education, although I am not a teacher, but I have also audited a few classes, and their classes are not comparable to ours!" "She's also worried!" I saw Xiaobei's class like herding sheep and ducks. In the classroom, students sit in rows facing the blackboard and sitting upright with their little hands behind their backs. ”
The aunt looked at the two of them and said, "Hehe...... Today, I accompanied Xiaobei to listen to the class in the elementary school. ”
"Surely, how can you be so sad." Fang Menan compared the faces of the two of them, huddled together, and was very worried.
Auntie smiled: "Xiaobei, go and bring your homework for your parents to see." ”
Mo Bei ran back to the room and took out his homework and handed it to his father and mother. Dad looked at them suspiciously, and then looked at the homework in his hand, and when he looked up, Dad was startled, "China's Yesterday and Today", he was so shocked that he almost fell to the ground, what kind of topic is this? Which college student would dare to do such a big project?
"Xiaobei, is this the homework question given by the teacher?" The corners of Dad's mouth twitched incredulously.
Mobei complained: "This is my homework! You don't know that I spent a lot of time in the library to write this assignment. But there was no resentment in his tone, but he was very excited and excited. She paused for a moment and said: "The teacher said that the United States is a country of immigrants, and every student must write an article about the country where their ancestors lived, and analyze the differences with the United States according to geography, history, and humanities, and explain their own views and opinions. ”
Dad didn't make a sound, silently flipped through the pamphlets, from the Yellow River to the hieroglyphs; From the Silk Road to the Five-Star Red Flag ...... The whole article is magnificent, reasonable, chapters and sections, especially the list of bibliography at the end, the atmosphere of being a father does not dare to come out, this kind of doctoral dissertation style, he only began to learn after the age of 30 when he participated in correspondence courses. The booklet is more than 20 pages long, and after my father finished reading it, he closed it and looked at the cover, "This is Xiaobei's fifth-grade homework." ”
Mom looked at another homework in disbelief like Dad, "I'm here for my child's sixth grade homework." ”
Dad was even more dumbfounded when he opened his sixth-grade homework, and the teacher left the students with a barrage of questions about the Second World War.
"Who do you think is responsible for this war?"
"What do you think was the reason for the defeat of Nazi Germany?"
"If you were a senior adviser to President Truman, what would you be about the U.S. dropping the atomic bomb?"
"Do you think that the best way to end the war was to drop the atomic bomb?"
"What do you think is the best way to avoid war today?"
Fang Monan winked playfully and asked with a happy smile: "What kind of dad, it doesn't look like the early training of the congressman candidates to be defended." ”
My mother feels a lot, she is engaged in education, although it is only a county town, "Domestic children in the sixth grade may not know what World War II is?" She laughed at herself: "Of course they must know how to fight devils." ”
"Puff ......" Fang Monan laughed, the blue devil on the TV screen in later generations, the main theme of the TV series.
"Even if we went to junior high school and went to history, the questions we came up with were rote memorization of something that happened in a certain year and month." Mom said a little hard.
Dad smiled with a bitter smile and said meaningfully, "The history of the United States is only 200 years, but it is enough to open the door to the wisdom of students." Although Xiaobei's writing may not be satisfactory to adults, he inspired and guided the students to read spontaneously, consult information, and think independently, which was taught. ”
The aunt said: "Got it! At first, I was startled, and I was afraid that I would delay the child. "Huh...... Elementary school life in the United States is very happy, but I have gained more. Of course, there is no exact indicator of what kind of knowledge level primary schools in the United States should achieve. The "foundation" that American primary school students should lay is the bottom line of being a human being. They only work hard when they go to college. ”
Fang Monan is deeply aware that the education reform of the Chinese people has reformed a bunch of examination machines, and the original 9-year compulsory education system, with additional supplementary classes, has become the biggest financial burden for every family in later generations. Of course, a large number of people who have made a fortune through education have also been reformed.
"When we are still shouting the slogan 'learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and you will not be afraid to go all over the world', what are others teaching children?" Mom asked herself.
This slogan is very familiar, it is a very loud slogan of the eighties. How many of the students who entered the university with their heads held high back then were once excited and enthusiastic! After focusing on economic construction, it embarked on the road of opening up to the outside world. Utilitarianism is aggravated, and it becomes. "Learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well; It's better to have an official father!"
"Say what? You girl. Dad knocked on Fang Menan's head dotingly.
Fang Menan rolled his eyes, tilted his head, and looked at him with innocent eyes, "Dad, I've been fighting dad since ancient times." The founding emperor will have no father, and he must find a good ancestor. Ignoring their staggering laughter, she patted him on the shoulder and said, "Dad, for our future life, we have to work hard!" ”
"You kid!" Dad smiled, his eyes darkened a lot, not to mention the position he is in now, that is, he is looking through the history books, in the country of the official position, his daughter is right. (To be continued) RQ