"You're looking for our headmaster? I'll take you there! ”

The girl is only eighteen or nineteen years old, with a beautiful appearance, but she has not fully grown up, like a little girl who has just graduated from high school in the future, with a little gentleness in her youth, which reminds Geng Chaozhong of that cup of milk tea.

"Can we meet Mr. Situ right now?" Geng Chaozhong was a little surprised.

The girl's expression was very gentle, without showing any surprised expression, and more importantly, she said so naturally that she wanted to take herself over, which made Geng Chaozhong a little surprised.

"You look surprised," the girl couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile when she saw Geng Chaozhong's expression, and two small dimples appeared on her round face, "We are a church school, and there is a Tzu Chi Institute behind the school. ”

After speaking, he glanced at Old Man Geng with kind eyes, "This old gentleman, don't be afraid, the principal knows your situation and will definitely make proper arrangements for you." ”

Old man Geng was obviously a little dazed, he could only nod vigorously, Geng Chaozhong was also a little speechless, this situation was too different from what he expected, it seemed that this girl regarded him as a philanthropist who sent the lonely old man to the Tzu Chi Home to take care of him.

However, when did Yenching University become a church school?

The girl saw the two of them stammering, and couldn't help but smile lightly, turned around lightly, and began to lead the way in front, saying as she walked:

"Although Mr. Situ is an American, he grew up in China, and it is not too much to say that he is half Chinese, and he has heard and witnessed the suffering of our people since he was a child, and when he grew up, he made a vow to do what he could to help those in need.

He built a number of Tzu Chi homes across the country, and also applied for a lot of donations from the United States to help widows, lonely and orphaned children. ”

"I see," Geng Chaozhong nodded with admiration on his face, and at the same time gave Old Man Geng a look, "I also came here, I didn't expect Mr. Situ to be so generous and benevolent, but if everyone can see Mr. Situ when they come, and Mr. Situ has to manage school affairs and engage in charity, how can he have so much time?" ”

"Mr. Situ is not as busy as you think," the girl giggled again, "He is idle, he usually wanders around the campus when he has nothing to do, and the specific school affairs are naturally managed by the school board, he said that if a principal is busy all day long, it means that the principal is a failure, so he never interferes in the specific affairs of the school." ”

Geng Chaozhong nodded, and he understood a little in his heart.

Feelings, Principal Situ, like Principal Chang of Huangpu, is also a hands-off shopkeeper.

The two walked and chatted at the same time, Geng Chaozhong also took the opportunity to watch the campus scenery, and found that the outside of Yenching University looked inconspicuous, but the buildings inside were quite magnificent, and the teaching buildings and office buildings were all in Western style, especially the auditorium, which was even more towering and very magnificent.

"Eh, that's not the headmaster?" The girl suddenly pointed to a back figure in the flower garden at the front of the auditorium.

Geng Chaozhong stared at it, and there was a back figure dressed in a Chinese-style robe with gray hair next to the flower garden, looking like a gardener watering flowers, but when he heard the voice and turned around, Geng Chaozhong immediately found that this person had a high nose and deep eyes, was nearly sixty years old, and was undoubtedly an elderly foreigner.

"Zhao Ersheng, who did you bring here?"

The elderly foreigner looked at the girl with a smile, looking very kind and amiable.

As soon as the words came out, it was the authentic Chinese, and Geng Chaozhong had never heard of any foreigner speaking the Chinese language so well in this era, even the vast majority of Chinese could not do this.

"Mr. Situ, this gentleman brought an old man to the Keats House, and I happened to meet them, so I brought them here." Zhao Ersheng is obviously very familiar with the principal, and he is very relaxed in his speech.

"Oh," Situ Leiden's gaze turned to Geng Chaozhong, his eyes blue and clear, "What is the relationship between Sir and this old gentleman?" ”

"Hello Principal Situ, this is the old man I met on the road," Geng Chaozhong said with a smile, "He is from Rehe, and he ended up here because his home was blown to pieces by the Japanese." ”

After saying this, Geng Chaozhong took a few steps closer to Situ Leiden, and said in a low voice: "The old man's son and grandson were killed by the Japanese, and his mental condition is not very stable. ”

Situ Leiden nodded, with an empathetic expression on his face, and said in a low voice:

"You are a good man, God will bless you, and may God bless this poor old man."

After speaking, he took a closer look at Old Man Geng, Old Man Geng was not deaf, he had already heard Geng Chaozhong's introduction to him, although he was reluctant in his heart, he still had a sluggish expression on his face.

"By the way, have you eaten?" Situ Leiden glanced at Old Man Geng with sympathetic eyes, then turned his head and asked Geng Chaozhong.

"Not yet," Geng Chaozhong spread his hands, "Although I am very reluctant to say this, the clothes on my body are already the only belongings I have left." ”

Geng Chaozhong was wearing a suit stolen from the street, which looked pretty good, Situ Leiden glanced at it, nodded and said, "What kind of profession is Mr. engaged in?" ”

"Selling literature for a living, but now I can't even afford to eat." Geng Chaozhong smiled wryly.

"Oh, what have you written before?" Situ Leiden's eyes lit up.

"Some of the contents of the general history of the West, such as: the scientific spirit of 'listening to inspiration', the backbone of the barbarians: why the Germanic people were able to dominate Europe, why is theology so divine? And so on and so forth, alas, people are not interested in these. Geng Chaozhong's tone was still frustrated.

However, listening to Geng Chaozhong's words, Situ Leiden's eyes became brighter and brighter, and Zhao Ersheng next to him also showed a curious look on his face, as for the old man Geng, he was even more confused by the second monk, he really couldn't figure out what this kid was going to do today.

"Then can you tell me what is the backbone of the barbarians?" Stuart asked with a smile.

"What can be exchanged for blood has to be obtained by bending the knees and sweating, which is a spineless and waiting-in thing. This is the favorite phrase of the Germanic barbarians, and such barbarians, who replaced the entire Roman Empire three hundred years later, can this give us some inspiration for the people of our country today? Geng Chaozhong said.

"Well said!" Situ Leiden clapped his palm, "Then, why is theology so divine?" ”

After saying this, the smile on Situ Leiden's face became even thicker, and obviously, he was also curious about Geng Chaozhong's answer.

"This question is more complicated," Geng Chaozhong's face also became serious, "the medieval Christian church had an all-round control of intellectual life, and to do this, what was needed was to combine the outlook on life and philosophy of the pagans in the ancient classics, especially the Greeks, with the Bible, and interpret them, so that the philosophical thinking, academic knowledge, and logical concepts of Greece were all expropriated and thus served theology." ”

Stuart Layden didn't speak, he fell into deep thought.

After a while, he finally raised his head and looked at Geng Chaozhong with sincere eyes: "I haven't asked your name yet?" ”

"My surname is Zhou, and my name is Zhou Xuanhe." Geng Chaozhong replied—and at the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"It seems that you do have a certain understanding of the general history of the West, we have two teachers at Yenching University who teach Western studies, one is Professor Qi Si and Professor Qi, who talks about modern Western history, and the other is Mr. Bede, who talks about the general history of the West, both of which are new courses, are you interested in auditing?" Situ said.