Early in the morning, Tan Xihong left after breakfast. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Looking for that Mr. Zhou again?" Zhong Guanguan asked.

Tan Xihong smiled: "Yes, Mr. Zhou is going to visit his home today, I'll follow him to see, it's quite interesting." ”

"You're idle." Zhong Guanguan said speechlessly.

Tan Xihong sighed and said, "I don't want to be idle, but Peking University has suspended classes indefinitely, and we have nothing to do when we go back to school." ”

Zhong Guanguan got up and said, "Let's go, let's go together, it's idle anyway." ”

The two went to the east of the city to meet Zhou Hexuan, and then went to the north of the city together, and their target location was Qiandezhuang, a mixed and specialized Qiandezhuang.

As soon as the rickshaw ran past the Xinming Grand Theater, Zhou Hexuan ran into an old acquaintance, who was Li Er, who bullied the Sun brothers at the beginning.

Li Er is also a second person, and when he saw Zhou Hexuan at this moment, he actually greeted him with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, good morning, the little one is saying hello to you!" ”

"You're okay too." Zhou Hexuan couldn't cry or laugh.

The rickshaw continued to move forward, and Tan Xihong asked curiously, "Who is this person?" ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "A gangster, bullying and dominating the market, was beaten by me. ”

"Uh......" Tan Xihong didn't know how to answer.

Zhong Guanxuan had a smile on his face, he thought Zhou Hexuan was very interesting, and he was not the kind of fool who only knew how to bury his head in learning.

This old man's life experience is also legendary, he is a talent in the thirteenth year of Guangxu, but he is keen on natural science. In the absence of materials and funds, he overcame various difficulties, went to Shanghai to purchase books on physics and chemistry, and did experiments according to the methods introduced in the books, so that he became self-taught.

In 1900, Zhong Guanguan designed and raised his own funds to establish a phosphorus factory in Shanghai, and also obtained a 15-year patent from the Qing government. Later, he founded a scientific magazine and established a scientific instrument museum, which made important contributions to the development of modern science and technology in China.

After the Xinhai Revolution, Zhong was invited to serve as a counselor of the Ministry of Education, but his main focus was on plant research. He brought his own dry food, visited the famous mountains and rivers inside and outside Beijing on foot, and spent four years traveling to 11 provinces across the country, collecting more than 16,000 kinds of animal and plant specimens, a total of more than 150,000 numbers, which can be called the ancestor of modern Chinese botanical research.

"Mr. Zhou, how are you going to handle this matter?" Zhong Guanguan asked suddenly.

"I don't know, let's talk about it after a home visit first," Zhou Hexuan said, "It's not difficult to place that student, it's just money." What I hope to change is the outdated thinking in the minds of the people, and I hope that some people will be awakened through the newspapers. ”

Zhong Guanguan said: "How difficult it is to change your mind. ”

"Let's take it one step at a time." Zhou Hexuan suddenly remembered Lu Xun.

Although there are many people who complain that Lu Xun has no contribution to the country, when they really come to the Republic of China, they will find that ideological transformation is too necessary. There are still many people kneeling before the judge when the case is decided. As for human blood steamed buns or something, they are far more popular than Western medicine.

A wood-paneled house near Qiandezhuang is the home of student Zhou Hang. The walls are crooked, made of scrap wood that they have picked up, and there are not even a few nails, and in many places they are tied with hemp rope.

"Knock knock!"

Zhou Hexuan knocked on the door and asked, "Is the sister-in-law of the Zhou family here?" ”

The wooden door slowly opened, and a yellow-faced and thin-skinned woman looked at Zhou Hexuan and said vigilantly: "Who are you?" ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled kindly: "I am Zhou Hexuan, vice president of the Hope Education Foundation, and I came to visit Zhou Hang's home. ”

"It turned out to be Mr. Zhou, please come in!" The woman hurriedly straightened her clothes and invited them into the house.

Because there are no windows, the room is dimly lit and filled with the smell of Chinese medicine. The area of the house is about ten square meters, and there is a paralyzed old lady lying on the bed, and a child of several years old in the corner is reading through the light of the gap in the wooden plank.

The woman hurriedly poured a few bowls of water and said embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry, there is nothing to entertain at home." ”

The water was cold, poured into a stoneware bowl, and there were still a few notches in the edge of the bowl.

This is the living condition of the poor at the bottom of the Republic of China, without a single decent piece of furniture, not even a cup for water. This woman works as a low-level prostitute in the neighborhood, earns a lot of money, and has to pay protection money to the gang.

Zhou Hexuan took a symbolic sip, put down the bowl and said, "Classmate Zhou Hang, why don't you go to school these two days?" ”

The child in the corner bowed his head and said, "Mom won't let me go." ”

The woman hurriedly explained: "Sir, you, the principal and the teachers of the school are all good people, and you are really sorry to cause you so much trouble." ”

Zhou Hexuan asked the child: "Do you want to study?" ”

"Yes." Zhou Hang nodded vigorously, with longing in his eyes.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and asked, "I heard Principal Wang say, do you have the ability to never forget?" ”

Zhou Hang scratched his head and said, "I remember faster than other students." ”

Zhou Hexuan took the textbook, turned to the last few pages of the ancient poem and said: "I will teach you this poem, listen to it: spring sleep is not aware, and birds are heard everywhere." The sound of wind and rain comes at night, and the flowers fall to know how much. Do you remember? ”

"No, no," Zhou Hang shook his head, "just remember the first sentence." ”

Zhou Hexuan read it twice more and continued to ask, "What now?" ”

Zhou Hang immediately recited: "I don't know when I sleep in spring, and I smell birds everywhere." The sound of wind and rain comes at night, and the flowers fall to know how much. ”

"What a prodigy!"

The old gentleman Zhong Guanguan, who had not squeaked all the time, suddenly said with great joy, and stared at the child like a baby.

Just then, there was a commotion outside.

Zhou Hexuan pushed the door and went out, only to see four or five middle-aged women standing outside the door.

One of the women asked, "Are you the gentleman of the school?" ”

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said, "I am." ”

The woman said, "Sir, you can't let the children of this family go to school. If he goes to school again, our little third son will not go, and he will be taken badly. ”

"It's just that you can't let him study. This family is all bad seeds, shame on you! Other women chimed in.

Zhou Hexuan frowned, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while. He could convince warlords, bureaucrats, and foreign consuls with rhetoric, but he could not reason with a group of illiterate women.

"Ahem," Zhong Guanguan coughed twice and said to the woman, "I like this child very much, I want to recognize him as my godgrandson, and take him to study in Beiping, are you willing?" ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, then knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "Willing, willing, thank you for your great kindness!" ”

"Get up, don't kneel." Zhong Guanguan hurried to help.

Not only did the woman not get up, but she also pulled her son to kneel down and admonished: "Quickly kowtow to Grandpa, call Grandpa!" ”

Although Zhou Hang was smart, he was just a child after all, so he kowtowed in a daze: "Grandpa." ”

Zhong Guanguan was relieved, nodded and smiled, and said to the woman: "During the New Year's holidays, I will let him come back to visit you." ”

The woman was even more happy, kowtowed loudly, and cried: "The master has a long life of 100 years, and I will be a cow and a horse for you in the next life!" ”

When the women outside heard the movement, they were immediately envious, and rushed in one by one, shouting: "Master, my son is also good, you can take him as a grandson!" ”

Zhou Hexuan and Tan Xihong looked at each other, and they were speechless by this meeting.

Leaving some silver money for the woman, Zhou Hexuan and the three left silently. Zhong Guanguan will live in Tianjin for a few days, and when he returns to Beijing, he will take his children with him.

The more Zhou Hexuan thought about it, the more unpleasant it became, he thought of the movie "The Goddess" starring Ruan Lingyu, and could only sigh that art comes from life, and the reality is even sadder than film and television works.

Spreading out the manuscript paper, Zhou Hexuan wrote the word "goddess", he wanted to turn this movie into a novel and submit it to Shanghai's "Novel Monthly". This kind of serious subject work is not suitable for the supplement of "Popular" that he is about to edit.

"Fiction Monthly" has a large circulation, and I hope it will change the perception of some readers.