Chapter 7: Pride flew away
"Why did you come?" Ma Yunyao complained a little, but she was quickly relieved. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info talked and laughed all the way, and took the pillar to find his brother. The young lady's enthusiasm made the pillar a little excited, and he didn't feel relieved.
Ma Yunming was waving a book and talking with a few classmates. "Do you know what a 'foolish nation' is?" They have only burly bodies, but no dreams. They never think about their future, they only think about their present. If you give them a handful of food, they won't think it's a seed, but they will complain that you're stingy. You throw them a bone, and because they smell the meat, they compete with each other to flatter you as a bodhisattva. They are strong but don't know how to resist, even if you call him a pig, as long as you are strong enough, he will only smile in return. They are always with their heads bowed, their waists hooked, and they are always ready to meet them everywhere. They are good at working but refuse to learn, they are afraid of thinking but are accustomed to kowtowing, and they are afraid of change when they endure hardships and poverty...... Therefore, Mr. Lu Xun said: It is too difficult for China to change, and it is not a very big whip on the back, and China itself is unwilling to move......
When he was impassioned, Ma Yunming saw the pillar and beckoned him to come over.
"It's a pig, why did you come?" Ma Yunming asked dissatisfiedly.
"It's been a while," replied the pillar in a whisper, bowing his head and with some humiliated resentment.
"Let me introduce to you, this is the pillar of Cha Shi, the world of the world, the pillar of the pillars, not the "pig" of the pig's head, don't get confused, my sister and I are the object of reading. ”
A sense of gratitude suddenly rose in the pillar's heart. When he heard Ma Yunming call him, he seemed to hear the words "check is a pig", and when the young master introduced himself, he seemed to hear the young master pronounce "check" as tea, but he was sure that he heard it wrong, in front of outsiders, the young master was still very sympathetic to his feelings.
He heard Ma Yunming's classmates laughing, but he didn't know why they were laughing, so he laughed too. He saw everyone laughing even harder.
Since coming to the school in the morning, Ma Yunming has been preaching the news that the pillar is coming to school to study. Under his vivid interpretation, "Cha is a pig" and "Foolish National" have long become the spokesperson of the pillar image.
"What is the young master looking for me?" The pillar asked, bowing his head.
"From today onwards, you will be studying with us. That's what I asked you to read. ”
The pillar was moved, he didn't expect the young master to care about him so much, he suddenly felt that he had misunderstood the young master.
He really wanted to study, but he remembered his father. His father never allowed him to go to school, and thought that he should not read too much, as long as he could understand reason. My father often said: Most of the righteousness is the slaughter of dogs, and reading is the most negative person. Although the pillar did not understand, he did not want to disobey his father.
"Young master, I'm ...... Don't want to read. The pillar's voice was inaudible, and he was afraid to resist the young master.
Ma Yunming's classmates laughed again.
"Do you know how big the land of China is?" Ma Yunming asked?
The pillar shook its head.
"Do you know how big Sichuan is?" The pillar shook his head again.
"Do you know what the cube of 2 is? Do you know what π is? Do you know "New Youth"......" Ma Xiaoming asked the pillar repeatedly, and the pillar was a little dizzy. Zhu Zi didn't understand why Ma Xiaoming asked him these questions, but he didn't want to save the young master's face in public, so he replied mechanically: I don't know.
Ma Xiaoming's tone suddenly changed: "You know that the girl is going to marry at eighteen, right?" ”
"Know"
"Do you know how to spend candles in the cave room at night?"
"Know"
"Do you know what Darling means?"
"Know"
The pillar's words made Ma Xiaoming stunned for a moment.
"What do you mean?"
"Ringing the bell means that someone is shaking the brass bell, which means calling students to and from class."
The people around laughed. The laughter made Zhu's face turn red, he felt "burning", and his mind became confused. He had a strange feeling that something had left him, but he stopped not far away and watched.
"Have you ever seen an airplane? Have you ever seen a cannon? Do you know how many great powers are bullying us? Speaking of this, Ma Yunming lowered his tone to show a little desolation and a little sadness.
Seeing Zhuzi's eyes widen, he patted Zhuzi's shoulder with his hand and said earnestly: "Zhuzi, I know that you have ambitions and want to be a hero. Want to be a useful person. That's why you have to read. To understand the things you don't understand, to be a useful person to the country and the nation. Let's go, I'll take you to sign up. ”
"Burn" still lingers on the face, which is the only feeling left of the column. Like a puppet, the pillar followed Ma Yunming to Instructor Li.
Teacher Li is in his 20s and wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses. He motioned for Ma Yunming to go back first, and he wanted to talk to the pillar alone.
"How old are you?" Teacher Li asked.
Ma Yunming asked the pillar a question, and the pillar basically didn't understand. "What are the Great Powers? What does an airplane look like? And what does a cannon look like? "When he discovered his ignorance, he sensed the strange world that might be hidden behind the problem.
"I know you have ambitions and want to be a hero. That's why you have to read. To understand the things you don't understand, to be a useful person to the country and the nation. Ma Yunming's concluding sentence deeply touched the pillar and aroused his desire to understand that strange world.
Ma Yunming's conversation with him was the longest time that Zhu Zi had come to Ma's house. The pillar was full of care and love. He was sincerely moved, and felt that even if it was for this care and love, he couldn't ignore the young master's opinion.
"How old are you?" Instructor Li asked again.
"Void age 14", the pillar came back to his senses and hurriedly replied.
"Have you read a book?"
"I have read a book of "Zengguang Xianwen", and I can memorize the three-character scripture and the surnames of hundreds of families...... Does it count? ”
"Count."
Instructor Li asked some questions about mathematics, history, astronomy, and geography, and saw that the pillar was a little dumbfounded. He smiled and said to the pillar: You should start reading from elementary school.
Zhuzi felt that Instructor Li was very good, so he boldly asked, "Sir, do you have to read good books to be a hero?" ”
Instructor Li felt that Zhuzi's question was difficult to answer, so he touched his head and said, "Yes and no." However, if you read books, you will be able to learn science, build ships, guns, artillery, railways, and airplanes, and so on, and you will be able to make the country rich and strong, and the nation will be rejuvenated.
The pillar doesn't know what science is, and he doesn't know what elementary school is. The prosperity and strength of the country and the rejuvenation of the nation are too profound for him. He suddenly found that his pride had wings and flew away, leaving him with low self-esteem.