Chapter 51: Epiphany (II)

Xiao Yiming didn't expect a reporter to come to interview, smiled bitterly, and began to brew emotions, and when he felt that it was almost over, he just wanted to speak, the big braid on his shoulder suddenly hung down, and the sound of knocking on the table was transmitted through the microphone very clearly, causing laughter in the audience.

Xiao Yiming grabbed the braid and was about to fall behind him, when he suddenly felt a movement in his heart, his mind was clear, he looked at the big braid in his hand, forced the surging passion in his heart, slowly dragged the braid up, took a deep breath and began to speak:

"As soon as I got up this morning, my sister Xiaoyue came to comb my braids, Xiaoyue just turned ten years old this year, very smart and beautiful, she knew that I was going to come to the normal school today to meet with teachers and classmates, so she got up early in the morning and didn't wash her face, so she ran to my room to comb my hair, and said while combing: The brothers and sisters in the school are very beautiful, if you don't comb your braids, beware of not being able to please a beautiful mother-in-law."

The audience burst into laughter, no one expected that Xiao Yiming, who was regarded as a young role model, would come to this scene as soon as he opened his mouth, although he had some surnames, but it made the teachers and students feel very comfortable and cordial.

Xiao Yiming waited for the laughter to stop, but spoke again but startled everyone:

"Seriously, I've wanted to cut this braid for a long time...... Don't be surprised, you won't be surprised when I explain it! Four and a half years ago, General Yuan Shikai, one of the founders of China's new army, had already ordered that in order to facilitate training and military operations, the officers and men of the new army must cut off their braids, and from then to today, 160,000 officers and men in China's army have cut off their braids.

"But it's strange that we haven't heard the slightest rumor in our country, and none of the newspapers and magazines have published any news about this symbol, which the European and American powers call 'extremely important,' let alone make any extravagant comments, and I myself only learned about it through the army's internal bulletin two years ago, so don't worry that I'm hearsay, alarmist."

Xiao Yiming paused, leaving some time for the teachers and students to think, and then said again:

"The reason why I still have this braid on my head is not that I don't want to cut it, but I don't dare to cut it, because I see that in our Sichuan army, from the generals who worship the European and American powers the most, to the so-called soldiers who sacrificed themselves to the revolution to the alliance, none of them cut off their braids.

"My Xiao Yiming official is not big, but it is not very small, and he is doing well, compared to the above, more than the bottom, quite satisfied, so when I saw that no one around me cut off the braids, I endured it, as long as I don't get lice, as long as I don't work next to the factory machine, there is no obstacle, at most I delay a little time every day, and spend more money to buy hair oil, soaphorn and pancreas every month, without any danger to my life."

Zhang Lan and other teachers on the stage showed a contemplative look on their faces, and many students in the audience were deeply touched, as if they had caught something from Xiao Yiming's words, but they couldn't see it really in a trance, and all their eyes looked nervously at Xiao Yiming who was drinking water.

Xiao Yiming put down the teacup, raised her head and continued:

"Just now, the honorable President Zhang, Mr. Biao Fang, and the president of the student union, Mr. Tang Heling, praised me, saying that I was a new young man with ideals, morals, and foresight, and I was still trembling with shame in my heart......."

The audience burst into laughter and applause again, but Xiao Yiming didn't smile at all, and only listened to him continue:

"This is the encouragement of Mr. Biaofang and Tang Heling, including all the teachers and students present, hearing your enthusiastic applause and seeing your sincere smiles, I am moved and ashamed, you are so tolerant of me Xiao Yiming! I dare to say that before this, no one in the whole of Sichuan dared to stand in front of so many cultural people, talking in the most superficial and uncultural vernacular nonsense, only Xiao Yiming, who was unlearned and unskilled but bold, was the first......

"Please don't laugh yet, everyone must be thinking, why did Xiao Yiming dare to do this? Where did this grandson get the guts...... I said that everyone should not laugh, the reason why I did this is entirely because I really can't help it, I haven't been in school since I was a child, the foundation of classical Chinese is very poor, and books without punctuation still look struggling, and I am worried about making jokes in front of everyone, so I don't have many choices, I can only communicate with you in the vernacular, in essence, this is called the fearlessness of the ignorant! ”

The audience burst into laughter, and then many students realized the profound meaning of Xiao Yiming's words, and they stood up and applauded enthusiastically under excitement, which made the audience applaud like thunder, which lasted for a long time, which greatly surprised Xiao Yiming's expectations.

Xiao Yiming politely stretched out her hands and motioned for everyone to sit down, her radiant face was full of confidence:

First of all, it shows that we are in an unprecedented but full of foggy new era, and then it comes to the establishment of concepts such as the outlook on life and morality of the young people in this era and the impact and collision of Eastern and Western cultures and various trends of thought

"However, I personally believe that the more complex the matter, the easier the solution, and my suggestion is: you might as well understand what kind of social environment we are in at the moment, and what is the general situation of China as a whole? If you figure out this problem, you can figure out the new era, and the rest of the questions will not be too difficult to understand. ”

Xiao Yiming stopped again, slowly glanced at the crowd under the black pressure, grabbed his braids, and took a deep breath:

"This is a braid hanging on the head of the Chinese nation for nearly 300 years, it seems to be an ordinary braid, but it embodies nearly 300 years of history, including generation after generation of people's outlook on life and morality, has been deeply buried in everyone's heart! Some people may say that one day when I pick up the scissors and 'click', the long and painful old era will die, and a new and hopeful new era will be born, but I don't think so, for several years I have been thinking about this braid, almost every day when I get up and comb my hair, I think bitterly: this whip is easy to cut, but if you cut off the braid on your head, will the braid in my heart disappear with itβ€”β€”"

Xiao Yiming took a step back, bowed to the audience in a proper manner, turned to the teachers sitting on the stage and bowed again, raised his steps and calmly walked towards Zhang Lan and Tang Heling and the others who came up.

The students in the audience reacted at this time, and more than 18,000 people all stood up, applauding thunderously, wave after wave, unwilling to stop for a long time.

Xiao Yiming's speech today is deeply imprinted in everyone's hearts, and the enlightenment and shock to young people's thoughts can no longer be described in words.

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ps: I recommend "The Speed of Light Leader" written by the Son of Heaven himself in 〇6, at that time, this urban fantasy novel was quite popular, and the rental bookstore near my home was rumipped over by the renter four or five times! Now it seems that although the writing is immature, it also represents the writing of the Son of Heaven for a period of time.

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