Chen Chao rarely met such a well-informed guest, Chen Chao didn't want to let Long Qian go, and insisted on keeping the guests for dinner. Before eating, Chen Chao called his wife and a pair of children to meet Long Qian, which was a sign of the good fortune of the family.

The so-called white hair is as good as new, and the cover is the same, but after a while, Chen Chao seems to regard Long Qian as an old friend who has not seen him for many years, and he will not allow Long Qian to leave.

Chen Chao's wife You Shi, daughter Chen Xian fifteen, son Chen Zhinian Fang twelve, the three of them have met Long Qian, for Chen Chao's behavior of keeping guests, You Shi, who has always been virtuous and considers her husband as the sky, has no objection, but it is the big pigtail Chen Shu, who said to Long Qian unceremoniously, "You will climb the pole, my uncle is just polite, you really treat yourself as a distinguished guest." ”

"Shu'er!" Chen Chao was furious.

Without waiting for Chen Chaoyan to scold, Chen Shu had already run out of the hall with a flick of her braids.

"Mr. Long, don't blame. My brother left early, my sister-in-law remarried, and this niece has always been brought up by me and Clumsy, and to be honest, she is more doting than my own daughter. She doesn't want to bind her feet, and I don't force her, because she doesn't like women, so she invited a master to teach her to break the text and read from a young age...... In short, it is negligent discipline and rudeness, please bear with me. Chen Chao is very sorry for his niece's rudeness.

"It doesn't matter, my niece is at an innocent age, and her temperament is really good." Long Qian smiled slightly, "Long has traveled abroad, but he thinks that those girls in Western countries, than Ling nieces, how to say it, let's put it this way, what boys do, nine times out of ten, they can do it." Ha Luha, compared to Ling niece, who just likes to practice martial arts, is much crazy. ”

Chen Chao saw that Long Qian was not angry because of his niece's rudeness, and he was relieved, but there was a deep sadness on his face, "Actually, it's better for girls to learn from female celebrities." A woman is virtuous if she is not talented. I spoil her like this, I don't know if I will be blamed by my brother when I see my brother in the future...... "After all, I just got acquainted, and Chen Chao will not say the worries about his niece's lifelong events buried deep in his heart."

"Mr. Chen's education of his children in this way makes Long deeply admired." Long Qian was sincere, "I always thought that the motherland was feudal and conservative, especially in the various restrictions on women, which was really inhumane, such as the foot binding, which not only destroyed health, harmed the happiness of women's lives, but also made the society lack the necessary labor force, in Long's view, it is really the first bad habit in the world." Also, the merit of teaching a woman to read and write is not under the removal of foot binding......"

The more remote the place, the stronger the traditional power is, Chen Chao can't help his niece and daughter to bind their feet, and invite professors to teach their children, the villagers are favored by it, and they don't want to talk more, but their friends persuade more. Zheng Jing ridiculed Chen Chao's family misconduct, and that's fine. Xiao Guanyu from Baiwei Town is Chen Chao's close friend, and he also blames Chen Chaoyu for indulging girls, so how will they deal with themselves in the future?

This is a bit too much, and the girl's future lies only in marriage. Chen Chao thought about this thoroughly, and indulged his niece and daughter, because he didn't want to see them suffer. But Chen Shu is eighteen years old, and in this rural and mountainous area, she is already an older daughter, and she has talked about the matchmaker several times, but it makes Chen Chao feel worried. At this time, Long Qian praised him, and he couldn't help but be shocked, "Why did Mr. Long say that?" ”

Why? Traditional customs have both things that deserve to be carried forward, and there are also many bad habits that need to be eliminated. People with a little insight know that foot binding is a bad habit among bad habits, but because of customs, generations have come over like this. And the ancient adage that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, and Long does not dare to agree. The personalities of men and women are different, but the intelligence is almost the same, and there are not many women with outstanding knowledge in ancient China, which is enough to make men ashamed. This is still not allowed to women to read and write, just imagine, if all women can be literate, not only will there be countless talents, but also for the evolution of the nation, there are infinite benefits. Innovation is already difficult, and it is even more difficult to start from oneself, Mr. Chen's reform of maladministration starts from his family, and Long Qian really admires his great insight. ”

These words naturally made Chen Chao happy, but he was still puzzled, "Mr. Long can always be out of the way...... Chen asked his daughter to read and write, but he didn't have such a high idea. You say that women's literacy involves the evolution of nations, but what is the reason for this? ”

"It's simple." Long Qian smiled slightly, and saw the skirt outside the door out of the corner of his eye, knowing that it was the straightforward girl who was eavesdropping, "The future of the nation is all in the children." Children's wisdom is the wisdom of the nation, and children's strength is the strength of the nation. This is a very simple truth. Mr. Chen, when I was young, I didn't like my father's seriousness, but I admired my mother's kindness......"

Speaking of which, how can Chen Chao not understand? I saw him stand up and bow to Long Qian to the end, "Mr. Long is very talented, so Chen has been taught a lot. Thank you very much. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare," Long Qian stood up and saluted.

"I hope that in my lifetime, I can see the day when my Chinese culture will prosper." Chen Chao was excited, in today's world, let alone let girls study, even the opportunity for boys to receive education is not one in ten, but the point of transparency pointed out by Long Qian made Chen Chao excited, yes, if the mother is literate and knowledgeable, then the children she gave birth to and raised will naturally not be vulgar and barbaric......

"Mr. Long, as far as you can see, what should I do about this private school?" Chen Chao returned to the topic.

"Private schools are our country's specialty. However, education and national defense are the two top priorities of the country. It shouldn't have been handed over to the private sector. The basic education of the Taixi Zhuqiang is all arranged by the state. There are also private schools, all of which are higher education. I heard that Japan is adjacent to the east, and since the Meiji Restoration, the investment in education is not comparable to that of Japan. This is one of them. As for running schools, I have heard such a debate in the United States that if you want to run an education, you must first focus on teachers. Without qualified teachers, where are the excellent students? There is nothing to argue about this, the question is, with limited national strength, should we run basic education first, or should we run university education first? ”

"It's all state-arranged?" It was the first time Chen Chao had heard such remarks, "You said that education and national defense are the basic responsibilities of the state? ”

"Exactly. When the government collects taxes, it naturally has to do what the government should do, and what is more important than education and national defense? ”

Chen Chao nodded, "It's exactly as Mr. said." But__"He wanted to say that since ancient times, only Guozijian was an official school, so how could he provide all education? But after all, it is not appropriate to discuss issues related to national politics, and instead ask, "What is basic education?" What is higher education? ”

"If a person's knowledge is divided into levels, it can be roughly divided into three stages: primary school, middle school, and university. Both primary and secondary schools can be considered as basic education. All normal citizens should receive basic education, so that they can be qualified to enter the society and become a person who can contribute to the society efficiently. As for higher education, it is for a small elite to do a certain area of professional research, and the curriculum is designed to be divided into different disciplines, even if it is mathematics, it will be divided into many branches, and students choose one to specialize in in order to surpass the predecessors. Unlike basic education, the curriculum is the same for everyone. ”

"Understood. Naturally, basic education should be given priority. Chen Chao thought for a moment and replied.

"However, teachers who popularize the basics should be trained from universities. As the saying goes, you can only give someone a bowl of water if you have a bucket of water. A middle school student, up to a primary school student, can be taught. Isn't it? Therefore, in order to run basic education well, we must first do a good job in university education. ”

"However, without a qualified basic education, university education is nothing more than a castle in the air." Chen Chao seems to be more concerned about basic education, "This topic is quite wonderful. I don't know which Mr. Long attaches more importance to? ”

Long didn't think about it. If you follow your intuition, it is better to focus on basic education first. It's like building a house, you have to lay the foundation first. In fact, Long has just walked a few more places than Mr. Chen, and in terms of knowledge, Long is far away from Mr. Chen. ”

"Mr. Long is too humble. The so-called seeing more can be more knowledgeable. There are many unsolved questions that Chen has been thinking about, and Mr. Chen's mouth is suddenly opened with just a few words. To meet Mr. Long, Chen is so lucky. ”

Chen Shu, who had been listening to her uncle's conversation with the guests outside the door, finally couldn't help it, and came in with the curtain lifted, "Then you, in the United States, what kind of America, what stage have you studied?" High school or university? ”

"Shu'er! Today, you really can't say anything, you have vain my teachings to you, and you still don't apologize to Mr. Long? Chen Chao's face sank.

"It doesn't matter." Long Qian smiled, "I didn't go to college. I went to middle school. ”

His words dispelled the girl's embarrassment, and Chen Shu's eyes flashed wide, "What kind of knowledge are you talking about?" ”

"Oh, I don't teach math when I come to a private school. Let me ask you a question, from one plus to one hundred, what is the total? ”

Chen Shu is a girl who likes all kinds of new things, she often goes to her uncle's shop, and she has seen the accounts, and when she heard Long Qian's words about her, she was not angry, but flashed her eyes to the extremely simple question of mental arithmetic.

"Don't forget it, it's five thousand five hundred. You can verify when available. Mathematics is the study of the laws of numbers, which is the foundation of all natural sciences. ”

"You've already done that, haven't you?"

"This question can't be calculated in a stupid way." Long Qian saw that the girl knew a little bit of mathematics, "The ninety-nine multiplication table is not used, in fact, as long as you add the first two numbers, you will find that each group of numbers is one hundred and one, a total of fifty groups, naturally five thousand and fifty." This kind of problem is not a problem in elementary schools in the United States, and children as young as seven or eight years old can do it. ”

Jiang Yun is an extremely smart person, and he reacted quickly, and a smug smile appeared on his face, while Chen Shu was still thinking hard there, Chen Chao felt funny, and seemed to have forgotten his niece's rudeness just now, "Shu'er, Mr. Long is a person who asks questions from universities, so he knows the truth, right?" ”

"What are you laughing at! It's a thief, and it's annoying to watch. Chen Shu glanced at the smile on Jiang Yun's face sitting by the door, and thought she was sarcastic about her stupidity.

"I, I didn't__I just figured it out, this method is really ingenious." Jiang Yun was still immersed in the joy of solving the problem.

"Alright, go and help your aunt get food, we're all hungry. Today, I'm going to have a drink with Mr. Long. ”