Chapter 8 Time Never Stands Still for You
The moment I arrived in front of the auditorium, I felt a little cowardly of homesickness, thinking that there were all top students in the medical department, and I was the only one who was a first-year high school student selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, and I really didn't have any confidence in my heart. I wandered around the door twice, pinched my cheek hard, and said to myself, "There is a first time for everything, maybe the practical experience of these college students is not as good as your own." He mustered up the courage to walk towards the auditorium.
The lecture was expected to start at four o'clock in the afternoon, but it was only three o'clock, and the auditorium was almost full. The staff were busy arranging temporary seats in the aisles, and the reason was: "I don't know how the students from the foreign department know, but the students from the history department and the archaeology department have said that they must not miss such a good opportunity, and they must discuss the identification of the Peking ape skull with Mr. Tatsusheng." β
After I finally confirmed Shen Zhongping's location, I ran quickly in his direction, I really didn't expect that good things would happen one after another, and today I was lucky enough to sit in the first three rows of such a feng shui treasure.
Mr. Bu Dasheng is roughly the same as I imagined him, a gentle and somewhat pedantic person. He talked about a lot of anatomical knowledge in great detail, and compared with the usual drills in the laboratory, I have to say that this kind of narration is really a lot less interesting. Thinking of the huge difference between Uncle Shen's daily life in the hospital, I have to say that research scholars are really more suitable for immersing themselves in their own world than the podium.
After finishing his speech, Mr. Bu Dasheng was silent for a few seconds before asking solemnly: "I discussed with the head of the department before, and I want to set aside more time to communicate with you." If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. As long as it is within my ability, I will answer them one by one. β
The top students of the medical department who had been prepared for a long time were naturally not polite, and they raised the questions they had been preparing for a long time. There are some of these questions that are difficult and profound, and there are also those who are quirky and tricky, but I didn't expect Mr. Bu Dasheng to have a rare good temper, and they are all explained in detail. In particular, his inference about the Peking ape man is even more resounding, advancing the history of human use of fire by hundreds of thousands of years. As soon as he finished speaking, the auditorium was suddenly filled with thunderous applause.
A boy from the history department playfully quipped, "It seems to me that Mr. Bu Dasheng is better suited to be a field archaeologist than an anatomical expert." If you can devote yourself to the field of archaeology, many unsolved mysteries will be solved. β
Instead of the laughter of the audience, Mr. Bu Dasheng thought about the boy's question with an extremely serious attitude: "Can this classmate tell me what you mean by those unsolved mysteries?" β
The boy was not stage frightened, and replied confidently in a loud voice: "Not to mention the pyramids and the stone statues of Easter Island, the unsolved mysteries in Chinese history alone are also 'too many to read'." He paused, and repeated the idiom in Chinese: "It is difficult to write a book, Mr. Bu should know this word, right?" He saw Bu Dasheng smiling and nodded, and then said: "For example, who is Qin Shi Huang's biological father; For example, which of Cao Cao's 72 doubtful graves is the real place where he is buried; For example, whether Wanli had taken drugs before his death; For example, whether Emperor Guangxu was poisoned as the legend suggests, these questions not only plague archaeologists, but also concern China from ancient times to the present. β
Mr. Bu Dasheng replied with an unexpected sense of humor: "I can probably only answer the last two questions, and as for the rest of the real dependence on the development of genetics, it will be many years later." Besides, in my opinion, this classmate is also overkill in studying history, maybe being a detective is more suitable for you. β
There was another burst of laughter in the auditorium, and a conversation between Mr. Bu Dasheng and the boy from the history department pushed the atmosphere to the high ground, and the others quickly broke free from the initial detention and began to speak freely.
Later, when Shen Zhongping asked me about this day's harvest, my answer was: "Although I haven't been able to communicate directly with Mr. Bu, I feel like he is a cordial friend." I didn't expect to have a broad view of the world as an anatomical expert, and I was so petty in comparison. β
Uncle Shen smiled sincerely, as soon as he was happy, the crow's feet in the corners of his eyes would spread all the way to the temples, probably this is the price of life, in the face of time, everything is so fair, no one can be spared.
In such a seemingly calm but gunpowder-like early summer, the tsunami-like impact of Japan's "226" coup d'Γ©tat has spread to all walks of life at such a rapid speed that even those students who are forever immersed in hard studies in the depths of the campus have no quiet desks to stay. Originally, I was completely indifferent to the so-called current situation and war, but looking at the increasingly depressed streets and the increasingly solemn expressions on the faces of the people around me, my heart felt like I had been thrown into a boulder, and it was difficult to calm down for a long time.
The breakfast table is also dyed with the solemn atmosphere of the library, and everyone's routine is disrupted every morning, and the family eats without knowing the taste at breakfast, but a heart is tied to the newspaper of the day. My mother also put aside the "Good Friends" that published all kinds of gossip and paid attention to the current situation with my father.
My father's words finally broke this fragile quiet atmosphere: "It seems that this battle between China and Japan is inevitable." β
Since his retirement, my grandfather has always remained silent on the issue of the current situation, but on this day he also expressed his opinion uncharacteristically: "If a foreign enemy comes to invade, he will be a bandit, and if he loots property, he will be a bandit. I have heard that in Japan there are also scholars, farmers, and industrialists, but their 'scholars' are not scholars but samurai, and it seems that Japan's use of military strength is true. He sighed: "From the First Sino-Japanese War to the present, China has been invaded by an unknown amount, and it is reasonable for the Japanese to want a piece of the pie at this time." I'm afraid that those warlords and government dignitaries are busy fighting in the nest, but they will lure the wolf into the house. β
My father was very excited: "If this battle is fought, it will be a world-wide war, from the First Sino-Japanese War to the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, we have not yet recovered from the war. I am afraid that the Japanese will add fuel to the fire this time, and I don't know what will become of the future life. β
"In that case, let them make trouble. No matter how lively this battle is, the lives of the common people will always have to go on. Grandfather said and picked up breakfast again: "If you don't understand something, don't think about it, eat, eat." β