Chapter 24: Guns, Germs, and Steel
Chen Fei confirmed the news that he was leaving, and the good thing was that he would accompany them through the first year of high school.
"You are so powerful! A few of our teachers did such a good job of keeping secrets, you all know that. Teacher Chen said with a smile.
"If we don't know, are you going to hide it from us until the end of the term?" Tang Rui was a little complaining, he liked Mr. Chen very much, and he should upgrade "very" to "most". Even though she always failed in history, she always enjoyed Teacher Chen's preference. He said that she is a girl who is suitable for studying history, but she is not willing to work hard, he always praises her for being logical, can summarize, and has her own opinions, I don't know how many times I have persuaded her to memorize more historical knowledge points, and she doesn't know how many times she has promised that she will work hard, but Tang Rui always responded to the famous saying - short-term hesitation, long-term mixed eating and waiting for death.
"I'm doing it for your good, too."
"Huh" The whole class booed, Mr. Chen used to say that the most hated sentence he hated was "I am all for your good", he went to the normal college because of his parents' words, and chose the professional teacher he hated the most.
"I used to think that this sentence smacked of moral kidnapping, as if the United States was persuading countries around the world to join the Bretton Woods system! Let me go to your country to build a military base, and let me defend world peace! They just want to control you and take away a piece of your life - freedom" Teacher Chen paused, put his history book on the podium, and also put down his own impassionedness.
"But when I knew that I was leaving, I tossed and turned all night, I felt that I could only be regarded as half a teacher before, I just did teaching and solving doubts, and even did not do well. Like Liang Chen and Li Ju, it's good that they're happy, right! ”
"Phew"
"A month ago, Chen Fei always wanted to give you the freedom he didn't get, and he regarded freedom as your future. He thinks that teachers should not be like the workers on the assembly line of Foxconn, according to the standardized model, to process you into the products that the society wants; He thinks you should be a flock of birds, and the sky is your stage, not this boxy cage. Teacher Chen took a deep breath and continued: "Later, I figured it out, I was wrong, professional basketball players are better than amateurs, sometimes I should be as strict as Teacher Zeng and Teacher Mu, otherwise you will always be a little bird, unable to withstand the wind and rain, and the vast sky will always belong to the stage of the eagle with wings." ”
Teacher Chen pointed to Tang Rui and said: "Tang Rui, you have to memorize a number of knowledge points every day in the future, and there are some people who pass the line and are also included in the list of basic knowledge of tutoring, 70 points up and below 80 every two days a set of papers, only 80 points or more birds deserve to have freedom." ”
"Ahh As soon as Teacher Chen finished speaking, a neat wail resounded throughout the classroom, followed by chattering and complaining.
"It's useless, the old Chen Fei is dead, and a feudal tyrant will ascend the throne."
After Teacher Chen finished speaking, Tang Rui slapped the table, stood up, and said loudly: "Brother Fei, I support you." ”
"Sit down, no big or small, what kind of brother to fly, call Teacher or Teacher Chen, this is the first rule of a tyrant."
Liang Chen raised his right hand and said with a smile, "Teacher Chen, I also support you." ”
Xue Ji also raised her right hand, "Teacher Chen, I also support you." ”
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After the history class, Zhou Sang and Lao Maozi surrounded Liang Chen, and several people were like tenant farmers oppressed by feudal landlords, and they were angry.
"You're a 90 out of the exam, have you considered the feelings of your fathers? Think about whether you can empathize with the weight of your English language. Lao Maozi pinched Liang Chen's shoulder and said.
"I'm all for your good." Liang Chen stammered out this unwillful sentence.
Zhou Sang stretched out his fist, and his tone was extremely arrogant, "Looking for a fight?" ”
Liang Chen held up the history book in his hand to protect his face, "Why don't you beat Tang Rui, she also said it!" ”
"What did you say?"
Liang Chen suddenly felt a chill behind him, turned his face to look at Tang Rui, whose eyes widened, and was speechless for a while.
"Liangzi, forget it." Tang Rui let go of her clenched fist and suddenly froze, like a concubine who had fallen out of favor, "Teacher Chen is looking for you." ”
Liang Chen seemed to be on the verge of amnesty, calmly got up and left his seat, but he didn't think that after walking a few steps, Tang Rui slapped him hard in the back, Liang Chen didn't look back, but walked to the office with a smile.
"Here we are."
"Hmm." Liang Chen replied.
Teacher Chen picked up a book next to his right hand and handed it to Liang Chen, "Give it to you." ”
"Guns, Germs and Steel", Liang Chen saw such a strange historical title for the first time, and he whispered the English on the cover, "Guns, Germs, and Steel"
According to his own habits, Liang Chen looked at the table of contents of the book and had a clue, but he still felt very inexplicable, "From the Garden of Eden to Cajamarca, the emergence and spread of food production, from grain to guns, germs and steel ······", can history still be written like this? This was Liang Chen's first question.
The incredible expression on Liang Chen's face seemed to be very much in line with Teacher Chen's expectations, and he smiled: "How about it, have you found a new continent?" ”
"Liang Chen, do you know what your biggest flaw is?" Teacher Chen asked.
"The handwriting is so bad." Liang Chen tried to ask questions.
Teacher Chen shook his head and said, "No. ”
"What's that?"
"You don't think, you have a fixed idea in your mind that history should be pieced together one story after another, so your foundation is very good, you can tell the causes, background, and effects of what happened at a certain time, you can tell the story very well, you are like an old criminal policeman, you can solve the case, but you never ask why the prisoner committed the crime."
"I asked!" Liang Chen took Teacher Chen's words a little mischievously.
"Really? That's when you ask about this historical fact, for example, you ask why the Xinhai Revolution happened, but never why it happened. ”
"Isn't that the same?"
"Do you eat rice for the same reason as why you eat rice?"
"It doesn't seem to be the same." Liang Chen was still a little confused, but in the haze, he seemed to understand something.
"The reason you eat rice is that you are hungry, why do you eat rice instead of meat and vegetables." Teacher Chen sped up and said.
"You said that, don't you understand! It is necessary to learn what hints Chinese philosophers make, and what they 'say is endless and meaningful', and the question of an angle is sublimated to the ideological level. Liang Chen in turn educated Chen Fei.
"Hey! I can't break it with an old pedant like you, so think about the question of 'thinking' yourself! This book may help you, but the way your fifteen-year-old brain works can't be reversed overnight. When I see you, I always think of me who was still studying a few years ago, I wanted you to learn to change by yourself, and I also saw some of your changes, but I couldn't see it, but fortunately, I pulled out the seedlings to help me grow once. Teacher Chen was a little lonely, and waved his hand to ask Liang Chen to go back and call Li Ju.
Liang Chen thought about Teacher Chen, bowed slightly, thanked him, and left.
"Liang Chen." Teacher Chen stopped him, "Boys have something to ask for, something to do, and something to be loyal, so that this life will not be in vain." ”
Looking back, Liang Chen smiled and said to Teacher Chen: "When the wind rises, it is appropriate to work hard for life." ”
In the past ten years of student life, I have met many teachers, and for the first time, Liang Chen's heart has a feeling of sympathy, like the scorching sun outside blowing a gust of wind, he is gone, maybe he will cry!
At the regular class meeting on Sunday, Teacher Mu asked Tang Rui to organize the class committee to discuss Teacher Chen's farewell party, and Tang Rui almost made all the plans by herself, leaving only gifts for the whole class to discuss.
"Watch (200-500), wallet (200-500), belt (100-300), lighter (100-300), jade jewelry (500-1000)" Liang Chen wrote on the blackboard the more reliable gifts that everyone came up with in ten minutes, he rarely went on stage to preside over the "overall situation", and when she came back, Tang Rui said that she was tired, and Liang Chen had to smile and respond.
"Vote on what gift to give, you can't abstain, and I'll tell you the whole plan after I choose the gift." Liang Chen is a bit like a leader, and he speaks with a special sense of rhythm.
"The watch won 36 votes, and the gift is so decided, I will tell you about the general plan, first write a greeting card by next Tuesday; The second fold of 365 paper cranes will be distributed to individuals and will be completed by next Tuesday; Thirdly, they sang "The Days of Beijing East Road" at the Thursday history evening self-study, and changed the last sentence "Abbot I love you" to "Brother Fei, I love you"; fourth, each person left a thousand paper cranes to give to Teacher Chen one by one, and if someone wanted to give a gift, it would be completed at this time, finally, and take a group photo. ”
Liang Chen clapped his hands and said "perfect", and then the class booed again.
Everything is going on in secret, and in order to keep it secret, there are full-time students patrolling outside the classroom between classes.
Time passed through the gap, and on Thursday's history evening self-study, Mr. Chen seemed to have received the news, walked into the classroom in a black suit, and saw the greeting card and photo album on the podium······ Smiling and acting out of surprise, it's just that the acting is clumsy.
"Still singing?" Teacher Chen asked.
"Phew"
"Is there a traitor among us?" Tang Rui asked.
Teacher Chen couldn't hold back a laugh, pointed to the camera in the corner of the classroom, and said; "There is surveillance, I basically know what you are doing, and I don't need to arrange for someone to keep an eye on me."
Everyone was a little disappointed, but Zuo Yun still walked on the podium, the melody of "The Days of Beijing East Road" sounded, and he practiced countless times, but everyone didn't read the lyrics on the curtain, and Mr. Chen was looking at the greeting card, occasionally smiling, but everyone saw that his eyes were red.
All the emotions erupted in that sentence "Brother Fei I love you", it was like a tear gas bomb, Fei Ge, who was originally pretending to be relaxed, still left tears, maybe because of the greeting card, because of the sincere I love you, even if he was prepared, but 52 sincere hearts caught him off guard, the man had tears and did not flick, but he did not reach the sad place, and the defense in the corner of his eyes was like a few tears falling from the rout of the defense line.
Tang Rui was the first to go up and hug him, put down the thousand paper cranes she folded, and the gift in the red bag, which was a fountain pen, and then the original rehearsal order was thrown away in the original time and space, only one after another was about to part.
Liang Chen also gave a copy of "The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", and the title page of the book was written crookedly - with the king, each without complaining about the death.
The last photo with Fei Ge, Liang Chen posted it on the last page of the history book Compulsory Two, and the back of the photo hides the sympathy between master and apprentice.