Chapter 4: The Bookworm's Gathering (1)
"You know?" This time it was Liang Jing's turn to be surprised.
"Hmm...... Sort of. Chen Ying felt her face start to get hot. She tried her best not to look at Qin Hong, and she could feel that he had been staring at her.
"How did you meet?" Liang Jing's face was full of curiosity.
"Well—that—I met by chance through BBS." Chen Ying wanted to prevaricate the past.
"I've seen it many times." Qin Hongjing said to himself, "We are still eating together at noon today." ”
"Really, Chen Ying?" Liang Jing looked at Chen Ying suspiciously.
"Just a casual meal."
"I'll wait for you at the door." Qin Hong took the twenty yuan handed over by Liang Jing and said loudly.
"What's going on?" Liang Jing's face turned red with excitement at this time, "Is it your boyfriend?" ”
"Not really." Chen Ying hurriedly shook her head, "Let's test it quickly." ”
When Chen Ying walked out of the psychology department, it was already nightfall. The wisteria roses outside the small building are in full bloom, and the flowing water generally hangs down from the flower stands, exuding a refreshing fragrance. White moonlight leaked through the gaps between the vines and foliage, leaving mottled silhouettes on the ground. This is Chen Ying's favorite corner of the campus. No matter when she encounters anything, as long as she can sit on this flower stand for a while, she can feel the lilac brilliance and the tranquility of life, these scenes will remind her of Zong Pu's "Wisteria Falls".
There was a man standing under the tree, and when he saw her coming, he quickly put his phone in his pocket.
"Got twenty bucks?" Qin Hong asked jokingly. Chen Ying pursed her lips.
"I said—what the hell do you want to do?" Chen Ying looked up at him. The moonlight shone right on his face, setting off his square forehead, and a pair of deep, dark eyes sparked.
"Didn't want to do anything."
"If you're thinking about something—I advise you to give up." Chen Ying's expression relaxed a little, "You can also see, I'm really busy—I don't have time to—socialize with boys." With great difficulty, she said the last few words, and raised her eyes to look at him.
"Don't even have time to eat together?"
"I can indeed have dinner with you at noon today, but I have to read my homework all the time in the afternoon. I didn't finish the paper to be handed in tomorrow afternoon, so I'll have to stay up for a while when I go back. In my dormitory suitcase, there are still 145 calculus homework books that have not been changed, and they will be approved and sent to the students before class starts at 7 p.m. tomorrow night. I had a double degree in sociology on Saturdays, and I had to tutor on Sundays – the gears of time kept pushing me forward and I couldn't stop and think about it. ”
"How do you arrange your life so full? Aren't you tired? ”
"It's tiring, but that's how I live. In fact, I also know that these ideas may be difficult for people to accept, so I don't want the other person to waste time on me. ”
"It's not necessarily a waste of time to be together – we can also discuss sociology together."
"You also like sociology?" Chen Ying's eyes widened.
"yes."
"How could someone like you like to hang out like you like to read a tome?" Chen Ying narrowed her eyes and looked at Qin Hong suspiciously, "Liar, right?" ”
"Why lie to you?" Qin Hong walked over and looked at her seriously, "Have you read Rousseau's "Theory of the Social Contract", which is also a must-read work in our law school. Emile's "Theory of the Division of Labor in Society", this book you should also know. And Max Weber's "Economy and Society" -- that's pretty much my favorite book, except I mean, of course, "The Road to Serfdom," ......"
"I've been watching Road to Serfdom lately!" Chen Ying interrupted him. This was the first time she had shown an excited look in front of him, and she saw Qin Hong's entire expression relax and began to smile at her.
"What's your favorite?" Qin Hong asked.
"I like Hayek's view that a society without individual freedom of thought can achieve greater economic efficiency, and I also believe that the development of a modern society cannot be achieved without the support of highly educated people, and that people's freedom of creativity and freedom of thought is the driving force behind the progress of future society."
"I think it's a more academic idea, and although Hayek is aware of a lot of problems, some of his views are still too conservative - in fact, I prefer to read books like 'Street Corner Society' because it feels more microscopic and realistic."
"I haven't read that book yet, but I've read the synopsis, and it's a report on the social behavior of Italian immigrants in the United States?"
"Yes. The book was so well written that I read it three times. You can think of it as an official study of gangster culture in the United States. ”
"Any other good books you can recommend?"
"I don't know if you like law books or not...... Qin Hong thought for a while, "If you don't mind, there are three introductory classics that you can solve and flip through - all of them are in the school library." ”
"Which three books?"
"The Federalist Papers," "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism," and "The Spirit of the Law."
"Okay, I'll borrow it tomorrow." Chen Ying smiled, "I didn't expect you to read such a book." ”
"These are classic books and must read in the 'Principles of Law' course. My reading is actually very average, and I don't go to the academy to give a certificate and then go into the basement to borrow a book like "The Gulag Archipelago" like some people! ”
"You saw me two days ago?"
"You were rushing in and out of the basement, and everyone there saw it."
Chen Ying blushed.
"My classmate happened to be working as a librarian there, and she told me that you borrowed this set of books." Qin Hong added.