While doing it and teaching, it didn't take much effort for the pork rib soup to be ready, and the hostess of this courtyard also returned.

"Dad, I'm back, what do you see Mom bought me?"

"Lily, run slowly, be careful of being fallen, tie your scarf, and drink the cool breeze when you're sick."

As she spoke, a cute little girl with pigtails was running with a windmill and blowing her cheeks, followed by a helpless young woman, carefully watching over her.

Different from the four-leaf windmills of later generations, at this time, they were all made of sorghum straw to form a skeleton, and then installed a wheel with colored paper strips as spokes.

Whenever the Chinese New Year, Beiping City gathers to sell this more, standing on the Hufang Bridge, you can hear the sound of windmills from Xinhua Street, but unfortunately this scene has also dissipated with history.

Wu Yulin put down the soup and wiped his hands and hurriedly ran out, squatted down and opened his arms, picked up the little girl and sat on his neck: "Who picked this windmill, it's so beautiful." ”

As he spoke, he deliberately trotted a little way to make the windmill spin faster.

The little girl sitting on it giggled happily: "My mother picked it, and if my father wants it, I'll give it to you." ”

The young woman over there saw that the little girl was sitting very high, and she was a little anxious, so she hurriedly put her things aside, clapped her hands and wanted the child to go down: "So high, aren't you afraid that Daddy Lily will fall?" ”

I wanted to argue a few words, but when I saw that my wife was glaring at him, I had to hand over the child stupidly.

"What, Yuzhi, you've worked hard, Lily will hand it over to you first." Wu Yulin put on a smiling face and introduced Cheng Nuo on the side: "Mrs., this is Professor Cheng Nuo of Peking University, who came to our house as a guest today." ”

Cheng Nuo took off his hat and put it on his chest, bowed slightly, and saluted: "Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”

After some introduction, Cheng Nuo was invited to the hall, made a pot of hot tea and put a few plates of snacks, and the hostess Wang Yuzhi took the little girl to the kitchen.

Wu Yulin was very enthusiastic and put a handful of fried shelled peanuts in front of Cheng Nuo: "Come, Professor Cheng try my wife's craftsmanship, the peanuts are this year, and the sand I have newly fished from the Yongding River, and the taste is absolutely good." ”

Cheng Nuo was not polite, peeled off the peanut shell, took the kernel inside and crushed it in his hand, and then the skin was easily blown open, and it was crispy and fragrant in the mouth.

"It's really delicious, Lao Wu, your craft, I think I can go to the Longfu temple fair to set up a stall to work."

"Haha, there is a specialization in the art industry, let's just eat it ourselves." Wu Yulin then peeled a few and threw them into his mouth, feeling a little emotional: "I used to dislike my wife's cooking for not being tasteful enough, but now when I come, I don't know how difficult it is to run a family." ”

"It's shallow on paper, and I never know that I have to do it."

"That's the truth, the ancestors summed up all the words for us thousands of years ago. Here, eat something else. Wu Yulin pushed other dim sum plates in front of Cheng Nuo: "Just now you said that you are going to create an academy of sciences, and you invited me to join this time?" ”

"Yes, it's to find some like-minded friends and do something meaningful." When it comes to business, Cheng Nuo clapped his hands and stopped eating: "The organizational structure is to build our own academy of sciences in imitation of the United States, and it is definitely good to build a steady future." ”

Wu Yulin straightened his body, with a hint of doubt in his tone: "Lao Cheng, I understand your thoughts and your approach, but this thing can't be done with a pat on the head." ”

Cheng Nuo just wanted to speak, but was interrupted by Wu Yulin: "You listen to me first, in my opinion, this kind of thing is inseparable from fame, and money is inseparable from it, and the environment doesn't matter. ”

"But the problem is fame and money, and it's difficult for us to do it. Although the American Academy of Sciences is a non-governmental organization, it was a bill signed by the bearded Lincoln when it was established, and relying on the brand of Peking University alone, even if Mr. Cai is added, it may not be enough, and scientific experiments mean spending money, so it's not easy for us to get it. ”

Seeing that the problems were put on the table one by one, Cheng Nuo was not only not sad but happy, people must have taken it seriously to heart when they talked about it so carefully, and his efforts were successful, and his killer features were not revealed.

Taking out the bag he was carrying, Cheng Nuo put the telegram of the manuscript acceptance, the reports of major newspapers and periodicals, and the inaugural issue of "People" magazine on the table one by one.

"Lao Wu, although his reputation is not big, he also has it."

After glancing at Cheng Nuo seriously, Wu Yulin brought the documents in front of him and began to look through them one by one.

After a while, Wu Yulin's eyes widened in disbelief: "You are Mr. Tom, who has been arguing in the market recently, and you have made such a big move in the "Mathematical Yearbook" quietly, I dare not say much, but you are definitely the most powerful one among the three batches of Geng's study abroad." ”

In the face of such fierce praise, Cheng Nuo remained modest: "Maybe it's for the sake of the face of the old Harvard club that the "Mathematical Yearbook" was reviewed so quickly. ”

"Hey, I don't even talk about you." Wu Yulin picked up the magazine "People" and looked at it repeatedly: "This is also your credit?" ”

"This is the credit of everyone in the editorial room, if you are willing to join in, Lao Wu, you will also have a share of the credit."

Wu Yulin was noncommittal, and took a sip of tea: "Lao Cheng, I admit that I looked down on you before, and my reputation is enough so far, but where does the money come from, if I guess correctly, most of it was paid for by Peking University, right?" ”

Cheng Nuo nodded, the little salary on his body couldn't even run the main magazine, not to mention thinking about running a discipline journal and supplement.

"Now most of them are paid for by Peking University, but the general does not fight unprepared battles, and there is a plan for the future, look at this."

As he spoke, he took out the last document, the design drawings of the fluorescent lamp.

Wu Yulin next, immediately spread it on the table to see.

"This is the first version of the fluorescent lamp I designed, and it has been sent to the United States to be handed over to my comrades over there for him to apply for a patent, and the money from selling it should be enough for us to start up."

"Lao Cheng, Lao Cheng, I thought I was already looking high just now, but I didn't expect it to be far from enough, how many good things have you hidden." Wu Yulin is also a person who knows goods, and in his eyes, this fluorescent light seems to appear directly in his mind.

In addition to being excited, he was a little worried: "Lao Cheng, you said that the Yankees are like a bull's nose and won't lower the price for us?" ”

Cheng Nuo was confident and comforted the other party: "This is just the first version, I have a better hidden trick, if he General Electric deliberately cheats us, the half-dead Westinghouse Electric will definitely welcome it with both hands." ”

At this time, Wu Yulin was convinced, took the design drawings and looked at them again and again, and finally folded the drawings with reluctance to return them: "This is the root of life, Lao Cheng, you have to be careful." ”

"Don't worry, only four people know until now."

The stakes are very high, and before he can't see that the other party really wants to join in, Cheng Nuo will not take out the drawings, maybe which "master" has the support of foreigners behind him, and it is better to be prepared.

Looking at the attitude of the other side, he also knew that he was almost persuaded, so he peeled the peanuts again and began to eat: "Old Wu, how about it, consider whether to join our Academy of Sciences organization." ”

At this time, Lily, who was playing with Li Laosan in the courtyard outside, suddenly broke in and plunged into her father's arms.

Looking at the child playing in his arms, Wu Yulin's attitude suddenly became a little low.

"Lao Cheng, I'll think about it again."