"Teacher, are you there, Mr. Tao, Xiao Wan has come to see you."

Early in the morning, Wan Laiming carried his things and came to Tao Xingzhi's residence to visit the teacher.

I didn't know where the teacher lived before, and he wasn't very good at mixing it himself, so once the teacher asked about the situation after graduation, he couldn't hold it on his face at all. I didn't do well in my studies, I didn't get admitted to university after graduating from middle school, my career was not going well, and I was mistaken by passers-by for a pleading, so I didn't want to inquire about the teacher's situation.

Now that he is "engaged in artistic creation" on the street, he was bumped into by a teacher, rubbed a meal and a new dress, and even introduced a job later, so good to him, it is really unreasonable to say that he will not visit again, and it is chilling to say it.

However, this time there are not only the above reasons, Wan Laiming also has some other small thoughts hidden in his heart.

All I could hear was the sound of moving stools in the room, followed by hurried footsteps, a creak, and the door opened.

"Yo, Xiao Wan, why did you come here so early, come in, come in." Seeing that it was his own student coming, Tao Xingzhi had a smile on his face, coupled with the nest head that had bitten off half of it in his hand, and he was still chewing in his mouth, which made people laugh.

"I didn't expect you to be still having breakfast, teacher, if I had known that I would have come late, I wouldn't have bothered you." Wan Laiming craned his neck to look in as he spoke, his face flinching.

"What are you looking at, don't worry, your wife didn't come over, and took Hong'er back to her parents' house." Leading the students into the door, Tao Xingzhi laughed at himself: "It's good to go back to the countryside with his mother, unlike his father and me, I don't have anything to lose, and I will only suffer if I follow." ”

Speaking of Mr. Tao Xingzhi is really selfless, although he founded countless schools in his life, but among the four children, only the youngest son has an official national diploma, and the other three children have never touched Mr. Tao's light, whether it is education or work, they have never been privileged.

For this reason, in a certain practice, he also issued a special certificate to his son, which said, "I'd rather be a real white than a fake showman."

Even so, under the influence of Mr. Tao, the eldest of the four children developed the first generation of color film in China, and is the founder and pioneer of photochemistry in China. The second son was a division-level cadre of our army and a well-known radio expert. When he reached the fourth son, through his own efforts, he became a professor of mechanics at Harbin Institute of Technology after liberation, and continued to walk on the road of education following in his father's footsteps.

As for why he only skipped the third son, it is because he, as the son of a "great people's educator", was willing to be ordinary and obscure all his life, and became a real farmer.

When it comes to the teacher's family private affairs, Wan Laiming is not easy to mix in, and said with a haha: "Teacher, this is the tea that our dean gave me, I heard that it is good tea, but it is really a waste for me to drink, and I can't drink it, so I will send you a piece." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Wan Laiming took out the white tea that Cheng Nuo gave him and handed it to Tao Xingzhi.

Unexpectedly, Tao Xingzhi didn't even look at the gift, and said with a straight face: "That's what your dean is good to you, I feel sorry for you, what kind of thing you gave you, bring it to me like something, I am very happy if you can come to see me, how can I use it to engage in these vain things, remember not to do this next time." ”

Hearing the teacher's criticism, Wan Laiming was a little hesitant: "I don't think the teacher's life is too simple, I really can't bear it......"

Look at Tao Xingzhi's breakfast, it is just a bowl of millet porridge, a plate of pickles, plus two distilled wowotou, even the word simplicity is not enough to describe.

Following the student's eyes, Tao Xingzhi instantly understood what was going on, and said with a smile: "Do you think the teacher eats badly, in fact, the teacher eats very well, there are vegetables and they are hard dishes, they are crunchy in the mouth, and there are eggs, but you just finished eating, you didn't see it." ”

picked up the porridge bowl, pulled it twice, and said gently: "You can't buy this millet on the market, it was milled by your mother, it tastes old and fragrant, and I can drink two large bowls of one meal." By the way, you sit here and wait, there is still a bowl left in the pot, and I will bring it to you. ”

Seeing this, Wan Laiming hurriedly wanted to stop him: "Teacher, I've eaten in the hotel, and there is a canteen there. ”

Tao Xingzhi stopped the students where to stop, and said while serving food in the kitchen: "When you get to the teacher, it's the same as going home, you're welcome, by the way, you stay here to eat at noon, and the teacher will go to the market to buy some vegetables in a while, and give you a special kitchen, so that you can see if the teacher's cooking skills have declined." ”

Wan Laiming saw that he couldn't compete with the teacher, so he sat back in the chair and said: "The teacher really doesn't have to be so troublesome, I will eat whatever you eat, this is the same as going home, and specialization can really treat me as an outsider." ”

"Hey, good boy, I didn't expect you to practice your eloquence, and you know that you will be the first of the generals." Bringing the porridge to him, Tao Xingzhi handed over the chopsticks and said with a smile: "Forget another sentence that the teacher often says to you, it's called 'be strict with yourself and lenient with others', don't be polite to me." ”

Wan Laiming smiled, just wanted to drink porridge, but was interrupted by Tao Xingzhi again, pointed to the direction of the washstand and said, "Have you washed your hands?" Wash your hands first! ”

Seeing this, Wan Laiming had no choice but to wash his hands obediently, and took advantage of this moment to inquire again: "Teacher, this time you came back from the United States, do you have any specific work arrangements in the next step, and do you want to go back to Nanjing Higher Normal School as the director of academic affairs?" ”

"What, Xiao Wan, do you have other ideas, and have you started to find a way out for me?" Tao Xingzhi threw off his robe, sat back on his dining table and stool, turned his head and smiled: "If I can't find another way out, I may also go to National Southeast University to become a professor, I just received a letter of appointment from them a few days ago." ”

Wan Laiming, who had just finished washing his hands, heard this, and after rinsing it a few times, he didn't bother to wipe it, and immediately trotted back, and said nervously: "Then has the teacher figured out where to go, in my opinion, whether it is Nanjing Higher Normal School or National Southeast University, although the strength should not be underestimated, it may not be suitable for you, teacher." ”

"Oh, yes, might as well share your opinion." Tao Xingzhi, who was drinking porridge, was not frightened by these words, picked up the "hard dish" on the plate, and put it into his mouth again.

Wan Laiming saw that the teacher didn't seem to take this to heart, and immediately added: "Teacher, you once said that 'life is education', 'society is school', and 'teaching is unity', and the real purpose is to go to rural education, but these two universities obviously conflict with the latter." ”

Hearing this, Tao Xingzhi put down his chopsticks and looked at his student gently: "Keep talking." ”

Wan Laiming saw that there was a play, swallowed and foamed at the mouth and continued: "Although these two universities are good, those who may be able to afford to go to them cannot be from peasant backgrounds, and even if they can afford them, they can at least be regarded as rich peasants or above in their local area, and they are not universal at all.

In other words, these schools are naturally monopolized by middle- and upper-class people, and they are not at all something that the children of the poor can look up to, and even those like me who can successfully graduate from middle school belong to the minority, and if you really want to do rural education and do it well, you must integrate the school into the rural society.

Rural education is not a soup soup for compassion, but a way to cultivate national vitality, improve people's lives, and consolidate the foundation of the country. ”

After listening to this, Tao Xingzhi couldn't help but look at his students deeply, you must know that although he is now studying education under American educators such as Dewey, Meng Lu, and Keboqu, he actually only has a vague general idea of rural education, and he doesn't know exactly how to do it and where to do it.

Now listening to my students talk about rural education, the head is the way, and it seems to be more feasible than the methods I have thought of these days, and the actual operation seems to be more reliable.

"Try your wife's pickled cucumbers, it's very refreshing." Pushing the pickles in front of the students, he couldn't help but say: "In the days I left, Xiaowan, did you go to college, these words came out, and it was really impressive for three days." ”

After eating a piece of pickled cucumber, it is indeed a unique flavor, Wan Laiming was a little embarrassed and said: "After graduating from middle school, I first worked as a small worker in the Commercial Press for a period of time, and then I came to the Academy of Sciences, and I really didn't go to college for a day." ”

Tao Xingzhi was curious: "Then where did you get all this knowledge about rural education?" ”

Wan Laiming put down his chopsticks and explained with a smile: "Although I didn't go to college, except for me, the comrade with the lowest education in the Academy of Sciences is our dean, Mr. Cheng, who has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Harvard University.

As for this rural education, I am not afraid of the teacher's jokes, I definitely can't summarize these myself, I secretly learned them from Dean Cheng, and after listening to it a lot, I will naturally remember it. ”

Tao Xingzhi suddenly became interested and asked, "So, your Dean Cheng is also a scholar who is committed to revitalizing the countryside and developing rural education?" ”

Wan Laiming thought for a moment and shook his head: "I can't say it, our Dean Cheng wants to do everything, and he is doing everything at the same time, rural education is just thinking about him, and he hasn't started to do it yet, but according to other comrades, the Academy of Sciences has begun the selection and breeding of crop wheat, which should also be a kind of revitalization of the countryside that you said the teacher." ”

Tao Xingzhi said with emotion: "Your Dean Cheng has seen very far, Cang Liao knows etiquette, food and clothing are enough and knows honor and disgrace, only farmers can eat their stomachs, they will consider sending their children to school, from this point of view alone, he is a person who can do practical things." ”

Talking about his dean, Wan Laiming also had glory in his tone: "Not only that, he also said that if you want to solve rural problems, you must rely on people in the countryside, but rural people alone can't solve rural problems, because rural people can only feel the problems intuitively."

As for the source of the problem, they cannot understand it, so the solution of the rural problem must be ...... To ......"

Halfway through the words, Tao Xingzhi's curiosity was seduced, and he said a little anxiously: "Later, you Dean Cheng didn't say anything about the rural problem, what do you rely on to solve it?" ”

Seeing that the teacher was a little anxious, Wan Laiming wanted to say the solution later, but unfortunately the more anxious he was, the more he couldn't get up, and he forgot what the words were, and finally slapped his thigh angrily: "I'm still chanting this sentence on the way here, how can I get to the key head, why can't I remember it." ”

Tao Xingzhi pointed to the pickles and said: "Don't worry, eat something to make up for it, maybe you will remember it after eating, if you don't have enough to eat, I still have it there, there are more in the jar, if it's not enough, I'll let your wife send it from the countryside." ”

Wan Laiming was also obedient, filling the pickled cucumbers into his mouth one after another, and after a while, he finished eating the side dishes on the plate, and his face was about to eat pickled cucumbers, and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

Tao Xingzhi found the abnormality and said happily: "I remembered." ”

Unexpectedly, Wan Laiming opened his mouth, but it was another matter: "It's not about rural education, but because I eat too many pickled cucumbers, it's a little salty." ”

Rao is Tao Xingzhi has a mild temperament, and now he was also laughed at angrily, pressed the urge to go crazy, his lips trembled a little, and he pointed to the porridge and said: "If it is salty, drink porridge, and if you drink it, it will not be salty." ”

Wan Laiming didn't know his teacher yet, so when he saw this, he immediately buried his head in the porridge bowl, finished it in one go, and finally wiped his lips: "Teacher, I remember." ”

"Say it quickly, say it quickly, tell me the solution quickly." Tao Xingzhi couldn't wait.

"Dean Cheng said that the solution to rural problems must first rely on rural people; Second, we must rely on people with knowledge, vision, new methods, and new technologies to combine with them to solve problems.

Therefore, intellectuals are needed to enter the countryside and lead rural development. Afraid that the teacher would beat him, Wan Laiming said everything he remembered in one breath, for fear that he would forget it again after a while.

"Yes, the rural problem is both simple and complex, the peasants are both simple and cunning, both open and closed, the northern plains are better, especially the south is ten miles different, if you want to revitalize the countryside, whether it is education or agriculture, you need to adapt measures to local conditions." Tao Xingzhi has words.

Following the teacher's words, Wan Laiming remembered more and more, and said excitedly: "Our Dean Cheng also said that practice is the only source of understanding, and it is also the only criterion for testing the truth.

The decision made by slapping the ass can only make everyone follow the patting of the head in the end. ”

After listening, Tao Xingzhi also sighed: "You, Dean Cheng, are really a great talent, listening to you say this, I want to know him one day, what kind of person is it, but I think he is also a patriot with ideals and ambitions, in your words, they are all comrades!" ”

Wan Laiming was a little anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "Teacher doesn't need to go one day, tomorrow, wait for our Dean Cheng to go back to Beijing, when will you come to Shanghai, but it's hard to say, when you go to Nanjing, the two will be more troublesome to meet again." ”

Tao Xingzhi suddenly understood what was going on, and couldn't help but point his finger at his students: "Okay, you Xiaowan, I went around in circles for a long time for this, to be honest, did your dean let you come, this lobbyist is not good." ”

Seeing that the teacher had misunderstood, Wan Laiming hurriedly explained: "Our dean has been going to the factory for several days, and he hasn't come back in the middle, of course he didn't assign it, this is my own will, and he doesn't know about it." ”

Regarding the student's initiative to work for his dean, Tao Xingzhi couldn't help but be a little curious: "Could it be that your Dean Cheng's charm is so great, let you take the initiative to ask for help, and hit the abacus on your teacher and me?" ”

Wan Laiming continued to explain: "Both of you are people I respect, and both are more capable than me, it just so happens that Dean Cheng has been short of people, and you have been lacking a platform to display your ambitions, so I thought to see if I could match you in the middle and let you reach a cooperation."

This is a great thing for both of you and for the revitalization of our countryside. As our dean often told me, it is easy to do great things by pooling our strength. ”

"Your dean, your dean's, Xiao Wan, you can tell me how many deans you have said since you entered the house, and when will you talk about your teacher." didn't rush to pick up this topic, Tao Xingzhi deliberately put on a very tasteful expression.

Wan Laiming smiled again, touched the back of his head and whispered: "In front of our dean, in fact, I didn't say much about you, teacher, and I said more than today." ”

Tao Xingzhi smiled and waved his hand, put away the porridge bowl that Wan Laiming had eaten, and came to the kitchen to pour all the remaining porridge: "Okay, I won't joke with you, just listen to what your dean said, I haven't seen him do anything yet, and everything has to wait until we meet." ”

Wan Laiming clenched his fist happily, and after seeing that the teacher was not paying attention, he stretched his neck and said in the direction of the kitchen: "So, teacher, are you willing to meet with our dean?" ”

"Yes, I promised you, such an interesting person, it's good to meet and get acquainted." Bringing the newly filled porridge, Tao Xingzhi said gently: "There is not much left, if it is not enough to drink, I will make some more." ”

Just now I was able to drink a bowl, it was purely an accident after eating pickled cucumbers, and now there is a full bowl, and it is all thick, which makes Wan Laiming a little difficult, but in order not to affect the cooperation between Dean Cheng and Teacher Tao, he gritted his teeth and was still ready to drink this bowl.

Afraid that the teacher would misunderstand, he hurriedly added: "The teacher doesn't need to do it, I'm afraid I won't even be able to eat the lunch at noon if I eat any more." ”

"If you really can't eat it, forget it, it's not good for your gastrointestinal tract, and it's not bad to feed the landlord's mother-in-law's chickens." Tao Xingzhi saw the student's embarrassment, shook his head with a smile and brought back the last bowl of porridge: "Speaking of your Dean Cheng, you didn't tell him what you just said, would he be unhappy if he knew?" ”

Seeing that the porridge was taken away, Wan Laiming was reborn, and said with a smile: "No, our dean is not the kind of person who is cautious, and he has always been open to talents, especially at your level, teacher, he is even more regarded as a guest."

As for my kind of untold thing, with my understanding of him, the dean will definitely understand, and at worst, it will be a combination of merit and demerit. ”

Tao Xingzhi smiled with satisfaction: "The gentleman has done something and has not done, I believe that your dean must know the meaning of this sentence." But tomorrow is too rushed, and it will not be too late for you to tell me after you have discussed with your dean and determined which day, depending on his time. ”

Wan Laiming was overjoyed: "Okay teacher, let's just say it, you don't have to trouble you at home for lunch at noon, I invite you to go to the restaurant." ”

Tao Xingzhi was suddenly unhappy, and took out a preachy style: "You have only been working for a few days, how much money do you have, save some flowers, the last time I met your father, I also said that your boss is not small, it's time to get married, save some flowers." ”

Wan Laiming whispered: "As far as my father has a lot of things, I haven't been 18 this year, and besides, I don't necessarily have to look for it in China, and I may save money by looking for foreign ones." ”

Tao Xingzhi didn't hear it clearly, and said suspiciously: "Xiao Wan, what did you just say?" ”

In front of the teacher, Wan Laiming didn't dare to be presumptuous, and said with a hippie smile: "It's okay, I'm saying that the career is not successful, and the first thing to start a family is to slow down." ”

Speaking of returning to Cheng Nuo, at this time, he was also carrying something and went to visit someone.

This person is none other than Cai Yuanpei, because Cheng Nuo still has some things to deal with here, and he can't go back from the south until he finds it out.

Cai Yuanpei is different, he came out of Beijing to escape the impact of Zhang Xun's restoration, and secondly to promote Cheng Nuo's work-study club, now that the two things have been completed, Peking University still has a bunch of things waiting for him as the president to deal with.

For example, the struggle between the old and new factions in the Faculty of Arts, such as the return of Dr. Hu Shih, who was longing for him, and how to arrange the admission of female students in the new semester, all need to be decided by him, the principal, and it is difficult for others to convince the public.

So he was going to go back to Beijing in advance first, so Cheng Nuo came specially to bring him some gifts.

Unexpectedly, after coming to Cai Yuanpei's residence, he found that someone had already taken the lead and rushed ahead of him.

(End of chapter)