Seeing that He Qi agreed to go to Shanghai, Qian Xuan poked Brother Xun with his elbow and poked and said, "We both go, do you want to go, give me a word?" ”

The plot of the homeland of the Chinese people is very heavy, Brother Xun has been out for a long time, of course he wants to go home to see, but the threshold in his heart has never been crossed, and when he goes home, he stares at it with a big eye, it is an embarrassment with a capital letter, and after shaking his head, he drank the stuffy wine alone.

But Qian Xuan was worried, and he didn't give up, and tortured: "Go home and see what's wrong?" You don't want your wife? ”

"Damn the birdman, you're both gone, I'll stay and watch the store." Brother Xun was irritable when asked, and became more and more impatient, then lit a cigarette, took a sharp puff, and was silent.

Qian Xuan's mouth crackled, and he output to Brother Xun: "You are a person who only knows how to escape, and when you encounter something, you bury your head in the sand, like an ostrich." Does escaping work? There are some things that you can escape for a while, but you can't escape for a lifetime. How many times have you said that people have to look forward, they have to learn to accept, and you can live in the circle you have drawn. When I got married, my brother was the master, wasn't he like you? ”

Brother Xun squinted, snorted coldly, and said, "The same? How is it the same? You and Xu Wanzhen are childhood sweethearts, and the two have no guesses, before I got married to her, I didn't meet once. ”

Qian Xuan raised his voice and refuted: "That's also your choice, if you resist desperately, who can tie you up and get married?" Now regret it, regret having a bird? ”

Brother Xun was not said by Qian Xuan.

Qian Xuan's father is a former official of the Qing Dynasty, 62 years old to have a son, when Qian Xuan was twelve years old, he passed away, because Mr. Qian was sick in his later years, he wanted to entrust Qian Xuan to his brother Qian Sui, who was 34 years older than him, but it happened that Qian Xuan was serving as an ambassador abroad at the time, not in China, so Mr. Qian entrusted Qian Xuan to his friend Xu Yuanzhao to raise, that is, Mrs. Qian's family.

However, Qian Xuan refused to marry Xu Wanzhen at first, when the society was initially opened, Qian Xuan, who accepted the new ideas, did not want to accept an arranged marriage, and Xu Xuanzhen was not a childhood sweetheart, although they lived under the same roof every day, they basically couldn't see each other.

However, the eldest brother is like a father, his father's life is like a mountain, and Qian Xuan really can't bear it, so he had to accept the marriage with tears, and he was extremely depressed.

You may not believe it, Qian Xuan is still a loyal supporter of monogamy, although Mrs. Qian is frail and sickly, and she has been infertile for many years after marriage, Qian Xuan did not dislike it, and others persuaded Qian Xuan to take a concubine to continue the incense, but Qian Xuan resolutely did not accept a concubine, and devoted herself to regulating Mrs. Qian's body, and finally gave birth to three sons.

Qian Xuan continued to chase and fight: "I'm going to have a good fight with you today, before we got married, we only saw each other a few times in total, that's called a childhood sweetheart?" I went to his house when I was ten years old, that's called two little guesses? I was very much against it at the time, okay? ”

He Qi suddenly interjected: "So Deqian is Jing Ze Yanxiang?" ”

Brother Xun nodded, thinking deeply, took a long puff of cigarette, and exhaled all gloomy breath.

"Hmph~~" Qian Xuan sneered, glanced at the two of them, one was a single, the other was still a single, he looked too lazy to say, and said: "Still in the realm of Yanxiang?" Do you know what incense is? You two bachelors, what do you know? Do you understand women? ”

He Qi shook his head and said, "I just don't understand, that's why I asked you." ”

Brother Xun also leaned his ears a little.

Qian Xuan picked up the empty wine glass, He Qi immediately filled it, took a sip, and said: "This woman is like a flower, some flowers will bloom when they are in bloom, while some flowers do not open, so they are ignored and thought they are a grass." In fact, they do not bloom, it may be born in the wrong environment, it may be a lack of sunlight, or it may be that the flower blooms at night and cannot be seen during the day. Therefore, when facing these flowers, give her a change of environment, or the sun comes out, move out to dry, or go to see her bloom at night. ”

"So, it's not that these flowers aren't beautiful, it's that they lack a pair of eyes that find beauty."

It seems to make sense, He Qinunu said: "You really understand!" ”

Although Brother Xun also felt that there was some truth, he couldn't pull this face, and sneered and said: "He eats hundreds of catties of oranges a year, can he not understand?" ”

Qian Xuan smacked his tongue and said: "Talking to you about peaches, you have to talk about plums, it's really boring." ”

He Qi said: "But I think what Deqian said is very reasonable. ”

Brother Xun threw the cigarette butt low, stepped on it with his foot, turned around, and said with a smile: "You eat hundreds of catties of oranges a year, and you also think it makes sense." ”

Qian Xuan was too lazy to talk to Brother Xun, and was very satisfied with He Qi's attitude of humbly asking for advice, and said: "I will introduce you another day, and the incense of your old He family will also be renewed." ”

He Qi became vigilant in an instant, shook his head and said, "Deqian, I don't want you to use it." ”

"Haha!!" Brother Xun couldn't stop laughing.

Qian Xuan stiffened his neck and argued with a red face: "Am I that kind of person?" ”

Brother Xun squinted and sneered, "You dare to say that you're not?" ”

He Qi suddenly understood, and laughed wildly, Brother Xun said that this is the victim's appearance.

The moon gradually perched on the top of the holly tree, the night was thicker, and the small courtyard under the bright lights was covered with a layer of yellow tulle, quiet and warm, three glasses and two light wines, and a jar also drank more than half a jar, several people were interested, continued to chat nonsense, and talked about going to Mr. Taiyan's place before.

Qian Xuan said: "Brother Yubai, you said that the other day that the Chinese people urgently need a comprehensive ideological innovation, and the vernacular can be used to innovate the thinking of the Chinese people, how do you say this?" ”

Brother Xun frowned, thought about it carefully, didn't find such a thing, and hurriedly said, "When did he say it?" Didn't you say punctuation? ”

Qian Xuan glanced at Brother Xun, twisted a peanut and threw it into his mouth, and said firmly: "That day, he was going to speak in the vernacular, but I deliberately diverted it, so I said the punctuation, don't believe you ask him yourself?" ”

Brother Xun looked at He Qi.

He Qi said: "Hmm! At that time, I really wanted to say the vernacular, but I forgot that in front of Mr. Taiyan, there was almost a leak. ”

Qian Xuan said: "Now there is no one, you talk about it carefully." ”

He Qi said: "In fact, everything that should be said has been said, it is a cliché, a class, can not only focus on the top students, if you want to improve the average grade, only to improve the performance of poor students with a large base, the effect is significant." There are 40,000 people in our country, 99% of whom are poor students, and if you want to improve your national strength, you can only improve the ideological consciousness of the people first. It is written in the vernacular, easy to understand, and clear at a glance. I'm not afraid of the two of you jokes, now there are some articles, things that can be said in one sentence, you have to pay attention to the rhyme of the battle, and blindly pursue gorgeous rhetoric, but I have a hard time reading it, some classical Chinese, eight allusions in one sentence, I can't understand it at all, let alone ordinary people. What age is it now, and if you still get rid of the set of reading thresholds, it has long been outdated. When I was in the West, people had already started basic universal education, and children didn't need money to study, and the government spent money on compulsory education. Although we can't do it, we can lower the threshold for literacy. A few days ago, I wanted to finish the operation on the dog, so I sent the dogboy to the school, so I inquired, and guess what? ”

The more Qian Xuan listened, the brighter his eyes became, he had already realized these problems, and subconsciously answered: "What's wrong?" ”

He Qi said: "I went to the primary school hall to go around, but I was told that I didn't accept it because the dog baby missed the school age. I said that the man finally agreed, but the dog baby is thirteen years old and must go to the higher primary school. The dog baby has never been to school for a day, and he can't read a single big word, isn't it a waste of time to go to the higher primary school? I asked again if I could let the dog baby go to the elementary school, and from the basics, at least I had to know how to read and write. As a result, people said that they are all distinguished by age here, so it doesn't matter if you have a foundation or not. ”

"Eventually, I was advised to go to a private school and ask. I went to ask again, and when I looked at the ground, the old gentleman inside was enlightening the child? Use the reverse cut method, you such as "Lu", use "Langgu" to spell it, but the problem is how old the child is enlightened, and he doesn't know the word Langgu, what should I do? You can only memorize by rote, which is too difficult for children. ”

Brother Xun was puzzled: "Aren't we all here like this?" ”

Qian Xuan also wondered: "Yes, we all came here like this." ”

"There are a total of 26 letters in English, each letter has a special phonetic transcription to phonetic, divided into five vowels, twenty-one consonants, as long as you remember the twenty-six phonetic transcriptions, even if you encounter unfamiliar words, you can also use phonetic transcription to pronounce them. But what about us, with the reverse cut method, how many words do we have to remember? He Qi asked rhetorically: "Can't we use this method in English?" ”

Qian Xuan said: "Do you have a good way?" ”

"You wait." He Qizi slipped into the room, took a pen and paper, wrote a set of Chinese pinyin on the spot, and briefly demonstrated it a few times, which caused Qian Xuan, a phonologist, to be amazed. ”

He Qi patted his head, suddenly felt that his head was big, and secretly drank too much wine, bad things, and was speechless for a while.

Brother Xun was keenly aware and said: "It doesn't seem to be comprehensive, and some words can't be read." ”

This happened to be given to He Qi to get down the steps, get off the donkey down the slope, and said, "I have been thinking about it by myself, and it has not been perfected yet." ”

Despite this, Qian Xuan still felt incredible, because this set of literacy methods had clear ideas and initial outlines, which were much simpler than the phonetic method that had been put aside after arguing for several years before, and was more suitable for promotion and use.

Qian Xuan carefully put away the piece of paper and said solemnly: "Brother Yubai, you have been thinking about it recently, if this set of literacy is done well, it will be more useful than your punctuation marks, and it will be a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people." ”

He Qi nodded in response, and his clutched heart was suddenly loosened, and he finally got over the matter.

There was a matter just now, Brother Xun hadn't figured it out, this would make it empty, and took the opportunity to ask: "Brother Yubai, you just said that you need to reform the thinking of the people in order to save the disease and cure the country, just like a bowl of good medicine, this fire for boiling medicinal materials is there, it is a vernacular text, what are the medicinal materials in the medicine jar?" ”

Qian Xuan immediately took it and blurted out: "It's science and democracy proposed by Cheng Zhongpu!" Cheng Zhongpu said in the article that the reason why modern Europe is superior to other races and that the prosperity of science is not under human rights...... The people of the country who want to get rid of the era of ignorance and are ashamed of the shallowness of the people are also eager to catch up, and should pay equal attention to science and human rights. ”

Brother Xun asked again: "That's what you say, but how to do it?" ”

Qian Xuan's mouth bloomed, and he said indignantly: "Naturally, I write articles to awaken those ignorant, superstitious, and blindly obedient people, such as arranged marriages, keeping festivals, wrapping small feet, and not letting girls go to school. ”

Brother Xun looked at He Qi and said, "Is that right?" ”

He Qi nodded.

Tonight's meal of wine opened up a new world for Qian Xuan, and while he was still unsatisfied, he didn't forget to encourage Brother Xun, and said: "Yucai, go to Shanghai with the two of us, Cheng Zhongpu now has medicinal materials and no fire to boil, so we will give him the fire." Didn't you keep saying that the country was hopeless? Now that the medicine is available, do you dare not move? ”

Brother Xun was smoking a cigarette while thinking about things, but he didn't say that he would go, nor did he say that he would not go.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the big red door, the sound of "bang bang bang" was unusually harsh, visiting late at night, it was very strange, the three of them looked at each other, they all felt unusual, and involuntarily looked at the door, He Qi got up and was about to open the door, Qian Xuan immediately followed.

When the door bolt was removed, He Qi pushed open half of the door, and what greeted him was a chubby figure, listening to the big belly, it turned out to be Ju Chang, a person He Qi was very reluctant to see.

(End of chapter)