got the news that the lecture was going on as usual, and Chen Muwu's hanging heart finally took a reassurance.

Before leaving, he suddenly remembered another thing, so he turned his head and asked Hu Shi a question: "In addition, I would like to ask Mr., when you are in the conference room today, did Mr. Zhou Qimeng show up for the meeting?" ”

"Qimeng?" Hu Shi thought for a while, "He doesn't seem to have come, I don't know if there is a class at the Beijing High School, or if there is some other reason." ”

"Okay, thank you, sir, I'm going to take my leave."

Zhou Qimeng, another friend of the eldest brother Chen Muqiao, asked him to visit, is also teaching at Shaoda.

The reason why Chen Muwu asked Hu Shi about this person was because he still had three catties of winter bamboo shoots to hand over to him.

Winter bamboo shoots, which are the most tender and fresh things, begin to age quickly as soon as they are dug out of the ground, so they must be eaten as soon as possible.

The six catties of winter bamboo shoots that Chen Muwu carried followed him through two days of travel, from the sea to Shaojing, if he didn't hand them over to others quickly, I am afraid that he would become a ball of firewood sticks that could not be bitten.

After coming out of Shaoda, he went back to the horse house in Dongbanqiao, took another three catties of winter bamboo shoots, called a foreign car, and went straight to Badaowan.

When he called a foreign car again, Chen Muwu still had a lot of psychological pressure, but the main reason was that he was not familiar with the geography of Shaojing, and he didn't know where the address was this time, so he could only ask for help from others.

This time, the foreign coachman was not as talkative as Shoko in the morning, but like a stuffy gourd, pulling the car away without saying a word.

This gave Chen Muwu a lot of time to think: he had always been curious about how the male owner of the house chose in order to achieve the effect of being far from the Ministry of Education and the part-time Shao Da at the same time.

Speaking of the eldest brother Chen Muqiao's old friend Zhou Qimeng, maybe readers don't know who this person is.

But when it comes to his name Zhou Zuoren, many people may feel familiar.

Speaking of Zhou Zuoren's eldest brother Zhou Shuren, it is really known to everyone, and everyone knows it.

That's right, through Chen Muwu's eldest brother and Mr. Lu Xun's second brother, the two characters who are not related to each other have also been connected.

In 1905, the government of Jiangjiang Province selected 100 students to study in Waben and specialize in teacher training, commonly known as "100 teachers".

Chen Muwu's eldest brother Chen Muqiao, as well as the husband and wife of Ma Yuzao's family, where Chen Muwu now lives, were selected together.

Chen Muqiao is a person from Yuyu County, Shaoxing Prefecture, Ma Yuzao is a person from Yin County, Tongbo Prefecture, and Ningshao and Shao Mansions have been one family since ancient times.

Therefore, although Ma Yuzao is seven or eight years older than Chen Muqiao, the two of them who are in the same foreign country quickly became close.

In the second year, Zhou Zuoren also followed in the footsteps of his eldest brother to study in Waben, he was the same age as Chen Muqiao, and he was also from Shaoxingfu, so the two naturally played together.

In the past few years that Chen Muqiao has studied in Waben, among the friends he has made, the best ones belong to the two of them.

After returning to China, Ma Yuzao entered Shao University and became the head of the Department of Chinese Studies, and Zhou Zuoren also followed in the footsteps of his eldest brother again, and also went to Shaojing to live.

Chen Muqiao, on the other hand, wanted to find a job close to home, so he returned to Qihai and entered Nanyang College.

"Confidants in the sea, if the end of the world is next to each other", the three friends are separated from each other, but the correspondence between them has never been severed.

After learning that his younger brother was going to Shaoda to give a lecture, Chen Muqiao immediately remembered his two good friends, so he sent telegrams to the two of them, asking them to take more care, and asked if they could use an empty room to let his little brother stay for ten days and half a month.

Zhou Zuoren himself lives in the house bought by his eldest brother, and there are many female dependents in the family, so it is inconvenient to arrange it.

Fortunately, Arima Yuzao sent a positive reply in the callback, so that Chen Muwu in Shaojing would not be reduced to the point of not having a place to live.

"Sir, Badaowan Hutong has arrived."

The coachman's call brought Chen Muwu back to his senses.

He got out of the car with his baggage, paid for the car, and knocked on the dark door of the deep mansion compound again.

The door opened a small crack, and a teenage child showed his head: "Who are you looking for?" ”

"My name is Chen Muwu, and I'm here to find Mr. Zhou Qimeng."

"Looking for my father? Then please come in. ”

Only then did he open the gate, and Chen Muwu followed him into the courtyard.

"Daddy, Daddy! Someone is looking for you! ”

The child shouted into the backyard as he took small steps.

"Young Master Feng'er, be quiet, Mr. Big is reading in the room."

A middle-aged woman dressed as a maid spoke in a local accent and whispered to the child in front of her.

Mr. Big? Does it mean Lu Xun?

Chen Muwu thought to himself.

He followed the child to the west wing of the backyard, and saw a rich middle-aged man, who had already come to the door to greet him, presumably this person must be Zhou Zuoren.

"Brother Tuesday, junior brother Chen Muwu, I came to visit."

"Like, like! Hanchen, you really look like you were carved out of the same mold as your eldest brother. Please come inside! ”

Chen Muwu secretly slandered himself, and said that I look alike with my eldest brother, and you and your eldest brother are called similar!

It's no wonder that Chen Muwu said this, if Zhou Zuoren can keep the hair on his bald head, then he will be a Lu Xun second.

Zhou Zuoren led Chen Muwu to the Eight Immortals table and sat on both sides.

His wife, Yu Taixinzi, then served Chen Muwu a cup of tea.

Chen Muwu put the burden on the table of the Eight Immortals: "Brother Tuesday, this is the three catties of winter bamboo shoots that my eldest brother asked me to bring, after two days on the road, I don't know how many parts can be eaten, you have to eat them as soon as possible." ”

Zhou Zuoren instructed his wife to send the winter bamboo shoots to the kitchen, so that there would be an extra dish of dry-roasted winter bamboo shoots at noon today.

Then he pulled Chen Muwu to talk about the recent situation of his eldest brother Chen Muqiao, the flood that occurred in Jiang Province last year, and so on.

The two of them were talking back and forth, and the time soon came to noon.

"Daddy, Daddy, eat, eat!"

Zhou Zuoren's son ran in again, so Zhou Zuoren also sent an invitation to Chen Muwu: "Hanchen, let's have a bite at home at noon today." ”

It is said that you can eat casually, but in the hospitality etiquette of Chinese people, staying at home to eat is the highest treatment.

Chen Muwu knew that this was a sign of closeness, so he did not refuse this kindness.

He followed Zhou Zuoren to the restaurant, a small square table with four pairs of dishes and chopsticks on it.

It seems that it should be the husband and wife of the main family, plus the children, plus himself.

Unexpectedly, after the three of them sat down, Zhou Zuoren's wife Yu Taixinzi did not show up for a long time.

After a few more minutes, seeing that no one had come, Zhou Zuoren said to the youngest son beside him: "Feng'er, go and call Uncle Ling to come to dinner." ”

The child got up from his chair and ran out of the door in a hurry.

Chen Muwu was shocked in his heart: It turned out that this fourth pair of dishes and chopsticks was not prepared for Mrs. Zhou?

Great uncle?

Could it really be Mr. Lu Xun?