Mrs. Xu, who smoked X-pills and was soft and lazy, had more than enough heart but not enough strength, and after the excitement calmed down, Lu Xiaoman finally did not get up from the couch and packed Xu Zhimo's luggage.

She yawned, roasted the cigarette gun on top of the lamp, then turned over and continued to sleep drunk.

However, Xu Zhimo's action was very high, and when he sent Shi Ruwei away, he immediately returned to his study from the living room and wrote a reply letter to Chen Muwu.

The content of the letter is nothing more than to thank Chen Muwu for his invitation, and if he goes to Stockholm in the future, he will do his best to teach well.

After writing it, he deleted and changed it, and finally translated the letter into the Latin alphabet, and then went to the Great Northern Telegraph Office and sent a telegram to Chen Muwu in England.

Although the telegraph spanned two continents was expensive, it was worth almost an ocean for every five letters.

However, for Xu Zhimo, who has lived in the sea for a long time, and has traveled between Beijing and Beijing at the same time, and is also a professor at many domestic universities such as Guanghua University, Soochow University, Daxia University, and Shenyang Zhongyi University, and often publishes articles and poems in newspapers and magazines, and has a large amount of manuscript fees in his account, the money for occasionally shooting a telegram should not be a problem.

But he still struggled a lot, fearing that the letter he wrote might not be delivered to Chen Muwu because of the war encountered on the postal road, so he finally decided to shoot such a telegram.

In fact, it was because the wife I married spent too much money and never knew moderation.

The money for X-movies that cannot be separated every day is only a small part of the total daily expenses, and what really costs money is personal contacts, as well as going to various high-end salons in high society, as well as the money for clothes and carriages specially purchased in order to attend parties.

Mrs. Xu either smokes X-movies at home every day, or goes out to attend a party and drinking party, she only spends money but never makes money, so the responsibility of supporting the family is all on Xu Zhimo's shoulders.

Later, the adjunct professor of Qihai could no longer meet Xu Zhimo's daily expenses, so he had to go to Shaojing, which offered a higher price, and then caught up with the incident of taking a plane from Shenjing to Shaojing, and hitting the mountain in Jiyi.

The reason why Xu Zhimo neatly agreed to teach at Stockholm Prince's College was not that he had just told his wife, that he could get in touch with the royal family in Europe and make the circle of the two more upper.

In fact, in the handwritten letter sent by Chen Muwu to Shi Ruwei, he offered a much higher price than the salary of university professors and even university presidents in China, which is the most exciting point for Xu Zhimo.

There is also Xu Zhimo who also thought of another thing, that is, when Lu Xiaoman went to Europe with him, would he be able to stay away from the "high-end circle" of the beach and vanity, and spend money without spending lavishly, so that life would be stretched?

The things he just said to his wife that he could contact with the royal family and nobles in Europe were completely deceptive words that Xu Zhimo thought of.

Only by using the nobles and the royal family, which sounds lofty, can Lu Xiaoman, who loves to socialize, leave the city that never sleeps.

Maybe when she goes abroad, it is not so easy to buy toxic and harmful things like X-movies, and by the way, she can quit her drug addiction, killing two birds with one stone.

Xu Zhimo felt that invisibly, Chen Muwu's teaching invitation might help him solve a big trouble, so in his heart, he was grateful to this Hanchen brother who was younger than himself, and suddenly felt a little more.

After sending the telegram to Chen Muwu, Xu Zhimo's daily activities were two more in addition to teaching at several universities in Lihai and Shenjing.

First, after teaching in each school, I always go to their library and borrow some books about Chinese traditional culture.

Whether it was Shi Ruwei's oral relay, or Chen Muwu's handwritten letter, he only invited him to teach in Sweden, but did not say what he wanted to teach.

"Cannibalism, loyalty", Xu Zhimo felt that since Chen Muwu invited him to teach abroad so carefully, he must not be perfunctory.

After going abroad, it is not very convenient to consult some Chinese materials.

Therefore, it is necessary to make all the preparations while he is still in the country.

In addition to looking up relevant materials in the library, Xu Zhimo also gave lectures about Prince Stockholm College at every university where he worked, even in the university and middle school in Qihai, where he did not hold a teaching position.

Combined with the advertisements placed by Shi Ruwei and the Swedish Legation in China, as well as the news he received from Chen Muwu's personal letter, he talked about the benefits of the Prince's College, and pointed out a good way out for those poor students who want to continue their studies after graduation, but because they are shy and unable to keep foreign money.

His actions are like the image spokesperson of the Prince's College in China.

Chen Muwu, who was far away in Europe, never dreamed that a handwritten letter of his could produce such a great effect.

After finishing classes at school and taking notes on the borrowed materials, Xu Zhimo, who returned home to enjoy his free time, unexpectedly began to take his wife Lu Xiaoman out to participate in social activities.

You must know that he has always been very disgusted with Lu Xiaoman's frequent participation in some parties and salons, thinking that this is a useless activity that wastes money and time.

Xu Zhimo took Lu Xiaoman to a top hotel in Shanghai, nor was it the private residence of a powerful family.

He became a frequent visitor to the Swedish Legation in China, and since Chen Muwu gave him more than a year to prepare, Xu Zhimo felt that it was necessary for him to learn some Swedish dialect in advance while preparing the teaching content in advance.

Although Xu Zhimo himself can speak English, there is no guarantee that after arriving in Stockholm, the group of people who listen to his lectures will be able to understand English.

To be on the safe side, learn Swedish well in advance, at least to be prepared.

Thinking that the places he would go in and out of in the future would be the Swedish Royal Palace or the official residence of the Swedish Crown Prince, Lu Xiaoman, who was not interested in this kind of study that requires energy to participate, actually followed her husband and learned a foreign language in style.

After Xu Zhimo's telegram from Qihai arrived in Cambridge, Chen Muwu had already left England for Stockholm.

After reading the telegram forwarded from Cambridge, he saw that Xu Zhimo happily agreed to his invitation, and Chen Muwu was full of confidence in hiring a teacher of Sinology from China.

But as everyone knows, he and Shi Ruwei only tasted the sweetness here with Xu Zhimo.

Shi Ruwei felt that since Xu Zhimo, a famous poet in China, agreed so happily in the face of Chen Muwu's invitation, then everyone else should be similar.

But in the next few visits, Shi Ruwei was closed.

He came out of Xu Zhimo's house and went to No. 49 Jisfeier Road in Huxi.

Hu Shizhi, a colleague of Xu Zhimo, who is also a professor at Guanghua University and works in the editorial department of the "New Moon" poetry magazine, lives here.

When Chen Mu finished lecturing at Shaojing University in 1923 and left China for the United Kingdom, both Xu Zhimo and Hu Shi were still professors at Shaojing University.

Unexpectedly, five years have passed, and they have left Shaojing, the land of the first good, and they all reunited in the sea of Qihai.

The reason for the exodus of a large number of professors from Shaojing University is partly because the Ministry of Education of the Beiyang government cannot provide funds for running the school, and on the other hand, because of the perverse behavior of the Beiyang government towards the academic community in the last few years.

The most famous is the March 18 tragedy, which not only killed many students in Beijing's colleges and universities, but also issued a wanted notice for many more teachers who supported the students.

Jiang Menglin, president of Shaojing University, hid for a long time in the Liuguo Hotel in the embassy area, and Lu Xun left Shaojing directly to go to Xiamen University.

Xu Zhimo and Hu Shi both left Shaojing after these incidents and came to Qihai one after another.

Although when he was at Shaojing University, Hu Shi once co-founded the "Sinology Quarterly" with others, and going to Stockholm to teach Sinology can also be regarded as a part of Sinology.

But after listening to Shi Ruwei's description, Hu Shi's attitude was completely different from Xu Zhimo who had just been in Siming Estate, and he was not interested in leaving China for Sweden at all.

After becoming the twelfth of the "Twelve Great Figures of China" selected by the Miller Review in the beginning of 1923, Hu Shi mixed well in both political science and science.

In particular, in 1926, he went abroad again, first to England to discuss matters related to the British Gengzi reparations, and then to the United States, first to Columbia University to complete the final procedures for his doctorate in philosophy, and after returning to China, he was also elected as a director of the China Foundation to manage the return of Gengzi money from the United States.

Hu Shi thought to himself, he will soon be a doctor of Columbia University, and he will be very popular in China.

If he wants to go abroad to teach, at least like Zhao Yuanren, he must teach at a well-known university in the United States.

Even if Hu Yi was very optimistic about Chen Muwu at the beginning, he is now very optimistic about the university that the latter set up in Stockholm.

Therefore, Dr. Hu politely told Shi Ruwei that he would think about it again, and then politely sent the visitor out of his house.

In fact, this is a manifestation of refusing Chen Muwu's invitation.

Shi Ruwei was also a little confused, when Chen Muwu was mentioned, Hu Shi was as smiling as Xu Zhimo, why was the invitation refused?

Could it be that with or without Chen Muwu's handwritten letter, the result will be different?

Soon, the next person to visit will tell Shi Ruwei that his conjecture is incorrect.

Even if there is a handwritten letter from Chen Muwu, the person who should refuse will still refuse.

Leaving Hu Shi's home, Shi Ruwei's next place to visit was Jingyunli in Lane 35 of Hengbang Road.

Here lives Lu Xun, who had just given up his teaching position and left Kuozhou and moved to Qihai not long ago.

Lu Xun agrees with Chen Muwu's move to set up a school in Stockholm to teach advanced scientific knowledge to Chinese students on a work-study program in France ten years ago.

But for Chen Muwu's invitation to go to Sweden to be a teacher, Lu Xun just smiled and said sorry to Shi Ruwei.

"I'm going to write a letter to Dr. Chen, apologies for his warm invitation, I really can't leave the sea at the moment. Moreover, I am not a master of Sinology, and I do not have the ability to teach foreigners abroad. ”

Lu Xun is very much in favor of Chen Muwu teaching Chinese students science in Stockholm, which does not mean that he fully agrees with the Prince's College.

He was a little disgusted with teaching Sinology to foreigners.

Fortunately, the relationship between the Chen family and their Zhou family is good, and Chen Muwu is also sincerely concerned about the education cause of China, plus Lu Xun was busy fighting with Liang Shiqiu in the newspaper against the "third kind of person" at this time, so he did not show the slightest unhappiness to Chen Muwu in his heart to Shi Ruwei.

There is also Lu Xun, who arrived in the sea, and just started to live with Xu Guangping.

And even if there is no Xu Guangping, Chen Muwu estimates that he will not leave China for Stockholm thousands of miles away, and the intention of writing a personal letter to Lu Xun is not this.

In the letter, Chen Muwu focused on the development of the Prince of Stockholm College and its prospects for the future.

He also deliberately left a back road in his heart, saying that if Lu Xun met a good candidate for a Chinese teacher in the future, he could be introduced to Sweden.

These people only need to take Lu Xun's handwritten letter and go to the Swedish Consulate General in China in Qihai, where someone will naturally arrange for them to go to Stockholm for related matters.

Chen Muwu left this passage in the letter, not because he was aimless and polite, but because he hoped that this information would play a big role in the future.

Even if the country has now changed its dynasty and overthrown the reactionary and backward Beiyang government, the replaced Shengjing government is just a reactionary and backward regime.

In the future, many of Lu Xun's friends and classmates, including Lu Xun himself, were wanted by the Chinese government, and even worse, they all died tragically under the butcher's knife of the reactionaries.

It is best to come to Stockholm to hide for two years, and if not, they can enter the Swedish Embassy in China, so that the government of the Chinese people cannot rush in to arrest people, otherwise it is very likely to turn into a diplomatic incident if they are not careful.

Chen Muwu only hopes that Lu Xun can understand his good intentions in writing these words in the letter, and also hopes that these words can come in handy in the future.

Of course, he would have preferred that those few words would not have come in handy, but now it seems unlikely.

Shi Ruwei visited many people on Chen Muwu's list in Qihai, but after all, there were few people who agreed and many people who didn't.

After touching a gray nose, he could only leave the sea and embark on a journey north to Shenjing, Tianyi, Shaojing, Fengtian and other places.

(End of chapter)