[The fourth update of the eighth watch, ask for votes, ask for members to click]

"Haha, Weidong, you're here, please come inside. Tan Zhengming also saw Zhang Weidong at this time, and took two steps forward and patted Zhang Weidong's shoulder and let out a hearty laugh. [Search for the latest update.]

"Well, here it is, Tan, Brother Tan. Zhang Weidong nodded and said. It's just that it's a little awkward and unpleasant when he calls Brother Tan.

Tan Zhengming didn't seem to notice Zhang Weidong's awkwardness, and took Zhang Weidong's hand into the wall door with a smile on his face.

Inside the wall is a secluded little world, with an old two-story red brick house in front of which is a garden. However, the garden is not full of flowers, more melons, fruits and vegetables, long loofahs, red peppers, small lantern-shaped pomegranates, the whole small world is wafting a strong rural atmosphere, so that Zhang Weidong has a quiet feeling away from the hustle and bustle as soon as he steps into the wall, and the whole person is relaxed and comfortable.

It seems that the quality of life as a leader is different, Zhang Weidong secretly sighed in his heart.

However, Zhang Weidong feels that an old leader and professor like Tan Zhengming should enjoy such living conditions, because he is not only a real scholar with a good reputation at home and abroad, but also Wuzhou University can gradually become a university with a certain reputation at home and abroad from a second- or third-rate university, of which Tan Zhengming is indispensable. In particular, the School of Biotechnology, which is famous at home and abroad, was established by Professor Tan Zhengming.

"Bai Rong, Bai Rong, Wei Dong is here!" Just as Zhang Weidong sighed while enjoying the scenery of the small building, Tan Zhengming had already shouted inside.

Before Tan Zhengming's words fell, an old woman walked out of the kitchen with a bib.

The old woman should be younger than Tan Zhengming, but on the surface she looks older than Tan Zhengming. However, the makeup gives people a very clean and tidy feeling, and the whole person is also in good spirits, and it can be vaguely seen from the wrinkled face that he should be an out-and-out beauty when he is young.

Zhang Weidong thought to himself that this should be Tan Zhengming's wife, Professor Bai Rong, and he should be called his sister-in-law. It's just that Zhang Weidong has never had the experience of calling an old woman his sister-in-law, so although he knew that the woman in front of him was Tan Zhengming's wife, botanist Professor Bai Rong, he couldn't call the title of sister-in-law.

Just when Zhang Weidong hesitated, Tan Zhengming's wife, Professor Bai Rong, had already greeted him with a smile and said: "You are Weidong, Lao Tan has been nagging me since he came back in the morning that he had recognized a New Year's friend by Mingjing Lake, and my ears were calloused." Now, you're finally here, and my ears can finally be cleaned. ”

As he spoke, he reached out and took the fruit basket in Zhang Weidong's hand, and said strangely: "What gifts do you bring to your big brother's house, you won't be allowed next time." ”

Zhang Weidong saw that Professor Bai Rong was very amiable, and his nervous mood couldn't help but relax, scratching his head and smiling: "This is the rule of my hometown, and it is not good to go to someone else's house empty-handed for the first time." ”

"What other people's home, this will be your own home in the future. We have a spare room here, and if you don't dislike our old man and wife, you can simply move in with us. Bai Rong glanced at Zhang Weidong dissatisfiedly and said.

"I remember my sister-in-law, but there is a single dormitory in the school, and the conditions are not bad. Zhang Weidong was warmed by Bai Rong's words, and his sister-in-law blurted out, but she didn't feel the slightest awkwardness.

"Hehe, this is up to you, anyway, I'm going to be there in the room, you can come and live when you want. Bai Rong said.

"Okay. Zhang Weidong nodded hurriedly.

"Hehe, then I'm going to get busy. Bai Rong said and turned to walk towards the kitchen.

Although Bai Rong is very well maintained, and depending on the situation, he should have practiced a little internal health kung fu, and his body is very tough, but after all, it is almost the age of antiquity, Zhang Weidong saw that Bai Rong turned around to go to the kitchen to be busy, where can he rest assured, and hurriedly said: "I'll go and get a hand." ”

"Hehe, old woman, my body and bones are still healthy, you can rest assured to accompany your brother Tan to have a good chat. After speaking, Bai Rong turned to Tan Zhengming and said, "Old Tan, didn't you say that you want to have a sworn ceremony with Wei Dong?" You take Wei Dong to the study to hold the ceremony first, it is estimated that when you come out, I will be almost ready here." ”

Zhang Weidong was slightly stunned, and then turned his puzzled gaze to Tan Zhengming, only to find that Tan Zhengming was dressed in a white Tang suit, wearing cloth shoes under his feet, and his hair was neatly combed, as if he was going to participate in some important ceremony.

"Weidong, follow me. Tan Zhengming didn't seem to notice the confusion in Zhang Weidong's eyes, and beckoned to him with a smile.

Zhang Weidong followed Tan Zhengming to the study on the second floor. The study is quaintly furnished and the shelves are full of books. However, these are all expected by Zhang Weidong, an elderly professor like Tan Zhengming, the study is generally arranged like this. However, to Zhang Weidong's surprise, there were incense burners and Guan Gong statues in the study, and there were two bowls of wine in front of the incense burner. This decoration is very inconsistent with Tan Zhengming's identity as a university professor and an old-timer in the academic world.

At this time, Zhang Weidong couldn't help but think of what Bai Rong said downstairs, and secretly wondered if Brother Tan was really going to have a knot ceremony with me, which was too exaggerated and absurd!

Tan Zhengming seemed to see through the doubts in Zhang Weidong's heart, and said slowly with a solemn face: "The ritual of righteousness originated from the 'Taoyuan Three Righteousness' in the Three Kingdoms era, which seems to be just a formal etiquette, but in this ceremony, it condenses the interpretation of 'righteousness' by the Chinese nation over the past 5,000 years. ”

Tan Zhengming said that Zhang Weidong was still unimpressed, so he didn't explain more, and said: "I still know a few famous martial arts people in Wuzhou, and I wanted to invite them to you and my brother to witness the righteousness, but I was afraid that you didn't like publicity, so I didn't invite you, and the ceremony was much simpler." Come, now let's bow down to the statue of Guan Gong together. ”

Saying that, Tan Zhengming took the incense that had been prepared, lit it, handed it to Zhang Weidong, held a pillar himself, and then walked to the incense burner with a solemn face to Guan Gong.

Zhang Weidong saw that Tan Zhengming's insistence was not good to object, so he also walked to Guan Gong with incense.

I don't know why, when Zhang Weidong stood in front of the statue of Guan Gong with incense in his hand, looked at the cigarette curling in front of him, and then looked at Tan Zhengming with a solemn face beside him, and then looked up at the majestic and righteous statue of Guan Gong, unconsciously a sacred feeling quietly rose from the bottom of his heart and spread to his whole body. The white face also became solemn and awe-inspiring unconsciously, and there was no longer the slightest funny expression that he didn't think of just now.

When Zhang Weidong learned Tan Zhengming to bow to Guan Gong with incense, and spit out an unswerving oath word by word, Zhang Weidong's heart seemed to suddenly understand why Tan Zhengming insisted on holding this ancient and traditional ceremony, and even faintly a trace of sadness rose in the center, whether we are abandoning these traditional rituals of the Chinese nation, but also abandoning some more precious spirits.

After the sworn service, Zhang Weidong called Tan Zhengming big brother with a serious face.

Tan Zhengming also called out to the second brother with a serious face when he heard this, and then raised his head and let out a hearty and happy laugh, patted Zhang Weidong on the shoulder and said: "I have never bowed to anyone in my life, but I didn't expect Lin Lao to go into the soil and become a brother with you, a hairy boy." ”

Zhang Weidong smiled when he heard this: "I should really sigh that I was an old man who caught up with you at a young age." ”

Tan Zhengming laughed again when he heard this, and before the laughter fell, Bai Rong's voice came from downstairs, saying that dinner was ready.

Zhang Weidong went downstairs with Tan Zhengming, and saw Bai Rong setting the dishes and chopsticks, so he hurriedly stepped forward and called his sister-in-law respectfully, Bai Rong felt that this sister-in-law was different from the previous one, and responded with a serious face, and then said with a smile on his face: "Weidong, your name can call the old woman thirty or forty years younger!"