Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 25 Fried Soybeans

The next day, Li Laosan found a carriage and asked the neighbors in the upper neighborhood to help, so he didn't spend much effort to clean up the things.

Before leaving, Xiu Ni, who was sitting in the car, looked at the old house, feeling a little sad: "Father, you said that leaving was a happy thing, but why are you so panicked?"

"There's nothing to worry about. I've wanted to move out for a long time." Li Laosan, who was driving in front of the car, swung his whip in the air without turning his head, and said with a curled mouth, "Just that little broken house will be moved when it rains." Water leaks everywhere, what kind of life do you live, I think you are used to eating chaff and don’t know fine flour is good.”

Xiu Ni was not happy anymore, she sat down and twisted her waist: "See what you can do, I have been working in the inner city for a few days, but I don't know how many eyes Lord Ma has."

"Hey, hey, I'm driving a car, and my husband is still sitting in the car!"

Seeing the two of them stumbling, Cheng Nuo didn't feel lonely. The small courtyard was no longer just a few empty houses, it felt more like home.

Traveling on four legs is always faster than two legs. At noon, the group arrived at the courtyard.

After unloading the things, Cheng Nuo pointed to the house in the front yard and said, "Lao Li, you and your sister-in-law can live in the front yard. You can live in the one you see, and you can stay in the night after a little cleaning."

Li Laosan touched the brick wall and said reluctantly: "What a great big green brick, it looks like solid porcelain, sir, we can live in whichever room you want us to live in."

Cheng Nuo came over, took a few steps around to look at the house and said, "Then you guys should live in the north room. It has good lighting and is warm in winter. I will keep the rooms on the south side as classrooms."

"Thank you, sir." After thanking Mr. Li, he pointed to the south room and asked doubtfully, "Sir, will you teach at home in the future?"

Cheng Nuo walked to the south room, opened the door to let in some air, and joked, "Lao Li, let's see how it goes, and bring a few students here when the time comes, as long as you don't think it's noisy."

"Look at what you said, the house belongs to you, how dare I cause you trouble, besides, you are here to educate my silly boy, I am too happy." Li Laosan also stepped forward, opened the door and window When I opened the probe, I saw that the original three rooms had been connected together, which seemed to have been planned for a long time.

According to Cheng Nuo's arrangement, he planned to go to Peking University to find a few good seedlings, and then bring them home to focus on cultivating them.

Classrooms are not only equipped with desks and blackboards, but also some special devices and equipment are added to facilitate the guidance of students to do experiments in the future.

As for the four little ones who have never been to a new-style primary school, especially the two in Li Laosan's family, they haven't read a book for a day, and they can't write their names. The best way is to send them to school first. Read books together to build a solid foundation.

In the future, when I have savings in hand, I can ask Mr. Tao Xingzhi to come back and run primary and secondary schools together, and even a university if conditions are ripe.

Counting the time, this future educator who "integrates knowledge and action" is about to graduate from Columbia University. When the time comes, Mr. Cai will be invited to accompany him to visit him.

In fact, it is very interesting to say that Tao Xingzhi, like Lu Xun in his early years, wanted to study medicine to serve the country.But later, he found that his ideas were immature, so he resolutely gave up studying medicine and came to the United States to study education, studying education under the tutelage of American educators such as Dewey, Monroe, and Kilpatrick.

Different from American traditional elite education, Tao Xingzhi paid special attention to rural mass education. After returning to China, he organized and opened civilian literacy reading centers and civilian schools many times, promoted the civilian education movement, and founded the first rural kindergarten in domestic history.

At the same time, he also founded a social university in the late period of the Anti-Japanese War, and changed the first sentence of the Confucian classic "University" to "the way of a university lies in enlightening the people's morality, in being close to the people, and in ending in the happiness of the people." The husband is deeply admired, and it is also the most important part of his future education plan.

After settling the house down, Cheng Nuo excitedly went to the street to buy a few catties of soybeans, but was stopped just as he was about to soak them in the water.

Xiu Ni rolled up her sleeves, took the soybeans and asked: "Sir, what are you going to do with the soybeans? Let me do the rough work. Do you want to grind tofu? I am good at this job, so you can rest."

Cheng Nuo was taken aback, and quickly explained: "I'm making stir-fried soybeans, isn't it easy to fry after soaking them?"

"I think you want to make odd bites, so you can't soak it, and it won't soften after frying." Xiu Ni covered her mouth and laughed: "Sir, let me do this job, you or Go do what you are good at."

As he spoke, he pushed Cheng Nuo out of the kitchen, declaring his "territory".

Cheng Nuo was helpless, forgot what he wanted to say, and finally raised his hand in the air and said loudly, "Sister-in-law, the soybeans are not for me to eat, but for others. They must be fried to taste better."

"Okay, just put your heart in your stomach. We are not good at bird's nest and sea cucumber. This one definitely tastes crunchy." Xiu Ni was washing soybeans in the kitchen, and whispered in her mouth: "Who is this for?" Soybean as a gift, it's weird, that means the husband can know such a person."

This person is not an ordinary person, Cheng Nuo, the president of Beiping University, and a practicing vegetarian lover—Cai Yuanpei.

Cheng Nuo didn't give gifts to get promoted and get rich, but to maintain their relationship. They were willing to break the rules and hire him because they liked him, and they should sit there every new year.

Early the next morning, Cheng Nuo took the prepared Shaoxing specialties and half a bag of fried soybeans, and set off in a rickshaw.

The things are not many and not expensive, but the people who accept them can tell that they have put their heart into it.

So when he arrived at the destination, Cai Yuanpei originally wanted to refuse these things, but he couldn't help laughing when he saw that there was half a bag of fried soybeans.

"'Eat beans for three dollars a day, why do you need to take medicine for years', Zhiyuan, this is the best gift I have ever received this year." Cai Yuanpei couldn't help opening the bag, picked a few from it and put it in his mouth, with an intoxicated expression on his face : "With this soybean, the dragon meat in the sky is also difficult to gather."

Cheng Nuo looked mysterious, took out a few more packets of soybeans from his bag, and said with a smile, "Don't talk too much about Mr. Cai, besides the bag for you, I also have spicy and garlic-flavored ones." And five-flavored ones, how about it, is Mr. Cai satisfied?"

In order to make the soybeans more effective, Cheng Nuo prepared the ingredients overnight, and he did not hesitate to take out the ingredients from his previous life in advance. He did not believe that anyone could resist this temptation.

Cai Yuanpei took the soybeans, and smiled even more happily: "Zhiyuan, you've made my mouth tricky now, I don't think it will be good to eat without you in the future."

At this moment, the guests were having a good time, and the relationship between the two was drawn closer, and they even stayed to eat dinner together.

After eating and drinking, Cai Yuanpei took a document and handed it over: "Zhiyuan, take a look at the new document issued by the Ministry of Education today, what do you think about it?"

Cheng Nuo took it with both hands, and the title of the document suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, "Consulting the Provinces: Graduates of Higher Education Normal Schools in Tokyo and Hiroshima, Japan, Should Be Ordered to Investigate the Educational Situation of the Country".

(End of this chapter)