Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 58 The taste of it
"The world of grown-ups is strange. They cry when they are obviously very happy. Unlike me, I only cry when my ass is spanked."

"But when you grow up, what does it feel like?"

Thinking carefully, the child stepped back from his mother's lap and sneaked behind his father with small steps.

The little hand poked his father, biting his finger in his mouth: "Dad, when will I grow up?"

When the father turned his head and saw his son running over, he quickly blinked, not wanting his son to see him in distress, so he hugged him.

"Son, how did you come here, where is Mom?"

"Mom is still sitting there. I sneaked here to ask you when I will grow up."

"That's so easy, grow up when you're a man."

"But how do you become a man? Is it okay to eat less candied haws?"

"Haha, son, that won't work." The father laughed heartily, and pricked his son with the beard stubble from his chin, which made the little guy hold his hands up, refusing to let his father approach him.

Seeing the warm fruit wine on the table, my father had a plan and poured a few drops into the smallest wine cup.

"Good son, don't you want to be a man, just drink it like an uncle."

The child held the wine cup in both hands, with a childlike face: "Will you be able to cry happily like you and become a man after drinking it?"

The father blushed and didn't dare to look directly into his son's eyes: "Why, it's not that you are asked to recite the ancient poem 'A man does not cry when he has tears'. A man will cry whenever he says he wants to. Son, you must have read it wrong."

The child's eyes were full of confusion, but out of trust in his father, he still drank the little wine.

"Wow so spicy!"

"Don't keep it in your mouth, just swallow it."

The child swallowed obediently, but it felt hotter in his stomach.

"Dad, is my stomach on fire? It's so hot."

The unscrupulous father laughed loudly: "Son, this is what it's like to grow up. It's hard to be a man."

The boy half-understood, with tears from the alcohol in his eyes, and nodded silently: "It turns out that this is what it feels like to laugh and cry."

Seeing this scene, the mother over there hurried over, picked up her son, took advantage of everyone's inattention, glared at her husband, and secretly twisted his waist.

The father didn't care, and instead made faces at his son.

"Son, you are a man from today. I will not be at home often in the future. You are the only man in the family. Take good care of your mother."

It was getting dark, Cheng Nuo and Cai Yuanpei stood in the dark outside the door, looking at the bright lights inside, listening to their laughter, they couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Cai Yuanpei waved to the door: "Zhiyuan, are you interested in walking outside with me, an old fellow?"

"Cai Gong invites me, I have no reason to refuse." Cheng Nuo went to the door first and opened it: "Cai Gong, invite you first."

Cai Yuanpei nodded, stepped over the threshold and walked out: "Zhiyuan, after listening to your speech just now, I think your Academy of Sciences has completely laid out the framework, and I have never touched such professional matters before, and redundant opinions are free. Needless to say, so as not to be self-defeating, but I still don't know one thing, where are you going to set up this Academy of Sciences?"

Although Cheng Nuo had an initial goal, he was still hesitating. After all, before the Anti-Japanese War, there were the Civil War, the Northern Expedition, and the Central Plains War. The place is even harder to find.

When the Academy of Sciences really stepped into the right place, various instruments were bought in succession, and even infrastructure such as its own power plant and family building had to be built. The cost of moving a house was too high, and it took too much time, which affected the progress of scientific research.

After hesitating for a while, Cheng Nuo shook his head: "Currently, Beiping is tentatively decided. The future development has not yet been fully determined. I would like to ask Mr. Cai to give me some pointers."

Cai Yuanpei smiled, and was not in a hurry to give his opinion: "Beiping is also a place of right and wrong. The two parties in the court are fighting, and sooner or later the conflict will inevitably escalate, and it is not impossible to attract soldiers to meet each other. And under the noses of those big shots, there is no academic freedom to speak of, and development is hindered."

"Northeast? The industrial base is better." But Cheng Nuo himself laughed as soon as he finished speaking. The Maozi and the Devils were all staring at him. After the September [-]th Incident, he was the first to lose. Many planes bought at a high price will have time to take off in the future. It's all cheap devils.

Zhang Zuolin was also a bandit, moody and intolerant of other people's opinions. Mr. Li was killed by him. As a person who has received many years of ideological and political education, Cheng Nuo really didn't want to worry about this all day long.

And with Little Japan's plan, I am afraid that the Northeast is now being infiltrated into a sieve.

"Not in the Northeast." Cheng Nuo asked himself and answered, "How about Nachuan Province, the land of abundance, rich in resources."

At this time, the mountain city had not yet been established as a city, and it was just a simple treaty port. It was not really established until 1929, so Cheng Nuo covered Sichuan Province.

Cai Yuanpei thought for a moment, then smiled and said: "Sichuan Province is also possible, but the government will soon reorganize the local army in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and reduce its military strength. With the thinking of those old-fashioned warlords, it is inevitable to fight for military power. Defend."

Next, Cheng Nuo proposed several more locations, and Cai Yuanpei more or less gave his suggestions. In the end, Cheng Nuo also fell into deep thought.

Stopping, Cai Yuanpei supported the railing of the moat with both hands: "Zhiyuan, judging from the current domestic situation and future development, it is difficult to find a place that perfectly meets the requirements, whether it is for education or scientific research, It’s all a process of survival, but because of this, I see your persistence and the shadow of our past generation.”

"No matter what difficulties you encounter in the future, you can come to me. If I can't solve it, I will use this old face to find some old friends to accompany you to talk about it."

Sniffing, Cheng Nuo and Cai Yuanpei held on to the railing side by side: "Thank you Mr. Cai, I will definitely not let you down."

Cai Yuanpei waved his hand with a smile, took out a letter from his bag and handed it over: "Jiang Menglin wants to invite someone to set up a Chinese Vocational Education Association, and I recommended you to him, and I value you very much after knowing your experience. I specially hired you as the director of the education society, of course, there is no salary."

"This" Cheng Nuo is not in a hurry to accept it. Although Jiang Menglin is also a famous educator, the first Minister of Education of the Nationalist Government in the future, and the longest-serving principal in the history of Peking University, he has a lot of work to do right now. Yes, I haven't found time to sort it out yet, too many things may cause indigestion.

Cai Yuanpei didn't let him say the reason for the refusal, and said earnestly: "I hope you take it and take advantage of the opportunity to move around with the outside world more. Although Beiping is not small, it still can't hold you as a great talent."

After finishing speaking, he stuffed the letter directly to Cheng Nuo, turned around and left on his own.

"Zhiyuan, you go back and think about it carefully, it's not too late to reply to me another day."

Cheng Nuo had no choice but to put the letter away, and shouted to Li Laosan behind him, "Old Li, take Mr. Cai home first on a tricycle. This place is close to home. I'll walk back by myself later."

At this time, Cai Yuanpei in front suddenly turned half of his body and patted himself on the head.

"The older you get, the more forgetful you become. Zhiyuan almost forgot to tell you. The Advanced Division of Tsinghua University invited me to give a speech tomorrow. If you have nothing to do, why don't you come with me?"

Cheng Nuo nodded heavily and waved his hand: "Thank you Mr. Cai, I will definitely arrive early tomorrow."

Cai Yuanpei nodded, got on the tricycle and walked away slowly.

Cheng Nuo still stood there, silently watching their backs. Under the moonlight, the shadows grew longer and longer until they could no longer be seen.

(End of this chapter)