Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 89

"Hey, why are you leaving? I still have soup in this pot. It's not too late to leave after drinking this."

As the night was getting late, some editors who lived outside the city were about to leave after talking about their business. They were half full and ready to leave. They never expected to meet Xiu Ni at the door, holding a plate of stewed garlic sprouts in lard in her hand.

"Mr. Guo, you can eat some more. The lard that has just been roasted before is very fragrant. If you don't believe me, you should smell it."

While talking, Xiu Ni deliberately put the food in front of several people's noses to let them smell it. There are some golden oil residues sandwiched on the green garlic sprouts. Although the appearance is not as good as that of Ba Da Building, it is a home-cooked dish. It is delicious when you eat it in your mouth.

Guo Shouchun couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he saw this, but seeing the fiery punching inside, it was inevitable that he would have to drink a few times when he went in. Among other things, Shi Jin's "narrow-minded" had to be filled with several bottles.

"A pair of treasures, a little bit, two good brothers, three stars, four happiness, five leaders, six successes, seven coincidences, eight seats, nine longevity, full house!"

"It's wrong, it's wrong, you're wrong, Lao Wu, you're going to give Lao Cheng Man."

"Fish is being raised in the cup. Finish it quickly. I respected you as the dean just now. Now it's time for the wine table, so we won't do that anymore."

"Hey, old Guo, why did you run away? You can't be a deserter."

Shi Jin himself was so dizzy from drinking that when he saw Guo Shouchun wanting to run, he instinctively wanted to chase him. As a result, the bench he was sitting on was light at one end and heavy at the other. I was so drunk that I didn't see this scene.

Seeing this, Xiu Ni hurriedly put the food aside and stepped forward to help her.

"I've already said, you have too much ink in your stomach, and you're definitely not good at wine or anything else. Just don't listen to my old sister-in-law, so hurry up and eat some cold dishes."

After Shi Jin got up, he was still muttering and smirking: "Thank you sister-in-law, old Guo."

Seeing this, Guo Shouchun hurried out, passing the kitchen and suddenly asked, "Sister-in-law Xiuni, what kind of soup is in the pot?"

"Old turtle soup, just slaughtered this afternoon, it's fresh."

"Okay, remember to let Brother Li go to the experimental field to find me tomorrow, and teach him something."

Talking on the mouth, Guo Shouchun's subordinates are not idle, came to the kitchen to see that the old turtle soup was almost boiled, excitedly fished one and put it in an empty basin, covered the lid and tied it with a hemp rope, and smiled Said: "Little bastards, don't say that your teacher Guo eats alone."

"Well, sister-in-law Xiuni, I see an old turtle has 'heat stroke', take it to the river to relax, let's go first."

The lame reason with the old turtle soup was a perfect job. I didn't care to answer Xiu Ni's sister-in-law's question, so I hurried away with the old turtle.

Xiu Ni came out from the main room, wiped her hands with a scarf, looking at her back helplessly.

"Mr. Guo, I haven't added any salt to my soup, what will it taste like in your mouth?"

In the bright moonlight, Cheng Nuo was lying under the vines, slowly shaking the cattail fan in his hand, patting his thighs from time to time to drive away annoying mosquitoes.

"Sir, I have cooked some tomato soup here. You can drink it while it is hot, so as to relieve the hangover."

"It's okay, let's put it there first, I'll drink it by myself later."

Although the courtyard is good at present, it cannot accommodate the entire Academy of Sciences. Now there are dozens of people. It is not an option to always live here. If you want to develop in the long run, you must go out.

At present, there are still nearly 20 years away from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. As one of the central cities in China, Beiping has a relatively peaceful period. The resources are not comparable to most cities, so let’s look at the Academy of Sciences now. The center is still in Beiping, and it will spread to northern Shaanxi and Sichuan after the future political situation becomes clearer.

Everyone knows the reason for the former. In addition to respecting the Sichuan army and developing industries to provide them with armaments, the latter is also the rear of the War of Resistance and is less affected by harassment.

In addition, the local non-ferrous metals are relatively rich, which is more beneficial to the development of heavy industry.

At the same time, you can also train some guards to protect the safety of the Academy of Sciences. If you "coincidentally" meet some so-called international friends in Dunhuang, Tianlongshan Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes, etc., you can also have a friendly discussion. I don't want to see the legacy of my ancestors anymore. The next thing was rushed abroad.

The more I thought about it, the hotter my body became, and there were even more mosquitoes. It wasn't until a gust of wind came that I drank the warm tomato soup in one gulp, and felt cooler.

The road ahead is long, but the only way is to keep going.

The next day, Cheng Nuo woke up early as usual, chanting slogans to himself, and doing radio gymnastics.

But as I was doing it, I felt that it was not interesting to be alone, so I prepared to call those children up to exercise together, but when I turned around, I saw that they followed suit and started practicing.

"Third watch lights and five watch chickens, it's time for children to exercise. Not bad, the little ones wake up quite early, let me give you a chirp chirp." Cheng Nuo smiled and clapped his hands: "Practice hard, you've got it With your body as capital, you can go further in the future."

Goudan'er rubbed his nose, he got up too early and his nose was stuffy: "Sir, what are you practicing, you look like the martial arts students on the stage, that is, there are fewer somersaults."

Cheng Nuo handed over the handkerchief with a smile, and squatted down to be as tall as the child: "This is called gymnastics. If you practice hard since childhood, your body will be very good, and you will be very good at other things."

Wen Cong's eyes lit up: "Then I practiced, will I be able to protect my sister well in the future?"

"That's right, one hits two," Cheng Nuo said.

"Then I've practiced well, so I don't have to be afraid of my father anymore." Goudaner didn't take the handkerchief, and dealt with the snot by himself.

"Little bastard, what are you talking about? You won't be able to sign up for the house tile for three days, right?" Before Cheng Nuo could reply, Li Laosan came back from buying soy milk and fried dough sticks outside. As soon as he entered the door, he heard such an "unfilial" answer, and he was very angry. If you don't call, you have to take off your shoes when you put food in the kitchen.

Finally, under Cheng Nuo's reassurance, the yard calmed down, but besides the four children practicing, there was also Li Laosan.

As a father, he was really afraid of being compared to his son.

Because today is a day off, Cheng Nuo didn't have any classes at school, so he came to the front yard with peace of mind, and started writing the "Concise Mathematical Dictionary" with his colleagues from the Academy of Sciences. With the blessing of his "super brain", The speed of adaptation is obviously much faster.

However, there are still some disputes in the middle, the most controversial of which is the arrangement method.

No matter how you look at it, Cheng Nuo finds it awkward to read vertically and read from right to left, especially because it is the habit of studying for many years in his previous life, and on the other hand, it is also related to his education in Western universities. English textbooks are all written horizontally , Just imagine what kind of scene it would be when such a long series of names are written vertically.

In this regard, when Chinese and Western cultures collide, foreigners can’t help teasing: You see we write horizontally, and our heads swing from side to side, which shows that we dare to shake our heads and say “NO”; Saying "YES" submissively is a manifestation of slavishness under totalitarianism.Some people in the country disagree with this, saying that we nod our head, which is a manifestation of the habit of praising others in a country with a thousand years of civilization, and we also have horizontal lines, such as the horizontal lines of couplets.

When the earliest horizontal Chinese magazine "Science" was first published in 1915, the founding words specifically explained: "The printing method of this magazine, the side line is on the left, and some Western sentences are used to read it, so as to insert arithmetic and physical chemistry. , It’s not because it’s so novel, readers forgive me.” The general idea is that we are in line with international science, not for the sake of bragging.

Now it seems that there is no obvious difference between horizontal and vertical rows, but more out of personal habits.

So Cheng Nuo thought twice, and decided to arrange the text on the "Concise Mathematical Dictionary" horizontally. As for the punctuation marks, there are not many changes. There are already preliminary punctuation marks in this era, but they are relatively simple, only solid circles and Hollow circles.

Now, taking advantage of the revision of the magazine, it is advisable to do it in one step, and directly implement the horizontal row and punctuation marks in an all-round way.

Originally, other editors had objections, but Cheng Nuo said directly:
"Comrades, the purpose of our publication is to publicize scientific knowledge and make it catch up with the advanced international pace. Have you ever thought of the situation of vertical formulas, setting up a block on the road of popular science?"

While talking, he wrote several common chemical formulas on the straw paper, and it was clear at a glance which one was easier to understand.

For this reason, Cheng Nuo deliberately recruited the pioneer of vernacular Chinese "New Youth", and unexpectedly got the strong support of Chen and Qian.

Holding the first draft of the revised magazine, Qian Xuantong said excitedly, "I told Zhongfu a long time ago that people's eyes grow horizontally, so it is obvious that they should also be arranged horizontally out of human choice."

Mr. Chen habitually leaned against the corner of the table, and looked at the "National" magazine with his face close: "Zhiyuan, your magazine's ambitions are not small, besides Mr. Propaganda Sai, there are other gentlemen here, it's amazing. .”

Turning his head to look at Qian Xuantong, he pointed at the magazine with his fingers: "Deqian, I have already said that Zhiyuan should be recruited as our fan editor. He is ahead of us."

Qian Xuantong said seriously: "Look at Zhongfu, in addition to the horizontal arrangement, Western symbols are also added. The whole book is horizontal, the calculation formula is even, and the circulation is mutual, so that the reader can understand at a glance. It goes without saying which convenience to use."

As a paleographer, Qian Xuantong has always been sensitive to the issue of writing.In his diary at the end of 1922, he concluded that he "has changed a lot in his thoughts and views in the past 20 years." One example is "in [-], he tried his best to oppose the rampant rewriting of Chinese characters. Since [-], he has tried his best to advocate the rampant rewriting of Chinese characters."

In 3, he said that Chinese characters should be divided into eight parts (i.e., part, one, 丨, ╰ parts, etc.) according to the "Yongzi Bafa". In the letter to Mr. Chen in the "Communication" column of Volume 3, No. [-] of "New Youth", it was proposed that "Chinese characters should be changed to the left and horizontal".

Of course, he didn't say it was as simple as he said. He re-transcribed the university lectures he wrote in horizontal format, and at the same time printed his business card in horizontal format, which was extremely rare at the time.

Mr. Chen squinted his eyes for a while and suddenly said pleasantly: "Zhiyuan, you have quite a variety of new symbols. It seems that you are not just copying Western symbols."

Seeing this, Qian Xuantong also came over, met him head to head and said: "The little tadpole means the pause of the sentence, and the hollow circle should be the end of the sentence. These two dots"

Cheng Nuo smiled and came to the blackboard in the editing room, wrote down all the punctuation marks, and explained them one by one.

"Mr. Deqian has already said the comma and period, and the two dots are colons, which indicate the pause in the paragraph to prompt the following or summarize the above, and there are also exclamation points"

"Of course, due to our own writing habits, our full stop is not a solid circle, but a hollow circle that retains everyone's habits. In addition, we also have commas, ellipses, book title marks, brackets, etc."

After finishing the punctuation system in one sentence, the two people in the audience nodded again and again, and they couldn't help applauding when the lecture was over.

Qian Xuantong couldn't help but said: "The new symbols are remarkable. It's really gratifying. I said before that the Chinese characters that go straight down the right should be changed to the left. The husband replied 'very agreeable', and now I Thinking, since the gentleman agrees with this idea, why not change "New Youth" from the first issue of the fourth volume to the horizontal format?"

After listening to Mr. Chen and thinking for a while, he nodded and smiled and said: ""New Youth" uses a left-handed horizontal line. The line can not only avoid ink stains on the sleeves, but also can place sentence reading symbols. My personal opinion, I am very much in favor of it. It will be published together. Discuss with the Ministry and other community members, and it can be implemented if agreed.”

At this time, Mr. Li came in, and after hearing what everyone was discussing, he smiled kindly and said: "Have you ever considered that the magazine is not just as simple as writing, but also needs the help of a typesetting master later, changing the vertical version to the horizontal version?" It's not an easy thing."

Among the people present, only Mr. Li was familiar with the workers, so no one knew how to answer this question.

Due to the long-term reading and typesetting of vertical characters, typesetting workers have formed a huge inertia. Although it can be changed to horizontal, it will inevitably affect work efficiency and increase labor costs. Running rampant requires re-making, which will add additional costs.

In history, "New Youth" has long been aware of the problem of horizontal rows. Mr. Chen has communicated with the book club many times, but unfortunately it has not been effectively resolved. It is generally believed that there are too many good tricks and it is a bit troublesome. They all express their unwillingness to change. When "Diary" was published, it was still arranged vertically, and the punctuation marks were frequently misprinted, which I have to say is a pity.

In this regard, Cheng Nuo smiled lightly. The problems that Yadong Library and Qunyi Publishing House could not solve were not a big deal in his opinion.

"Gentlemen, as long as I can promote vernacular and punctuation, I will take care of it."

Their typesetting workers are not good enough, so there are naturally places where they can do it.

　Recently, it’s been very powerful. Please be careful. If possible, buy some vitamin C effervescent tablets and drink a little, which will make you feel better. Of course, canned yellow peaches are also good.

　　Thanks to the book friend "Baby, let's get out of Bingxin first", for the reward of 100 reading coins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)