Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 92 Don't buy the palace, buy Yanyuan
Perhaps seeing the hesitation in Ye Qisun's eyes, Cheng Nuo did not put any pressure on him, and put the first issue of "Youth" magazine in front of him, and said kindly: "Qisun, don't rush to agree or refuse, this is our first magazine issue. , you might as well open it up and have a look."

In order to avoid putting pressure on him and leave him alone for a while, Cheng Nuo took the kettle to the kitchen water tank to scoop up water after speaking, and boiled the water for a while to make tea directly.

Living in old Beijing is really miserable. Because the old city is full of alkaline water, it tastes weird, and drinking it for a long time is not good for your health. In addition, there are no tap water pipes, so the daily water They were all bought from Waterman outside the city.Fortunately, the price is not expensive. They personally deliver the goods to the door every morning, and they only need to pay 420 cents a month to get about [-] liters of sweet water.

Cheng Nuo stayed outside for a little longer, and played radio gymnastics twice. After guessing that the time was about the same, he came in slowly with a kettle, and while changing the coal for the coal stove, he said, "How about it? How does the magazine look and feel, have you found some unreasonable settings?"

Ye Qisun was sitting upright, and taking advantage of the time just now, he even made a rough list on the draft paper, which was full. Cheng Nuo glanced at it, and felt a little dazed. He just played radio gymnastics twice, not two times. Ten times.

"Sir, I think this magazine is very well run. I have even learned a lot in the process of reading it just now. For example, the first point is about meteorology, and the second point is about biology, which I have never been exposed to. , Let me understand that the locusts during the locust plague are poisonous and cannot be eaten by humans. The third point is about physics, introducing wave-particle duality. The fourth point is geology. The fifth point is chemistry.”

Originally, Cheng Nuo was squatting there digging out coal ash, and he was very happy to hear it, but the more he listened to it later, the more he felt that something was wrong. This is clearly a post-reading review written on the spot. He didn't need this, so he stopped quickly: "Qi Sun, I think you have misunderstood, the original intention of this magazine is 'a strong youth makes a country strong', and the purpose of letting you read this magazine is to provide opinions and find shortcomings."

Ye Qisun was puzzled: "There are very few juvenile books on the market. In my opinion, "Youth" magazine is already the best among them. Why do we have to pick faults among them? Pure popular science is already very rare."

Cheng Nuo put down the tongs in his hand, clapped his hands, pointed to his head and smiled, "Because the editorial office starts from the perspective of adults, and you are the closest person to them. In addition to improving your scientific quality, you also need to improve your psychological quality." It needs to be under control.”

The purpose of running a magazine is to lead more children to the door of science, to sow seeds for the future of the motherland, and to cultivate talents for our nation, but we must also pay attention to ideological construction in the science popularization project, so as not to learn all the skills and become a traitor For example, Mei Siping, a Peking University student who later participated in the burning of Cao Rulin's house, later became the vanguard of Wang Puppet's defection to the enemy, and was shot to end his life, hateful and sad.

Adolescence is another stage of rapid establishment of the Three Views. Adhering to the principle of moistening things and silently promoting patriotism, even if he leaves his hometown and goes to the life of "the moon is fuller", his personal choice is beyond reproach, but don't compete with him on the basis of national justice. The folks in the hometown are right now.

At the same time, Cheng Nuo is also a person who came from middle school. He knows that during the boring and monotonous time, it is extremely happy to read a few extra-curricular readings between classes. It is often someone who bought a copy of "Seeing the World" and "Studying Studies". "" "People Weekly" and other magazines, everyone circulated to each other to read, and imagined the future life in the depths of the small tofu articles.

You don't need too many other condiments, and it would be great if you can smear a little red that is not so eye-catching in this era of only black and white.

Ye Qisun pondered for a while, and gradually came to his senses: "What Mr. said is to let those of us who have experienced it, to see what are the shortcomings of this magazine, so as to better fulfill the purpose of educating people?"

Cheng Nuo came to him, supported the back of the chair and encouraged him, "Yes, think about it further."

Ye Qisun frowned for a moment, then suddenly realized, he raised his neck and smiled and said, "Using the experience of those who have been there to answer past doubts, sir?"

"Yes, that's it!" Cheng Nuo clapped his hands and patted him on the back to show his appreciation, "What I want you to do is to lie flat, face them face to face, and try to take them there as a bosom brother or a bosom sister. Go forward, and you are one of their role models."

Cheng Nuo returned to his seat. Just as he sat down and wanted to drink some water, he found that there was only tea leaves left in the teacup. He smiled and continued, "There is a saying, believe in the power of role models, and it will be better for them when they are young." It’s an encouragement, but it’s a responsibility to you now, I don’t know if classmate Ye will join the editorial agency of "Youth" and become our fan editor."

The meaning of a fan editor is that it is both an editor and a writer at the same time. This is also the experience gained from "New Youth", but the journal of the Academy of Sciences is not mainly for profit, and the dividends are naturally pitifully small, so it is directly given to these editors. Salary, even if you are a student, you should have a share, equal pay for equal work.

After Ye Qisun heard this, he immediately stood up excitedly, but before he could say anything, he lacked confidence: "Sir, in my opinion, this is not a responsibility, but an honor, a kind of recognition for me, but with my personal Strength, I am afraid it will be difficult to complete the mission."

Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "Excessive modesty is pride. I did your homework in advance. I published an academic paper "Research on Shang Gong" when I was only 15 years old. , but to be able to speculate repeatedly, expose its mistakes, and the reasoning is comprehensive, the arrangement is precise, and it has a profound and unique point, which is already remarkable."

People often have an inexplicable sense of shame about what they have done in the past, and the same is true for the masters of later generations.

After hearing the praise, Ye Qisun not only didn't feel happy, but blushed a little: "It's an old work a few years ago. I chose this as the title at the beginning to let readers know that our country's mathematics and writing are good. As for the debate, I have repeatedly extended , I am afraid that I will never stop, and every time I think about it, I feel ashamed and superficial, and my husband praises me absurdly."

The smile on Cheng Nuo's face was even bigger: "There was an introductory work a few years ago, and now that I have studied for a few years, isn't it academically better, and the big brother who is a close friend must be more competent. Be a confidant uncle, haha."

Ye Qisun was speechless for a while, not knowing what to do: "Sir, I didn't mean that."

Cheng Nuo came over, patted him on the shoulder, and told him to sit down with peace of mind: "Don't worry, I know you have a lot of studies, so you will inevitably have some concerns. Besides you, I will also recruit some students from Peking University. It just so happens that you You can also take advantage of this to communicate more, since we are all of the same age, there must be more common topics, so we can use the juvenile magazine as a stage for you to display your ambitions."

Only then did Ye Qisun feel relieved: "If this is the case, then I will live up to my husband's entrustment. I don't know which students will be arranged by Mr. Peking University?"

Cheng Nuo didn't hesitate to think: "Of course they are all capable people, but there are more liberal arts students, such as Zhu Peixian, Gu Mingjian, Luo Zhixi, oh yes, there is also a little fat man named Fu Mengzhen, all of them are potential stocks that I am optimistic about."

Ye Qisun nodded, seeing that the master had already made arrangements, "Although this is the first time I've heard the names of these students, but the master said that they are definitely not idle people, and they will definitely run the "Youth" magazine well."

Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "However, running a magazine can't just be based on enthusiasm. I have some extracurricular reading psychology for teenagers here. You can refer to it later, such as the psychology of reading for interest, the psychology of supplementing knowledge, and the psychology of seeking novelty."

There was a lively discussion about the future of the magazine, but the kettle boiled over there and neither of them paid attention, the spout whimpered, and the lid of the pot slammed loudly. In the end, it was Li Laosan who heard the sound and rushed over. , I wanted to remind them, but seeing that they were discussing things, I had no choice but to give up. I sealed the coal stove and closed the door gently.

Through a wisp of steam from the spout, the figures of the two people gradually blurred, and slowly drifted into the distance with the sound.

The next day, Cheng Nuo stood at the door to bid farewell to Ye Qisun who stayed overnight.

"Qisun, you are more familiar with the situation of Tsinghua University than I am, so I have to ask you more about the editing of the colleagues there."

Ye Qisun nodded seriously: "Don't worry, sir, this matter is on me, but"

Cheng Nuo was puzzled and said, "Say something boldly, don't be afraid."

Ye Qisun took a few steps back to look at the appearance of the courtyard, and then came over and said, "Sir, I know the Academy of Sciences is doing great things. Although the courtyard is good, the sky in the courtyard is still too small."

Seeing this, Cheng Nuo smiled and said: "So it's this, don't worry, I've already prepared to move, but I haven't found a good place yet, and I'm just temporarily arranging it here. It looks good."

For example, Prince Yu’s Mansion in Dongdan was originally the mansion of Duoduo, the eighth iron hat king in the early Qing Dynasty. It was converted into Xiehe Hospital, and only a pair of stone lions remained in later generations.

And there are more than 70 such palaces in Beijing. If Cheng Nuo buys any one, it can be used by the Academy of Sciences immediately without too much renovation. How grand his current owner’s ancestors were, how desolate he must be now. If a house is broken, there is no money to repair it. It is the same as the price of a certain old castle in the West in later generations. It is affordable but cannot be repaired. Absolutely affordable.

The last emperor of Puyi seems to have a noble status. He lives in the Great Forbidden City, but he is also so poor that he can barely survive by opening the Summer Palace to collect tickets, so he keeps throwing out cultural relics.

Ye Qisun thought for a while, but instead provided a new idea.

"Sir, why don't you just buy the land opposite our school. The transportation is convenient, it's on the main road, and the scenery is not bad. The land is bigger than the palace. It's too wasteful to just leave it unused."

Cheng Nuo's glasses stared round after hearing this, okay, he is too familiar with it, the well-known "One Pagoda Lake Map", I don't know how many students' dreams in previous lives, but now in front of modern times, it is not too much to say that it is easy to get.

You must know that Leighton Stuart is still teaching at Jinling Theological Seminary in Nanjing, and there is no trace of Yenching University. As long as Cheng Nuo's price is high enough, he will definitely be able to get it ahead of him.

"Qisun, the relocation has a lot to do with it, let me think about it first." Holding back his heart from beating out of his chest, Cheng Nuo said, "Your studies are important, let Lao Li send you back first." .”

But in fact, as soon as Li Laosan sent Ye Qisun back, Cheng Nuo asked him to change direction and send himself to the vicinity of "Yanyuan".

Finding a high place, the eyes are all desolate and dilapidated, and there is no trace of royal garden style.

"Old Li, you didn't take me to the wrong place, did you? This is the Langrun Garden of Prince Gong Yixin of the Manchu Qing Dynasty?"

Li Laosan took off his hat and fanned it like a fan: "That's right, that's right, sir, I thought it was Yanyuan when you said it before, but it turned out to be this place after searching for a long time, it's too broken , look, the weeds are almost covering the rockery, no one cares about it."

Langrun Garden is just across the street from Yuanmingyuan in the north, and the two brothers are now more desolate than the other. Cheng Nuo stood and watched for a long time, but he didn't see a single figure walking around, but a group of sparrows chattering and scattered inside. joyous.

But yes, Yan Garden is originally the product of a collection of many gardens, from Kangxi’s Changchun Garden, to Heshen’s Shuchun Garden, to Prince Chun’s Weili Garden, etc., all of which are famous gardens with stories and origins. Now that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has fallen to the Republic of China, naturally few people take care of it.

Just at this time, a peddler picked up a basket and yelled while beating a small drum:
"It's rotten, foreign bottles and rotten newspapers are sold~ for foreign alkalis~"

Seeing Cheng Nuo's discussion here, he became curious and stepped forward to join in the fun.

After hearing what the two of them were talking about, the peddler actually interjected and said clearly:
"You two, this Langrun Garden is already the best-preserved garden. The Old Summer Palace opposite the Geng Shennian was destroyed, and the Weixiu Garden, Minghe Garden, and Shuchun Garden next door were all burned down, no matter how good they were. It was left intact, the grass is only taken care of by few people, just tidy it up a little, it is definitely like this in Sijiu City."

As he said that, the peddler actually gave a thumbs up, obviously very confident in Lang Run Yuan.

Cheng Nuo became curious and asked, "Why does the neighbor next door suffer, and he is the only one?"

The peddler raised his head, and the light in his eyes flashed: "That's because the owner of the yard was a great ancestor. In the year of Gengshen, he presided over a meeting and carried out a lot of aftermath. The foreigner was satisfied, so he naturally kept his garden."

Li Laosan is also an old Beijinger, and he was happy when he heard this: "Who am I talking about, so the ancestor of this garden is Guizi Six, I'm sorry, how dare you talk about traitorous things?"

The peddler suddenly became anxious, and threw away the tattered basket to argue: "Why do you call me A Mouqi (uncle), if it weren't for him Gengshen, it would have been the end of the Qing Dynasty."

Li Laosan smiled: "That's even more scolding, Man Qingqian should die."

Cheng Nuo recalled, and asked, "I don't know your name?"

The peddler snorted coldly: "If you don't want to change your name, if you don't want to change your surname, I am Zaitao!"

　Thanks to the book friend Qiyecao for the reward of 100 starting coins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)