Crimson Dawn

Chapter 33

Qiu Jin appeared at the door of Zhou Yuanxiao's workshop at 9 am on September 8.The last time I was here was more than three months ago.This street seems to have not changed much, there are not many rickshaws passing by, and it looks quite old.Pedestrians are still mainly in short clothes.But the old ladies sitting on the street are a little different.Qiu Jin still remembered the last time he came here with Chen Ke and the others, the old ladies stared at him for a long time.Now, those old ladies just glanced at themselves and continued to chat slowly.

Turning into the alley, Qiu Jin saw the gate that still had an impression. A few months ago, Zhou Yuanxiao's workshop was still a deserted place. Although it was a bright summer day in early May, the deserted feeling was like the countryside in autumn.After pushing open the gate, the silence in the empty courtyard made Qiu Jin feel a little sad.

It is a cloudy day now, and the cloud at the end of the continuous autumn rain has not completely dissipated.And the workshop that Qiu Jin is facing now seems to be a lively beehive.Before reaching the door, various voices came from inside.There is an unpainted sign hanging on the door, and the four characters "Huangpu Publishing House" are written on the light yellow primary color wooden board.This is definitely not Chen Ke's handwriting, but it is Chen Ke's style, simple and clear.Qiu Jin almost laughed when he saw it. If the wooden board wasn't wide enough and the writing was beautiful, it would have looked like a tombstone on a hastily filled grave.The door was open, Qiu Jin stood at the door and glanced in. There were people in the courtyard.

Just as he was about to go in, he heard the sound of wheels behind him. He turned his head and saw a large cart coming in from the street and parked at the gate of the yard.A few young men in white coats jumped out of the cart. They were full of energy and began to move things from above with brisk steps.

Qiu Jin sighed secretly, it has only been more than three months, and this place is completely different.

"Mr. Qiu?!" Someone shouted.

Qiu Jin took a closer look, and saw that the young man on the opposite side looked familiar.Looking more carefully, it turned out to be the leader among the Japanese youths who came back with Chen Tianhua.He didn't wear the Japanese kimono he met last time, but a white shirt, blue-gray trousers, black cloth shoes, and a doctor's white coat over it.

"Ah! Hello." Qiu Jin said with a smile.

"Mr. Qiu, I didn't give you my name last time. My name is Kuroshima Jinichiro. Please give me your advice." Although he spoke weird Chinese and wore Chinese-style Western clothes, Kuroshima still followed the Japanese etiquette. Ju bowed to Qiu Jin.

"Hei Dao-kun, hello." Qiu Jin returned the salute with a slight bow.

"Is Mr. Qiu here to find Mr. Tianhua?" Hei Dao asked.

"Uh..." Qiu Jin pondered slightly.She actually came to look for Chen Ke.

"Then you are here to find Mr. Wen Qing?" Hei Dao was very clever, "Mr. Wen Qing was still there when I went out to transport things in the morning."

"Hei Dao, come and help me." The youths who were struggling to lift a large box shouted.

Shima Renichiro responded, and he said to Qiu Jin slightly apologetic: "Mr. Qiu, I'm going to do my work now. You go in by yourself."

Now that she was recognized, Qiu Jin stopped standing at the door stupidly.Stepping into the gate, I saw a few thatched sheds newly built in the originally empty yard, that is to say, a thatched roof on a strange wooden frame, which is very simple but beautiful.

There are many people sitting in each grass shed.The outermost thatched hut seemed to be used as a classroom. Many people sat neatly in front of the blackboard inside. Yougou, who hadn’t seen him for a long time, stood in front of everyone, pointing strange symbols on a row of Chinese characters with a pointer, "ba ,Bundle……"

You Gou's gentle Jiangsu-Zhejiang accent speaks northern dialect, but it has a special taste.However, the accents of the students in front of Yougou are even more interesting, from Shaanxi to Huguang.The same pronunciation, to Qiu Jin's ears, is really strange.You Gou lectured very seriously and didn't notice anyone else coming in at all.Qiu Jin didn't want to disturb her either, the tile-roofed houses on the north side of the yard still retained their old look, presumably Chen Ke was still working in them.Qiu Jin walked there.

There were more people coming in and out of the tile-roofed house. Everyone looked at Qiu Jin with a little curiosity, but no one asked.Outside the door, Chen Ke's strange Beijing dialect was heard. "No more printing. Haven't you heard that rare things are more expensive? The sales volume of "Huangpu Review" is not stable, and now 1500 copies are printed every day. Also, um, it will be deep, the outreach training I mentioned last time , you have decided on the place."

"It's confirmed." Qiu Jin replied in an unfamiliar voice.

"You inform everyone first, and I will all go to the training the day after tomorrow. As long as there is no knife in the sky, I will lead everyone there personally."

Compared with a few months ago, Chen Ke's voice has not changed much. Although he is giving orders, his tone has not changed much.

Qiu Jin stepped into the door, and saw that half of the room was filled with tables and strange glass instruments, and the other half was filled with several tables.Chen Ke and a young man were sitting at the table talking.

"Sister Qiu?" Seeing Qiu Jin, Chen Ke immediately stood up and shouted in surprise.Chen Ke didn't change much, even his smile was exactly the same as it was a few months ago.

"Wen Qing is fine." Qiu Jin also smiled.

Chen Ke moved a stool for Qiu Jin, "Sister Qiu, wait a moment, I'll talk to you after I finish this matter."

After Chen Ke and the young man finished a few things that needed to be dealt with, the young man buried himself in writing some documents.Only then did Chen Ke turn around. "After Xingtai came back, she said that sister Qiu would also return to China. But I had to wait." After speaking, Chen Ke looked Qiu Jin up and down, "My sister has lost weight after traveling around for a while."

"Wen Qing is in high spirits."

"Eat and sleep, and eat after sleep, I guess I gained a lot of weight."

After saying this, the two laughed.

"Why didn't you see Zhenglan and Xingtai?" Qiu Jin looked around just now, and some young people were busy working around those experimental instruments, but no one knew them.

"Zhenglan is selling medicine outside recently. Xingtai is lecturing next door."

"It seems that everyone is busy."

"Sister Qiu, what plans do you have recently?"

"What is Wen Qing's order?"

"That depends on whether Sister Qiu is willing to condescend."

"how to say?"

"If sister Qiu wants to go back to Shaoxing, I happen to have a sum of money to give to brother Bosun. If sister Qiu plans to stay in Shanghai, my nursing school here lacks a principal."

Qiu Jin originally wanted to run a school in Shanghai, but after hearing what Chen Ke said, she became interested.

"It seems that Wenqing has earned a lot of money."

"The more money you earn, the faster you spend it." Chen Ke said with a smile.

While the two were talking, He Zudao walked in quickly, "Wen Qing, there are two teachers from Fudan Public School who want to see you."

"Sister Qiu, I'll welcome them in later." Chen Ke stood up after speaking.

After a while, Chen Ke led two people in. The leader was Qiu Jin, whom he didn't know, but the one behind was Qiu Jin's acquaintance.The two noticed each other almost at the same time, "Xuanqing is here too?" The man shouted happily.

"Right lapel. Why are you here?"

The person who spoke to Qiu Jin was Yu Youren, both members of the Restoration Association, and they met last year.Everyone hadn't seen each other for a long time, but they met here at Chen Ke's place. They were both overjoyed and quite surprised.Qiu Jin saw Chen Ke's silly smirk, and quickly introduced Yu Youren to Chen Ke.

"I have admired him for a long time." Chen Ke had heard of this name, but he did not remember this person's deeds.But those who can be included in history books are by no means ordinary people.

Yu Youren was not polite, he quickly introduced another person to Chen Ke, "This is Mr. Yan Fuyan."

Chen Ke and Qiu Jin were stunned.Qi Huishen was immersed in writing the report. Hearing the name, he put down his pen and turned around and stood up. Before Chen Ke could speak, Qi Huishen stammered and asked, "This is Yan Fu who wrote "Tianyan Lun" Sir?" Chen Ke felt that Qi Huishen's voice was trembling a little.

"Exactly." Yu Youren replied.

Qi Huishen has been a huge fan of Yan Fu ever since he read "Evolution of Heaven".At one time, I had the idea of ​​applying for the Beiyang Naval Academy.Today I learned that the "handsome uncle" standing in front of me is Mr. Yan Fu, whom he has always admired so much, and he couldn't care less about it. He said excitedly, "Yan, Mr. Yan, hello. I have read your book , I am honored to meet you today." He walked up and stretched out his right hand.Having been with Chen Ke and the others for a long time, Qi Huishen is very used to shaking hands.In addition, he has dealt with a lot of British people recently, and he is also used to shaking hands with rich and powerful people.Excited, he had already forgotten that it is necessary to bow to someone like Yan Fu when meeting people like Yan Fu.

Although Qiu Jin was also excited, she would not be like Qi Huishen after all. She watched with great interest as Qi Huishen stole Chen Ke's limelight.According to Chen Tianhua, Chen Ke is the leader of this small group. Qiu Jin looked at Chen Ke, wondering how Chen Ke would react to this.Chen Ke also looked overjoyed, and Qi Hui would rush to shake hands in front of him, but he didn't care.Seeing Yan Fu stretching out his hand in a little embarrassment, Qi Hui held it tightly, and then Qi Hui pulled Yan Fu deeply, stammering words of admiration.Chen Ke just grinned foolishly.There was no look of displeasure at all.

Qiu Jin had some doubts about Chen Ke, wondering if Chen Ke might be a treacherous and loyal guy.But looking at Chen Ke's performance like this, he really doesn't look like the kind of person who hides deep secrets.It was quite in line with how he should behave at his 25-year-old age.This is something that Qiu Jin doesn't understand.

Yan Fu and Qi Huishen have seen many fans like this.Qi Qi would drag himself deeply and chatter, but he was also a little impatient.He withdrew his arm slightly, but Qi Huishen was not completely confused.He quickly let go of his hand and made a plea.But he turned and went out.

"Mr. Yan, my name is Chen Ke. I have admired you for a long time. I am really honored that Mr. Yan is here." After speaking, Chen Ke also extended his right hand.With Qi Huishen at the front, Yan Fu got used to it.After shaking hands with Chen Ke, Yan Fu looked left and right.Chen Ke guessed that Yan Fu wanted to speak in a relatively secluded place, and the auditioners who were doing the experiment over there looked at them one by one, and Chen Ke shouted: "Comrades, this is Mr. Yan Fu. Everyone hurry up and say hello."

After hearing this, the experimenters greeted Mr. Yan Fu together.

"You guys continue to do the experiment. If Mr. Yan Fu is convenient for a while, everyone will come up and talk." After finishing speaking, Chen Ke closed the curtain in the middle of the room, and then said with a smile: "We have such an environment here, if Mr. Yan finds it inconvenient , shall we go out and find a place to talk?"

"It's fine here." Yan Fu replied.

Chen Ke hastily pulled up the stools, wiped them with the sleeves of his white lab coat, and made them sit for everyone.

"Mr. Yan is here, what advice do you have?"

Qiu Jin looked at the two with great interest.Yan Fu is 51 years old this year. He is extremely handsome. He was a naval officer and once served as the headmaster of the Beiyang Naval Academy.Even in this ordinary, or somewhat crude environment, there is an awe-inspiring feeling.

Chen Ke was only half the age of Yan Fu, and he was wearing a very casual white coat. Chen Ke chose the lowest stool in the room and sat on it by himself, but the natural and considerate behavior just now, and the sincere look on his face Smiling, in Qiu Jin's view, the momentum is not inferior to Yan Fu.

The two sides were silent for a while, but it was Yu Youren who spoke first, "Mr. Chen, our school will start soon, and this museum will be opened. I wonder how long you have left for your lectures."

"I don't know if Mr. Yu holds any position in the school?"

"I am temporarily in charge of the educational affairs, and I am responsible for the affairs of these venues."

"Ah, Mr. Yu, this is my negligence. I told my classmates that the lecture was over at the end of the lecture the day before yesterday. I wrote a letter yesterday to inform Mr. Ma of this matter. But I forgot to inform the school. Now I officially inform you that the class is over and I will not use the school venue again. Please forgive me for the inconvenience caused to you and the school by my negligence.”

"Mr. Chen has misunderstood. I am not here to blame the teacher for this matter. The school already knows that you no longer give lectures. The students are excited and must finish this lecture. For this, the students sent a representative Find Mr. Ma. Mr. Ma sent me to ask how many hours are left. If you don’t mind, can you go to our school and finish this class.”

After hearing Yu Youren's words, Chen Ke didn't answer directly, but instead glanced at Yan Fu, seeing that Yan Fu was just looking at him with a serious expression.Chen Ke really couldn't figure it out, if it was just for this matter, it was absolutely impossible for Yan Fu to go out in person.But now that Yan Fu has come, how should he deal with it?

Looking at Chen Ke's actions, Qiu Jin found it quite interesting.She also couldn't figure out why Yan Fu fell to the ground.But Yan Fu definitely came prepared, and it was the best policy for Chen Ke to use Yan Fu as his own aid.Looking at Chen Ke and Yan Fu, Qiu Jin knew that Chen Ke was planning on Yan Fu.While thinking about it, I heard Chen Ke say, "Mr. Ma cares so much for the students, I admire it very much. I don't know what the students said, but this lesson is indeed over. I also said in the letter That's what I told Mr. Ma."

"Have you finished?" Yu Youren looked a little surprised.

"It's indeed over." Chen Ke nodded with a smile.

After hearing what Chen Ke said, Yan Fu said, "Mr. Chen, I have read your masterpiece. I have also listened to your last few lectures. It is obvious that you have not finished."

"Mr. Yan, if you don't mind, just call me Wenqing." Chen Ke wrote these two words on a piece of paper and handed it to Yan Fu.

Yan Fu took a look and put it down.

"Mr. Yan, I was only going to finish teaching objective dialectics and subjective dialectics at Fudan Public School. I completed my original plan the day before yesterday. The class is over." Chen Ke said with the candid face that Qiu Jin was familiar with.

"Wen Qing didn't intend to finish all the content?"

"I really don't have that plan."

Listening to the conversation, Qiu Jin really didn't know whether Chen Ke was too serious or too arrogant.Hearing this, Qiu Jin somewhat understood what was going on.Chen Ke held a lecture at Mr. Ma Xiangbo's school and sent all the manuscripts to Mr. Ma Xiangbo.But he withdrew before finishing the entire manuscript.The students are not forgiving, and Ma Xiangbo is famous for caring for students.Naturally, Chen Ke should be asked to finish this lesson.

Who is Mr. Ma Xiangbo?He is Cai Yuanpei's teacher.It is definitely inappropriate for Mr. Ma to come forward by himself, and he sent Yu Youren to lobby, and he was afraid that Chen Ke would lose face.In the end, Yan Fu was asked to come together.

If it were someone else, I'm afraid I would happily go to give lectures.In the circle of literati in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Mr. Ma Xiangbo is a master of a generation.With the approval of Mr. Ma, the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang literati circles opened the door to Chen Ke.But Chen Ke didn't know what medicine he took wrongly, so he refused it so seriously.

If you play hard to get with a reckless man, maybe it's okay.But to play this trick with Ma Xiangbo's disciple Yu Youren, especially in front of people like Yan Fu... I'm afraid Chen Ke is still tender.

"Does Wen Qing have any difficulties?" Yan Fu asked.

"It's absolutely impossible to talk about the difficulties. In the plan I arranged, I really only plan to talk about so much. After that, my affairs have been arranged. I can't follow Mr. Ma's good wishes. I am very disturbed. But since I have made a decision If there is a plan, then it must be followed. Mr. Yan, and Mr. Yu, I will write a special book to explain this to Mr. Ma."

The meaning of Chen Ke's refusal was so clear that he didn't even leave any room for turning around.Not only Yan Fu and Yu Youren, but even Qiu Jin's complexion changed.According to this meaning, before Chen Ke completes his plan, he will never give lectures.If Chen Ke changes his mind midway, it can only prove that Chen Ke is a repeat villain.

But if Chen Ke didn't give lectures, his arrogance was a bit scary.Ordinary literati encountered such a situation, they must follow the pole.Getting on the boat of Mr. Ma Xiangbo and Fudan Public School will help us greatly in the future, which is unimaginable.If Qiu Jin had this opportunity, she would never let it go.But Chen Ke didn't take this to heart at all.As far as he is saying now, he only puts his own affairs first.Other things are not considered at all.

"Wen Qing, are you really a scholar?" Qiu Jin secretly asked.Suddenly, Qiu Jin figured it out, Chen Ke might be an overseas student, and based on Chen Tianhua's recommendation and Ma Xiangbo's attention, he should also be a literati.But Chen Ke has always claimed that he is a revolutionary.In terms of his own career and his prestige in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang literati circles, Chen Ke chose his own career.

"Wen Qing, can't you choose a method that has the best of both worlds?" Qiu Jin was really worried for Chen Ke.

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