There is a love called Yang Jiang and Qian Zhongshu

Chapter 2 The eyes looking at the same starry sky before meeting each other
If everything is really doomed somewhere, if they were born, grew up, and went through a journey of more than [-] years alone, just for the love that can be matched when they meet, then the once lonely years will also be filled In a different style.The world is big and sometimes small, and fate is really a magical thing.That day, her parents went to see the house and took her there on a whim, and that house happened to be the old house that Qian Zhongshu's family rented.No one knew whether the two young children passed each other on the corner of the street, but she had never seen him in the old house.

When the world meets a genius

Some people say that the world is so big that everyone is a passerby.We came to this world to search, for the promise of the previous life, for the reunion, and for the love of this life.

On November 21, [-], that is, on October [-]th of the lunar calendar in the second year of Xuantong in the late Qing Dynasty, with a loud cry, a generation of talented people was born. This is Qian Zhongshu.At that time, there was no such gentle woman named Yang Jiang in the world.

In his infancy, he was just an immature child.No one knew that one day, he would grow up to be a well-known celebrity scholar and write a famous "Fortress Besieged".God is in the clouds, blinking, frowning, and nodding his head, giving him a unique context.

Apricot blossoms and spring rain, Zhong Ling Yuxiu.His hometown is lost in the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, floating on the shore of the vast Taihu Lake, and settled in the light and beautiful cultural city-Wuxi.Born and bred in this place, in the treasure land of Soochow Wu, which is full of talents and profound heritage, it seems to be a matter of course for him to grow into a splendid talent.

When the world meets a talented person, everything should be different.

Qian Zhongshu, the eldest grandson, was born in a traditional feudal family of poets and rites. His grandfather Qian Fujiong was over [-] years old and a scholar, and his father Qian Jibo was a master of Chinese studies.His birth undoubtedly injected infinite hope and joy into the Qian family. The grandfather, who was eager to embrace his grandson, naturally loved this long-awaited baby grandson.

With a scholarly family and a distinguished family, Qian Zhongshu's big family is quite well-known in the local area.The grandfather had four sons: the eldest son Qian Jicheng, the second son Qian Jiquan (died early), and the third son Qian Jibo and the fourth son Qian Jihou a pair of twin brothers.

The feudal family has its own etiquette traditions of the feudal family. Qian Jicheng, who is in his 30s, has only one daughter and cannot be a descendant, so his grandfather adopted Qian Zhongshu to his uncle according to the tradition.The eldest uncle, who had never had a child, was overjoyed. He braved the downpour and went to the countryside overnight to find a healthy nanny for Qian Zhongshu.

On the day of Qian Zhongshu's birth, someone in his family sent "The Posthumous Notes of Changzhou Sages", and his uncle named him "Yangxian", with the word "Zheliang" and the nickname "Axian". "Looking up to the sages" and paying homage to the sages, this is the expectation and blessing of his uncle.

On the one-year-old Zhou Zhou ceremony, the stumbling child picked up a book and babbled, and the elders were so happy that his name was officially set as the word "Zhong Shu".From then on, under the double care and education of his uncle and father, little Zhongshu grew up day by day.

When he was three years old, his uncle began to teach him how to read and write.It's just that the uncle who regards him as a treasure is as close as a loving mother, and he can't bear to be strict with him, and he doesn't want him to suffer from studying too early. He just takes him by his side every day, strolling in the street, going to teahouses, listening to books, Play around.

If the uncle is a loving mother, then the father Qian Jibo is the real strict father. He watched his elder brother play with his son, secretly worried, afraid that Zhong Shu would be spoiled, and he was also afraid that he would waste his studies.It's just that in front of his respected elder brother, it's inconvenient for him to interfere, and he can only tactfully suggest to his elder brother to send Zhong Shu to school earlier.

In [-], five-year-old Qian Zhongshu entered the privately run Qin's Elementary School, where he learned how to read and write sentences.In less than half a year, he had a serious illness. After recovering from the illness, the panicked and distressed uncle suspended him from school, and he could only recuperate at home.

Later, he and his cousin Qian Zhonghan (uncle Qian Jihou's son) went back to school in a relative's private school. Zhong Shu read "Mao Shi" and Zhong Han read "Erya".The two brothers, who are only half a year apart, play together and read and write together, which is quite good.But because of the inconvenience of picking them up, the elder uncle took them back home and took care of the education by himself. He also said to the worried two younger brothers, "Even you two brothers were enlightened by me, so I can't teach them?"

In this way, Zhong Shu began to play and study with his uncle again.In the morning, he wandered around with his uncle, went to teahouses to drink tea, chat with acquaintances or handle chores.His uncle always bought him some big shortbread, pork head meat and other food, and sometimes rented some novels for him such as "Shuo Tang", "Jigong Biography" and "Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness".

Undoubtedly, the eldest uncle loved him and hoped that he would have a bright future.Once, a Feng Shui master predicted that the Qian family’s feng shui would not be prosperous and the long house would flourish in the small house.He was very worried about this, and fearing that he would hurt Zhongshu by accident, he secretly took him to the ancestral grave to pay homage, and secretly buried several catties of hair next to the half tree representing the long house.

Qian Zhongshu stood beside his uncle and watched, very puzzled.The uncle said: "Let the upper half of the trees flourish and grow, so that you will be the president in the future."

Strange to say, the trees on the side of the long house are indeed thin and sparse, while the trees on the side of the small house are tall and lush.Regardless of whether you are superstitious or not, after many years, when your uncle Quan Xia Youzhi Qian Zhongshu becomes a famous scholar all over the world, you will be very pleased.

Qian Zhongshu loves to read, and before he was seven years old, he devoured classics such as "Journey to the West" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" collected at home.After reading it, he felt that he was not satisfied, so he rented some other novels from the bookstall to read. Every time he read them with relish, he was immersed in the world of novels and forgot to go home until his uncle came out to look for him.

He has a good memory and good eloquence. After returning home, he would talk to his two younger brothers about what he had seen. He even described the scenes of martial arts and the dialogues of characters vividly. .

In addition, he is as meticulous as silk, and always has some strange associations and comparisons.After watching "Shuo Tang", he only felt that Guan Gong's [-]-pound Qinglong Yanyue knife in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was no match for Li Yuanba's pair of [-]-pound hammers, and how could Li Yuanba's hammer be against "Journey to the West" Monkey King's [-]-jin golden cudgel?

Qian Zhongshu, who can clearly remember the weight of the weapons of the heroes in the novel, can't know the Arabic numerals "1, 2, 3" alone, which makes his always serious father grit his teeth with anger and hate iron. It means not being steel.

Seeing his son who only knows how to hang out with his uncle all day long, eats, plays, reads novels and fails to complete serious homework, Qian Jibo is very angry, so he has to catch Zhong Shu to learn mathematics while his brother is not paying attention. Even if he didn't understand, he was so angry that he pinched his son hard, and scolded him not to cry, and not to tell his uncle.

Qian Zhongshu really didn't cry or talk.It's just that at night, my uncle saw his body was bruised and purple, so he knew it.Annoyed and distressed, Qian Jicheng reprimanded Qian Jibo.

Children can't help but love to play, coupled with the status of the eldest grandson, and the pampering and pampering of the eldest uncle, he often regards himself as the boss among more than ten cousins ​​in his family. Some people say that he is arrogant and conceited.In fact, this boss, he really deserves it, because he is eloquent, and no one can quarrel with him.

And he, at such a young age, is indeed a bit crazy.No matter who it is or what it is, he doesn't care, and dares to criticize and mock in person.Except, of course, his majestic father.

In the autumn of [-], Qian Zhongshu and Qian Zhonghan, who had reached the age of ten, were admitted to the first grade of Donglin Primary School together.Just a few days after entering school, the sad news of the death of the eldest uncle came.Although he was still a little ignorant about parting, he felt genuinely sad. He cried "Uncle" and ran towards the house. He threw himself on his uncle and cried, but the uncle who loved him, Never hear that call again.

His uncle passed away, and since then, his education has become the responsibility of his father alone.His uncle was kind and kind, which made him miss him all the time, but his father was serious and rigid, which added to his heart a little fear and unfamiliarity, and he would never think of asking his father for money, even for buying books, pens and notebooks.

He is a naughty boy, he often makes the classroom upside down, sometimes shoots people with a slingshot, and once brought the little frog he caught into the classroom.For this reason, he was often reprimanded and punished to stand, but he was joking and chaotic, and had fun while standing, without the slightest hint of timidity, let alone guilt.

It can be said that Qian Zhongshu has never attended a class in a proper manner, whether it is Chinese, mathematics or English.He doesn't read textbooks, but only browses the novels he brought with him, and this little naughty boy can only calm down when he is immersed in the world of novels.

His mathematics is still a mess, but his Chinese is surprisingly excellent, especially composition.Although Xiaokai is scribbled and crooked, his literary talent is obvious to all, and he often gets praises such as "the eyes are bigger than the dustpan" and "sweet as a pear".Perhaps, it really takes some talent to play with words.

He is arrogant, indifferent, and unwilling to ask for anything.He also has a little conceit, with a supercilious, nonchalant temperament.His father was very worried about this, fearing that he would utter misfortune out of his mouth and offend some people, so he specially changed his character to "Mo Cun" and warned him that he could "survive through silence".It’s just that this unruly steed can truly “survive through silence”, probably already in the period of the “Cultural Revolution”.

In 13, he was admitted to Suzhou Taowu Middle School together with Zhong Han.At that time, he was 7 years old, still didn't know how to study hard, his math was as bad as before, and his English was not very outstanding.However, due to his interest and talent in literature, he was able to run freely and express himself freely. Not long after he entered school, he won the No.[-] in the school in the Chinese competition participated by his junior and senior high school students, and was favored by the principal and teachers.

Taowu Middle School is a church school, the principal is a foreign missionary, the foreign language class is also taught by foreign teachers, and other courses such as geography are also taught in English.Influenced by such an environment, he gradually fell in love with English and became obsessed with original novels in foreign languages. In class, he never listened to lectures or read textbooks, and only read one Western original book after another with his head down.

Some people say that interest is the best teacher.In middle school, he finished reading the "Bible", "Evolution of Heaven" and many other western classics, and his English scores also made a qualitative leap. Not only was he ranked among the best, but he was also significantly higher than other students. Even foreign teachers praised him for his pure English, without the slightest Chinese style. English accent.

In [-], Qian Jibo went to Tsinghua University to teach.Without the discipline of his strict father, he became a wild horse, flying freely among a large number of fiction magazines, including "Fiction World", "Red Rose", "Violet", and two small boxes of "Lin Yi Fiction Series".

It's just that Qian Zhongshu is used to being free and unrestrained, and he can't stand his father's sudden return to check on the post.That night, when his father came back, the first thing he did was to order him and Zhong Han to write an article. Because of his useless and vulgar words, he was beaten by his father, and he was very embarrassed.

The beating seemed to wake him up.He began to work hard and stopped being lazy, and his academic attitude changed from miscellaneous reading to specialization, but he still focused on interest in everything, often being ingenious and writing with spirit.

In [-], Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai were occupied by the Northern Expedition.The Nationalist government forbade the Christian "Bible" as a compulsory course in church schools, causing Taowu Middle School to suspend protests. Qian Zhongshu and Qian Zhonghan had to re-enter Wuxi Furen Middle School to study.

Back then, Fu Jen Catholic High School held a school-wide competition in three subjects: Chinese, English, and mathematics. Zhong Shu, who had just entered school, ranked first in Chinese and English in the school, while Zhong Han ranked second in Chinese, English, and first in mathematics. The advantage overwhelmed a group of senior students, causing a great sensation.Soon after, the two brothers were admitted to Tsinghua University and Shanghai Jiaotong University respectively.

He is not a well-behaved person, nor is he a hardworking and obedient boy, but he has grown from a naughty boy who is often beaten by his father to a hardworking young man who has achieved success in his studies.He is smart, and with his enthusiasm and talent, he will create his own legend in life.

When the world meets a talented man, it will not only give him talent, but also experience.

You were born and I was not born

Before meeting each other, he wandered in the misty Jiangnan water town, and grew up slowly through the years.

If everything is predestined somewhere, if they were born, grew up, and traveled alone for more than [-] years, just for the love that can be matched when they reunite, then the once lonely years will also be filled with others. Such style.

It's just that regrets are everywhere, and they are in their own corners in their lives, and no one knows the details of the future.Plain hands adjust the ink, the feather pen is lightly twitched, the bottom of the lovesick wrist, waiting for the fleeting time, when will I see that pure white feather-like dress?

In November [-], when Qian Zhongshu was born, Yang Jiang was only a baby.In July [-], Yang Jiang was born, and Qian Zhongshu was just a baby who was just babbling.They are in different skies, following the veins of life, and slowly moving towards the same starry sky.

Who knows the cry of "Huanjun's pearls weep, wishing not to meet when she was not married", and who understands the regret of "Your birth and I have not been born, and I am old when I was born".Fortunately, as viewers, we know that the love between Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang has gone through 66 years of still water and deep warmth.

You were born before I was born, and I was not old when you were born.This kind of unhurriedness is just right.

Then, please look far to the ancient capital in the early years of the Republic of China, and see how the beautiful baby girl just born grows into the appearance Qian Zhongshu likes.

She is the fourth daughter of the Yang family, well-behaved and pleasant, and her nickname is Ji Kang.The Yang family also belonged to a well-known family. His father, Yang Yinhang, was an upright Jiangnan talent, proficient in Eastern and Western politics and law, and was also an enthusiastic revolutionary.

In the serene courtyard, she grew up happily under the smart sunshine with the fragrance of books.Although the parents are an old-fashioned couple, they love each other like a pair of old friends. Later, Yang Jiang wrote: "My parents are like old friends. Our children have never heard them quarrel since they were young. The old-style couples do not quarrel. Often, but the woman feels grievances and boredom in her heart, and there is not much common language between the couple. My parents talk about everything."

Parents love each other deeply, and the family is harmonious and happy, which will undoubtedly give more warmth to the children who came into the world rubbing their sleepy eyes.Under his father's open-minded and humorous conversation and his mother's meticulous caress, Xiao Jikang spent a nourishing and happy childhood.

What moved Yang Jiang the most was a cold winter when she was six years old.It was a night full of wind and snow, the wind was howling, and the dust was swaying. The busy mother suddenly said anxiously: "Oh, Ah Ji's new quilt has not been brought out yet." Then she sent someone to take the foreign lamp , hurried across the snow-covered backyard to get a new quilt for my youngest daughter from the box room.

Yang Jiang, who is still ignorant, is as careful as silk. She is in a warm room, looking at the dangling foreign lamp in her mother's hand and the back of her mother who is also dangling, she can't help but want to burst into tears.She didn't know why she wanted to cry, but it was just vague, a different kind of emotion came to her heart.

The years are flowing lightly, and the train of the times is rumbling forward.In [-], when Yang Jiang was five years old, her parents sent her to the primary school affiliated to the Women's Higher Normal School (hereinafter referred to as "Women's Higher Normal School"). At that time, her third aunt, Yang Yinyu, happened to be the supervisor of the Women's Higher Normal School. The attached primary school is around.At that time, the third aunt was still a kind and amiable young woman, which was not surprising at all, and she was very popular with the students of the female high school.Once, Yang Jiang was eating in the dining hall with her friends, and the third aunt brought some foreign guests in for a visit.

At that time, little Yang Jiang was sitting with her back to the door, and some rice grains fell in front of her rice bowl.When the third aunt walked past her, she bowed her head and whispered in her ear: "Every grain is hard work." The well-behaved and precocious little girl hurriedly ate the rice grains in front of the bowl, and the other students saw the rice grains, and they also picked up the scattered rice grains. The rice grains stuffed into the mouth.

Because she is deeply loved by the third aunt, the female college students of the female high school also like the obedient little Yang Jiang, and often take her to the university department to play on the swing. When the swing flies to the sky like a bird with open wings, her heart is pounding. Pounding, holding the thick rope tightly with both hands, she was afraid, but she was as obedient as she was, so she wouldn't say anything.

Once, the female college students held a meeting and had to perform a play for three days, so they used Yang Jiang to play "Flower God".Then, a flower fairy with plaited braids, filled with flowers, and dancing in a costume covered with gold flowers appeared vividly, amazed by others.

In another sports meeting, a female college student who skipped rope asked her to play the role of a small satellite, circling herself in circles, and specially prepared lines for her.Little Yang Jiang skipped rope shyly and shyly in circles on the vast playground, but when she spoke her lines, she was too soft-spoken, which caused a teacher to say, "What did you say? Who Didn't hear anything."

This is her childhood, and the details are wrapped in unassuming happiness, and this happiness is inseparable from her third aunt.Later, Yang Jiang recalled: "Acting borrowed me to be the 'Flower God', and the sports meeting asked me to perform with college students. It must be to see the face of the third aunt. At that time, she had prestige in the school, and the students liked her. I absolutely I don't believe that among the primary school students, I am the only one who deserves to be the 'Flower God', and I am the only one who is flexible and will jump rope around the college students around her."

It's just that childhood memories are not only joyful, but also sometimes mixed with a little bit of sadness.In May [-], in order to safeguard the justice of democracy and the rule of law, the father of the director of the Beijing Higher Prosecutor's Office detained Xu Shiying, the traffic chief who had embezzled huge sums of money, and was not allowed to release him on bail.

This is her father, upright and upright, even when his superiors and prominent figures in the government of the Republic of China called for this matter, he did not compromise.It's just that such a "stern and selfless" appearance offended many people. On the second day, he was suspended for review, and the Yang family was in trouble for a while.

Misfortunes never come singly. In June, Zhang Xun was restored, which disrupted the city of Beijing and the hearts of the people.For the safety of his family, his father had no choice but to take his family to a foreign friend's house for refuge.At that time, Yang Jiang's two older sisters were studying in Shanghai, and they were on summer vacation. Because of the chaos in Beijing, they were not allowed to come back. They only went to their hometown in Wuxi.It's just that the second sister, who was homesick, caught a cold within a few days after returning to school and was admitted to the hospital.

Mother got the news and was very disturbed.Mother and daughter are connected, maybe she has felt something, she immediately went to Shanghai by boat.But it was still too late. When she rushed to the hospital in Shanghai, Yang Jiang's second sister had lost her eyesight and was crying while holding her mother's hand.

Soon, the mother returned to Beijing, only bringing back the eldest sister, and Yang Jiang never saw the second sister again.And the mother, also broke her eyes from crying because of sadness.Looking at the sad looking family, only seven-year-old Yang Jiang has been sensible since then, crying for her second sister and mother.

Because of the double blow, his father Yang Yinhang was so sad that he resigned in the autumn of [-] and went south. This time, they returned to their hometown.

After bumps and bumps, Yang Jiang finally saw the mountains and rivers of his hometown.They live in a house in Temple Lane, where a small river flows through the courtyard. Yang Jiang can stand on the small bridge outside his kitchen and look at the passing boats, which is very novel.It's just that her parents are not satisfied with the house here, and they are looking for a new place.

This piece of information created an eight-year-old relationship.The world is big and sometimes small, and fate is really a magical thing.That day, her parents went to see the house and took her there on a whim, and that house happened to be the old house that Qian Zhongshu's family rented.

No one knew whether the two young children rubbed shoulders in the corner of the street, but she didn't see him in the old house.Yang Jiang's family did not move in in the end, because Qian Zhongshu's enthusiastic aunt told Yang Jiang's parents that she had never left the medicine pot since she moved here.Yang Jiang, who was only eight years old, remembered this clearly.

Many years later, she mentioned to Qian Zhongshu the empty gate of the courtyard, the tall white walls, the square windows with hollowed-out flowers, and the two big trees with thick branches and leaves at the gate... I really remember it clearly, Qian Zhong Shu praised her for her good memory.

Maybe this is fate, even if you glance at it, you can't forget it.

Later, the Yang family settled in Shaxiang, and Yang Jiang transferred to Dawangmiao Primary School to study.It was a short period of time, and not long after, my father fell ill. I don't know if it was due to the climate or the current of the river, but many residents who lived in this house suffered from severe typhoid fever.

Because my father only believed in western medicine, they invited a foreign western doctor, took blood and sent it for testing, but the cause of the disease was not found out, but the condition was getting worse day by day.Mother looked at Yang Yinhang who was lying on the bed talking nonsense, and was very anxious, so she invited a famous old Chinese doctor on her own initiative, and the old doctor said it was typhoid fever after the pulse was finished.

My mother begged the Chinese medicine doctor to write a prescription, but the Chinese medicine doctor just shook his head and said that the patient was hopeless.When the mother heard this, she shed tears immediately.Seeing her mother's tears and visiting relatives and friends sighing and shaking her head, Yang Jiang was sad and terrified.

Fortunately, my father's old friend Hua Shifu came.He is a well-known local doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. Seeing his old friend who was full of ghosts and gods on the bed, he felt very distressed.He promised to give it a try. Although the situation was not optimistic, he had no choice but to treat him like a dead horse and prescribed a prescription cautiously.

That night, their family stayed by Yang Yinhang's side nervously.There are always miracles in the world. On the second day, my father opened his eyes and showed a faint smile.Yang Jiang was very happy that her father finally survived.Later, Yang Jiang, who was already in his early twenties, recalled this past event and said sadly: "I often think, if my father can't afford it, if I have relatives who take pity on me and take care of me for a few years, maybe I can be a primary school student." Teacher. Otherwise, I will probably have to be a female worker, since there are many factories in Wuxi.”

Father Yang Yinhang recovered from his illness, but this serious illness made the Yang family who were not well off even more difficult.In order to make a living, Yang Yinhang moved his family to Shanghai in the autumn of [-], and became the deputy editor-in-chief of the Shenbao News Agency, and also resumed his old career as a lawyer.

Later, he felt that Shanghai society was too complicated, so he settled in the old Suzhou "Anxu Tang" in [-], and transferred Yang Jiang to Zhenhua Girls' High School in Suzhou.This is a boarding school, and she can only go home on weekends. Yang Jiang, who is attached to her warm little home, is reluctant to leave home, but she still lives in the school reluctantly.

When the weekend came, she happily returned home, snuggled up to her parents, and coaxed her youngest sister, Abi, to sleep.This younger sister was born not long ago, she is very pink and cute, and she still looks like her second sister who passed away. She still remembers her mother's sad words that day: "I am a Tong! She knows that I miss her, so she came back again. "

The sensible Yang Jiang will love this youngest sister more because of her mother's heart.Her mother is a kind person who treats servants with kindness, and she has inherited her mother's bodhisattva heart. She is very considerate of her parents, siblings, both in life and in spirit.

In the morning when her father was working at his desk, she would quietly deliver a steaming cup of tea. After the meal, she would deliver peeled apples or peeled chestnuts and pecans. In the afternoon, she would take her younger siblings to other places. Afraid of disturbing my father's lunch break...

She is a sensible and careful child, and her father sees everything she does.One day, he stopped her who was about to leave and said, "Actually, I like to be accompanied by someone, but just don't make any noise." So she quietly read a book by her father's side, even adding coal to the stove in winter sound.

She likes books, this quiet girl finds inner peace in books.Once, her father asked her like this: "Ah Ji, I won't let you read for three days, how are you doing?"

She answered honestly: "It's not easy."

The father then asked, "Why don't you read books for a week?"

"A week's worth of life." She opened her mouth and said.

Her father smiled and nodded: "Me too."

It's just that this little girl who loves reading also has naughty moments.During a winter vacation, while his father was taking a lunch break, Yang Jiang and his younger siblings gathered around the stove in the study and secretly baked rice cakes.Just accidentally, the rice cake fell into the stove, and the sound of ping-pong-pong rang non-stop for a moment.Seeing that they had caused trouble, they all ran out in a hurry.

After a while, they sneaked back again and looked around the door. Seeing their father sitting and working with ease, they quietly came in to look for rice cakes.And their father, while suppressing a smile, pretended not to see their trick with a tiger face.

Look, when she was young, she was such a well-behaved, sensible and innocent little girl, how could she not be liked?

Legend cannot be copied
The scene changed, and I still wanted to say something.After watching Yang Jiang's cuteness and beauty, let's focus the camera on Qian Zhongshu, who is just showing his talents, to see how this talented Wuxi scholar became famous in Tsinghua University.

In the summer of [-], he and his cousin Zhong Han graduated from high school.The two applied for Tsinghua University, the top university in the country. Qian Zhongshu chose foreign literature, while Qian Zhonghan majored in science and engineering. The two brothers, one literary and one military, have a lot of courage to be arrogant.

In a blink of an eye it was the entrance examination, the examination papers were handed out, Chinese and English, Qian Zhongshu flicked his pen, and the words were flying freely, and after handing in the papers, he still felt unsatisfied.When it came to mathematics, he looked at the piles of Arabic symbols on the questions, and felt that he was in a cloud of clouds and fog, unable to find a way out, so he had to answer hastily and hand in the paper.

On the day when the list was released, he met with his cousin to watch the list, and the two of them were impressively listed, and Qian Zhonghan ranked second in terms of total scores.As for Qian Zhongshu, both Chinese and English are No.1, and only [-] points in Mathematics.Later, Yang Jiang teased Qian Zhongshu that "with [-] points in mathematics, he was admitted to Tsinghua University".

In fact, according to Tsinghua University's admissions regulations, as long as candidates fail in one subject, they will not be admitted. Qian Zhongshu's extremely bad math scores can only be blocked outside the high wall.But because of the No. 1 in Chinese and English, his total score was ranked several times. The teacher in charge did not dare to make decisions, so he reported his situation to Luo Jialun, the then president of Tsinghua University.

And Luo Jialun loves talents very much. When he saw Qian Zhongshu's Chinese and English scores, he was full of admiration and made an exception to admit him.Since then, Luo Jialun has also paid close attention to Qian Zhongshu and praised his talent and poems a lot.

Because of this incident, before Qian Zhongshu entered the gate of Tsinghua University, he was already famous all over the campus.And his cousin Qian Zhonghan was also admitted to Shanghai Jiaotong University. In order to show that he is different from his cousin, he chose Shanghai Jiaotong University.So far, the two brotherly brothers and the two inseparable partners have bid farewell to each other, embarked on the two paths of arts and science respectively, and each will achieve their own extraordinary achievements in the future.

In Tsinghua University, where "a group of virtuous talents come together, young and old come together", there are really many professors and a lot of students.When Qian Zhongshu entered school, there were Yang Zhensheng, dean of literature, Wang Wenxian, director of the Department of Foreign Languages, Ye Gongchao, Wen Yuanning, Wu Mi and other famous scholars, as well as foreign scholars such as Pu Laisheng, Rui Qiaci and Wen De.

What Qian Zhongshu likes the most is the library with a large collection of books. At that time, his biggest wish was to sweep the library of Tsinghua University.Traveling thousands of miles and reading thousands of volumes of books, he reads old and new Chinese and Western books all day long. A classmate named Xu Zhende once commented: "Brother Zhong Shu, a native of Wuxi, Jiangsu, has not been in class for a long time in his freshman year, and he is well-known throughout the school. They are all excellent, and read a lot of books. The student number is [-]. During Yu's four years at school, the library borrowed as many books as Brother Qian. I am afraid that he is not as diligent in extracurricular study. "

No matter in class or after class, he only focused on reading extracurricular books, never listened to the class seriously, and never took notes.However, his test scores were among the best. There were two school years with "top grades", and one school year with record-breaking super grades.

A classmate named Rao Yuwei said: "He is proficient in Chinese and English, and he is also proficient in philosophy and psychology. Irrelevant idle books, while listening to lectures, while reading my own books, but always take the first place in the exam."

In addition, he also mentioned one of Qian Zhongshu's "eccentricities"──"I like to draw good sentences with a black and thick pencil when reading books, and add his comments next to the book. The lines and comments in Tsinghua University's collection Most of them come from the handwriting of this gentleman."

In fact, apart from this so-called eccentric habit, he also puts a lot of effort into reading and taking notes. Whether it is the bookshelf or the desk in the dormitory, stacks of notebooks full of words written in his thoughts can be seen everywhere, some even piled up to a foot. how high.

He likes to read, has amazing memory and comprehension, no matter how difficult the book is, he can comprehend it effortlessly.What's more, he can apply the knowledge he has learned extensively when he is talking about it. He can get any poems from the Yellow Valley or famous quotes from ancient Roman writers at his fingertips, and he can even find the source immediately.

In addition, he also encourages others to read, and can write constructive bibliographies for others without thinking, and can list the advantages and disadvantages of the content of the book in detail.Once, Wu Zuxiang asked him to recommend three banned books in English. Without saying a word, he immediately wrote more than 40 books. The titles, authors, and brief introductions of the books were listed in detail.

Since ancient times, there is a saying: "If you read ten thousand volumes, you can write like a god." Qian Zhongshu's articles are written very quickly, but he always surprises everyone with his words.Classmate Zheng Chaozong said: "I have seen with my own eyes that he writes brilliant and witty letters in front of others; Beautiful article."

While in school, he often published articles in magazines and newspapers such as "Tsinghua Weekly", "New Moon Monthly", "Xuewen Weekly" and "Ta Kung Pao", mainly book reviews and essays, in both Chinese and English.His articles are well-reasoned, well-quoted, full of profound knowledge and outstanding talent, and give people a refreshing feeling. Even Professor Zhang Shenfu, who had appreciated and supported Zhou Enlai and Zhu De in the political circle, praised him in Ta Kung Pao: " Mr. Qian Mocun is the most special genius of Tsinghua University; it can be said that among all Chinese people, no one can catch up with him in talent and academic ability. Because Mocun's talent and strength are absolutely rare."

The students who can be admitted to Tsinghua University are either outstanding young talents or well-known talents. Of course, their strengths should not be underestimated.Qian Zhongshu had 30 students in his class. Although there were three fewer students when he graduated, all 27 students became famous scholars—dramaist Cao Yu, novelist Wu Zuxiang, book critic Changfeng, translator Shi Pu...

Standing among the cranes, Qian Zhongshu is still outstanding, and has been unanimously appreciated by famous professors such as Ye Gongchao, Wen Yuanning, and Wu Mi.This kind of honor is only for him.Professor Wu Mi even sighed: "Talents have been rare since ancient times, and outstanding and outstanding talents are especially hard to come by. Today's talents in literature and history, Mr. Chen Yinke should be promoted among the older generation, and Qian Zhongshu should be promoted among the younger generation. .They are all dragons among men, and the rest are just like you and me, but nothing more.”

Because of Professor Wu Mi's phrase "the dragon among men", Qian Zhongshu got the nickname "Tsinghua Dragon", his classmate Cao Yu got the word "tiger", and Yan Yuheng got the word "dog". Tsinghua University's Department of Foreign Languages ​​"Three Heroes", and he ranks first among the "Three Heroes".And he is also one of the so-called "Three Talents" of Tsinghua University, the other two are in the Department of History.

In October [-], Professor Wen Yuanning wanted to invite him to teach Chinese language and literature at the University of London, England.At that time, he was just a student who had just entered his junior year. Such a recommendation could be said to be unprecedented and a great honor.He sent a letter to his father to ask for advice. Mr. Qian couldn't help but be overjoyed when he read it, but he was afraid that his son would be too self-satisfied and too sharp-edged, so he warned him "don't be complacent", and Qian Zhongshu also dismissed it. The idea of ​​going to London to teach.

For so many years, his father knew Zhong Shu well, and he was afraid that his son's madness would ruin his future.In Tsinghua University, he is the best among the best, and even the professors look at him differently, and some even regard him as the professor's "consultant".It's just that he is full of knowledge, but also has an arrogance, and dares to argue with authority. There are very few professors of literature and history at Tsinghua University who have not been ridiculed and criticized by him.

In [-], Zhou Zuoren, a master of new literature, published the book "The Origin and Development of Chinese New Literature", which received rave reviews and was highly valued by the academic circle.However, Qian Zhongshu pointed out the flaws in the book review published by "New Moon Monthly", and unceremoniously pointed out the fundamental misunderstandings, mistakes and deficiencies in the book.

In the book, Zhou Zuoren divides literature into two types of mechanical schemas: "Zai Dao" and "Speaking Will": Zai Dao means obeying literature, which plays a dominant role when the government confines thoughts; Yan Zhi is advanced literature when thoughts are flourishing. Take San Yuan, a public security officer in Ming Dynasty, as a typical example.And he even believed that the "May [-]th" Literary Revolution, which opposed feudal ideology, was in the same line as the Gong'an faction.

Qian Zhongshu could not agree with such a statement.In his book review, he distinguished that "carrying the Tao" and "expressing the will" are not contradictory concepts. "Writing expresses the Tao" and "poetry expresses the ambition". With words.Some things are not simply inductive, and there is no clear-cut boundary.

He criticized Zhou Zuoren's unclear concept and simple logic. He held it for a reason and made sense, but Zhou Zuoren was speechless and indisputable.It's just that such unabashed comments are too sharp, which will inevitably embarrass the parties involved.He has such a disposition, after all, he is young, energetic and full of vigor, and he disdains to make compromises against his will for the so-called sophistication of the world.

He's just him, facing the world the way he likes.During his school days, he didn't like socializing, let alone visiting those so-called authoritative celebrities, and even invited him to club activities, he was only polite and insensitive.Some people say that he behaves perversely and unreasonably, while others say that he is arrogant, picky, and pushy... so what, he is him, and he never wants to waste precious time in those false and presumptuous entertainments.

The world of wits does not need too many people to understand.He has too many things to do, too many books to read, and he wants to accumulate the bits and pieces of his time, spending time in the library, wandering in the sea of ​​books, fascinated.In addition, relying on his own thinking and comprehension, he wrote a large number of original poems in old style, and became a guest of the old man Shiyi.

The old man Shi Yi took the Jiangxi school of poetry in his old poems, and he has a lot of achievements.Old man Shi Yi has an aloof personality, and he rarely pays attention to poets and scholars in the world, but he only favors Qian Zhongshu, who is two generations away, and gives a lot of advice on the artistic conception and style of his poems.Because of the old man Shi Yi, Qian Zhongshushe's Tang poetry tended to Song Ci, and his poems were written faster and better.

The old man Shi Yi condescended to honor him, and affectionately called Qian Zhongshu "Brother".When the two talked about poetry and Taoism, old man Shi Yi would often stand up and exclaim: "Brother Shi Yi has a good memory!" Elder Shi Yi also commented like this: "Brother Shi Yi is talented in poetry, and he is well-read and knowledgeable, but he is too reserved to write. The elderly must be reserved, so as not to be ridiculed by veterans. When they are young and strong, they should be straight and dry, flowing indiscriminately, carrying mud and sand down. Zhongshu said: "Zhang Yan is quite sick."

The old man Shi Yi reviewed Qian Zhongshu's poems one by one in the "Sequel to Shi Yi Shi Hua" written by himself, and specially attached an enthusiastic preface for him.He said: "Store foreign language and writing in silence, memorizes thoughts by force, reads and records books, writes elegantly, disdains airs, loves poetry, has temperament, and has fun..."

Legends cannot be copied.He is Qian Zhongshu, who reads, writes, and composes poems. He has a strength and temperament that others cannot learn.At Tsinghua University, he used his knowledge and personality to conquer countless students and professors. There is no one like him in the world.

soft steel
Qian Zhongshu has already come to Tsinghua University and is living like a fish in water.And that woman looking at the same starry sky, will it be far behind?
The time goes back to 16, when Yang Jiang was [-] years old and a student in the senior high school of Suzhou Zhenhua Girls Middle School.It was the age of flowers and jade, because she was short and petite, she looked like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old doll, who hadn't grown up and was ignorant.

It was the time when the Northern Expedition was victorious. In a turbulent era, the joy of victory was always accompanied by a hundredfold expansion. Parades one by one, filled the lively streets with enthusiasm, student movements continued one after another, and rallies and speeches filled the air. Those days of excitement and restlessness.

Once, the student union mobilized students from various schools to take to the streets to publicize, and Yang Jiang was also among them.It's just that she is thin and quiet, when she thinks that she is standing on a bench like a monkey, surrounded by a group of people, including some frivolous and wretched men, she feels as embarrassed as showing off in the street, and how can her thin voice penetrate her? What about the noisy crowd?
She didn't want to participate, but she didn't have a reason to refuse, so she wanted to follow the example of the female students from the old-fashioned family at that time, and she refused on the excuse that her family didn't agree.After returning home on the weekend, she immediately asked her father for help, but her father flatly refused: "If you don't want to, then don't go, you don't need to borrow Dad to stop you."

Her father has a stubborn temper and can't tolerate sand in his eyes.When he was the director of the Higher Judgment Office of Jiangsu Province, Zhang Xun defeated a warlord and entered Beijing successfully. The celebrities and gentry of Jiangsu Province jointly published a newspaper to express their welcome. He did not want to welcome such a "braid handsome", but his subordinates also decided to join took his name.After learning about it, he insisted that "names and utensils cannot be fake", so he published an announcement in the newspaper, stating that he did not welcome Zhang Xun.

Hearing his father's refusal without hesitation, Yang Jiang hurriedly said, "No way, the minority must obey the majority!"

Her father pondered for a moment, then said earnestly: "Obey what you should obey. You are right. You can also say that whether you go or not is up to you."

Then, he told his daughter about his insistence on publishing the notice in the newspaper.Although he knew that some people would say that he was unsophisticated, he said to his daughter: "Do you know what Lincoln said? Dare to say no! Do you dare?"

With a bitter face, Yang Jiang said "dare" with a little confidence.

The next day, she went back to school and explained that she would not participate in the propaganda.When her classmates asked her why, she still couldn't think of a good reason, so she just said frankly: "I don't agree, so I won't go."

In the enthusiastic revolutionary atmosphere, such a casual "if you don't agree, don't go" is undoubtedly throwing cold water. She became the target of "it's unreasonable". The students complained to the principal, and the principal severely criticized her. This weak little girl only had an unshakeable insistence on her stubborn little face--I don't agree, don't go!

She is soft, gentle and quiet, without saying a word.But she has a decent and stubborn good father. He used his own words and experiences to teach his daughter to dare to confess, dare to say no, and dare to be the steel in the soft.

In fact, her persistence and choice are correct.When the other three female students who had been selected were carrying out publicity on the street enthusiastically, a Kuomintang officer who claimed to be the head of the regiment yelled and invited them to go to the garden to publicize tomorrow.In fact, this was just an excuse, he just wanted to invite them to the garden for dinner.

The so-called street propaganda has changed taste so easily, and her persistence of "unreasonable" has become a very reasonable foresight.The principal was shocked when he learned about it, and ordered the female students to ban such propaganda.

She is lucky to have a warm family, a caring mother and a persuasive father.Her father never forced her to do anything, and even she let her study according to her own interests.She liked poetry and novels, so he bought them for her; he himself liked phonology, but his daughter was not interested in it, and he didn't force her.

Confucius said: "Knocking loudly makes loud noises, and knocking small makes loud noises." This is Mr. Yang Yinhang's educational philosophy, allowing his daughter to learn and grow according to her own nature, but he just made the best use of the situation and did not intervene.When she was in high school, Yang Jiang still couldn't distinguish the melodious voice, so he was not in a hurry, but let her slowly comprehend it, and said, "It doesn't matter, I will understand when the time comes."And one day, she really—naturally understood.

In the summer of [-], Yang Jiang graduated from high school.She wanted to apply for Tsinghua University, but Tsinghua University had just started to recruit girls. This year, it did not recruit girls in the south, so she had to apply for Soochow University nearby.

At that time, although China experienced the cultural baptism of the Revolution of [-] and the "May [-]th Movement", the deep-rooted feudal ideology still bound the masses of women. There were very few girls who went to college, and of course there were no girls from Soochow University. How many.

Just because there are few girls, Yang Jiang, who is quiet and not good at sports, joined the volleyball team and became a very high-spirited female volleyball player. During the game, she won a very energetic serve point, which caused the cheerleaders to shout .Later, when Yang Jiang saw the volleyball game on the TV screen, she would happily say: "I also have a point!"

The long and short years can't help but recall.In the past, she was just a stumbling Ji Kang, but now she has become a slim female college student, and her father has also reached the age of knowing his destiny.

The old man laughs more than the trees in the courtyard, and the autumn wind is less and less every day.That day, her father said to her: "Did you say that there is a time for a person to retire? I have figured it out now, and I can retire as soon as I want. I don't have to wait for a year or a month." She knew that this was what her father said to himself At this moment, she felt that her father was a little old, had high blood pressure, would be dizzy, and was no longer as energetic as before.

She was a little heartbroken.I have grown up, and my parents are also old. It turns out that every bit of my growth bears the time of my parents like water.She began to think about how to save them some effort and not to worry so much.

She has been a sensible child since she was a child, caring for her parents.Her parents will also be very pleased with her filial piety.

The days at Soochow University were not much turbulent, autumn, winter, spring and summer, in the blink of an eye, she became a sophomore.At this time, she faced a major choice in her life-division.

She is a student with a balanced development of arts and sciences, not as serious as Qian Zhongshu, so she is a little more hesitant in choosing a major.For some reason, the teachers seem to prefer science. They think that Yang Jiang has the qualifications to study science, so it is better to choose science. Yang Jiang is noncommittal, and only asks his wise and knowledgeable father at home: "What should I study?"

My father replied: "There is no right or wrong. You can learn what you like most. What you like is the closeness of sex, which is the most suitable for you."

Yes, the one you like is the most suitable.It's just that these words that made people suddenly enlightened solved the confusion, but didn't solve the problem.Yang Jiang likes literature and reading novels, but Soochow University does not have a major in literature. There are only pre-law and politics, which are both liberal arts but quite different.

She plans to choose a pre-law course, so that she can be her father's helper, relieve the worries of her aging father, get in touch with all kinds of people in society, and accumulate material experience for writing novels.It's just that she didn't expect that when she told her father what she thought, the father who always let her choose was firmly opposed.

In his legal career for so many years, he has seen too many intrigues and traps. In this turbulent, dark and complex society, the risk factor for lawyers who want to uphold justice is extremely high, and they must always be on guard against evil forces.

And he also knows the daughter he holds in his hand very well, she is ignorant of the world, simple and pure, how can he bear to watch her jump into this dangerous vortex?
Therefore, the well-behaved and sensible Yang Jiang chose the Department of Politics.It's just that she has a special liking for literature, and she has no interest in obscure politics. She just works hard in class. She spends her spare time in the library, reading novels, learning English and French, and she also makes a schedule for self-study. .

In the third year of college, the principal of her alma mater, Zhenhua Girls' High School, applied for a scholarship from Wellesley Women's University in the United States, and she won the opportunity to go to the United States for further study.In that era when studying abroad was very beautiful, this was a very rare opportunity, but she was not particularly excited, but just told her parents the news.

The attitude of the parents was also very peaceful, showing no agitation or anxiety.My father just said "if you want, you can go" as usual, and said that if you go, he will fully support it.

She remembered what her father said inadvertently when she was just in college: "Only our Chinese civilization is called 'poverty'. Foreigners don't understand what 'poverty' is. The poor are inferior and bad people." .If you want to earn money from foreigners, you have to be bullied by them."

She just remembered, because she knew that there would be some prejudice between her father's words.The problem is, although she has received a scholarship, she still needs twice the tuition fee for daily living expenses, plus round-trip travel expenses...the sum of these is not a small amount, she gave up because she couldn't bear to Add burden to parents.

In fact, she also has her own views on studying abroad.Seeing that the teachers in the department are all foreign students, she doesn't necessarily think that foreign students are anything special, not to mention that she is not interested in political science. Instead of going abroad to study a major she doesn't like, she might as well go to a first-class university in China. She is obsessed with studying What about literature!Perhaps, it was all doomed in the dark.After four years, she, this piece of soft steel, is destined to walk into the school gate that was not open to her back then, not to mention, there is Qian Zhongshu waiting to meet her there.

Later, she was admitted to Tsinghua University and fell in love with Qian Zhongshu. Her mother jokingly said: "A Ji has the red silk of the old man under the moon tied to his feet, so he only wants to go to Tsinghua University."

(End of this chapter)