Chapter 49 Study abroad

After deciding to study in Europe, Fu Sinian said in a letter to his friend Yuan Tongli: "The day I want to go abroad will be my birthday." Fu Sinian and his classmate Yu Pingbo went to study in England together, but Yu Pingbo left without saying goodbye after just two weeks of enrollment.Hearing that Yu Pingbo had rushed to France to return home by ship, Fu Sinian hurriedly chased him to Marseilles to stop him, and he found Yu on a ship.After asking, I found out that Yu wanted to return to China because he was homesick.Hearing this, Fu Sinian suppressed his anger and tried to persuade him, but Yu Pingbo had made up his mind to go, so Fu Sinian had no choice but to give up.Later, Fu Sinian wrote in a letter to Hu Shi: "He came to Europe, and I really advocated it. It turned out like this. I can't tell you how uncomfortable it is! Pingbo is very sincere, with the most sincere temperament, and the most intelligent person. However, once I am mistaken in the family, I become a "young master", and I am in trouble; I am mistaken in the Chinese language, and I become a "literati", and I leave this real world and enter a dream world. I ask myself that I am tired of the Chinese language. It’s not too shallow anymore, and the temperament has changed a bit. Those who are like ordinary people can sigh. But I hope that the young students in the future will no longer have this kind of phenomenon.”

Fu Sinian also dabbled extensively in various books when he was studying abroad.One day, Luo Jialun, Fu Sinian, Mao Zishui and others agreed to have a meal together. Fu Sinian carried a large schoolbag with him. No one knew what it was. After digging it out, it turned out to be a three-volume book on geology. book of.Mao Zishui, who has never been good at words, let alone jokes, made an exception and silenced Fu Shi: "This book is 'Bo and few commitments', and Fu Mengzhen read it as 'Toil without merit'!" One sentence made Fu Sinian furious. When Zhao Yuanren and his wife arrived in Germany, Fu Sinian, Chen Yinke, Yu Dawei and others who were studying in Germany wanted to treat them to tea. Although the time was three o'clock in the afternoon, they went there after lunch.The Zhao couple thought they would have snacks and tea as usual in Fu Sinian's rented house, but when they got there, they found that besides snacks, the table was full of cold intestines and other things. Although the Zhao couple liked it, they couldn't eat more , and the treater devoured it all in one go.Yang Buwei said at the time that tea in Germany is really particular about drinking tea. For such a big thing, tea in the United States only has a little pastry and even sandwiches.Fu Sinian angrily replied to Yang: "Mrs. Zhao! You know this is all we saved up for lunch to invite you. You don't eat much so we all come to have lunch now." After saying this, Yang Buwei felt quite embarrassed .I also heard from Fu Sinian that they bought books when they had any money in Germany, and sometimes they often ate two small dry breads as a meal, and Yu Dawei only got up at night to study and study, which was also to save daily expenses.Yang Buwei was so moved that he almost shed tears.

In the winter of 1923, Luo Jialun was stolen and lost all his clothes, almost to the tragic situation of "death to heaven naked".Fu Sinian, who had just arrived in Germany for more than half a year, heard the news and wrote to Luo in the name of "the devil born outside the mountain". Return, God wants to make the real man return to his true essence! Otherwise, how can he seize it clean." He also said: "If you lose your clothes, how can you be a Chinese and survive this severe winter? You have to throw yourself into the river. I think back then Jingwei reclaims the sea, but it is a stolen ear. I am writing this letter to tell you that I have a coat. If you have no way to solve it at this time, please take it. Although it is big, it may be able to deal with it for a while. The hat, I There is also one, but I’m afraid it’s too small. I’ve heard that the tuition fee is due next week, so I’m in a hurry. Luo Zhenren Falan!” Later, Fu Sinian wrote to Luo Jialun under the pseudonym of Damned Library man, describing himself Poverty: "I was in the woods on Monday and I didn't fall asleep, but I'm sorry if I'm not welcome. On Monday I know that bills are coming, I have no money, I'm in a hurry or I die."

Fu Sinian admired the great thinker Voltaire very much. In 1924, Cai Yuanpei went to Europe for inspection and passed through Germany. He was accompanied by Fu Sinian, Luo Jialun and other former Peking University disciples to visit Potsdam Sanssouci Palace. There is a marble statue of Voltaire in the palace. Fu Sinian saw it later. , lingering and forgetting to leave, could not bear to leave, so fell behind the crowd.Luo Jialun found this situation halfway, so he had to turn back and call Fu back.Luo told everyone that Fu Sinian stood in front of the statue of Voltaire, bowed deeply, and recited two lines of Li Yishan's poem in his mouth: "a poet who has a spirit should know me, and a tyrant who has no master will pity you." .”

As domestic warlords continue to fight, official fees for international students have also been cut off.Students studying abroad are even more distressed.Once, through Cai Yuanpei's introduction, Luo Jialun borrowed 1,500 national currency from Zhang Yuanji, the supervisor of the Commercial Press.After Fu Sinian learned about it, he immediately asked Luo for a loan.Later, because of nervousness, Luo Jialun sent an express letter to "collect debt" from Fu.Fu Sinian, already impoverished, immediately wrote a book describing his difficult situation. One of the paragraphs reads: "My brother finally received twenty marks sent by Zhu in Paris. After the exchange, the debt was paid off, and there was only thirty francs left at the end of the day. The twenty marks in his hand were still sent to me from me (Yao Congwu). Arrived Here, fortunately, there are still a few documents outside the staff, so it was used until November. After the tenth day of the lunar new year, Zhu (Zhu Zhaoxin, the Chinese office in the UK) sent twenty pounds, paid more than half of the rent for February, and paid off the rest at the end of the month. What should I do outside the staff? Fortunately, I made an agreement with Lao Chen (Chen Yinke). He first gave me 20 pounds of marks. After paying this month's rent, there are only four and a half marks left today, and I am so worried that I can't continue for two days."

And said: "At the beginning of last week, I asked Zhu for twenty pounds, and it will be delivered in about this week. But this is Lao Chen's, and I have an appointment. He is leaving today, and he will go to England first, so there is no way to accommodate him. So what should we do? ?When I wrote a letter to Zhu last Monday, I said that there were 20 square meters to celebrate the New Year. At that time, I hadn’t calculated it clearly. I left in a hurry, and Yao Qian didn’t come. Two days ago, I was thinking all day long. I opened a book list yesterday, and I chose HirschwaId if someone wanted it. I don’t know what to do next? At this time, I want to ask Zhu again, but how? The words are very ineffective... If Lao Chen does not leave, there is still a way, and he will leave. His money was borrowed by the two talented Guo Chen Jinzao to go on the road, so there is nothing wrong for him to be anxious. In the environment of Berlin at this time, compared It is narrower first, so the country of accommodation is poorer. It is almost a situation where there is no money to borrow. In the past two months, Zishui, Congwu, and Dawei have relied on Lao Chen to maintain. Lao Chen suffered a lot. After Lao Chen left, Nothing more."

Fu Sinian was shocked when he heard the news that Zhu Zhaoxin, the Chinese ambassador to the UK, was about to resign from the "German Allgemeine Zeitung", and hurriedly wrote to the British embassy to ask Zhu for tuition fees.Zhu kicked this tricky ball to his successor.But the successor didn't pay attention to Fu Sinian and other overseas students at all, turned a blind eye to Fu Sinian's repeated letters to remind him to pay, and did not reply for a long time.Fu Sinian was furious, and immediately said, "Old Fu is poor and restless, but he still has a temper."