Chapter 84 weird

Li's family has a strict family style. When Li Shutong's father, Li Xiaolou, was alive, every time he ate a meal, a plate of ginger must be prepared on the table to follow the ancient motto of "never withdraw ginger food".Years after my father died, my mother continued to follow the custom.My mother supervised Li Shutong's classes very strictly.Once when the meal was being served, the table was placed a bit off, and the mother said, "Ziyun: If the table is not upright, don't sit down." "Teachers are very strict, and they must be less (slightly) more polite."This rigid family style has developed Li's eccentric character.

When Li Shutong was young, because his elder brother Li Wenxi's attitude towards people often depended on the person's status, he had a sense of injustice and was extremely extreme. He liked to keep cats, and he often respected cats as he did people. Li Shutong often falsely stated his family background or falsely wrote place names. On October 4, 1906, a reporter from the Japanese "National News" interviewed Li Shutong. The reporter asked: "Are your parents there?" Li replied: "They are." Asked: "Where is your wife?" Answer: "No, I’m alone, and I’m still single at 26.” In fact, both of Li Shutong’s parents passed away at that time, and he married Yu when he was 18 years old.

Liu Zhiping also said in the article "A Brief History of Master Hongyi": "(Li Shutong) wrote place names, mountain names, temple names, and courtyard names. The creators are determined at the same time as the pseudonym." Once, Li Shutong and Ouyang Yuqian made an appointment to meet at Li's apartment at eight o'clock in the morning.The two lived far away, and Ouyang Yuqian was late because of catching the tram.When he arrived at Li's house, he handed over his business card, and Ouyang waited outside the door.Not long after, Li Shutong opened the window and said to Ouyang Yuqian: "I made an appointment with you at eight o'clock, but you have already passed five minutes. I don't have time now. Let's make an appointment another day." After finishing speaking, he nodded , close the window.Ouyang Yuqian knew his temper, so she had to go back.

Wu Wozun, a member of Chunliu Society, also had the same experience as Ouyang Yuqian.According to Xu Banmei's recollection, once, Li Shutong asked Wu to come to his home at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on a certain day, and Wu arrived five minutes late as scheduled. Yes, it was two o'clock in the afternoon, now the time has passed, the door will not be opened, let's reschedule the date." Wu could only return angrily. Xu Banmei recalled that after Li Shutong married the Japanese woman Fuji, his mother-in-law came to visit her daughter, and it was raining before leaving, so she borrowed an umbrella from Li.But Li disagreed no matter what. He said: "When your daughter married me, she never said that the mother-in-law would borrow an umbrella in the future." The mother-in-law couldn't laugh or cry, so she had to go home in the rain.

Han Lianghou, a student studying in Japan, recalled that once, when he went to a concert, he saw a man in rags sitting in a first-class seat in the main hall among a group of well-dressed audience.He found it strange that after greeting each other, he realized that this person was also Chinese, and his name was Li Shutong.Afterwards, Han followed Li to Li's house as a guest and found that Li lived in a beautiful two-story bungalow with books all around the walls and a piano in the corner. of legendary novels.At this time, Li Shutong had already changed into a brand new suit, and invited him to a nearby restaurant for supper.

Liu Zhiping composed the first piece of music in his life not long after he entered Zhejiang Normal School.He showed the work to Li Shutong, and Li thought deeply after reading it. He thought Li was going to blame himself, and when he was panicking, he suddenly heard Li say, "Come to the music classroom at 8:35 tonight. I have something to say." It was severe winter, with strong wind and snow, and when Liu Zhiping went outside the classroom, there were already footprints in the corridor, but the classroom door was closed tightly, and there was no sound.So Liu Zhiping waited in front of the corridor in the wind and snow.Ten minutes later, suddenly, the lights in the classroom were turned on, and then Li Shutong came out. He seemed very satisfied, and said to Liu, you have arrived for the appointment on time, and you have tasted the wind and snow again, so you can go back.It turned out that this was Li Shutong testing Liu Zhiping.Since then, Liu Zhiping has become Li Shutong's proud disciple and has achieved quite a lot in his music career.

Li Hongliang recalled Li Shutong when he was teaching in the two-level normal school: "He suddenly became a very serious teacher. Gray cloth long gown, black cloth short jacket, and flat shoes, one after another, he was completely different. He was rarely seen in school. I don’t seem to move around very much in my colleagues’ rooms, and I don’t often go to the teachers’ lounge. When I’m in class, I always go to class with my books, and go back to my room directly after class. I walk very quickly and don’t look around. I wear winter clothes The quilt on the bed is very thin, and there is no fire in the severe winter. Later, the master told me that his body is not suitable for wearing more clothes, and the fire is even more harmful, so he prefers to live in southern Fujian in his later years, which is the reason."

When Li Shutong was teaching at the First Zhejiang Normal University, he had almost no contact with Jing Hengyi, who was in charge of school affairs at that time. Sometimes he called the school staff when he asked for leave, and never directly informed the principal and dean. Master Hongyi once said: "When the disciple was at home, he was really a nerd, and he did not intend to use the world's sophistication."