Chapter 7 civilization in a ship

civilization in a ship It was the first time to take a night boat from Shaoxing Fuqiao to Xixing Ferry. There are gasoline ships from Shaoxing to Xixing.Because I was eager to come to Hangzhou, and because I was driven by trains and ships for many years, I also wanted to "return" to the ship and appreciate the strange life of the ancestors; so I ignored the insistence and persuasion of my relatives (they said that the ship is very Bitter), resolutely disembarked at around 6:00 p.m.There are gasoline ships of "material civilization", but there are also ships of "spiritual civilization", so that we wander between them, looking around and taking pleasure in them. This is really the happiness of the Chinese people in the 20th century!

Most of the passengers on the ship were small businessmen; the two military ranks were an exception.There is not a single scholar-bureaucrat on the ship; I may be a mere number, because I have studied for a few years and became a doctor--but I am an exception!Really, where did the scholar-bureaucrat go?Needless to say, it all went to the ship!Although the scholar-bureaucrats also hold a great banner to support spiritual civilization, they cannot help but lose all their considerations. They are sure to be deceived by the grandson of material civilization, who is full of foreign oil and stubbornness, and he has the heart to abandon the old man. lover.So although the ship sailed as usual, but the brilliance has been reduced a lot!This is indeed something that can be lamented; and the voice of "the quintessence of the country will perish" seems to be not in vain.Woohoo, who is to blame?

Now that we have come to this "spiritual civilization" ship, it is worthwhile to inspect the spiritual civilization in the ship.But where to start?This was a bit embarrassing, and while hesitating, a woman happened to come. ——I said "coming" as if I saw it with my own eyes, but no one knew otherwise; I knew she was "coming" when I heard her sharp voice.As for her face, I have not yet seen it.The first thing to blame for this is my short-sightedness, the second is to blame the sultry twilight, and the third is to blame—huh—the spiritual civilization of "separate men and women".The woman sat in the front, and the man sat in the back; the woman was at least two feet away from me, so I couldn't see her face.Wait a minute, if you are so weird, "if there is any regret in the words", you may guess how beautiful that woman is.But what is known is not the case!I also had a "rough" view that they were all yellow-faced women from the countryside.As for the sharp voice, it is common to young women, so it is not surprising.This time, however, the shrill voice of the woman who came came to the writer in the labor area, but there was another reason.In that voice, she expressed her protest against the spiritual civilization in the ship; she said, "Men and women are human!" The "rules" here are not allowed.The boatman stopped her, and relying on the fact that she was not a girl, she became old-fashioned and bold, and said that sentence slowly.She immediately sat where she was, and the "critic" chattered.A boatman was walking on the side of the boat and said casually, "Men and women are human beings, yes, that's true. The hook is also made of iron, the weight is also made of iron, and the anchor is also made of iron. They are all iron." !” This paragraph of criticism is probably very ingenious, and it said what the “critics” wanted to say, so all beaks fell silent, and this became a conclusion.As for the woman, in fact she has already sat down; "I can't sing with one hand", or if she has sat down with the grand comments of all the "critics", don't cry. Although "the heart of right and wrong" is "everyone has it", it is really thanks to them that the people who do business on boats can distinguish such "detailed" defenses against famous teachings.After all, China is a country of propriety and righteousness, an ancient country of civilization! ——

I regret that I should blame the spiritual civilization of "separate sitting for men and women"! "Misfortunes never come singly", coincidentally another woman came.She came with a man. —Ah, bring a man!Exactly; that's why "misfortunes never come singly"! ——Speaks Hangzhou dialect that is good in Shaoxing, with a faint white face in the dark; with a half-dozen urban atmosphere.According to their "rules", the boatman wanted to separate the pair sharply; the man was embarrassed to make a sound, but the prostitute rushed to say, "We are born in a bunch of children!" Too affectionate words, He actually said it in a "well-behaved" ship!So the boatman ordered and shouted: "We have our rules, it doesn't matter if you're a bunch of students or not!" Everyone smiled.Some pondered and said: "A pile of raw?" Some said in surprise: "A pile of raw!" Some said mockingly: "Huh, a pile of raw!" No matter how eloquent he is, he has to obey! "Women are also obedient", this was originally her profession.Just look at her not arguing, not upset, and still chatting with people as if nothing had happened, you can know that she is indeed "submissive".This cannot but thank the boatman and the passengers for their "defense" efforts; and in terms of rewards for meritorious deeds, the boatman is second to none.Woohoo, it can be windy!

①Original note: "One piece" also. It is our glory to have conquered two women in the dark; and the spiritual civilization in the ship is also clearly visible——so the book. May 3, 1924.