Chapter 13 Chapter 12 Intermarriage

Su Fengqi didn't even glance at her son.He was crossing his legs, flipping through a large hardbound book with a dark cover on his lap by candlelight; now, he closed the book casually and pointed to another chair by the fireplace, Spit out a word: "Sit!" The cushion of that chair was about three inches shorter than the one Su Fengqi was sitting on, and the backrest was about a foot shorter, and the shape was ordinary without any carvings.Su Guanlan moved to this chair, sat down, put her hands on her knees, and asked in a low voice, "When did Dad arrive? Where did you come from?"

"Yesterday. Peking." "You, how are you?" "Ok. What about you?" "You know my situation at St. John's..." "Where are you at Qi University?" "You also know..." "I have no idea." "I just came back……" "What do you mean just came back?" "That is to say, I just arrived in Jinan today..." "What time is it today?" "Today, oh, noon..." Professor Su Fengqi finally turned around, looked at his son, and put on a calmer tone: "I came from Beiping this time to see you; besides, you know, I am also the head of the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy at Qi University—— "

There are still a few Cuban cigars left in an exquisite tin can on the coffee table.The professor took out one, put it in his mouth, struck a match calmly, took a deep breath, and slowly spit it out... "What are you going to Beiping for?" Su Guanlan had nothing to say. "Maybe the Xiangshan Observatory is being built, I'll go and have a look." "Didn't you decide to build it in Zijin Mountain?" "I always prefer Xiangshan!" The Chinese believe in "interaction between man and nature" or even "unity of man and nature".Modern astronomer Su Fengqi is no exception.

Chinese dynasties have paid great attention to astronomical observation and calendar calculation.Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Taishi Ling has been in charge of his duties.The corresponding institution in the Tang Dynasty was called Taishi Bureau, which was later renamed Sitiantai.In Song and Yuan Dynasties, it was called Sitianjian.In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was renamed "Qin Tianjian" and was in charge of the supervisor and deputy supervisor. After the Revolution of 1911, the Nanjing Provisional Government set up a national observatory, which was in charge of the observation and administrative management of the calendar, astronomy, meteorology, geomagnetism, and ocean tides.It is a modern "Qin Tianjian".During the Beiyang government period, this institution moved to Beijing.Dr. Su Fengqi was invited back from the UK and appointed as the director of the National Observatory. He has since been dubbed "Qin Tian Jian Zheng".

In April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek established the National Government in Nanjing, and he himself served as the chairman of the Military Affairs Committee of the National Government.Generalissimo Chiang believed that the central government must have a corresponding style, and all the institutions of the Beiyang government should be retained and moved to Nanjing. One of them is the National Observatory.The chairman urged Dr. Su to "give in" to Nanjing. One thing in common between Generalissimo Jiang and Dr. Su is that they both believe in "feng shui".However, the two disagreed on this issue.For example, one of the main reasons why the chairman decided to make Nanjing his capital is that Nanjing has good feng shui, dragons and tigers, and an emperor's atmosphere; Dr. Su believes that Beijing's feng shui is far better than Nanjing.According to his calculations, a regime can maintain its capital in Beijing for at least two or three hundred years, but it can maintain its capital in Nanjing for decades at most.In Chinese history, almost all dynasties with Jinling as their capital were precarious and short-lived; the reason why the so-called "ancient capital of the Six Dynasties" hastily passed through the "Six Dynasties" illustrates this point.The Southern Tang Dynasty, which produced two great poets, only had three masters, a total of thirty-nine years.Soon after Ming Taizu established the capital of Nanjing, civil strife broke out, showing a decline; thanks to Ming Chengzu's resolute move of the capital to Beijing, the Ming Dynasty was established for 277 years (nearly 300 years if "Nanming" is included).Dr. Su is also proficient in Western astrology, integrating astrology with Chinese Feng Shui, and using modern mathematical astronomy methods for research.His opposition to Nanjing as the capital is the result of his combination of astrology and Feng Shui calculations.

Su Fengqi also wants to accomplish a major event, which is to change the planned site of China's first modern astronomical observatory from Zijin Mountain in Nanjing to Yuquan Mountain or Xiangshan Mountain in Beijing—of course, this is the result of his combined astrology and Feng Shui calculations .He went all out for this and spared no effort.However, Su Fengqi still participated in the preparation of the Purple Mountain Observatory, because it was a formal decision of the Central Government and the Preparatory Committee of the Academia Sinica; once it was built here, he had to have a place.After he surveyed and chose to build the platform at the site of Tianbao City, the third peak of Zijin Mountain, he studied and determined the location and layout of six buildings including the platform, the meridian room, the equatorial room, the variable star room and even the dormitory. Germany and the United Kingdom purchased large-scale reflective equatorial mounts, quartz double prism spectrographs, self-viewing telescopes and their supporting cameras, solar magnifying cameras, meridian rings, Roche variable star cameras and Haier solar spectrometers and other precision observation instruments——Su Fengqi He has worked in Cambridge University and Greenwich Observatory for a long time, which gives him an incomparable advantage in the construction of observatories.

However, the doctor did not give up his dream of building another observatory in the suburbs of Beijing. He went to visit many times and finally chose Xiangshan as the site.Beijing was renamed Beiping in 1928, but it is still the number one political and cultural city in northern China.In 1929, the Peking Research Institute was established.Su Fengqi hopes that she can become the president of the Peking Research Institute, and especially hopes that the institute can have an astronomical research institute under its jurisdiction, which will be located in the Xiangshan Observatory... He made a special trip from Nanjing to Peiping for this purpose.From Peking to Jinan.

"You, uh, you've done a lot!" Su Fengqi smoked a cigar, glanced at her son, with a nasal voice, unhurried.Although he and Su Guanlan are father and son, they seldom meet each other, and when they meet, they always talk nonchalantly.And now again. "What do you mean?" Su Guanlan looked at her father. "What do you mean, you understand very well." Su Guanlan said nothing. "You used to admire Nobel and determined to be a scientist, a great scientist—of course it's very good." Su Fengqi continued to stare at her son, puffing out the smoke, "But, it seems that you have completely changed your original intention."

Su Guanlan remained silent. "You no longer want to be a scientist, but want to change your career to be a revolutionist and politician, to be a general and a minister, to stabilize the country, to open up the world, to turn the world around..." "I don't understand what you mean." Su Guanlan finally spoke. "Don't understand me? No, you understand, and understand too much." Su Fengqi put down the extinguished cigar, took out a pure white silk handkerchief, and carefully wiped the handkerchief with a lavender diamond on the ring finger of her left hand. Platinum ring, while slowly saying: "The thing that best demonstrates your fearless revolutionary spirit is probably your act of risking your life to rescue that communist fugitive this afternoon!"

Su Guanlan held her breath and her heart constricted. "Of course you don't understand what I said. If I ask you, you will make up a fairy tale, saying that you rushed back to Jinan from Shanghai and got off at Baimashan Station in order to inspect the natural environment, but you don't understand why. Hearing gunshots, encountering military police for no reason, and so on." Su Fengqi changed the position of Erlang's crossed legs, resting his left leg on top of it and replacing it with his right leg on top of it, but both legs were still swaying slightly.He waved his hand, still squinting his eyes slightly: "Hey, that's enough! Don't act anymore, don't think that your fairy tales are perfect, and you have fooled so many soldiers and police. To be honest, the reason why you were not arrested is because Because of your father's golden signboard——you must not be mistaken about this! Your acting skills can't even be fooled by ordinary people, how can you fool your father who specializes in exploring the mysteries of the universe?"

The room was temporarily quiet.Principal Chalude was still sitting in the easy chair, with his eyes half closed, half listening, expressionless.Su Fengqi continued to wipe the diamond ring on the ring finger of her left hand. The two thin hands were white and soft, and the fingers were long and flexible.Despite the dim candlelight, the lavender diamond sparkles... Su Guanlan knew that the diamond ring was called "Comet". "Okay, I don't want to say anything more." The doctor finally put away the Sipa, picked up the big half of the cigar, and said while looking for a match, "However, since God arranged for me to be a father and son with you, I should And must be held accountable to you." Su Guanlan listened attentively. "I have to take some measures against you to prevent you from going astray and getting out of hand." Su Fengqi said, lit the match, lit the cigar again, and took a deep breath, "One of these measures is I will marry you in the near future." "Married?" Su Guanlan was startled, hoping that she had heard wrong. "Yes, and recently—during my current stay at Qi University." "Marry who...?" "Of course, with Yuhan—you are a fiancée!" "No!" Su Guanlan stood up. "What 'no', don't you want to marry Yuhan?" Su Guanlan nodded. "What, you want to regret the marriage, how dare you disobey your father's order?" Su Fengqi also stood up, speaking sternly, "Tell me, why don't you marry Yuhan?" Su Guanlan lowered her head and did not speak. "Do you think she has no talent and learning, so she can't climb up to a college student like you?" "No……" "Think she looks ugly?" "no……" "Is she of bad character?" "No, it's not..." "Then, what's going on?" The old man's eyes sparkled. Su Guanlan was silent. "You must have some reason for refusing to marry her!" "I don't love her." Su Guanlan stammered, "I have no relationship with her." "No emotion?" Su Fengqi was furious, "What is emotion? When I married your mother, not only did I have no emotion, but I never even saw each other!" Su Guanlan didn't dare to look her father in the face.That face was turning from white to blue, and then seemed to be turning from blue to white, as if every muscle was twitching.The doctor found that the cigar had gone out again, and tried to light it again, but failed several times in a row; finally lit it, took two puffs and then exhaled vigorously, and the smoke filled the air.In fact, the smoke had already permeated the whole room and filled every corner, making Su Guanlan and even Chalude feel uncomfortable; however, they both held back and didn't say anything.Su Fengqi's face was getting whiter and paler, and cold sweat was still oozing out.He finally got out of the high-back chair, walked to a big leather sofa, sat down on his buttocks, his whole body sank in it, gasping for breath... "Guan Lan, look at how angry father is!" Principal Chalude probably couldn't bear the strong smell of smoke at last, got up and opened a gap in the dark purple curtain; The air takes advantage of the void and makes people feel comfortable.Chalude walked up to Su Fengqi again, took the cigar from his hand, snuffed it out, then beat his back lightly for him, and looked at Su Guanlan with reproach in his tone: "Tell me, why don't you want to talk to Yu Yu?" Han married?" "I don't love her." Su Guanlan said the same thing. "It's true that your parents didn't even meet each other before they got married. Of course, there is no such thing as 'love'. However, love can be produced, and feelings can be cultivated. Your parents are like this. After marriage, they are harmonious and have children. It proves it." "They are them and I am me." "They are Chinese, and you are Chinese too." "How about the Chinese?" This was the first time Su Guanlan contradicted the principal, "Do you think the Chinese should always be the same?" "Guanlan, you know that I love China, I like Chinese people, and that's why I came to China." Chalude said calmly and sincerely, "On the contrary, I hate the West..." "Thank you for praising China." Su Guanlan interrupted. "But I want to say that beautiful things and pure love also exist in the West." "No more arguing." Chalude stared at Su Guanlan, "Now I just ask: You don't love Yuhan, so who do you love?" Su Guanlan became excited and wanted to shout loudly: I don't love anyone, I don't love anyone; I'm still young, I haven't experienced love!However, I have the right to love, and I look forward to love... But before the words came out, they stopped abruptly—could he have said that before, can he still say it today?The fact is that he has already started his first love, the kind of feeling that he has only felt in novels and poems, that kind of affection, passion, love! Su Guanlan has always been alienated from her father, hated her father, but relied on her father, relied on her father, could not live without this father, and did not dare to disobey his father's will—today was a turning point in his fate: he dared to reject his father face to face!And this is obviously just the beginning of a series of rejections to come.Who gave him the courage?It's Sister Qiong, it's the love between him and Sister Qiong.He knew that without Sister Qiong, he would never have acted so stubbornly and bravely; he would probably give in and accept his father's arrangement... Su Guanlan recalled Sister Qiong's deep eyes and emotional words: "From now on, no matter where I am, as soon as I see bluegrass, I will think of you!" He said to Sister Qiong that his heart remained in Nanjing: "Because, from then on, I have another relative in Nanjing, and this relative is you!" What do you want?" He was embarrassed to say it at the time: how much he wanted to hug Sister Qiong!Hugging tightly, hugging both sides can't breathe, hugging me in you, and you in me, until the two become one... "Say it!" Su Fengqi stopped shouting, which woke Su Guanlan up, "Answer the principal, who do you really love?" The young man saw his father's face turned pale and blue with rage again.He avoided his father's gaze, remained stubbornly silent, and shook his head. "What do you mean by shaking your head? Does it mean that you don't love anyone, or are you simply refusing to answer the question?" Su Guanlan still didn't say a word, and her body didn't move at all. Su Fengqi patted the armrest of the sofa and stood up abruptly. "Don't worry, don't worry, my old friend!" Chalude hurried forward, pressed Su Fengqi hard, and said repeatedly: "Guanlan is still a child, a child, a big child! Don't look at him as tall and big, In fact, I'm not sensible..." Then he turned around and winked at Su Guanlan: "You go first, go! Guanlan, think carefully, father is doing it for your own good, for your own good!"