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Chapter 17 Chapter Four She Was Angry, But Hearing Many Words That Made Her Heart Comfortable

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When Alice was two Alices, and the eldest sister persuaded the younger sisters to listen to the conversation in another place, Miss Yibin discussed with her mother that it was Alice who was placed on the fourth floor. Alice, who was one of them, would not listen to the next-door conversation, which would be very kind. Alice never had a night watch with her, and she couldn't ask anyone, so she fell asleep, and when she woke up, she still didn't know where she was and what time it was.If she is a Chinese child, she should learn to cry so that others know that she is suffering.If a girl was as old as China, she would not only cry and shout, but also negotiate with all kinds of ghosts and gods in silence, make some impossible wishes, and trick the gods to help her appear and save her.All Chinese children, even if they don't know a single word, can remember at least a hundred names of ghosts and gods, and he can remember the nicknames and nicknames of some ghosts and gods clearly, but Alice is not so capable.

Alice woke up not long after she fell asleep, and when she woke up, Yibin's mother happened to be asleep, and the girl Yibin was flipping through the new words she hadn't read in the French textbook.She just walked around from the second brother's room.The second brother told her that she could find a way to lead Alice somewhere, but she couldn't think of a way for a while. Fortunately, Alice was alone at this time, otherwise, if she heard Miss Yibin talking to herself, because she said that it was a dispute between two people and one person, they might have become so angry that they could not listen to Yibin. Words!

Miss Yibin seemed to know that Alice had woken up and opened her ears to listen, so she said politely and softly: "Alice, just a while ago, my second brother told me to lead you to a place Going to play. I am very unfamiliar with this place in Beijing. I haven’t been here for three months, so I can’t think of anything interesting. He once told me that if you were happy, you could have hired a car and asked the driver to take you all the way. If you run around the city, you can eat a stomach full of sand and go home. If you feel that the driver is going too slowly while sitting in the car, you can tell the driver that I will pay you too much, and then he will run for you regardless of his life, and sometimes catch up with the tram. This is not so boring!When a person hears that there is too much money, he doesn’t care about life and runs forward. The money is less than 20 cents at most. Unfortunately, if you are really exhausted, you still don’t spend it. I want you to die.Don't you think this is a strange thing?You can go to... (but he said), I'm sorry for you, because you have played for a while, you know how to fight, you know how to do business, you know how to swear and treat guests, and you have seen more of the world than me, see I can't tell you how interested you are in these things. "

So Alice thought to herself, then I'll go back. Yi Bin also understood this meaning, so she still said softly: "I thought there was no need to be busy. How difficult it is to come to China, and what a long road!" After speaking, Yi Bin stopped for a while, as if following the rules of answering guests, allowing Alice to speak.Alice thought it would be embarrassing for others to suspect her by keeping silent, so she said, "Really." After speaking, Alice also stopped according to the rules, and let Miss Yibin speak for the second time. They each said a lot of things with an air of mutual understanding, and they were very satisfied with the interview.They also called each other dear friends, and expected this friendship to last forever.They tell each other all the trivial things about their families, making friends admire and envy them, and they themselves accept the joy in a kind of humility.Miss Yibin told Alice that she had a mother, a father, an older brother who could paint with ink, a second brother who could write articles, and a third brother who was a pipe teacher; Alice told Yibin, there are several sisters in her family, as well as Mrs. Greg Foyce's aunt.Miss Yibin thought that her second opinion was Alice's opinion, and Alice thought that at least what she said could always be understood by Miss Yibin. They talked about many other things besides family members, and each No one is tired at all.

In a life situation where mutual goodwill exists, even if it is so distant that it cannot be reached verbally, it can still be satisfactorily understood.The so-called understanding between the two parties is mostly in this kind of misunderstanding before they can make themselves admit it.It is not surprising, therefore, that a friendship, or a love, should do well in misunderstanding.If each person had a certain stubborn opinion in the conversation, then Miss Yibin and Miss Alice would not be able to express their feelings together. What Miss Yibin asked Alice, she answered for Alice herself.

Some of them are naturally very in line with Alice's opinion, so there is no need for Alice to suspect that Miss Yibin is listening to her.But when it came to something like arguing between the two Alices, Miss Yibin also had Alice's opinion in her heart, so it was unavoidable that Alice who slept in the drawer had to make a sound. Here's the chance.But no matter what Alice said, there was no way for Miss Yibin to correct her mistake, which made Alice feel very bitter.It is common for one kind of person to speak and another kind of person will never understand.Or understand, she still ignores it, this is an old thing under the sun.Alice couldn't do anything about it, and when she encountered such a thing, she got angry and said nothing.But she still wants to say, I will follow your opinion and see if you have something new to say.

Miss Yibin has a lot of new things to say to Miss Alice.We know that there are some people who usually have good ears, but when they meet people who are unhappy and lose their temper, their ears change into another pair of ears, and they often hear the opposite when they are obedient.But Alice was not like that.Even though she was angry, she could still listen carefully. Perhaps this is why Miss Yibin imagined for Alice "without ears". Miss Yibin told Miss Alice all the interesting things about her country, so that she forgot to ask Alice where she lived in place of Alice.As a matter of fact Alice had wanted to understand the matter first, and it still hadn't occurred to her that she was in the chest of drawers!

Miss Yibin remembers her second brother's words, and imagines for Alice, so she persuades Alice to go to the countryside to play.She was afraid that Alice would not like it, so she looked very gentle, and told Alice the many advantages of her country. "I tell you," she said, as she did to her cousin, "I think it would be best if my brother led you to play in our country, where everything is not what you want. Walking there is different from Beijing city." .I can’t understand what method you use to deal with children in your country, but I know very well that the customs in our hometown are different from those in other places. Once you go there, you will be happy.”

At this time, Alice agreed to go, but Miss Yibin guessed that Alice could not make up her mind, so she persuaded Alice again. She said more softly: "You go, Alice. You need not hesitate any longer. It was a weird place.I always felt weird growing up there.Except for my second brother, it is impossible for any other Chinese to take you to that place, because no one knows the way.Others can only take you to another place, even if they say 'I will take you and guide you', they will get lost in the end.Except for my second brother, no one can do this.You just believe my words, go with my second brother, and when you don't want to, or miss your sisters and sisters at home, I will send you home.After you've played this once, you'll make the old lady shed tears of joy when you meet and talk to your Aunt Gregory Foyce!Her old man's eyes naturally don't shed thick tears that would turn into greasy spots when dripping on the placket, but such a good person's eyes actually want to shed tears—I dare say, I know this good person's temper—you Just say, is it rare or not? "

Alice had nothing to do, and promised to say "go".Miss Yibin thought that this was not the reason for Alice to agree, so she mentioned another thing about her hometown. "In that "China Travel Guide", it was mentioned how Chinese people like to eat spicy peppers, but you have never seen it with your own eyes. If you go there with my second brother, then you can meet countless adults and children. Bigger than your aunt and younger than you, they use raw chili peppers as dishes and deliver meals all day long. Or they burn chili peppers with firewood ash and eat them as snacks with salt. These people don’t use tin foil or Copper clad ones, like us, are also meat, dental bones, and movable tongues, but they are not afraid of spicy food. They are as familiar with spicy peppers as a mortar is with all kinds of bitter medicines in a pharmacy. , don't care at all."

Alice hurriedly said, "Then I'll go!" Miss Yibin also thought that she could gradually impress Alice's heart for traveling far away, but then she thought of something else that was also very interesting for her to read, so she didn't not stop. She also said: "What a strange custom! You came to China, didn't you just want to see these weird things? In our place, those barbaric customs are left behind. You, Miss Alice, will compare them when you read them. Twelve times the British gentleman wore a tuxedo and ate barbecue Indians. I still have a moving memory. I guess, in your place, you will probably no longer meet Mr. Quixote first-class people. Go to my hometown, there are so many people of that type! Heroes—if you love such heroes as I do, you can be their friend at will, and I bet it's a great honor for him! They have more courtesy to children and old people than any kind of gentleman in China. They They are thieves, they are rogues, but they are very cute and respectable. With a strong head and a pair of fists that creak when they are clenched, they go to some strange places, get a lot of money, and use the money Drinking and gambling—you should also know that there is no credit for drinking, and gambling is not cheating, only this kind of people can do it!" She added, "You can watch the Chinese try and beat the board. Playing the board is not a good thing, but once you get there, you often have the opportunity to watch the kind of country people who lose their lawsuits. Their crime is just They are rich, which is slightly different from the big cities. They wear coarse blue blue or white linen jackets, and their trousers are often of the same color. They are often sent by the county magistrate to make a small mistake. One or two messengers dragged him into the yamen, and when he arrived at the yamen, the county magistrate sat in the hall. The official on duty said, "Bring someone here," and the countryman was dragged to the front of the hall and knelt down. The county magistrate then said angrily, Why don't you obey the king's law? No matter how thorough the promise is, if you shout and beat, you have to have two tolerance servants crawl and lie down on the ground, use a long bamboo board that makes it slippery, hit one hundred or two hundred on the thigh, and then die The two tolerances took him to a cotton shop or an oil and salt shop to find a shop guarantee and admit punishment. Punishment means atonement with money. I said good-looking is these things. Some of their fines are small copper coins with square eyes. They have long been extinct in the metropolis, and some foreigners have regarded them as Chinese antiques. You see, they use ten or twenty Miao big men to bring fines from the countryside into the city, but the amount of fines is still very difficult to five If you tell your aunt about this matter, the old man may not believe it, but as long as you live there, you can see it every day!" Alice was in a hurry, and she was willing to go.In a place like this, what reason can you say you don't want to?Miss Yibin, who just wanted her to go, always thought that Miss Alice would like to go, but she should let Alice know more about the situation on the other side before she came to her hometown, so Still talking on and on until her mother woke up.She also talked about the elementary school, the police, and the white-bearded teacher in the private school, who beat the stupid students on the back of the head with tough objects such as pipes and wooden rings, so that the students could easily recite the four books and five classics. The recited method of education; Miss Alice was fascinated by this.As soon as she closed her eyes, it was as if she had already taken a copy of "The Daughter's Book", and was swaying and reciting it in front of a teacher with yellow teeth and a birthday star. Yi Bin's mother woke up and said, "My dear, I vaguely seem to hear you talking to your second brother." "How long has Second Brother been out now?" "Then who do you talk to so intimately?" "Mom, guess." The truth of motherhood seemed to be conjecture, amusing Alice in the box of drawers. Wouldn't it be fun for us to hide ourselves in the shadows and let my aunt, or a good person close to her age, close her eyes and make wild guesses?She was only worried that the old lady would hear the laughter. In order to let the old lady guess something new, she had to cover her mouth, keep silent, and partnered with Miss Yibin to tease this person. (She herself thought it was a partnership, so she didn't see anything wrong!) The mother always knew that Yibin liked to talk to herself, that the same pencil could talk for an hour, and the same book could discuss the weather. Telling ten or eight jokes with any small gadget has become a bad habit.So he guessed from the tip of the pen to the antelope horn hanging on the wall, and guessed according to Yi Bin's intention.Miss Yibin and Miss Alice couldn't stop laughing at mother's wonderful words.The old man did not spare the opportunity to laugh with his daughters.Alice wondered that the old lady was more interesting than her aunt, Mrs. Gregory Foyce. "Mom, you can't guess what happened today, it's all wrong!" The mother thought she was confused, and said that of course the elderly couldn't think of much. Yi Bin said, "I think I thought of a lot, but it's not. Mom, I can sue you." Her so-called "telling" is pointing to the table with her little finger. "I guessed it was the table." "But, Ma, look at this!" She poked her finger at the drawer again to show her mother that it was a drawer that was part of the table. Mother said: "Could it be that you are talking to the drawer about putting pears yesterday, thank you for it?" "No! No!" Yi Bin laughed loudly because his mother still couldn't understand even though he pointed out the place.She leaned on her mother and used her mother's body to soften her hair. This situation, as mentioned earlier, will take at least three minutes to complete, so we can talk about Alice in these three minutes. Alice was strange in the first place, her nose smelled the fruit, and she didn't expect to live in someone else's drawer, so of course she wouldn't suspect that the drawer contained pears the day before.When she heard the mother talking and laughing with Miss Yibin, she thought that she had a part in the joke, so she was not extroverted, and she was happy when she met Le.Yibin's answer to her mother was mostly Alice's meaning, so she thought that Miss Yibin did this after asking her for permission in everything.She was slightly dissatisfied with Miss Yibin because she wanted to meet the old lady, but Miss Yibin didn't do that.She also wanted to meet Miss Yibin, but she couldn't.However, she forgave her right away, just because her surroundings were so dark, Miss Yibin met her mother willingly to meet Alice, she thought to herself, she wouldn't understand the appearance of these two girls! It was not until she heard the drawer being mentioned that she realized that she wished in it that nothing had happened to Alice to surprise her.When she realized that she was living in a drawer, she was relieved that it wasn't the sinking of the earth as she had guessed, nor was she in a cellar as she had guessed—please think about it, it's not a cellar, of course she doesn't have to worry about getting wet Something like beriberi! Alice imagined from her own situation that Mr. Nuoxi must also be living in another drawer at this time, listening to another mother and daughter talking and laughing. "It's a strange thing for a rabbit who doesn't live in a cage, doesn't dig a hole under the floor, but comes to sleep in someone else's drawer box, and listens to a little girl talking, and to hear the little girl talking to her mother." !" Alice is not surprised by her own affairs, but she imagined it for Mr. Nuoxi, but she thinks it is very strange, and it is not easy to explain the reason! Miss Alice, who had thought about it for three minutes, still wanted to go on, but Miss Yibin couldn't think as long as Alice, but she started talking to her mother.Talking is for Alice to listen, Alice thinks so. Miss Yibin said: "Mom, I told Alice a lot about the situation in our country, and asked my second brother to take her to play in the country. The second brother asked me to find a way to lead her to a good place. Is it in our country? An interesting trip?" Then Alice heard again from the mother that the opinion was quite right. Miss Yibin then talked to her mother about what she had discussed with Alice, and the mother asked, "Are you willing?" "I wish I would, but I'm afraid that the benefits I mentioned are not what she likes." "Then you forgot to say," said the mother's voice, "oh, Alice, you should see the seedlings from my place too, for they are the old landowners in China. Like a landlord. Anyone who goes to the United States will always look for opportunities to get close to the red fan. Only when they meet the red fan can they be considered to have traveled to the United States—you can ask Mr. Nuoxi about this—I’m telling you that they traveled to China It doesn’t count if you don’t interact with the Miao people. Our small place, sorry to say, produces very little. But when you get there, as long as you want, you can drink the tea that the Miao people paid tribute to and eat sweet berries , sour goat milk, and buckwheat with a slightly bitter taste. You can see Miao Zi, it’s okay to play with Mota, he doesn’t bite. You can also meet the king of Miao. In China, like the emperors of Britain and Japan, they are respected supremely among the British and Japanese. Although barbarians do not pay more attention to the preservation of slavishness than noble white and yellow people, this is very gratifying. Only then can the barbarian nation be distinguished as a barbarian nation. The king of the Miao people of a barbaric nation cannot find the pride and arrogance of the British and Japanese emperors towards his subjects, nor can he be as extravagant and wasteful as the Chinese emperors of the past. His province Although it is barbaric, I sometimes think that being close to these barbarians for five months is more beneficial than having a meal at the same table with a fake gentleman! You see the king of seedlings and the seedlings He is humble and straightforward, and treats people without deceit. Only then do you understand the need for this modesty and straightforwardness to make friends among different nationalities. Alice, there is something else. And his magic, that beauty!..." Ali Si Zeng argued, calling the mother her aunt and aunt, saying that she would go to meet the King of Miao with full hope, and that she would not be afraid to delay his work as long as someone guided her.By the way, she also said that Mr. Nuoxi in another place should also not be in a hurry. Just as expected, Miss Yibin and the mother also remembered Mr. Nuoxi who slept in Room 51 of the Fuling Hotel.So they came to talk about the good rabbit. "Mom, that's it. If the second brother invites Miss Alice to our country, what about that Mr. Nuoxi?" "If you let him sleep, he will come to China anyway. After a long time, he will change his temper into a Chinese style. If he sleeps for a long time, he will not get sick." "But if a rabbit sleeps for a long time, I dare not guarantee that he will not get sick!" Yi Bin The girl agreed with Alice in this opinion. The mother seemed to be able to see that this was a "majority", so she admitted the fact that she had been sleeping for a long time and said, "It would be better if your second brother arranged for Mr. Nuoxi to go to a teahouse in a park, because there are quite a few of them as usual." Gentlemen hang out there all day long, and others will never laugh at Mr. Nuoxi alone." "That's good," said Miss Yibin. "Let me go back and talk to my second brother and see what he thinks." Alice agrees with Miss Yibin.She felt that since there was no way to ask Mr. Nuoxi to play with him where there were seedlings, it would be a great thing to put him in a lively place so that he would not be lonely. Before Mr. Nuoxi sat in front of a teahouse in the park, drank the bitter Longjing tea, and experienced the elegant life of a Chinese gentleman who looked at women far and near while drinking tea, Alice, Yibin and Yibin’s life Mother, no one can imagine what Mr. Nuoxi looks like under such circumstances!
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