Chapter 44 The forty-third round of knee-to-neck talks, discouraged and sad, living alone, drinking tea in the wind, drinking tea with cold eyes, envious, double cultivation

Bi Boli knows a thing or two about the situation in the press.Knowing the editing time, Mr. Editor will not have customers, so he left the letter at the sending and receiving office.Turn around and leave, the advertising department is in the room opposite the sending and receiving office.When Bi Boli turned around, she saw Du Xiaofu, a member of the Lotus Club, talking to ordinary people there, as if she wanted to advertise something.Bi Boli thought: "Does he have any advertisements to publish? Let me just listen to it." The person in charge said: "We are looking for marriage and friends, but we don't care. If there is a letter, we will put it in your mailbox." , wait for you to pick it up yourself." Bi Boli thought, this is clearly an advertisement for marriage, isn't he already married?I thought that since someone advertised for marriage, this is of course a secret, I don't want to break the secret of others, so I dodged my body, dodging in a place without lights, only to hear Du Xiaofu say: "I am advertising for a friend In the future, maybe my friend will pick it up by himself, or maybe I will pick it up.”

The man in charge said: "It's a secret, it's not okay if a second person comes to pick it up, or else, please open a place, and we can transfer the letter there." At this point, Du Xiaoshi didn't hear a voice, After a while, I heard him say: "Okay, I'll come later." After finishing speaking, I heard the sound of knocking silver dollars, as if the advertising fee had been paid.He heard him say again: "The number seven box is not good, it is an odd number, change it to number twelve." Bi Boli knew that he had finished his work and was about to come out, so she took a step ahead.

On the next day, he saw a new marriage advertisement in the newspaper: Here is a certain gentleman, who is studying in a certain university, talented and talented, especially at the time.There are several kinds of writings, all of which have been disclosed in various newspapers.I would like to find a girl under the age of 10 or 20 with a middle school education to be my spouse.If you have a gentle personality and a handsome appearance, and would like to have a young writer as a lifelong companion, please send a letter to the No. 12 mailbox of this newspaper and tell us your real correspondence address so that you can schedule a meeting.If you want to get the subsidy, you must declare how much you need per month.Great luck, fortunately don't miss it.

After seeing it, Bi Boli guessed that it was Du Xiaofu's advertisement.This aroused his endless emotion.He thinks that people who are already married can still apply for marriage. I am not married, and I don't even have a lover. It is too unfair.Whenever Bi Boli thinks of her lover, she can't help but think of Yu Ruixiang, thinking that I yearn for her so much, but she doesn't pay any attention to me, is it because she has a hard heart?In terms of qualifications, I am a college student, and in terms of learning, I am also well-known in the literary and art circles.In terms of appearance, as far as I see myself in the mirror, I feel even more elegant.So, why, I can't be selected?If it's because I don't have money, wouldn't it be the case for someone with new knowledge like her?I was thinking blankly, flipping the newspaper listlessly.He turned around and saw the words "Sister Ruixiang" on the side sheet of the film, which caught his eyes.He thought to himself that this is really a coincidence, why when I miss her, I will see her name.If you look carefully, it is the title of a poem, "Sister Ruixiang's Summer Citation", and Ms. Dongqing's signature is below it.After the title, there are a few lines of preface, to the effect that Sister Ruixiang came to sit down to recite French poems and translate their meanings for fun.The play is four poems of "Xia Xia Ci", presented by sister Ruixiang. I don't know if Westerners also have this intention.The poem is: shallow clear springs with thin waves, the wind blows the lotus in the pond at night, the green bushes are as red as blood, and there are not many new lotus flowers.

The people in the small courtyard talk less at night, the night wind brings dew to the clothes, and loves to carry a small fan in the melon shed, playing with fireflies flying up the trees. Evening language is late at night, and the Milky Way is streaming into the atrium. The most pitiful little girl asks everyone, it is Altair Vega. Half of the flowers outside the window are left, and there are only two or three poles of wild bamboo left. For it, a few evening rains have broken the heart of poetry until the end of the night. Bi Boli read it once, and found it fluent, thinking that she has a friend who can write old poems, and she must also agree with old poems.When he thought about it this way, he hated himself for not being able to write old poems.If you know how to write old poems, you can send dozens of poems to the film newspapers for publication. When Yu Ruixiang sees them, she will definitely feel pity for her talents, and then she will be close.Suddenly, I thought again, why do I have to write old poems? I can write short stories, so why not show my own experience, write a novel, and send it to the film newspaper.Since the old poems that this man gave her were published in the supplementary sheet of the film newspaper, she must have read the supplementary sheet of the film newspaper.Is there any reason not to read novels after reading the attached sheet of film and newspaper?Then, as long as I do well, I can naturally attract her.I figured it out by myself, the idea was very good, and I didn't do my homework, so I stayed in the dormitory by myself, conceived at my desk, and started to write a novel.After thinking for a while, the title of the novel came to mind first, and it was "He's Going Crazy".In the desk drawer, he took out a stack of scroll paper, first wrote the title on it, and signed Bi Bo on the bottom.Then think about a paragraph, write a paragraph, write a paragraph, think about a paragraph, in less than half a day, the grades are very good, and I actually wrote three papers.

From this day on, I will do it day and night.After three days, it was so easy to finish the novel.After counting, there were more than twenty pages.He rubbed three paper twisters and stapled the book.But at this time, I hesitated again. What if the editor does not post the novel, what should I do?He often reads film newspapers and knows that such manuscripts are under the supervision of an editor named Yang Xingyuan.So I found one of the top eight lines, wrote another letter, and sent it to Yang Xingyuan.In the letter, he praised Yang Xingyuan vigorously, saying that he advocated literature and rewarded the backward, which is very admirable.

But for new literature, it seems to go against the trend if it is short.Now I specially send a novel manuscript, please publish it, please come to the society to thank me.After the letter was finished, Bi Boli was afraid that Yang Xingyuan would treat him as an unknown writer, and attach a business card with many titles engraved on him to the letter, and then send it to the photo newspaper office by registered mail at the post office. For Yang Xingyuan's contributions from the outside world, he always took them home one by one to read slowly, and he was rarely disappointed. He received Bi Boli's letter by registered mail, so he should pay special attention to it.After dinner, he made a pot of good tea and sat under the lamp as usual.When he opened this letter from Bi Boli and saw the title "He's Crazy", he knew that the content was a romance novel.It just so happened that there were still twenty-three unused articles in the drawer, and this was two dozen, so he put this manuscript in the list of temporarily unpublished.I flipped through the manuscript again, and found another twenty-six or seven pages.There are more than 300 words per page, and there are 9,000 words in total. If you read it from beginning to end, you will have to sacrifice a lot of time, so you don't even read it, you have to stuff it in an envelope and put it in a drawer.When I have time to spare, I will read a few more pages.When I was looking at the inside of the envelope, a business card fell out of the envelope.When I picked it up, it turned out to be Bi Boli.I thought to myself, didn't this person write an article in some newspaper and attack me?Thinking about it this way, I took out the manuscript again, but brought out a sheet of eight lines.He read the letter and thought to himself: "It's so rare, the new writer has surrendered." He felt that he was flattered to put the manuscript down completely after being complimented for a while, so he took out a red fountain pen and dipped it in red water. Take a look at the sentence.When I saw the top half of the page, I pointed out that the main character was coming.The article said: "From this, he knew that this beauty was Xu Duanxiang, a high-achieving student in School B, who lived at the east end of S Hutong, and knew his name and address. He used the word 'Xu Duanxiang' in front of a big poem. Byron's famous sentence is deeply embedded in his mind." Yang Xingyuan felt that the word "Xu Duanxiang" seemed to be a familiar name, and pressed his hand on the manuscript, thinking for a while.He suddenly realized, and thought: "That's right. Xu's character is hidden in Yu, Duan's character is hidden in Rui, and Xiang's character is clearly stated. This part of the novel is about his love history with Yu Ruixiang.

Regardless of whether this matter exists or not, it is clearly that he expressed his yearning for the opponent, so if I log out, I will become a matchmaker for no reason.Although Yu Ruixiang and I only met once, she is Li Dongqing's friend, she will see her, and she will say that I am deliberately joking with her!But if I don't publish it there, I'm afraid that he will be sent to another newspaper, so I might as well inform Yu Ruixiang. "So I wrote a letter to Li Dongqing, wrapped Bi Boli's novel manuscript and the letter together, and sent the driver to Li Dongqing's house. It meant that Li Dongqing should tell Yu Ruixiang about this matter. Li Dongqing sent the letter At first glance, she guessed it nine out of ten. She thought that Yu Ruixiang liked to dress up like a flower and a butterfly and go to and from the playground. After a long time, how could she not miss her? This novelist clearly said that he She was crazy about Yu Ruixiang, and I'm afraid the tricks didn't stop there. She thought about it that night, and wrote two letters under the lamp, one to Yang Xingyuan, to the effect that she was careful, and I will return the original manuscript. But There are many such things in society, and they can be laughed off.

There is no need to tell Mi Siyu, so as to save her unnecessary troubles.I know very well that Ms. Siyu has a very noble personality, and the behavior of this surname Bi is just enough to show her that she is boring.A letter to Skellyn.The general idea is: If there is nothing to do on Sunday, please come to the meeting alone to talk.On the next day, she sent both letters to the mailbox. When Shi Kelian received this letter, she thought of Li Dongqing as a person, and she was very calm. She told me to go alone, there must be a reason, and I don't want to tell anyone, I went alone.I'll be back in an hour or two, so the family can definitely hide it.On Sunday, Shi Kelian came to Li Dongqing's house alone.I just went out, left in a hurry, and forgot to bring change.She was too embarrassed to ask Li Dongqing to pay for the car once she arrived at Li Dongqing's house, so she had to walk.

When she reached Chang'an Avenue, she found the shaded locust trees on both sides very interesting, so she walked in the woods alone.After walking a few steps, a woman's voice suddenly said from behind, "Go to school, miss." Looking back, Shi Kelian saw that it was a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old, wearing an old blue cloth gown, and a checked cloth cap with a tile on her head.On both ears, there are also two gold-plated earrings.From that appearance, she seems to be an actress.Then he replied casually: "Go out of the city." The girl said: "You don't want to hire a car?" Skellian said: "The woods are shady, so it's good to go for a walk." The girl said: "That's right, me too Say it this way," she said, walking away with Skellyn.Just say it right away.Shi Kelian was too embarrassed to ignore him.

She said two or three sentences, and agreed.I thought to myself that this girl, no matter how unrecognizable she is, she also likes to talk too much.Walking slowly, the woods were almost finished, the girl suddenly asked: "Miss, I am in the Garden of Mirrors, if you go there to listen to the opera, you can find me, I can take you to the backstage to have fun. My name is Zhang Jinbao, you found me as soon as you asked." Shi Kelian said: "Okay." The girl said: "I forgot to bring money out today, can you lend me some money for the crane?" When Shi Kelian was asked by her, he was so frightened that his heart thumped, thinking that he had encountered a female liar.After blushing for a long time, she said a word, saying: "I don't have any money with me." The girl took out the handkerchief under her ribs, wiped her eyes, and said with a mournful face: "My mother gave me five slings of money to buy things. I lost it, and I’m going to hit me when I get back. You can fix it, and lend me some money.” At this time, Shi Kelian had a dollar or eighty cents on her body, and she was willing to give it to her, but she really didn’t have any money.The embarrassment on his face was worse than asking Zhang Jinbao for money.Said: "I'm not lying, I didn't bring any money, you will wait for me at my door tomorrow morning, I live in..." The girl left without waiting for her to finish speaking. Shi Kelian prides herself on being straightforward and first-class, and her face will turn red and white for a while, and she dare not even go to the small alley, so she walks around the street to Li Dongqing's house.She is also familiar here, so she kept walking in.Walking to the middle room, Mrs. Li and Fang Haogu were chatting there. Xiao Lin'er was holding a copy of "Little Friends" and leaning against the door to read.One foot is in the threshold, one foot is outside the door, and one hand is holding a small melon.When Mrs. Li saw it, she said first, "Miss Shi is here." Li Dongqing heard this, and hurried out, and asked Shi Kelian to sit in her room.Li Dongqing saw that her face was red and there were still beads of sweat on her forehead, so she asked, "Did you come here?" Shi Kelian said with a smile, "You came here." Playing a hero, if you are with your cousin, she will scold you for being pretentious again." Shi Kelian said: "To tell you the truth, I forgot to bring money to go out, it doesn't matter if I don't take the car, and I lost a lot of face." Li Dongqing also blushed, and asked with a soft smile, "Keep your voice low, what did you meet?" Shi Kelian knew that she had misunderstood the meaning, so she told her about meeting Zhang Jinbao.Li Dongqing said with a smile: "That's the thing, it's nothing." Fang Haogu heard it all through the wall, and said in a high voice: "It's just a coincidence, I met such a person yesterday What's the matter." Li Dongqing also said through the wall: "Uncle met, maybe this is Zhang Jinbao?" Fang Haogu laughed and said: "The old man is still a friend of the old man, where would Zhang Jinbao come to look for him? Mrs. Li asked: "Then, is there such a bearded man who reaches out to ask someone to borrow money for a car?" Fang Haogu said: "Why not? Yesterday afternoon, I went to Luoma Market to buy some things. I didn't take a car and walked slowly on the side of the street. Suddenly, a person snatched past me. Walked a few steps , he walked back again. With a smile all over his face, he took off his hat and nodded with me.I saw him wearing a bamboo mayor's gown. "Li Dongqing smiled across the room:" There is no need to mention uncle, I know everything about it.He wears a tile hat and a pair of earrings on his ears. "Fang Haogu said with a smile," that's not Zhang Jinbao.He was wearing a gauze mandarin jacket, a doctor's hat on his head, Torik glasses on his nose, and a 'Dex' in his hand. "Li Dongqing said:" What is 'Dekes'? "Fang Haogu said:" Cane, don't you always say that? "Li Dongqing smiled and said:" Your old man just said a local dialect, saying that it is a civilized stick.What foreign dialect is going to be used again, and a "Stike" is called "Dekes".I think, strange!Where did you invent a new ornament called 'Dekes'? "It's fine if Li Dongqing doesn't say anything. Once she said something, the old lady Li in the room over there laughed, and Shi Kelian in the room over there laughed so hard that she fell on the table and couldn't lift her head. Fang Haogu He smiled and said: "It's very common to make a mistake, you see, if you describe Dongqing like this, I will become a country old man. "Li Dongqing said:" I'm just kidding you old man.Say what you old man said, what happened afterwards? "Fang Haogu said:" I think he is a gentleman, and I suspect that he has misidentified his friend, so I also nodded to him.He said: "Old man, speaking of it, this is not a problem." Mrs. Li said: "What does this mean?" Fang Haogu said: "I don't understand it either. Later he said: "Brother Now there is a small matter that is very difficult, and I would like to ask your old gentleman for a favor.Fortunately, there are not many, as long as seven or eight hang money.This fact is really embarrassing to say, but also out of helplessness. 'I heard what he said again, but unexpectedly he was a beggar.Seeing him being so refined and speaking politely, it was hard to refuse him.Seeing my hesitant look, he held his hat and arched his hands, stood aside smiling, and talked non-stop.What are "good luck for you old man", "where is the expensive apartment", "come to the house to see it sometime".Although I agreed to him humming in my nose, I didn't give any money to save face. I felt it on my body, took out four cents, and gave it all to him.Today I ran into him again at the front door, chasing another man for money, and only then did I realize that he was doing this business. "Li Dongqing said to Shi Kelian in the inner room:" Did you hear that, this is considered a good behavior, right? "Schollen said:" There are so many strange things in this big city of Beijing, but we can't meet them all. If we meet them all, I'm afraid it will be more fresh than what Guer said in his poems. . "Li Dongqing tugged at the eyes of her clothes, and led her into the inner room. This is Li Dongqing's bedroom, a small room with only a few rattan and bamboo utensils in it, the windows face a curved courtyard surrounded by white powder walls, a big courtyard, no flowers and plants, only flowers and plants all over the floor moss.Shi Kelian said: "This place is very elegant, and heart-to-heart talks are the best." Li Dongqing said: "I just want to talk to you." The two sat down on rattan chairs facing each other.Li Dongqing said: "Don't you want to know Xinxin Gu'er Ci? I have something to tell you." Shi Kelian said: "What's the matter?" Li Dongqing frowned and said: "Your decoration like that of your cousin, I have long felt that it is too much. They are just fashionable, but she brings out the old and brings out the new, which is particularly eye-catching." Skellyn said: " Exactly so.She told me yesterday that she was very proud of making a cheongsam made of white silk.I thought to myself that this is the most honest thing for her.After she put it on after a while, I realized that it was different from other white spun silk.Her whole body is bounded two or three inches wide.It's not silk braids, but a hundred blue butterflies are embroidered with clear water silk threads in a Hunan embroidery shop.Don't you think this is too novel? "Li Dongqing said:" Yes!Because of this appearance, it is inevitable that others will pay attention. It's never a sign of respect to get attention for decoration, don't you think? "Skellyn nodded again and again and said:" That's right!correct! "Li Dongqing said:" She wears this kind of clothes; she also likes to walk in the social arena. Although she has a high self-esteem, she can't stop others from discussing, and..." Li Dongqing smiled, and Shi Kelian also agreed, and smiled together. When Li Dongqing said this, he sent the letter and novel manuscript sent by Yang Xingyuan. , said it all over again. Shi Kelian said: "It's rare that Mr. Yang is so careful that he kept his manuscript unpublished. If it is published, it will make Miss Ruixiang mad.You don't know that Bi Boli, who writes novels, is simply a hooligan.I don't know how he came to know Miss Ruixiang's name, and wrote letters every day.In the end, I wrote a letter, enough to order a book, with twenty or thirty pages, saying that if Sister Ruixiang ignored him, he would go to Tanggu and jump into the sea.Only I knew about this, so I advised her not to go to places like parks and playgrounds alone in the future to avoid accidents. "Li Dongqing said:" This man named Bi didn't do anything else afterwards? "Skellyn said: "Who knows?I never asked Sister Ruixiang, and she never told me.I can assure you that she and this kind of person will never be noticed.I've already guessed what's on her mind, there are only two kinds of people she envies.The first overseas student in the West, the future young doctor.Or the teenagers in the diplomatic circle, the ones with outstanding talents.The second is the son of a rich family, who has some knowledge, and the third type can no longer be found. "Li Dongqing smiled and said: "Why does this limit my cousin, fashionable female students, who doesn't think so?But a family like her, the first and the second, are not hard to find, probably because they have someone. "Skellyn said with a smile:" I don't know. "Li Dongqing said:" What is this?I want you to keep a secret from her. "Skellyn said:" Yes, there is a person in France. "Li Dongqing said:" How many years have you been there? "Schollen said:" I have been there for two years, and there are always two letters every month.Although they are friends, their family is treated as relatives. "Li Dongqing said:" Cantonese people have a pre-eminent attitude towards Europeanization, and freedom of marriage for their children is not a problem in the first place. " Shi Kelian said: "But it's too indulgent, and there are many problems." Li Dongqing said: "What you say is that you agree with parents and adopt some interventionism. Then, what about those who don't have parents?" Shi Kelian said: "That's up to you to make up your mind." Li Dongqing smiled and said, "You don't have parents. Let me ask you, have you made up your mind?" Shi Kelian squeezed a fist, raised it up, pretended to hit Li Dongqing, and scolded with a smile: "You villain, you made such a big detour, so it turned out to be my job." Li Dongqing said: "This There is nothing to be ashamed of, to be honest: other people have families, they can help to some extent, but you are lonely, and you really have to come up with some ideas yourself." When Shi Kelian was mentioned by her words, she aroused a lot of worry, and sighed He took a deep breath and said, "Let's just live one day at a time. I don't know where the zero will be in the future! Now I only have a stupid idea. If my grandmother is here for a day, I will follow her for a day. If her old man goes to the West, I will shave off her hair." Make your hair a sister-in-law." Li Dongqing said: "Your words are not worth refuting at all. Being a sister-in-law is what old-fashioned women do as a last resort. Nowadays, women can still make a living. When encountering any difficulties, they have to fight How do you talk about the kind of begging for a living and relying on puppets to survive? As for cutting hair, it is a very common thing for women now, and whether to cut it or not is not a problem. I am the most worthless Damn, I'm still struggling desperately to support a mother and a brother in this boring time. You are a single person, isn't it easy to make a living? "After hearing her words, Shi Kelian was greatly moved, and said with a smile: "How can I compare with you?The books you read are several times more than the words I know. "Li Dongqing said:" I don't need to be polite, of course it's easier than you to make a living.But knowledge is learned, not born, and you are not thirty or forty, so can't you hurry up and seek some knowledge? "Skellyn said:" If a person wants to be self-reliant, it doesn't take a year or two. In my situation, is there enough time? "Li Dongqing said:" It is difficult to think about things in such a way.Besides, if a woman earns a living, the society says you are a weak person, so you should help more.There will never be a dead end.Besides, at this time, if you want to find a job in the future, you will still be like me, studying literature under the window of the past ten years!Naturally learn a quick technique, after a year or two, you will be successful. "Li Dongqing's conversation penetrated into Shi Kelian's heart every sentence, and said with a smile: "Gu'er's words, 'One evening conversation with you is better than ten years of reading' is really good.From today onwards, I have thrown away my books and am going to learn embroidery and sewing. Do you like it? "Li Dongqing said:" You really have the patience to learn, but you are not busy all day.But I think your temperament is probably not suitable for embroidery. You might as well learn to draw.After all, its way out is wider than that of embroidery, and it is easier to develop human genius. "Skollen said:" I am also willing to learn this, but if I really want to learn well, I will have to wait a long time. "Li Dongqing said: "For those who work hard, after two years of kung fu learning, they can become rules and regulations.If you are willing to go, Xiude Girls' School has a painting department, which is not bad, and I can help you find a way to avoid admission. "Skellyn said:" How much is the tuition fee? "Li Dongqing said:" That's also limited, twenty or thirty yuan a semester. "At this time, Skellyn spread her handkerchief on her knees, pressed her two hands, and slowly stroked down, but her face was very calm and thinking. It seemed that she could touch the handkerchief on this handkerchief. Seems like some way. He forced a smile on Li Dongqing and said, "It's not too much. "Li Dongqing knew what was on her mind, and said: "I miss your cousin Ruixiang, the money at hand is used for activities, as soon as I tell her, she will definitely help you. "Skellyn said:" No, no, I wear hers and eat hers, I'm really ashamed to spend hers again.What's more, Sister Ruixiang only has 20 yuan a month, and she often suffers from famine. "Li Dongqing said:" I don't believe it, their old man only gave her this few money. "Schollen said:" You don't know, the young lady and grandma of the rich family don't need to take money out of their jobs.There are tricks in the silk shop, tricks in the shoe store, and tricks in the foreign goods store. Even if you have a meal in a familiar restaurant, you can also make a deposit. Besides going to the theater and watching the movie, what do they spend money on?So the family does not give much. "Li Dongqing also understands what she means. She doesn't want to use the Yu family's money. She lives in a relative's house, and it seems that she has something to hide. Now she is even asked to involve relatives for tuition fees. Naturally, she will not Ken. After thinking about it for a while, he said to Skellyn: "I don't dare to say the long-term words. At present, I can still raise twenty or thirty yuan. Now it's summer vacation, next semester There are still more than two months before the start of school, so don't be too busy. At that time, you can come to me to get all the tuition and book fees. "Schollian said: "Heavenly and conscientious, it is not easy for you to earn some money to support this door.How dare I trouble you?I would rather not go to school than ask your hard money for tuition. " Seeing that she spoke so decisively, Li Dongqing couldn't force her to continue, so she said: "The days are still long, let's talk about it later. Maybe I can think of a way with you, please go to that school and exempt your tuition fees. "Skellyn said:" That's fine.But as far as I can see, I'm afraid there is no such cheap thing. "Li Dongqing said:" That's all.Let's not talk about this, last night, it rained several times, and the Fausts on the road were already soaked.Today is sunny again, the air is very good, why don't we go to Beihai to have fun? "Skellyn has never heard Li Dongqing propose to go out to play, and now she said that she would go to Beihai first, so she must make fun of it. She said: "Very well, I just love that piece of water.I haven't been there for a long time, but I want to see it. "Li Dongqing talked to her mother, changed a skirt, and the two of them hired a car to come to Beihai. After entering the gate and walking up to the stone bridge, I saw that under the bridge, there was a piece of green, with overlapping lotus leaves, and there was no water at all, as if the bridge was built on the lotus leaves.Li Dongqing said: "I haven't been here for a long time, and the lotus leaves have grown so lush." ​​Shi Kelian said: "No matter where you go, you have to go once in a while to feel refreshed. If you come every day, you won't be surprised Are you right?" Li Dongqing said: "Extremely true, even making friends should be like this. So the ancients said that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water." As he spoke, he walked to the foot of Qiongdao Mountain and saw the mountain full of people. The green grass grows very vigorously, and because it is all under the big tree, it is green and moist, it was washed by the rain last night, and it has not dried yet.Li Dongqing said: "Let's not cross the lake by boat, the pier in Yilantang is too messy. Go along the east coast of the sea and go to the north shore, what do you think? "Skellyn said with a smile: "As long as you can walk, I have nothing to disapprove of. "The two agreed to walk along the shore of the lake under the locust trees. The westward sun was shining on a row of branches near the water. At the height of the tree, all the cicadas were chirping there. Under the tree, there are lotus leaves all over the sea, and a white water is exposed in the middle, where several painting boats come and go. A small boat paddled to the edge of the lotus leaf to fold lotus flowers, which startled a water bird and flew out in the lotus leaf. Li Dongqing said with a smile: "When the white water is full, two herons will come down, and a cicada will sing on the top of Bihuai. "Schollen said:" You seem to be writing poetry again. "Li Dongqing said:" It's not poetry, it's the poems of the ancients. I saw that the current scene looks a bit like those two poems, so I started to read them. "Skollen said:" Our uncle can also compose poetry.I saw him composing poems, pacing up and down under the eaves with frowning eyebrows, humming incessantly, it was more uncomfortable than other housekeepers and mother-in-law counting daily necessities, why do you prefer this one? "Li Dongqing smiled and said: "If you want to understand this benefit, I'm afraid you will have to study for two or three years.But your uncle is an official and has money, so if he learns this, he won't be able to learn it well. "Skollen said:" According to what you said, this poem should be learned by the poor, and the rich have no share. "Li Dongqing said:" Probably so? When I took off, I walked to the gate of Haopujian. Shi Kelian said: "It's very twists and turns, let's go around here, okay?" Li Dongqing didn't agree, and he had already walked on the road.Turning over the small hill, walking to the side of the pond and waterside pavilion, on the tea table, a man stood up facing him.Li Dongqing saw that it was Yang Xingyuan, and nodded with a smile.Skellian had met him many times, so he naturally recognized him and nodded.Li Dongqing saw that there was another person on the table where he was sitting, who looked like a bureaucrat, and walked over without talking to each other.Yang Xingyuan looked at Li Dongqing's back and went straight across the stone bridge. After passing the stone bridge, Li Dongqing also looked back. The person at Yang Xingyuan's table asked, "Brother Xingyuan, how do you know these two female students?" If you say you are a girlfriend, then he will have a lot of discussions, so Yang Xingyuan lied, and casually agreed: "It's a friend's family." Zhu Chuangeng said: "Now these ladies are free to move, don't want to be at home. If the elders lead them, they can come out. The nieces in my family also look like this. When I saw it for the first time, I was a little disapproving. Later, when I saw other relatives and friends' homes, they were all like this, so I didn't care about it." Yang Xingyuan said: "You How many nephews are you young masters? Are they all studying?" Zhu Chuangeng said: "There are several in each house. Speaking of their studies, they are so blessed. You don't need to take a step." Yang Xingyuan said: "Your brother has been in the diplomatic circle for many years, why doesn't he have a car?" Zhu Chuangeng said: "The family is too big, so I dare not spend more. Besides, although he has been in the diplomatic circle for many years How can you compare yourself to others?" Yang Xingyuan said, "I heard that in the year of Gengzi, brother Ling made a little effort in the diplomatic circle. How could this achievement be buried like this? "Zhu Chuangeng said with a smile," it's hard to say. "Seeing that he was unwilling to speak, Yang Xingyuan thought of something in his mind, so he stopped asking. He stared at the water in the pool, and was silent for a while. Because he asked, "Mr. Zhu, do you want to go back to the guild hall?" "Seeing him like this, Zhu Chuangeng is about to leave, and he will meet the tea account soon." He said, "I still have to go to the elder brother's place, let's take a step first." "While wearing a drafting hat, he took one of the cigarettes on the table and put it in his mouth, and grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds in his hand. Then he knocked on the lid of the teapot and asked his assistant to settle the bill. Yang Xingyuan stopped him and said:" I have to sit down for a while, please go ahead. "Zhu Chuangeng was really rude, he bowed his hands and left. Yang Xingyuan sat here in silence for a while, feeling that sitting here alone is very boring, why not go out for a walk, collect tea money, walk out of Haopujian, and walk straight north along the east coast of the Beihai Sea. After that, I didn't realize that I had arrived at Wulong Pavilion.Outside the pavilion, on the first tea table to the east, were Li Dongqing and Shi Kelian.Li Dongqing saw it, stood up early, and nodded with a smile.Yang Xingyuan walked over and said, "Haven't you left yet?" Shi Kelian also stood up, smiling, her face seemed to be a little flushed.Li Dongqing said: "This place is very nice. It's interesting because it's surrounded by aquatic plants. There are shade trees here, please sit down." Yang Xingyuan and Li Dongqing are already close friends in writing, so it's natural to sit and talk.But I'm still not very familiar with Skellyn, and I feel a little restrained in my heart.Naturally, Shi Kelian couldn't remain silent, so she said to Yang Xingyuan, "Please sit down." Yang Xingyuan stood by the table and sat down on a chair beside him.Li Dongqing poured a cup of tea and sent it over.Yang Xingyuan stretched out his hand to help, and got up together.Shi Kelian thought: "As far as I know, the friendship between the two of them is probably very deep. Why are they still so polite when they meet? This is also called hearing is not as good as seeing." Li Dongqing took a sip of tea and said: "Haopujian doesn't seem to be as good as this side." Yang Xingyuan said: "Everything is different, that side is quiet, and this side is spacious." Li Dongqing said: "Mr. Yang only came with one friend?" Yang Xingyuan laughed Said: "I like to come out to play alone. Today I came to Beihai alone, and that friend met me in the garden. "Li Dongqing said:" I told Miss Shi just now, that person seems to be an official.Mies Smith put it even better, saying that he is like a master in a civilized play. "This sentence made the three of them laugh. Li Dongqing said: "I think about it carefully, it's really similar. "Yang Xingyuan smiled and said: "You two said he looks like an actor, but I didn't know he was from a family of actors. "Li Dongqing said:" isn't he an official? We've missed it. "Yang Xingyuan smiled and said: "I didn't miss him, he was a young master, but his ancestors were singing operas. "Sitting on the side, Shi Kelian felt that if he didn't say a word, he was obviously petty again. He also asked: "Are there any descendants of opera singers who are officials? "Yang Xingyuan said: "Why not?Not only will the offspring be officials, but they themselves can be officials.The two of you probably know Chang Xiaoxia who sings Xiaodan, he is a counselor walking on the street.And that Xu Jiusheng who sings the old man also has several nominal errands. "Li Dongqing said with a smile: "This is a rotten sheep's head. " Yang Xingyuan said: "Actually, there are many officials, and the lack of a few actors does not necessarily reduce the government's burden." Li Dongqing said: "I mean, that's not what I mean. Why do you think opera actors are necessary in the officialdom?" Yang Xingyuan said : "This is nothing more than flattery. Think about how strict the class was in the Manchu Qing Dynasty. My uncle from my hometown is the son of the actor Zhu Baixing. At that time, he was an alternate Taoist." Shi Kelian默念着道：“朱白星……呵！我想起来了，这不是很有名的人吗？我们在什么杂志上报上，常常看见提到他。”杨杏园抓了几粒瓜子，放在面前桌子上，然后一粒一粒的嗑着，笑道：“这话要说起来，是一段很有趣的逸事。这朱白星和我是个最近的同乡，因为他们的家庭，说他唱戏有辱祖先，把他驱逐出境。那个时候，北京有了皮簧班子了，他就一直跑到北京来唱戏，不到两年工夫，就出了名。后来自己做老板，升到内庭供奉，专和公子王爷来往，就发了财了。敝县那个地方是极注意家谱的。朱白星虽在京唱得像做了京官一样，他总是怕上不了谱，和家族还时常通信。有一年，他家里有一个举人到京里来会试，他花了整千的银子，款待那举人，想借此和家里人恢复感情。这位举人先是想走朱白星的路子，弄个翰林进士。偏是朱白星有几分憨直，没有和他运动。 这举人受了他的钱，一点不见情，回得家去，写信将朱白星痛骂一顿，说他唱戏唱得做了宰相，也是一族人的羞耻。朱白星见同乡的人有这样不讲交情，以后就在北京娶妻生子，和家里人断绝关系。他有两个儿子，一个依旧让他唱戏，一个替他捐了个候补道。据朱白星对他儿子说，唱戏不是正业，替国家办不了什么事，替祖宗增不了什么光。还是在读书上巴结一点功名的为是。但是本人是个穷汉，现在发了大财，也不可忘本，也把一个人去唱戏。“李冬青笑道：”这虽然是旧时人物的话，一个唱戏的人，有这样的见解，就也难得。“杨杏园道：”所以他死了这多年，人家还是念他。到了儿子手里，靠着王爷贝子贝勒的交情，他当真就做上一个道台了。 后来不知道哪一个管闲事的人参了他一本，说他身家不清白。他早也知道这一着是不能免的，老早的就派人回乡去，和族下一个穷汉商量，在家谱上，彼此对调一下。 把乡下人调着做朱白星的儿子，自己便去填他的缺。等到清室下旨查办，他把老早刻的家谱呈上，说是朱白星只有两个儿子，一个回家务农，一个在京唱戏，哪里会钻出第三个人来？本人不错姓朱，和朱白星同乡，但是疏远极了。清室也明知道是一种把戏，念起朱白星在内庭供奉多年，是一代名伶，不忍难为他的后代，只要官样文章可以敷衍过去，也就不问了。所以朱白星的后代，就留下了一支做官的，一支唱戏的。 “史科莲道：”杨先生怎样知道得有这样清楚？ “杨杏园笑道：”敝处文风最坏，专出不通的秀才。可是戏好，许多有名的戏子，都出在那里。若是要像太史公一般，做起优伶列传来，那还要到我们那里去，找木本水源呢。刚才和我同座的，他的父亲，就是和朱白星儿子对调名分的那一位。朱白星儿孙作官，他实在有点功劳，所以他到北京来找朱白星的孙子。 “李冬青道：”有一次去听戏，有一个四五十岁的生角出台，密斯余告诉我，那就是朱白星的孙子，大概那是唱戏的那一支下的了。但不知道作官的这一支，又是些什么官？ “杨杏园道：”有文官，也有武官，说起来，还是二三班的西洋留学生呢。 “史科莲见杨杏园坐在这里说得滔滔不绝。心想你在这里陪朋友谈话，那边的朋友，你就扔开不管了。心里好笑。李冬青未尝不知道杨杏园有个朋友在那边，但是他不说走，不能催他走。而于杨杏园呢，他是送走了朱传庚，才到这边来的，心里更是不会想到走了。史科莲一想，要他走，先得止住他的谈锋，便对李冬青道：”在金鳌玉蟀桥，望北海里边的景致，非常之好，到了这边来，又不过如此了。 “李冬青道：”正是这样。将来你要上学，应该走这桥上过，你天天可以看一两趟了。 “杨杏园道：”密斯史，要进哪个学校？ " 李冬青便代她答道：“打算进修德女子学校学图画呢。”杨杏园道：“很好，不过我听见说，学费恐怕不便宜。”史科莲听了这话，立时脸上加了一重忧色，不觉失神叹了一口气。李冬青对她笑道：“你不用着急，等我慢慢的筹划，这是什么大事，解决不下来？”史科莲道：“我倒不是为我自己打算，我是替一般没有钱的人着想，他们都应该做光眼瞎子的了。有钱的人，真是占便宜，吃好的，穿好的，读书也可以造高深的学问。这样一说，教育也是不平等的事了。”杨杏园道：“要说没有钱的人，赶快要先找个职业，倒不在乎求那个高深的学问，但是中学以下的教育，政府是应该尽义务的。现在许多穷人的孩子，没有书读，这倒是政府的责任。”李冬青听了，很是赞成，两人就由此谈到教育上去。这个说：应该实行强迫教育，那一个说，不妨试行道尔顿制。越说越有味，又把史科莲搁在一边了。