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Chapter 5 Lao Zhang's Philosophy (5)

Collected Works of Lao She 老舍 2540Words 2018-03-20
Lao Zhang made arrangements for Li Ying and Wang De's affairs, and took a sip of herbal tea.As the tea went down, there was a rumbling sound in my stomach. "Old Zhang, you are hungry!" He said to himself: "The stomach is the same as the beggars on the street, always bluffing and pretending to be ugly. Eat as soon as you are hungry, and then he will ring seventy or eighty times a day." He pressed the button Belly: "Damn things, don't protest with me, Lao Zhang has his own way!" After giving an order, he immediately felt that his spirit was stronger than his body, and he began to plan everything: "Today's two sentences of 'stand at attention' are so crisp! How familiar are devils with place names! Old Zhang! At least you have the ability!..." "One hundred and four, add thirty to one hundred and seventeen. Xiao San's father didn't even send a few buckets of millet, enough to last for a month or two Mr. Academic Affairs is finally satisfied with today's appearance. Once reported, the bonus is thirty. One hundred and seventeen, plus thirty is two hundred,—two hundred! The shop will never make less than last year, although it has not yet Pay the bill!..." "The debt owed by Li Ying's uncle is hopeless. After resigning, Li Ying asked him to pick up patrols, sit on the ground, and deduct two yuan a month from his salary, which is twenty-four a year. Li Ying After we left, Wang De helped us to settle the accounts, and he was required to pay less than two pennies per month, but he would save finding a young apprentice. Be cruel! Give up two pennies!..."

The more he thought about it, the happier he became, and the happier he was, the louder his stomach became, but the more he felt that there was no need to eat!So he ran to the North Room, picked up the business card of Mr. Student Affairs and took a closer look.The business card was printed on both sides of red paper and gold lettering.There are too many characters printed on it, so Lao Zhang doesn't know how many of them, he doesn't care about that; he is not a sage who invented characters, who can recognize all the characters in the "Dictionary"? The front of the business card:

"Education Workshop" in April, visited Changping County Education, third-class silver medal of British American Tobacco Company, former trainee of the 21st Regiment of the 11th Division, member of the Beijing Autonomous Research Association, member of the Beijing Youth Association, acting Beijing Normal University Inspector of suburban school affairs, correspondent of Shanghai Leisure Evening News.Nan Feisheng, with the English word next to it: NanFiSheng. On the back is: The name is Yunqing, the name is Ruoboat, and the author is signed by Yiyushanren.Use the phone number 1015 at the East Office.Only for visiting.

"This kid has some background!" Lao Zhang thought: "With just this business card, it won't cost more than one yuan per print?! Lao Zhang, you have to go to the political world too! You have money but no power, and you are a three-legged cow. How can we stand firm!..." "Huh! People with background are not aggressive, don't look at him smiling and saying good things, maybe he is full of ghosts! The book is wrong, the podium is 'Baihu Terrace', and there is no spittoon in the courtyard ,... Report it truthfully, Lao Zhang, you can't bear it!" The more Lao Zhang thought about it, the more pessimistic he became. The wasted foreign money flew out of his heart like snowflakes. "The report has been submitted! 'Baihutai', the old textbook, and the bonus of 30 yuan flew away! The official document came down, 'Every method, if it violates the rules, it will be suspended immediately!' All the students left, one hundred and four plus thirty , one hundred and seven flew!..."

Old Zhang was covered in cold sweat, his stomach was rumbling, he slammed his hand on the table, and shouted, "Fly away! All fly away!" "No, only one flew!" A woman outside the window said weakly. "What flew?" "I'm cooking for you in the house, and the eagle took one!" The voice outside the window was as low as a grieving ghost heard in a dream. "A what?" "Chicken!" cried out the window whimpering. "Chicken! Chicken is life, life is chicken!" "I'm going back to my mother's house tonight, and I'll bring two of my brother's chickens, will it work?"

"You have a brother? Are you threatening me? Good! You dare to bully me, Mr. Student Affairs! You get out!I can't keep: eat me, drink my dead sow! " Lao Zhang ran out, assuming that the so-called dead sow had been kicked in the leg.The woman fell down like a rush of grass, her eyes turned upwards, two teardrops the size of soybeans were embedded in the corners of her eyes, and she closed her breath. At this time, the students came back gradually after lunch. Seeing the teacher's wife lying on the ground, the teacher switched legs and kicked her.Wang De came in, followed by Li Ying. (They didn't go home for dinner. They just bought a few sesame seed cakes and ate them outside the school while discussing their affairs.) Wang De immediately stopped laughing when he saw that the person lying on the ground was his teacher's wife. help up.

"Wang De, how dare you!" Lao Zhang's thin mouth was as tight as two monkey tendons. "Master's wife is dead!" Wang De said. "It should have been dead long ago! Dead stinky land!" Wang Dezhen is going to declare war with Lao Zhang, but he lives by laughing, so he doesn't know much about fighting.He was trembling all over, couldn't lift his hands, his legs were turning in his trousers, and his trousers seemed to be a lot fatter than usual.He couldn't even speak a word, his tongue was holding a mouthful of saliva, and he retracted joint by joint.

Wang Dezheng had no choice but to hear a slap, like a red maple leaf falling from the sky, imprinting five half-purple patterns on Lao Zhang's upturned left face.Li Ying!That's Li Ying! Wang De began to understand: Hitting someone with your fists without choosing a place is called fighting.So he shouted with all his strength, "Fight!" Lao Zhang didn't care about getting a hot slap on the face, so based on his experience over the years and his natural defense instinct, he used his whole body martial arts to fight Li Ying.Wang De also swung his fist and rushed over. "Wang De!" Li Ying yelled while beating: "It's not fair for two to fight one. If I fall, you have the guts to fight with him again!"

Wang De stopped trembling, his face was as red as the red apricots on the tree.Hearing what Li Ying said, he ran back to help his wife up, and said to himself: "It's not fair for two to beat one. Is it fair for a man to beat a woman?" The third and fourth students all cried, and the older students stood up and trembled.The door was full of idlers, very peaceful and delicate, watching them huddle together. "It's hard work! It's hard work! Li Ying let go!" Sun Baye ran over from outside and broke down with his life. "Wang De! Come and persuade me!" "No! I'll wait for a response!" Wang De took a bowl of cold water and poured a few grains of Rendan into the teacher's wife's mouth.

"Good! Good fight!" Lao Zhang got up from the ground and dusted off the dirt on his body.Li Ying clenched his fists and said nothing. "Li Ying! Come here to teach the teacher's wife, I should do it with him!" Wang De nodded to Li Ying.Lao Zhang laughed when he heard Wang De say this.Sun Baye didn't know what Wang De meant, but saw him rushing forward with his whole body. "Wang De, what are you going to do?" Sun Ba stopped him. "Fight!" Wang De said: "It's not fair for two to fight one. After one fights, one fights!" "It's not fair to fight with wheels! You all worked so hard!" Sun Ba pushed and hugged Wang De to stop him.Then he turned back and said to Lao Zhang: "Mr. Zhang, go into the house, don't be angry, the children don't know what to do." Then he said to the people watching the excitement: "Everyone, how hard it is! It's nothing new for Mr. to punish the students. Let go!"

Lao Zhang went into the West Room, watched the excitement and criticized Lao Zhang for his good kick, and Li Ying's wonderful pinching of his neck, and they left one after another. Sun Ba ran to Mrs. Zhang again and said, "Sister-in-law! Don't be angry, Mr. Zhang is just impatient." Mrs. Zhang had already woken up, staring blankly at the ground, supporting Wang De with one hand and her head with the other, trembling. "Baye! Don't bother talking to her! Boy Li, you are quite courageous! You, your uncle, can't escape alone! You are nineteen, I am forty-nine, let's keep our eyes open!" Lao Zhang yelled in the room. "Can you see it with your eyes closed? Nonsense!" Wang De resisted Zhang on Li Ying's behalf. "Good Wang De, you can't run away with two traitors!" "The one named Zhang!" Li Ying leaned on the apricot tree and said, "I am the one who demolished your school, and I am the one who killed you. Let's go and see!" "It's better to demolish a house than set it on fire, Li Ying!" Wang De replied.He resumed his laughing life: firstly, he saw that his wife woke up, and she was not really dead; secondly, he saw that Li Ying was not injured by Lao Zhang; thirdly, he felt that today's beating was more interesting than the usual beating of students many. "You all worked hard! Can you say a word less?" Sun Bazhe tried to persuade him. "Sister-in-law, you go home and stay for half a day, Wang De, you send your teacher's wife away! Li Ying, you go home for now! You all go into the house to write!" Sun Ba called the rest of the students into the classroom.Wang De and Li Ying supported the teacher's wife and walked out slowly.
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