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Chapter 21 Lao Zhang's Philosophy (21)

Collected Works of Lao She 老舍 1856Words 2018-03-20
Li Jing entered Deshengmen in a daze, the wind was quieter, but more tears were blown out by the wind than when she came here! After crossing Desheng Bridge, people on the street pointed forward and said, "Look! Mr. Dong Shan!" An old woman eagerly said to a little beggar girl, "Hurry up, Mr. Dong Shan is there, go!" Li Jing also stopped to look: an old gentleman was wearing a blue cotton robe covering his feet, a monk's hat on his head, and a string of beads in his hand.Round face, covered with silver-gray beard, kind-hearted.The beggars surrounded him, and he slowly took out a roll of money notes from his hat, and gave one to each of the beggars.After laughing wildly for a while, Gao Langlang recited "Amitabha"!

Li Jing's heart moved, but she didn't dare to go forward, and slowly followed the old gentleman to the south.After passing by the east entrance of Jiang Yang's house, the gentleman suddenly laughed wildly again, turned around and walked back, and entered the alley leading to Yinding Bridge.Li Jing watched him enter the alley before starting to walk to his aunt's house. She walked with her head down and arrived at the east entrance of Huguosi Street. "Sister Jing! You're back!" Wang Deli stood outside a shop, his face flushed from the cold. "Sister Jing! My business has succeeded!" He was as affectionate as a child seeing his own sister.

"Really?" she said. "Yes! Proofread manuscripts for the Daqiang newspaper and interview news. Two years later, with my ability, I will be the lead writer. Sister! You know that the lead writers are all writers!" "Wang De!" "exist!" "Is aunt at home?" "Go to the shop and ask uncle for money." "Come on, I'll tell you something important when I get home." "Decree!" Wang De followed Uncle Zhao to listen to a civil and martial arts play in the Tianqiao Theater.I quite feel that drama literature has the advantage of being short and clear, and whenever I am happy, I use it unconsciously.

When the two arrived home, Li Jing eagerly said to Wang De: "Wang De! You can do something for me, okay?" "Okay! But wait until I finish my business." "Wang De!" Li Jing was so anxious that she wanted to cry, "I beg you to do something for me immediately!" "No! If I don't tell you about me first, there seems to be a big python hiding in my heart. Climbing out of the festival, that is such a thing, today I..." "Wang De! You are too selfish! You don't love me?" "I don't love you, I'm a little scalper without horns!"

"Then I beg you to do something, why don't you listen?" "Speak! Girl! I'll listen! After talking about yours, let's talk about mine!" "Do you know that there is a Dong Shan in Beicheng? Go and find out his address." "What do you want to know about him?" "If you love me, please don't ask carefully!" "Today's matter is a bit mysterious! Don't ask, don't tell! Good! Don't ask if you don't ask, Wang De will go!" Wang De pulled his legs and ran out, and opened the street door with a bang, followed by an "ouch".Li Jing ran out after him, and saw Wang De covering his head with one hand, and lifting the latch with one hand.

"Wang De! Are you ready?" "No! Except for a goose peak added on the head." Wang De said and ran away again.In less than ten minutes, Wang De ran back. "Wang De, does your head hurt?" She touched his head and it was still hot. "It doesn't hurt! Sister Jing! I ran to the street and came up with a plan: instead of going to Beicheng to inquire, I might as well ask the policeman. Sure enough, the policeman told me that the good man's address is at No. 98 Yinding Bridge. It's over, should I talk?" "Say it." "Sister! What's on your mind? The word 'Say it' is not like your usual tone."

"No worries, how are you doing?" "Interviewer, you will be the chief writer in the future! This is by no means a mediocre career! Look, enlightening people's wisdom, isn't it the best thing?" "You want to write an article, write a manuscript, it will be strange if the newspaper accepts your manuscript!" "Sister Jing, why are you making fun of me!" Wang De was really upset. "If you don't believe me, wait for my uncle to come back and ask him, and listen to what he has to say!" "Definitely! Asking my uncle will probably prove that your words are wrong!" Wang De pouted, thinking to himself: How to make a manuscript and how to publish it in a newspaper , How to secretly put the newspaper with her own manuscript in her room, let her read it, how she must admire it. ...

Li Jing was thinking about her own affairs, he was thinking about his own affairs, neither of them felt lonely looking at each other without speaking. Li Ying is back. "Li Ying! I haven't seen you for several years!" Wang De finally found someone who liked to listen to his affairs, because Li Jing didn't want to listen. "Wang De, why are you always talking nonsense? We saw each other this morning, why have we been together for so many years?" Li Ying said to his sister again, "What are you talking about, uncle?" "Yes, brothers and sisters, let's talk! There is no room for me to talk today!"

"Wang De! Don't make a fuss!" Li Ying still asked her, "How is uncle?" "Uncle is in good health, and I only ask you to work hard." Li Jing covered up everything else. "Wang De, your business?" Li Ying asked quickly, fearing that Wang De would not like it. "Ask me? Is this what you like to hear? Good! Listen!" Wang De got a chance. "Today when I went out of the city, I met a relative who introduced me to Daqiang Newspaper Office. Half of them are interviewers and half are proofreaders. Proofreading is done every day, and the monthly salary is 10 yuan; the interview manuscript is not fixed, and the manuscript is adopted, and there is another remuneration. Tomorrow I went to work and tried my hand at work. Li Ying, if you have learned how to proofread and edit manuscripts, even if you understand a large part of the newspaper, I may open a newspaper by myself in three or two years. I am not here to make money, but to enlighten the people. A genuinely good thing."

After Wang De finished speaking, he waited for Li Ying's compliment. "It's good to be wrong." Li Ying said slowly: "It's just a matter in the world. Before you experience it yourself, don't say good or bad." "Okay! Another dull thunder! When I was in school, I said that you look like an 80-year-old old man. You really speak like my ancestor!" Wang De didn't lose his smile. "That's the truth! It's not that I have experience and you don't." "I don't believe it! Are things in the world really unpredictable?" "You don't understand me, Wang De! Let's talk about it when we have time. Now I have to think about my own affairs."

After Li Ying finished speaking, he went to his own room, and Li Jing went to the kitchen to make dinner. Only Wang De was left talking to himself: "Yes! We also think about our own affairs!"
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