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Chapter 195 Zhao Ziyue (8)

Collected Works of Lao She 老舍 4037Words 2018-03-20
Zhao Ziyue was sitting in the second-class car, with a half-sized foreign-style suitcase beside him, and a pair of blue satin shoes in the suitcase.Within ten minutes of the train starting from the East Station, he ignored other things and secretly admired the fast train without a donkey: "Blessings to our ancestors! My ancestors have never even seen a train, so why not take a train! The invention of the natural train is the glory of scientists, but it is my duty to praise the train!" He looked at the passengers in the car: some of them opened their mouths wide and yawned like traveling, as if they had prepared several trips before getting on the car. Yawning as if they were on the train; some were holding literary books such as Zhang Xinsheng on the station, and shot their eyes blankly on the legs of the female customers opposite; some were smoking Da Luzon cigarettes, Min took out his gold watch and looked at it; ... tacky!Hate!He turned his eyes back from a distance and saw the foreign-style suitcase beside him. He felt that only he had the qualification and status to take a second-class car! "Mo Danian's words are indeed somewhat reliable, but," boring!stuffy!The train whistled twice. "Sneaking like this, won't it break Ouyang's heart? But," grunting, the train passed a small iron bridge. "Ms. Wang? It's useless to think about it!" He looked out of the window: the houses, trees, and telephone poles all retreated side by side: "Hmph!"...

When the car arrived at the corridor, he felt some new interest and hope, and gradually moved to the north of the corridor. What I think is buried deep in my mind, and I plan everything in the future: "Did Zhou Shaolian receive my letter? Send it quickly? At least a few porters should carry this box? Maybe two are enough? Fortunately, there is only one pair. Satin shoes! Hiring a foreign car after getting off the train is a motorcycle? Of course it is a motorcycle! Hiring a foreign car for a second-class car is not like a sentence!..." When the bus arrived at Laolongtou, the passengers carried luggage, took out tickets, called porters, looked at their watches, yawned for the last time, and made a fuss.Zhao Ziyue sat quietly in the car, waiting for the porter to pick up the suitcase; he saw the other people's fuss, and couldn't help smiling: "I don't have self-restraint!"

"Ziyue! Ziyue!" There were two sharp and ugly shouts on the platform, as if sharpening a sawtooth with a steel file. Zhao Ziyue followed the sound and looked around: Zhou Shaolian was pushing forward in the crowd.He was wearing a blue uniform, with an octagonal bachelor's cap on his head, and a gossip embroidered with gold thread on the top of the cap.Zhao Zi said seeing Zhou Shaolian's new attire and couldn't help laughing.I said in my heart: "Really improve the gossip bandits!" "Old Zhou! Call porter, move boxes!" Zhou Shaolian jumped into the car with two slender legs like stalks, fat heart and thin legs, brave and dangerous.He shook hands with Zhao Ziyue, widened the smile lines of his smiling eyes, at the same time raised his nose, expanded his crying patterns, and picked up his suitcase.

"Wait for the porter to move!" Zhao Ziyue was not afraid of Zhou Shaolian's trouble, but he was afraid of losing his status. "It's not heavy! This golden box is as empty as it is!" Zhou Shaolian carried the box and went out, and Zhao Ziyue had to follow. "Is this a good way? The red folks?" "Very pessimistic!" said Zhao Ziyue. (In fact, it is also a sad thing not to ask porters to carry boxes.) The two walked out of the platform while talking, Zhao Ziyue took a few steps forward and called a motorcycle over.He asked Zhou Shaolian to get in the car first, then he held the car door and looked around, smiled, and bent over to get in the car: "Dharma Realm, Shenyi University!"

Tianjin, Dharma Realm, and Shenyi University are well-known all over the world for researching and inventing all sciences and philosophies based on the subject. Shenyi University has a total of eight subjects: philosophy, literature, psychology, geology, mechanics, electricity, education and politics.Students enter the school for two years first, and they read catchy, and then they are allowed to enter the department according to their subjects.Which subject to enter is determined by the principal's divination.The lecture notes of each subject are compiled according to the procedure of the sixty-four hexagrams.Because of the copyright, I dare not copy the sacred and non-violable handouts, and the truth is too deep for ordinary people to understand; I have to explain some of the most superficial truths:

It consists of two symbols of hexagram and yao and two characters of hexagram and yao. According to the two hexagrams of Qian and Kun, the geology department of Shenyi University says this: He is the cross-sectional map of the stratum, and the traces of stratum division can be seen in the hexagram of Kun.If it is drawn like this: , it is a vertical diagram of the stratum.The scriptures said: "Don't use the dragon in the ninth day of the ninth day" and "See the dragon in the field in the second day of the second day", which undoubtedly shows that there are ancient biological fossils buried in the ground.The so-called "hidden dragon" and "in the field" don't mean that ancient creatures are buried in the ground.The so-called "ninth day of junior high school" and "second day of junior high school" refer to the stratum level.Besides, the dragon is an ancient creature; otherwise, why not say "see the cat in the field?"

Then move these two hexagrams to mechanics, that is the explanation of yin and yang screws.If the two hexagrams are drawn like this: Aren't these two screws?Put them together: isn't it a picture of a screw drilling through a board?Applying the fourteen hexagrams to electricity, it is even more surprising that ancient Chinese civilization is unattainable: Fuxi's drawing of hexagrams has already invented the function of yin and yang electricity, and Hou Shengyan's hexagrams have already invented the telegraph!The sixty-four hexagrams are different electricity collectors and generators.The sixty-four hexagram names of Qian Kun Fu Tai are the numbers of the telegram, just like the so-called "Yu Dian" and "Yan Dian" in newspapers now.

The short and sharp words in the scriptures have the same meaning as the simplicity of today's telegrams: for example, "Li sees the lord", "The benefit has a future", "The benefit involves the big river", but it means: The surname Li has seen the lord. , the one surnamed Li has already set off, and the one surnamed Li crossed the river.As for the man surnamed Li, whether he was a bank magnate in ancient times or a coal and iron magnate, although I can’t say for sure; but he is undoubtedly a big man: because the scriptures have mentioned "Li Jianzhen" several times, it doesn’t mean that the man surnamed Li is a A man who can endure hardship and speak his word. ...

The campus of Shenyi University is based on the above-mentioned Mongolian architecture.Li is: "I don't ask Tongmeng, Tongmeng asks me." To put it bluntly: Those who come here to study must abide by all the rules. If you have such determination, come!Those who don't want to be bound like this, go!That's how we do it. If you come, it means you have good intentions; if you don't come, you will be defeated!With such a purpose, and the good geomantic occupancy of the school site, only the teachers and students of Shenyi University continued to practice music and music during the nationwide student riot.The first floor is the office, the principal's room and the teachers' room.The second, third, fourth, and sixth floors are classrooms for eight subjects.The fifth floor is the student dormitory and library.The surrounding walls are full of gossip, and there is a town object hanging on the gate tower, a picture of innate Tai Chi.These things turned out to be just decorations, but we knew that they had played a role in the dark: since the gossip paintings on the boundary wall were finished and the gates were hung up, the business of the Sino-French Bank on the opposite side has been declining day by day. A well-capitalized bank will collapse and go out of business. Although the French do not admit that these towns have spirits, the fact is that a group of public opinion in the society believes that Shenyi University is the hope for China to defeat the world powers without weapons in the future!

When the car arrived at the gate of Shenyi University, Zhao Ziyue sent the fare, Zhou Shaolian picked up the suitcase, and the two went to the student dormitory.Zhao Ziyue glanced eastward and westward, the wind was miserable everywhere, although there was no cry of ghosts and gods, the gloomy silence was enough to make him break out in a cold sweat. "Old Zhou! How many students are there now?" "Fifteen!" "Fifteen? Living in such a big yard, aren't you afraid?" "With the Taiji diagram guarding the gate, what are you afraid of?" Zhou Shaolian said solemnly.

Zhao Ziyue was half-believing and half-doubting, more or less courageously followed Zhou Shaolian to the dormitory without saying a word.In addition to a wooden bed, there is an ancient chair standing against the wall; it cannot stand apart from the wall because it has three legs.There is a small table next to the window, on which there is a bronze incense burner, and some melon seed rinds are placed in the burner.There is a small charcoal basin and a dark green chamber pot under the table.The dry yellow and green moss on the wall can be in any form, and Zhou Shaolian used chalk to paint the moss marks into little bastards, little rabbits, and pouting little ghosts.The unafraid mice on the paper shed gnawed at the paper and creaked; sometimes they even screeched and fought."Shoot!" "Shoot!" "Shoot!" outside the house with such a constant sound, as if two ghosts were playing chess there! "Old Zhou! What's that noise?" Zhao Ziyue sat on the bed, his hair standing on end. "Lao Liu is displaying Xiantian "Book of Changes" in the room! Lao Zhao, I'll make tea for you!" Zhou Shaolian said as he lowered himself to the bed and searched for a long time, finding the teapot where the chamber pot should be. "Are you drinking the light green Longjing, the deep red Xiangpian, or the transparent and colorless white water?" "It doesn't matter, old Zhou!" When Zhou Shaolian went out to make tea, Zhao Ziyue felt his heart pounding. "Shoot!" "Shoot!" "Shoot!" The sound from the next door was still so quiet and miserable, Zhao Ziyue gradually couldn't sit still.He was just about to go out to the yard to wait for Zhou Shaolian to go, when the neighbor next door laughed like a clatter for a while, and he sat down again! It took Zhou Shaolian a quarter of an hour to come back, holding a teapot in one hand and two tea bowls in the other. "Old Zhao, why are you so pale?" Zhou Shaolian asked. "I'm probably tired, drink a bowl of tea, and go out to find a hotel after drinking!" Zhao Ziyue said in his heart: "If you stay here for one night, you will be crushed to death by a ghost!" "Tell me, why did you find a hotel again when you live here?" Zhou Shaolian asked the more he wanted to laugh, the more he seemed to cry, and the more he seemed to cry, the more he wanted to laugh. "When I wrote to you, I planned to live here; but now I'm afraid of disturbing your studies, so I might as well stay in a hotel!" Zhao Ziyue said. "It's fine for me to take annual leave now, no work, no work!" Zhou Shaolian said while pouring tea. "Let's talk when we get back, drink tea first." Zhao Ziyue picked up the tea: there was no trace of heat in the tea bowl.Only a thin tea stalk floats on the tea which is slightly yellower than white water.When Zhao Ziyue saw this bowl of tea, he became more determined to stay in the hotel.He took a mouthful, pretended to rinse his mouth and opened the door to spit on the ground. "The purpose of your visit this time? Ziyue!" Zhou Shaolian said as he raised his neck and drank a bowl of herbal tea, then straightened his back, as if telling the herbal tea to go on forever. "I want something to do! I'm tired of reading!" "What are you looking for?" "uncertain!" "What if you can't find it?" Zhao Zi said no answer.Zhou Shaolian followed one sentence after another, while Zhao Ziyue was lazy and wanted to go out. The two were silent for a long time, and it was Zhou Shaolian who spoke first: "What are you eating? Ziyue!" "Shao Lian, I'll go out to eat and find a hotel, don't worry about it!" "Shall I find a hotel with you?" "I have a hotel! It's in the Japanese Concession!" Zhao Ziyue said as he picked up the suitcase. "Okay! Tell me the address, so I can find you!" ………… Grayish yellow is a mass of color, sour and stinky is a mass of smell, and choking is a mass of sound.The grey, yellow, sour and choking area is a group of Japanese concessions.There is nothing to analyze in color, nothing to analyze in taste, nothing to analyze in sound.The color, taste and sound are added together, and there is a Japanese concession in the unanalyzable mass.There is prosperity, splendor, opium, prostitutes, soju, foreign money, pot stickers, and culture.There are red bayberries, spring paintings, electric lights, movies, sparrows, banquets, what else? ——There is a Japanese Concession! Strings of electric lights illuminate Dongyang's goods: for one yuan you can sell a diamond ring, and for five cents you can wear a mink fur hat, even if you ask a rich man to wear it, you won't be able to tell if it's real or not.The prostitutes with short jackets and no skirts are all as beautiful as angels under the lights, smiling, singing, and dancing with eyes. Their prices are not more expensive than fake diamond rings and mink fur hats.The hot and sour smell of pot stickers is wrapped in a cheap and pungent scent of toilet water, which makes people smell the nose-piercing aroma in the stale air.The workers are there, the officials are there, and the perpetrators of murder and arson are also there, and each of them enjoys the freedom and joy of his life.The chief opium seller, the wealthy man wanted by the government, and the old poet with a white beard were all there for entertainment.Chinese culture, Japanese imperial power, and Western material comforts join hands here to form a "paradise and heaven". Yangliuqing was burned, Tianjin City was robbed, and the Japanese Concession was still a safe haven.When the soldiers arrived, the machine guns were fired, and the Japanese Concession was still singing and laughing, and there was no danger at all.Patriotic patriots fiercely fought back for sovereignty and took back the concessions. However, there were more Chinese in the Japanese concessions, and the housing prices were higher.It costs 5,000 yuan to store one thing there, and 30,000 yuan to store a small lap dog.The hoarseness of the patriotic patriotic movement has exhausted, but the Japanese are still doing their business in peace.Anyway, patriotic people never try to kill warlords. Anyway, warlords always burn and rob. Anyway, when warlords arrive, people will run to the concession. If you don't listen to the speeches of patriots, the Japanese are smiling with their mustaches curled up! Zhao Ziyue put the suitcase in the Rihua Hotel, then went to Nanshi Street to drink two jugs of wine and eat some Tianjin dishes.Satisfied with wine and food, he found his "Utopia" in the gray and yellow mass.
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