Chapter 1015 1014【Apprenticeship】

Kunming, Dongsi Street.

Mei's.

Mei Yiqi's second daughter, Mei Zutong, brought a bowl of pastries and said with a smile, "Little brother Zhou, come and try my mother's Dingsheng cake."

"Thank you." Zhou Weilie nodded with a polite smile.

Seeing Zhou Weilie put the pastry on the table, Mei Zutong thought he was being polite, and said, "Don't be fooled, treat this as your own home, the Dingsheng cake made by my mother is delicious."

Zhou Weilie could only say: "Thank you, Second Sister Mei, I don't eat pastries and pasta."

Mei Zufen, the youngest daughter of the Mei family, couldn't see it, and murmured, "As expected of the son of a rich family, he has a tricky mouth."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Mrs. Mei Han Yonghua scolded.

Sun Yonghao quickly explained: "My young master has been allergic to gluten since he was a child, and he has diarrhea when he eats pasta. As time goes by, he doesn't even touch rice cakes."

Mei Yiqi asked: "What is gluten allergy?"

Sun Yonghao said confusedly: "It's something in the wheat. If you eat it in your stomach, you will get sick. My wife even took the young master to London to see a British doctor. This disease can't be cured, but as long as you don't eat pasta, it doesn't matter."

"It's really pitiful, I got this disease at a young age," Han Yonghua said with a mother's love, pulling Zhou Weilie, "There is no flour in this Dingsheng cake, Xiao Zhou can try it."

Zhou Weilie then picked up the pastry and took a bite, nodded and said, "Mmm, it's delicious."

"I'll just say it's delicious. Many people in Kunming like it." Mei Zutong laughed.

Han Yonghua was about to go out with a basket of pastries, and said to his son Mei Zuyan: "Zu Yan, I'm going out to sell Dingsheng cakes, you take Xiao Zhou around. Don't go too far, run as soon as there is an air defense siren. Take good care of Xiao Zhou."

"Okay, Mom, don't worry." Mei Zuyan nodded.

Mei Yiqi's eldest daughter is already working, while the other three daughters and her only son are still studying. Not long after Han Yonghua went out, the second daughter Mei Zutong took her younger siblings to play with Zhou Weilie. Mei Yiqi also specially gave some pocket money to buy some snacks for Zhou Weilie.

Walking on the streets of Kunming, Zhou Weilie asked curiously, "Second Sister Mei, why does Auntie still make cakes and sell them on the street?"

Mei Zutong explained: "The teacher's salary is too low, and he has to make money to subsidize his family."

Zhou Weilie said: "But Uncle Mei is the principal."

"Principals are poorer than ordinary professors. Ordinary professors can find part-time jobs, but principals must stick to their jobs." Mei Zutong pointed to his younger brother Mei Zuyan and said, "When Zu Yan ran to the police last year, he lost his glasses. I had to take a year off from school to clean things up. The new pair of glasses he is wearing now was bought by my mother selling rice cakes to earn money."

Mei Zuyan smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, speaking of which, we are still classmates in the same year. I was admitted to the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the United University this year."

Zhou Weilie said: "I am from the Department of Mathematics."

"Haha, I know, you are famous." Mei Zuyan laughed.

Zhou Weilie scratched his head and said, "I was on the phone with my family yesterday. My dad scolded me and asked me to bring a gift to the interviewing teachers to apologize."

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After the children had left, Sun Yonghao said: "Principal Mei, I will return to Chongqing soon, and I will not stay in Kunming to take care of the young master. Madam, please take care of me."

"No problem, let Wei Lie move to my house, but the room is too narrow." Mei Yiqi said.

"Mr. Zhou wants to cultivate the child's hard-working spirit and self-reliance, so he must let the young master live in the student dormitory." Sun Yonghao took out two checks and said, "My wife secretly entrusted me to give you this one. I hope Principal Mei will make it every weekend. Order something delicious, and give the young master a tooth-beating ceremony. Another large check was given by Mr. Zhou. He wanted to donate money to repair the dormitories for the teachers of the Lian University. The husband said that there is not much money and time is tight, so he can only repair some soil. wall thatched roof.”

Mei Yiqi glanced at the check, one was 100,000, and the other was 10 million. He said happily: "Mr. Zhou has a heart. Mr. Sun..."

"Call me Xiaosun." Sun Yonghao said quickly.

"Okay, Xiao Sun," Mei Yiqi said, "I have something to ask Brother Mingcheng."

Sun Yonghao said: "You say."

Mei Yiqi said: "The United Nations General Assembly sent three representatives to Chongqing to petition the government, asking the government to raise salaries and ensure the minimum living needs of teaching staff. They are still on the way and will arrive in Chongqing at the end of the month. Please send my letter Take it to brother Mingcheng, and let him go to the Ministry of Education to say a few words."

"I promise to bring it." Sun Yonghao said.

"Thank you very much." Mei Yiqi smiled and cupped her fists.

Last year, the salary of a top professor at Southwest Associated University could meet the living needs of a half-adult. Prices have skyrocketed this year, professors can barely support themselves, and wives and children can only starve. This is still the treatment of top professors, and it is even worse for ordinary professors, lecturers and teaching assistants. No one can go to a restaurant in style.

Mei Yiqi is not bad, she doesn't need to support the elderly, her wife and eldest daughter both have income from work, and she only needs to support four children who are still in school.

Physicist Mr. Wu Dayou's wife fell ill, so he could only go to the vegetable market to beg, and beg bone soup from the butcher who sells meat to supplement his wife's health. Not long ago, the house was also bombed and collapsed. He struggled to dig out broken earthen jars in the bomb crater, and filtered the flour mixed with mud and water to wash the gluten and eat it.

Sun Yonghao put away the letter and said, "Principal Mei, I'm leaving tomorrow, and I have one more thing to ask for your help."

"Please speak as soon as possible." Mei Yiqi said.

"The young master likes to study mathematics, and wants to worship under Professor Hua Luogeng. Mr. Zhou, please take the young master to visit him." Sun Yonghao took out ten pieces of bacon from the box, "Here is a gift from Mr. Zhou."

Mei Yiqi laughed loudly: "Brother Mingcheng is very respectful of ancient times, even Shu Xiu is ready."

the next day.

Sun Yonghao left Kunming, and Zhou Weilie temporarily lived in Mei's house, and then moved into the school dormitory when the school officially started.

Early in the morning, Mei Yiqi personally took Zhou Weilie to the western suburbs, walked for more than ten miles, and finally came to the place where Hua Luogeng lived.

Zhou Weilie's eyes widened: "This is Professor Hua's house?"

"It's very simple, isn't it?" Mei Yiqi said.

"How can this be? Professor Hua is a great mathematician." Zhou Weilie was shocked and puzzled.

Hua Luogeng's whole family lives with the cattle. The ground floor is the cattle pen of the local farmers, and the second floor is used to stack hay. This kind of building is called a cattle pen and shed. It is cold in winter and hot in summer. It is extremely rudimentary, and there are so many mosquitoes, rats and ants that even local farmers can't live there.

Especially when the temperature is high, the smell of cow dung is overwhelming, and the taste is indescribable.

Mei Yiqi roughly understood Zhou Hexuan's meaning. Judging from the brief contact, although this Mr. Zhou was extremely intelligent, he was inevitably spoiled and spoiled, and his personality was a bit withdrawn. Zhou Hexuan simply wanted his son to understand the sufferings of the world deeply, experience the hardships of life firsthand, and correct all his personality defects.

Mei Yiqi suddenly sang a poem: "Arranging the houses to share the knees, not only the two families share the ups and downs. Budong archeology and Buxi calculation, different majors have the same hatred. This poem was written by Professor Hua Luogeng. What do you think? Sample?"

"It's not that good," Zhou Weilie said with a smile, "Professor Hua is very good at mathematics, but his poetry writing is as bad as mine."

Mei Yiqi also discovered a shortcoming of Mr. Zhou, he said: "Professor Hua is your elder, you should give him enough respect, and you can't speak so shamelessly."

Zhou Weilie said: "But what I said is the truth."

"Facts belong to facts, and morality belongs to morality. This is the basic bottom line of being a human being." Mei Yiqi taught.

Zhou Weilie said: "My father said that one must be sincere."

Mei Yiqi said: "If you say that an old mother is old and sick, she will not live long. Her son died on the battlefield. If you tell the truth, this old mother may pass away early. You Do you think this is the truth or the lie?"

"Of course it's a lie." Zhou Weilie said.

Mei Yiqi smiled and said, "This is called a white lie."

Zhou Weilie shook his head again and again: "Uncle Mei, you are changing the subject secretly. Professor Hua's situation is different from that old mother's. Even if I tell her face to face that his poems are not well written, I will not lose anything to Professor Hua. It just doesn't matter. I don't think Professor Hua is that small-minded."

Mei Yiqi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, this child is too smart to be educated. He could only explain: "Professor Hua's poem has a special creative background. At the beginning of last year, the house that Professor Hua rented was bombed, and Professor Wen Yiduo took Professor Hua's family to live together. The two families The 14 people squeezed into a 16-square-meter room, and the middle was blocked by a curtain. This is not only their bedroom, dining room, and kitchen, but also the study room of two professors, so there is the phrase "Budong archeology and Buxi calculation."

Zhou Weilie's focus was obviously different. He thought for a while and said, "How can 14 people fit in a 16-square-meter room? There is no room left after setting up two beds, and there is not even enough room for a table. Where will the people below sleep?"

Mei Yiqi resisted the urge to roll her eyes, and said speechlessly, "Hit the floor!"

"What is a floor shop?" Zhou Weilie asked.

Mei Yiqi shook her head helplessly: "You really don't know the sufferings of the people. The floor is to sleep on the floor with mats and sheets. I heard that there are shacks everywhere in Chongqing, so you didn't go to see them?"

Zhou Weilie said, "I've seen shacks, but I haven't seen them inside."

Mei Yiqi said: "The poem I talked about, as well as the deeds of Professor Wen and Professor Hua, I want to say that people must be tenacious, have fun in hardship, or succumb to reality. Do you understand?"

"Understood," Zhou Weilie nodded, "I will definitely work hard. If I have the ability, I won't have to live in a small house and lay a floor. I can also help other people live better. I also saved a lot of pocket money, and I will donate it all today For Professor Hua, let him change to a better house."

Mei Yiqi put his hand on his forehead. He found that the child's way of thinking was very strange, and patiently explained: "People have dignity and mutual understanding. Why did Professor Hua move to live in Niupen? It was because he felt that living in Professor Wen The home is too inconvenient and will disturb other people's normal life. He has no money himself, so he can only rent the farmer's cattle pen. You are a child, send money directly to Professor Hua, and let him move to a better house. It hurts his self-esteem and makes it hard for him to get along with you."

Zhou Weilie was puzzled: "But my father also often donates money, and he donated a lot of money to Southwest Associated University."

Mei Yiqi said: "First, your father is a famous scholar. He is friends with many teachers. His donation belongs to friendship relief. But you are just a child. What is it if you donate money to teachers? Second, your My father seldom donates directly to someone, which is to take care of the dignity of the recipient. He donates to the General Assembly as a whole, and the object of the donation is the school, and the teachers and students who get the benefits will not feel embarrassed."

Zhou Weilie murmured, "Is face so important? I'm not a cheap meal, but a student's concern for the teacher."

Mei Yiqi said: "It's not just face, it's dignity. It's like when you are interviewing, the five interviewing teachers just joke around and make you feel disrespected."

"Understood." Zhou Weilie really understood the truth this time.

When the two were talking, they had already walked to the cowshed.

There are still cows on the first floor, and Hua Luogeng's family lives on the second floor, and there is a wooden staircase to go up. The second floor was originally used for stacking hay, and the floor height is very short, and taller people have to bow their heads when entering the house.

"Is Professor Hua here?" Mei Yiqi called out.

Wu Xiaozhi went out to take a look, and quickly said, "Here, please come in quickly. Lao Hua, Principal Mei is here!"

When Zhou Weilie followed Mei Yiqi into the room, Hua Luogeng had already walked over with a limp leg, and greeted him, "Please sit down."

Mei Yiqi raised the bacon in his hand and said with a smile, "I brought you a student, and his father also prepared Shuxiu."

"This is impossible. It's so old, how can we still accept gifts from students?" Hua Luogeng glanced at Zhou Weilie, and said with a smile, "This is the little genius of Mr. Zhou's family. I read his math test paper and it is very interesting future."

Mei Yiqi didn't talk about any big reasons, and said with a smile: "Of course you can't accept the gifts from other students, but you don't need to give them from the big capitalist Zhou, and he doesn't need those small coins. Besides, this is the ceremony of appreciating teachers. I entrust my son to you as an apprentice."

Hua Luogeng shook his head and said, "I treat all students equally, and I don't count them as roommates."

Mei Yiqi said: "This student is different. He is young and ignorant. Now he is studying in a different place, and his parents are not around. You must not only teach him knowledge, but also teach him the spirit of learning. In these aspects, you spend a lot of time. Don't worry, it's okay to collect a few pieces of bacon."

Hua Luogeng still insisted: "It is right to care more about the students, but Shu Xiu definitely can't ask for it. How about this, after the school starts, I will send these bacon to the cafeteria to improve the meals for the students."

"You, whatever you want." Mei Yiqi put down the bacon without any hassle.

Not only Hua Luogeng, Mei Yiqi himself is also a stickler for principles.

Two years later, Yunnan Wang Longyun's daughter was not admitted to the Southwest Associated University, so she sent someone to intercede with Mei Yiqi, but she was still unable to enter the Associated University. Long Yun was furious, and went to Mei Yiqi's house to find trouble in person, but when he heard that Mei Yiqi's youngest daughter had also failed the entrance examination, he laughed awkwardly and gave up.

Hua Luogeng called Zhou Weilie to him and asked, "I read your math test paper, have you learned calculus?"

"I have almost learned it, and I understand the basics of calculus." Zhou Weilie said.

Hua Luogeng said: "You must guard against arrogance and impetuosity. I only have one request. You must not miss class. Even if you have already learned the knowledge taught by the teacher, you must listen carefully and complete your homework carefully. Now there is still a month before I leave school. What's the problem? You can come here and find me."

Zhou Weilie said: "Teacher's place is too far away, it's a waste of time, can I live here? I will pay for living expenses."

"Don't you think the cow pen is too dirty and smelly?" Hua Luogeng said.

Zhou Weilie said: "At first it was a little smelly, but after smelling it a lot, I got used to it, and now it's not as smelly as when I first came here."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

"Children can be taught!"

Mei Yiqi and Hua Luogeng laughed at the same time.