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Since 1840, the Chinese people have lived in fear. An Opium War has lost all the face of the Qing Dynasty and made them understand that the Celestial Empire is not the most powerful country in the world. The blonde and blue-eyed foreigners are obviously much stronger than theirs in terms of brute force, so they feel at ease to become the landlord on this acre of three-point land in Southeast Asia.

There are progressive people, at least they think so. Manchus are barbarians in the north, which ruined the Feng Shui of the Chinese people. So, in the south, there was a Saint Confucius who didn't know how many generations of disciples who pretended to be the son of God and wanted to rebel? God thought that a savior came. In less than ten years, a small half of the Chinese people died, and then realized that this guy was not a savior. It was simply a broom star in the sky and a bad star in the disaster star. When this guy died, he died of illness, which was considered good. It did not meet the punishment standards of the Chinese people for the evil people. How could he take three thousand swords without being able to escape, otherwise he would not be able to solve everyone's anger.

In the chaotic times, people from all over the country are thinking about a question. Where is the gap between us and Western powers? Is there any way to shorten the gap? The national humiliation and family hatred bring together a force, and this force wants to achieve the road to recovery of the Qing Dynasty with the skills of foreigners.

Unexpectedly, when dealing with international affairs, the Qing Dynasty, which had always been eccentric in handling international affairs, was afraid of being offensive to foreigners.

Unexpectedly! Unexpectedly! Even the island country on the east, where the Japanese lived, transformed into an Easterner. Although it was a word, wasn’t it intentional? Everyone knew that the Qing Dynasty was afraid of being beaten by foreigners, and that an Easterner appeared, and our great country, the Celestial Empire was not afraid at all. Unexpectedly, a Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 defeated the last bit of confidence of the Qing Dynasty.

It truly became a country of turmoil, and one governor became an emperor, and signs of separatist vaguely appeared. After the overwhelming military training movement across the country, the court was already dead. The revolutionaries continued to hold life and death outside the prefectures. Under several uprisings, the last feudal dynasty in China collapsed and the Republic of China was established.

The Republic of China and the Republic of China mean the people's country. Over the past few years, the people's hardships have surpassed previous years, but the country is still in turmoil. Once upon a time, the people of China no longer had any hope for the country.

Until one day, the big bear in the north could not bear the heavy burden of war in the First World War. Under the blow of the revolutionary party in its country, the empire was destroyed, and a new political system appeared. Socialism, in fact, the Chinese people at that time knew what socialism was, whether it was good or bad, even the Paris Commune had been suppressed for more than 40 years.

The emergence of the Soviet Union was not accidental. In 1922, it was composed of several countries and became a brand new political system at that time. When China heard the gospel of the Soviet Union, Lenin expressed his first intention to return China's occupied territory on July 25, 1919.

"After the Soviet government returned everything that the Tsarist government plundered from the Chinese people or plundered with the Japanese and Allied Powers to the Chinese people, it immediately suggested that the Chinese government negotiate on the abolition of the 1896 treaty, the Beijing Agreement of 1901 and all agreements signed with Japan from 1907 to 1916." In 1920, similar claims were declared again.

This suggestion is tantamount to giving the confused Chinese intellectual class a forced shot, thinking that China could really rely on the help of the Soviet Union to become a national country again and gain an equal international status with the great powers of all countries.

At that time, in northern areas such as Beijing, Tianjin, and Britain and France, several study groups were established to study China's way out and the significance of ** to China's future.

Zeng Rang, who was far away in Jiangnan, received a letter from his senior and a teacher and friend, Professor Li, hoping that he could go north and discuss the country's way out. At the same time, he also sent a notice of employment from Peking University. The signature of the notice was the famous president, Cai Yuanpei and Mr. Cai. When he was the president of Peking University, the highest-ranking university in China at that time, he proposed the idea of ​​"freedom of thought, merger and inclusiveness" that had influenced generations of patriotic students on the land of China.

Being able to receive such a respected elder's letter made even calmer, he would tremble with excitement.

"Xiaojing, we are going to Beijing. Mr. Cai hopes that I can go to Peking University to work. Xiaojing, I am really happy. Do you know? I have been studying hard for twenty years and have finally been recognized. I have never studied abroad and can still become a university lecturer. This is the power of knowledge, the power of democracy, and Mr. Cai's broad mind, which gave me such an opportunity..." Zeng Ran said incoherently, as if he wanted to vent the depression in his chest for many years without reservation at this moment.

He also wanted to go abroad and travel in Europe and the United States, but he had money to bear such expenses? Even if he mastered English, French, and Japanese in China, and is now learning Russian, in the near future, he can master four languages. Except for a few countries that do not have languages, the world is so big that it can be visited.

"Beijing?" Lu Jing looked at Zeng Rang worriedly.

Zeng Rang nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, Beijing. We can see many great scholars who only hear their names but do not know them. Mr. Cai Yuanpei, Mr. Li Dazhao, Mr. Chen Duxiu, Mr. Zhou Yucai, Mr. Hu Shizhi, etc. At that time, if I teach at Peking University, you can choose to study in Yanyuan. After all, it is a church school. Can you truly experience Western culture and learn Western knowledge? Isn't this what you have always thought about?"

"Really?" Lu Jing was moved and said that she didn't want it to be fake. Since she got married, she has been disappointed that she just went to college preparatory class, and she dropped out of school and had made her marriage.

Although Zeng Yiyang's appearance made her start to transfer all her thoughts to her home, she gradually talked about what she thought about. When she mentioned it suddenly today, her mind began to revitalize again. This was the biggest regret in her heart, a knot that could not be untied. Now, such a good opportunity is in front of her. If you want to give up, you will be willing to give up.

Lu Jing still said worriedly: "Yiyang is still young, only three and a half years old, and Xu Sui is only four years old. We are not at home, what should he do? He said that it would cost a lot of money to hire an old mother to take care of the house, but the child is taken care of by his mother after all, it is better for health, right?"

Zeng Yiyang was immediately moved and said with a sob: "Only mothers in the world are good."

Zeng was very embarrassed for a while, and he had already seen that his son didn't get married to him. He let Zeng Yiyang study and learn that at the age of two. It only took more than a year for Zeng Yiyang's knowledge to be compared with a middle school graduate. The only drawback is that Zeng Yiyang's words are really ugly, crooked, like earthworms crawling, but the child is weak, and when he gets older, he still believes that his son will make up for this shortcoming.

The tiger-eyed, dragon-bearded, glared at his son and said dissatisfiedly: "Why is it bad? I want to eat turtles to buy turtles for you; I want to eat eels to buy eels; I don't need hairy crabs; I don't need you; even if I want to eat snakes, I will stew snake soup for you from time to time; I still have to worry about your studies. Is it easy for me? Me?"

Zeng Yiyang made it difficult to tell the truth about Zeng Yiyang’s refutation.

"The turtles are not allowed to be on the table. If the fishermen catch them, they will be sold if they are given money. The eels are given by Uncle Zhang in the countryside; the hairy crabs in autumn are all in the rice fields; the big green snakes are all killed by people, peeling the snake galls, and throwing away snake meat. I'm so embarrassed to say that they are all good things, and I haven't eaten mutton for more than a year." Zeng Yiyang opened and closed his mouth, and wiped out all his father's contributions.

Zeng Rang's old face suddenly turned red, he turned his head and ignored Zeng Yiyang, held Lu Jing's thin white hands, and said affectionately: "Jing, how are you going to Beijing together?"

The tone was as sweet as a confession of a boy who had just fallen in love. Zeng Yiyang felt like he fell into an ice cave and had boils all over his body.

"Isn't this a fool?" Zeng Yiyang said dissatisfied. He didn't want to go to Beijing. No big city in this era is clean. Not long ago, I asked him to take him to Shanghai once. OK? The wharf was full of garbage, so it would be fine to get messy. There were only two or three streets in Shanghai that rented them. One of them was a 4th road or a red light district, and the others were terrible.

Horse manure, dog shit, human urine smell, and the stench produced by garbage fermentation are everywhere in the street.

How can I compare to my home? In a small county town, the air is fresh and the environment is beautiful. Think about the fact that Beijing was more people than Shanghai at that time, and the environment was probably worse. It would be fine if no one collected the garbage; early in the morning, there were also people who were carrying dung baskets on the streets and alleys. When I woke up in the morning, I opened the windows and dung odor floated in the fresh air. I was afraid of the sunshine.

How could he, a child, interfere with the affairs of adults?

With his mother, nodding at his father with a red face, even if the matter of their family was settled, it was certain that they left, but it was only a few days away.

Seeing his wife agreeing, he once made him feel happy and cheerful, which inspires his mood and makes him unable to help but kiss Lu Jing's cheek.

Was at a loss when her husband was suddenly attacked. She lowered her head and buckled the corner of her clothes. Lu Jing whispered: "Okay, okay, but I'm watching me go to school too. In order not to delay my studies, we can't have children in the past few years?" After that, he looked at Zeng Rang with a begging look.

I once said readily: "Okay, I'll just bear with it, we're still young."

Lu Jing looked at Zeng Rang gratefully. Her husband is his wife's god. Although it was already the Republic of China, this idea has not been destroyed. Zeng Rang was able to understand her so much and let her fulfill her dreams. This was enough to touch her. Now she is even more obedient and even willing to let go of the great things that have spread for the Zeng family.

Lu Jing whispered: "Actually you don't have to endure it, it's just..."

Zeng Rang's ear was pressed against Lu Jing's mouth, and he could barely hear what his wife was saying. Lu Jing said something, and even it turned red; on the other hand, Zeng Rang's eyes were filled with joy.

"real?"

Faced with Zeng Rang's questions, Lu Jing was so embarrassed that she was about to bury her head in her chest.

Zeng Yiyang saw that his son was beside him and actually talked about the joy of the boudoir. He said inappropriately: "Is it appropriate? There is a big living person next to him?" After saying that, he pointed at himself and looked at his parents with a smug smile.

Lu Jing couldn't hold on and immediately raised Zeng Yiyang's head.

Although the "bang" sounded, it didn't hurt. But he also knew that it was enough to stop, otherwise he might have to be beaten. Even though Zeng asked this father to always have a stern face, like his enemy in his previous life, he knew that even Zeng Rang would not be willing to beat him, just to pretend to be a strict father and shock Zeng Yiyang.

Sorrowful, Zeng Yiyang slowly walked out of the house step by step. The tears in his eyes seemed like pearls that were about to fall off immediately. Even in the house with poor light, there was a ray of crystal clearness.

Lu Jing looked at Zeng Yiyang's weird appearance and laughed out loud, saying to Zeng Yiyang with annoyance: "Yiyang, just pretend! Don't think I don't know, but I'm very curious. Only the elderly will be reluctant to leave their hometown. Generally, children like you go to a new place with joy?"

Zeng Yiyang sighed and didn't answer.

A few days later, Zeng Rang received a sum of money from Peking University and urged him to get up as early as possible to catch up with the new semester.

In the water town of Jiangnan, the Zeng family hired a boat to shuttle through the lush green reeds, gradually moving away. Zeng Yiyang couldn't help but a slut and recited the first poem he had since he was born:

"Hometown!

You are the eternal pain in my chest,

I took the truth of my childhood,

Stay in your heart,

But it took away the boy's sorrow."
Chapter completed!