Chapter 887 886 [Talk]

Hua Luogeng squatted behind a tombstone, holding a stone in his hand. There were dense numbers and symbols written on the ground. He is surrounded by his wife and five children. The younger son is not yet born, but will soon be pregnant, and will be named Huaguang - both the hope of China's restoration and the self-mockery of the family's squandering wealth.

Recently, Hua Luogeng wants to summarize and improve the Hardy and Littlewood circle method. As the research becomes more and more in-depth, more and more issues are involved. He came up with the idea of ​​writing a mathematical monograph, which would be the future "The Theory of Stacked Prime Numbers".

Hua Luogeng has also quit smoking now. He is very confident in the monograph he is about to write. One day he even said to his wife: "After my manuscript is published, we will cut a few kilograms of meat and have a delicious meal for the whole family. If we still With the remaining money, I bought some new clothes for the children and bought myself two packs of cigarettes... I really want to smoke a cigarette."

In order to support his family, Hua Luogeng had to work as a professor at Southwest Associated University and as a substitute teacher in a middle school. I walk more than ten miles in and outside the city every day, and continue to do research at night. I sleep no more than five hours a day.

One day in the future, Hua Luogeng was studying mathematics in an air-raid shelter when a bomb fell and buried him alive. Fortunately, there were two students nearby who immediately came to dig the soil and exposed Hua Luogeng's head to help him breathe.

That bombing not only destroyed Hua Luogeng's workshop (air raid shelter), but also destroyed his house in the suburbs. After Wen Yiduo learned the news, he immediately took Hua Luogeng to live in his home.

At that time, Hua Luogeng's youngest son Hua Guang had been born. There were 14 people in the two families, all crowded into a room with a piece of cloth as a screen in the middle. Hua Luogeng also joked: "Brother Wen, our two families seem to be staying in a hotel." Wen Yiduo was amused and laughed.

It is a pity that Hua Luogeng's "Theory of Prime Numbers", which he devoted so much effort to, was lost in the mail when he submitted it for the first time. It was a full 300,000 words! Naturally, the royalties he desperately desired came to nothing, and it was only after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War that he rewrote an improved English version.

The same tragedy as Hua Luogeng is Jin Yuelin. This gentleman has completed "On Tao" and is writing his life's masterpiece "On Knowledge". The book had hundreds of thousands of words, and he would finish it next year, but it was all lost while escaping from a bombing.

At that time, Jin Yuelin took the manuscript with him, put it on the ground in the wild, and sat on the manuscript to chat with others. Because we were chatting so enthusiastically, we actually forgot about the manuscript when we left. When we went back to look for it, it had been blown away by the wind.

Lao Jin was as good as Hua Luogeng. He rewrote it entirely from memory and spent several years writing "The Theory of Knowledge".

At this moment, Hua Luogeng probably encountered difficulties. He threw away the stones and stood up, limping back and forth and thinking hard - Hua Luogeng was a lame. When walking, he had to draw a big circle with his left leg first, and then take a small step with his right leg. , he called his walking a "movement of circles and tangents", and he limped like this every day in Kunming for more than ten miles.

His wife Wu Xiaozhi did not disturb him. Instead, she hugged her youngest daughter and took the other four children away. She knew that her husband needed to be quiet at the moment.

Not far away, Shen Congwen was bragging to the students. Lao Shen's teaching skills are not very good, but he is a wonderful person when chatting. As Liu Wendian said, Shen Congwen's academic level is not high, and he admits it himself, but he is more knowledgeable in miscellaneous knowledge, can read all kinds of books, and can talk to anyone.

Students in the Chinese Department like to chat with Shen Congwen the most, and many students go to Shen Congwen's home every weekend. The students not only listened to Shen Congwen's bragging, but also always borrowed books from Shen Congwen, because Shen had a large collection of books and was willing to borrow them, and he never registered.

So many students have graduated several years ago, and one day they suddenly find a book in their box, and it takes them a long time to recall that they borrowed it from Shen Congwen.

"Professor Shen, Mr. Zhou came to school today. Do you know him?" a student asked.

Shen Congwen recalled: "Speaking of Zhou Mingcheng, I am an old friend with him. At that time, Ding Ling and his wife and I were renting near Peking University, and we happened to witness Mr. Zhou's inaugural speech as the president of Peking University. Later, he hired me to be a supplement editor. In the editorial department, I met Li Shoumin, Zheng Zhengyin and Zhu Xiang."

One student said confusedly: "I know Zheng Zhengyin and Zhu Xiang. One is a martial arts novelist and the other is a poet. Then who is Li Shoumin?"

Shen Congwen laughed and said: "Li Shoumin is the master of Huanzhu Tower who wrote "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman"."

"It's him!" the students exclaimed, obviously having read Li Shoumin's novels.

Another student asked: "What kind of person is Mr. Zhou in private? Is he easy to get along with? What is his temper?"

Shen Congwen described: "Zhou Mingcheng has a good personality. He never loses his temper with his friends and is very kind to ordinary people. But when he gets angry, it is very scary. At that time, someone embezzled and misappropriated funds from Hope Primary School. Those people were Zhang Xueliang His old subordinates, everyone advised him to just give him a small punishment. But Mr. Zhou did not give Zhang Xueliang face at all, and directly called the police to arrest him. The person responsible was sentenced to more than ten years, and later he was released from prison early by paying money for bail. "

The students begged one after another: "Professor Shen, please tell me more about Mr. Zhou's punishment of evildoers."

Shen Congwen thought for a while and said, "I heard something from a friend. The eldest son of Dean Kong Xiangxi's family was a promiscuous man. He molested women in front of Mr. Zhou, and he was shot directly into the hospital by Mr. Zhou."

"Kong Xiangxi's son dares to use a gun?" the students asked in shock.

Shen Congwen said with a smile: "Not only did he fire the gun, but the gun was also a gift from the German head of state Hitler."

The students asked: "Is it okay if Mr. Zhou offended Kong Xiangxi?"

Shen Congwen said: "The police station arrested the person and did not dare to lock him up, so he sent him directly to the Nanjing Police Department. Soong Meiling went to the police department in person to release Mr. Zhou."

"Mr. Zhou is so awesome!" The students admired him inexplicably.

Shen Congwen added: "The concept of the book "Goddess" was also adapted from a real person. At that time..."

The students sat around and listened to Shen Congwen's story about "The Goddess". Wu Xiaozhi brought his children over and listened with great interest.

Shen Congwen burst into laughter: "There was one of the most interesting events. That time Brother Zhimo wanted to become a monk, and no one could persuade him. Mingcheng was still very powerful. He summoned friends from the literary world to Xiangfu Temple, invited the monks to eat hot pot, boxing and play cards, and also I held a farewell party for Brother Zhimo as a monk. The originally serious issue of becoming a monk was made laughable by Mingcheng, and he gave up the idea of ​​becoming a monk since then."

The students said one after another: "I know, I know, the Xiangfu Zen Meeting, a major event in the literary world, was reported in the newspapers at that time."

A student asked: "Professor Shen, I heard that Mr. Xu Zhimo became a monk because of emotional problems. Can you tell me about it?"

Shen Congwen waved his hand and said: "I can't say more about personal privacy. But Brother Zhimo is an interesting person. I remember that the boycott of foreign goods movement was very fierce at that time. Although Zhimo did not stand up to support it, he brought a big Yantai apple to class. . He was lecturing while eating apples, and said to the students: Not all Chinese things are worse than foreign ones, Yantai apples are very good."

The student was not satisfied yet and wanted to ask about the gossip: "Mr. Xu Zhimo seems to have a close personal relationship with Mr. Lin Huiyin."

Shen Congwen didn't take the bait and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin Huiyin is also a wonderful person. She likes to hold a salon at home. Once she had a high fever and was lying on the sofa in the living room, talking to the guests about domestic and foreign literature and art."

"Is Professor Jin pursuing Mr. Lin?" Another student asked.

Shen Congwen said: "Professor Jin Yuelin is like an innocent naughty boy. He likes to raise chickens and raised a big fighting cock in Peking. The chicken can stand on the ground and stretch its neck to the table to eat with Professor Jin. He I also collect large pomegranates and pears everywhere, and compare them with my colleagues’ children. If I lose, I give these fruits to the children, and then I buy bigger ones.”

The student was finally distracted and asked, "Does Professor Jin like gambling?"

Shen Congwen shook his head and said: "Professor Jin just likes to have fun, he doesn't like gambling. I don't like gambling myself. Although I am good at gambling, I think gambling is a waste of life. You'd better not gamble, not even about money. No need to play cards whether you win or lose.”

Just when Shen Congwen was bragging to the students, in the cave, Zhou Hexuan suddenly said: "Principal Mei, I plan to jointly open a chicken farm with Southwest Associated University."

"A chicken farm?" Mei Yiqi asked in surprise.

Zhou Hexuan nodded and said: "Yes, teachers and students are not well-nourished. Let me think about it, now that prices are getting more and more expensive, the school might as well be self-sufficient. The eggs produced by the chicken farm can be used to improve the food for teachers and students. "

Chicken raising expert Jin Yuelin immediately said with joy: "It's good to run a chicken farm. I have a lot of research on this. I can recommend myself to be the farm manager!"