Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 141 I'm a Muggle

"Pengpeng, why are you running around on a broomstick?!"

Hu Huifang was watching TV in the living room, and Peng Peng was running around in front of her on a broom, making it impossible for her to watch TV.

Hearing what grandma said, Pengpeng slammed on the brakes, and then made a perfect Thomas 360-degree turn and returned to the middle of the living room, and said seriously, "Grandma, this is not a broom, it's called Nimbus 2000."

"What the hell?" Hu Huifang asked in astonishment, why couldn't she understand what her granddaughter said today?
"Oh, it's the Nimbus 2000 that Harry Potter rides. I'm not proficient yet. When I become proficient, I can fly. When the time comes, grandma, I will take you wherever you want, faster than an airplane."

"Shout!" Hu Huifang was amused, "You just wanted to fly after learning how to run?"

Hearing the conversation between the grandma and grandson in the study, Zhang Zhong couldn't help smiling. He wanted to correct a mistake of Pengpeng, that is, a broom can't fly as fast as an airplane, and even the supercar "Firebolt" in the broom can't fly as fast as an airplane. It can only reach 150 miles, equivalent to more than 200 kilometers, which is slower than high-speed rail.

About the story of Harry Potter, Zhang Zhong also briefly told Pengpeng. Unexpectedly, Pengpeng liked this story quite a lot. Probably, no matter if it is a big child or a child, they will like this kind of fantasy and special story.

Or in some days he could take the time to figure out Harry Potter, but right now he doesn't have the time and thought, he still has three things to do.

Modifying "The Devotion of Suspect X" is one of them.

Restore "Snowman", this is the second.

In addition to these two things, just 10 minutes ago, he had another thing-carrying "Flowers for Algernon".

The system is like a naughty child. Recently, the style has become more and more inconsistent. After smoking "Love in a Fallen City" and "Wives and Concubines", there is another science fiction book.

"A Bouquet for Algernon" is an atypical science fiction novel. Basically, most of the things that often appear in science fiction novels, such as robots, mechs, and battleships, are not included in this book. The only thing that can be related to science fiction The above is the miraculous experiment.

And this experiment is precisely not the core of this book.

This is a science fiction novel written about developmental psychology. Of course, it can also be understood as a humanistic developmental psychology novel with some science fiction elements.

It is worth mentioning that this book has won the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award respectively on Earth, and there was a difference of seven years between the two awards.

That's because author Daniel Case published the book twice, the first time as a novella, which won a Hugo Award first.Seven years later, he turned the work into a feature-length novel, which won the Nebula Award.

And the book that Zhang Zhong picked up was the full-length "A Bouquet for Algernon".

The "Algernon" in the title is the name of the mouse in the laboratory in the book. The protagonist Charlie underwent the same operation as the mouse "Algernon". After that, he became a mentally handicapped person with an IQ of only 68. He became a genius with an IQ of 186.

In a very short period of time, he became proficient in various fields, but the good times didn't last long, the experiment was not mature, his brain began to degenerate, and finally he turned back to that mentally retarded adult.

What's more interesting is that when Charlie became smarter, he couldn't continue working in the bakery because everyone squeezed him out.

And when his intelligence changed back, the colleagues in the bakery accepted him again.

The author seems to convey an idea in the cracks, people always like to be with people who are worse than themselves.

In Zhang Chong's view, although the ending of the story almost returns to the beginning of the story, it is a tragedy.

What is painful is not not having it, but having it and losing it.

Ignorance itself can lead to happiness, but a fish that jumps out of the water is hard to return to.

The novel is a diary-style narrative from the first perspective. In the diary, Charlie records the whole process of himself from a mentally handicapped person to a genius and from a genius to an intellectually handicapped person.

The advantage of this narrative is that readers can feel Charlie's psychological changes very intuitively.

……

Zhang Zhong typed on the keyboard slowly. When carrying the book, he encountered a little trouble, that is, he couldn't type out many characters in the first time, because there were many typos.

This is because Charlie's intelligence was relatively poor at the beginning, and his writing was very jerky, and he often wrote some typos.

When Zhang Zhong got this book, he thought he had bought a pirated book when he read the first few pages. After all, there were too many typos.

For this reason, he went to look at the English version again, and found that there were a lot of wrong words. Later, he realized that this was just intentional by the author. The purpose was to make this kind of contrast, and when readers read it later By the time the typo appeared, they would have figured out what happened to Charlie without having to say anything specifically.

Fortunately, the typos are only in the front, and these typos will disappear after Charlie becomes smarter.

……

Pengpeng played at home all day today. In the afternoon, she was mainly playing with the broom at home. Hu Huifang joked that in the future, there is no need to worry about the hygiene of the house. She dragged it around like Pengpeng, and the ground was swept by her. spotless.

"Dad, I can't fly yet."

In the evening, Peng Peng finally put down her broom and ran to Zhang Zhong. She was still a little disappointed because she couldn't fly.

"Well, I'm still a Muggle."

Zhang Zhong sniffled, and tried his best not to laugh. This girl is quite quick at learning new words, and she can use them flexibly as soon as she opens her mouth.

"Don't worry, you will be able to learn magic when you grow up in a while."

"Yeah, I'll try my best."

Zhang Zhong smiled, and wiped Pengpeng's forehead with a few tissues. The air conditioner was turned on at home, and the temperature was not low.

"Dad, is there such a magic that makes people not sweat?"

Zhang Zhong was surprised, "Why do you need such magic?"

Pengpeng grinned, "Because if you don't sweat, you don't need to take a bath. I really hate taking a bath. If there is such a magic, I will definitely learn it."

Zhang Chong furiously nodded Pengpeng's forehead, "You, you are destined to be a Muggle if you think about these things every day."

Pengpeng pouted and said, "Then I want to learn magic, it must be for fun. If I can not take a bath, I will be very happy."

When Zhang Zhong was about to teach Pengpeng to take a bath and to be hygienic, his mother in the kitchen called them to eat.

"Pengpeng, put down your Bachelor 2000, come over for dinner."

"Grandma, I have told you several times that it is Nimbus 2000." Peng Peng corrected anxiously.

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(End of this chapter)