Siheyuan: Returning from studying abroad, with extraordinary understanding

After breakfast, Lin Wanting took the comic book and went to share it with her little playmate He Yushui.

Yan Bugui then went to find Lin Changqing.

"Changqing! Did you write the pinyin table on the wall yesterday?"

"Yes! Teacher Yan, I saw you were busy yesterday, so I wrote with my father and didn't invite you. It's a good opportunity for me to tell you what this new pinyin is all about."

Lin Changqing brought Yan Bugui to a wall in the front yard of the courtyard.

Someone saw two people standing in front of the wall and also got close to watch.

Lin Changqing said yesterday that he wanted to write something on the wall.

However, they were all illiterate and naturally could not understand what was on the wall.

Now that the master has arrived, they naturally want to listen to what is going on.

An old man spoke first.

"Changqing, Teacher Yan, is that the pinyin we are going to learn? Why does it look like chicken intestines, so crooked?"

"Yes! Aren't we supposed to learn Chinese characters? Do we have to learn these chicken intestine-like characters?"

With the old man taking the lead, others also raised their own questions.

After listening to their questions, Lin Changqing asked everyone to calm down and explained to everyone.

"Everyone, listen to me. The words that look like chicken intestines are actually foreign characters. They are used to distinguish them from our current pinyin."

"You haven't started learning pinyin yet, so you don't know how difficult it is to remember the current pinyin. If you have the difference between these foreign characters, you will be able to remember these pinyin quickly."

Lin Changqing slowly explained to everyone, and soon everyone understood what was going on.

This pinyin will not be a problem whether you are learning it for the first time or for the old time.

However, there is no pinyin dictionary now, so it is a bit useless to ask everyone to learn the new pinyin.

Lin Changqing wanted to compile a dictionary now, but there was no way because he had not yet completely memorized all the characters of the Dragon Kingdom.

There are about 3500 Chinese characters in total, and about 4000 to 99 of them are commonly used. These thousands of Chinese characters account for % of our daily language!

Large dictionaries cannot be written, but small dictionaries can.

Lin Changqing suddenly thought that he could compile a small dictionary of about 4000 commonly used words!

After the explanation, Lin Changqing began to teach Yan Bugui some of the writing rules of Pinyin, such as adding commas to separate sounds and so on.

Yan Bugui is a Chinese teacher. He naturally knows the Republic of China version of Pinyin, and he is even more adept at learning the new Pinyin.

Because the new pinyin has the same pronunciation as the old version and the spelling method is almost the same, only the symbols have been changed, it is very easy for Yan Bugui to learn.

He learned it quickly.

"Changqing, this kind of pinyin is much easier to remember than the original one. If all schools teach this kind of pinyin, it will be easier for children to learn."

"Unfortunately, it's not easy to promote it in schools."

"It's okay. It will be promoted soon."

Lin Changqing had already made up his mind that once he had finished compiling the small dictionary, he would go to the Military Control Commission to find Director Wang and ask her to report to the higher authorities.

For such a large project, it would be both convenient and quick to let the state promote it.

It just so happened that Director Wang came over yesterday and told him the good news that a house was available.

The courtyard house has changed, but Lin Changqing doesn't want to move away because all his sister's playmates are here.

If my sister and He Yushui were to be separated, I guess neither of them would be willing to let them go.

If my younger brother comes back, there won’t be enough rooms for him, so we’ll still have to find a house.

Lin Changqing plans to find a small courtyard house close to here.

This way, it is much easier for children to visit each other.

He thought about his sister's personality and estimated that after she started practicing martial arts, it wouldn't be long before she would become the king of the kids in this alley.

This is good, he doesn't have to worry about his sister being bullied.

Although the neighborhood relationship is good, it is still inconvenient to live here.

We used public toilets, public pool water, and no electricity.

For Lin Changqing, this is a bit backward, although he can solve the hygiene problem in his own little world.

But family members can’t do that!

It’s also good to have one more house of your own.

If it is suitable, he decided to buy it. As for whether to move or not, he will decide when the time comes.

It’s getting late, and people are going to work, doing housework, or going to school.

Lin Changqing returned to his room and spent a few minutes getting the small dictionary.

However, it is not the complete version.

He knew all these characters, but even if he had an extraordinary comprehension and could guess their meanings, the meanings of the characters were different in ancient times and today, and he had never read classics such as Shuowen Jiezi.

There is no basis when writing the interpretation, which is irresponsible.

The small dictionary can only be considered a semi-finished product.

The first modern pinyin dictionary is divided into four parts: instructions, pinyin rules, some rules and thoughts on font simplification, search index, and main text.

The explanation is to explain the reason for compiling this dictionary. The reason is simple, which is to promote Chinese characters and improve people's literacy rate.

Next is a table of both the new and old versions of pinyin, and an explanation of the advantages and rules of the new pinyin.

The search directory is divided into radical search, stroke search, and pinyin search.

For the main text, Lin Changqing used later dictionaries as a template, including traditional and simplified characters, two types of pinyin, interpretations, and examples.

The arrangement is basically the same as that of later dictionaries.

Lin Changqing also released simplified Chinese characters. He had considered that if simplified Chinese characters were released, it would easily distort the text.

The original text, through the structure of the text, can guess the meaning of the text.

However, there are too many strokes, making it much more difficult to learn.

Traditional and simplified characters have advantages and disadvantages.

But according to the development of history, the emergence of simplified characters was inevitable, and Lin Changqing just let it go.

Simplified characters are easier to remember and play a huge role in improving the national literacy rate.

Taking all factors into consideration, Lin Changqing felt that introducing simplified Chinese characters would bring more benefits than disadvantages.

I glanced at the time, it was eight o'clock in the morning, and the Military Control Commission had also started work.

"Mom, I'm going to the Military Control Commission to see what the house is like!"

"Well, let's go."

Now that the neighborhood relationship in the courtyard house is good, she doesn't want to move out, but considering that her two sons will get married in the future, the house will definitely not be big enough for them, so it won't hurt to buy another house.

When the time comes, my son will move away and I and my husband will stay here.

When I arrived at the door, Lin Changqing was unlocking his bicycle.

Lin Wanting, who was playing with Xiao Yushui, immediately ran over and grabbed the corner of Lin Changqing's clothes.

"Brother, brother, where are you going? Can you take me with you?"

"I'm going to the Military Control Commission to see Grandma Wang. If you want to go, go tell mom and bring your own little bag!"

It’s not a big deal to go see Director Wang, and there’s no problem bringing my sister along.

"Okay, big brother, you have to wait for me! You can't sneak away!"

Lin Wanting let go of her hand and looked at Lin Changqing seriously.

"Okay, I won't leave."

After getting the answer, Lin Wanting immediately ran into the house.

As she ran, she shouted:

"Mom, mom! Big brother is taking me out to play! Where is my little bag?"

Lin Changqing followed him in.