Exploring the Entertainment Circle [Ancient and Modern]

Tao Qingfeng flipped through it and found a small seal character that he was mistaken. He wondered: "Your brother, Mr. Yan understands these things very well, why don't you let him make it up?"

Yan Fang sneered a few times, half a smile but not a smile, with a hint of sarcasm: "I want to do it myself."

According to Yan Fang's words, the Yan family has a family in Huajing, and they took the lead in making the genealogy.Tao Qingfeng flipped through it roughly, and there is still a lot of information in this genealogy, and there are tens of thousands of name information alone.Judging from the catalog, information on dozens of migratory places has been collected.It is the end of the Damin period that retains the earliest detailed clan information, and there is no record in the period of the Dachu period.At the top, there are only a few words scattered in stone tablets, carvings, and local chronicles. The materials that have been painstakingly traced back to the origin of the Western Zhou Dynasty are nothing more than a weathered stone tablet.Later, it was passed down to modern times, and there are already No. 20 and 26 generations.

Tao Qingfeng browsed and asked, "How many generations are you and Teacher Yan?"

Yan Fang said: "Later, the ancestor's branch is the 24th generation, if I remember correctly."

Tao Qingfeng flipped through the directory, the ancestral branch was separated from the No.13 generation, and the 24th generation had a total of more than 500 people. Looking at it sequentially, Tao Qingfeng saw the introduction of Yan Dan's parents and their three brothers.

The visual effect of their family's information is particularly obvious, because the introduction of the genealogy characters must list the achievements of their lives.Many people only have a few words.But Yan Dan's father took up almost an entire page, and Tao Qingfeng knew that Yan Dan's father had so much experience before becoming a deputy to the National People's Congress.From studying to becoming an official, the early stage is an out-and-out "intellectual", the middle stage is a typical "practical official", and the later stage is a glorious "people's representative."

Yan Tan's mother is a talented woman in the business world. She has made great efforts in the family business and is still active as an "entrepreneur" until now.

The three brothers of the Yan family also took up a page, and the one with the most space was the eldest brother of the Yan family that Tao Qingfeng had never met. Reading his experience was like reading a thrilling national anti-terrorist peacekeeping textbook (Of course Tao Qingfeng didn’t know, This is only a small part of what is allowed to be listed).Needless to say, Yan Fang has perfectly inherited the business from his mother.Yan Tan also wrote a lot of papers, only now did Tao Qingfeng know that Teacher Yan had already written so many papers and published so many academic works.

Yan Fang said: "This information was collected three years ago. If I hadn't asked later, Xiao Dan would not have added those things later, and they were still going to use the old version three years ago. What was it three years ago? One word 'doctor'. Hmph, the daughter of my family also got a Ph. D., so she probably thought that would be a big deal. The result is that the genealogy is proofread like this."

Tao Qingfeng smiled, feeling in his heart that Mr. Yan is a team, the tiger father has no dogs, and the three brothers are all outstanding.

Tao Qingfeng turned to the first inscription again, which showed the small seal character of "Changyin", staring at the place name with tender eyes, as if he was caressing the lines on the mottled stone inscription.Some parts of the inscription have peeled off, and it roughly describes the migration of several surnames in "Changyin".Tao Qingfeng couldn't help asking Yan Fang: "How can you tell that there is a Yan family in these clans? What I mean is, the part of the inscription is weathered and the words cannot be seen. Can it be used as evidence?"

"It's all said that way." Yan Fang said: "But I also heard a saying that the surname on the inscription was 'Yan' at first, but later in a certain escape, in order to avoid chaos and hide our name, the family name was changed to 'Yan'. '. But it's all weathered, and no one knows what it is."

Tao Qingfeng didn't speak, but lowered his head, gently holding the corner of the page with his hands, so as not to let the other party notice the flickering waves in his eyes.

He will never be able to verify whether the few words of Yan Dansheng back then have the same relationship with the current Yan family as imagined.Tao Qingfeng only knows that in the dark, he is like a prisoner who has covered himself with a big net, and let this net named "Yan Dansheng" be everywhere, entangle him tightly, and make him breathe from time to time Not smooth.The silk strands are smooth and delicate, but they have pierced into the flesh and blood, and it hurts when touched.

Tao Qingfeng let his voice return to normal, and asked Yan Fang: "So, this genealogy is going to be handed over to your family, has it been corrected?"

Yan Fang said casually: "I don't know yet. I guess my family wants Xiao Dan to get it for them. Why, they just hire a professional ancient text editor to proofread it. Do you want to save this money? Tell you Well, the cost of printing the genealogy is still paid by me. They also said that after the printing is finished, the tribe will buy the money and return the money to me. To be honest, I really don’t like the money. It's not a problem. But my style of doing things is really... I shouldn't be soft-hearted at the beginning, the old man who was three generations away called, and I agreed to him as soon as I let go. "

Yan Fang complained, with a cheerful tone, like talking about cross talk.Tao Qingfeng wanted to laugh when he heard him speak.

The place to eat is a private room with floor-to-ceiling windows in a high-rise building in Huajing CBD.The two male and female secretaries didn't come in. Tao Qingfeng sat opposite Yan Fang, and couldn't help but think of the time Yan Dan went to "Ceng Zhongyue" for dinner. There are similarities, not just looks.It is a sense of control that is extremely powerful in one's own field.

Tao Qingfeng asked Yan Fang to place an order. The price made him feel that this is probably the meaning of his advertisement.Although it is far from enough to repay the other party's kindness for helping to contain Xie Donglai.

Yan Fang wasn't too polite, he ordered everything that was advertised on the menu, and the two-star Michelin chef made it himself. In the end, he leaned back on the chair and signaled the waiter wearing a cheongsam serving tea to leave the room before asking Tao Qingfeng:

"I checked your resume, and I'm curious, how did you become friends with Xiao Dan?" Yan Fang's tone was still relaxed, but there was a trace of scrutiny in his eyes, "Could it be that that kid also goes to bars?"

Tao Qingfeng then understood that Yan Fang's checking his resume probably had a clear understanding of the previous owner's debut experience.Naturally, he would be very puzzled about his friendship with Yan Dan.

Tao Qingfeng didn't hide anything: "I met Teacher Yan in the library."

Yan Fang nodded: "This seems like a reasonable place. However, you have been following people like Zhuang Yuhui and Xie Guomin. You can actually motivate yourself to go to the library to keep studying. Xiao Dan doesn't make friends casually. It seems that he did. where people are."

Tao Qingfeng said vaguely: "I woke up a bit late, I did some stupid things before."

"Stupid thing? Going to bars, smoking and drinking?" Yan Fang lit a cigarette by himself, and his eyes signaled Tao Qingfeng if he minded?Tao Qingfeng shook his head.Yan Fang handed him a cigarette, but Tao Qingfeng waved his hand away and put it aside.

Yan Fang shook his head and said, "It's not stupid. Smoking, drinking, clubbing, etc. are not enough to watch. It's normal to be stupid when you are young. Xiao Dan was also a fool when he was young."

Tao Qingfeng laughed. His family said that it was a kind of intimacy, but of course Tao Qingfeng couldn't agree, and said, "Why do you say that about Teacher Yan? Teacher Yan is the smartest person I've ever met."

Yan Fang said: "He is not bad at the intellectual level. But when he was a child, he really didn't know what he was thinking."

Tao Qingfeng looked at the expression of "come and ask me" on the other person's face, so he could only secretly apologize to Teacher Yan, and without hesitation lifted the cover of gossip, saying, "How do you say it?"

Yan Fang said: "When he was promoted to junior high school, a classmate in his class suddenly became ill and was hospitalized. In fact, he was not very familiar with him. Then you guess what that kid did - he went to help the student who didn't get good grades. Classmate, I tried for the junior high school. The elementary school did not take the exam strictly, and it really helped that classmate get into a good junior high school. But he missed the exam himself and re-studied for a year. But my old man was so angry—— Actually, what my dad was angry with was not that he delayed his schooling for a year. He skipped grades and skipped a lot of times, not missing the past few years. It was because he was worried that he was out of order. He gave the boy a good meal and said that the elementary school could take the exam for him, right? The college entrance examination can also be replaced? Do you know if you will go to jail?"

Tao Qingfeng asked: "Why did Teacher Yan do that?"

"Yeah, that's what we wanted to know the most when we asked him," Yan Fang puffed out the smoke ring, "Guess what that kid said: He said that that classmate's family is poor, and he spends his family's money on medical treatment. If he can’t pass the junior high school exam, he will drop out of school. He also said that that classmate is not stupid and can learn well.”

Tao Qingfeng said with emotion: "I think Mr. Yan is very chivalrous."

"Moral values ​​are good, but you can't do it if you don't follow the rules." Yan Fang shook his head: "Besides, it's impossible to help everyone. For one person this year and another one next year, should he still go to school? That's why I say he's stupid."

Tao Qingfeng said: "No. It's just that when he witnessed that incident at the time, he exercised the 'benevolence' and 'righteousness' within his power. Teacher Yan has such a heart at such a young age, he is really a very good person."

Yan Fang looked at Tao Qingfeng: "You can understand him very well, no wonder you can become a good friend. But in the eyes of our relatives, his behavior like this is still worrying after all. It was the same when he was in college."

Yan Fang puffed out the smoke ring again, and continued: "He is a member of the student union at Huada University, and he is in good health. The third runner in the University Games, Huada Marathon Relay, suddenly had a fever the night before. He usually trains Playing Sanda, playing penalty kicks, and being a few years younger than his peers may give people the illusion that he is in good shape. So he was called to run as a substitute. But he has never practiced the marathon—the substitute almost had an accident. He ran to Halfway through, he felt that he was about to die, but he kept running, and passed out at the end, and was taken to the hospital for emergency treatment. To what extent—his muscles began to dissolve, and the exhaustion was too great, and he was lying in the hospital for a long time. for a month."

Tao Qingfeng said emotionally: "Teacher Yan himself, he never thought that it would consume so much."

Yan Fang shook his head again: "Later when he was lying in the hospital, he said he was running and felt that he was going to die. My elder brother scolded him, saying that he was going to die, why didn't you stop? You didn't listen to your body's signals. Is it? But the boy said that the students in front were still waiting, and they were forcing themselves to run forward... You are not sure if you are stupid or not."

Tao Qingfeng said: "Teacher Yan is really a person who can consider others. He doesn't care about himself, which is admirable."

"But the family is very worried." Yan Fang repeated, and continued: "He was originally recommended for graduate school, but back then, a tutor in his department—not his tutor—asked his roommate to do an independent project , when it was published later, he didn’t even give the roommate the second author’s signature. He usually squeezed his roommate and threatened not to graduate, and did some disgusting things. The kid complained to the roommate and reported the tutor in the department with his real name And he has been keeping this matter from the family, otherwise the family can still cover him..."

Yan Fang took another puff of cigarette, and his tone was a little dull: "The supervisor was the vice dean at the time, and all parties involved were involved. Before the results of the report came out, he was still very arrogant. He felt that he could be suppressed, and even recommended Xiaodan's graduate student to be eligible. He was dismissed. The deputy dean was finally taken down after three months. But at that time, he had already passed the recommendation stage, and he was going to take the postgraduate entrance examination in less than two months. The college could not immediately give him Reinstate the recommendation quota. The family has a way to guarantee him graduate students from other schools, but Huada can't get it, it's too difficult, and he doesn't want to. Hearing from his classmates, during that time every day from six to twelve in the morning, he Carrying a piece of bread and water, I sat in the self-study room for the postgraduate entrance examination for a whole day. Afterwards, I lost more than ten catties... It was also a crime I made for myself."

Tao Qingfeng said: "Those who are truly capable can go to the same place in the end even if they encounter unfair things. I don't think Teacher Yan is stupid. I respected him very much before. He is a learned and upright person. Today Hearing what you said, I admire you even more."

A strange feeling faintly surged in Tao Qingfeng's heart. From what he had spied on, the Yan Dan's youth that he had never known before, he couldn't help seeing the traces of Yan Dan's life.This kind of comparison can't be blocked anyway.Then I had no choice but to be silent and presumptuous.Tao Qingfeng felt very helpless about his self-abandonment, but he couldn't stop it.

"But it worries my relatives." Yan Fang repeated this sentence for the third time tonight. "The reason I'm telling you is that Xiao Dan has very few friends. He seems to be liked by many people, and he treats them very well. But the one who passed the exam was a classmate, and the one who ran for him was a junior. It was his roommate who was complaining. When he said these things, the titles he used were all exquisite and measured-until that day, for the first time, I heard from him that you were his friend. Maybe he There are other friends, but you are the only one who wants us to use the power of the family to help him. He will not let the family help him even in his own affairs. So, I hope you know Finally, I can watch more and let him avoid the kind of things that his family will worry about. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I understand. Please rest assured that even if you don't tell me, Teacher Yan is kind to me, and I don't want him to be hurt. I will protect him." Tao Qingfeng said: "I don't know how many friends Teacher Yan has. But now, I only have him as a friend."

Yan Fang looked a little surprised, and said: "Although I'm not familiar with you, I seem to understand a little bit——You and that kid are indeed very similar. They're both of the same kind——"

He didn't go on, and couldn't sum it up for a while.The kind of seemingly friendly but in fact few, seemingly restrained and sober but go through fire and water, seemingly gentle and indifferent but affectionate and lonely.

While waiting for the food, Tao Qingfeng took the initiative to look at the genealogy book again. He turned to the column of more photos. These are black and white photos, which seem to be rubbings from ancient books. There are not only small seal characters, but also oracle bone inscriptions , the translation next to it is almost always replaced by a white box.

At the time of Da Chu, there were not as many scattered documents on gold and stone research as there are now.Therefore, there are more oracle bone inscriptions that have been deciphered than in modern times. Tao Qingfeng can recognize about half of the characters on this silk script.He had heard from Yan Fang that the people who edited these photos were not good enough, so he thought that the other party hadn’t recognized the oracle bone inscriptions, so he couldn’t help saying: “More than half of the oracle bone inscriptions have been solved here, you can ask a professional ancient text editor to add it…”

A trace of surprise flashed in Yan Fang's eyes. Although he is not a professional in this field, he always feels that something is not right.Because he heard from his younger brother that many oracle bone inscriptions have not been cracked so far.But Tao Qingfeng looked down at the book and didn't see Yan Fang's expression.

Yan Fang took a picture and said, "My family is too lazy to hire an editor of ancient Chinese. But Xiao Dan should recognize it, so it's okay." He secretly sent the picture to Yan Dan on WeChat, and then dialed the phone.

After the call was connected, Yan Fang smiled and said to Yan Tan: "Guess who I'm having dinner with? I told you before, the 'word teacher' who instructed me to go to the printing factory to see the correction in my old life, do you know who he is? It's your little friend. You said why the earth is so small."

Yan Fang listened to the other party for a while, and then said to the mobile phone: "Don't worry, I will give him the phone after I finish speaking. You read WeChat first, do you recognize those words?"

Yan Tan opened WeChat on the other end of the phone, and found a silk script full of oracle bone inscriptions, then turned around and asked, "What do you mean? Even if a country rewards 15 yuan for deciphering these words, I can't earn this kind of extra money, and I don't recognize any of them." .So far none of them have been solved.”

Yan Fang confirmed it now, almost lazily, in a slow tone: "You can't do it, little brother. You little friend," he glanced at Tao Qingfeng almost meaningfully, "he said, he can recognize more than half of it. I I think he's about to make a small fortune soon."

Yan Tan on the other end of the phone, and Tao Qingfeng sitting next to him, sweated their backs almost at the same time.Yan Tan held the phone, only feeling a sense of creepiness for no reason.And Tao Qingfeng's heart tightened, thinking about what the other party meant?If Mr. Yan said on the other end of the phone that he didn't understand these characters, then wouldn't he have accidentally exposed himself too much.