Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

It has been more than four months since Mu Qiong traveled to this era. When he traveled, the summer had just passed, but now it is the end of the year.

Before the serialization of "Seeking a Doctor" is finished, Ping An Middle School has already had its annual vacation, and there are only four or five days left before the Chinese New Year. The winter vacation of Ping An Middle School is quite short, only about ten days in total. As for the summer vacation, it is only one month .

After all, although the concept of winter and summer vacations has been brought back to China at this time, the government has not issued relevant regulations, and each school can have its own holidays.

However, Ping An Middle School is closed like this, and those students and their parents feel that the holidays are too much. Some students still come to school every day during the summer vacation, and the teachers in the school are still helping to answer questions.

At the end of the year, Ping An Middle School held a final exam. Wei Ting got the exam papers from other places and had someone pull them to the school on a cart.

This time, Fu Huai'an did not do badly in the exam.

When he was a child, he was watched by his mother to study, and he found a good teacher. His foundation in Chinese was far better than other students in the school, let alone English. As for physics, chemistry and mathematics... Fu Huai'an was quite flexible. At this time, the teaching in middle school was not advanced. Although he was not the best at learning, it was not the worst either.

After taking the test like this, he finally got a score that was neither high nor low in the class.

This made him very happy, and the teachers in the school were also quite surprised.

Mu Qiong thought it was normal, and at the same time felt that... Fu Huai'an must be taught well!

So, he praised Fu Huai'an, and then gave Fu Huai'an an assignment to try to translate an original book he brought to school - "Andersen's Fairy Tales".

Mu Qiong felt that it would be difficult for Fu Huai'an to translate this fairy tale, but it's okay to try.

"This book has not been translated yet. Try to translate it. If you can translate it, I will find someone to print it!" Mu Qiong said.

Holding the "Andersen's Fairy Tales" in his hand, Fu Huai'an was a little stunned.

"Your English is pretty good, and you have a dictionary... I think you can do it." Mu Qiong said again.

Hearing what Mu Qiong said, Fu Huai'an also felt that he could do it: "I will definitely translate well!"

"Okay." Mu Qiong smiled.

He didn't think Fu Huai'an could really translate well, but it would be good to find something for the kid to do, so as to save him from being mischievous.

Mu Qiong gave Fu Huai'an extra homework. As for the other students...he asked them to read the English articles he had taught at home at least three times a day.

English is something, if you don’t use it, you will return it.

After the students are arranged, the teachers of the school will hold a meeting by themselves.

This meeting was held in the office to summarize the teaching achievements of this semester. After the meeting, Wei Ting also sent some New Year's goods to each teacher: "I took stock of the school's accounts and found that there is still a lot of money left in this semester. , Some of them are used to buy books, maybe we can build a reading room next year, and the rest will be bought for you for the new year."

Wei Ting is the principal of Ping'an Middle School. He spent money to build Ping'an Middle School at the beginning. The money and accounts of Ping'an Middle School have been in his hands all these years, but he never takes even a penny from the public account. .

Instead, I put money in it from time to time.

The New Year's goods that Wei Ting gave were salted duck eggs, dried bamboo shoots and salted duck.

Among them, he bought the salted duck eggs and salted duck through Mr. Zhong's network, and the price is said to be very cheap.

Mu Qiong had eaten sauced duck before, but hadn't eaten salted duck. He carried two ducks, a basket of eggs, and a bundle of dried bamboo shoots, and asked Wei Ting, "Principal, where are your New Year's goods?"

"I don't know how to cook, so what do you want for New Year's goods?" Wei Ting asked, and took out another silver dollar sealed in red paper to Mu Qiong: "This is the money I borrowed from you before."

Mu Qiong didn't answer: "I'm not short of money." Wei Ting has been living in school and has no plans to go home, so he can't live without money.

"Take it, I'm not short of money." Wei Ting said, "I published a few articles recently and made a lot of money."

Only then did Mu Qiong take the money.

Sheng Chaohui asked again at this time: "Principal, what will you do during the Chinese New Year?"

"I just passed school."

"It's your parents, you..." Sheng Chaohui said.

"If I go back, I might be put on a sedan chair!" Wei Ting said.

Sheng Chaohui: "...press on the sedan chair?"

"I'm just making an analogy." Wei Ting waved his hand and said, "Anyway... I still won't go back this year."

Wei Ting planned to live in the school, so Mu Qiong went to find Feng Xiaoya and asked Feng Xiaoya to take care of him.

Feng Xiaoya and her husband Zhou Laosan didn't plan to go back to the village. They also lived in the school, and there was also a lame old man who was the gatekeeper.

Zhou Laosan had made up his mind to leave his own mother alone, but his relationship with the crippled old man was getting better and better. He even asked his god-in-law, saying that he would provide for the lame old man without children in the future.

The lame old man is actually a miserable person. He used to pull a rickshaw, but later he injured his leg and couldn't do it. He almost starved to death. Only after being picked up by Wei Ting did he have a way to survive. He used to be a doorkeeper in the school alone, very lonely After Feng Xiaoya and Zhou Laosan came, they were very enthusiastic about them. They not only took them to adapt to life in school, but also helped them take care of their children when they were busy. The two gradually developed a relationship.

Mu Qiong thinks this is quite good.

Mu Qiong gave Feng Xiaoya five silver dollars to buy some delicious food for Wei Ting during the Chinese New Year, and then left school to go home.

After entering the house, he handed the New Year's goods in his hand to Zhu Wanwan: "Mother, these are the New Year's goods from the school."

"It's great to be a teacher, and there are new year's goods!" Zhu Wanwan was very happy, and suddenly remembered something: "Qiong'er, this year's Chinese New Year, will we still live as usual?"

"You don't need to go to such trouble, just say ancestor worship, there are always others who will go to sacrifice, so let's save it." Mu Qiong said: "On New Year's Eve, we can cook something and eat it ourselves."

Judging from the memory of the original owner, in Suzhou, when the twelfth month of the lunar calendar entered, the Mu family began to be busy celebrating the New Year, eating Laba porridge, cleaning, eating glutinous rice, and making steamed cakes... There are rules and regulations, and there should be no chaos.

New Year's Eve and the first few days of the new year are very busy, not only to worship ancestors, but also to worship Bodhisattvas and entertain relatives and friends.

But at that time, all the long-term workers in the family had gone home, and at most they would come to help in the morning, so Zhu Wanwan had to do many things.

Therefore, during the Chinese New Year, while others are beaming with joy, Zhu Wanwan is often too tired to stand up straight.

Although the original owner saw it in his eyes and felt sorry for his mother at that time, he couldn't do much at a young age, he just thought about hiring a few servants to take care of his mother when he was promising in the future.

There are only three people in the family now, and there is not much work. Mu Qiong doesn't want strangers to stay at home, so he doesn't hire anyone, but it's okay to let Zhu Wanwan relax.

"We don't worship the ancestors anymore, Bodhisattvas always have to worship this year." Zhu Wanwan said.

"Mother, it's really unnecessary. In fact, many people in the city don't worship, let alone those foreigners. Their New Year's is not the same as ours. You see, if they don't worship Bodhisattva, don't they still live well? Mu Qiong persuaded Zhu Wanwan: "Let's save all the things that can be saved. The most important thing on New Year's Eve is to cook more delicious food so that we can eat enough for ourselves."

Zhu Wanwan was actually too lazy to bother so much.

With this skill, she might as well recognize a few more words!

Of course, she is still willing to make food for herself. Who doesn't like delicious food?

Let’s just say that a few days ago, she made glutinous rice with pumpkin and put a lot of sugar in it. It was really delicious!

After talking to Mu Qiong, Zhu Wanwan really didn't think about going through the process of the year, but took advantage of Mu Qiong's home every day, so she recognized a lot of words.

At the same time, she also prepared a lot of food at home.

She bought a few ducks a long time ago and seasoned them with soy sauce, and now they are hanging under the eaves to dry. In addition, she marinated some bacon and bought a lot of kelp.

For the New Year here, in addition to preparing various meat, every household will also buy some dried kelp and bamboo shoots.

This is not because fresh vegetables are not available during the Chinese New Year, it is entirely because whether it is seaweed or dried bamboo shoots, people are not willing to buy them and eat them. These two things are not expensive here in Shanghai, and ordinary people can afford them. It has become a must-have for New Year's goods.

As the Chinese New Year approached, the concession area was very lively every day.Many people have worked hard for a year, and at the end of the year, they will spend some generously, such as going to the foreign concession or something.

On the twenty-eighth day of Mu Qiong's year, I went to see Boss Chen in a western restaurant, and then found that Boss Chen's western restaurant was overcrowded, both upstairs and downstairs were full of people.

Mu Qiong gave Boss Chen a sauced duck and a salted duck, and then ate a large plate of roast meat that Boss Chen gave him.

After leaving Boss Chen, he went to the editorial office of Dazhong Daily.

During the few days of Chinese New Year, Dazhong Daily was closed, and Nianba was their last day of work. When he passed by, the editors had already packed their things and were ready to go home.

Li Ronghua saw him, gave him a red envelope, and then gave him many letters from readers, asking him to read it slowly at home.

After leaving the editorial department of Dazhong Daily, Mu Qiong went to Gongji Hospital to look for Fu Yun'an with a large package of letters.

In fact, a few days ago, he went to the free clinic to look for Fu Yunan, but after he went, he learned that Fu Yunan hadn't gone to the free clinic for a while, saying that he was too busy to spare time.

Mu Qiong didn't know where Fu Yun'an's house was, so he came to Gongji Hospital and waited.

As the New Year approached, many doctors in Gongji Hospital were on vacation. Mu Qiong knew that he might not be able to wait for Fu Yun'an, but he still didn't leave. While waiting, he even spent money to buy a roasted sweet potato.

When he first came, he was reluctant to buy such a cheap thing, but now he is willing.

The roasted sweet potato was wrapped in newspaper, just enough to cover your hands. Mu Qiong held the roasted sweet potato and waited for a while before seeing Fu Yun'an coming out of the hospital.

He was a little overjoyed, and was about to say hello when he saw a car parked in front of Fu Yun'an.

Then, Fu Yun'an got into the car with a foreigner.

It's a waste of time... Mu Qiong was a little disappointed, he didn't want Fu Yun'an's assistant who had seen him before to run out of the hospital and stopped him: "Mu Qiong!"

"Brother Sun." Mu Qiong greeted with a smile.

"Mu Qiong, are you here to see Dr. Fu? What a coincidence, there is a foreigner who is sick and asked Dr. Fu to see him." Fu Yun'an's assistant, surnamed Sun, was named Sun Dalin. He has always been friendly to Mu Qiong: "What's the matter with you?" ? Shall I help you send a message to Dr. Fu?"

"No, I have nothing to do." Mu Qiong said.

"Then you came here to see Dr. Fu?" Sun Dalin asked again.

"Yes." Mu Qiong smiled, feeling that Sun Dalin's attitude was a bit strange.

Sun Dalin did not have such a self-awareness: "Dr. Fu will be on vacation tomorrow and will not be at Gongji Hospital. He will not go to work until the third year of junior high school. If you want to find Dr. Fu, come back then."

Mu Qiong agreed and left.

Sun Dalin watched Mu Qiong leave, but felt a little excited.

There are very few people who know about Fu Yun'an's liking for men, no more than five, and he happens to be one of them.

Not only that, Second Young Master also asked him to keep an eye on Third Young Master's situation, to see if Third Young Master had someone he liked.

And he looked... Third Young Master seemed to like this Mu Qiong very much, and this Mu Qiong also cared about Third Young Master.

The Second Young Master will be here tomorrow, so he can report.

Mu Qiong didn't know anything about Sun Dalin's thoughts. He originally bought a roasted sweet potato for Fu Yun'an to eat, but now Fu Yun'an didn't see it, so he ate it by himself.

Mu Qiong didn't go out for the next two days, and then it was New Year's Eve.

On this day, Zhu Wanwan can be said to have exhausted all her skills and cooked a table of delicious dishes.

She made white-cut chicken, and added chicken soup with chopped chicken offal and eggs to make a chicken offal egg drop soup. In addition, she also made a sweet and sour fish, a bowl of braised pork, and dried bamboo shoots Salted duck, seaweed salad, stir-fried vegetables with mushrooms and braised vegetarian chicken.

The portions of these dishes are very large, and the whole family can't finish their belly.

Their family closed their doors to celebrate the New Year, and they didn't pay much attention to the time. The New Year's Eve dinner was eaten very early, and it was still dark after the meal.

Mu Qiong looked at the sky and said, "I'll go to Ping'an Middle School to have a look."

Boss Chen celebrates the New Year with his second uncle, and a few relatives of the Chen family will come, so he doesn’t need to worry. Fu Yun’an has family members. He thought for a while, and among the people he knows... Maybe Wei Ting this year , live the loneliest.

It's good for him to go and have a look, he is very full, and he will treat it as a digestion after a walk.

Both Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu had heard Mu Qiong mention Wei Ting, and they admired Wei Ting quite a bit. Zhu Wanwan asked, "Do you want to bring something to eat?"

Mu Qiong thought about it and agreed.

"Just wait a moment, I'll make sweet and sour fish." Zhu Wanwan said again.

Zhu Wanwan makes sweet and sour fish by frying the fish in an oil pan, then adding the soup prepared with sugar, vinegar and soy sauce, and thickening it with cornstarch.

She bought two fish at a time this morning, killed them in advance, and fried them. She planned to eat one today and another tomorrow, but now Mu Qiong is going to see the principal of Ping An Middle School, so she always wants to bring some good food...

The fish had already been fried, and it would be ready soon after adding some soup, and when Zhu Wanwan finished the fish, Mu Changyu had already taken all the meat and vegetables they had left aside for tomorrow.

These dishes are all served in bowls and placed in a food box.

When Mu Qiong went out with the food box, the sky was still bright, but after walking for a long time, the sky darkened.

During the daytime today, the streets in the Concession were still very lively, but now it was dark, but no one could be seen, but in the houses on the side of the road, either lights or candles were lit.

After walking for half an hour, Mu Qiong arrived at Ping An Middle School.

The gate of Ping'an Middle School was closed, but he yelled, and Feng Xiaoya immediately ran out to open the door, and asked in surprise, "Mr. Mu, why are you here?"

"I'll come and see, have you eaten yet?"

"It's eating!" Feng Xiaoya said, and then asked Mu Qiong: "Mr. Mu, do you want to eat with us?"

"I've already eaten and brought you some dishes." Mu Qiong smiled.

"You brought food? Not bad!" Wei Ting's voice sounded, and Mu Qiong saw that he had also come out.

They ate at the cafeteria where the school cooks. Wei Ting brought Mu Qiong in and asked expectantly, "What dishes did you bring? Show me them."

Mu Qiong put the food box on the Eight Immortals table, took out the dishes, and at the same time saw the dishes on the table clearly.

He knew why Wei Ting was looking forward to the dishes he brought...

These days, poor people don't pay much attention to cooking skills - some food is enough, who is picky?

When they cook, they usually put water in the pot, and then pour the vegetables into it to cook, often without oil.

As for eating meat, they all do the same thing. At most, the salt is replaced with soy sauce. As for other methods...they don't know, and they can't know.

The people in the city are better off. The seasoning in the country people's homes is often only salt, and they may not be willing to buy soy sauce. How can they figure out other ways?

Feng Xiaoya was born in poverty, so she doesn't know how to cook at all, and the food on the table now...is a bit horrible.