Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

When the inaugural issue of the Educational Monthly started printing, "Seeking a Doctor" and "Essays in English" came out.

Commercial presses, as usual, placed advertisements in newspapers before the two books came to market.

Suburbs of Shanghai.

Li Zhenyao and her classmates raised donations for street children at school, and finally raised a total of [-] ocean donations. At first, she wanted to buy food and clothes for those homeless children.

As a result, when she was planning to do this, she saw such a plot in the newly published "Wandering Notes": Doudou helped an old lady find the gold earring she had lost by accident. The old lady was very grateful to him and gave it to him. He dressed in his grandson's new clothes and gave him a basket of steamed buns.

Wearing new clothes, Doudou happily walked to the street with steamed buns in her hand, but was snatched by a man, who said he wanted to take back the new clothes on his body for his son to wear.

Doudou was reluctant to have her clothes taken away, and when she was flirting with that man, the man even beat him up.

Seeing this, Li Zhenyao immediately gave up her thoughts.

In the end, she rented a large yard in the suburbs at the price of three oceans a month, and gave it to the children to live in for free, and asked her servants to buy some old rice and pickles every day, and made porridge for the children to eat. .

Other than that, nothing else.

One reason is that she is not capable enough to do too much, and the other reason is that she is afraid that she will do too much and harm these children instead.

In fact, she just did this, and there were some troubles - some families near the house she rented saw her giving food to street children for free, so they asked their children to pretend to be orphans and come to her for nothing. Eat and drink for nothing.

Someone even threw the girl doll outside her rented house.

Li Zhenyao is here to deal with this child today.

She thought about it, and finally said to her servant who came to share the porridge every day: "You should take this child home and help raise it for a few days. Hurry up tomorrow, you go to the farther countryside and hire a woman with no relatives." Here to take care of this child and other children in the yard."

The doll who was thrown at the gate of the yard rented by Li Zhenyao had been five or six months old. She was sallow and emaciated, and looked pitiful.

She wanted to find someone to adopt the child, but these days, who would want to raise a girl who has nothing to do with her?

As for raising the older children in the yard... After Li Zhenyao got in touch with these children, she realized that these children were different from the Doudou she had read in the book.

The personalities of these children are almost the opposite of Doudou's. They are indifferent, gloomy, and full of hostility towards the world.

They were either abandoned by their parents, or their parents died, and they were often beaten and scolded during their wanderings. They saw a lot of malice towards them in this world, so they didn't know how to love others.

All they know is to stuff food into their mouths and eat it quickly.

Some have been homeless for a long time, or young children, because they seldom communicate with others, they can't even speak.

"Yes, miss." Li Zhenyao's family servant agreed.

"I'm sorry to trouble you." Li Zhenyao gave the servant two silver dollars.

"No trouble, no trouble, it's my honor to help Miss." The servant said quickly.

"Let's go." Li Zhenyao glanced at the yard behind her and said to the servant.

But in just over ten days, Li Zhenyao felt that she had grown up a lot.

In the past, she would never have come to such a place, and she was even more unwilling to take a second look at such a dirty child.

The road here is not paved with bluestone slabs, it is a pure dirt road, and it is narrow and small.Li Zhenyao walked on the leather shoes, and after a while, the leather shoes became dirty.

Fortunately, after turning a corner, I saw the driver of her family's chartered car. At the same time, the stench that had been lingering around her before also faded.

The house was very big before, with more than a dozen houses and a yard. The reason why it cost three oceans to rent was because there was a large cesspool nearby.

When the dung truck pulled by Yexiang is full, it will come here to dump it.

In addition, there is a pig slaughtering farm nearby, and most of the pork eaten by the people in the county is sent out from here.

Human feces and pig feces are mixed and fermented, and there is a disgusting stench here all the year round.

When Li Zhenyao came over for the first time, she almost turned around and ran away.

But she endured it.She knew that she was not capable, and if she wanted to give those children a stable home, she had to choose a worse place.

Fortunately, apart from the unpleasant smell, there are no other problems.

After getting in the car, Li Zhenyao asked the driver to take her back to the concession.

As soon as she arrived in the concession, she saw a newspaper boy selling newspapers.

Today is the day when Dazhong Daily publishes "The Wandering Tale", and because she was anxious to see those children, she never bought a newspaper early in the morning as usual... Li Zhenyao called the newsboy to stop and bought a copy of Dazhong Daily.

As for declaring news papers, she ordered them all at home, and she didn't need to spend her own money to buy them, as long as she wanted to read them at home.

When we arrived at the concession, the road became smooth and the rickshaws could pull safely.

Sitting in the car, Li Zhenyao opened the newspaper in her hand.

Doudou in "Wandering Notes" recognized a very capable elder brother, who gave him a full meal and asked him to help him with work.

He happily agreed, but he didn't expect that the job his elder brother asked him to do was to steal money.

Doudou helped the elder brother with a vote and stole a wallet. The elder brother was very happy, but he thought it was wrong.

When he saw that the person whose money had been stolen was still looking for it on the road at night...he returned the wallet that his elder brother had stolen to that person.

The man was very grateful, but Doudou was very embarrassed, so he refused the reward from the other party.

The owner thanked him again and again, took the wallet and left happily, but Doudou was beaten up by his elder brother, and he no longer has an elder brother...

Still, he was happy to think of someone saying "thank you" to him.

When Li Zhenyao got home, she had already read the story roughly, and when she got home, she read it again carefully.

She felt sorry for Doudou in the story, but unfortunately she couldn't do anything.

Li Zhenyao couldn't help sighing, and then looked at other contents in the newspaper.

Almost immediately, she was attracted by an advertisement in the center—Lou Yuyu's new book "seeking medical treatment" and "English Essays" will be officially released on March 3.

She has been waiting for the publication of "Seeking a Doctor" for a long time, and she is ready to buy it. What is this "English Essay"?

Of course, no matter what this "English Essay" is, as long as it is written by Lou Yuyu, she will buy it and read it!

It's just that her English is not good, I'm afraid she can't understand...

Thinking of this, Li Zhenyao was a little annoyed. Lou Yuyu came back from studying abroad, so she must be very good at English, and she should learn English well.

But she just can't learn English, and she can't learn English.

There are others who also saw the ad.

Many people want to buy a copy of the book "Seeking a Doctor" and keep it at home. As for "Short English Essays"...they don't know what this "Short English Essays" is about, but they also want to read it.

For a while, countless people were looking forward to Lou Yuyu's new book.

Not only the people in Shanghai are looking forward to it, but even the people in Beijing and Tianjin are also looking forward to it.

The Dazhong Daily is only published in Shanghai. Most of the people in Beijing have never read the book "Seeking a Doctor". Only a few of them have been to Shanghai, or only read it when their relatives and friends in Shanghai sent the newspaper. Some.

But most of them have read or know Lou Yuyu's "Study Abroad".

Many of them even wanted to buy "Study Abroad" but haven't bought it yet.

Now, before they bought "Study Abroad", Lou Yuyu's new book is actually on the market, and two copies are returned at a time... This Lou Yuyu is really prolific!

I hope his new book is as good-looking as "Study Abroad"!

Readers in Beijing are also looking forward to it. After all, the newspaper said that on March 3st, the sale will be launched simultaneously in Beijing.

Mu Yongxue is also one of those looking forward to it.

He likes "Study Abroad" very much.Later, a colleague came back from a business trip in Shanghai and brought back some popular newspapers. After reading the above "Seeking Doctor", he fell in love with "Seeking Doctor" again.

"Seeking Medical Treatment" is the same as "Studying Abroad", written in the vernacular they are promoting, and the writing style is far-reaching. He thinks it is okay to buy a few more copies and keep them as gifts.

As for "Short English Essays"... He was studying in Japan at the beginning, and his English is very poor. He is learning it recently, and his son is also learning it... It's good to buy a copy and come back to read it.

When Mu Yongxue was thinking about buying "Essays in English" and "Seeking a Doctor", Mu Changyu had already got these two books.

After the finished product came out, the Commercial Press generously gave Mu Qiong [-] copies each. These books were shipped directly to their home, and Mu Changyu was naturally the first to see them.

There are English classes in Chongxin School, but there are only two classes a week, and only a few words are taught. Therefore, Mu Changyu can't understand "English Essays", but "Seeking Doctors" is different.

Before the story was published, she heard her brother read it, and after it was published, she read it even more. Now that she got the book, she read it again.

She didn't know many characters on it, but this didn't affect her reading. Mu Changyu was a little fascinated by reading it. It was obviously late, but she still couldn't bear to put the book down.

"Changyu, you should go to bed, read it tomorrow." In the end, Zhu Wanwan confiscated the book in Mu Changyu's hand: "Your brother said, you can't read it by candlelight for too long."

After watching for so long, Mu Changyu's eyes really felt uncomfortable. She stuck out her tongue and went to fetch water to wash her face.

When she was packing her schoolbag the next day, she put "Seeking a Doctor" wrapped in newspaper into her schoolbag.

It was still Mu Qiong who sent Mu Changyu to school that day.

Mu Qiong himself had to go to work, so he sent Mu Changyu to school very early. When Mu Changyu entered his class, none of the classmates came.

She sat in her seat, took out "Seeking a Doctor" and continued to read it.

Looking at it, her eyes were red.

"Changyu, what's the matter with you?" A voice sounded, and Mu Changyu raised his head, only to realize that his deskmate had arrived.

At this time, boys from rich families will be enlightened at the age of four or five, but children from ordinary families are different. They will not send their children to school until they are seven or eight years old or even older.

After all, the child is too young, let alone what he can't learn, and he doesn't feel at ease in school.

As for girls, it is even later to study. There are many teenagers who go to the first grade, and they generally don't have the opportunity to read too much. After the third year, the primary school will know a few words, and the parents think that is enough.

Therefore, although Mu Changyu is 14 years old and can go to junior high school in modern times, sitting in the classroom of the third grade at the moment, she is not much older than her classmates.

"I'm fine, but the people in this story are too pitiful." Mu Changyu said.When she read this story, she always remembered what happened when her brother was sick.

At that time, her brother almost died of illness!

Fortunately, her brother didn't die, otherwise...she wouldn't dare to think about what kind of life she would be living now.

"What story?" Mu Changyu's deskmate moved closer to Mu Changyu, looked at Mu Changyu's book, and said in surprise, "So many words, densely packed, can you understand them?"

"I don't know many words, but I can understand them," Mu Changyu said.

"You are amazing. I have never read such a large book." Mu Changyu's deskmate said.

"You can read more than I do. Why don't you read it?" Mu Changyu was puzzled. Everyone in her family at the same table could read, and she could read a lot.

"I never thought about watching it." Mu Changyu's tablemate said.

"I think you can take a look... I still have a book here, I'll lend it to you." As Mu Changyu said, he took out the "Study Abroad" that Mu Qiong had given her before from his schoolbag, and lent it to his deskmate.

When Mu Changyu's deskmate saw such a thick book at first, he was terrified and didn't dare to read it, but seeing that Mu Changyu was reading it seriously, he also forced himself to read it, and when she read it, she was fascinated. up.

Even when the teacher was in class, she was always thinking about the stories in the book, so she couldn't help but secretly took out the book and read it.

Fortunately, at this time, the teacher will not care whether the students have "read idle books", and there are no idle books at this time.

When school was over, the deskmate said to Mu Changyu: "Changyu, the book you gave me is so beautiful! I never knew there are such beautiful books in this world. Jiang Zhenguo is really amazing! Wait for me to hold your hand." After reading the book on the Internet, can you lend me the one you are reading now?"

"Okay." Mu Changyu agreed without hesitation.

Seeing this, the students around asked questions curiously, and when they learned that Mu Changyu had good books there, they also asked to borrow them one after another.

Mu Changyu agreed to all of them: "I can also lend you this "Seeking a Doctor" in my hand. I also have a monthly hope newspaper at home. There is a story on it called "I am in a hundred years". It is very beautiful. I will take it tomorrow." Come to you."

Mu Changyu really hoped to make friends with her classmates, so she also borrowed "Seeking a Doctor" in her hand.

She has more than one copy of "Seeking a Doctor" at home. She borrowed this one and can exchange it for another one when she gets home.

A little girl who loves to read got the "seeking a doctor" and went home happily.

The little girl's name is Cui Hanhan. Her father is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine and opened a clinic, while her mother is helping in the clinic.

Their family was in a good family, but they were very frugal. The oceans and silver dimes his father received for treating patients were usually not spent, and they were all saved, only spending copper dollars.

Of course, if there is a large expense, it must be out of the deposit.

When she came home that day, she heard her father talking to her mother: "Give me a silver dollar, and I will go buy books in two days."

"What kind of book do you need a silver dollar for?" Cui's mother was puzzled.

Father Cui said: "I want to buy a few more books, read one for collection, and give the rest to my apprentices."

"You are really rich!" Cui's mother gave Cui's father a white look, and took silver dollars to Cui's father.

Cui Hanhan smiled, put down her schoolbag, and took out the book that Mu Changyu lent her to read.

She finished her homework early in school, and now that she has nothing to do, why not just read this book that Mu Changyu said is very good.

When Cui Hanhan started reading, her father was talking to her mother: "I didn't know this book until several issues, and I haven't read the previous issues...It's a pity that this book will not be sold until a few days later."

Cui's father and Cui's mother chatted, and they also talked about the battle between Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Cui Hanhan was very interested in such topics before, but now she has no time to listen.

The book in her hand is so beautiful!

She had only read "Water Margin" and "A Dream of Red Mansions" among the top ten books for talented scholars before, and those two sets of books were not complete, but now, she saw a particularly beautiful book!

It's the people inside, a little pitiful.

Cui Hanhan couldn't help sobbing.

"Hanhan, what's wrong with you?" Cui Hanhan's father looked at his daughter worriedly.

"Dad, I'm fine." Cui Hanhan said, "It's just that the people here are too pitiful."

"Are you reading? What kind of book is this?" Father Cui asked curiously.

"A classmate lent it to me. She said it was very good-looking." Cui Hanhan said, because the book cover was wrapped in newspaper, she still didn't know the name of the book.

"Shouldn't it be the book of 'A pair of butterflies, thirty-six mandarin ducks'? Don't read it, children!" Father Cui picked up Cui Hanhan's book and flipped through it while talking.

Then, he was stunned: "This is... "Seeking Doctor"?!"

Cui Hanhan was puzzled.

Father Cui said again: "Isn't this book still on the market? How could your classmate have it?!"

Cui Hanhan didn't know how Mu Changyu would have...

"It is estimated that your classmate's family owns a bookstore, or it has something to do with the printing press... Children don't want to read this book, I will take it." Father Cui said.

After speaking, he couldn't wait to watch it.

Cui Hanhan: "..."

The day before "Seeking a Doctor" and "Essays in English" came out, Mu Qiong took two books and left Ping'an Middle School ahead of time to go to Gongji Hospital.

He was very busy year after year, and he hadn't seen Fu Yun'an for a long time.

Fu Yunan was the first friend of the same age he made after he came to this world, and Mu Qiong took it very seriously. In addition, the book "Seeking a Doctor" was written with the help of Fu Yunan, so he felt that it was necessary for him to send Fu Yunan one part.

As for the book "Essays in English"... Although this book is for people to learn English, the stories in it are all made up by him, and some of the stories behind are very interesting and can be read as entertainment.

Today is not Sunday, Fu Yun'an should have come to work in the hospital, but Mu Qiong waited for a long time and saw many doctors leave the hospital, but Fu Yun'an did not wait.

He still has to go to pick up Mu Changyu, and he can't wait any longer... Mu Qiong walked towards the two men in military uniforms guarding the gate of Gongji Hospital: "Hello, I have something to ask."

"What's the matter?" One of them looked at Mu Qiong with a good attitude.Mu Qiong has a good temperament now, and he still holds a book in his hand, so no one will look down on him.

"I want to ask Dr. Fu, that is, Dr. Fu Yun'an, is he off work?" Mu Qiong asked.

"Doctor Fu? He hasn't come to work for a long time." The man said.

Another person said, "I heard that Dr. Fu has resigned."

Mu Qiong was taken aback when he heard this.

It's fine if Fu Yun'an didn't go to the free clinic before, why is he still resigning now?

If Fu Yun'an didn't do it at Gongji Hospital, then if I want to find him... through Fu Huai'an?