Literary Heroes of the Republic of China

Fu Yun'an came to see the progress of the hospital's construction, so he came to Ping'an Middle School for a sit-down.

When he arrived, he looked at Mu Qiong with a smile: "Mu Qiong, you first published the "Essays in English" that Mr. Liu admired so much, and then you launched the Education Monthly, and now you are already a well-known person in the domestic education circle. .”

"Doctor Fu, don't make fun of me." Mu Qiong said: "What I do is far inferior to what many seniors did."

Mu-joon is telling the truth.

During this period, many predecessors in the education field have done far more than him.It's just that these people are now crossing the river by feeling the stones and creating a brand new future, so it is extremely difficult to walk, but he came from the future...

"Don't underestimate yourself, you have achieved such an achievement at your age, which has surpassed most people." Fu Yun'an said.

Mu Qiong was a little embarrassed by the praise: "I actually didn't do anything. Speaking of it, Mr. Liu was able to learn English in a month, not all because of "English Essays". This book is not that magical."

The article "Learning English after Pentecost" written by Mr. Liu Yicheng has been reprinted by Shanghai newspapers, so that these days, the "English Essay" in Shanghai is also selling very well.

The Commercial Press struck while the iron was hot. After publicizing Lou Yuyu's initiative to lower the royalties in order to make "English Essays" affordable to more people, many people became more fond of the Commercial Press and Mu Qiong.

However, although Mr. Liu praised Mu Qiong so much, Mu Qiong knew very well that Mr. Liu did not learn English in a short period of time because of "English Essays".

Historically, Mr. Liu also learned English during this period. After learning English, he traveled to Europe and the United States many times and became one of the most famous diplomats during the Republic of China.

Even the article "Learning English after Pentecost" existed in the original history. In modern times, Mu Qiong also read an article describing how Mr. Liu learned English.

In the history he knew, Liu Yicheng had always been worried about the weakness of his country. Although he was very old, he still studied English hard, and after finishing his studies, he traveled to Europe and finally went to the United States.

And how did he learn English?He hired a missionary to teach him English, and for two whole months he didn't think about anything, and immersed himself in English. After learning this way, although there were still problems in writing, daily conversations were no longer a problem.

Then he continued to study while going abroad. After a year, no matter whether it was dialogue or writing, there was no problem.

But this time, his experience changed slightly.

At the beginning of his English learning, he found it very difficult. When he had no clue, someone gave him a copy of "English Essays", and he recited the above articles every day under the guidance of the missionary. After a period of time, the memorization became smoother. But in just one sentence, daily conversations are no problem!

He was able to do this because of his perseverance, and because he hired a missionary to stay with him every day and keep learning. As for "Essays in English", I can only say that it is a good one. Learning aids.

Those who don't like to learn English or are lazy, even if they buy ten or eight similar books, they still can't learn it.

Mu Qiong chatted with Fu Yun'an, and Fu Yun'an said: "I heard from Sheng Chaohui that you want to buy a house? Do you have an idea?"

"Not yet, I can't find a suitable house for the time being." Mu Qiong said, he really wanted to buy a house, but unfortunately it was too difficult to find a house that met his requirements in the concession.

"The house next door to my house is for sale, are you interested?" Fu Yun'an asked again.

Of course Mu Qiong was interested, so he asked immediately.

Fu Yun'an doesn't live in the two streets with the most expensive housing prices in Shanghai, but the location is also extremely good. Most of the houses on this street are even connected to water and electricity.

"After the owner bought the house, he moved to Nanjing, because the house was empty and cost a lot of money, and the rent was not easy to rent, so he wanted to sell it." Fu Yun'an said: "The house is good, but the asking price It’s not cheap, and the utility bills are high.”

In 1881, Shanghai had China's first water plant, and in 1882, Shanghai Electric Company was also established.Therefore, Shanghai at this time already had hydropower.

But the water and electricity bills are really not cheap.

At this time, the only electrical appliances in everyone's home were electric lights. This electric light was not a tungsten filament lamp, but a carbonized bamboo filament lamp invented by Edison.

As for the electricity bill, it is calculated according to the number of electric lights in each household. In the beginning, a lamp cost [-] oceans per month. The cost has been slightly reduced in recent years, but the monthly electricity bill for a light bulb is still the same. Six oceans are required.

As for the water fee, it is not calculated by ton at this time, but by the number of faucets in your home. The monthly water fee for each faucet is three yuan.

In this period, being able to use hydropower is more face-saving than driving a luxury car in modern times. At the same time, even if it is a wealthy family, many people are reluctant to turn on hydropower.

After all, it is really cheap to use oil lamps to draw water from the well at night.

Of course, although the price of electricity is expensive, if it is a big customer, the power plant will give it a little cheaper.

As for the house that has already opened water and electricity, even if you don’t use it, the Qiandian Water Plant will still charge it. According to Fu Yun’an, the homeowner wants to sell the house because he doesn’t want to pay a lot of water and electricity bills every month.

Mu Qiong asked: "How is the layout of the house?"

Fu Yun'an said: "The layout of the house is similar to my house. There is a courtyard in the front, and then there are two two-story houses facing south, and then there is a courtyard behind, and there are several houses behind the courtyard. The layout is not bad, large and small There are about ten houses in total, more than enough for a family."

"Such a house shouldn't be cheap?" Mu Qiong asked.

"It takes five thousand oceans." Fu Yun'an said.

Mu Qiong: "..."

After Mu Qiong came here, after a period of hard life, he knew that it was the purchasing power of an ocean, so he felt very rich with five hundred oceans in his hand, but now he knows the price of this house...

He suddenly realized that he was still poor.

"House prices have been rising. If you can, it's always right to buy earlier." Fu Yun'an said again.In fact, when this house was put up for sale, there were still people rushing to buy it even at Six Thousand Oceans, and he had already offered a discounted price.

If Mu Qiong wants to buy the best, if he thinks it's too expensive...he won't force it.

"That's the reason, that is, I don't have that much money for the time being, can I discuss with the landlord, to pay [-] first, and pay the remaining [-] in monthly installments?" Mu Qiong asked: "I can pay more interest. "

Knowing that Mu Qiong didn't have that much money, Fu Yun'an thought that Mu Qiong would borrow money, and even thought that he could lend him some, but he was a little surprised that he proposed such a payment method.

But this is indeed a good idea: "I don't know if he will agree, you can go and see the house first, and then discuss it with him."

The house really needs to be seen first. After Mu Qiong learned that he could go to see the house today, he immediately decided to go there immediately.

His classes were all transferred to the afternoon, and he didn't need to teach the students this morning.

After making the decision, Mu Qiong went to find Zhu Wanwan and wanted to take her to see the house.

But Zhu Wanwan refused: "Qiong'er, I want to attend both of Teacher Sheng's lectures this morning, and I have to cook, so I won't go. You can decide on buying a house."

Zhu Wanwan didn't want to go, and Mu Qiong didn't force her, so she went by herself.

In fact, Zhu Wanwan is really going, maybe she doesn't want him to buy such an expensive house... It's fine if she doesn't go.

Mu Qiong and Fu Yun'an walked towards the door together. As soon as they reached the door, a strong man saw a man in his thirties pulling a car and came to Fu Yun'an: "Sir, where are you going?"

For the convenience of going out, Fu Yun'an bought a rickshaw and hired a driver.

This car is brand new, and it is a steel wire rubber car that is rare at this time. The steel wires on the wheels are shining brightly, the seat is wrapped with a layer of leather, and there are cushions. It looks more spacious than the rickshaws that can be seen everywhere on the road.

This is definitely a noble car in a rickshaw.

But there is only one car, and it is not easy to hail a car near Ping An Middle School.

Mu Qiong wanted to hail another car, but in the end he didn't see one.

"My house is not far away, why not walk there together?" Fu Yun'an looked at Mu Qiong.

"No need, Doctor Fu, you can take the car and I can walk." Mu Qiong said.

Fu Yun'an frowned, and at this moment, the coachman smiled innocently: "You two gentlemen, take the car together, I can pull it."

Fu Yun'an paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Let's take the car together."

"Doctor Fu, no need, I'm planning to walk more and exercise." Mu Qiong said.

He has always wanted to exercise, but unfortunately he was too busy to take care of it.After all, exercising not only consumes time, but also consumes energy. He may be able to run instead of taking a rickshaw back and forth, but in that case, he may not have the energy to write at night.

Of course, he said this now mainly because Fu Yun'an has a cleanliness habit, so he might not want to squeeze in the same car with him.

"Come on." Fu Yun'an got into the car, gave up a seat and said to Mu Qiong, "Can you outrun the driver?"

"Yes sir, I run very fast." The driver also said.

Seeing that Fu Yun'an was not reluctant, Mu Qiong thought about it, and finally got into the car.

This car is more spacious than an ordinary rickshaw, and he and Fu Yun'an are both very thin, so it won't be too crowded if they sit like this, but the two of them are inevitably close together.

Mu Qiong didn't mind, but he was afraid that Fu Yun'an would mind, but when he looked over, he found that Fu Yun'an's expression was normal.

After noticing his gaze, Fu Yun'an turned his head and smiled at him.

Mu Qiong also felt at ease, and at the same time felt... Dr. Fu looked really good-looking when he laughed.

The driver was very strong, and the car was new. Not only did it use rubber tires, but the wheels were oiled. It pulled up not only fast, but also very stable.

Fu Yun'an asked about the orphanage in the car.

Mu Qiong described the situation of the orphanage one by one, and said: "This world... I feel that no matter how much I do, it will be useless."

"It's good if you want to do it." Fu Yun'an said.

"That's right." Mu Qiong laughed, he knew that the future would be full of light one day, and he was already better than the people at this time.

People at this time simply don't know what will greet them next, aren't they still struggling and struggling?

Mu Qiong has known Fu Yunan for a long time, but today is the first time he knows where Fu Yunan lives.

Looking at the half-new door of Fu's house, Mu Qiong smiled and said, "Doctor Fu, it would be great if I could be your neighbor."

Fu Yun'an laughed: "Yes."

Fu Yun'an's smile is really pretty today, if a modern little girl sees it, she might scream.

Mu Qiong thought so, and went to see the house with Fu Yun'an.

The homeowner has gone to Nanjing, but the homeowner's son is still here, and he led Mu Qiong to see the house.

The house is better than Moo-joon imagined.

The house is newly built, cleaned and furnished.

There are many rooms inside, if they move here, not only will Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu have separate rooms, but many rooms will be vacated!

Mu Qiong couldn't be more satisfied with this house, but the price... Mu Qiong discussed with the owner and asked if he could pay 2000 yuan upfront and the remaining 3000 yuan in installments.

"I can pay the interest separately. For the next two years, I will pay 150 yuan a month for a total of 24 months. How about paying [-] yuan?" Mu Qiong offered.

He now contributes to Dazhong Daily at four yuan per thousand words, and if he submits 150 words per month, he can get two hundred yuan, plus the bonus and salary of the monthly education magazine, [-] yuan per month, which is definitely given .

And the reason why he didn't give much was because he wanted to keep some money by his side, in case something happened and he couldn't get the money out.

The homeowner took a look at Fu Yun'an, and immediately said: "No problem! You are Dr. Fu's friend, and I trust you. But we need to make a contract first and ask for a guarantor."

This is as it should be, and Moo-joon agrees without hesitation.