Chen Muwu’s lecture schedule in Yujiang Province is quite tight.
He first followed Zhang Naiyan to Baihai South Station, took the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Line train to Jiaxing, and gave a lecture at the Provincial No. 2 Middle School.
Then continue to board the bus to Hangxian County, and give one lecture each at the Provincial No. 1 Middle School and the Provincial No. 1 Normal School.
After leaving Hangxian County, the two crossed the Qiantang River from the gate at the foot of Baita Ridge in the south of the city. They entered the Xiaocao Canal at Xixing on the other side of the river. They took a boat along the thousand-year-old canal waterway, directly through Shaoxing City, and finally ended up at the Cao'e River. We got off the awning boat on the west bank and waited for the ferry across the river by the Cao'e Temple.
Naturally, Cao E is enshrined in the Cao E Temple, a filial daughter during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
But it was not Cao E who made Cao E's temple famous all over the world, but his descendant Cao Cao.
There is a stele of Cao E in the temple. Cai Wenji's father Cai Yong once inscribed the stele with eight characters, "Young woman in yellow silk, grandson Junjiu".
One day, Cao Cao and Yang Xiu passed by this place. Cao Cao asked Yang Xiu if he knew what these eight characters meant. Yang Xiucai was quick in thinking and immediately saw the deep meaning in the words. Cao Cao told him not to say anything. It was not until he walked another thirty miles that Cao Cao figured out that the meaning behind these eight words was "excellent speeches". "Four words.
After telling Zhang Naiyan this story, the boat crossing the river also arrived at the ferry in front of Cao'e Temple.
The two boarded the boat and crossed to the other side of the river. After crossing to the other side of the river, they arrived at Chen Muwu's hometown, Qiyu County.
Whether on the Qiantang River, the Cao'e River, or the Xixing Canal connecting the two, Chen Muwu never felt the slightest bit of seasickness.
But I don’t know why he started to spin as soon as he reached the sea. It was really strange!
According to Zhang Naiyan's arrangement, they should board the Yongcao Line train from the Cao'e Station on the south bank of the Cao'e River, ride directly to the terminal, and then give a lecture each at the No. 4 Provincial Middle School in Yin County and the Yongjiang Girls' Middle School. Even if the task is successfully completed.
But before leaving, Chen Muwu's eldest brother Chen Muqiao insisted that Zhang Naiyan add one more school to his itinerary, which was Chunhui Middle School next to Yiting Station in Qiyu County and on the bank of Baima Lake.
Chen Muqiao's move was not because he believed in the sentence in "The Chronicles of Xiang Yu" that "wealth and honor do not return to their hometown, but travel at night like embroidered clothes", but because Chunhui Middle School has a close relationship with the old Chen family.
Chen Chunlan, the great-uncle of the three brothers of the Chen family, left his hometown and came to Shili Foreign Market after the opening of the port in Sihai. He started as a boy in a bank and expanded to open more than a dozen banks in Sihai.
Chen Chunlan had few heirs, and so many banks lacked people to manage them, so he chose smart and capable people from his own children to take over. This is why Chen Muwu's second brother, Chen Muping, got the bank on Jiangnan Road.
When Chen Chunlan got old, he never forgot his family roots. He first allocated funds to build Chunhui Elementary School in Qiyu, and later allocated a huge sum of 150,000 yuan to build Chunhui Middle School on the bank of Baima Lake.
Jing Hengyi, the current principal of Chunhui Middle School, was Chen Muqiao's fellow villager and senior student when he was studying abroad in Qianben. When he learned that his third brother was going to return to his hometown to give lectures, he immediately wrote a letter inviting Chen Muwu to come to Chunhui Middle School to give a lecture.
Due to emotions and reasons, Chen Muqiao could not refuse this invitation, so he begged Zhang Naiyan to add this school to his itinerary.
Zhang Naiyan wished that Chen Muwu could give more lectures, so she agreed without hesitation.
It should be said that among the lectures given in Yujiang Province, the one that surprised Chen Muwu the most was the one at Chunhui Middle School.
Although this school was built less than a year ago, it has a very strong teaching staff. In the school, he met Xia Zunzun who translated "Education of Love", Zhu Ziqing who was thinking of him while waiting for the bus at Puer Station, and the painter Feng Zikai in the comics, and Feng Zikai’s teacher, the famous Master Hongyi Li Shutong.
After the lecture, Zhang and Chen stayed at the school overnight and chatted with the famous teachers all night.
Chen Muwu told Master Hongyi that his favorite song was "Evening Song" composed by his husband. It was this song he heard when he was a child that helped him develop a good habit of cherishing time.
Master Hongyi also praised Chen Muwu for his good composition. Apparently, he had seen the song "Orchid Grass" in the newspaper.
The night talk by candlelight eventually came to an end. After everyone left, the young teacher Feng Zikai suddenly had an inspiration and drew the first cartoon in his life, "After the people left, the crescent moon and the sky are like water" .
After the lecture, Chen Muwu finally received the telegram from Eddington at his work unit after returning to Qihai from Yujiang.
On the other hand, in Germany, although Einstein had long said that he would recommend Planck to study abroad at Humboldt University in Berlin, there has been no movement.
Apart from a hard copy of the paper and this time he received the January issue of the "Annals of Physics", there was no other news from Germany.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education and the British Consulate General in Shanghai also sent officials directly to Chen's residence on Seymour Road to inform Chen Muwu that he had been invited to study abroad by Cambridge University.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't hide this matter, so whether Chen Muwu wanted to go west to study abroad this time has become the top priority discussed by the Chen family these days.
According to Chen Muwu's thoughts, of course he wanted to agree to this without hesitation. Because now, everything is still moving forward step by step along the life path that Chen Muwu planned for himself when he first crossed over: getting to know Einstein, through his recommendation, publishing papers in European journals, gaining a certain international reputation, and then going to In the UK, go to Cambridge, study abroad at the Cavendish Laboratory, and carve out a bigger future for yourself.
The second brother Chen Muping has no idea about his younger brother studying abroad. He believes that since Chen Muwu has grown up, he should act according to his own wishes.
What's more, I am still the second eldest son in the family, the one with the least weight among the three brothers, so I can just let everything take its course.
The eldest brother Chen Muqiao is the most troubled. On the one hand, he regrets that his younger brother failed to go abroad directly after graduating from undergraduate degree because he did not dare to disobey his mother's orders and return home to work.
On the other hand, he was really afraid of seeing his mother sad.
As expected, the old lady of the Chen family had one hundred and eighty reluctances in her heart just as her eldest son thought.
She secretly cursed those matchmakers who were greedy for money and lazy. It had been so long since the New Year. After taking the money, why hadn't they found a good match for their little son?
The family meeting fell into a tug-of-war between Chen Muwu and Mrs. Chen.
In the end, it was the mother who felt sorry for her child. With tears in her eyes, the old lady agreed to let Chen Muwu go to the UK to study.
But she also made a request, that is, Chen Muwu must get married before going abroad.
Also, you must return to your country immediately after receiving your degree, and do not stay in a foreign country for a long time.
Although Chen Muwu promised, what he was thinking in his heart was that after he became famous, he must find an opportunity to get his family away from Bihai, and he could not let them live on the front line of this war.
As for getting married? Of course, apply oil on the soles of your feet, and the faster you can slip, the better!
The matter seemed to have been solved perfectly, but everyone had heavy worries in their minds.
