: Sharing the same virtues leads to the same mind, and sharing the same heart leads to comrades

"Hey, salt and pepper, fried pancakes, big fried devils!"

Cheng Nuo didn't have a class at Peking University in the afternoon, so I simply ran back early to continue writing the dictionary. I happened to see a vendor selling fried pancakes at the entrance of the courtyard. He had a pole slanted on his shoulder, and the left and right frames were covered with cotton.

Even so, the fragrance inside was still overwhelming. There were children nearby who were asking their parents to buy it. How could the parents agree? They stroked the child's buttocks a few times and immediately became quieter.

"Don't cry, just hold it in for me!"

The child looked at the vendor aggrievedly, with a look of reluctance on his face. He took a step forward and looked back twice, with tears in his eyes that he didn't dare to fall.

Cheng Nuo burst out laughing when he saw it, but since she came back early, Sister-in-law Xiuni didn't have to make dough and steam the steamed buns anymore. She could just buy some to make a small change in the food.

"Master, how do you sell these sesame cakes and 'jail'?"

"The sesame cakes are three-thirds each, and the ones with fillings are five-cents. As for the devils, they are sold by the pound, ten cents per pound. They are all freshly cooked, and they are still hot."

The vendor's face was full of enthusiasm. In order to prove that he was telling the truth, he deliberately opened a corner of the cotton on the frame. Now the fragrance in the air became stronger, and a child cried in the distance.

Cheng Nuo shook his head and said with a smile: "Okay, give me ten stuffed sesame seeds and five pounds of 'fried devils'. Thank you for your hard work, master."

The hawker said happily: "Okay, I've wrapped it up for you. You see, my scale is tall and I will never fake it."

The scale was an old-fashioned pole scale with a weight. It is rare to see it in later generations, but it is now necessary for vendors to set up stalls. Cheng Nuo took a quick look and knew that it couldn't be fake, so he let him wrap it up with confidence.

Unexpectedly, when he was about to turn around and enter the house, the hawker put down his burden, ran over and said politely: "May I ask, sir, are you an errand in the National magazine?"

Cheng Nuo was a little stunned and looked at the door. It was his home, but how did this vendor know that the editorial office of "National" magazine was here.

"Yes, I work here, but how do you know this place, master?"

"Hey, the whole city of Beiping knows that your newspaper is the cheapest and most useful in the imperial city. Every time a new one comes out, people gather around it. Everyone knows about the good stuff. Last time I used it

Thanks to your method, I have been suffering from hiccups for many years. Hey, guess what, he got better like this."

As soon as he finished speaking, the hawker brought over another large bundle of 'jail' and said, "My family is poor and we don't have anything valuable. These things are considered as a little thought for our family."

Before Cheng Nuo could refuse, the hawker ran away with his load and shouted louder than before.

"Hey, these pairs are so oily, you're such a big pie!"

Cheng Nuo was moved but also a little helpless. There was no place to put so many things in his hands, and they would probably be spilled on the ground when he ran.

It happened that at this time, the courtyard might have heard some movement outside, and a head popped out with a creak, it was Li Laosan.

"Hey, sir, why are you back so early today? I haven't had time to pick you up. Why did you buy so many things? Come back and tell my family directly. We can do it ourselves."

Cheng Nuo handed the things over: "It's okay. School is over early today. I thought I had nothing to do at school so I came back early to exercise. My sister-in-law has to serve so many people these days, so she is probably exhausted, so I just happened to take advantage of it.

Take a rest."

The courtyard is no longer just occupied by Cheng Nuo and his three adults and four children. Some people from the Academy of Sciences have also moved in one after another, such as people from several editorial offices of "National" magazine. The food is usually provided by Li Laosan's wife.

Xiuni is in charge, and she is always busy.

After learning about the origins of sesame cakes and 'jail', Li Laosan hurriedly stopped Cheng Nuo to prevent him from chasing the hawker and took him to the kitchen.

"Sir, you may not know that you have been out there for so long, but our magazine has become very popular, and people like to read it. People often send things secretly. Today there is a bunch of garlic sprouts, and tomorrow there is a handful of leeks. I can't finish them all."

Cheng Nuo was confused and asked: "If you like it, you can watch it. Why do you give us something?"

Li Laosan smiled and said: "Who makes our magazine cheap? It's the popular supplement. It always writes some life tips and so on, especially some tips for treating diseases. I heard that it has helped a lot of people. People read it.

Our magazines are too cheap, so I give these things out of gratitude, but also out of fear of going out of business."

Upon seeing this, Cheng Nuo found a popular supplement of "National" magazine. As expected, in addition to the health knowledge in each issue, there was also some popular science knowledge about planting, medicine and other natural sciences. The content was very rich.

Originally, the common people were only running around for three meals a day, so how could they spend money to buy magazines, and not many were literate. But then, for some reason, I heard that a certain family had a strange disease and had dysentery all day long for many years. Unexpectedly,

It was cured according to the above method. Just like this, the magazine spread among the people for a few days.

What should I do if I don't know how to read? Why don't I just shamelessly ask someone to read it? Besides, there are pictures on it, and a living person can be suffocated to death by urinating?

As he was saying this, there was a sudden knock on the door. Seeing this, Li Laosan quickly put down his things and went to open the door. Cheng Nuo followed him out of curiosity.

After opening the door, I found a caravan with items on both sides of the horse's back. It looked like they were visitors from afar.

The leader had a dusty look on his face, and his official language was mixed with some unintelligible dialects: "Is this the editorial office of the popular issue of "National" magazine?"

Li Laosan looked around at the group of people and replied warily: "Yes, what do you want here?"

Hearing this, not only did the caravan leader's face soften a lot, but even his fellows couldn't help but smile.

"Unload that bag of things for me and carry it over quickly." After the leader of the caravan shouted to the caravan, he turned around and said with a smile: "That's good, we are finally in the right place. That thing is for you."

prepare."

During the conversation, the waiter carried the bag over and opened the sack in front of everyone, revealing a bag of bacon, wild walnuts, dried mushrooms, dried vegetables, etc.

"By the way, there is another letter here. Master, please help me pass it on to your husband." The leader of the caravan took out a letter from his arms and handed it over.

Li Laosan took the letter, looked back at Cheng Nuo, received a nod and handed it over.

In front of him, Cheng Nuo opened the letter and wrote:

“Dear editors of National magazine:

I am a teacher in xx Township, xx City, Sichuan Province. I accidentally got a copy of your magazine through a local caravan. After reading it for the children, they liked it very much, especially some of the more interesting knowledge. They never tire of it.

The book is almost torn, and some children are even copying your paintings above, which makes me very happy. They have almost never encountered this kind of knowledge outside books. Thank you very much for opening such a window for them.

It's a pity that we only had that issue, and we couldn't find any others. After asking around, we found out that you are in Peiping, and that the cost of the magazine must be very high. These children are all from poor backgrounds, and it is not easy for them to go to school. Many of them

Everyone comes to class reading a book. Although we don’t have money, we don’t want to get something for nothing, so we specially sent some local products. You can see if you can replace it with a few new magazines. Thank you again.

Also, you need to wash bacon before eating it.

Li Zhenhua

April 27, the sixth year of the Republic of China"

Reading the letter, the surging emotions in Cheng Nuo's heart couldn't calm down for a long time. He closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.

"Old Li, give the remaining books from the popular supplement of "National" magazine to the Ma Bang. After asking them for their address, you have to send some of them every time a new issue is released."

"As for the bacon, we won't eat it and hang it on the wall of the editing room."

The popular supplement of "National" magazine does not have a fixed editorial team. Instead, it is contracted out to various colleges according to different sections, and finally integrated into one magazine. It is very complicated but also full of content.

Fortunately, the knowledge in it is relatively shallow, but anyone who is literate can understand it.

Many part-time editors were left behind, and everyone had dinner together. Most of the food on the table was dry food from Sichuan Province. Recalling the "hard-won" food, Cheng Nuo was the first to speak out: "Zuo Qiu Ming in "Spring and Autumn"

There is a saying in the book, 'With the same virtue, we have the same heart, and with the same heart, we are comrades.' From now on, we will call each other comrades within the Academy of Sciences. So, comrades, after this incident, you may wish to speak freely about the future of our magazine."

Shi Jin adjusted his glasses: "Anyone you make friends with must be gay. The word "comrade" is good, Comrade Dean. I think our magazine's reputation is too small. Of course, it refers to the main issue. It has only published two issues so far.

But it’s only a few hundred copies, which is far from enough.”

Cheng Nuo nodded, was silent for a while and said: "If you are too professional, the audience will naturally be small. We have expected this when we started the journal. Later, I will find a way to hold an annual scientific meeting and invite some foreign scientists to come.

,increase our visibility and authority.”

Wu Yulin was thoughtful and asked: "But just because our reputation is weak, will famous scholars agree to come?"

Cheng Nuo was confident and said with a smile: "Don't forget that your dean is a mathematician. We haven't held an academic conference on Kronecker's Youth Dream Conjecture last time, so we can take the opportunity to invite

If it’s not attractive enough to them, just publish a few more high-quality mathematics papers to attract them.”

Shi Jin originally wanted to say that high-quality papers can't be published as soon as they are announced. He shouldn't be so full of words, but when he thought that the person sitting next to him was a big boss in the mathematics world, someone who many people looked up to, he opened his mouth.

It's hard to say anything.

Seeing Guo Shouchun on the side eating non-stop, Shi Jin deliberately poked him with his elbow: "I said, Lao Guo, if you invite a great master like you from the experimental field, you can't just eat, you must also produce something."

ah."

Seeing this, Guo Shouchun stopped his chopsticks, wiped his mouth and said, "What you said is very good, but I think the food from Sichuan Province is more delicious."

Wu Yulin tilted his head and glanced at him, and said: "Lao Guo, there is something in your words. All of us here are our own family members. As the dean said, we are all comrades. There is no need to hide them."

"Okay, I'll tell the truth. I think our National magazine is too bloated. Judging from the current manpower, I'm afraid it can't meet expectations." Guo Shouchun, who has always been a loner, has a slow temper.

He rushed forward slowly: "Comrades, this is a thin magazine, and the expectations it carries are too high. I want to do this and do that, but can our manpower be enough to take care of it?"

Shi Jin didn't scare him at all and asked: "Then what do you think we should do?"

"The answer is simple, reduce the burden."

"Then Lao Guo, tell me, what should we do specifically?"

"I don't know, you think about it yourself."

Shi Jin was so angry that his veins were showing: "Who can't tell lies, you?"

Cheng Nuo quickly stopped them to avoid aggravating the situation, and made a downward gesture: "Okay, okay, conflicts can only be exposed when there are conflicts. I can understand your mood, Lao Shi, but what Lao Guo said makes sense. When you were talking just now,

I was also thinking about this question, and the answer I came up with is that the next step is to reduce the load and gain weight in parallel."

Everyone was stunned. Look at me and I look at you. These two words are obviously in conflict. How can they go hand in hand?

Seeing that everyone had almost digested it, Cheng Nuo said in a deep voice: "The so-called weight reduction means that all the subject sub-journals of the original "National" magazine are removed and merged into the main journal for the purpose of professional science popularization. The so-called weight gain means that now

In addition to the main journal and popular supplements, there is also a journal with a theme for primary and secondary school students to popularize some basic scientific knowledge and become a window for them to understand this era."
To be continued...