Chapter 89 The road ahead is long, only the journey is firm

"Hey, why are you leaving? I'm still making soup in this pot. It's not too late to leave after drinking this sip."

It was getting late, and some editors living outside the city were talking about the matter, and they were about to leave after eating half full. They never thought that they would meet Xiu Ni at the door, holding a plate of braised lard and garlic seedlings in their hands.

"Mr. Guo, you can eat some more. The lard I just kaoed before is fragrant. If you don't believe me, you can smell it."

As he spoke, Xiu Ni specially put the food in front of the noses of a few people and let them smell it. There were some golden oil residues on the green garlic seedlings. Although the quality was not as good as the Bada Building, this cooking dish was delicious when eaten.

Seeing this, Guo Shouchun couldn't help swallowing his saliva, but when he saw the rushing punches inside, he would inevitably have to drink a few more times when he went in. Not to mention anything else, Shi Jin alone had to fill him with a few bottles.

"Tao Yi couple, little bit, good brothers, three-star photos, four Hongxi, five top leaders, six big success, seven coincidences, eight seats, nine longevity, all the house is full of red!"

"Wrong, you're wrong, Lao Wu, please give it to Lao Chengman."

"I'm raising fish in the cup, drink it quickly. I just wish you the dean, but now I won't be able to play this at the table."

"Hey hey, Lao Guo, why did you run away? It's not okay to be a deserter?"

Shi Jin was so dizzy that he saw Guo Shouchun wanting to run, he instinctively wanted to chase him. As a result, the long bench he was sitting on was light and heavy. Before he could move his butt twice, he arched under the table. The others were so excited that they could not see this scene.

Seeing this, Xiuni quickly brought the food aside and stepped forward to support her.

"I've said a long time ago that you have drunk too much ink in your stomach, so wine and other things must not work. I just don't listen to my old sister-in-law, so hurry up and eat some cold dishes to squeeze in."

After Shi Jin got up, he was still muttering and smirking: "Thank you sister-in-law, Lao Guo."

Seeing this, Guo Shouchun hurried out and passed by the kitchen and suddenly asked, "Sister-in-law Xiuni, what soup is stewed in the pot?"

"Old turtle soup, it was just slaughtered in the afternoon, it's fresh."

"Okay, I remember to ask Brother Li to go to the test field to find me, and then teach him something."

As he spoke, Guo Shouchun was not idle. He came to the kitchen to see that the old turtle soup was almost done. He excitedly grabbed one and put it in an empty basin, covered it with a lid and found a bundle of hemp ropes, and smiled and said, "Little bastards, don't say that you Teacher Guo eat alone."

"Well, Sister Xiu Ni, I saw an old turtle having 'heat stroke'. I took it to the river to relax and leave first."

The reason for the bad is a job with the old turtle soup. I didn't bother to answer Xiu Ni's sister-in-law's question, so I hurriedly ran away with the old turtle.

Xiuni came out of the main hall after finishing her work, wiped her hands with a scarf, and looked at her back with a helpless look.

"Mr. Guo, I haven't added salt to my soup yet. What will it taste like when I eat it?"

The moon was in the sky, Cheng Nuo lay under the vine, holding a palm-leaf fan in his hand, slowly shaking it, slapping his thighs from time to time, and driving away the annoying mosquitoes.

"Sir, I have cooked some tomato soup here. You can drink it while it's hot, so it's easy to relieve the wine."

"It's okay, let it go first, I'll drink it myself later."

Although the Sihe Academy is good at present, it can’t accommodate the entire Academy of Sciences after all. There are dozens of people now, and it’s not a solution to stay here. If you want to develop in the long term, you must go out.

At present, there are still nearly twenty years left before the Lugou Bridge Incident. As one of the central cities in China, Peking has a relatively peaceful period and is not comparable to most cities in terms of resources. Therefore, the center of the Academy of Sciences is still in Peking. After the future political situation becomes a little clear, it will radiate to northern Shaanxi and Sichuan.

Everyone knows the reason for the former. In addition to respecting the Sichuan Army and wanting to provide them with weapons, the latter is also the rear of the War of Resistance Against Japan, and is affected by the invasion even more weakly.

In addition, the local non-ferrous metals are relatively abundant, which is more beneficial to the development of heavy industry.

At the same time, we can also train some guards to protect the safety of the Academy of Sciences. If we "stumble" to meet some so-called international friends in Dunhuang, Tianlongshan Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes and other places, we can also have friendly discussions. Today, we don't want to see the things left by our ancestors being scattered abroad.

The more I thought about it, the hotter I felt, even the more mosquitoes I felt. It was not until a breeze blew and I finished drinking the warm tomato soup in one breath that I felt a little cooler.

The road ahead is long, only the journey is firm.

The next day, Cheng Nuo got up early as usual, shouting slogans to himself and doing radio gymnastics.

However, as he did, he felt that it was meaningless to be alone, so he prepared to call the children to exercise together. As soon as he turned around, he saw that they were following the example and started practicing.

"The lights are on the third and fifth updates are just the time when the children are exercising. It's great. The little guys get up early. I'll give you some chees." Cheng Nuo smiled and clapped his hands: "Practice well, with the body as the capital, you can go further in the future."

Gou Dan'er rubbed his nose, and got up too early and felt a little stuffy: "Sir, what are you practicing? It looks like the martial artists on the stage, and there is less chance."

Cheng Nuo smiled and handed over the handkerchief, squatted down to the height of the child: "This is called gymnastics. If you practice well since childhood, your health will be very good, and you will be particularly good when doing other things."

Wencong's eyes lit up: "Then I practice, can I protect my sister well in the future?"

"Yes, one fights two." Cheng Nuo said.

"Then I've practiced it, don't you have to be afraid of my father?" Gou Dan'er didn't take the handkerchief and dealt with her snot.

"Little bastard, what are you saying? I won't get a house and remove the tiles in three days, right?" Before Cheng Nuo could reply, Li Laosan bought soy milk and fried dough sticks from outside. As soon as he entered the door, he heard such an "unfilial" answer. He was angry and didn't get a single shot. He put the food in the kitchen and took off his shoes.

Finally, under Cheng Nuo's comfort, the yard calmed down, but in addition to the four children practicing, Li Lao San was also added.

This father is really afraid that his son will be able to compete with him.

Because today is a rest day, Cheng Nuo didn't have much class at school, so he came to the front yard with peace of mind and started writing the "Concise Mathematics Dictionary" with his colleagues from the Academy of Sciences. With the support of his "super-strong brain", the adaptation speed was obviously much faster.

However, there are still some debates in the middle, and the biggest one is the arrangement method.

No matter how you look at it, Cheng Nuo feels that it is awkward to read from right to left. Especially on the one hand, it is a habit of studying in his previous life for many years, and on the other hand, it is related to his education at Western universities. The English textbooks are written horizontally. Just imagine what kind of scene would it be if such a long series of names are written vertically.

In this regard, when Chinese and Western cultures collided, foreigners couldn't help but tease: You see that our writing is written horizontally and our heads are swinging left and right, which means we dare to shake our heads and say "NO"; your Chinese writing is written vertically and nodding up and down, so we will only say "YES", which is a manifestation of slavery under totalitarianism. Some people are dissatisfied with this, and say that we nodded is a manifestation of the ancient civilization of a thousand-year-old civilization, and we also have horizontal lines, such as the horizontal banner of couplets.

When the earliest Chinese magazine Science was first published in 1915, it specifically explained in its founding term: "This magazine prints the way, and reads it in Western sentences to write arithmetic and physical and chemistry programs. It is not because of the novelty, readers will appreciate it." The general meaning is that we are in line with international science, not to show off.

Nowadays, there is no obvious difference between horizontal and vertical rows, but more of it is out of personal habits.

So Cheng Nuo thought about it again and again and decided to arrange the text in the "Concise Mathematics Dictionary". As for the punctuation, there were no too many changes in the punctuation marks. There were already preliminary punctuation marks in this era, but they were relatively simple, with only solid circles and hollow circles.

Now, taking advantage of the magazine revision, you might as well implement the horizontal rows and punctuation marks directly in one step.

Originally, other editors had objections, so Cheng Nuo said directly:

"Comrades, the purpose of our founding is to promote scientific knowledge and make it catch up with international advanced progress. Did you ever think of a scenario like a vertical formula and set up a blockade on the road of popular science."

As I spoke, I wrote several common chemical formulas on straw paper. By contrasting horizontally and vertically, which one is easier to understand at a glance.

For this reason, Cheng Nuo specially brought the pioneer of vernacular Chinese "New Youth", but unexpectedly got the strong support of Chen and Qian.

Qian Xuantong took the first draft of the revised magazine and said excitedly: "I have told Zhongfu a long time ago that people's eyes are horizontal, so it is obvious that for human choices, they should also be arranged horizontally."

Mr. Chen habitually leaned against the corner of the table and looked at the National magazine: "Zhiyuan, your magazine has a lot of ambitions. In addition to Mr. Promotional Skies, there are other gentlemen here, which is very amazing."

He turned his head to look at Qian Xuantong and pointed at the magazine with his fingers: "Deqian, I have said a long time ago that Zhiyuan should be absorbed as our fan editor, and they are all ahead of us."

Qian Xuantong said seriously: "Look at Zhongfu, in addition to being horizontal, Western symbols are also added. The whole book is erratic, the calculation formulas are even, and the circular teaching is mutually explained, so that readers can see at a glance. It is hard to say which convenience is used."

As an ancient philologist, Qian Xuantong has always been sensitive to writing issues. In his diary at the end of 1922, he concluded that his thoughts and opinions have changed a lot over the past twenty years. One of the examples is that "he tried his best to oppose the rampant rewriting of Chinese characters in 1912. Since 1917, he has vigorously advocated the rampant rewriting of Chinese characters."

1912 refers to his saying that Chinese characters should be divided into eight parts (i.e., 丨博存, 丨博存, etc.). This year, his attitude has changed drastically, and he strongly promoted horizontal writing. He even proposed in the letter to Mr. Chen in the "Communication" column of Volume 3, No. 3, "Communication" column of "New Youth", "Chinese language must be used to use left-wing horizontal and horizontal" instead.

Of course, he was not as simple as saying it. The university lecture notes he wrote were re-written in a horizontal manner, and at the same time, his business card was also printed in a horizontal manner, which was extremely rare at that time.

The more you read the National magazine, the more you feel it is. Mr. Chen squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while and suddenly said in surprise: "Zhiyuan, you have quite a lot of new symbols. It seems that you are not just copying Western symbols."

Seeing this, Qian Xuantong also came over and met with him and said, "The little tadpole means the sentence pause, the hollow circle should be the end of the sentence, these two dots."

Cheng Nuo smiled and came to the blackboard in the editorial room, wrote down all the punctuation marks, and explained them one by one.

"Mr. Deqian has said that the comma and the period are colons, indicating that the pauses in the paragraph prompt the following or summarize the above text, and the exclamation marks."

"Of course, due to the needs of our own writing habits, our period is not a solid circle, but a hollow circle that everyone is accustomed to. In addition, we also have slogans, ellipsis, book titles, brackets, etc."

The punctuation system was finished in one sentence, and the two people off the court nodded repeatedly. They couldn't help but applaud when the lecture was finished.

Qian Xuantong couldn't help but say, "The new symbol is remarkable, it's really gratifying. I used to say that the Chinese language that goes straight down the right is to be changed to the left and horizontal line. The gentleman replied, "I agree very much." Now I think, since I agree with this, why not change "New Youth" from the first volume of the fourth volume to use horizontal line?"

After listening to it, Mr. Chen nodded and smiled, "The New Youth" used left-wing and horizontal lines. The walk can not only prevent ink from staining the sleeves, but also put sentences and symbols. I agree with my personal meaning. I can implement it after discussion with the Distribution Department and other members of the society."

At this time, Mr. Li came in and heard the discussions among the people, and said kindly: "Have you ever considered that the magazine is not just as simple as it is written. It also needs the help of the typist. Changing the vertical version to the horizontal version is not an easy thing."

Among the people present, Mr. Li is more familiar with the workers, so no one knows how to answer this.

Due to long-term reading and typing of straight text, typesetting workers have formed a huge inertia. Although they can be changed to horizontal lines, it will inevitably affect work efficiency and increase labor costs. In addition, for magazines that have already made the plate by direct lines, changing to horizontal lines requires re-making, which will add additional costs.

In history, "New Youth" has long been aware of the problem of horizontal rows. Mr. Chen has consulted with the bookstore many times, but unfortunately it has not been effectively solved. It is generally believed that there are too many good flowers and it is a little troublesome, and they all expressed their unwillingness to change. When the "Diary of the Madman" was published, it was still arranged vertically, and the punctuation marks were frequently printed incorrectly, which has to be said to be a pity.

Cheng Nuo smiled faintly in response to this. The problems that Yadong Library and Qunyi Bookstore cannot be solved are not a big deal in his opinion.

"Sir, as long as you can promote vernacular and punctuation marks, this matter will be included in me."

Their printing workers are not good, so there are naturally some things to do.

What’s so amazing recently, so be careful. If you may buy some Via C effervescent tablets and drink them, you will feel more comfortable. Of course, canned yellow peaches are also good.

Thanks to the book friend, "Baby, can I get Bing Xin first?" for the 100-reading coins reward.

(End of this chapter)
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