Professor Yan’s wife, Professor Lan Hanmei, is also employed at Jiangsu University and is an associate professor in the Department of Foreign Languages. She is slightly younger than Professor Yan, about forty-two or three years old, beautiful and graceful, with a smile.

Tingdong bowed to Lan Fan's parents respectively: "Hello, Uncle Yan, and hello, Auntie."

Professor Lan said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, sit down quickly, Lan Fan, pour tea for your classmates, oh, you are Zhou Tingdong, I always hear Lan Fan talking about you, your uncle Yan has always wanted to see you, but has no time, hurry up, eat

fruit."

Tingdong sat on the edge of the sofa on one side, his body straight.

Professor Yan, who had been silent all this time, nodded. The bad impression caused by the four bottles of wine and two boxes of tea was somewhat alleviated. This young man was neither humble nor arrogant, and did not look like a man who worked in the camp.

Professor Yan has been teaching and educating people for most of his life, and he has the moral integrity of traditional Chinese intellectuals who are deeply influenced by Confucianism. Although he has experienced the ravages of the "May 4th Movement" and the ten-year Cultural Revolution, China's traditional culture has been devastated.

But after all, it has thousands of years of civilization heritage, which is reflected in real intellectuals like Professor Yan.

In the psychology of these people, following the crowd is a typical villain style.

Yan Lanfan refilled the teacups in front of his parents with boiling water, then made a cup of tea for Tingdong and himself, and then sat down on the opposite side of Tingdong in a proper manner.

Professor Yan lit a cigarette, looked at the four bottles of Fenjiu and two boxes of Longjing tea under the coffee table, and asked in a moderate voice: "Did you buy this wine and tea with your own money?"

Tingdong bowed slightly and replied: "Yes, uncle, I used my own money. I heard from Lan Fan that uncle sometimes drinks some white wine, especially Fenjiu. It was his first visit to express his respect. Lan Fan knew that although Tingdong was young,

, now that I can support myself, I don’t dare to use my parents’ money to embellish my sincerity.”

"Okay, that's well said. He's neither humble nor arrogant. He's an ambitious child. It's not in vain that our arrogant Ah Fan is full of praise for you. It's rare, haha! However, when I heard Ah Fan talk about your family's situation, my parents

We are all facing layoffs, and there is a layer of elderly people above us. There are many places to spend money, but it still costs you money, kid."

Once he recognized Tingdong, Professor Yan did not hesitate to express his sincere concern.

After listening carefully to Professor Yan's caring words, Tingdong straightened his body again and said seriously: "To tell you the truth, through these few months of hard work and everyone's help, Tingdong has saved a small amount of money.

, it’s still within my ability to bear it.

"You two are not only the elders of my best friends, but also the elders that Tingdong admires and respects in his heart. I read Uncle Yan's masterpiece "Once Upon a Time in the Northeast" two years ago and benefited a lot from it."

"Oh? Have you read my work "Once Upon a Time in the Northeast"? That's not easy. It's not something that young people like you can read." When talking about his own work, Professor Yan immediately became excited as if talking about his own children.

, his eyes radiated a strange light.

Tingdong also wanted to ask for advice on some knowledge and conceptual problems, so he was no longer polite and relaxed a little, "Uncle Yan, your description of the tenacious fighting spirit of the early immigrants from the Northeast made me awe-inspiring for my ancestors.

Respectfully, it has a bit of the flavor of "The Immigrant" by American writer Fast, one of the world's top ten best-sellers at that time.

"Your book was released earlier than his, but why are your works not as well-known in the world as his? Also, the Northeast is an emerging immigrant area and is rich in resources. Why can't we be in the same situation as the United States?

World leadership?

"These questions have been lingering in my head for a long time without answers. Can you give me an answer today?"

Looking at Tingdong's innocent eyes seeking knowledge, Yan Zhenbang was sincerely pleased. His son had a good vision. He was a good seedling, and if he could be polished, he would become a dazzling jewel.

Then his expression became serious again. He said slowly: "It's not easy for you to think of such a problem at such a young age. It seems that you have read a lot. You have even read Howard Fast's "Immigration"

Yes, it looks a bit boring than my works, which is commendable.

"Your two questions can be summed up in one sentence: different national conditions and different cultures. Let's talk about the first question first. As for "Once Upon a Time in the Northeast" and "Immigration", from the content point of view, they both describe immigrants' reclamation and struggle.

experience, but from a deeper level, "Once Upon a Time in the Northeast" is obviously insufficient in exposing the problem. This is the national situation.

"There are also cultural differences. Most of the early immigrants in the United States came from the European continent. These are more likely to be recognized by the international community where European and American culture is now the mainstream. However, after more than three hundred years of catastrophe, Chinese culture has gradually

Faded out of the mainstream of international society.

"Simply put, I personally think this is the fundamental reason why the two books have different encounters."

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