The Literary Hero of the Republic of China (民国之文豪) [MTL]

Chapter 35- 36

　　Chapter 35 The Ending of "Study Abroad"

　　Mu Qiong's rented house has changed a lot.

　　The already small yard was crowded by the drying racks built by Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu. Zhu Wanwan also put the broken pots, bowls and barrels that Mu Qiong asked her to throw away in the corner, filled them with soil, and then planted Garlic and shallots.

　　What about the two upstairs bedrooms? A box and a cabinet were added inside, and brand new clothes and thick quilts were put in them.

　　The two rooms downstairs, the one that was originally empty, is now arranged by Mu Qiong as a study.

　　He asked a carpenter to make a bookshelf, and bought two boxes for newspapers. In addition, he also prepared three desks and chairs.

　　The big desk belonged to him, and the two smaller desks belonged to Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu. Mu Qiong asked Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu to study for at least four hours a day and practice calligraphy on four sheets of paper.

　　Of course, the truth is that these two have always overachieved.

　　As for the room used for eating, there is now a cabinet that can put bowls and chopsticks and unfinished dishes, two more bamboo chairs, a small square table and a rattan reclining chair.

　　The two bamboo chairs are reserved for Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu. As for the small square table, there are their sewing baskets. As long as the two of them are free, they will do sewing here—after all, their family still lacks Quite a few things.

　　As for the rattan chair, it is Mu Qiong's exclusive seat.

　　When tired of writing, Mu Qiong would come here to lie down for a while, and then read newspapers or novels to Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu.

　　Mu Qiong has always felt that reading is very important to learn Chinese well. While recognizing characters, it is necessary to understand the meaning of words and the meaning of articles. Unfortunately, many elementary schools at this time are not like this.

　　A certain celebrity wrote in "Forty Self-Reports" when he was forty years old that the teachers who taught them to read often only taught them to read difficult classical Chinese, and memorized the words without explaining the meaning, so that many students After studying for several years, I can't read the articles and don't know the meaning of the words.

　　As for himself, he received preferential treatment because his mother gave him extra tuition. The teacher explained it to him carefully, and later he became proficient in the use of words by reading vernacular novels such as Water Margin

　　Mu Qiong didn't want Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu to be able to read but not understand the meaning of words like Boss Chen, so she read to them as much as possible.

　　What he read a few days ago was "Dream of Red Mansions" which he spent a lot of money to buy, but what he read today was "Study Abroad" written by himself

　　It has been more than a month since Mu Qiong resigned from the western restaurant. "Study Abroad" has been serialized in the newspaper for more than half, but for Mu Qiong, he has finished writing it.

　　Now what he reads to Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu is the ending chapter.

　　Before he read the Red Chamber, Zhu Wanwan and Mu Changyu could continue to do needlework while listening, but now, both of them are crying.

　　"Brother...Jiang Zhenguo is so kind." Mu Changyu said with sobs.

　　Zhu Wanwan didn't say anything, but she cried harder than Mu Changyu.