In fact, the lunch drink was much better than Yu Dong imagined.
Yu Dong drank a cup and a half of the twenty-two-ounce cup. He felt a little dizzy and didn't dare to drink any more. The old man only said, "You can't drink enough, drink more slowly next time" and gave no further advice.
Later, Yu Dong deeply realized the profound meaning of this sentence.
The two men of the Cheng family drank in a very rhythmic manner. They settled the twos and threes as quickly as possible at the beginning, and then slowed down, eating vegetables and chatting. Yu Dong was also chatting with them.
The old man doesn't talk much at ordinary times, but after drinking some wine, he opens up his chatterbox and becomes much talkative.
But he wasn't drunk, and he didn't say anything drunk. It seemed that wine was a catalyst for him, and one drink could prompt him to talk a lot.
After drinking half a kilo, the old man was probably a little tipsy and started talking about the past.
As soon as the old lady heard him recalling the past, she joked: "He started bragging again."
In fact, he was not bragging, so he talked about his previous study experience. This study experience shocked Yu Dong. The old man graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University in 1942, and then served as a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University and Yan University. A few years later
I took the scholarship to get a PhD from Princeton, and conducted postdoctoral research at Princeton for a period of time.
He only talked about studying, but not about returning to China.
But according to his academic qualifications and qualifications, he should be a big shot at Yanda now.
When he drank seven or eight taels, the old man stopped and poured wine from a bottle to Cheng Liye. Finally, the two of them divided the two bottles of wine.
The meal lasted for more than an hour, and it was not over yet. After drinking, we chatted for a while, and the whole meal lasted nearly two hours. And this old man really has a good drinking capacity. He is in his seventies, and he drank seven or eight taels of wine.
, a little drunk, but in good condition.
Mr. Cheng also has a drinking theory called the "golden ratio of alcohol consumption".
He said that if a person happens to be drunk after drinking one kilogram of wine, he will feel most comfortable when he drinks 0.618 kilograms.
Yu Dong shouted that he had learned a lot. It turns out that mathematicians are so particular about drinking. However, he did not agree with this theory, mainly because the state of "drunk" is difficult to define.
Is it drunkenness caused by drinking and vomiting, or is it drunkenness by drinking and vomiting?
In addition to the golden ratio of alcohol consumption, the old man also has a theory of "the quality of wine determines the character of a person".
"It is said that the quality of wine is like the character of a person. I agree with this. But the quality of wine is not the same as the amount of alcohol. It is better if you can drink more wine. If you can't drink it, openly admit that the amount of alcohol is not good. This is honesty.
. Drinking with others and trying your best to have fun with them is called loyalty. Drinking when you can't drink, and ultimately showing your ugliness is called recklessness. You can't drink enough, but you can improve the atmosphere with your words, which is called tact. Drink as much as you can.
How much, but don't know how to refuse, this is called honesty. Being able to persist in not drinking too much under the pressure of high-ranking people is called upright..."
Yu Dong agrees with Mr. Cheng's theory. However, this theory is basically feasible when applied to other small matters. It's just that the old man loves drinking, so he uses wine as a carrier to explain this truth.
In the afternoon, the four elders gathered for a table of mahjong, while Yu Dong and Cheng Yanqiu watched TV in the living room.
The family also gets lucky when they play mahjong together, and they often quarrel, especially Mr. Cheng, who is very good at counting cards and uses probability theory to play mahjong. Once Cheng Liye plays a wrong card, he will be baptized by a wave of probability theory.
Yu Dong couldn't help but ask Cheng Yanqiu, "Is your grandfather not satisfied with your father studying Chinese?"
"No, my grandfather asked my father to study Chinese."
"Ah?" This is completely different from what Yu Dong thought. "Your grandparents are both engaged in mathematics. Why did you let your father study Chinese?"
"Because of my great-grandfather, my grandfather always wanted my dad to be a novelist, so he asked him to study Chinese. But he didn't expect that after studying Chinese, my dad would stop writing novels," Cheng Yanqiu said.
"Your grandpa doesn't know much about the Chinese Department... Hey, you said that because of your great-grandfather, your grandpa hopes that your father will also be a novelist. Does that mean your great-grandfather is a novelist?" Yu Dong asked.
"Yes, my great-grandfather is Cheng Zhanlu, don't you know?" Cheng Yanqiu said with a strange look on his face: "Didn't Uncle Wu tell you?"
"Cheng Zhanlu?" Yu Dong slapped his head: "No."
Cheng Zhanlu didn't have many handed down works, but he was quite active in the literary world in the 1920s and 1930s, and most of the works he wrote were humorous and interesting chapter novels.
His books can still be seen in used bookstores in Shanghai.
Yu Dong never expected that Grandpa Cheng Yanqiu turned out to be Cheng Zhanlu, but he was relieved. At least Grandpa Cheng Yanqiu would not have any objections because he was a Chinese major.
Even in a twists and turns, his status as a writer can still add points to the old man.
Speaking of which, his experience is somewhat similar to that of Grandpa Cheng Yanqiu. Cheng Zhanlu was a teacher at the beginning, and later he became a full-time writer after making money by writing novels.
Dinner in the evening should be simple, without drinking.
After dinner, Yu Dong said goodbye. Cheng Yanqiu was going back to school, so he followed him.
After the two of them left, Chen Yuqing shook her head and said, "Oh, I can't keep a female college student."
Cheng Liye said with a smile: "That's why I said you are a contradictory person. Before, you were always worried that she would become an old girl, but now you are worried that women will not be able to stay in college."
Chen Yuqing rolled her eyes at her husband, "My daughter has been raised so big, why can't I say a few words?"
She turned around and asked her parents-in-law, "Mom, Dad, what do you think of Yu Dong's child?"
The old lady said with a smile: "Very good, very good. He looks upright and has a good temper."
"Dad, what do you think?"
The old man clasped his hands behind his back and said, "I'm a little drunk, but everything else is good."
Chen Yuqing and Cheng Liye looked at each other, both holding back laughter. They knew this old man very well. If he could say this, his evaluation was already very high.
In fact, Cheng Liye is not surprised at all, because Yu Dong has a unique advantage - he is a writer.
He is also a well-known writer.
The old man hoped that Cheng Liye would become a writer, but unfortunately he failed to do so in the end. Now he has a writer grandson-in-law, which fulfills his expectations in disguise. Of course he is happy.
"Liye, do you have Yu Dong's works here?" the old man asked.
"Yes, most of his novels are published in "Zhongshan" and "Harvest"."
"I haven't read these two magazines for a long time... Let's go to the study room. You find his works and I'll take a look."
"Look now? Didn't you agree to play mahjong for a while?"
"You are the only one who is addicted to cards." The old man glared at Cheng Liye and walked towards the study, "Let's go to the study."
Chapter completed!