Yu Dong glanced at Ruan Xiaohu in surprise, but he didn't expect that this unkempt young man actually knew about Ruan Ji.
"Have you just started working? Were you studying before?"
Speaking of reading, Ruan Xiaohu's eyes turned red and his head bowed even more.
"I haven't finished my sophomore year of high school."
"Oh, that's no wonder."
Yu Dong nodded. Reading to the second year of high school is considered a relatively high level of education. If you go out to work, you have a better chance of finding a better job than most people.
For jobs such as accountants and warehouse management in some factories, people who are more literate will naturally be hired.
He wanted to chat with Ruan Xiaohu for a while, but seeing Ruan Xiaohu acting like this, he didn't know what to say. It was the first time they met, so maybe he didn't want to be asked too many questions at all.
Thinking of this, Yu Dong withdrew his gaze from Ruan Xiaohu and did not speak again. If he didn't speak, Ruan Xiaohu would be even less likely to speak.
Ruan Xiaohu sat down opposite Yu Dong, his heart full of contradictions. He wanted to run away, but he didn't want to. He was looking forward to Wang Zhengyi's return, but he was also looking forward to Wang Zhengyi never coming back.
Yu Dong didn't know Ruan Xiaohu's inner conflict. After watching the scenery for a while, he felt bored, so he took out a copy of "Zaikhofu's Masterpiece Collection of Short Films" from his bag.
Tchaikov was Chekhov. In the early years when Chekhov was introduced to China, he naturally had different translation names due to different translators. It was not until the late 1990s that the translation names were unified.
The book in Yu Dong's hand was translated by the late writer Zhao Jingshen and published by Kaiming Bookstore in the 1930s. It is called the "Masterpiece Collection" because it only covers about one-third of Chekhov's works.
The whole book is divided into eight volumes. The volume in Yu Dong's hand is called "Happy Ending", which contains many funny short stories.
This set of books is quite old, and was "borrowed" from his teacher Hu Yueming when Yu Dong was a sophomore in college. In the following years, Hu Yueming often lamented: Borrowing books from Yu Dong was like Liu Bei borrowing from Jingzhou, never returning what he borrowed.
Hu Yueming was naturally joking. He originally wanted to give this set of books to Yu Dong because he knew that Yu Dong particularly liked Chekhov. It was not just him. Everyone who knew Yu Dong at that time basically knew that Yu Dong liked Chekhov.
Khov.
There were also some people in the class who didn't like Chekhov but liked Ibsen. Yu Dong often argued with these people during his freshman and sophomore years, trying to bring order to things and let them know how powerful his idol Chekhov was.
Zhao Jingshen's translation is actually not very good, because this guy did not select according to the criteria of "masterpiece" when he translated, but first picked the ones that others had not translated before. In the end, there were various reasons, including
Many have not been translated.
It's just that Chekhov was not popular in China at that time, and there were so many works, so there were very few translations. Since then, Zhao Jingshen's book has helped people in China understand Chekhov for a long time.
main method.
After watching for a while, Yu Dong felt that there was a gaze on him. He looked up and saw Ruan Xiaohu suddenly lowered his head. Maybe he lowered his head too sharply, and the bangs on Ruan Xiaohu's forehead were still floating.
Yu Dong thought for a moment and raised the book in his hand, "Are you interested?"
Ruan Xiaohu raised his head and looked at the book in Yu Dong's hand, but didn't express anything.
Yu Dong smiled and handed the book over, "I'll let you read it for a while."
Ruan Xiaohu took the book as if he was holding some peerless treasure and gently opened the title page. He was very excited, and this excitement was not only because he loved reading, but also because he wanted to see what Yu Dong was reading.
.
The books read by people like Yu Dong must be very good books.
"Collection of Tsai Hofu's Masterpieces" was given to Ruan Xiaohu, and Yu Dong took out another book from his bag, Lao She's "Camel Xiangzi".
He always takes books with him when he travels, and usually decides how many books he will take based on the time he goes out. This time he only brought two books. If anyone else wants to read them, I'm afraid he won't be able to borrow them.
Fortunately, no one else was interested in the book in his hand.
When he arrived at the station, Yu Dong put down the "Camel Xiangzi" in his hand and looked at Ruan Xiaohu. He didn't expect that this kid was quite addicted to reading and kept reading.
"Ahem, sorry, I'll be at the station in a moment."
Ruan Xiaohu hurriedly raised his head and handed the book back to Yu Dong. Although he returned the book very simply, Yu Dong could see the reluctance in his eyes.
Yu Dong felt relieved to see someone who loved reading so much, but he couldn't give the book to Ruan Xiaohu because the book had a special meaning to him.
After thinking for a while, he took "Camel Xiangzi" out of the bag again and said, "I'll give this book to you."
Ruan Xiaohu looked at "Camel Xiangzi" with longing in his eyes, but in the end he shook his head, "No, thank you."
After saying that, he stood up and walked out of the carriage.
Yu Dong read the book without sending it out. He smiled and shook his head. It seemed that this boy had quite a principle.
After leaving the station, Yu Dong stepped on the land of Jinling and felt very comfortable. People say that only by traveling far can you understand the meaning of hometown. Although Jinling is not Yu Dong's hometown, returning from Rongcheng this time also made him feel more about Jinling's importance to the city.
his meaning.
It was night now and there were no buses, so Yu Dong could only hail a Lada and go to school.
It was already past four o'clock in the morning when he arrived at school. Yu Dong washed up casually and then lay on the bed with his eyes closed for a while. About two hours later, he got up again and prepared to wash up and go to the office.
When I went out carrying a basin, I met Liu Changmin who was also carrying a basin.
"Hey, Yu Dong, when did you come back? I came to see you before going to bed last night, but you weren't there yet."
Yu Dong rubbed his hair and said, "It's almost dawn."
"Are you sure you fell asleep? Why don't you go to the office this morning? There's nothing going on today anyway. If anything happens, I'll call you when I get back." Liu Changmin said with a smile.
Yu Dong waved his hand, "No, I've taken two days off. I've missed a lot of work and I have to make up for it. And I also fell asleep in the car, so I'm not too sleepy."
Liu Changmin nodded, and the two of them walked towards the well. When they arrived at the well, Liu Changmin said to Dong again: "By the way, Liu Meiqin has been asking you where you have been these past two days. I have asked him several times.
I just said you had something to do and it would take several days, but I didn’t mention your trip to Chengdu."
"You can also tell her about going to Chengdu. It'll be fine."
"I'm afraid you don't want people to know."
"It doesn't matter. What important matter does she have for me?"
Liu Changmin shook his head, "I don't know the details, and she didn't tell me. But I think it's nothing important."
Then he looked at Yu Dong with a smile: "Can't you see that Teacher Liu means something to you? We are not surprised at all that she is looking for you."
Yu Dong curled his lips and said, "Lao Liu, when did you become so nosy? This is not your style."
Chapter completed!