Chapter 70: Spring

Peking University is a place where talents in China are gathering. It has never lacked talented people, but it is the first time that everyone has seen a god who can use both minds and work on Chinese and Latin test papers.

Especially those Peking University students who were afraid of Latin were even more shocked. A coolie who was driving a rickshaw could actually do Latin test questions with his left hand. Judging from his confident appearance, he did not look like he was a random graffiti. He always looked above his top and could not be ashamed of his own pride.

The sudden change surprised Xu Er. Seeing that his limelight was completely stolen, he couldn't help but feel annoyed. He didn't have the ability to hold a pen in his left hand and could only do his own paper honestly, but his heart was already confused, and the words he wrote were all twisted.

The classroom was quiet, and you could even hear the sound of pen writing on the test paper. Many female college students looked at Chen Zikun with admiration in their eyes. Lin Wenjing was even more proud and whispered to others from time to time: "He is my coachman."

Chen Zikun secretly glanced at the onlookers, secretly feeling proud, and looked at Xu Er again. It happened that Xu Er was also looking at him. The two of them had a gaze, and Xu Er immediately shrank back guiltily.

Gu Hongming and Liu Shipei looked at each other, feeling relieved. Others didn't know Chen Zikun's background, but they knew it well. This kid was a coolie who could not read a word on the surface, but in fact he was proficient in French, Russian and Chinese. To be honest, this competition was suspected of being unfair, but gambling was gambling, who cares about anything else? What's more, it can use this to inspire students to be motivated, so they would never reveal this matter.

Chen Zikun used this trick to scare college students, but he couldn't help but be informed professors. It seemed that the left and right start work seemed awesome. In fact, after careful analysis, there were many people in European and Americans who wrote with their left hand. The Latin letter shape is much simpler than Chinese characters. It is not surprising that many of the test papers are options, so they can just mark the abcd. According to observation, he did not answer the questions at the same time, but just answered the questions on the left and the right hand.

Of course, being able to do this can be called a talent.

Ten minutes passed quickly. As soon as the bell rings at the end of the exam, Xu Er stood up with the test paper: "I hand in the paper!" Then he pointed at Chen Zikun: "Why is he still writing?"

Xu Tingge, who was full of hope that his coachman would win, also said, "Yes, why is he still writing? The exam time is up."

Chen Zikun ignored them and only focused on answering questions. The number of test questions was very large. Even if he wrote three heads and six arms, it would be impossible for him to finish answering within ten minutes.

Wang Yueqi, who has always been in love with Master Xu, said with a helping voice: "The exam time is up, so I can't let him continue writing."

But more voices sounded: "Let him write, let him write!"

Even the college students who had bet on Xu Er shouted: "Let him write!"

Cai Yuanpei smiled and said, "Personal ones obey the majority."

The students cheered, Chen Zikun bowed his hands to thank him smugly, and secretly glanced at Lin Wenjing, who was excited with a small face in the crowd, and even wrote with great help. Xu Er took an hour to finish the number of questions, and he finished it in half an hour. When he handed in the paper, there was a thunderous applause in the classroom.

The papers were reviewed publicly on the spot, with a strong team of professors to score collectively, supervised by all the students present, and the principal Cai Yuanpei finally reviewed.

The final result was soon released, and Cai Yuanpei Nian said: "Xu Er, 88 points in Chinese, 79 points in English!"

Before the students could react, Chen Zikun's transcript also came out, "Chen Zikun, 90% of Chinese, 99% of Latin, 99% of Chinese, because he did not use a brush for classical Chinese, and 30% of Latin, because he lost his score because his calligraphy was not neat enough."

There was another storm of applause. It was clear who won and who lost. Chen Zikun was pushed to the front desk. Xu Er felt sour and was disappointed. He was also pushed to the front. Then he saw Cai Yuanpei reach out to shake hands with him.

"Thank you, two coworkers." Cai Yuanpei held Xu Er with one hand and Chen Zikun with the other, and said to a group of enthusiastic college students: "Now announce the winner or lose."

Everyone held their breath and waited for the final result.

Cai Yuanpei smiled and raised his hands at the same time, "The result is a win-win!"

Xu Er was a little confused, blinking his small eyes. Chen Zikun reached over with great grace, "Congratulations, brother Xu Er."

"Oh, we are happy together." Xu Er quickly shook hands with him.

There was a lot of applause from the audience. Students who could enter Peking University naturally had their own gullies in their hearts. With a little use of their brains, they could figure out why the principal announced such a result.

Cai Yuanpei reached out and pressed it down. After the noise subsided, he said: "Students, I believe you can understand the result I announced just now. Gambling is just a means to motivate everyone to learn. Both workers are from the lower class of working class. They have never been to school or studied, but it does not mean that they do not have the ability to learn. Like the thousands of working people in China, what they lack is not wisdom and diligence, but an opportunity."

The classroom was quiet, and even the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be heard.

"And you, elites from all over the country, students from Peking University, you have the best teachers, the best environment, the most relaxed learning atmosphere in China, your parents, your teachers, and the country have invested so much resources for you to learn, so that you can work hard and build the Republic of China into a great and prosperous country where everyone has books, food, jobs, and opportunities to go to Peking University."

The long and warm applause also stood up and applauded, and the students were even more excited. Xu Er was moved by Principal Cai's inspiring speech, and his eyes turned red. He raised his hand to wipe his tears and applauded.

After a short slap in the applause, Cai Yuanpei said: "I decided the result, but you will decide how to pay for it yourself. I will only give a gift to the two candidates on behalf of the school to express my feelings.

As he said that, he took out two Peking University badges and put them on Xu Er and Chen Zikun's chest, shook hands with them and said, "The school gate of Peking University is open to both of you at any time. You are welcome to apply for our school in the near future."

Gu Hongming stood up and said slowly: "I have said a few words. This gambling doesn't matter if it's winning or losing. It's not easy for students to save a few pocket money. Let's do this. The money we lost in this gambling is considered to be old. If I remember correctly, the bets made by the students were only 213 yuan, and only one female classmate bets two cents on me. Did this female classmate come today."

Lin Wenjing was shyly pushed out by her classmates.

Gu Hongming smiled and said, "Thank you to me that I have trusted you. You have bet two ounces. Now I give you twenty yuan. Are you satisfied?"

Lin Wenjing lowered her head and whispered: "Satisfied."

Gu Hongming laughed loudly, and asked someone to give Lin Wenjing two heavy oceans, and said, "Two hundred and thirteen yuan, I'm ready, come on, give it to Brother Chen."

The servant came up and presented a tray with bright oceans on it. Xu Er's eyes were straightened when he looked around, and he wanted to pounce on him and hug him all in his arms.

Chen Zikun also rubbed his hands and twisted, "How can I be so embarrassed?"

Gu Hongming knocked him with a small stick: "It should be yours, just take it, don't be polite."

Several parties involved in another bet also stood up, including Liu Shipei, Huang Kan, Hu Shi, Fu Sinian, Luo Jialun and Xu Tingge and other students. They had just discussed it and decided that Hu Shi would announce the result.

Hu Shi said: "The hard work of the two workers is worth learning from. In order to commend them, we bet 520 yuan. Several of us professors evenly distributed it, each of which is 260 yuan, and we are the only one to help them study."

The professors' righteous actions made the students even more excited. Chen Zikun and Xu Er were all happy. For the professor, hundreds of dollars were just a monthly salary, but for Xu Er, he had to take a car for ten years to save so much. For Chen Zikun, it was a solution to the urgent need for bicycle funds.

Cai Yuanpei smiled and watched the students' eager discussion. Suddenly someone came over and whispered: "Principal Cai, the phone number of the Prime Minister's Office, please come over."

"What's the matter?" Cai Yuanpei frowned.

"Maybe it's Professor Chen's business...General Fu, the Ministry of Education, was also called."

"Okay, I'll go now." Cai Yuanpei quietly left the stage. Recently, the newspapers have been reported in succession. The professor of Peking University and the leader of the New Culture Movement were jealous in the fireworks and willow alleys. He was extremely passive. Although he knew that this storm was caused by a group of conservative schools led by Xu Shuzheng in the government, as the head of the school, he had to shoulder this responsibility.

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The professors dispersed, Xu Tingge and his group took Xu Er to celebrate, and Wang Yueqi also joined them in the fun. In the huge classroom, Lin Wenjing was left alone standing there, looking at Chen Zikun with a smile.

"Uncle, I want to thank you. I won a lot of money for me." Lin Wenjing said.

"Haha, it's uncle who thanks you. Uncle who wins more money." Chen Zikun patted the bag and walked up to ask, "I'm going home after school?"

"Yes." Lin Wenjing nodded.

"I'll give you it." Chen Zikun said naturally.

Lin Wenjing didn't feel anything was wrong and said, "Okay."

The voice was glutinous and sweet, and half of Chen Zikun's body was slim. His dream became reality. He wore the Peking University school badge on his chest, and the bag on his shoulder was filled with the ocean. More importantly, there was a beautiful girl next to him.

The two walked side by side on the way home, with blue bricks and gray tiles alleys, long hawking sounds, flying eaves of the Forbidden City in the distance, and quietly sprouting willow trees, forming a unique picture of old Beijing.

There is a vendor who bought a windmill on the roadside. Chen Zikun was rich and generous. He took a big boy and bought a windmill. Lin Wenjing held it in his hand and blew it. He felt that the wind was not strong enough, so he simply held the windmill and ran. The white scarf was dancing in the wind, and the silver bell-like laughter echoed in the alley.

Chen Zikun followed with a smile. At this moment, he didn't know that this ordinary day in the spring of 1919 would be the most unforgettable day in his life.
Chapter completed!