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    In Shanghai, there are only a few areas where rich people and politicians gather, such as Fukaisen Road, Petain Road, and Seymour Road, which are not in the downtown area. Most of them are concentrated in the central part of the French Concession and the western part of the Public Settlement.  .  The place Hu Shi took Xu Zhimo to was Seymour Road, a road far away from the downtown area of ??Shanghai.  Before the 129th Songhu Anti-Japanese War, Seymour Road was definitely a top area where wealthy people gathered, and a large number of luxury bungalows have been preserved into the 21st century.  And because land development is not as intensive as it was during the war, the houses here are also farther apart. Greening, environment, and privacy are all the best areas in Shanghai.  ?Compared to places such as Foch Road, Main Street, and Fourth Avenue in the busy city, where people come and go and the commercial atmosphere is very strong, high-level privacy comes first, followed by safety.  In a crowded place, talking about safety is a luxury, and privacy is even more nonsense.  The most first-class residential areas are only those where the number of residents on one road is counted in the hundreds.  Those who can buy a house here or buy land to build their own are the first-class celebrities in Shanghai and the richest people in foreign companies.  Along the way, Hu Shi and Xu Zhimo were talking and laughing in two rickshaws.  The latter was also looking forward to it in his heart. Wang Xueqian was his senior, but when he entered Columbia University, he could only understand this person through hearsay.  After returning to the Republic of China last year, Xu Zhimo could no longer hear about this legendary senior. His legends were everywhere.  Moreover, Wang Xueqian's reputation after entering politics has been pretty good.  This was very rare among the politicians of the Republic of China, especially the local officials who commanded a province or even multiple provinces.  "The roads in Shanghai are almost the same as those in the UK, except that there are no rickshaws in the UK, and the air is better than the UK. However, the rickshaws in Shanghai are safer than those in Yanjing." Xu Zhimo squinted his eyes, the sun was a bit dazzling.  Hu Shi smiled and said, "You shouldn't be in the ivory tower. You should go out and walk more. Shanghai's municipal construction, whether it is the British or the French, invests about 2 million every year. This is a huge amount of money."  Part of it is used to build roads, street lights, water plants, power plants and other infrastructure. Of course, it is much better than that in Yanjing. The roads in Yanjing have not been repaired since the reign of Guangxu. They are still the same as they were before.  ? It¡¯s okay on weekdays, not to mention the roads are muddy. When the wind blows, I can¡¯t even open my eyes. ¡°Brother Hu, why don¡¯t you come to work in Shanghai?¡±  He has feelings for Shanghai: "With your reputation in the education world, no university will refuse you to join." Xu Zhimo has a jumping-off part in his character. This is certainly the temperament of a poet.  No matter where he works, the only thing he rejects is what kind of life he wants.  ¡°There is no university in Shanghai that is suitable for me.¡± Hu Shi¡¯s original meaning is public university. There was indeed no particularly outstanding public university in Shanghai during the Republic of China.  Nanyang Public School has been renamed Jiaotong University, and the Shanghai campus is the main campus. It includes schools after the merger of industrial schools such as Tianjin and Tangshan. It is large in scale and has relatively strong financial resources.  But in comparison, the universities in Yanjing were directly under the Ministry of Education and were more attractive to Hu Shi.  But Xu Zhimo misunderstood, thinking that Hu Shi had no interest in Nanyang Public School, and said with a smile: "St. John's and Hujiang University are also first-class universities." For Christian universities, the school's funds are allocated by the church. The richer the church, the better.  Say no more.  Christian University is one of the most prestigious universities in the Republic of China.  However, Hu Shi did not recognize these Christian universities because he knew that in these universities, Chinese lecturers could only be at the bottom of the biological chain.  The directors of these universities have determined that only professors from universities in the United States, Britain, France, and Germany are qualified to serve as professors in these schools.  In one day, everyone will lose their status!  Not to mention the Chinese.  Hu Shi didn't want to go to these places to find anger.  Hu Shi smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying nothing.  Shanghai is an indelible memory from his youth. He went to middle school in Shanghai, and his memory of Shanghai is very profound.  But Hu Shi was a poor boy at the time. Needless to say, when he was studying, he couldn't even eat enough, let alone meat.  When he was a student, Hu Shi only had one kind of dish, pickled vegetables.  Once the tofu is marinated, a plate of tofu can last for a week.  I don¡¯t dare to buy too much tofu in summer because it will spoil.  After graduating from middle school, he joined the New Public School and became a teacher.  However, he only has a high school education and his salary is very low, only more than ten yuan a month. It is not easy to live in Shanghai with this little money.  Scholars are not like workers. A large expense in their lives is not clothing and food, but buying books.  The books in the Commercial Press are of high quality, but the prices are rarely less than two yuan, and some books even cost more than ten yuan a book.  It was in this environment that Hu Shi was able to save money to support his mother and sent money to his hometown every month.  &nbspWhat made him even more distressed was that in order to make Hu Shi give up, Hu's mother even took over her unmarried daughter-in-law to live with her.  Is this equivalent to telling Hu Shi that he wants to regret his marriage?  There are no doors.  He is only a teenager and has to support his wife. This shows how much pressure Hu is facing in his later years.  Hu Shi, who was short of money, had to work in a printing factory after finishing his work at school. He could earn a few more yuan a month, which allowed him to breathe a little.  Therefore, what Shanghai brought him was not all good memories, but a period of hardship that was almost desperate.  It wasn¡¯t until he was admitted to the Gengzi School of Education that his life gradually got better.  But the living expenses of more than thirty US dollars a month can¡¯t make him feel much better off.  Only after he returned to China and was invited by Cai Yuanpei to join Yenching University as a professor did he feel that studying had changed his destiny.  The first month's salary was 220 yuan. When he received the salary for the first time, he felt that his legs were shaking.  Not nervous, but excited.  Fortunately, the uniforms of Yenching University are all long gowns, both for teachers and students.  His embarrassment was not noticed by his colleagues, who laughed at him for not seeing the world.  I was so excited that I couldn't find even this little money.  But later, in a letter he wrote to his mother in his hometown, Hu Shi completely let go of his inner melancholy potential. Hu Shi, who had never seen hundreds of dollars of money in his life, was excited, excited, and arrogant. In the letter  He kept bragging: Your son can now earn more than 200 yuan a month. The house in Dongcheng Sanjin only costs 3,000 yuan, which is only a year's salary.  Are you rich?  Are you proud?  However, what Hu Shi did not expect was that the result of his show off was a thunderous blow, which made Hu Shi so angry that he almost broke the hand he was writing the letter with.  I'll make you show off, and I'll make you proud!  After receiving the letter from her son, Hu's mother was so excited that she immediately decided to go north to reunite with her son.  Of course, he also brought Hu Shi's wife with him. The woman who he had always disliked but who was equally miserable would also follow Hu's mother to Yanjing to start a married life with him.  Hu Shi's mood was gloomy and desperate. He felt that under the noon sun, there was a dark cloud above his head, thundering and raining.  What made him even more discouraged was that he had summoned this dark cloud himself. Where could he go to reason?  The rickshaw is as smooth as paddling on the calm water, making it feel as comfortable as rafting on the North Sea.  The asphalt roads in Shanghai are very rare in other cities. During the Republic of China, only places with concessions would invest in such huge municipal construction.  Of course now we have to add Ningbo.  When he got off the car, Hu Shi gave the money and murmured in his mind: "The rickshaws in Shanghai are more expensive than those in Yanjing." But he glanced at Xu Zhimo next to him and felt something was wrong. This guy had just blinked,  His eyes were straight, his forehead was sweating, and his calves were trembling. This made Hu Shi very worried. He asked with concern: "Zhimo, what's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?" Xu Zhimo's lips were trembling, and there was a kind of horror in his eyes.  Fearful, he pointed at Hu Shi and said: "Brother Hu, I treated you as a friend in vain, but you betrayed me!" Xu Zhimo was definitely not pretending. This can be seen from his body.  Otherwise, I wouldn¡¯t feel like a stroke patient.  Especially the sorrow and anger in the language is simply like the scene in the street where revolutionaries are betrayed by traitors. The combination of anger and surprise can instantly break down a person's inner defenses.  If you are a stronger person, you will repair yourself the moment your psychological defense collapses, and face the bleak life and the despicable traitors with a sneer.  But Xu Zhimo is not. This guy is the number one idealist in the Republic of China.  As for what is an idealist?  ?Go with your feelings.  This sentence is not difficult to understand, and the idealist's introduction is to let one's behavior follow his feelings.  Of course, most idealists are becoming more and more miserable as they go down the wrong road.  Xu Zhimo is actually one of them.  It's just that he is quite proud of his life now. Although he has been accused of being a heartless person, he still has many friends, so he doesn't feel that his life is bleak.  Hu Shi touched Xu Zhimo¡¯s forehead. It didn¡¯t feel like he had a fever, nor was he a tremor. Half of the tremors were upper body shaking, and his calves were shaking like chaff. It was definitely not a tremor.  Hu Shi complained: "What nonsense are you talking about? It's all gone somewhere." "Yes! It's gone somewhere, but this is my brother-in-law's home, where is Wang Xueqian's mansion? Look at this door, Zhang Residence" Xu Zhimo  Desperately said: "I know that you, a moral gentleman, say one thing and do another, that you envy my view of love, and that I dare to say and do things. But what is the reality? You tricked me into coming to Shanghai, just to drag me with you.  The Zhang family is here to reconcile. You said you saw your senior asking for donations. I don¡¯t believe your lies anymore!¡± Ignorance pushed the eyes on the bridge of his nose and smiled.  Isn't this the residence of Zhang Jia'ao, who has a high status in the banking industry?  It seems likeHu Shi couldn't help but feel happy when he found the address.  Pulling Xu Zhimo, who was about to break the jar, to the corner, he hissed: "What a coincidence, Zhimo, why did your brother-in-law and Zi Gao become neighbors? Keep your voice down, don't let the people in the house be alerted, in case the brothers and sisters run away  It would be bad if it comes out." Xu Zhimo still corrected himself: "It's his ex-wife!" In the Republic of China, it was definitely not an ordinary person to be able to say the word "ex-wife" from a man's mouth. It was even rarer than a giant panda.  exist.  Hu Shi had a look of envy on his face. He wanted to have Xu Zhimo's decision-making, maybe he could also be called that.  "You didn't lie to me?" Xu Zhimo had almost no trust in Hu Shi, but there was nothing he could do about it. Who made him gullible so easily?  Xu Zhimo was completely in chaos. He felt that the sky was about to collapse. He could no longer find such a thing as self-confidence.  The master must have done something wrong with me, and it was easy for Zigao to be prejudicial and even question my character. Of course, as a man, I am a bit ruthless, but do you understand me, right?" "Does Xu Zhimo have character?  There must be some, and they are completely different in the eyes of different people. For example, Hu Shi thought Xu Zhimo was good.  Of course, there are many people who criticize him.  In fact, even Hu Shi sometimes wondered, feeling that Xu Zhimo was in the midst of blessings and did not know his blessings.  Hu Shi's wife had trouble even reading the newspaper, and she was still a lady with small feet, but what about Zhang Youyi?  Having studied in Europe, he is well-informed, has both literary and artistic talents, and a good temper. His only shortcoming may be that he looks a little too ordinary.  But is this a problem?  Marrying a wife who is as beautiful as a flower is not in line with Hu Shi's view of love. Privately, he sighed secretly, Zhang Youyi is very good Of course, he just thought about it and was not prepared to accept Xu Zhimo's offer.  At this point, he couldn't bear Xu Zhimo living in the trap of questioning life in the future. He pressed Xu Zhimo's shoulders hard, making people's eyes confront each other. One person's eyes were like a wolf, and the other person's eyes were like a wolf.  sheep.  As for who is the wolf and who is the sheep, there is no need to explain.  I saw Hu Shi's rich voice, deep but with an explosive power, saying word by word: "You give it to the Republic of China, everyone loves Xu Zhimo!" Even though Xu Zhimo is not young, he also has a doctorate and life experience.  Very richbut for Hu Shi, this guy was easy to deceive.  "Just like the relationship between Wang Xueqian and Hu Shi back then, he could only be deceived.  But in Xu Zhimo, he completely found the most precious trait of a successful man, self-confidence.  I saw that Xu Zhimo's eyes had softened a lot, and he no longer looked panic-stricken. Instead, there was a layer of mist-like confusion, and he murmured what Hu Shi said: "Everyone loves Xu Zhimo!" "People!"  Everyone loves Xu Zhimo!¡± After saying a few words, Xu Zhimo felt that this was not the case when he returned to China.  Realizing that behind him was the mansion of his ex-wife's brother, his emotional intelligence returned to the level of a normal person.  If we were in another place, maybe self-hypnosis would have passed.  The corners of Xu Zhimo's mouth trembled, and he pointed at the door of Zhang's house with his finger, and said in a dumbfounded voice: "Brother Shi, please don't lie to me. Even his dog doesn't want to see me!" (To be continued.) : Visit the website
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