A few days after New Year's Day, school was on holiday.
The students are going home one after another, and the teachers are still on duty for the last shift.
On the seventeenth day of the twelfth lunar month, Wu Changxin summoned all the teachers in the drama department for the last meeting of the semester.
Yu Dong arrived at the conference room with Bi Feiyu early, but he didn't expect Zhang Xian to arrive earlier.
Seeing the two of them, Zhang Xian put down his pen, rubbed his hands, and said with a smile: "Teacher Yu, Teacher Bi, you are here so early."
The temperature has been very low these two days, with the lowest temperature every day being minus seven or eight degrees Celsius. For Jinling, such temperatures are already extremely low.
The south is no better than the north. The humidity here is heavier and the temperature is slightly lower. It's so cold that no one has anywhere to go.
Yu Dong and the others were also hunching their necks to breathe, but there was a temperature difference when they came in from outside, so they felt a little better.
"Director Zhang came earlier than us." Yu Dong said with a smile.
Bi Feiyu also laughed and said: "Director Zhang is the speaker of today's meeting, so we must prepare early."
"I wrote something, and now I'm finished."
Zhang first rubbed his hands and felt that it was of no use. Just as he was about to put his hands in his pocket, Yu Dong took out a bag of melon seeds from his pocket and said, "Director Zhang, please give me some melon seeds."
"Uh, oh, okay."
Zhang Xian took the melon seeds, and the three of them sat together and crackled the melon seeds.
"It's also said that when you eat melon seeds, you suddenly get the flavor of the New Year." Zhang Xian glanced at Yu Dong's bulging pockets. He had heard before that Yu Dong liked to carry melon seeds wherever he went. This was something he had experienced today.
arrive.
Bi Feiyu and Yu Dong were often together, and he was used to it. When he came in just now, his first reaction was not to take out cigarettes from his pocket, but to take out Yu Dong's pocket.
Yu Dong said with a smile, "I went to many roasted seed shops, and after comparing them, I found that the melon seeds from Xiaoli's roasted seed shops are the most fragrant. Their melon seeds are a dime more expensive per pound than other shops, but they are more expensive.
In reality, the raw materials of these melon seeds are well controlled and there are no empty shells.”
After finishing the melon seeds in Bi Feiyu's hand, he took another handful from Yu Dong, and then said with a smile: "I have different opinions on the matter of empty shells. Eating melon seeds is like appreciating literary works, and eating melon seeds with empty shells is like
It is the blank space in the novel. If the plot of the novel is all true, and there is no blank space, no place for the reader to pause, then it will not work. Director Zhang, look, these melon seeds are all equally full, then
The pleasure of eating melon seeds will be covered up by the mechanical action, and an empty shell will occasionally appear in the middle. Although it is unpleasant for the moment, it also increases the expectations for the follow-up."
Yu Dong shook his head, with a look of disapproval on his face, "If you say that, you are trying to excuse the flaws in the work. Can't the so-called blank space be replaced by something else? I'll crush ten spiced melon seeds.
, and eating another salt melon seed, isn’t it also a blank space, a pause?”
"That's not possible. The sensory stimulations brought by empty-shell melon seeds and spiced melon seeds are completely different. As the saying goes, remembering the bitter and thinking of the sweet, suppressing the desire first, only the bad can be good. If I was born into a rich family,
Eating fish today, meat tomorrow, chicken and duck the day after tomorrow are not as good as eating grass for two days to improve your appetite."
"What you are saying is pure sophistry, and the metaphor is not correct. There are so many bad things in literature, so why should we see both bad and good ones in the same work?"
"Why not..."
While Bi Feiyu was speaking, his face suddenly turned bitter, he opened his mouth and spat out the melon seed he had just eaten.
"broken!"
Seeing Bi Feiyu's painful expression, Yu Dong laughed: "How do you feel now?"
Mr. Zhang just heard the two of them bickering, and he almost went crazy. This scholar is indeed different from their screenwriter. The probability of a scholar being crazy is obviously much higher.
At this time, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Wu Changxin walked in with a cold air.
After coming in, he was about to take out a cigarette and light one. When he saw the melon seeds on the table, he put the cigarette back with a smile, walked over and grabbed a handful of melon seeds.
"It's not a holiday yet, you should celebrate the New Year first."
After Wu Changxin arrived, other teachers also arrived one after another.
Seeing Wu Changxin and others there, the following teachers felt a little embarrassed. After all, it was not appropriate for the leader to arrive first.
But it's not their fault. There is still half an hour before the meeting, and they are already early. It's just that Yu Dong and the others came earlier.
With melon seeds, everyone stopped smoking. Yu Dong brought a lot of melon seeds and gave some to everyone. For a while, the conference room was filled with the sound of eating melon seeds.
The reason why Yu Dong brought so many melon seeds was also for this purpose.
It's winter, and the doors and windows of the conference room are closed. If their pipes start burning, then this conference room is not a place for people to stay.
Get some melon seeds to keep their mouths occupied, and they will naturally smoke less.
Wu Changxin squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "The atmosphere today is good, and it is appropriate for the occasion. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, so let's experience the New Year atmosphere in school first. I called you here today to summarize the first semester of the Drama Department...
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The meeting was not long and ended after more than an hour.
This is also one of Wu Changxin's strengths. He is concise and to the point in meetings. He will break up the meeting immediately after roughly explaining the matter and never engage in any nonsense.
At the meeting, everyone summarized their work, and then mentioned some plans for the next semester. Finally, Wu Changxin concluded with a few words and it was over.
In fact, there are many things to discuss in the Drama Department, but there is no need to discuss them in this meeting.
After the meeting, Wu Changxin kept everyone here and said he would treat everyone to dinner in the evening.
Two teachers couldn't attend because they bought evening tickets, and everyone else went.
Wu Changxin paid for it personally, and the standard was not high. Eight or nine people gathered around a small table and started drinking.
The owner of this restaurant is Wu Changxin, a fellow villager. The store is not big, but the owner is good at cooking Anhui cuisine. In addition to Wu Changxin, other teachers from the school also like to come here for dinner.
The boss's surname is also Wu, and he and Wu Changxin are from the same family. According to the genealogy, Wu Changxin has to be called Grandpa Ninth.
Wu Changxin's clan system has been relatively intact, and the cohesion between people with the same surname is very strong. According to Wu Changxin, there are now eighteen brothers of the same clan in their generation.
Why do I say now, because I am still alive.
He is the ninth in this generation. Several of his predecessors have passed away. The youngest is only a few years old.
In other words, if Boss Wu of the hotel sees Wu Changxin's younger brother, he should call him "Grandpa Eighteen."
When the meal was almost halfway through, the boss came over to make a toast. Wu Changxin chatted with him for a few words and asked him if he would go home during the New Year.
The boss said with a smile: "Go home and buy a ticket for tomorrow. The hotel has no business during the New Year, so there is nothing wrong here."
Nowadays, it is different from later generations. During the Chinese New Year, there are fewer people in restaurants and movie theaters. People visit relatives and friends and have fun at home.
Finally, the boss whispered a few words to Wu Changxin in dialect. No one else could understand a word of their local dialect, but judging from Wu Changxin's expression after hearing it, it was probably not a good thing.
But Wu Changxin didn't tell them, he just invited everyone to drink.
Perhaps influenced by this, Wu Changxin drank too much in the end.
Since only Yu Dong knew where Wu Changxin's home was, he sent Wu Changxin home.
Chapter completed!