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"Haha, Weidong, you're here, please come inside." Tan Zhengming also saw Zhang Weidong at this time, took two steps forward, patted Zhang Weidong on the shoulder and let out a hearty laugh.
"Well, here we come, Brother Tan. Brother Tan." Zhang Weidong nodded and said. It's just that it's a bit awkward and awkward to call him Brother Tan.
Tan Zhengming didn't seem to notice Zhang Weidong's awkwardness, and took Zhang Weidong's hand into the walled gate with a smile on his face.
Inside the wall is a small isolated world. There is a two-story old red brick house. In front of the old house is a garden. However, not all flowers are planted in the garden, but more fruits and vegetables.
Loofah, red peppers, small lantern-shaped pomegranates, the whole small world is filled with a strong rural atmosphere. As soon as Zhang Weidong stepped into the wall, he felt a peaceful feeling far away from the hustle and bustle, and the whole person felt relaxed and comfortable.
It seems that the quality of life as a leader is different, Zhang Weidong secretly sighed.
However, Zhang Weidong feels that senior leaders and professors like Tan Zhengming should enjoy such living conditions, because he is not only a true scholar renowned at home and abroad, but also Wuzhou University can step by step from a second- and third-rate university to one of the best in China.
Wuzhou University is a well-known university in the world, among which Tan Zhengming is indispensable. In particular, Wuzhou University’s School of Biotechnology, which is well-known at home and abroad, was founded by Professor Tan Zhengming.
"Bairong, Bairong, Weidong is here!" Just as Zhang Weidong was sighing while admiring the scenery of the small building, Tan Zhengming was already shouting inside.
Before Tan Zhengming finished speaking, an old woman wearing a bib came out of the kitchen.
The old woman should be a little younger than Tan Zhengming, but she looks older than Tan Zhengming on the surface. However, her makeup gives people a very clean and tidy look, and her overall spirit is also very good, and her face has wrinkles.
I can still vaguely see that she must have been an out-and-out beauty when she was young.
Zhang Weidong thought that this should be Professor Bai Rong, Tan Zhengming's wife, and he should be called sister-in-law. However, Zhang Weidong had never had the experience of calling an old woman sister-in-law, so even though he knew that the woman in front of him was Tan Zhengming's wife, the botanist Bai Rong
Professor Rong, but I can’t say the name sister-in-law.
Just when Zhang Weidong was hesitating, Tan Zhengming's wife, Professor Bai Rong, came up to him with a smile and said, "You must be Weidong. Lao Tan has been nagging me since he came back in the morning that he met a year-end friend by the Mingjing Lake.
I've been talking about it so much that my ears have calluses. Now it's better, you're finally here, and my ears can finally be cleaned."
After saying that, he reached out and took the fruit basket from Zhang Weidong's hand, and said strangely: "If you bring any gifts to your big brother's house, you won't be allowed to bring them next time."
Seeing that Professor Bai Rong was very amiable, Zhang Weidong could not help but relax his nervousness. He scratched his head and said with a smile: "This is the rule in my hometown. It is not the first time to go to someone else's house empty-handed."
"What about other people's homes? From now on, this will be your own home. We have a vacant room here. If you don't dislike our old man and old lady, just move to our place." Bai Rong glanced at Zhang Weidong dissatisfied and said.
"I remember sister-in-law, but there is a dormitory for singles in the school, and the conditions are not bad." Zhang Weidong felt warm in his heart when Bai Rong said this, and his sister-in-law blurted out, without feeling any awkwardness at all.
"Haha, it's up to you. Anyway, I'll prepare the room there. You can come and stay whenever you want." Bai Rong said.
"Okay." Zhang Weidong nodded hurriedly.
"Haha, I'll get busy then." Bai Rong said, turning around and heading to the kitchen.
Although Bai Rong was well maintained, and depending on the situation, he should have practiced some domestic health-preserving skills, and his body was very strong, but after all, he was already approaching his seventies. When Zhang Weidong saw Bai Rong turning around to go to the kitchen, how could he feel at ease, so he hurriedly
Said: "Let me go and lend a hand."
"Haha, old lady, I'm still in good health. You can rest assured and have a good chat with Brother Tan." After saying that, Bai Rong turned to Tan Zhengming and said: "Old Tan, didn't you say you wanted to have a sworn sworn ceremony with Wei Dong? You first
Let's take Weidong to the study to hold the ceremony. I guess I'll be almost ready by the time you come out."
The sworn ceremony? Zhang Weidong was slightly startled, and then turned his doubtful eyes to Tan Zhengming. Only then did he realize that Tan Zhengming was wearing a white Tang suit, cloth shoes, and his hair was combed neatly and shiny, as if he was going to attend some important ceremony.
"Weidong, come with me." Tan Zhengming seemed not to notice the confusion in Zhang Weidong's eyes, and smiled and waved to him.
Zhang Weidong followed Tan Zhengming to the study room on the second floor. The study room was decorated in an antique style and the bookshelves were filled with books. However, these were all within Zhang Weidong's expectation. For an elderly professor like Tan Zhengming, the study room is usually arranged like this. However,
What surprised Zhang Weidong was that there was an incense burner and a statue of Guan Gong placed in the study room, and two bowls of wine were placed in front of the incense burner. This decoration was very inconsistent with Tan Zhengming, a university professor and a veteran in academic circles.
At this time, Zhang Weidong couldn't help but think of what Bai Rong said downstairs, and thought to himself that Brother Tan was really planning to have a sworn sworn ceremony with me. This would be too exaggerated and absurd!
Tan Zhengming seemed to see through the doubts in Zhang Weidong's heart, and said slowly and solemnly: "The sworn brotherhood ceremony originated from the 'Taoyuan Three Brothers' in the Three Kingdoms era. It seems to be just a formal etiquette, but in this ceremony it unites the Chinese nation.
The interpretation of 'righteousness' over the past five thousand years."
When Tan Zhengming said this, he still looked disapproving of Zhang Weidong, so he stopped explaining and said: "I still know a few famous martial arts figures in Wuzhou. I wanted to invite them to bear witness to you and my brother's sworn brotherhood, but I'm afraid
Since you don't like publicity, you didn't invite me here, and the ceremony decorations are much simpler. Come on, let's worship together in front of the statue of Guan Gong."
As he spoke, Tan Zhengming took the incense that had been prepared, lit it, handed it to Zhang Weidong, held one for himself, and then walked to the incense burner facing the statue of Guan Gong with a solemn expression.
Seeing that Tan Zhengming insisted, Zhang Weidong could not object, so he also took the incense and walked to the statue of Guan Gong.
I don’t know why, when Zhang Weidong stood in front of the statue of Guan Gong with incense in hand, looking at the curling cigarettes in front of him, then looking at the solemn-faced Tan Zhengming next to him, and then looking up at the majestic and upright statue of Guan Gong, unknowingly
A sacred feeling quietly rose from the bottom of my heart and spread throughout my body. My fair face became solemn and awe-inspiring without realizing it, and there was no longer any funny expression that I had just dismissed.
When Zhang Weidong imitated Tan Zhengming and bowed to Guan Gong while holding the incense, and uttered an unwavering oath word for word, Zhang Weidong seemed to suddenly understand why Tan Zhengming insisted on holding this ancient and traditional ceremony, and his heart even faintly rose inexplicably.
There is a hint of sadness that when we abandon these traditional etiquette of the Chinese nation, we also abandon some of the more precious spirits.
After the sworn vows, Zhang Weidong called Tan Zhengming "big brother" with a serious face.
Hearing this, Tan Zhengming also called his second brother with a serious face, then raised his head and let out a burst of hearty and happy laughter, patted Zhang Weidong on the shoulder and said: "I have never sworn sworn brothers in my life, and I didn't expect to grow old so soon.
I will be buried with a young boy like you and become sworn brothers."
Zhang Weidong laughed when he heard this and said: "I should really be sighing that someone at such a young age is actually hooking up with an old man like you."
Tan Zhengming laughed again when he heard this. Before the laughter could stop, Bai Rong's voice came from downstairs, saying that dinner was ready.
Zhang Weidong followed Tan Zhengming downstairs and saw Bai Rong setting the dishes and chopsticks. He hurriedly stepped forward and called sister-in-law respectfully. Bai Rong could feel that the sister-in-law call was different from the previous one, so he responded with a serious face, and then he was satisfied.
With a smile on his face, he said: "Weidong, your call makes me look thirty or forty years younger than the old woman!"
This chapter has been completed!