"Old Dou, mother, why do you talk so black-faced? What's going on?"
Everyone was watching TV that night. Old Dou's mother, who went to eat, drink and have fun with a group of old friends today, was in front of her. Afterwards, they returned to Kang's house without answering each other. Kang Qirui saw their expressions were wrong and asked with concern.
"You old Dou, you got angry with me over a roast duck." My mother sat far away from Old Dou and said aggrievedly.
"Roast duck?" No one understood, so Zhu Wanling guessed: "Master, you want to eat roast duck, grandma won't order it for you?"
Old Dou hasn't spoken yet. , the second sister-in-law said directly in the negative: "Impossible, I don't even like roast duck, I like roast goose."
"Old Dou, what are you angry about?" Kang Qirui was different from them. He didn't even guess and asked directly.
"Your grandma seems to be very generous. She has a millionaire before she even starts." Speaking of the reason for his anger, Lao Dou became more and more excited as he spoke, "It's free to apply for a senior citizen's ID and take the bus now." , the city government takes care of the elderly, but she doesn’t need it. If you save a dollar at a time, you can save a roast duck in the past two years.”
“Mom, you haven’t taken care of the elderly yet. A discount card?" Xianglan asked in surprise after hearing what Lao Dou said.
Mom nodded, "Yes."
"Mom, why don't you do it? Really." The boss said with an example, half complaining and half helpless: " With that certificate, you don’t have to pay for a ride, and you don’t have to buy tickets to go to the park. I don’t know how convenient it is.”
However, the mother had her own reasons. She pointed at the big brother Guang and said: "I am at home all day long to help you take care of the little boy, how can I have time? And even if I go out to drink tea and play, I usually You don’t have to leave Xiguan, so I didn’t apply for that certificate.”
“That’s not what I said, mom, this kind of thing goes both ways. If you have a senior citizen ID card, it’s convenient and you don’t need anything. If you have money, you will want to go everywhere. Just like drinking tea, you will also want to try other teahouses." Kang Qirui said.
"Is your grandma willing to listen?" Lao Dou still looked angry.
"Okay, okay, don't be so embarrassed. I'll go apply for it tomorrow, okay?" Seeing everyone saying this, my mother thought about it and agreed to apply for the elderly certificate tomorrow. Lao Dou, on the other hand, was unreasonable and said, "Of course I want it. It's only one dollar a time. Isn't that a lot of money?" Dazzled, he stood up and said, "Isn't it right, Lao Dou? Are you so angry because of that one dollar? Really, Rui, let's give one dollar to Lao Dou."
Kang Qirui saw that he kept giving her winks, and he understood what the second brother meant as soon as his eyes rolled. He took the lid of the biscuit box and placed it at Lao Dou's feet, and then the second man dropped a dollar into it. When the others saw it, they followed up and threw a dollar into the lid in front of Lao Dou's feet, which made Lao Dou very angry.
The second sister-in-law was the last one in line. When it was her turn, she bent down, grabbed all the money and put it in her pocket. Then she put the lid of the cake box back in place and closed it. But Lao Dou only focused on scolding: "You think Lao Dou is a beggar because of your poor class." He didn't even notice that the second sister-in-law took the money.
The next day, Kang Qirui had no classes at school and did not need to go back to school, so he accompanied his mother to the street office to apply for a senior citizen ID card. Someone said hello to my mother on the way. Hearing that she was going to apply for a senior citizen's ID card, he invited her to go shopping with him in the new market.
After the man walked away, the mother complained to Kang Qirui: "Did you make a mistake? You have to go to the new market to buy groceries?" Kang Qirui shook his head, saying that he didn't understand either. It takes one and a half hours to take the bus from Changsheng Street to Xinshi. I only save three to five yuan a day on groceries. There is no need for a three-hour round trip.
It is quite convenient to apply for the elderly certificate. You can just fill in the information at the street office and wait 15 working days to collect the certificate. Kang Qirui and her mother returned to Kang's house and saw Brother Niu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, sitting on the sofa. Old boss Dou Guang Xianglan, his wife, his wife, and his wife were chatting with him. Kang Qirui said hello: "Brother Niu, you are here! How are you doing recently? Pretty good, right?"
Brother Niu waved his hand and said: "Oh, you are finally back. I came here specifically to find you."
Kang Qirui looked confused. He sat on the sofa next to Brother Niu and said: "You came to me specifically? What's the matter? You said you would help me if you could." "You can definitely help me with this." Brother Niu took out an A4 paper from his trouser pocket and handed it to Kang Qirui and pointed at it. The words above said, "You have a high level of education. Can you help me find out what this word means? I have visited most of the old bookstalls in Guangfu and I still can't find this book."
Before Kang Qirui had time to speak, the second sister-in-law glanced at Brother Niu and said, "What word is it? You have to wait for Uncle Yao to come back to write it and let me see it." She took it from Kang Qirui with one hand. The A4 paper, looking at the neat handwriting on it, was stunned for a moment before saying in embarrassment: "The title of this book is so strange? This word"
The second brother could tell at a glance that she didn't recognize that word, and was speechless. He said quietly: "I told you a long time ago, when you have nothing to do, you can read newspapers and books, which makes people always say that our husband and wife are uneducated." He took the piece of paper, glanced at it and stuffed it into Lao Dou's arms. , "Old Dou, tell her what this word is."
Lao Dou took the A4 paper and was stunned. After a while, he said doubtfully: "What is this? I've never seen it before."
Brother Niu seemed to have expected it. He handed the A4 paper to Kang Qirui again, and then Then he said to everyone: "The reason why I didn't find this book is that the owners of the second-hand bookstalls didn't recognize the word and said it didn't exist. I must have copied it correctly. It was the word on the book. Then I It reminds me of our great professor."
Kang Qirui only glanced at it and said, "Brother Niu, the first word is "wen" on the left and "shang" on the right. There is no such word." Brother Niu looked confused after hearing this. He was very sure that he copied the title of the book correctly. When he was about to speak, Kang Qirui waved his hand to signal him to listen to him: "But I know this book. It's called "Entropy: A Possible Metaphysics", and entropy is a fire on the left and a quotient on the right. It is a text design for this cover."
Brother Niu couldn't hold back when he heard this, and he typed directly. Duan Kang Qirui said: "Are you sure it is a book? Then why is it printed with text instead of fire?"
Others also looked at Kang Qirui curiously, and Kang Qirui smiled. He smiled and said: "This problem is complicated. To understand this word, you must first understand the word entropy. It is a physical concept and is used to clarify the second law of thermodynamics. In fact, the word entropy was not used before. Yes, it comes from physicist Professor Hu Gangfu. Professor Hu translated the thermodynamic function Entropy into the quotient of heat and temperature. Because it is related to fire, Professor Hu added the word "quotient" next to the word "fire" to form a new word - entropy. .”
"There is a law in physics called the law of entropy increase. This law means that any change in an isolated system cannot cause the total value of entropy to decrease."
"The author of this book is based on this law It is widely used in various fields of philosophy, economics, sociology, politics and Western culture, so when he designed the cover, he pointed out that the book was related to literature and made such a design."
After listening to the story, Brother Niu sighed: "Why do you think these people like to make up their own characters so much? People are busy making new characters, and he is busy writing and making new characters, which makes it difficult for me to find. Okay. Now that you know what this book is called, it will be easy to find. I'm leaving."
As he was about to walk out of Kang's house, Xianglan quickly grabbed him and asked, "Brother Niu, why are you so angry? Are you looking for this book?”
Brother Niu rolled his eyes, but instead of telling the truth, he said, “I’m going to find some learning materials for my son.” But he was lying. Lan was okay, but the second brother directly retorted: "Hey, hey, just now Ari said this book is about philosophy and sociology. Your son is still in high school, how can he learn this?"
"I am." Brother Niu thought for a long time and couldn't make it up anymore, so he confessed: "To be honest, I bought it for myself. The situation is like this. I went fishing at the lake two days ago. Then I found a beautiful woman. Then I met her again this morning. It was fate, so I went up to her to ask for her phone number. "
"She had this book in her hand at that time. , she said she would write her phone number into the book, and then she would get on a random bus, get off at a random stop, and see a used bookstall and sell the book if we did. It’s fate, I will definitely be able to find that book and that phone number.”
Hahahahahaha.
After listening to Brother Niu’s story, everyone laughed. Co-authored by Brother Niu, is this a game of fate? Old Dou sighed with emotion: "Brother Niu, have you finally figured it out and are you willing to date?"
Lao Dou's mother had thought about introducing Brother Niu to a blind date before, because Brother Niu's wife had passed away many years ago. , his son is also in high school, and it’s time to find another one. It's just that before, Brother Niu shook his head and refused, but now that he has met the girl he meets, Mrs. Dou is also very happy for him.
"I don't know if we're dating or not, but I did get an electric shock. The feeling of being shocked was so comfortable, hahaha." When Brother Niu talked about the girl, his face was filled with sweetness, "This girl, this girl I I dare to say that she is different from other girls. I won’t marry her.”
“Brother Niu, I just heard you say that the girl is only about 20 years old. Isn’t she old for your age? Cows eat young grass?" Kang Qirui joked, and Brother Niu responded with a speechless expression: "In what age are you still talking about this? Hey, are you all fine at home today? Then go out with me to look for it? Let’s go to the book? Once I find the book, I, the old cow, will find happiness.”
My mother smiled along with everyone, and then told everyone: “Brother Niu said so, and it just so happened that everyone today. It’s nothing, let’s go to the old bookstall and look for it for Brother Niu. Brother Niu is so kind to everyone, so we must help him.” (End of Chapter)