Chapter 315
At night, Wang Jiazhi was knitting a sweater quickly in the mosquito net.
Lai Xiujin said, "Wang Jiazhi, please weave tomorrow. The bright light is keeping me awake."
Wang Jiazhi turned off the lights and took the bench sweater to the corridor to knit. Actually, it wasn't even ten o'clock yet. Lai Xiujin usually slept very late, and now she was deliberately making things difficult for him.
Wang Jiazhi was initially delighted to have rejected Kuang Yumin, believing she had a chance. However, Kuang Yumin looked down on Lai Xiujin and constantly complained about Wang Jiazhi's heartlessness, saying she was a woman who didn't understand the sorrow of a fallen nation. Lai Xiujin, driven by jealousy and a desire to please Kuang Yumin, took advantage of Wang Jiazhi's happiness, nagging her roommate and making her unhappy.
When she bought the wool, she spent a long time choosing patterns in the store. After a very difficult decision, she decided to knit him a light blue sweater with a sweetheart collar, alternating rows of white orchids and white tulips, and then a beige wool waistcoat with a kitten head pattern.
Of course, she didn't want him to know all this, she wanted to give him a surprise.
In the evening, she and he attended a tea party with the history teacher and students of their department. The teacher liked to talk freely with a few of his favorite students every once in a while and share his views on history.
The discussion had initially focused on Chinese history, but the teacher suddenly brought up the French Revolution, hoping to hear everyone's opinions. Most of the participants were boys, and since it was Wang Jiazhi's first time, she didn't want to speak up, fearing she'd embarrass him. She simply listened.
They were too shy to hold hands, but they sat with their feet touching and legs touching. These two people just wanted to stick together all the time. It was a pity for them that the human tail disappeared during evolution, otherwise they could have secretly entwined their tails from behind.
Seeing that Wang Jiazhi had remained silent, the teacher smiled and said, "What about you, little girl? What do you think?"
Wang Jiazhi smiled and said, "I am still interested in Chinese history. I know too little about foreign history. But I have read "The Queen of Dante", and I felt a little disappointed after reading it. I felt that she was just a little princess who had been pampered since childhood and never grew up. She was not interested in politics, nor did she want to hurt anyone. She just wanted to live in her own world of wealth and enjoyment. But she had to be used as a tool for marriage and childbirth, marrying a husband who had no feelings and was mentally retarded, and was forced to give birth to a male heir. Seeing that she didn't like to study and didn't like anything that required the brain, she just racked her brains to think about how to dress up; how to make a splash at the masquerade; how to decorate her own palace; but she didn't realize that the people were living in dire straits. I really looked down on her and thought she was a very stupid and useless parasite. But when she realized that the building was about to collapse, the political talent she inherited from her mother Fu woke up again. After living a life of extravagance and debauchery for most of her life, she really could give it up all at once and start participating in politics seriously and diligently. Even after experiencing escape, arrest, humiliation, and being reduced from a high-ranking queen to a prisoner, she always insisted on her aristocratic dignity. Just like Emperor Yang of Sui, he wanted to act like an emperor until his death. Seeing this, I admire her very much. I think she and her husband are like Emperor Hui of Jin and Emperor Huizong of Song. In fact, they were not extremely evil people. Seeing them foolishly making the people of the country suffer, I would be extremely indignant; but seeing what happened to them later, I feel that they are very pitiful. Because it was history that pushed them into a situation where their virtue was unworthy of their position. They did not want to hurt anyone, but they had to do it because of the suffering of the people. They themselves became extremely miserable. The most helpless thing is that this is the case. No one is wrong, it is just fate that plays tricks on them. "
The teacher said, "This is your perspective as a woman. It's not influenced by politics, but rather personal joys and sorrows. It's indeed different from the rest of us."
Wang Jiazhi laughed and said, "That's a bit too petty. I'm sorry to bother you."
The teacher said, "That's not the case. Let me tell you."
He laughed and said, "I think some things in history may just be temporary talking points for politicians, but human emotions are something the public can empathize with, something that will last for thousands of years. Many aspects of humanity are constantly improving, such as medical methods and industrial theories. In a few years, current things may become obsolete. Factory machines and transportation are constantly being updated, and in many years, current ones may also become obsolete. But only human nature. The emotions of people thousands or hundreds of years ago are the same as those of people today. Reading books written thousands or hundreds of years ago, I can still empathize with the people's moods at that time. The emotions written about today will still be understood by people hundreds or thousands of years from now."
The boy next to him asked, "Why are you suddenly being so poetic and romantic today?"
He smiled and said, "I'm usually like this too."
The teacher smiled and said, "Well said, it's like you two are writing the same book, your writing style is the same."
Their ears turned red in an instant.
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