Wake up（10）

 

10

 

The train is still moving forward slowly, and the scenery outside the window is still moving slowly. Nan Yangsheng, who was sitting in front of the car window, met the eyes of a middle-aged man sitting next to him unexpectedly.

The middle-aged man was in his early 50s, skinny and bony, but his temples had already grown frost, and his beard, like his hair, had turned gray. The wrinkles on the thin and sallow face were like spider webs. He looked tired and very old, and it was obvious at a glance that he was a person who was used to working hard but not physically.

Wearing a pair of wrinkled leather shoes and carrying a bulging briefcase, it can be seen that he has been to several places.

His complexion was now a dusty gray, dull and astringent, without luster; his cheekbones were set off high on both sides by his thin cheeks and deep-set eyes. The left eye sunk deeply, and the right eye narrowed into a line. It looked like she had just woken up from being stunned in a coma.

The middle-aged man stared at the "The Crowd" in Nanyangsheng's hand, and suddenly showed a benevolent look at Nanyangsheng: "You are a college student, studying psychology?"

Nanyang was stunned, how could this man know that I am a college student and I study psychology?

The middle-aged man, who is over half a century old, is a person who has seen the world, with an outgoing and honest personality. Because of this, he is very close to everyone. He said to Nan Yangsheng: "My name is Huang Ke. When I was young, I liked to read "Great Expectations" written by Dickens, as well as "The Scarlet Letter" by Hawthorne and "The Captain's Daughter" by Pushkin. I also read the one in your hand. The Crowd, The Crowd was a favorite read of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Vladimir Lenin. It was written by Gustave Le Pen."

The middle-aged man's big, active eyes kept moving. There was a rather jovial and sly expression on his face. After looking at each other with Nan Yangsheng, he said, "Gustave Le Pen is a great group psychologist. I still remember many things he said."

Huang Ke seems to be talking to himself: "When a person integrates into society, he loses himself. Individuals in a group are sands in the sand, and the wind can stir them at will. All evil deeds in the human heart A tendency is contained in the subconscious mind. The education a nation provides to its youth shows us what the future of that nation will look like. It is not the facts themselves that shape the popular imagination, but the fact that they occur and attract attention. way. We always have the illusion that our feelings come from within ourselves."

"I am from Xinyang. I have experienced the Great Famine and the Cultural Revolution." Huang Ke continued his self-talk: "Unforgettable historical events are just the tangible consequences of invisible changes in human thinking. .Crowds can only do two things, add to the icing on the cake or make things worse. The so-called belief, it can make a person completely enslaved by his own dreams. The beginning of a revolution is actually the end of a belief."

Nan Yangsheng looked at the middle-aged man in front of him. This Huang Ke was plain-looking and over fifty years old. Although he didn't have signs of aging such as gills, fat, or facial sagging, he was commonly known as not "greasy", but he could still use the word "uncle" , praise him.

Huang Ke may be a counterattack benchmark for the appearance of middle-aged men. When he was young, he had a lot of facial bugs: the face was long and narrow, the face was too thin, and the protruding problems of the maxillofacial and cheekbones were exposed more obviously. But in middle age, the facial hair made his facial lines softer and fuller, weakening the protruding mouth problem, coupled with the advantages of a tall nose bridge and eyebrows, his overall temperament immediately improved a lot. Today, he has become a "top uncle circle".

In fact, Huang Ke's facial features are not amazing, and there is no room for big talk when you pick them up alone. The atrium is a little short, but it looks very elegant and quiet; the base of the nose is also a little sunken, but it adds a sense of approachability and intimacy. A typical square face with sharp edges and corners, even if the facial features are not very delicate, it still looks very tasteful.

Nan Yangsheng looked at Huang Ke's "uncle's face", which was counterattacked by his appearance, and felt close to him.

Nan Yangsheng held "The Crowd" in his hand and said to Huang Ke: "I just finished my studies at the Central Plains College of Humanities, and I majored in psychology. This book was given to me by my psychology professor Shen when I obtained my doctoral degree in psychology. mine."

"Oh," Huang Ke asked, "Why did your professor give you "The Crowd" as a gift?" Nan Yangsheng seemed a little confused. His eyes showed that he had never thought about it.

Huang Ke said to Nan Yangsheng unhurriedly: "You have obtained the highest degree, congratulations. Now that you have left the college, it can be said that you have to find a suitable job, and you are about to truly integrate into society. Society is made up of individuals Yes, strictly speaking, it is composed of groups. Many of us will have the same experience, such as family groups, relatives and friends groups, and schoolmate groups, but these groups are very different. The powerful family constitutes the powerful family, power and wealth It will continue. One person attains enlightenment, and chickens and dogs rise to heaven. The family structure of poor family groups is very complicated, but they have one thing in common, that is, the children of poor families start their own families early, and hope that their children will become dragons has become the greatest expectation of poor families. Classmates are a special group. Private schools and modern schools bring together the children who are studying, but also let inequality germinate in the hearts of these children. At this time, the children of the rich and the poor have separated. Even if the times change, the same school Students from rich families also look down on poor students. In order to prevent their children from being influenced by the worldly influence of poor children, the rich and powerful opened schools for the children of cadres and privately run schools for children of rich families. The different subconsciousness of the student groups was born from this.”

Huang Ke glanced at Nan Yangsheng, and said to him unhurriedly: "Society is like sorting trash cans. Different trash has different positions. If you don't want to be trash in society, then you have to make a contribution to your pursuit. A wise choice. Gustave Le Pen said that civilization has always been created rather than controlled by a few intellectual aristocrats rather than groups. Sometimes what is untrue contains more truth than what is true. Without tradition, there is There is no civilization; there is no progress without the slow obsolescence of tradition. The sentiments expressed by crowds, whether good or bad, are characterized by their simplicity and exaggeration. It is the heroes of legend, not reality, that move the hearts of crowds. the heroes themselves."

Huang Ke said to Nan Yangsheng: "I think the reason why your professor gave you this book "The Crowd" when you graduated is that he hopes that after you step into the society, you will integrate into the excellent group and at the same time, you must pay attention to it. Focus on the study of social groups. He can no longer give you face-to-face lectures, but he hopes that Gustave Le Pen can be your life coach.”

The train slowly entered the platform, and the changing scenery outside the window stopped moving.

Nan Yangsheng stood on the platform and said to the middle-aged man: "Mr. Huang Ke, you are the first teacher I met when I stepped into the society. What you said touched me a lot. I will definitely read "The Crowd" carefully. Teacher Huang Ke, can I add you to my WeChat account? I hope to get your advice at any time."

Huang Ke readily agreed. He said to Nan Yangsheng: "I am here to visit a friend this time, and at the same time contact some business."

Nan Yangsheng didn't ask any more questions. He waved to the departing Huang Ke until his back gradually disappeared from sight.

Nan Yangsheng turned on his phone and chose an episode of the TV series "Deep Love and Rain", "Parting Station", which is a famous song written by Qiong Yao and arranged by Xu Jialiang.

The train has arrived at the station, and his heart is getting heavy.

No one greeted him at the station, but he happened to see off a stranger he just met.

The sound of the horn at the station told him that he should leave here.Nan Yangsheng walked across the platform and walked towards the street. His next goal was the long-distance station, and he returned home like an arrow.