Fun under the fence There are many famous scientists in the world, and their families are very poor. On the road to success, they all fought tenaciously against the difficult situation. Newton's childhood was also very sympathetic. Newton was born in 1642 in the home of an ordinary farmer in England. Newton's father died shortly before he was born. Mother remarried when he was two years old. When Newton was fourteen, his stepfather died unfortunately and his mother returned to her hometown. Newton was forced to drop out of school and go home to help her farm. Mother wants to train him to make a living independently and let him manage agricultural products. How reluctant a studious child is to leave his beloved school! He cried several times, but his mother never changed her mind. Finally, she had to study business against her will. Every morning, he and an old servant go to a big town more than ten miles away to do business. Newton disliked doing business very much, and entrusted all the affairs to an old servant, but he secretly went to a place to study. As time went on, Newton became more and more disgusted with business, and all he liked was reading. Later, Newton simply stopped going to town to do business, and asked the old servant to go alone. Afraid that his family would find out, he went out with the old servant every day, stopped halfway and studied under a fence. Whenever the old servant comes back in the afternoon, we will go home together. In this way, day after day, the reading life under the fence is also very enjoyable. One day, he was reading happily under the fence when his uncle saw him pass by. When my uncle saw this, he was very angry and shouted at him for doing nothing. Took Newton's book. My uncle was moved when he saw that he was reading a math book with various marks painted on it. My uncle hugged Newton and said excitedly, "son, just develop according to your ambition." Your right path should be learning. " After returning home, my uncle tried to persuade Newton's mother to let Newton abandon business and go to school. With the help of his uncle, Newton resumed his research as he wished.

When Zhu Ziqing was in middle school, he liked reading very much. At that time, his family gave him one yuan of pocket money every month, and most of him gave it to a Guangyi bookstore in his hometown, often owing money. It was from this publishing house that he got a book, Buddhist Yi Jie, which aroused his interest in philosophy.

Later, he came to Peking University to study, majoring in philosophy. Zhu Ziqing prefers Buddhist books. At that time, most Buddhist scriptures were in Jiufeng Temple, a reclining Buddha temple in Xicheng. He once went to the temple to buy books such as "Correct Theory Based on Ming Dynasty", "Hundred Schools of Thought" and "Collection of Translation Names". It was a gloomy autumn afternoon, and Zhu Ziqing was alone in the street. Later, when he recalled in the article, he said: "This kind of stupidity is quite interesting to recall."

1920 is Zhu Ziqing's last year in college. On one occasion, he went to Liulichang to visit the bookstore and saw the new Webster's dictionary in Huayang Bookstore. The price is 14 yuan. Although the money is not too expensive for this big book, it is not a small sum for a student. I don't have that much money at hand, but I really can't bear to part with this book. On second thought, my leather coat is worth some money.

This coat was made by my father for Zhu Ziqing when he got married. It was made of otter fur collar and mink. Although the coat is made of cloth, the style is a bit rustic, and the collar is pieced together with two pairs of "horseshoe sleeves", but it is leather after all. When making it, my father also spent a lot of effort. But at that time, I really could not bear to part with the "big dictionary", thinking that I would be able to redeem my coat in the future. After a long hesitation, I resolutely took it to the pawnshop.

The pawnshop is at the back door of the school. You can turn around. Zhu Ziqing didn't think too much. Because I want to redeem it later, I take the book price as the price: 14 yuan. Of course, the coat is more than this price, so the people at the pawnshop counter are not embarrassed at all and pay immediately.

After taking the money, Zhu Ziqing immediately went to bring back Webster's dictionary. Unexpectedly, the great coat that took my father a lot of effort was not redeemed in the end.

After graduating from college, Zhu Ziqing taught in middle schools in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and was later hired as a professor in the Chinese Department of Tsinghua University. One winter was so cold that Zhu Ziqing didn't have the strength to sew a cotton gown, so he went out to buy a felt cloak for the groom. There are two kinds of this cloak. One is good style, fine and soft, but expensive. Zhu Ziqing couldn't afford it, so he bought a rough but cheap one.

This felt cloak was so conspicuous that it became a symbol of the professor's poverty, so that it later appeared in the pen of friends who recalled Zhu Ziqing many times. However, it kept Zhu Ziqing from taking classes in the city and made a mattress at night, although it was very sad to say. At this time, think about the leather cloak that can't be redeemed, which makes people more obsessed with books.