Introduction to the work "Watching the River and Drinking"
In the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University in Fuzhou on the banks of the Min River, the story of two young men who won the top prize unfolded here.
Shen Tianjiu, a chemical genius from Longyan, has a stern look on his face, and his hands in front of the experimental table are as steady as precision instruments. Jiang Kaiyan, a local biology champion in Fuzhou, has a quick mind and the world under the microscope is his exclusive kingdom. Their names are taken from the phrase "add wine, turn back the lights and resume the banquet" in "The Legend of Pipa", and their fate seems to have been foreshadowed for a long time.
From the first year of high school to the third year of high school, the two competed for the top spot in the grade. Bickering was a daily routine, and the laboratory was a battlefield. Shen Tianjiu mocked Jiang Kaiyan's paper as "like the water of the Minjiang River, seemingly deep but actually shallow"; Jiang Kaiyan responded to Shen Tianjiu's report as "like the mountains of Longyan, only height but no connotation". They competed by passing topics on scratch paper in the library, tit-for-tat over data in the laboratory, and secretly competing for rankings in front of the bulletin board.
However, when the chemical equation meets the DNA double helix, when the burette touches the petri dish, a subtle change quietly occurs. Shen Tianjiu began to "drop in" to buy an extra bottle of jasmine tea that Jiang Kaiyan often drank, and Jiang Kaiyan "unintentionally" sorted out Shen Tianjiu's scattered experimental notes. They discussed the topic on a bench by the Min River until the sky was filled with stars. They debated the topic on the rooftop of the Chemistry Building and watched the sunrise together.
From "rival" to "best rival", from "someone you have to pay attention to" to "an existence that your eyes follow unconsciously". When Shen Tianjiu won the provincial chemistry competition, he walked through the crowd and handed the medal to Jiang Kaiyan and said, "It's your turn next time."
"Watching the River and Drinking" is a story about competition and growth, understanding and companionship. Under the poinciana tree at the High School Affiliated to Tsinghua University, in the ripples of the Minjiang River, watch how the two teenagers understand each other in the competition, and find their own light in the sea of scientific stars.
Concept: The collision of intelligence and sensibility, the emergence of competition and understanding