Weird Theory on Yang Yongge's Retirement Quantifier

"Yang Yongge Learns Quantifiers on Retirement" tells the story of the retired man Yang Yongge's unique later life. At a family gathering, he was corrected by his grandchildren for misusing "a chicken". This minor episode made him strongly curious about the Chinese quantifiers he was used to speaking. From then on, Yang Yongge started a "exploration of quantifiers" close to life: pondering the difference between "a fish" and "a pig" at the vegetable market, observing the usage of "a group of children" and "an old tree" in the park, and asking old friends for advice on the meaning of "an umbrella" and "a lamp". He looked through dictionaries, took notes, and understood the ancients' delicate insights into life from details such as the relationship between "zhi" and hands, and "zhang" meaning flatness. In the story, the study of quantifiers is intertwined with his life memories - when he was telling "A Letter", he remembered his pen pal in his youth, and when he was teaching "A Round of the Moon", he recalled the summer nights of his childhood. Ordinary retirement life becomes vivid and interesting because of this exploration of language, and the lines are full of the subtlety of Chinese and the warmth of life.