我国科技界老前辈、著名的桥梁专家茅以升在科学、文化界几乎无人不晓,但他有一个同样出色的弟弟却鲜为人知,他就是我的父亲、铁道机械专家茅以新。 父亲生于1902年,据说他小的时候不大招人喜欢。他上面有4个哥哥,祖母怀第五胎时盼望是个女儿,生下来一看,又是小子,很失望。直到第6个才是女儿,当然成了家中的宝贝。父亲被冷落在一旁,孤单单地没人搭理,带画的小人书就成了他唯一的伙伴,一来二去就迷上了书本。除了爱看书, Mao Yingsheng, a veteran scientific and technological community in China and a well-known bridge expert, is almost unknown to the scientific and cultural circles. However, he has an equally well-known younger brother but little-known. He is my father and a railroad machinery expert Mao Yixin. Born in 1902, his father was said not to be much liked when he was young. He had four older brothers, my grandmother pregnant with the fifth child looking forward to be a daughter, gave birth to a look, but also a kid, very disappointed. Until the sixth is the daughter, of course, became the baby at home. My father was left out, lonely and unmanned, the little book with the painting became his only companion, and the second went to be hooked on the book. In addition to reading,