Cheng Hao didn't expect that the yellow race person he met by chance was actually a Chinese. He was in a good mood, but the one who was in an even better mood was the Chinese: "I heard Chinese, I haven't heard Chinese for a long time !Your voice is so beautiful! Brother, you speak better than the announcer!"
Cheng Hao: "..." He always thought his body was handsome, but his voice was just like that, right? And it's a bit of an exaggeration to say that he speaks as nicely as an announcer...
No, and it doesn't have to be an exaggeration.
Cheng Hao suddenly thought that this is 1980, and in many places in China, teachers are still teaching students in dialects.
At this time, there may not be many people in China who can speak standard Mandarin.
In his previous life, he was born in 1992, and his teachers taught them Mandarin since he was in kindergarten. At that time, in order to ensure that everyone spoke Mandarin, there was a school rule that points would be deducted for speaking a dialect.
His Mandarin may not be perfect, but it is absolutely standard.
"Are you here to study abroad? Now there are new international students coming? You are in this city, are you going to study in the same university as me?" The man wearing glasses became even more excited. He took out his pen while talking, Write something down in your notebook.
"I'm not an international student." Cheng Hao said, "Are you an international student?"
"Yes, I'm an international student! If you're not an international student, you..." The man looked at Cheng Hao suspiciously.
Cheng Hao said: "I am from Hong Kong."
"So it's like this..." The person talking to Cheng Hao was a little disappointed, but still very excited: "Don't you Hong Kong people speak Cantonese? Why are you so good at Mandarin?"
Cheng Hao said: "I like China, so I learned Mandarin specially."
When the man heard Cheng Hao's words and looked at Cheng Hao, his eyes became more cordial.
"Cheng Hao..." At this time, Lin Yuxun came over and looked curiously at the person with the same skin color as them.
"There are actually two!" the man said excitedly.
Lin Yuxun didn't understand, so Cheng Hao smiled and continued to chat with him.
After chatting, Cheng Hao knew that this person was named Shi Wenzheng, and he was the first batch of foreign students in the United States after China opened up.
He and some others, before the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, came to the United States from Paris in December 1978. After the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States on January 1, 1979, after they delivered a speech on behalf of China, they studied for another three months. English, and then enter different universities to study separately.
Some of them are studying medicine, some are studying chemistry, some are studying physics... they have all kinds of things, but Shi Wenzheng is studying electronic engineering, and he is studying in a nearby university.
Shi Wenzheng is the only Chinese student who has entered this university. Although he has correspondence with other international students and occasionally makes phone calls, everyone is so busy studying that they have very little time to communicate with each other.
Because of this, he was very excited when he suddenly saw Cheng Hao.
"Some of the classmates who came together have already returned to China, but I haven't learned enough." Shi Wenzheng sighed.
Cheng Hao was already in awe of him.
Shi Wenzheng said that he didn't learn enough, but Cheng Hao knew very well that in terms of knowledge, Shi Wenzheng could definitely crush many of him.
In fact, his grades have always been poor. If he had been sent to a normal high school to take the exam, he would have been at the bottom of the exam.
Shi Wenzheng is different, he is one of the smartest people elected in the whole country!
Cheng Hao was very happy to talk to Shi Wenzheng, although he couldn't understand some things Shi Wenzheng said.
Shi Wenzheng was also willing to talk to them, and the two sides also left each other's addresses.
The address Shi Wenzheng left was the student dormitory of a well-known nearby university, and the address Cheng Hao left was Old George's home. They also exchanged phone numbers.
Shi Wenzheng said: "I shouldn't call, the phone bill is a bit expensive."
"You don't have a lot of money?" Cheng Hao asked.
Shi Wenzheng said: "It's much better now! When we went abroad, there was not enough foreign exchange, and each person only had fifty dollars. Standing on the street really didn't have the confidence at all! Fortunately, after we came here, the Liaison Office gave us money again. funding, and they send us checks every month.”
"Then why..." Cheng Hao looked at Shi Wenzheng with some hesitation. Shi Wenzheng's clothes should be worn from China. The material is good, but the style is really not that good, and he probably doesn't know how to wash them himself. Washed badly, got a lot of balls on it.
"I like to buy books, but I'm a little short of money." Shi Wenzheng said: "You don't know, there are too many books that are not available in China! A few years ago, some people in China brought their predecessors back from abroad and translated them. All books and materials have been destroyed, and now there is a shortage of everything in the country! Fortunately, the country now supports the introduction of various books and talents, but sometimes it cannot take care of all aspects... "
In the past few years, various activities were held in China, and foreign novels with a translation in hand could be criticized, and a lot of talents and materials were destroyed. In addition, the United States has developed rapidly in recent years, and many books and materials have been added... Shi Wenzheng can't wait It would be nice to have tens of thousands of dollars to let him buy books.
But he didn't.
When Cheng Hao listened to him, he felt very complicated.
Since he was a child, his country has been taking off. When he grows up and leaves his country to go outside, he will no longer be looked down upon or belittled by others.
But he didn't know what his predecessors had done for this.
After chatting for a while, Shi Wenzheng looked at his watch and said, "I can't chat anymore, I want to pick some books."
Cheng Hao didn't bother Shi Wenzheng anymore, and then saw what Shi Wenzheng wrote in the notebook, and then started to read the book.
Shi Wenzheng read it carefully, and finally picked out ten books in one breath.
Cheng Hao and others bought more books. Lin Yuxun bought 18 books, which couldn’t fit in his schoolbag, and Danny bought more than 20 books... But his books are relatively thin and heavy. Also light.
By the time they paid, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.
Cheng Hao asked Shi Wenzheng: "Mr. Shi, have you eaten yet? Do you want to have dinner together?"
Shi Wenzheng looked at his watch, wrote something down in his notebook, and said, "I brought food with me, so I won't eat it with you."
As he said, he took out a sandwich wrapped in tin foil from his clothes: "Many things in the United States are expensive, but the canteen is not expensive. I ask them for a little more every morning, and I have them for lunch." gone."
Shi Wenzheng was very happy when he said this, he is really very satisfied with his current life.
You must know that it was almost impossible for him to eat white rice and white noodles in China, but here, he can eat bread, meat, sausage and so on for every meal.
He had never seen a lot of food beforehand!
Cheng Hao traveled here from 40 years later. Although he felt that the United States at this time was more developed than he imagined, but because he lived in a slum, sometimes he was quite disgusted.
Shi Wenzheng was different.
He came here from a place where many people couldn't even guarantee enough food and clothing. After coming here, he saw big cities and university campuses. The people he met were college students and well-known professors. His feelings were the same as Cheng's. Howe is very different.
Cheng Hao said: "Mr. Shi, let me treat you to dinner!"
Shi Wenzheng thought about it and agreed.
Although Cheng Hao has a windfall, he is not someone who spends money casually... He chose a fried chicken restaurant to invite Shi Wenzheng to dinner.
During the meal, they chatted again, and Cheng Hao also asked about Shi Wenzheng's university.
Shi Wenzheng said a lot.
The university he studied in is a very good school. Many celebrities have been trained here. More importantly, this school is not as racially discriminatory as some schools.
Hearing what Shi Wenzheng said, Cheng Hao's heart skipped a beat.
It would be great if Lin Yuxun could study in this school...
Of course, this is a bit difficult.
As for asking Shi Wenzheng to guide Lin Yuxun... Cheng Hao could see that Shi Wenzheng was really busy, very busy. A talent like him was sent abroad by the country through untold hardships. His time is precious, even Cheng Hao felt that teaching Lin Yuxun was not a waste of time, but he would never let Shi Wenzheng do such a favor.
After eating, Shi Wenzheng left.
Probably because he met Cheng Hao and others, he was in a good mood, and his steps were brisk when he walked, but after walking like this...
He had just walked not far when the soles of the leather shoes suddenly fell off, and a hole was opened in the front of the shoes to expose his feet.
Cheng Hao: "..."
Shi Wenzheng was also a little embarrassed: "I don't know if there is a shoe repairer here..."
Cheng Hao walked over, took out a pair of sneakers he just bought for comparison, and found that his sneakers were about the same length as Shi Wenzheng's leather shoes, so he gave his sneakers to Shi Wenzheng: "Mr. Shi, you wear mine Shoes."
Shi Wenzheng was a little hesitant, Cheng Hao reached into his innermost clothes pocket again, and then hid him there, took out about half of the money he won, and gave it to Shi Wenzheng: "There is still this money, you take it on."
"How can this work?" Shi Wenzheng frowned.
But Cheng Hao said: "Okay! I didn't give the money to Mr. Shi, it was to support domestic education! Also, Mr. Shi should have a lot of books there, I hope Mr. Shi can lend me some books Look, brother."
Cheng Hao said, and pulled Lin Yuxun in front of him.
Lin Yuxun probably was too poor in the past, he liked to make money, and he also liked to read books about economics, but Shi Wenzheng studied electronic engineering, and the books they read were actually different.
But it would be good to find a reason for Shi Wenzheng to accept the money.
Moreover, there may be books that Lin Yuxun likes in Shi Wenzheng's place.
The author has something to say:
Finally, let me explain a little about this book~
It would be troublesome to write real characters, so this article is the same as the author's previous "Writer of the Republic of China", the background uses the United States in the 1980s, but the characters in it are all fictitious, and some places are also fictitious or renamed. So you don't have to look for the prototype, because there is no prototype at all (I spent a lot of effort to avoid it).
The situation of overseas students written in this chapter in 1978 is real, but Shi Wenzheng was fabricated by the author, and I will randomly fabricate the university he attended next, so as not to collide with the real boss.
You know, among the first batch of 50 people who went abroad that year, 17 of them are now academicians!