Standing pretty old

Chapter 3 What I Learned from Long Island
In the Long Island district of New York, on a sunny afternoon, single-family villas appeared in front of Er Niu.

He made a rough estimate, and it took him less than 40 minutes to get here from Kennedy Airport, only counting the time on the road.

Ruan Daniu tilted his head and said to his younger brother: "Do you feel a little familiar, a feeling of déjà vu?"

Er Niu thought hard.

Daniel did not make things difficult for him, and began to sing a familiar melody:
Show-me-that-smile-again
Oh, show-me-that-smile
Don't-waste-another-minute-on-your-cryin'
We're-nowhere-near-the-end
We're-nowhere-near
The-best-is-ready-to-begin
All-in-a-cloudy-daze
I-look-into-your-eyes-and-see-them-shining-out
Holding-you-close-this-way
Holding-you-this-way
Is-like-having-summer-everyday
Ooh, ooh
As-long-as-we-got-each-other
.......
"Oh, I see, it's just the TV series that you took me to watch at your classmate's house when you were in high school during the summer vacation—"Growing Pains"!"

"That's right, it's the theme song of "Growing Pains". And this is where the legendary Dr. Seaver's family lives. Of course, I'm sorry to tell you that although this TV series tells the story of Long Island, the actual filming location is in California. "

Ruan Erniu finally came to the single-family villa that his brother had just bought.

If you don't look at the decoration style, just talk about the interior layout, it's almost the same as the Seaver family in the TV series.Interestingly, Ruan Daniu is also a doctor by profession, and he is also the youngest university professor in his university.The future is so great that it is estimated that it will be far inferior to Dr. Sif who runs a psychological clinic at home.

"Okay, you can visit the house slowly, and I will take you to your own room to clean up first. Your biggest advantage now is that you can live here for free. You must know that Michael Seaver was driven to the attic to enjoy his life in the end. , and you have to pay the rent!"

After finally putting everything in place, Ruan Erniu finally had time to lie on the bed alone and think about it.

Knowledge can really change destiny!
At least this sentence has the best comment on his brother.As a student who has never been No. 2 in grades from elementary school to junior high school, and has never been ranked among the top three in provincial key high schools.

All the way scholarship and three good students, on the basis of being recommended to Shuimu University, still got the top prize in the provincial college entrance examination in a very boring way.Then it was exchanged from Mizuki to Millican.

Now in a place like New York in the United States, you can actually win real estate. What kind of counterattack is this?You will never understand the world that is clearly a top student!

And what about himself?After so many years of gymnastics, the muscles must have been trained in the brain, right? 17 years old, this is really an embarrassing age!Although Da Niu encouraged Er Niu, he himself lacked that kind of self-confidence.

Although Professor Ruan hoped that his younger brother would put his studies first, he did not intend to force him.

The next day, he took his younger brother to his university, State University of New York at Stony Brook.

The young Professor Ruan is also quite popular in the school.Girls of all skin colors have many examples of taking the initiative to strike up a conversation.Sometimes the sexy IQ is not inferior to the sexy body, just look at the enduring "Sherlock Holmes" series.

However, Professor Ruan obviously has no ambitions here. While driving slowly in Stony Brook University, he told his younger brother about the glorious history of this famous American university.

There are also Asians among them. In fact, the famous physicist Yang Zhenning and the famous mathematician Qiu Chengtong are all alumni of the school.The strength of a country is, in the final analysis, the strength of education, and the United States is no exception.

After coming to the medical school, Professor Ruan's teaching assistant Tom came over immediately.

"Doctor, this is your class for this week! In addition, next month will be the National Medical Summit, and the invitation letter has been placed on your desk. This meeting is in California. If it is convenient for you, please contact me as soon as possible. Dr. Masters on the phone."

"OK! I see. Thank you for your help, Tom. By the way, this is my younger brother Erniu. He just came from China and doesn't have an English name yet. You can also call him 'Ruan'."

"Er Niu, he is my teaching assistant——Tom."

After the two greeted each other, Tom went to prepare the courseware alone, while Daniel took his younger brother into the office.

After a few phone calls, Ruan Daniu went out, and not long after, he came in with a small box of things.

"Temporary attendance pass, course elective form, reading library card... Oh yes, and finally a ticket to the NCAA basketball game tonight. Let me see who our dear Seawolves' opponent is? WHAT? UK( University of Kentucky for short) Wildcats? Looks like another game that was slaughtered. But having said that, it’s still a good choice to experience Millikin’s sports culture.”

After speaking, Daniel pushed the whole box in front of his younger brother.Then he took out a key to the bicycle lock from his drawer and put it on the box.

"This is the key to the lock of the second-hand bicycle I bought. The car is parked next to the holly tree downstairs. The gray one is here. I'll leave it to you. Well, bring something to experience the university atmosphere of Midi. .I'm going to get down to my business!"

Ruan Erniu began to walk around the school according to the map on his bicycle.To be honest, the broadness of American universities and Chinese universities are completely different concepts. The so-called university town is probably like this. The whole university is not so much a school as a city within a city.

The courses Er Niu chose are also very interesting, first world history, and then a religion.

Ruan Erniu, who was full of interest, could not understand everything the lecturer said, but even the few cognitions he had had overturned his common sense.

For example, he knew for the first time that learning history requires a considerable knowledge of mathematical probability and reserves of statistical methods.Otherwise, you will not be able to get the real situation of the society at that time through the data left over from some historical books and documents.

Another example is religious studies. It turns out that the Holy See also has the Academy of Sciences.The former Pope John Paul II even said something like this: "Science purifies religion from superstition, and religion also purifies science from fetishism."

It turns out that there is still such a perspective to look at the world.For the first time, Ruan Erniu had a new understanding of the evil Midi.

After dinner, Ruan Erniu followed the crowd to the gymnasium.

Tonight, the University of Kentucky Wildcats will come to the Stony Brook University Seawolves (what kind of broken name, the wolf in the sea, and it is quite fantasy) to challenge at home.Although this is just an NCAA regular season, it is far from the "March Madness" that makes the entire meter fall into a crazy atmosphere.But for a team like the Stony Brook Seawolves that basically has no chance of being in the top 64, now is their best chance to show themselves.

The female members of the cheerleading team worked hard to cheer for the home team.

It can be said that the players of the Seawolves are not working hard, but the reality is that the Wildcats (at the time) at the 1.5th rank in the NCAA are far from being able to match the third-rate Surfs.

The game is quickly tipping the Wildcats' side.

(End of this chapter)