The Pentium Era - South to North

Zhang Xiangbei went on vacation in early June, but he did not return to China immediately. Instead, he stayed in the United States, waiting for Zheng Xinxin. This was the task assigned to him by Xiangnan. Xiangnan told him, if you don't arrange Zheng Xinxin well, , I will fall out with you.

Zheng Xinxin has been admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She will come to Middlesex County, Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts, to pursue a PhD in computer science.

Although Zhang Xiangbei wanted to go back to see Zhang Xiangxi, Xiangnan told him so, so he could only stay and wait for Zheng Xinxin.

In order to prevent Zheng Xinxin from being unable to keep up with his studies due to language difficulties after school started, he flew to the United States the day after attending the graduation ceremony in Beijing to attend a summer English training camp here, especially to adapt. The English environment here is incomparable to that in China.

Zhang Xiangbei drove from New Haven to New York. After picking up Zheng Xinxin, they returned to New Haven. He took Zheng Xinxin to visit Yale University, stayed in New Haven for one night, and drove there the next day. Send Zheng Xinxin to Boston.

New Haven is right in the middle of New York and Boston. It is more than 120 kilometers from New York's JFK Airport to New Haven and takes an hour and a half to drive. From New Haven to Boston, it is more than 210 kilometers and takes more than two hours to drive. Hour.

Zhang Xiangbei took Zheng Xinxin to "Miya Sushi" on Haofu Street to eat salmon roe sushi and scallop tempura. Zheng Xinxin nearly shed tears after eating. She said, next I will In the United States, do you have to eat this kind of thing?

"It's a beautiful idea." Zhang Xiangbei said, "This is already considered good, and it also allows you to see rice. You can just wait to eat hamburgers every day, or you can make them yourself. Can you cook?"

"I can cook rice, but I can't cook." Zheng Xinxin said.

"Then you said for nothing, if you don't cook, you eat soy sauce bibimbap?" Zhang Xiangbei said, "I have actually eaten soy sauce bibimbap. When I am very lazy, I just kill myself like this. I am here , I have to rely on myself if I want to improve my life. Even the Chinese food in this place is as bad as shit, not here, the Chinese food in the United States is the same."

Zheng Xinxin said with a sad face: "What you said makes me want to go back to China."

"Then go back." Zhang Xiangbei said.

"Then I will be beaten to death by my parents." Zheng Xinxin said.

"Anyway, I don't care." Zhang Xiangbei said, "I will return to China after graduation. My dad and Aunt Xiaofang insist that I study for graduate school, so I will go back to China to study."

Zheng Xinxin couldn't help laughing, and everyone around him looked in their direction. Zheng Xinxin said:

"Zhang Xiangbei, are you trying to laugh me to death? I have only seen people like me who finished their undergraduate studies at home and went to study for graduate studies at foreign universities. I have never heard that there is an undergraduate program at Yale, and then they went back to study for graduate studies at domestic universities. , However, you can’t pass the exam. You haven’t studied in any domestic university, and you’re not a foreigner. No one will take care of you, so how can you pass the exam?”

"Forget it, then I won't go to graduate school." Zhang Xiangbei said.

"You don't need to read it. Children from poor families like us still need to struggle. Your father has already helped you struggle." Zheng Xinxin said.

After the two of them finished their meal, the waiter came over. Zhang Xiangbei told him about accounting, and the other party nodded and understood.

Zheng Xinxin was stunned. She said, "Zhang Xiangbei, I didn't expect you to be able to keep accounts abroad?"

"It doesn't work in other places, but it works here. The boss here is my buddy. I come here several times to swipe my card." Zhang Xiangbei said.

Zheng Xinxin was confused. She said, "When you picked me up at the airport, I saw that you didn't bring your card. You still have to record the card. Do you want to evade the bill or show off in front of me?"

Zhang Xiangbei chuckled and said, "No, do you know what the benefits are of keeping accounts?"

"What's the benefit?"

"They were very attentive to me, thinking that I still had so many unpurchased items that they couldn't afford to offend me," Zhang Xiangbei said.

Zheng Xinxin shook his head: "At such a young age, where did you learn these evil ways?"

"Go away, you are so young, you are only one year older than me." Zhang Xiangbei cursed.

"What's wrong with being one year old? You're only one year old and you're still a bad undergraduate. I'm already..." Zheng Xinxin didn't say any more and smiled proudly. Zhang Xiangbei could only stare at her.

After eating at "Gong Sushi", Zhang Xiangbei took Zheng Xinxin home. In the evening, Zheng Xinxin stayed in Xiaofang's original room.

When they got to the room, Zheng Xinyin was very emotional again. She said, Zhang Xiangbei, you are doing very well in the United States. You can keep accounts when you eat, and you can live in such a beautiful house. The life of you rich second generation, It’s really not something we poor people can imagine.

"Shit, I earned the rent here myself." Zhang Xiangbei said.

"Shit, what do you do for money?" Zheng Xinxin asked.

"Growing vegetables." Zhang Xiangbei said, "I grow vegetables at Yale. The land belongs to Yale. I use it for free. I sell the vegetables I grow to restaurants in New Haven. It's a little cheaper than buying them in the supermarket. .”

"No way, Zhang Xiangbei, do you still grow vegetables for sale?" Zheng Xinxin shouted.

"Of course, why am I lying to you? I'm telling you, growing vegetables is very profitable. Do you want to learn how to grow vegetables when you go to MIT?"

"No, I don't know how to plant it."

"To put it bluntly, it's not the children of stinky intellectuals like you who can do this," Zhang Xiangbei said.

Zheng Xinxin was unconvinced and asked: "Can't it be compared to those in your stinking capitalist family?"

"Of course, capitalists also do it. When my mother was pregnant with me, she was still in a shabby hotel, mopping the floor and cleaning the house every day. Has your mother ever done such a thing?" Zhang Xiangbei said, "Also, Let me tell you another secret, do you know why I have to keep accounts when I eat?"

"Isn't it just for others to treat you better?"

"No, this is just one aspect. The most important thing is that I have no money." Zhang Xiangbei said, "It's not that I don't have money. I deliver those dishes to other people's restaurants, and they only settle the bill with me once a month. , I have to settle the bill before I have money to pay the bill there."

"No way, Zhang Xiangbei, your father doesn't seem to be such a stingy person. He won't give you money?" Zheng Xinxin didn't believe it and asked.

"Here, my Aunt Xiaofang also transfers money to my card every month, but it's useless. I told myself that I can't earn the tuition, but I must earn the living expenses myself." Zhang Xiang North said.

Zheng Xinxin nodded and said with admiration: "Zhang Xiangbei, you want me to admire you with admiration."

"It's nothing. When my Aunt Xiaofang was studying in the United States, she not only didn't spend a penny, she also made money. I want to learn from her."

"I can't do it." Zheng Xinxin said frustratedly, "I can't even learn from you."

"It's hard to say. Once you get used to it, you can do it." Zhang Xiangbei said, "Besides, in the United States, it only costs money to study for an undergraduate degree. It costs almost nothing to study for a graduate degree. There is a monthly subsidy for doing scientific research. As for salary, we have it at Yale, but you don’t have it at MIT?”

"I don't know, how do I know this? I haven't even stepped through the school door yet." Zheng Xinxin said, "By the way, Zhang Xiangbei, didn't you say earlier that the boss of 'Gong Sushi' is your buddy?" Really? Why don’t you sell him vegetables to pay for the meal?”

"No, I want to protect my own image." Zhang Xiangbei said.

"What's your image?" Zheng Xinxin asked.

"The image of the rich second generation." Zhang Xiangbei said, "This image was not created by me, but by my Aunt Xiaofang. The boss knew that my Aunt Xiaofang was very rich and also knew that I was a rich second generation, so they Only then did he dare to ask me to sign the bill. If I don’t pay when the time comes, he can just call Aunt Xiaofang. Now, he won’t think that I have no money and haven’t reached that point.”

Zheng Xinxin was curious: "Then what does he think you are?"

"He thinks I'm a free-spirited playboy, and he wants to curry favor with me, an old customer." Zhang Xiangbei said with a smile, "Also, I never eat in the restaurants where I deliver food."

"Why is this?" Zheng Xinxin asked.

"That would be confusing, or if they think I am selling vegetables in exchange for money, they will lower my prices, thinking that I will have no food to eat, so I will be passive." Zhang Xiangbei said.

Zheng Xinxin kept laughing and said, "Zhang Xiangbei, why didn't I know you had so many crooked ideas?"

Zhang Xiangbei chuckled: "I was forced to come to this capitalist country and don't learn to use their thinking to think about problems. By the way, Zheng Xinxin, if you want to improve your life in the future, go to New Haven." Come, I will take you to a restaurant, and I can also cook for you. I made braised pork and mapo tofu very well."

"real?"

"Of course, why am I lying to you? One of these two dishes is learned from my grandma, and the other is learned from my grandma."

"You know how to cook these two dishes?" Zheng Xinxin asked.

"Just two dishes can be eaten all over the world, and life can be improved." Zhang Xiangbei said proudly, "With these two dishes, the whites and blacks in our class are greedy to death. The whole class has learned how to He said the two Chinese words 'mapo tofu' and 'braised pork'."

Zheng Xinxin looked at Zhang Xiangbei and laughed. She said, "I understand, Zhang Xiangbei, these two are your nicknames, right?"

Zhang Xiangbei chuckled.

All joking aside, in the next few days, Zheng Xinxin really admired Zhang Xiangbei.

The next day, Zhang Xiangbei drove her to Cambridge, Boston. After arriving, he first went to MIT and found the management office of the student apartment. The school was on holiday and they were not working, so he insisted on checking in one by one. I called the apartment manager and finally found the apartment manager. On the phone, he agreed to drive to the school from the other side of the Charles River.

The administrator was a plump white woman in her forties. I heard that Zheng Xinxin was a freshman and had not even registered yet. She did not agree to arrange a student apartment. Zhang Xiangbei rubbed her against her, saying that she was covered in fat. Trembling wildly, smiling like a flower, he finally made an exception and arranged a student apartment for Zheng Xinxin.

In this way, Zheng Xinxin does not need to find another place to live while attending the language training camp for more than a month.

Zheng Xinxin’s language training camp is close to Harvard University, only three or four kilometers away. On their way there, Zheng Xinxin and Zhang Xiangbei said:

"Zhang Xiangbei, you are really a master of language. What other training camp have I attended to learn from you?"

"No, I have to make arrangements for you. I have to go back to China to see my sister. Otherwise, you can really learn from me. I have a quick way."

"What method?" Zheng Xinxin asked.

"You and I will deliver food to every restaurant and deal with the restaurant's chefs every day. The language of working people is called rich. This is definitely something you can't learn in some bullshit training camp." Zhang Xiangbei said.

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