Chapter 1 Coming to 1977 the fog capital to the plane of Xiangjiang
Bao Zixuan is in a good mood these days, he has not been home since he came to London from Xiangjiang to study two years ago, and he is finally going home. As one of the few students in Hong Kong who were directly admitted to Oxford University and MIT as exchange students from high school, they were awarded degrees from both schools after graduation. This is a rare student who would be valued in any country in the world.
I haven't seen my mother since I left Xiangjiang at the age of 17, and it is not easy for my mother to bring me up alone. In order to save money on travel expenses and earn a little more money during the holidays to reduce the pressure on mothers. Bao Zixuan can be said to have done a lot of work in the past two years, working as a tour guide, a translator, and even a waiter in a Chinese restaurant at the beginning.
Xiangjiang, a port city that was under the British concession during the Qing Dynasty, will completely return to the embrace of China in another 20 years. However, in many cases, things are still done in the style of the British, so the first choice for many outstanding students in Hong Kong to study abroad is a British university. It was in this context that Bao Zixuan was forced by a single mother to come here to study.
There are 45 days in the summer vacation, and in early September, Bao Zixuan will go to MIT to report, and then finish the remaining two years of his studies at MIT, thinking that he will soon see his mother. Bao Zixuan boarded the plane with the gifts that had been prepared a long time ago.
On the same plane as him, there were other students from Xiangjiang. Since he is usually not in the same circle, he is quickly ignored. To say that Bao Zixuan is not very handsome, but his height of 178 cm, coupled with a little melancholy temperament, and the bonus of a famous school can still attract some girls.
But this Xiangjiang boy, who is working and going to work every day, does not give any girl a chance to get close to each other at all, and his performance in Oxford, where there are many talents, is only average. Over time, the schoolgirls of Oxford did not pay attention to him, and were soon forgotten in the corner.
This also happens to make Bao Zixuan's time more focused on work and study, and he only participated in the Xiangjiang Student Gathering in London twice, so he is an alternative in the eyes of his fellow villagers in Xiangjiang. Other students either majored in finance or architecture, but Xiangjiang was the only one who chose to major in aviation power and mechanical engineering, and he was the only one who chose to major in aviation power and mechanical engineering.
Looking at the three and three chatting on the plane, Bao Zixuan was looking at the research direction of CNC machine tools in a window position, a book that only a few people can understand in Oxford. Seeing a middle-aged man next to the book he was reading, he looked at it with interest for a while. I chatted with my daughter sitting next to me.
The middle-aged person is about 45 years old, and he looks like a superior person, especially his eyes give people a very sharp feeling. In fact, what Bao Zixuan didn't know was that the middle-aged man's name was Zhang Yuliang, who was the second generation of a very famous and wealthy family in Xiangjiang, and his family had a deep influence in Xiangjiang. It's just that the Zhang family has been developing in a low-key manner, and it has not attracted as much attention as other emerging families. Although Zhang Yuliang is the fourth in line, anyone with a real discerning eye knows that with his ability, he will definitely squeeze out the three elder brothers and become the new head of the Zhang family. This time I came to England on a business trip and knew that my daughter was going back to Xiangjiang from London, so in order to accompany my daughter more, I asked my subordinates to leave first after finishing work. I waited for two days before I and my daughter took the plane back to Xiangjiang, but because I was in a hurry to book the ticket, I could only take economy class.
Zhang Yuliang's daughter's name is Zhang Youran, 20 years old, and she is a third-year student majoring in accounting in the Department of Finance at Cardiff University. In fact, Zhang Youran looks okay, the kind of girl who can score 80 points. It's just that there are some things that can't be let go in front of Zhang Yuliang, it's no wonder that the Xiangjiang Zhangjia family has a strict style, and Zhang Youran was born to Zhang Yuliang's third wife. In the 50s and 60s, Xiangjiang still used the ancient law that it could take multiple wives, and it was not abolished until the last two years.
Seeing that Zhang Youran was a little restrained, when the plane flew smoothly, Zhang Yuliang looked at the young man sitting next to him. From the young man who didn't read anything other than reading books on the plane, it seemed that in his heart, only books could bring happiness to him, and he had some curiosity.
In order to make his daughter less restrained, Zhang Yuliang let go of some in front of him, so he took the initiative to find a topic. Twisted into his daughter's ear and whispered, "Ranran, do you know the boy next to you?"
Zhang Youran: "He is not from our school, he should be from London, but I haven't seen him at the Xiangjiang Student Gathering." But reading the title of the book, I've heard some rumors about him. ”
Zhang Yuliang: "Is he famous?"
Zhang Youran: "It's not famous, it's just one of the few Xiangjiang students who choose science and engineering, and they should study in Oxford." Basically, I didn't participate in the gathering of Xiangjiang students, so everyone just heard of such a person. ”
Zhang Yuliang: "What kind of book is he reading?"
Zhang Youran: "It seems to be about machine tools." ”
At this time, Zhang Yuliang couldn't help but be curious, so he asked Bao Zixuan: "Contemptible Zhang Yuliang, I don't know what kind of book the little brother is reading, I can't understand it and I haven't seen it, I'm a little curious, just ask." ”
Bao Zixuan saw that someone was talking to him, put down the book in his hand and said: "Hello Zhang Sheng, it turns out that you are also from Xiangjiang! This book is the research direction of CNC machine tools, mainly introducing CNC machine tools. It's no surprise that you haven't seen it, it's our school's internal textbook. ”
Zhang Yuliang: "I don't know what university my little brother is studying in!" After speaking, he pointed to the side and continued, this is my daughter studying at Cardiff University. And Zhang leisurely nodded politely. ”
Bao Zixuan: "Hello Zhang Sheng, don't be so polite, my name is Bao Zixuan studying at Oxford University." You can just call me Xiaobao. ”
Zhang Yuliang: "Then I'll take off and call you a small bag; What major is Xiaobao studying, how old is this year. ”
Bao Zixuan: "I majored in aviation power and mechanical manufacturing, and I am in my third year at the beginning of school. ”
Zhang Yuliang: "My daughter is in her fourth year, you can get to know each other, there is more or less a response in the UK." ”
Bao Zixuan: "Maybe I'm going to disappoint Mr. Zhang, I'm going to the United States when school starts, and I'm going to finish my studies there for two years." ”
Zhang Yuliang said with a smile: "The little brother is still a top student!" But he didn't pay attention to this young man who didn't speak very tactfully, and when he didn't have a word to chat, he sent dinner on the plane. Everyone started to eat dinner!
In this era, planes can only fly to Xiangjiang after refueling through Singapore, so it will take 20 hours to actually arrive in Xiangjiang, but fortunately, everyone can go down and rest in Singapore.
The next morning, when the plane was about to arrive in Xiangjiang in two hours, Zhang Youran was about to take out the contents of his suitcase, not paying attention to the dense clouds outside. And Zhang Yuliang went to the bathroom again, so a girl didn't hold on to the suitcase when the plane was shaking, but when she found out, it was too late, and she saw that the suitcase was impartial and smashed on the head of Bao Zixuan, who was sleeping inside.
Hearing only the cry of "ah", the stewardess immediately walked over to the place where the sound came from. This call was none other than Zhang Youran, who did not hold the suitcase steady. And Bao Zixuan, who was sleeping inside, was covered in blood and passed out. Seeing this situation, the flight attendants immediately began to take first aid measures against Bao Zixuan.
When Zhang Yuliang returned to his seat, he immediately understood something after seeing this scene, and hugged his daughter and comforted him. While comforting, he said: Leave it to Dad, you don't have to worry.
Under the professional treatment of the flight attendant, Bao Zixuan finally woke up an hour later. But the current Bao Zixuan is no longer exactly the Xiangjiang boy when he first got on the plane. It can be said that Bao Zixuan of Rolls-Royce Company was reborn 50 years ago with the same name and surname as himself, and it is still the same plane from London to Xiangjiang, but the advantage is that he perfectly retains the memory of this life.
But Bao Zixuan, who had just woken up, was still a little hazy, and when he saw the DC-8, an aircraft that had been eliminated for many years, there were still some people who couldn't believe that it was true. After bandaging, the flight attendant asked a few simple questions and returned to her seat. In the process, the flight attendant said that the insurance company and the airline management would contact him for follow-up compensation.
Before Bao Zixuan, who had just returned to his seat, sat down, Zhang Yuliang apologized on behalf of his daughter, and said that he would definitely give him a satisfactory answer when he arrived in Xiangjiang, and at the same time, the plane began to prepare to land.