Chapter 275: Oxford
I didn't know any friends in London, so I rested in my room the next morning and drove to Oxford University in the afternoon.
Eating the marrow knows the taste, it is inevitable that something will happen, after the previous night's exploration, Su Mu's performance is much better, which makes him feel proud.
Sitting tired in the car, driving along the wide, clean road from London to the northwest, Oxford University is not far from London, compared to the vast territory of the United States, the whole of Britain is not big, no matter where it seems to be close.
Lily is about to graduate from Brown University, a prestigious Ivy League institution that has a good relationship with Oxford, and it just so happens that they have a place to study for a master's degree in Oxford, or she would prefer to go to Harvard, or the University of California, which is closer to home.
The University of Oxford, the oldest institution of higher learning in the Western world, is famous, and Harvard in the United States is also not bad, and American students rarely think that domestic education is inferior to that of the United Kingdom, in their opinion, it is only cheaper with a longer history, and the quality of teaching is not necessarily better than that of well-known schools in the United States.
Computers and the Internet have Stanford University, high-tech technology has MIT, Yale, as the cradle of American politicians, the status is also not bad, where you need to go to Britain near and far, often considered by Europeans to be a "hillbilly", but the self-confidence of Americans is unmatched, especially now that the Soviet Union is crumbling, the attitude of many allies has changed, and there has been news that the Berlin Wall in East Germany and West Germany is about to be demolished, and the American media gloated and called it "the drastic changes in Eastern Europe".
It has been difficult to breathe for decades by the Soviet Union, and recently the pressure has suddenly become much less, many capitalists on Wall Street have begun to focus on that area, and the arms dealers and oil merchants are also ready to move, Su Mu heard Senna talk about it, but he is not strong enough, and has no intention of fishing in troubled waters, although the Soviet Union has become weaker, but it is still the Soviet Union, some people predict that it is about to disintegrate, but not many people believe it.
......
It's really just a school tour.
More than 30 colleges in Oxford are scattered in the small town of Oxford, with more than 10,000 teachers, students and residents blended together, and the university's Jesus College even specializes in training clergy students, the kind that can obtain academic certificates, which is strange to think.
In addition, there are St. John's, St. Anthony, Eucharistic Communion and other college names with distinctive characteristics of the times, according to Su Mu's idea, doing research involves religion, and in the end it is generally not much better, for example, in Newton's later years, science and religion were originally on opposite sides, and at the same time the opposition between materialism and idealism.
Su Mu believes in science, and does not think that the idealism imagined by human beings will promote the development of human society, automobiles, airplanes, personal computers, etc., which are developed by idealism, and medicine is the same, the Western medical system has cured most of the common diseases that exist in the world, and he thinks that he is not sick.
Through these historic buildings, he thought of the dark Western Middle Ages, so he was disgusted, but Lily was a Catholic, not stupid enough to say what she thought, and by this age, Catholicism had become an excellent sect that persuaded people to be positive and find spiritual sustenance, and there was nothing to resist.
Lily has never accused Su Mu of being faithless, and he doesn't think Lily has a bad faith, and they respect each other.
It's just a school, how can you tell if the school is good or bad if you don't enter the classroom for a period of time, just from the various classical buildings and lively streets, Lily feels quite satisfied.
Walking in the university's iconic building, the Oxford University Library, Su Mu asked Lily, "Since you thought of visiting, it means that you have decided to continue studying here after graduation?"
"What do you think?" Lily asked him rhetorically.
Su Mu looked at the mural and said: "My thoughts don't matter, you can like it yourself, when you study and after leaving school are two kinds of life, if you are not ready to leave school, you better continue to study for a while, and it is good to go to school." ”
"I've just made some money investing in the stocks you suggested, and remember to tell me when you decide to sell them, and I'll keep them until then.
After discussing with you last time, I have already made up the idea of investing, but after thinking about it carefully, I don't feel that I am ready, I have been studying since I was a child, and it seems that it is not bad to graduate a year late, and I will be bored when I am idle. ”
Respecting Lily's decision, Su Mu himself has not graduated from Yale University, and he just wants to find something to do and be able to understand her thoughts.
He continued to tell him: "Then let's come here to study, but unfortunately I don't have a camera, and I really take postcards everywhere, what are we going to do next?"
Su Mu twisted his waist, Lily was not feeling well, she had walked too much yesterday, and her legs were still hurting, thinking for a moment, "Find a café to rest for a while, and then we will go back to London?"
It took him half a day to see the attractions that others spent two days carefully visiting, Su Mu shrugged his shoulders and said: "I thought you were going to stay here for one night, I knew that you wouldn't have to be in such a hurry yesterday, you should really make a travel plan before going out?"
"Your company has something to do? I haven't seen you for a long time, so it's good to walk around wherever we want, and if we have time, we can also go to Europe, a concert in Vienna, a shopping street in the Place de la Concorde and the Champs-Élysées in France, you should find it interesting." ”
"This trip is completely with the idea of traveling, I can go anywhere with you. Su Mu folded his hands in front of his chest and continued to walk, and said with a smile: "Where do you think it's interesting, when the time comes, let my parents bring my grandfather over to play, they don't even have a passport, they stay in California all day, and they haven't even visited many places in the United States, I hope they can travel often." ”
"Great lad, I'm optimistic about you!"
Lily smiled happily and added, "I envy your family's relationship, although my grandparents are very good to me, but you know, including my parents, they spend their energy on work. My younger brother was still so young, he already knew how to pay others to help him fight, and he looked like he was unrepentant and neglected to discipline. ”
"I think you've been taught pretty well, he's still young, maybe he'll get better in the future......"
Subconsciously shook her head, Lily didn't tell Su Mu about it, her brother didn't like him, he was interfered with in his private life, and even Lily had a lot of opinions about that brother.
Born in a big family like hers, it is very difficult to maintain a harmonious relationship, such as her younger brother, who actually asked his grandfather why he didn't leave an inheritance to him at Christmas last year, who would pay attention to this kind of thing for children of the same age in ordinary families.
After arriving in Oxford in the morning, they really went back to London after a short tour, and it happened to be raining in London, and they spent another day in the hotel before they flew to France to visit Lily's famous winery......