He sat against the doorframe, and the sky grew darker and darker, and the hallway grew darker and darker. From time to time, people from work passed by him and looked at him curiously.

His throat itched from smoking, and he touched the organ again, and after blowing the song "Ode to Sizhen", he blew "Hawthorn Tree" again, and he blew the two tunes repeatedly, blowing back and forth, as if he didn't know that he was tired.

The door opposite him suddenly opened, and a blonde girl leaned on the door frame with her arms crossed and asked, "Hello, can you play "Three Sets of Cars"?"

"I'm sorry. Wu Bo shook his head, and what came to his mind was unfamiliar English words.

The girl entered the room, took out an accordion, played a soothing melody, and asked, "OK?"

“no。 Wu Bo understood this piece, this is a famous Russian song, how could he not be familiar with it, he used to dare to learn music for a while, the harmonica is cheap, then he chose the harmonica, most people chose the harmonica, every day is to train with the scores of these famous songs, monotonous scales, climbing, chords, a practice is a whole day.

But he still shook his head, he would, he just didn't want to give someone else an accompaniment.

There was a thud, and another sound of the door closing.

The room was filled with a beautiful, deep, mournful and bold tune, and it sounded as if you had come to Russia, where you could see the endless birch forest, and feel the sadness, sorrow and wandering in this vast land.

Wu Bo's heart became sad, his head was lower, and he smoked more often.

He didn't even bother with his gurgling stomach now.

Sitting and sitting in the aisle, he fell asleep before he knew it.

I woke up once halfway, looked back at the narrow crack in the door, and there was no light, so I continued to sleep with peace of mind.

Suddenly, his body sank as if pressed against one foot.

The foot retreated in a hurry, as if the owner of the foot was also frightened.

Then he lay down on the ground.

He realized something, but in the darkness, he couldn't see anything.

"Wu Bo?" a female voice asked tentatively.

"It's me!" to Wu Bo, this is no less than the sound of heaven.

With a click, the light came on, a small yellow light.

It was a tiny room cramped in the corner, with a dimly lit kitchenette around the corner.

A bed, a suitcase, a pile of books, nothing else in this room.

He had barely stood up when the door slammed shut.

"I'm sorry, Wu Bo, I'm narrow here. You sit on the bed. Zhao Qing wiped his eyes inadvertently, and then leaned over to clean up the clothes on the bed.

"Hey. Wu Bo was very happy, as if he didn't blame Zhao Qing for ignoring him in the afternoon, he just took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, but quickly pressed it back, "I'm sorry to disturb your rest." ”

He knew at a glance that Zhao Qing hadn't slept all along.

"Smoke, I can smell smoke in the house. Zhao Qing disagreed, "Give me one." ”

"You're too..." Wu Bo was a little at a loss.

"If you're upset, just smoke a few. Zhao Qing snatched Wu Bo's cigarette case, skillfully lit one for himself, and said with a smoke ring, "What's so strange, I didn't see you say anything when Boss He smoked." ”

The Boss He she said was He Fang, the eldest sister in the girls' dormitory back then, and everyone used to call her Boss He.

Wu Bo didn't light a cigarette, but said, "She has quit smoking." ”

"Let's have some beer. Zhao Qing put the cigarette in his mouth, opened the refrigerator, and threw Wu Bo a can of beer directly, and then asked, "How is she? I heard that she is married to Li Laoer?"

Wu Bo opened the beer, took a heavy sip, almost choked, took a deep breath and said, "The children are three years old." It's not bad, the two of them are in harmony. ”

Zhao Qing said for a long time, "She is out of the way, and Li Lao Er has nothing wrong with this person except for grinding a little." ”

I also opened myself a can of beer and took a sip gently.

"Well, they're all good. ”

"What about you?" Zhao Qing asked rhetorically.

"Me?" Wu Bo said, "I'm like this." ”

He did not dare to show a little achievement, or even be complacent.

"How old is the child?"

"I'm not married. Wu Bo was still staring at her limping leg, "What's wrong with your feet?"

Zhao Qing said freely, "Unlucky, I was hit by a locomotive." ”

Wu Bo asked nervously, "Did you go to the hospital?"

Zhao Qing said with a rare smile, "I'm not a fool, of course I went to the hospital." Do you want to ask me how I'm doing? As you can see, that's it. ”

In fact, she just hastily found a Chinese medicine hall in Chinatown and did a bandaging casually. There is no health insurance in the United States, and the perpetrator has escaped, and she has no other way but to knock out her teeth and swallow them in her stomach.

"I'll take you to the hospital tomorrow. Wu Bo's voice carried a little pleading.

"No, I don't. Zhao Qing touched the tin can towards him, and then said with a smile, "Are you curious about why I am the way I am now?"

Wu Bo just wanted to nod, but he hurriedly shook his head and hurriedly said, "You are very good, you have been very good." ”

Zhao Qing said indifferently, "You know that Jiang Aiguo and I are in the same school, the difference is that he studied experimental physics, while I studied theoretical physics, what use can I do except teach or do scientific research? But I am only a Graduate degree, if I don't have a PhD, it is difficult to work in a university or research laboratory." ”

Wu Bo was silent, he didn't know how to comfort her.

Physics is a basic major, which often requires a large amount of government policy investment, and it is difficult to achieve industrialization.

So, overall, the employment of physics graduates in industry is not ideal, either in the United States or in China.

Unless they all have a doctorate, and then go to the corresponding research institute to do research, or to become a university professor, or to go to a research institute such as the Academy of Sciences to do research.

In the United States, the average annual salary of physicists is more than $100,000 because most of them have PhDs.

"What are you doing in the United States? Visiting or studying?" Zhao Qing smiled again after speaking, "I forget, you are so old, it is impossible for you to study again." ”

Both of them are thirty-four years old.

Wu Bo didn't seem to hear what Zhao Qing was saying, but asked seriously, "Why don't you go back to China with me?" Really, with your ability, you will definitely have a lot of development when you return to China. ”

"Go back to China?" Zhao Qing laughed at himself, "Just to let people see my unlucky appearance? I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me." ”

"No one dares to laugh at you!" Wu Bo stood up and said excitedly, "Believe me!"

Zhao Qing's face changed, and he reluctantly smiled and said, "What are you talking about, you can sleep here at night, and I'll go next door." ”

With that, she opened the door and knocked on the door of the next bedroom.

The Asian girl Wu Bo saw for the first time welcomed Zhao Qing in.

Only Wu Bo was left alone in the room in a daze.