Chapter II: Difficulties and Relief from Difficulties

Du Qiu felt that he had become a speck of dust, floating in the void, without fear or worry, without sorrow or joy, watching the people in the reading room come and go, the lights turned on and off, the clock rotated backwards, the four seasons reincarnated, the air conditioner on the roof degenerated into a fan, the tall building outside the window collapsed into a flat ground, I don't know how long it took, only to hear a soft "click", the bookmark shattered, turned into a little fluorescent, dissipated, and he landed on the ground and became longer, returning to his original appearance. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The reading room was quiet, there were no readers, and there were no lights, but it was not very dark, because there were fireworks outside, and the brilliant sparks reflected the rows of bookshelves through the windows, adding a cold and elegant atmosphere to the room.

It's amazing!

Did it really cross over?

Du Qiu was suspicious, and suddenly felt a chill through the bones, and couldn't help but shiver, so he took out his mobile phone from his pants pocket, turned on the flashlight app and shone around, observing the surrounding situation, and soon found that the overall layout of the reading room had not changed much, but the computer books on the shelves had all become social sciences and humanities, and the induction glass door at the exit had become a steel roller shutter, which was tightly locked, and there was a notice printed on A4 paper on the wall next to it.

"New Year's Day is a national holiday, and the library will be closed for one day on January 1, 1995. ”

The payment was made on December 30, 1994, and the bookmark said that I would travel back in time and space when I was 5 years old, and I was exactly 5 years old in 1995......

Someone is setting off fireworks outside, could it be that it is Chinese New Year's Eve in 1995?

Du Qiu looked around again, and found a digital quartz clock on the wall behind the service desk, and sure enough, as expected, the clock displayed the date of "January 1, 1995" and the time of "0:04:29", he couldn't help but smile bitterly in surprise and excitement.

Yuncheng is located between the north and the south, the four seasons are distinct, the end of May is close to summer, the average temperature is more than 25 degrees, so he only wears a T-shirt and a pair of shorts, and January is winter, although the temperature is not as cold as the north, but only about two or three degrees at night, if the library is closed for a day, someone will come to open the door tomorrow morning, and it will be closed for more than 30 hours without eating or drinking, even if it does not freeze to death, it will have a serious illness.

No, you have to find a way to get out!

If it was 2016, Du Qiu could hack the library's CNC access control system and let the glass door open automatically, but this method was completely ineffective against the purely physical roller shutter, so he could only find someone else to help open the door.

It is a very strange thing to call someone to open the door in the middle of the night, and you have to think of a reasonable explanation, so Du Qiu did not rush to call, but endured the cold, sat down on the chair next to the service desk, and while sorting out his thoughts and making up lies, he took off his backpack and counted the items inside - some things were treasures in 2016, but they were wastes in 1995, and some things were ordinary goods in 2016, but they were valuable in 1995, and they must have a bottom first to prevent things from going wrong.

Keys: Whether it's a door key, a car key or a drawer key, it's all useless, but the copper coin hanging on the keychain has to be kept, it's a souvenir of my mother's ancestors......

Wallets: The fifth set of RMB issued after 1999, the UnionPay card that only existed after 2002, and the second-generation ID card issued after 2008, all of which were useless, had to be destroyed in order to avoid unnecessary trouble......

Books: The Road to Reality - A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe, a popular science book published in 2004 by Roger Penrose, a master of mathematical physics, was just an idle book to broaden horizons in 2016, and may have been of great use in 1995......

Drinking glasses, tissues, headphones, pens, mouse pads, notepads: these are still useful, but not very useful......

Laptop + power adapter + wireless mouse + USB flash drive: this set of things was a black technology artifact in 1995......

Smartphone + power bank + USB data cable: it is also a black technology artifact, but it is too advanced and useless in the short term......

Costumes: blue cotton T-shirt, gray casual shorts, low-top canvas shoes, no fancy logo, no cool shape, no age, no problem......

Backpack: A friend's handmade digital commuter bag, with alternating black and gray colors, square and simple shape, although the design style is not very compatible with the 90s, it should not be a big problem......

After Du Qiu checked all the items, he put the backpack back in a classified manner, and then picked up the landline telephone on the service desk, used the mobile phone screen as a light, and dialed a administrator named Su Wenxiu, according to the information on the duty sign-in sheet, there are 6 administrators in this library, divided into day shift and night shift on duty, Su Wenxiu was on duty yesterday on the day shift, and was not on site when the library was closed at night, information asymmetry is the source of all loopholes, looking for her to open the door, the improvised lie is not easy to be exposed.

As soon as the bell rang, a man picked up the microphone, he seemed to be waiting for the call, did not be polite, did not ask who it was or who to find, but said a word concisely: "Speak." ”

"I'm sorry to disturb you, is Teacher Su Wenxiu at home? I'm locked in the reading room on the fourth floor of the library, and I want to ask her to come over and help open the door. ”

"Damn, someone has been locked in the library in the middle of the night? Wait...... Little sister, get up and answer the phone......"

After about half a minute, a soft-sounding girl answered the phone, and after asking Du Qiu a few words, she answered neatly: "I'll go over and open the door now, soon, don't worry." ”

"Thank you, Mr. Su. ”

At this time, the fireworks have disappeared, the night is deep, everything is silent, Du Qiu put down the phone, turned off the mobile phone, stuffed it into the innermost pocket of the backpack, and then held the bag, sat on the chair in a daze, let his thoughts run wild like a wild horse, and his mood was undulating like the waves, after all, 1995 was a good year, and his computer and mobile phone were loaded with a lot of good things.

In 1995, China officially opened the Internet and GSM mobile phone network, and the network and mobile phone industry was on the eve of explosive development......

In 1995, Amazon was just being founded, Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy, Yahoo had not yet registered as a company, and Google had not even ......

In 1995, "Titanic", "The Lord of the Rings" and other masterpieces have not yet started filming, and music experts such as Jay Chou and Eason Chan have not yet debuted......

Oh, yes, it seems that you can do anything, and you can make a name for yourself......

Oh, it's cold......

Du Qiu rubbed his arms, using cranky thoughts to resist the feeling of getting colder and colder, and after about ten minutes, there was a sound of Xixisuo outside, followed by a bang, someone opened the roller shutter, and at the same time turned on the light in the reading room.

There were two people here, a man and a woman, the man was twenty-five or sixteen years old, wearing a black jacket, with short hair, not tall, but looking very strong, the woman was only about twenty years old, petite, wearing a goose-yellow down jacket, combing shawl hair, looking quite delicate, after the two saw Du Qiu's condition clearly, they invariably showed a surprised expression, the expression was very similar, and they were brother and sister at first glance.

"Dude, you're dressed like this in the winter, have you been robbed or what?"

"No, I died on my own. Du Qiu looked cowardly, touched his head with a smile, and told the story in extremely concise words: "Last night was a cross-Chinese New Year's Eve, I had dinner and drank with a few classmates, and then I got drunk, bragging that I was from the Northeast and was not afraid of the cold, and then everyone made a bet and let me stay in the library in a T-shirt and shorts for a night, so I came in in a daze......"

When he said this, he pointed to the notice at the door, and raised the contact number of the faculty and staff in his hand, and explained: "I was high at the time, I didn't feel how cold it was, and I didn't notice the notice. ”

Du Qiu is about 1.82 meters tall, and he deliberately brought a little Northeast accent when he spoke, which is very in line with the image of Northeast people, so although this story is not very reasonable, it sounds very reasonable at first glance, the man laughed, looked up at the quartz clock, and teased: "The reading room closes at half past 10, and now it is 12:27, you have only lasted less than two hours and you can't bear it, and you are embarrassed to say that you are from the Northeast?"

"This ...... Hehe, in fact, we Northeast people are quite afraid of the cold, and there is heating in the house in winter, not as dry and cold as Cloud City. ”

"It's really foolish!" Su Wenxiu grimaced, reprimanded Du Qiu seriously, and questioned: "Before we close, we will inspect the entire reading room to prevent people from being locked inside, why did you stay?"

"It's like peek-a-boo, using the bookshelf as a cover and walking around the administrator. Du Qiu explained with two fingers, and then ambushed his strange crossing, and begged with a bitter face: "Teacher Su, can you raise your hand in this matter tonight, don't report to the leader, and don't tell other administrators, I'm a senior and I'm about to graduate, if I eat the punishment, it will affect my job search." ”

"What is there to report on this kind of bullshit trifle. Let's go, you hurry back to the dormitory to get dressed, and we can go home and continue to sleep. ”

Su Wenxiu was young, but her temperament was very cautious, not as casual as her brother, neither gave a guarantee nor let Du Qiu leave, but pointed to the backpack on the service desk and asked, "Is that your bag?"

"Yes. ”

"What are you bringing in a bag for?"

The backpack is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed, so Du Qiu just now when sorting out the items, deliberately did not fix the laptop in the special mezzanine, but placed it in the most conspicuous middle layer, in 1995, even the desktop computer was not popular, let alone the notebook, ordinary people should not see that this is a product beyond the times, he picked up the backpack, unzipped it, and showed it generously: "I have a relative who bought me a laptop from the United States, and I was afraid that it would not be safe to put it in the dormitory, so I brought it over." ”

Su Wenxiu's expression was very flat, obviously she didn't understand computers, but her brother knew a little, and after seeing the eye-catching "thinkpad" logo on the shell, his eyes lit up, and he said: "Dude, you are very rich, you even have IBM laptops, this thing needs at least tens of thousands, right?"

The 2016 ThinkPad is not IBM's, it is almost the same as the 1995 ThinkPad except that the shell is black, there is almost no similarity, the difference is very big, Du Qiu saw that he was sensible, and he was afraid of revealing the stuffing, so he took out half of the notebook and stuffed it back into the backpack, and said vaguely: "I didn't say the price when my relatives sent it, I don't know how much it is, I only know that it's very expensive." ”

"Of course it's expensive, I've seen it advertised in magazines, claiming to be the best laptop in the world, specifically for the world's top 500 companies. Su Wenxiu's brother seemed to be an electronics fan, and took two steps forward and said: "Dude, turn on the computer and show me, open your eyes, it's the first time I've seen such a high-end computer." ”

"I can't turn on the machine now, yesterday a classmate accidentally spilled hot water on the keyboard, the motherboard inside burned out, I plan to take it tomorrow to find someone to repair, if it weren't for this kind of, I don't have to get drunk and bet with someone and don't forget to carry it, I really don't worry about my classmates. Du Qiu was in a hurry, and instantly made up an excuse to perfunctory it, and then forcibly changed the topic, took out the book in his backpack and handed it to Su Wenxiu, and said, "Teacher Su, this is not a book from the library, I bought it myself." ”

Su Wenxiu did not doubt him, looked at the title page, and saw that there was no library stamp on it, so he returned the book to Du Qiu, and then went to the service desk and the bookshelf area to check it, and saw that all the objects were intact and there was no mess, so he said in an old-fashioned manner: "You can go, don't play this kind of boring bet in the future, in case it freezes, it's not a joke." ”

"Teacher Su rest assured, it won't be in the future. ”

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Note: In the 90s, laptops were commonly referred to as "laptops" in China.