Lao Niu wiped a handful of hot sweat and cold sweat, and scolded a young man behind him in a low voice: "You rabbit cub, let you prepare to welcome foreign friends, what are you doing with such a big cannon, if this is lit, people don't say that we don't know how to protect the environment." ？”

The young man was very aggrieved, lowered his head and muttered: "Uncle, you are unreasonable, we didn't all use to be like this, you used to think that the cannon I prepared was too small......"

"Do you still dare to be aggressive?" the old cow slapped the young man on the head. "Do you understand how to protect the environment?"

A few years ago, who wanted to say that the cannon would not be fired, Lao Niu was definitely the first to take the lead and rush up to ask why. However, since the ban on firecrackers the year before last, everyone's acceptance has greatly increased.

Originally, Lao Niu thought that he would be able to show his face, but he didn't expect that now all of a sudden there are leaders in the city, so that he, the owner of the cement factory, can't be ranked at all, so he can only follow the crowd behind.

When I got out of the car at this time, there were too many people in front of me. After figuring out the reason for this group of foreign friends, people from several departments in the city came at once, including forestry and tourism investment and a large group of government offices.

The city is so active, the county can't lag behind, and the people from the corresponding departments have also come.

At this moment, it is actually not early, but this group of foreign friends heard that the place they need to go is not far away, and even said that they can bring a tent and go up the mountain overnight.

Unfortunately, tents will be hard to find for a while, and it is impossible for so many people to camp in the mountains together. In the end, after tossing for a long time, Lao Niu was finally able to come out and show his face: "Leaders, the village has prepared houses, so that these friends can live with us, how about leaving early tomorrow morning?"

So Yan Fei consulted with Cooper and Hofstadt: "Several of you have seen that our village here is still relatively backward, and because of insufficient preparation, even the tents are not ready now. And although the mountain is not large, there are many wild animals in it because few people go in to hunt. To be honest, the day before I met two large river scorpions, I encountered a herd of wild boars in the mountains, and it was not until I killed one of them that I scared the herd away. ”

Cooper and Hofstadter believed that, in their opinion, the natural environment must be well preserved in a place where a species like this can survive, and perhaps even a place with few people.

So next, Lao Niu moved out a few large courtyards in the village for the expedition team and Yan Fei and others to live in, and as for the rest of the large part, he had to return to the county seat again to find a place to live.

After a night of silence, the next morning, the mighty procession finally began to set off.

In order to show himself, Lao Niu took the initiative to take a few villagers to open the way in front. Yan Fei and Cooper and the others were in the middle, and a large group of people could only follow behind.

The future Yan expert is chattering, telling his discovery here in words that the latter group of people don't understand at all: "Actually, I came to play, although I am usually more interested in biology, but in fact, I am a layman." It's just a habit to observe and see if you can find any interesting discoveries. ”

"The discovery of two large river scorpions was a pure accident, and for me, observing small animals is one of my few hobbies. My girlfriend and I came to the river, and she was going down to catch fish, so I was on the shore and ready to grill fish for her. Just as the rocks were being lifted by the stream, I suddenly spotted them......"

"It was really by accident, I was just attracted to their size. You know, it's so big, it looks like a scorpion, but it's a little different, so I naturally came up with the idea that maybe I could learn to observe them and try to make an observation record as my entrance to college. ”

"I just finished the college entrance examination here, and the three choices I filled in were all biology-related majors. Since I didn't have this serendipitous discovery, this is what I have always dreamed of......"

Both Cooper and Hofstadter were touched by this simple and unpretentious teenager with a strong love for biology. Along the way, they have seen the environment here, and to be honest, in their hearts, they feel that this place is really backward.

But after seeing Yan Fei, who relied on a small ranch to establish a fairly complete laboratory, they had a particularly good impression of this young entrepreneur.

After knowing that Yan Fei could not only speak fluent bird language, but also be proficient in island Chinese, they had already defined two words for this teenager in their hearts: diligence.

In an environment without context, to be able to practice such a fluent spoken language, it is conceivable that it must have taken countless sweats to do it. You must know that even the group of young scholars behind them, in an environment like Daoqiao University, one person can only master one or three foreign languages, and occasionally someone can master four or five foreign languages, which is already at the level of genius.

And Yan Fei is in a small remote township, not only runs a ranch alone, but also insists on self-learning all kinds of knowledge, proficient in two foreign languages, with his age, it is a bit too sorry for his efforts to say that he is diligent.

At this moment, hearing Yan Fei humbly say that he made a discovery by accident, Hofstadter immediately said: "No, no, no, many great scientific discoveries come from chance. However, we all know that opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared. You can think of taking them back to observe and study when you see them, thanks to your strong desire for science. Without such a heart, how can we make the right judgment immediately when we discover an abnormality?"

Cooper also said: "When I knew your age, I couldn't believe it. At the time I thought it was a joke, but after meeting you, I believed it. Even without these two discoveries of new species, I believe that in the near future, there will be a place for you in the temple of science. ”

Yan Fei laughed very embarrassedly, the kind of shyness unique to young people even made Hofstadter have a trace of impulse at that moment, so much so that he said directly: "Classmate Yan Fei, please allow me to call you that." I don't know if you have considered going to a better place with a better academic atmosphere to continue to realize your scientific dream. You know, on the road of science, it is always lonely to walk alone, and sometimes, maybe we still need some like-minded classmates or friends. ”

"Professor Hofstadter, what do you mean?" Yan Fei asked a little stunned, a little different.

Hofstadt and Cooper looked at each other, and after receiving Cooper's affirmation, he said again: "I mean, if there was such an opportunity, would you like to take him?

Daoqiao University is also a world-renowned university, is it so casual to recruit a student? I can get in just as soon as you say it? Now I have two professors living in my house, and now I have to take my own exams to go to Agricultural University!

Yan Fei was full of slander in his heart, but there was a look of surprise on his face: "Daoqiao University, do you mean Daoqiao? I know that place, we have a famous poet here, and he wrote a poem about Daoqiao University, and that poem has always been my favorite." ”

Saying this, Yan Fei began to chant in bird language in a low voice: "Very quietly I take my leave,As quietly as I came here;Quietly I ave good-bye,To the rosy clouds in the estern sky......"

As Yan Fei chanted, Cooper and Hofstadter, as well as the group of young scholars behind them, couldn't help but smile. Some even had a look of reverie on their faces, apparently because of this poem, which evoked homesickness and reminded them of their campus......

Some people say that music knows no borders, but in fact, anything beautiful knows no borders.

When Yan Fei's last line of poetry was finished, Cooper immediately clapped his hands: "I know, this was written by a poet named Shima. Every time I read this poem, I really think of the willow trees on the banks of the river...... He is really a great poet, I only learned after I came here, and it is because of this poem that you all know about Daoqiao from thousands of miles away......"

"I felt that this poem should be engraved on a stone tablet and placed on our campus in honor of the poet. When we arrived, almost everyone who knew where we came from would be pleasantly surprised to tell us if we were from the place described in the poem. Hofstadter said, a little angry and a little discouraged. "It's just that what some people see in their eyes is too superficial......"

Hofstadter's words came true nine years later, when a willow tree at Knife Bridge University was about to be cut down, and many people stopped it. Then some people wondered, why can't this willow tree be cut down?

One of the strange people at the time was a professor, and it was because of this that he learned about Shima's poem. When he came to China once, almost everyone asked them in unison if they were from the place the poem described, as Cooper and Hofstadter had done when they were invited for an academic exchange.

Then, when the professor returned to the school, he proposed to erect a stone tablet for the poem, in gratitude to the poet for bringing Western culture to the East and promoting cultural exchanges between the East and the West.

Of course, it was precisely because it was nine years later, when China had gotten rid of the concept of poverty and backwardness among Westerners, and had become an out-and-out power, that this proposal was passed.

If Hofstadter had gone back and proposed it now, it would have been less likely to pass. Like he said, what some people see in their eyes is too superficial!

"Brother Yan is really talented, do you see, you buns, I don't know the benefits of studying more, now you see it, right?" Seeing that Yan Fei was talking so happily with a group of blonde and blue-eyed foreigners in the back, the old cow who was acting as a coolie in front said sourly.

"Dad, why didn't you study hard before, and you still talk about me?" the calf, who also followed him to do coolies, muttered unhappily.

"Rabbit cub, how can you talk to Lao Tzu?" the old cow was furious. "Lao Tzu had no conditions back then, how could you be like you kid, if you have the conditions, you don't give Lao Tzu a good study. If you go to a good university, you can talk to a group of gringos like Brother Yan so happily, Lao Tzu will give you the factory now and let you be the boss!"

When the son's face is naturally not confrontational with his father, and in the face of the scolding of 'Lao Tzu', Comrade Niu can only vent his frustration on the grass and branches that block the road.

The group of people in the back were also a little dumbfounded, but the people who came with them in the city were still prepared, and they also prepared two translators. But these two translators, such as Yan Fei's discovery of being modest at that time, were accidental, and the translator told the leaders around him: "Boss Yan is humble!"

After Yan Fei's poems were half recited, the translator came back to his senses and relayed to the leaders with an expectant face: "Boss Yan is reciting poems, and he is reciting Shima's famous farewell Kangqiao ......."

This is a helpless thing, everyone came too hastily, and it will be too late to find too professional talents for a while, but the lame man picked the general and found two relatively professional foreign language talents. Usually, they don't have many opportunities to meet foreign friends, and even if they do, there is no big problem with stumbling exchanges. But at this moment, Yan Fei and Cooper and the others were communicating too fast, and they couldn't hold it anymore.

"Talent, talent is the key to development!" a leader looked at this situation and sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Why is it not easy to develop the economy, because the economically backward places cannot give too good treatment, so let alone attract foreign talents, even many local talents who go out would rather develop in big cities with more opportunities, rather than return to the small place where they went out by themselves.

For example, now, the population of Wancheng City is large, but if you want to find talents who are particularly proficient in foreign language oral translation, except for a few professional professors and teachers on the university campus, it is really difficult to find such talents in other places - either people have higher achievements and are not willing to work as translators, or the level is not enough.

In these years, if you can be a professional translator, you can get quite good treatment in any big city. But in Wancheng, there are not many opportunities to receive foreign friends, basically similar to the mute in Yan Feichang, and he has the ability to nail a horse's shoe, but unfortunately the horses in the township are almost extinct, and no matter how high the ability is, there is no place to use it. If you haven't used it for too long, what can you do except slowly abandon it?

Now I have found a foreign language talent, the problem is that the person is already Boss Yan, what kind of treatment can the city give to let people become translators?

"If only I had discovered a talent like Boss Yan earlier......," another leader whispered, but he laughed after speaking.

Someone next to him looked at his self-deprecating smile and said playfully: "If you find it too early, there will be one less entrepreneur in our city who can sell Wancheng cattle to Xiangjiang!"

"The capable can do anything!" another leader spoke. "It seems that we still don't know enough about this Boss Yan!"

If you don't know enough, that is, you don't have enough support, someone said this, and Boss Yan, who was still talking and laughing in front of him, estimated that it wouldn't be long before there would be good things again.

However, now that Boss Yan is about to become a Yan expert, what the city gives is nothing more than some preferential policies. Expert Yan may say that he is embarrassed to take advantage of the city......