Chapter 129: It's better to see the scenery than to see Stanford

In traditional Chinese culture, there is a belief in the unity of heaven and man, and there is often a saying that "the earth spirit is a masterpiece, and Zhong Ling Yuxiu is beautiful".

To paraphrase this argument, it seems reasonable that the vicinity of San Francisco is home to two outstanding institutions of higher learning.

One is the public University of California, Berkeley, in the eastern part of the Bay Area, and the other is the private Stanford University, which is in the southern part of the Bay Area.

In the school, the roads are well-connected in all directions, and the two-way carriageway looks like a small city.

Call Mrs. Cecilia to report her safety, and take a detour around the ring road to the downtown area of Stanford University.

Stanford's parking lot is charged, but no one enforces it, and a piggy bank is erected in the corner with a sign that says $0.75 per charge, and it is up to others to follow it.

Of the few people, only Lopez had the change he had just found at the playground, threw a dollar into it, and began to wander around the campus aimlessly.

In the middle of summer, palm trees sway in the wind, and red and white roses are mixed together.

Next door is a wide and atmospheric green lawn, built in front of a teaching building made of yellow rock, and the fresh atmosphere of the college is in the nose.

The lawn was very soft, leading Anya to step on it, Han Xuan was in a particularly comfortable mood, a slender path passed through the lawn, and a teenager riding a bicycle passed from far and near.

Even during the summer vacation, there are still many students here, busy attending various seminars, sitting in groups in the shade, studying with books in hand, and discussing issues in whispers.

The Main-Quad Plaza is surrounded by a group of representative buildings of the campus, including a memorial church, a visual arts center, an art gallery, and nearby the Hoover Tower, a library, a sculpture garden, a history department building, and more.

These buildings are quite European medieval style, painted beams and carved columns, solemn and lively, against the blue sky and white clouds, they appear to be decent and meticulous, creating a learning atmosphere quite strong.

The little squirrel on the side of the road hugged a huge pine tower, saw people coming, wanted to escape, but was reluctant to throw away his delicacy, so anxious to turn around all over the ground, relieved himself to push the pine tower with all his strength, hid in the bushes, and carefully poked his head out.

For Han Xuan, Stanford University and Brown University have their own merits, and Anya has never been to such a place that is too far away from her age, constantly looking around.

Lopez had been to the military academy for a while before, and it was not the same as an ordinary campus, so there was still curiosity in his eyes, and some of the other bodyguards had never even gone to high school, and no one would lose more than muscles, and it was much worse than knowledge.

So when I look at the nerd-looking students, my eyes are a little awe-inspiring, and most of the athletic students who were popular in school back then went to do manual work, and the good students who were bullied became more successful the more they grew up.

Of course, this is only relatively speaking, the monthly salary of a few bodyguards can be worth the income of white-collar workers in other ordinary companies for a whole year, I don't know who whispered: "It turns out that the university president is like this." ”

"Well, you know, Gavin lived in this environment, and I asked to go to Rhode Island at that time. Lopez smacked his lips.

"Visiting a beautiful campus is sometimes more than seeing the cityscape and natural beauty. Han Xuan heard them talking, turned his head and smiled, pointed to the corridor in front of him, and asked them to follow there.

Round-arched verandahs like Stanford seemed to be everywhere, and they saw several along the way, the floor was paved with square white and red tiles, like the white and red roses of the previous lawn.

Arabic numerals were written on the middle row of floor tiles, from "1" to "100", although I don't know why it was paved like this, but Han Xuan found it quite interesting and strode forward.

The verandah extends into the distance, with ancient Athenian-style arched columns, neatly arranged on both sides, and a little white light at the end makes people wonder where it will lead, like a time machine described in a novel, solemn and mysterious.

Every few steps, you can see the direct drinking water switch, the water that flows out is filtered with charcoal, and it can be drunk directly, probably designed by art students, and the surrounding murals are very unique.

There are also some oil paintings painted by students or teachers on the wall, forty or fifty large and small, and occasionally you can see Chinese ink painting, there are not a few Chinese students in Stanford University, but to squeeze into these excellent works, you can imagine that the ink painting is still quite good.

Anya always had to stop and look carefully before moving forward, and it took more than ten minutes to pass through the short passage.

Outside are rows of small classrooms, only one story high, scattered independently in this area, large stone walls, giving people a very solid feeling, yellow walls and red roofs of the teaching building, compared to other schools gray and straight rigid teaching buildings, much more friendly.

The red roof tiles are the same as the floor tiles, which are also made of different colors, some are darker, some are lighter, and under the gradually westward sun, they form a hazy color, which is not very real.

Through the nine-square lattice window, you can find that the teacher inside is teaching the students, probably because the temperature is too high, the male teacher is only wearing a small vest, I don't know if the middle-aged fat or born too fat, like a woman who is pregnant in July, spitting on the podium, someone is meeting with Zhou Gong below.

Not far from the garden is a chapel, the walls of which are covered with biblical motifs, some of which have been eroded by time and wind and rain.

The door was open, it was neither Sunday nor prayer time, and there was no one to be seen inside, and the pastor was on summer vacation.

The trash can at the door was painted with a pattern of roller skates and bicycles, and a big red cross was made, Han Xuan laughed and said: "Who will throw those into it, really"

"Energetic college students, who knows how they will play tricks on people, didn't there be students from Cambridge University in England before, put their cars on the roof of 21 meters high. Anya smiled and said, "It's a pity I didn't bring a camera, it's funny." ”

"I'm going to come to Silicon Valley a lot, in the near future. Han Xuan turned his head to look at the girl and said.

Anya didn't quite understand what he meant, and frowned and said: "But my mother said that she would send me to a university such as the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in England or the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, and it seems that she has already helped me find a French teacher, and I will start classes when I return to New York." ”

"Why don't you come to me?" Han Xuan spread his hands and said complacently: "I'm a genius." ”

"That's why I didn't look for you, and you would call me stupid!" Anya rolled her eyes and found an Akita dog lying on the grass, barked, and happily ran over and crouched in front of it, carefully reaching out to touch its head.

Walking around, Lopez suggested, "Let's go back, it's time to get off work, there's a traffic jam on the road, and it's not safe to drive at night." ”

"Okay, by the way, where is our car parked?"

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