Chapter 83: Brown University Dormitory
Cardinals sing on the branches, as they declare their territory.
When Han Xuan saw the cardinal, the game "Angry Birds" quickly appeared in his mind, and there was almost no difference between the two, the same red, the same round.
The two rows of red maple trees are more than ten meters high, and on the edge of the lake near the pond, there are seven or eight villas built there.
Each building is about 100 square meters, with a small garden in front of the door, and a roadside sign saying that noise is prohibited.
Originally, Han Xuan thought he was passing by here, but he didn't expect Principal Gregorian to walk to the door of one of them and stop.
The old man was thoughtful and asked, "Isn't it only for people who have made significant contributions to the academic world to live here?"
"That's right. ”
Gregorian raised his hand and pointed to himself: "I'm not, I've been living here alone since my wife died, and my children have their own careers to do, and I'm renting out a single room." ”
"When the leaves of the red maple trees turn red in the fall, this will be the most beautiful place in Brown University, how about it, are you satisfied?"
"I like it, but I don't bother you. Han Xuan replied that he wanted to live with his peers more than such a detached house, of course, by his psychological peers.
The old headmaster pushed open the door of the fence and beckoned back: "Nothing to disturb, I like children very much, I believe you will get along well with them, Harris, Ramirez, and Isabelle?"
Han Xuan suddenly had an ominous premonition, and looked forward, two men and one woman, and three and a half children were lying behind the curtains, realizing that they had been discovered by Gregorian, and quietly hid.
"Maybe a little shy, I'll take you in. ”
"Headmaster, can I go to the dormitory?"
"Of course not, this year's freshman dormitory has been divided, and there are too many enrollments and they are full, let's go, let's go in,"
"Live! Your grandfather and I spent 5 million to buy it, thanks to it!"
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The interior of the house is very simple, typical western style, with reddish-brown floors on the floor.
Gregorian also found a few balloons and hung them on the chandelier, which looked a little nondescript.
The boy's biggest impression is that there are many books, unlike the decorative library in the Manhattan villa, you can see that the books here have been read carefully.
The whole room was filled with the smell of ink, and if it weren't for the old headmaster's second-hand books to buy, he would have read them himself.
There were a few suitcases on the wall, and the things had not yet been packed, and it seemed that the three roommates at the table who were pretending to be watching TV had just come over, and their eyes were constantly skimming to this side.
Principal Gregorian half-hugged Han Xuan and helped to introduce: "Some of the fat people with round glasses are Harris, from Phoenix, Arizona, fourteen years old this year, very familiar with computers, and last year the attack on IBM's official website was caught by the FBI following clues. ”
"Seeing that he was too young, IBM gave up suing him, and there was no suitable major in middle school, so he was forced to send him here to study, to be honest, I didn't know anything about that thing. ”
"The boy with a little curly hair, his name is Ramirez, now thirteen years old, he grew up in the abbey, he can play the church organ simply when he is seven years old, he is very talented in music, the Catholic Church of Chicago sent him over, we have a very close relationship with the Catholic Church at Brown University, I have heard him play the piano, it is really good. ”
The old headmaster gathered up the scattered books on the stool and whispered into the boy's ear.
"She's Isabelle, she just came from Brazil to borrow, she was going to go to Harvard, and then I learned the news, and I waived her tuition and subsidized the scholarship, and the old thing at Harvard wasn't as generous as me, so"
"So you're pretending to be a public servant?" said Old Man Han when he heard their conversation.
The Mensa Club has been paying attention to her since she was four years old, and she was officially recognized as a member at the age of six, and her IQ must be very high. ”
After Gregorian finished speaking, he turned his head to Han Xuan and said, "By the way, she is as old as you now." ”
The Mensah Club was founded in 1946 in Oxford, England, where two people who thought they were exceptionally intelligent came up with the idea of compiling some difficult test questions to test their IQ.
There are generally 30 questions in the Mensa test paper, and 23 questions are answered correctly, which translates to an IQ of 148, which is the standard for joining the Mensa Club. The test is generally based on the aspects of attention, observation, logical thinking, imagination and memory, and the proportion of these 30 questions is roughly the same.
On average, only one or two of the 100 testers will be admitted as full members, of which less than 700 are under the age of 18, and even fewer are under the age of 10.
Angelica, who was also one of the members, was shocked to hear the news: "Six-year-old member? This has never happened in the history of Mensah Club!"
"Yes, that's why Isabelli was recruited. ”
Han Xuan's face was dazed, the first time he heard about this organization, he hadn't even figured out what it was.
The old principal thought that he was frustrated, and comforted: "In a few days, someone will help you test at the beginning of the school year, I heard that you know French, German and Chinese? Don't worry, it is enough to learn Chinese, with your wisdom you will not necessarily lose to her." ”
"I speak Dhivehi now, and I've been in the Maldives for more than two months in the winter. "Since you can meet all three of them at Brown University, it shows that there is no shortage of geniuses in the world.
I thought that I relied on rebirth, and what I did was enough to defy the sky, but I didn't think that there was anything more powerful than him, so what else to hide, it was better to generously admit that I was smart.
Tilting her head to look at the girl, thinking that this thing could not have come through, Isabelli just looked this way, made eye contact with him, nodded and smiled.
The boy was even more suspicious, and only stopped when he saw Isabelle blushing, and the old man seemed to want to be crooked, and secretly pinched his grandson, muttering, "Don't forget New York." ”
“……”
Han Xuan was speechless.
The first floor is used as Principal Gregory's workshop, and there is a small conference room near the staircase.
After saying hello to the three little ones, I went up to the second floor under the guidance of the old principal, where there are a total of five independent rooms, and the bathroom is shared.
Each room is only more than ten square meters, and some of them are piled with clothes, and the sunny ones are all selected by them first.
The innermost part of the corridor is smaller than the others, and there is not much room left after the bed, wardrobe, and desk.
Han Xuan was quite satisfied, compared to the four-person dormitory where he was in college at the time, it was much better here, at least he would not be suffocated by the smelly socks.
Outside the window, you can see the Brown University playground, which happens to be the middle of the day, and many people are exercising there.
In the distance is the big roof clock, around which pigeons fly, and before school starts, some people pick up books and hide aside to study alone, according to Martinez's theory, they are either top students or failed last year.
One wall is covered in graffiti, and you can vaguely see the intention of the creation.
"What imaginative body art. ”