After waiting for two days for school to start, Xu Xuecheng moved back to the dormitory.

After surviving the long cold of Sanjiu, the sun rose high, the ice and snow melted, and Beiping City finally revealed its original appearance.

As soon as the morning self-study ended, a group of young people who took off their coats took advantage of the gap between classes and gathered around the playground.

The male classmate with the sao bag is reciting a poem, it is Dai Wangshu's "Rain Alley", Xu Xuecheng thinks that if he adds Zhao Zhongxiang's BGM, it is very appropriate: Spring has arrived, everything has recovered, this is a mating season.

Xu Xuecheng sat under the willow tree where the two of them hugged at the door, in a daze.

"Brother, what's wrong, listless," Xiong Guoqing squeezed over, holding a modern Chinese book in his hand.

Before the freshman year passed, many people in the class began to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination, and the quota for going abroad was examined, and even the three roommates who were taken crooked by Xu Xuecheng were reluctant to put a book every day, and they were worried about looking at it twice when they went to the toilet.

Xu Xuecheng remembers that there was a movie called Chinese Partner, in which there was such a passage: Chinese students are the most likely to fail among students in the world, because you face the most cruel exams in the world... Failure is everywhere, life is so hopeless, this is the reality, then what should we do, you won't drown if you fall in the water, you won't drown if you stay in the water, you can only swim, keep swimming.......

Xu Xuecheng felt that if a fish was drowned because he was lazy and unwilling to swim forward, it was probably himself, and even Zheng Zhicheng hated iron and steel and told himself a few times, "You should put more effort into studying, and there is no harm in reading more." ”

Don't doubt it, the sao bag who reads poetry on the playground is him, that kid hasn't given up yet, he swore that he must chase Zhao Yingmei, the plan to send breakfast has failed, he is now reciting poetry, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, joys and sorrows and lyricism, as long as he has a little bit of love, there is nothing he doesn't carry.

Xu Xuecheng estimates that if this continues, Zhao Yingmei may really be able to force a modern poet for China.

"Is Lao Zheng's plan reliable, how do I feel that the squad leader's eyes are becoming more and more disgusted when he looks at him, brother, hurry up and think of a way for him." ”

Man Tuanjie is a social animal, and when he sees that there are many people there, he will insert it wherever he wants, and he sits between Xu Xuecheng and Xiong Guoqing.

If it were normal times, he would have been ridiculed by these two bad friends, Xu Xuecheng would have jumped up and hit their knees, but today is different, he has something on his mind.

"Is it really reliable for you to talk about going abroad?"

"Who's going abroad?"

Man Tuanjie didn't listen to Zheng Zhicheng's nonsense, turned his attention to Xu Xuecheng's side, hooked his shoulder and asked.

"Yu Ping, they have two places to study in the United States, and she chose it,"

In the 80s, when Sino-US relations went from tense to relaxed, it is understandable that Peking University, as the highest university in China, could get a few places for international students.

Reform and opening up has also opened the people's blockade of Western countries, and through those compatriots who have returned from abroad, we have learned, oh, it turns out that the United States is not what we imagined, and the people are in dire straits, waiting for us to liberate Washington.

The highly developed economy and science and technology have made the developed countries in the West look like the paradise they say, and how many people have broken their heads for these two places.

But why is it Yu Ping, MIT, in his previous life on the Internet, Xu Xuecheng had not heard of the name of this university once, and now, Yu Ping is only a piece of paper away from him.

"It's a good thing, how rare, I didn't get my application to go to Russia," Man Tuanjie's words were sour, revealing a sense of envy, as if he went to the United States and went to heaven.

"Even you think so?"

Xu Xuecheng was even more annoyed.

The United States, the country on the other side of the ocean, he has never set foot on it once in his life, although there is only a blue Pacific Ocean on the map, but everyone knows what kind of distance it is.

From rebirth to now, it is the first time that he has panicked because of the distance, think about it, I am noon here, where are you at night, when I sleep, you are sunbathing, after a long time, can the two still have a bond.

"You don't want to?"

Man Tuanjie understood what Xu Xuecheng had become, and he was reluctant to "brother and sister".

"Since ancient times, there has been a lot of love and empty hatred, and this hatred is endless!" Zheng Zhicheng used Xu Xuecheng's poems to pay tribute to him.

"Get out, isn't it Lao Mei, just go, two years' business, even if it's on the moon in two years, I'll bring her back!"

Xu Xuecheng figured it out, this kind of thing still has to respect the opinions of the parties, the United States? It's not that he can't go!

On Sunday, the two went to see the Liuhai Hutong courtyard in Houhai, which is said to have been left by Lord Beile in the Qing Dynasty.

The yard has been renovated, it is a state-owned construction company under the Urban Construction Bureau, and the local masters are invited, who used to build a courtyard house, and now it is repaired by others, and the craftsmanship has not fallen, and it has been repaired inside and out, and even the bee hole in the wall is filled flat.

The shape of the gate is Guangliang gate, according to the grade of feudal remnants, it is second only to the gate of the palace house, the door is a pair of drum-shaped doors, which has to be the second grade of the officials to live, otherwise it is a violation, according to the law should be beheaded.

However, no one would dare to cut off the heads of Hong Kong businessmen, so Xu Xuecheng also enjoyed the treatment of a second-class minister.

Pushing open the door of the vermilion new paint, the door plaque had already been removed, and Xu Xuecheng was not so bored that he asked people to hang a "Xu Mansion" sign, which was an act of death, Xu Xuecheng didn't want to make this head, and was sniped down with a shot.

Entering the gate is facing the shadow wall, turning the shadow wall to the first courtyard of the west courtyard, through the pure natural plant passage made of grape trellises, directly to the hanging flower door of the second courtyard, there is a tall walnut on the left side of the passage, on the right side of the passage is a row of moons and a few peonies, and there are two pomegranate trees near the corner of the yard.

Xu Xuecheng took a closer look, there were still circles of scars on the tree, it is estimated that when it was used as a miscellaneous courtyard before, the people who lived inside took a rope to strangle it, and a rope was hung between the two trees, but it was a natural drying rack.

"How is it, the decoration is good, right?" said Hu Yaohua, pushing aside a tree branch.

Those long-haired devils in the West always advocate what man and nature, Xu Xuecheng thinks that they should come and see, Chinese classical architecture, this is man and nature.

"It's not bad, I think the emperor is treated like this, the Forbidden City is bare, then we don't have to live," Xu Xuecheng and Hu Yaohua are familiar with each other, and they don't have so scruples when they speak.

"There's still inside, go in and take a look," Hu Yaohua pulled Xu Xuecheng inside as if offering a treasure.

I don't know if it's still his yard.

But he doesn't blame him, although this yard is ostensibly owned by Jiamei Electric Appliance Company, in fact, Hu Yaohua knows in his heart whose house this is.

Being able to hold such a house in his hands, Jiamei's influence at the top level exceeds Hu Yaohua's cognition, and he will keep one thing in mind now, befriend Mr. Xu, that's right!

Entering the Hanging Flower Gate is the second courtyard, the north side is the main hall and master bedroom, the other three sides of the verandah are in the restoration plan, there is a cross passage in the middle of the courtyard, the courtyard is divided into small flower beds. There are two persimmon trees in the two flower beds under the main house, and the other two flower beds are planted with full moon flowers. There is a door in the main house that leads to the third entrance.

The main house occupies a large area, which is equivalent to occupying the east and west courtyards. Therefore, there is a small path in the backyard that bypasses the main house and goes directly to the second entrance to the west courtyard.

Pushing open the main room and walking inside, there is a carved mahogany bed with blue curtains, quite the ancient style of sleeping.

"Is this what the yard originally had?" asked Xu Xuecheng.

Hu Yaohua said with a smile, "This is the last time I went to Liuli Factory, and when I saw it, I pulled it back by the way, and it still suits your appetite?"

Xu Xuecheng nodded with satisfaction, "Then I really want to thank you, this old yard should be so matched,"

Hu Yaohua also breathed a sigh of relief, he finally slapped the sycophants right, he didn't think that the whole Simmons would come in, but judging from his observations, Xu Xuecheng should have preferred this kind of old object, so he cut it first and then played it.

"By the way, another day, if you sort out these items you brought at a price, I won't give you the labor fee, I still have to give you the money to buy things, I can't let you always post it upside down," Xu Xuecheng said with a smile.

Hu Yaohua nodded, "That's okay, then I won't be polite to you, I'll report the account to you another day,"

After a long time, he also knows that Xu Xuecheng is not a person who is greedy for these small cheapness, it is enough to do what he wants, there is no need to be too busy to provoke people, you must know that it is too much, and sycophants are also a science, and many people can't get through it all their lives.

After a walk, Xu Xuecheng said that he was extremely satisfied, that is, the place is a little bigger, and cleaning is a problem at that time, and now there is no part-time work, so he can't clean it once a year.

Inside and out, Xu Xuecheng counted, in the mansion of the courtyard of the third entrance, there were thirty or forty rooms, and many houses were just repainted, and they were empty inside, which looked a little gloomy.

"Nacheng, I'll give you the key after reading it today, this is the key to the big iron lock at the door, this is the key to your bedroom, you keep it," Hu Yaohua took a bunch of keys to Xu Xuecheng and told him the purpose one by one.

"Okay, I'm sorry for you, you must come when you move the house another day," Xu Xuecheng had already made up his mind and would move in next week.

What mid-levels mansions, what Baijia Road, Kowloon Bay, are not as good as this old mansion and their own appetite, this is where we reborn should live, Xu Xuecheng said shamelessly.

Sending Hu Yaohua away, Xu Xuecheng and Yu Ping wandered around the courtyard, looking at the houses one by one, there was a feeling of treasure hunting, and he thought in his heart, would there be some kind of vault buried in a corner of the yard.

Xu Xuecheng pointed to a row of houses next to the square, "You choose a room!"

"Really?" Yu Ping was spinning his fingers in circles, his face was slightly red, and he thought to himself: Could it be...

Xu Xuecheng didn't notice the change in her face, just walked around the yard, he thought, such a big yard, every caretaker is not very steady, although there is a wall of more than three meters, but it can't prevent thieves with intentions.

"Do you want to get a dog?" asked Xu Xuecheng.

"Do you have a dog?

It is estimated that it is the nature of girls to like fluffy animals, and Yu Ping is no exception.

After two rounds, it was already five o'clock, and there was not even half a grain of rice in the empty kitchen of the new house, so Xu Xuecheng had to close the door and lock it, and went to find Li He.