Dr. Liu, named Liu Hansong, is a Chinese student studying for a Ph.D. at the University of Virginia. When he went abroad, he was already 32 years old, an associate professor in the unit, and his wife Tian Ruzhi was the deputy secretary of the school's Youth League Committee. Because he could not see the future of development and was envious of the living conditions abroad, Liu Hansong resolutely resigned from the unit, applied for a scholarship from the University, and came to the United States.

In his first year in the United States, Liu Hansong's living conditions were still very good because of his scholarship. After a year, he brought his wife and 3-year-old child to the United States, where they were treated like a developed country. Who would have thought that as soon as the family was reunited, something unfortunate happened, the second-year scholarship he applied for was not approved, and the family's source of livelihood was threatened with being cut off.

At that time, international students abroad could be roughly divided into three categories.

The first type is the public assignment, who receives the state's allowance, can't starve to death if he doesn't eat well, and returns to China after completing his studies. Of course, there are not a few people who refuse to return to China after studying abroad, and the price is of course to lose their public office in China, and face a series of fines and other punishments.

The second category is self-financed international students who have received foreign scholarships, and according to the number of scholarships, they are at various levels such as rich, medium, and poor. People of any level will use their spare time to do a job, even if it is to save a little money. At that time, the average income level of international students working was 4 to 5 US dollars an hour, which is 25 yuan, and 20 hours a week could earn 500 yuan, which is equivalent to half a year's income in China, and almost no Chinese who have never seen money can resist this temptation.

The third category is Liu Hansong, who did not get a scholarship, or originally had a scholarship but later interrupted it. This kind of international students have to work on their own to earn money to make ends meet, and the situation can be described as miserable.

As for the most common kind in later generations, taking his father's money to study abroad. At that time, there were even fewer pandas than in the United States. In the United States, the monthly living expenses are at least four or five hundred US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 2,000 yuan.

Knowing that the scholarship could not be applied, Liu Hansong and Tian Ruzhi began to discuss how to maintain the family's life. One plan, of course, is for both of them to go to work, but in this way. Liu Hansong's studies will be affected, and the time to obtain a doctorate will be postponed, which means that they will have to live a hard life for a longer time. The second plan is that Liu Hansong will go all out to do his studies, and Tian Ruzhi will work two jobs at the same time, working 12 hours a day to ensure that he can get enough living income.

After a painful struggle, the couple finally chose the second option. Tian Ruzhi said that he was tired for two to three years, waiting for Liu Hansong to get a doctorate. With a job, the family can live a middle-class life, and her efforts will be rewarded.

It's easy to say this kind of hard work, but when you really do it, the two of you know how difficult it is. Tian Ruzhi works in a Chinese restaurant owned by Taiwanese people, and the owner is very discriminatory against mainlanders, often abusing her with swear words. The other employees in the restaurant were also worried that she would threaten their position and make things difficult for her. Her other job is as a janitor in an office building. One person is responsible for cleaning all the corridors and toilets on the four floors.

When she was so tired that she couldn't move in the corner, Tian Ruzhi would always think of the office she had in the Youth League Committee of Beijing University of Technology in the United States, although the desk was so rough and simple, the sunlight from the window was always so warm. Every time she thought about it, she couldn't help but burst into tears.

Liu Hansong knows his wife's hard work. But all he could do was pinch his wife's back, beat her waist, and get a hot towel to cover her stiff cheeks after she came back from her place of work late at night. He can't help his wife take on these things, and the whole family can hope for a happy life. Pinning his Ph.D., he must concentrate on researching the information, doing practical work, and striving to complete his graduation thesis one day earlier.

When Xu Xiaoqi first came to study at the University, she heard from Chinese students at the University about the poor Dr. Liu and his poor wife. International students have also launched donations for Dr. Liu, but they are all poor and the amount they can donate is very limited, and they cannot do so again and again.

Zhang Weilin and Zhao Feiran heard about Dr. Liu from Xu Xiaoqi, and knew that Liu Hansong had also graduated from Jingcheng University earlier, so he was their senior. The three of them once went to Liu Hansong's residence together and brought a lot of snacks to the children. However, when they wanted to give Liu Hansong the $50 they had scraped together, Liu Hansong flatly refused, and in any case, he had to maintain the last bit of self-esteem.

After listening to the three girls' words and me, Ning Mo was a little embarrassed. Liu Hansong's experience, of course, he is very sympathetic. But if you want to help a poor person when he sees him, can he help him? Besides, if it is not appropriate to leave an associate professor in China and have to go to the United States to suffer, is such a person worthy of sympathy?

"Brother Ning, if you are embarrassed, forget it. After the three of us make money, we just need to find a way to help him. I heard that Dr. Liu's dissertation is also almost finished, and if he is a qiēshun lì, he may persist for another year, and he will be able to graduate. Xu Xiaoqi looked at Ning Mo's silent appearance, and hurriedly explained for him. I don't know when she has changed her name to "Brother Ning" for Ning Mo.

"I'm not embarrassed." Ning Mo explained, "I think there may be more than one international student like him, right? We helped him, what about others? ”

"At our University, he is the one who has suffered the most in life. Like we have scholarships, and living here alone, it's much less stressful. Xu Xiaoqi explained.

"There are a few Chinese students in Washington, but we haven't been in contact with them, but we just heard from other students." Zhao Feiran added.

Ning Mo said: "I know about this matter, but how to help him, I'll go back and ask Qin Hai." He's got a good brain, and he's sure to have a good idea. Don't worry, Qin Hai is soft-hearted, he has always been enthusiastic to help when he hears that others are in trouble, and he will definitely be able to come up with a good way to help this Dr. Liu. ”

"Brother Ning, I see that you have been talking about Brother Qin, why do you worship him so much." Xu Xiaoqi covered her mouth and snickered.

Ning Mo said with a straight face: "Of course, Qin Hai's ability is great." Do you know that the diaphragm we sold to Downer Company was developed by Qin Hai under the guidance of those researchers in our company, and I heard those researchers say that the core research idea was proposed by Qin Hai, otherwise they would not have been able to achieve results so quickly. By the way, take a look at the pieces of paper I brought, these are all written by Qin Hai, and they are very knowledgeable. ”

"Really?" The three girls were so surprised, everyone put their heads together, re-read the dozen or so research directions listed by Qin Hai, and sure enough, they found that the terms, logic, ideas, etc. were all professional, and with their level of knowledge, it was impossible to write to this level.

"Brother Ning, what did you say about that Qin Hai, which university did he graduate from, is it a master's degree or a doctorate?" Zhang Weilin inquired curiously.

"He, haha, graduated from our Anhe Agricultural Machinery Technical School, not even a college student, just a technical school student, he is one year younger than me." Ning Mo said with a smile.

"That's amazing, huh?" Xu Xiaoqi exclaimed, she turned her head to look at the two female companions with shining eyes, pursed her lips and smiled: "Brother Ning, does Brother Qin have a girlfriend?" If not, would it be okay to introduce him to Wei Lin and Fei Ran? ”

"Xiaoqi, you betrayed your friends!" When Zhang Weilin and Zhao Feiran heard this, they were all flushed, and they slammed Xu Xiaoqi's shoulder with their pink fists.

Ning Mo took it seriously, he shook his head desperately, and said: "No, no, no, if Wei Lin and Fei Ran are interested, I can introduce Haitao to you, Qin Hai, I want to keep him as a brother-in-law, but I can't cheapen others." ”

"Brother-in-law! Wow, that's a lot of gossip! Zhang Weilin screamed, "Xiaoqi said that your sister is our level 87 tranquility, right?" If those boys at Beijing University heard that Tranquility had a boyfriend, and he was a particularly rich graduate of a technical school, he didn't know how much trouble it would be! ”

"By the way, Brother Ning, don't you say that there is another Yu Haitao, what is his situation, hurry up and introduce us. By the way, Wei Lin, you can remember, I asked first, if the conditions are right, you can't rob me. Zhao Feiran quickly grasped the crux of the question, and asked half-jokingly and half-seriously pulling the corner of Ning Mo's clothes.

She saw that Ning Mo could introduce a large project of several thousand dollars to Xu Xiaoqi as soon as she made a move, and heard that Ning Mo's company had just signed a contract with Donner Company for hundreds of millions of dollars, so she decided that Ning Mo, Qin Hai, and Yu Haitao were all young and golden golden beetle sons-in-law, and as for academic qualifications or something, it was really not within the scope of her concern.

"Haitao...... Let me think about how to introduce him. Ning Mo scratched his scalp and thought.

Zhang Weiling stood up with a smile and shouted, "Okay, okay, let's eat first." Zhao Feiran, you nymphomania, if you really have a spring heart, let Brother Ning bring that Haitao over tomorrow for you to see, can't you? ”

"Okay, that's it." Xu Xiaoqi smiled and teased Zhao Feiran.

"It's decided, who's afraid of whom!" Zhao Feiran replied firmly.

In the whole process of Lalang matching, everyone naturally excluded Ning Mo and Xu Xiaoqi from the selection of objects, and it seemed that the two of them had really made up a pair. Even Xu Xiaoqi herself didn't realize that there was anything wrong with this. (To be continued......)