(The storyline is purely fictional, the official must not sit in the opposite seat, if there is any similarity, it is purely a coincidence)

It's only been less than three weeks, and Mr. Zhang Shubei has returned to Oxford, and he is not alone, but he has come back with his artist Meijiao wife.

The first to know that Teacher Zhang was back was Teacher He. As she cycled back from the city center, she passed a bus stop and heard the sounds of a fight, one of which was familiar. She followed the prestige and saw Zhang Shubei sitting in the car, arguing with the driver. It turned out that Zhang Shubei took a 50 pound sterling to take the car, and the driver didn't have so much change to find him, carrying a bag of coins and dangling, telling him that it happened that there were not enough banknotes to find him, and if he used coins to find money for him little by little, he would delay his own driving schedule, because their buses departed and arrived at the station in strict accordance with the timetable. The driver discussed with him and asked him to get off the bus and take the next bus, in order to prevent the next bus from being unable to find change, he suggested that he exchange a little change by himself first......

But Zhang Shubei disagreed, and asked rhetorically: "I used 50 bills to buy tickets, is it illegal?" ”

The other party said, "Of course it's not illegal." ”

Zhang Shubei said: "Then I am going to use this 50 money to take the car, you don't need 100 money, if there is a 100 banknote, I still take 100 to take the car, this is my right, reasonable and legal, and I don't get off now, I can't wait for the next bus in fifteen minutes, it will delay my affairs." ”

Teacher He hurriedly stepped forward, took out four coins, gave them to the driver, and said, "He is my friend, I have change here, is it enough?" ”

The driver accepted the three coins, pushed one back, thanked Mr. He, and started the car.

Zhang Shubei saw from the window that it was Mr. He, and he stretched his head out and said: "What are you doing, I just want to use the 50 pounds to take the bus, he really dares not to let me sit, you see me and their bus company have a lawsuit......"

Teacher He came back and told everyone about the encounter with Zhang Shubei on the road in the morning, and everyone laughed loudly.

Teacher He said: "Teacher Zhang is really amused, and he is still sitting in the special seat for the elderly and the disabled, which is not the closest to the driver, so that it is convenient for him to reason and quarrel......

Teacher Bai said: "He can do this." ”

Ruoshi said: "Teacher Zhang came back this time, why didn't he come to us to talk? ”

Teacher Bai said: "I received a WeChat message from Mr. Zhang early this morning, asking me if Mr. Chen was not at home in the afternoon, and I said that he was generally not at home. I didn't realize that Mr. Zhang was back in Oxford, and I wondered, he asked Mr. Chen what he was doing when he wasn't at home. After listening to what He Weizhen said just now, I understood what he meant, you don't have to worry, maybe he will come in a while. ”

Suddenly, the doorbell rang, Ruoshi went to open the door, and couldn't help laughing, it turned out to be a tree monument.

It turned out that because of the stiffness in the last lawsuit, it was not good to rent Mr. Chen's house again, Zhang Shubei found a Spanish landlady's room on the Internet in advance this time, who knows, the two of them just moved into this house The day after they moved into this house, they fought with the Spanish landlady Adrina for the matter of late fees for electricity bills.

Adrina meant to let Zhang Shubei and the other three tenants share the late fee equally, and everyone had to pay a little, saying that it was a little, but in fact it was sixteen pounds, about 200 yuan. But Zhang Shubei said that he was a new tenant, and the previous late payment fee for electricity bills had nothing to do with him, plus Mrs. Zhang didn't understand a word of English, so she only communicated by body language, waved her head and shook her head, and there were some misunderstandings, so the two sides quarreled.

Mrs. Zhang didn't control her emotions, and scolded Adrina with a few English swear words she learned from watching movies, blurting out "prostitutes, bitches, shit, fuck off", and she couldn't say a word in other English. Adrina was so angry that she had a heart attack, fell to the ground and fainted, and was immediately taken to the hospital, where she was relieved in time.

Adrina was annoyed and angry at this trouble, and the next day she brought someone to the door to plan to drive him and his wife away, and promised to let them get out of here, and the house would be rented to someone else. Mr. Zhang then planned to use legal weapons to "safeguard legitimate rights and interests" in this "legal country", and he was about to fight a new lawsuit.

Teacher Zhang sent a WeChat message to Mr. Bai in advance to inquire that Mr. Chen was generally not at home in the afternoon, so he came over. It is also rare, Teacher Bai, Teacher He, Jing Hao, Ruoshi are all at home, a few people get together, in the restaurant, also learn from the British to eat jam cream scones, almond biscuits, cheesecake, drink afternoon tea, and talk.

After a brief introduction to the situation, Mr. Zhang said: "This dead old woman, she wants to let me pay 200 yuan for nothing, she can't bully people like this, I am not inexperienced in lawsuits, I am not afraid, if not, I will go to the court to sue her!" Before he finished speaking, as if to cater to his anger, it suddenly began to rain outside the window, and the rain brushed on the glass, and it was like a burst of noise, and it was like a burst.

Teacher Bai asked, "200 pounds?" Or 200 RMB"?

Teacher Zhang said: "RMB, 16 pounds. ”

Teacher Bai let out an "oh", as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't say it, lowered his head to drink tea and eat snacks, and didn't answer Zhang Shubei's words again.

Zhang Shubei looked up at the sky outside and said, "This rainy season in England is really many times a year, and I look at it several times a day. ”

Jing Hao said: "Yes, it's always showers, it's weird and annoying." ”

Zhang Shubei suddenly changed his tone and said, "But even the weather in England is charming. I'm coming back this time just to take my wife to experience the full range of England......"

Teacher He smiled: "Hehe, you deserve to be a doctor of English literature, and you are very romantic." ”

The rain was blown into the windows by the wind and hit the windowsills.

Jing Hao hurriedly got up and closed the window: "No wonder even the locals complain that Britain only has climate and no weather, and they themselves say that sometimes when they turn around and take out a pizza from the oven, the clear sky changes to haze." There are so many changes. ”

Zhang Shubei said: "But the haze is not a haze that requires wearing a big mask, it is going to rain." ”

Teacher Bai suddenly said at this time: "Anyway, the lawsuit is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and you must be cautious." ”

Further down the backyard of this kitchen is the public green space. There is a French plane tree on the edge of the meadow, stretching its branches and leaves, to welcome the water droplets that come to the leaf surface from time to time and then cross the soft but tough green lines, they swim in the barbed fluff, and then drip down a certain blade of grass in the green space along a certain tip of the wide leaf, and then slowly and leisurely, the leaf surface of the slender grass blade is used as a jumping platform, and it bounces back gracefully for a moment or two, translucent, the water droplets seem to have a game to their heart's content, and finally stay in the recess of the leaf surface, Or quietly roll into the grass dirt.

Zhang Shubei listened to Teacher Bai's words, and his tone that had just calmed down hardened again, and said, "Anyway, it's not okay for her to bully people!" The electricity is used by several other people, and the late fee is also made by a few of them, I just moved in, why should I pay the previous late fee for them? Why? ”

Ruoshi said: "The landlord may not want to use his brain, and he is not willing to communicate with each other, it is troublesome, some of them are like this, an average is the simplest, and each person will share a little, and there will be no contradictions." ”

Teacher He asked, "Does the landlord live with you?" ”

Teacher Zhang replied, "Dead old woman? She doesn't live with us. We're three students here, plus my wife and me. ”

Teacher Bai asked, "Then she didn't say a reason?" ”

Teacher Zhang said: "She said that my room is for two people, and my lover is not here, but what I am charged is the money of a bill, and the room fee, electricity bill, and natural gas are all paid in one copy, so this time I also paid a late fee." ”

Teacher He said: "Yes, people also have a certain amount of truth, probably so that you can appease other tenants, and then collect a bill from you, and she can talk easily." ”

Teacher Zhang said, "Fart! She's a bully! You didn't see her dead like that, it's definitely racist! ”

They spoke again.

The rain soon stopped again, and it was a typical English afternoon when the sun came and went. From the farmer's market near the far City Centre, the sound of Scottish bagpipes wafted slowly, and in the kitchen, the authentic English style white wooden lattice windows, the copper handles of the windows have long been touched and shiny, this house is sixty years old, so this handle and the window should also be sixty years together, like an old couple who have gone through the years.

Teacher Bai seems to want to convince Zhang Shubei and tell him not to continue to waste time and the Spanish landlady Adrina to go to court. However, Mr. Zhang had a tough attitude and scolded Adrina as an imperialist capitalist and a black landlord, and he had to treat her, which was the same as when he scolded Mr. Chen as a lackey and accomplice of the capitalist black landlord.

Teacher He slowly turned his back, the back of his head was facing Teacher Zhang Shubei, and he quietly glanced at Teacher Bai, signaling that he didn't have to make such efforts.

"Teacher Zhang is angry now, Lao Bai, let's let Teacher Zhang go back and rest first, he has been traveling hard enough in the past few days, and when he encounters these things, you two will find time to talk another day."

Zhang Shubei was indeed tired, and with the words of Mr. Bai's wife, Mr. He, he found a step, got up and said goodbye: "I have to go back to check a few materials, this time I come back, I must make a decent paper before I can go back again, I didn't finish it last time, because Chen Shengshi wasted a lot of my time." ”

After he left, Teacher He smiled and said to Teacher Bai, "Don't you see it? Mr. Zhang is a strong person, and the last time he had to join forces with Oz to fight a lawsuit with Mr. Chen, you haven't learned that toss. ”

Teacher Bai smiled and said, "What should I do then?" By his stubbornness? ”

Teacher He said, "So, let's not persuade any of us!" This is the same as some people crying and shouting for divorce, the more you persuade him not to leave, the more he will make a fuss! In fact, many of those who are really divorced leave quietly, and most of them are not earth-shattering. I see that he went back to calculate his time and energy, but he may not be able to make another lawsuit. ”

"I think so, wait for Mr. Zhang to calm down and think about it, maybe forget it!" Jing Hao held a blue mug and took a sip of fruit black tea from the Trafford region, and said on the side. Thinking back to the last time Zhang Shubei had a lawsuit, Jing Hao Ruoshi and Teacher Bai and his wife, how busy they were, no matter who went to the court and the city hall on both sides, and even when people didn't have to go, they were often called to ask. Therefore, Mr. Bai summed up one article: We have experience, and we will simply be defendants or plaintiffs in the future! Otherwise, it is the most tiring to be caught in the middle!

Jing Hao and Teacher He both analyzed that Zhang Shubei may not be able to really fight a lawsuit this time, but Teacher Bai and Ruoshi both think that it is not possible. Teacher Bai half-rolled his fist, waved his index finger, and said seriously: "Not necessarily, you wait and see, I think this teacher Zhang can't get out of the horns." He is this kind of person, he believes that people are bad people, they are villains, and he must do justice, otherwise he will be so uncomfortable. ”

"Let's stop thinking about it, it's a waste of time! Lao Bai, you then, hurry up and ride your bicycle to TESCO to buy discounted potatoes! Teacher He looked at his watch, and sent Teacher Bai to go to the big supermarket on Cowley Road in Oxford City to snap up ultra-low-priced vegetables that were only available at certain times every Thursday afternoon. Those vegetables, without any quality problems, are all on the same day, not only cheaper, but also often buy one get one free after discounting, it is completely a regular promotion, Tong Su is not bullied.

Mr. Bai went out, and before he got on the bicycle with his legs, Mr. He didn't forget to tell him again: "If organic vegetables are also discounted, then you can buy organic ones, don't miss that few dollars!" It's just a matter of a few pounds! ”

Ruoshi went back to her room to study and chatted with Teacher He. Teacher He recalled that the first time they met, it was not in this house, but outside.

The city of Oxford was too small, and Jing Hao was feeding the swans, pigeons, wild ducks, and wild birds on the bridge with expired slices of bread, and Teacher He came over curiously, and saw that she was squatting on the grass by the river, tempting and calling the tall male swan with the most lonely gray neck, with a large slice of bread, but when it pretended to be pretending to be elegant and elegant, and pretended to approach unhurriedly, Jing Hao only stingily threw a small bite of bread to the beautiful and proud swan prince, almost a crumb......

Teacher He pondered in his heart at that time: This person is really stingy, and he is so careful to give some food, he should not be a Chinese. She didn't know it at the time, feeding the swans was pure entertainment for people. But if you think about the swans, don't break their stomachs that will never be filled.

Mr. He wanted to speak but didn't know what to say to Jing Hao, for fear that the other party would be Korean, Japanese, or from Hong Kong or Taiwan, or a British with a local Chinese face.

Jing Hao immediately handed her a slice of bread and taught her how to save money on feeding the swans and wild ducks swimming in the river under the bridge in authentic northern Mandarin. Every time they are given a small bite, it is not to save a few slices of expired bread, but because the wild ducks and swans here are not really hungry, and there are always passing tourists and surrounding residents who keep feeding them, so they should give them very small pieces, otherwise, they will have a problem with their stomachs.

To tell the truth, they have probably been suffering from gastrointestinal problems for a long time, and the toothpaste-like feces on the grass on the shore are puddles and puddles, and the last one has not dried yet, and they are staggering and burping with a big belly to go ashore again. Aren't they all sick from people who like to cross the river with expired slices of bread?

After listening to Jinghao's explanation, Mr. He nodded frequently, took the bread, stretched out his right hand, and introduced himself very seriously: "Hello, I am He Weizhen!" I'm from Beijing, what about you? ”

I smiled at her and said, "I'll tell you're from Beijing!" Hehe, I'm also a northerner. ”

Mr. He's way of introducing himself is "Hello, I'm He Weizhen!" There is really a bit of a self-introduction style for people who use English, such as: "Hello, Ann, and you?" (Hello, under is Ann, how about you?) ）。 In fact, from her way of introducing herself, it should be guessed that she is probably a well-known person in a certain field in China, and many people know her.

However, Jing Hao didn't think much about it at that time, and she didn't tell her what her name was, she thought that as before, many Chinese who met on the old wooden bridge in Oxford would get up and return to China next week or even tomorrow. It's just a chance encounter in my life. It's similar to the people you meet in the supermarket, so there's really no need to remember.

After feeding the swans, after the two broke up, they walked quietly in the direction of home, and Mr. He went to the city center, but he didn't expect that an hour later, the two met again in the "home" at 28 Hedri Road. When they met, both of them laughed and said in unison: "It's you!" Teacher He was so happy that he hugged him "very Westernly" and was quiet for a while.

Teacher He said that this is her first time to a European country, she went abroad for the first time three years ago, was to the National University of Singapore as a visiting scholar, exchange study for a month, and then there was a chance to go to the United States for an exchange visit, but that time the language requirements were high, she failed to pass the two assessments, and finally did not succeed. This time, it was her second time going abroad, and she came to visit Teacher Bai. The visa that Mr. He got this time was the same as Mrs. Zhang's, which was the type of visa for visiting or accompanying the visit.

Whether it is the students smiling at you on bicycles, or the old professor with a few big books under his arm, holding a cup of brown paper-colored large ILLY hot coffee, striding over, and the "rustling" sound of falling leaves on the ground from the soles of buffalo leather shoes, Mr. He Weizhen He feels the different humanistic atmosphere and academic atmosphere of Oxford.

She said: "You see, there is really a kind of beauty here, a kind of beauty in the atmosphere, a beauty in temperament, a sense of ritual beauty, a spiritual beauty, not only the beauty of the scenery, this beauty is indescribable, when I walk in it, I even feel that I am different." ”

Jing Hao said: "Teacher He, you are more romantic than us, we probably stayed here for too long, and gradually became numb......"

When he was in Beijing, he worked as a "special emotional consultant" for an emotional publication, often helping helpless and distressed men and women to solve their deep emotional knots, and regularly participated in the "emotional salon" held by the editorial department of the journal to answer questions for the infatuated men and women struggling in love.

She told Jing Hao that even if she was in the UK, the publication still emailed her regularly every week, and after reading the "confession" content sent, she wrote a "happy prescription" of about 800 words, sent an email back to the editor, and published it in the column "He Weizhen Emotion Online" with her name as the signboard.

In Beijing, she can get 260 yuan for each issue of "psychological prescription", and she came to Oxford, but for some reason, the editorial department raised the remuneration to 360 yuan for no reason. Probably they hoped that Mr. He would not forget his affection for the British countryside, refuse their request, and insist on continuing to publish during the period of going out, so they gave more "remote difference subsidy"?

The editorial department settles and remits money to her bank card once a month, and the remuneration for two weeks is 720 yuan, which is enough for Mr. He to buy a good OASIS (British brand name) or ZARA (Spanish brand name) dress in Oxford or London. I didn't expect that the prices in the UK are so much lower than in Beijing, and Mr. He was pleasantly surprised.

Those mass-produced British high street brands (affordable and popular brands that set up stores on the busiest high streets in every city) can easily be transformed into high-end brands and high-priced goods in China's department stores and high-end shopping malls for some reason, and the prices are also breathtaking and incomprehensible.

Teacher He joked: "If you can always do this, it would be good to earn the 'Beijing pound' that our teacher Bai said, and spend it in the UK!" ”

Unconsciously, the two chatted about Mr. He's professional research. Mr. He told several stories to Jing to listen to, all of which are strange stories of the relationship between men and women, but after careful analysis of these things, they all have the logic of happening.

Jing Hao changed a pot of tea, re-boiled the hot water, and in the crackling and rattling sound of the water hitting the bottom of the stainless steel kettle, she heard Teacher He say slowly in a very warm voice: "Although there is no silver bullet, I just keep telling those who feel that they are hurt that they must stop being depressed immediately, do not always stay in the state of the injured person, cheer up, and start a new life." ”

Jing Hao asked, "Can they do it?" ”

Teacher He said: "It's very difficult, and some people are even depressed all their lives. Therefore, if the 'injured person' does not cheer up, the next thing is that depression is waiting in front of him, and staying in a sad state is completely meaningless self-destruction, and of course, there must be a difficult process to get back alive......"

Jing Hao said: "It's not easy to live, just emotional changes or setbacks toss people like this." ”

Teacher He said: "No, it's really important to manage your relationship and marriage well." What those of us who provide the so-called 'chicken soup for the soul' is to help many people get out of their psychological predicaments and embarrassments, rather than simply counseling for divorce or not divorcing. ”

Jing Hao was curious: "Oh, then what kind of 'management' method should I have?" ”

"Not too far, not too close; It can't be too good, it can't be too bad; Not too much, not too little; Can't be too smart, can't be too stupid. You can't be too comfortable, and you can't be uncomfortable! Teacher He was a bit tricky, and when she said this, even she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

"Hey, you're a fortune teller!" Jing Hao said.

"Hehe, people who can manage their emotions and marriage well must at least understand psychology." Teacher He laughed.

The two chatted for a while, and Teacher Bai came back. Carrying two bags of organic potatoes in his backpack, he pushed his second-hand mountain bike, pushed the front wheels open the wooden gate of the yard, and wiped his sweat into the bush-enclosed yard.

WHILE PUSHING HIS BICYCLE INTO THE BACKYARD, HE TURNED HIS HEAD INTO THE HOUSE AND SAID, "MR. HE, THIS TIME I FINALLY BOUGHT THE DISCOUNTED 'ORGANIC VEGETABLES' THAT YOU HAVE BEEN LONGING FOR FOR A LONG TIME!" ”

Teacher Bai put the bicycle under the big parasol in the yard, walked into the restaurant, stepped in, and happened to catch Teacher Bai saying to Jinghao: "Anyway, there are two kinds of people in this world, men and women, so whether a man likes a woman or a woman likes a man, it is a normal thing, no matter what kind of situation, including affairs, extramarital affairs, etc., you may think that messy things, it is nothing more than this kind of thing happened at a time that is not suitable for some people......"

Teacher Bai carried a shopping bag full of things, took out his things and went to the refrigerator, and interjected: "My Teacher He, here, it is normal for men to like men and women to like women!" "Listening to and watching the BBC every day, of course, the original intention was to practice English listening and speaking, but unexpectedly, under the influence of some concepts, Mr. Bai no longer thinks that same-sex people are patients first, and then they are rebellious. In the past, he felt that those people should be caught and sentenced.

Teacher Bai said before that in a park in his hometown county, three or four years ago, the security guard arrested three pairs of children of the same sex who were suspected of messing around in the woods, and two of them were sixty-year-old men, although both of them said that "the pants were well worn, the zipper was also pulled, and nothing was done", they were still locked up for half a month, and they were beaten a lot, and one of the reasons for the beating was "I didn't have time to get it, otherwise why do you wear a pair of women's jeans when you don't have a colorful hand?" Still wearing lipstick? Wearing a women's watch on your wrist? Half a month later, he paraded through the streets of the community on a small scale, and no one at that time did not think that this was "brought to justice and happy". At that time, Teacher Bai felt: "These people should be arrested!" Corrupt the social atmosphere! ”

Mr. Bai himself certainly did not expect that one of the gains of this visit to the UK was the change of consciousness in this regard. Lao Bai sometimes feels incredible, imperceptible, and silent, why has it been "peacefully evolved"? And what Mr. Bai often thinks about is that when he returns to China and communicates with others, he doesn't dare to mention the ideological dynamics in this regard, which is not as inappropriate as mentioning syphilis in Fang Hongji's lecture in "The Siege of the City"!

Teacher He replied to him: "Originally, things that have existed since ancient times have been making a fuss like you are an old hat!" It is also known as a doctoral supervisor of a famous school! ”

Teacher Bai smiled and said, "Don't talk about that, I went grocery shopping today, it's very interesting, guess who I met?" ”

Teacher He asked, "Who?" Foreigner? ”

Teacher Bai said, "Compatriots. ”

Jing Hao shook her head, she couldn't guess who it was, if it was someone who lived in this house, it was Mr. Chen or Li Ruoshi? But what's the fun of that? Still need to guess? But who do you know outside of this house? Why did Mr. Bai say that he had encountered something interesting?

Teacher He said: "Lao Bai, don't pretend to be a ghost, how many people do we know here?" Who the hell is it? ”

Teacher Bai said: "When I was buying potatoes, I met Mr. Zhang again, which is really interesting." ”

Teacher He said, "Then he left us and went to the supermarket, and you two are on your feet." ”

Jing Hao said: "What's so surprising and interesting about meeting Teacher Zhang? Isn't it normal for him to go grocery shopping? ”

Teacher He said, "But just now, he said that he was going back to work on the materials, right?" ”

Teacher Bai said: "The key is that I made two bags of potatoes in two kilograms, and he bought four bags at once, and his backpack was full. His four bags of potatoes were so heavy that he could barely ride on his back, so I kept running in front......"

Teacher He was surprised when he heard this: "There are discounted dishes every Thursday, doesn't Teacher Zhang know?" Why did he buy so many potatoes at once? It's going to sprout, and it's going to rot a lot!? ”

Jing Hao held a cup of hot black tea, leaned on the dining table, and wondered: The potatoes that Mr. Bai bought back were to be eaten separately with Mr. Chen, and from time to time he would give her and Li Ruoshi a few cooked salads to eat, that bag was two kilograms and four pounds, not to mention four bags, two bags were four kilograms and eight pounds, which was a lot. Again, as Mr. He said, there are discounted vegetables every Thursday, and Mr. Zhang buys back four bags of eight kilograms of potatoes at a time. Eight kilograms is sixteen pounds. I'm afraid that forty or fifty potatoes, large and small, will sink very much when you mention it, let alone carry it behind you, ride a bicycle, and pedal all the way uphill back!

Could it be that Mr. Zhang plans to prepare enough food and grass to further study English law at home and sprint for the upcoming new lawsuit?

"Maybe the two of them plan to eat potatoes at once, steamed, boiled, fried, fried, and fried, and all the vegetables and grains are potatoes, so that they don't have to waste time going out, and they are preparing for a new lawsuit, right?" Teacher He said.

"I don't understand, we don't understand, are you going to make dried potatoes or pickled potatoes or something? Really, have you ever heard of these practices? Or are you going to plant it in your backyard? But can those be used as seeds? ......" Teacher Bai and Teacher He couldn't figure it out, and the faces of the two senior intellectuals were full of confused expressions.

This time, everyone's imagination is still not good. In fact, it was from these four bags of 8 kilograms and 16 catties of potatoes that Mr. Zhang learned from the landlord, Mr. Chen Shengshi, and started a profitable business. Because he bought one get one free, he bought a lot of potatoes and sold them to Dr. Tong, a newcomer to China, at the original price as soon as he entered the door. Then he went back to the room and closed the door and boasted to his wife: "Hehe, let's start earning foreign exchange!" ”