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

After Chinese New Year's Eve, the Chinese Spring Festival actually began, and in Oxford, Mr. Chen and their "year" ended like this, in fact, they just got together for a meal.

Jing Hao went to Harry for a one-on-one discussion class with his school bag, which was also the first time he met Harry after returning from the Christmas holiday. THE CLASSES I HAVE TAKEN IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT BY ANOTHER TUTOR, JAMES. It's been a long time, and Jing Hao misses Harry a little. But when she thought of what happened before, she was really afraid that she was "self-inflicted".

Walking to the door of Harry's office, his heart was beating fast and his heart was full of joy, and his cheeks were slightly red.

Jinghao knocked softly on the door, and Harry said, "Please come in." In the past, he just nodded at the person who entered the door, but this time, when he turned his head and saw that it was really quiet, he actually got up and walked over to open the door for her. This time should be her, he has been waiting for her, she came on time, this is a normal thing, but he is a little excited in his heart.

Harry said, "Hey, that's nice, is that you?" It's been a long time since we've seen each other! ”

Jing Hao said, "Yes, I haven't seen you for a long time. ”

Jinghao thanked him: "Thank you, Spring Festival, and send me a blessing email. ”

Harry shrugged his shoulders and pursed his lips and smiled, "Nothing, nothing. ”

Sit down quietly, Harry sits down too, and the two of them look at each other for a moment, neither knowing what to say, only laughing.

Jing Hao took out a gift from his schoolbag and handed it to Harry: "This is a small gift for you brought back from China."

Harry took it - a gift box set of exquisite green tea and Chinese teacups, with kraft paper-colored packaging; There is also a small slender wooden box, with a delicate red and black four-strand thick silk rope tied to the outside of the box, which is tied into a bow at the front of the box.

Harry was so surprised that he didn't know what to say: "Oh, so many, so many gifts? It's all for me? What's in this beautiful box? ”

In that slender and long box, there is a pair of bamboo chopsticks engraved with their names; Paired with the green tea was a blue and white porcelain cylindrical teacup, which was afraid of breaking, and these were wrapped in layers of Jinghao's clothes and put in a box for Harry to bring back - she thought Harry would probably like it, but he didn't like Chinese culture.

She hoped that he would often take it out and look at it, or use it, and preferably always think of these Chinese things as a gift from her.

Harry opened the gift and explained to him quietly: "Tea leaves, tea cups, and a pair of bamboo chopsticks, with your name engraved on them - Harry, are all used by Chinese people every day!" ”

Harry smiled, baring a mouth full of teeth—not too neat, and slightly yellowish, presumably at the cost of regular coffee and black tea......

Two or three minutes were wasted discussing the gifts, but Harry put them away and hurried to the discussion about learning, which was so efficient that it was done two minutes early. At the end of the lesson, she got up to leave, but Harry asked her to sit down for a while, drink a cup of tea, and get up to brush her cup and get hot water.

Jing Hao had no choice but to sit in Harry's office and watch him go about his work. For the first time, she had time to take a closer look at every furnishing and detail in Harry's office......

Harry's office was small, but it was neat, just like the living room in his home, here and there, full of books...... Jing Hao stood up and looked around the room......

Harry came back with hot water, he used his own cup to make Jing Hao the green tea that Jing Hao had brought, but poured himself a cup of tea from a convenient paper cup that had just finished drinking coffee, Jing Hao was stunned, a little embarrassed to use Harry's cup, and pushed back, but Harry insisted that she use her usual mug.

Jing Hao said: "The cup I gave you, you can use it now, you don't have to use a convenient paper cup, the paper cup is too hot." ”

Harry spread his hands and said, "yes, I didn't think of it just now, forget it, that's it." ”

Jing smiled. Harry smiled too.

Jing Hao didn't know which side he was used to drinking from when he usually used the cup, and it seemed that he should try to go against his habits. Harry eats with utensils and is left-handed, but right-handed when using a mouse. Is it better to hold the cup with your left hand or with your right hand? Where do his lips usually land in the cup? Jing Hao seemed to be holding a piercing hedgehog in his hand, turning back and forth.

Harry thought the water was too hot and apologized to her. Jing Hao smiled again, in fact, she was quietly thinking in her heart, using the same cup, isn't this similar to the two people smoking the same cigarette in "The Siege": "It's just a kiss in disguise." As soon as I thought of "kissing", the two of them performed at the Bean Lecture, and the picture of accidentally touching their noses appeared in front of them again, and Jinghao's cheeks turned red for no reason.

Of course, Harry observed that Jing Hao's cheeks were slightly red - when students were giving lectures in class, or when they were suddenly asked, some people would be nervous, and their cheeks would instantly redden, but in this atmosphere, there was no reason to be nervous. Harry couldn't figure out why she was nervous, so he stood up and excused himself by pouring another cup of hot water, in fact he wanted Jing Hao to relax alone.

When Harry returned, Jing Hao's face was as usual.

Jing Hao asked, "What time will your next student come?" ”

Harry said, "Oh, there's no one else today, they're all scheduled for another time." I deliberately arranged it this way, because I haven't seen you for a long time, and I would like to hear you talk about your holiday and your Chinese Spring Festival. ”

Jing Hao asked: "I didn't spend the Spring Festival at home, you, how are you doing during your Christmas holiday?" ”

Harry said, "Oh yes, you should have returned a long time ago, and you didn't celebrate the Chinese New Year in China." During my Christmas holiday, my itinerary is basically the same every year, first going back to my mother's house to stay, reuniting with my mother, brother and sister, giving gifts to my brother and sister's children, and then having dinner with a few relatives and friends, etc. ”

Jing Hao said: "It is very similar to the Chinese Spring Festival. ”

Harry said, "Really? What customs and cultural traditions do you have? ”

Jing Hao said: "Eating dumplings and eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is to get the whole family together for a meal. It's about the same time as you guys are at Christmas. ”

Harry searched for a lot of pictures of Chinese the Chinese New Year on his computer, turned the screen to Jing Hao, and Jing Hao explained to him one by one, what those people were doing......

Jing Hao felt that Harry's Chinese level had improved again, and couldn't help but say: "Your Chinese is getting better and better, have you insisted on speaking it during this time?" ”

Harry said, "I just listen to it every day, but your English seems to have regressed a little. ”

Jing Hao said: "Yes, I haven't spoken a word of English for nearly a month since I went back from vacation. ”

Harry joked, "Hehe, the relationship between human and non-native languages is a bit like cooking, once you don't practice, you will be rusty." So I spend at least forty minutes a day practicing Chinese, listening, or reading on my own. ”

Jing Hao asked, "What is the relationship between that person and his native language?" ”

Harry said, "Oh, mother and son? Or lovers? Especially spiritual lovers, how far away they are, are in their hearts, and sometimes because of the distance, they are more eager to get closer, can it be explained in this way? I'm talking nonsense......"

Jing laughed and said, "Mother and son are still a little alike, lovers, what is the reason?" I've never heard of it, it doesn't seem appropriate. ”

Harry smiled and said: "I just thought about it, almost without thinking about it, I rarely speak so casually, it was a complete joke just now, it is definitely not accurate, because lovers may meet by chance, of course they will be separated, but between a person and his mother tongue, there is an innate relationship, and it is constantly cut." In other words, we have a blood relationship with the culture to which we belong, life and death together. ”

Jing Hao nodded and said: "Yes, it is inseparable from birth and death, and this is not something you can decide, it is your own fate." ”

"Because of different cultures, people will have conflicts or misadaptations, from eating habits and living habits to aesthetics and values, which is the so-called 'cultural conflict'," Harry said. However, it is precisely because of cultural differences that different people are attracted to each other. ”

Jing Hao nodded: "Yes." Every time I see the Egyptian mummies in the British Museum, I always feel this way, their death is also part of their self-expression in this life, so strong, so serious, so beautiful, so it will attract us thousands of years later, people from different cultures, to go to London to watch, how they died brilliantly thousands of years ago, it is really shocking and incredible. ”

"Or we could go directly to the museum in Egypt and see them, maybe it would be more interesting," Harry said. ”

Jing Hao said, "Yes." ”

"However, there are also British scholars who have studied that the pyramids of the Egyptians are fake artifacts, built after 1900, and if that is the case, the mummies are probably not that old," Harry said. ”

Jing Hao said, "Really? Isn't that deceiving people all over the world? ”

Harry asked, "Hehe, yes, if the British scholars' research is correct, it is that they have made fake antiques themselves." I read the news and said that concrete was found, where would people make concrete two thousand years ago? ”

Jing Hao said: "That is, people want the Egyptians to have ancient things, so they deliberately make them for the world to see, and the people of the whole world are happy to be deceived because they meet everyone's strong spiritual or cultural needs." ”

Harry smiled and said, "You do have an interest in culture, don't you?" ”

Jing Hao said, "Yes. ”

"So you come to study culture and the arts, instead of coming to the UK to study finance, to study economics, to learn how to make money, like most Chinese students," Harry said. ”

Jing smiled: "Sort of." I probably won't be able to study any other major. ”

Harry looked at Jing Hao and said, "It's rare that you think so much. ”

Jing Hao smiled lightly and said, "Are these things I think of are all useless things?" My mom said so about me, and my boyfriend probably thinks so. blurted out this sentence, and she regretted it a little.

"Of course you have the right to think about what interests you, and people can only be happy and do well if they do what they are good at, even if other people don't think it's useful," Harry said. ”

As the two drank tea, Harry changed the subject and asked Jinghao, "Have your parents ever been with you?" The boyfriend you just mentioned, why didn't he come to Twist Town (Oxford) to stay with you for a while? ”

Jing Hao shook his head and said, "No, none of them have been here." They're all very busy at work. ”

Harry said, "Oh, and you don't have any other friends here?" ”

Jing Hao said: "It's the people who live in the same house that we are more familiar with, and they can be regarded as good friends." ”

Harry nodded, thoughtful, then changed the subject and asked Jinghao: "The paper you are writing, have you found all the relevant materials for this chapter?" ”

Jing Hao said: "In the list of books you gave, there are still two books that have not been found, and the ones in the school library have been borrowed, I checked them on the Internet, and the city library in the city center does not have these two books, which is too professional." So, I'm going to go to the bookstore in the city center tomorrow morning to see if there's any. ”

"Well, it takes patience and a little more time to do the paper," Harry said. ”