The next morning, the visiting group was divided into two groups, and some of the older ones were going to buy things for their wives and relatives. The other part is to go to the British Museum, this time the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the British Museum have a joint exhibition this winter.

Many of Monet's paintings are shipped from the United States to the British Museum for exhibition. Of course, it seems that in exchange, the British Museum will also lend some of its exhibits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the United States.

Well, this is really in response to that sentence, the relationship between Britain and the United States is a strip of water.

After preparing breakfast at the hotel, the scholars assembled in front of the hotel to prepare for the two detachments. For breakfast that day, the baguette was cut in half and topped with Italian sausage and cheese, which was quickly baked in the oven until the bread was soft and crispy, and the cheese melted. When you take a bite, the hot cheese is like a lotus root, with a silky bond.

No one knows the name of this dish, but it is a rare thing for everyone to eat in the UK. Maybe it's because it tastes like pizza. In recent years, foreign food culture has entered, starting with McDonald's KFC, and then pizza appeared, and at first it was regarded by many people as a symbol of high-end foreign style.

The old scientists who often do scientific research are very busy, and naturally time is very precious, so these convenient and fast foreign fast food. Usually in the laboratory, they quickly gained their favor, and their appetite quickly got used to these pizzas, KFC, and McDonald's.

Professor Chen from Shanghai thought for a while.

"I see, it's called the lotus root broken thread."

Professor Liu smiled from the side, probably thinking the name was too cheesy.

"Lao Chen, seeing that you are leaving, I think you are too reluctant to this island. Why don't you change it to a deep love and rainy cloud. ”

A few professors next to him knew that Professor Liu was joking, and they also knew that it was Professor Chen who was talking about it, and Yu Mengmeng was referring to the United Kingdom. Together, it refers to the novel written by Qiong Yao, which takes place in Shanghai. This is a bit of a reference to the fact that the name Professor Chen is too feminine.

"Hmph, why don't you call him, heaven and earth."

said that it was also a novel written by Qiong Yao, but as soon as these words came out, there was a feeling of embarrassment in the room. Professor Liu drank the orange juice even more unhappily and did not speak.

Zheng Yuanli knew what Professor Liu meant, and there was a store in Beijing under the name of Qiong Yao's novel. Its appearance itself is a sin, a deformity, a product of low tastes.

And now that the store is gone, can that be considered a social progress? Or is it just gone? As a person who learns the method of divination, he knows the way of yin and yang, but even so. There is yin behind yang, and yang in front of yin, which does not mean that there should always be something that takes root in the shadows and grows wildly.

Everyone gathered in two teams at the entrance of the store and walked to the subway station together. A team of twelve is a bit too big for the UK. Especially in the morning, British people walking their dogs and jogging in the morning are looking sideways.

"OMG! An elderly Chinese army? ”（oh god！ a Chinese old guy army？ ）

A young man with a morning jog wearing headphones ran past them, stopped and looked back. This complaint was heard by Zheng Yuanli, who is actually believing in the individualistic West. It's rare for adults to do this in groups, and the form of group tours is even rarer.

In this young man was just plain shocked, how many people. Moreover, this young Englishman has the same shortcomings as the young Englishman on the train. That is, a little straightforward, also known as too low context. I can't help but say anything, for fear that others won't understand me.

However, it is quite interesting to think about this young man's complaint from his point of view.

They continued to walk slowly.

Zheng Yuanli and six professors, including Professor Liu and Guo Moru, will go to the British Museum. Professor Chen, on the other hand, is going to buy things for his family. Zheng Yuanli and his family stayed at the hotel in the shore area, along the Thames River, and the morning air was cold, not as cold as in China. The sycamore trees have withered their branches, and a few more cherry blossom trees have also withered branches. Zheng Yuanli knows it, and if you come to see it in spring and summer, I'm afraid this riverside road will look very good.

On the Thames, you can also see the occasional cargo ship, and the boatmen get up early, which may be a common characteristic of seafarers all over the world.

The group slowly walked to the entrance of the tube station, and each paid five pounds to go to the center circle. The British subway is very similar to Beijing's Line 1, both of which are a little old and look dilapidated. But for the British, this is not something to be ashamed of, they feel that it is their pride.

The general feeling is "Look, our subway was built in 1863, isn't it amazing?" Awesome or not? ”

Although this brings a kind of cultural self-confidence to the British, the old things always bring some unnecessary trouble. Underground breakdowns in London are frequent, and the causes of failures are divided into two main causes. One is man-made, and the other is mechanical aging failure.

Man-made suicide and other reasons will naturally lead to the temporary suspension of London's underground. Usually, when there is a suicide accident in the UK, people have a sad look on their faces. I probably feel that such a soul will not be able to ascend to heaven. Grief for such souls.

Depression in the UK has a high rate, and it's common in most high latitudes, for a simple reason. Because of the high latitudes, there is not enough sunshine in winter, and the occurrence of depression is directly related to sunshine. That's why many people prefer to go to tropical islands on vacation, because the sun really brightens the mood.

As for mechanical aging, it has been used for almost 200 years, and failure is inevitable. Most of the British are used to such things, and they can even say that they are not surprised. Everyone is very tolerant of such unexpected situations.

Just like the mobile phone signal in the UK, it is impossible to cover everything.

It took Zheng Yuanli and his entourage about an hour from the time they went out to arrive at Russell Square, which is located on the north side of New Oxford Street.

It's already ten o'clock in the morning, and it's the right time.

The British Museum is also more than 200 years old, with the earliest collection coming from a private donation of more than 71,000 manuscripts and artefacts from a British knight, which was later followed by many Britons and gradually became its current size.

The British Museum was built in 1840 due to the relatively long history of the main building, and from the outside, the huge stone pillars are a little dark, and I don't know if they were white more than 100 years ago. On the top of the stone pillar are carved reliefs of scholars who are doing learning, some are serious study, some are fiercely arguing, some are doing experiments, and some are curious to listen, and their appearance is lifelike, like a 19th-century British academic ukiyo-e.

Therefore, the British Museum used to have a name, called the "Museum of Seekers".

Zheng Yuanli and the others entered the large atrium of the museum on the first floor, compared to the old and dark stone pillars outside, the inside should have been renovated and much brighter. Although there are many exhibits in the British Museum, there are also many people, and if you look closely, you will not be able to browse them all in one day.

However, if you are in a hurry, you will probably be able to go to lunch in time for lunch. Along the way, I stopped and saw exhibits that Britain had collected from all over the world for historical reasons.

The old professors didn't say anything, but just sighed, well, I am afraid that there is only the British Museum to see so many ancient cultural relics in the world in one museum. Alas.

Finally, this sigh is always added at the end of each of their sentences. Especially when I walked to the Asian Court, I sighed a little longer.

Zheng Yuanli understands that the rotation of feng shui in the world and the replacement of all things are inseparable from the ups and downs of time.

Today, the UK does not join the EU system in order to maintain its position as the world's largest trading center for the US dollar. But, even so, the fundamental industry of his country has also retreated considerably. Relying on finance will always bring only a small number of financial oligarchyes, and industry can create jobs. This is why, today's British young people generally no longer have the traditional British gentlemanly demeanor, because many people simply can't afford the high tuition fees in the UK, and go to work early to make money.

After passing through the mummified coffins of the Egyptian court and various unique funerary cultures, we arrived at the main museum in the United Kingdom.

There is nothing to see in the main museum in the United Kingdom, but in addition to a large number of books and documents, there is also a jade national treasure, the Jade Crown, which is temporarily placed here.

This crown is inlaid with twenty-three jadeite, which was originally not a tradition of decorating jadeite in England. This was collected from India after its colonization. Among them, two jadeites were broken. It is said that the crown was briefly stolen at the end of the 19th century and recovered by a famous detective of the time. But in the process of searching, the two jadeites were broken by the thieves. This was a great shame for the British royal family at the time, but time can erase everything. After a hundred years or so, the artwork, which had lost its integrity, was donated to the museum.

In addition to the crown, another interesting exhibit seems to be linked to the British royal power. It's a sword, the sword of Richard I. This name is unfamiliar to everyone, but if you call him Lionheart, maybe someone will be able to know it. There is also a legend that this sword is King Arthur's sword in stone, but this is not well documented. However, it is well documented that this sword was the sword of King Lionheart, who died in the Third Crusade 800 years ago.

This is absolutely true.

At the end of the visit, everyone was hungry and decided to go to the Thames to find a restaurant that at least looked good for a decent lunch. Although the British do not dare to compliment their cooking skills, at least their soup cooking skills are still okay.

Zheng Yuanli followed the professors and walked slowly out of the British Museum.

He habitually glanced at his watch.

12:30

The cold of winter in the UK always makes people feel bleak and lonely. So, it's hard for sentimental people to live alone in the UK.

The cloudy weather in winter keeps the sun out of time and looms. Probably because the British Museum is so famous, although the people in Russell Square are not crowded, but at least it is quite lively.

Zheng Yuanli followed behind several professors, passing through people of all colors from various countries, some of them were tall and some were short, some were fat and some were thin, some were male and some were female, some were old and some were young.

As they walked, a scruffy young man bowed to them. The young man wore a certain knitted round hat and a ragged trench coat. Whether it's a round hat or a trench coat, it's hard to tell the original color, and no one cares about the original color. Because, it's so dirty.

He was holding a magazine.

He read carefully.

“big issue”

This is a tramp who sells magazines.

The magazine was introduced by a charity for non-profit purposes, and then sold by homeless people, and the money from the sale helped them find themselves again.

Their principle is that it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, and they hope that by selling magazines, they can help these down-and-out people regain the initiative in life.

Several other professors pretended not to see and walked over, Guo Moru deliberately walked a little slower, and Zheng Yuanli walked even slower.

Guo Moru took out two pounds from the pocket of her clothes and gave it to the homeless man.

The homeless man grinned and showed a mouthful of unorthodox teeth, smiled at him, and handed him a magazine. and found a pound from his body and gave it to Guo Moru.

"Thank you."

"Thank you."

Guo Moru smiled modestly at the homeless young man.

Zheng Yuanli behind him saw all this.

Zheng Yuanli thought that if there was a chance, he could make such a magazine elsewhere in the world. Most of the people who have fallen here have become beggars. Beggars usually make a living by selling their dignity, but who in this world wants to sell their dignity. If even the dignity of a person is betrayed, then he can easily become a hungry ghost in the world.

Mr. Guo became a bodhisattva when he bought magazines, and he made humanity not become a hungry ghost.

There must be karma and good fortune, and Mr. Guo's kindness in several lifetimes is destined for him to achieve academic achievements in the future.