Chen Chen found his room and found a name tag on the wall outside the room that read "Charlie Jiang & Steven· Adams (Charlie Jiang and Steven Adams) "There's a little whiteboard on the door with cartoons and welcome words on it, and it makes people feel warm when they look at it.

Xia Xiaoyan (Chenchen's mother) said strangely: "Hey, aren't we the first to move into this dormitory building?" Who drew the picture on this whiteboard? ”

Chenchen said, "It can't be a teacher, right?" ”

Walking into the dormitory, they saw that Chenchen lived in a double room, the room was very spacious, and the sunlight shone in through the large glass windows of the semi-circular wooden window frames, illuminating the room very bright and warm. Inside the room are two twin beds (wide single beds), the tables occupy one wall, the two five-drawer cabinets are placed side by side against the wall next to the door, occupying half of the wall, and the other half is a recessed space with many steel shelves, clothes rails, apparently a walk-in dressing room, and two large wooden desks with bookshelves placed side by side on the opposite wall, separating the two beds.

Chen Chen walked around the second floor of this building and found that there were five or six double dormitories on the second floor of the Addams Building, and each dormitory had a name tag on the door.

At the end of the corridor is a large communal restroom. On one side are four shower cubicles separated by white-tiled walls, on the other side are toilet cubicles with white wooden doors, and on the outside, an entire wall is filled with mirrors, and below is a row of white porcelain vanity basins with American Standard on a marble countertop with deep crimson mesh.

Xia Xiaoyan saw that Chenchen's roommate hadn't come yet, so she changed the high heels on her feet, threw off the long silk coat that was in the way, and helped Chenchen pack the four big boxes he brought over. Chenchen said: "Mom, I've grown up, I can clean up ...... by myself"

Xia Xiaoyan pulled Chenchen over and said, "Come here, mom will teach you how to classify things more reasonably!" In the past, Aunt Bai helped you take care of your housekeeping at home, but now, when you go abroad, you have to rely on yourself. Being able to tidy up and being able to tidy up are two different things. You do what your mother says, you form a pattern, and it will save a lot of time to find things in the future. ”

As she spoke, she quickly opened four large boxes, two of which were full of clothes that Chenchen wears throughout the year, various styles of leather shoes, sneakers, socks, and three sets of suits and formal suits worn on different occasions. Chenchen's various school supplies occupy another large box, in addition to stationery and some books, there are computers, Ipad, Kindle e-books, electronic dictionaries, electronic reading pens. The last box is bedding, which contains silk quilts, quilt covers, bed sheets, bath towels, towels, pillows, and some emergency medicines.

Chen Chen looked at the suitcase spread all over the floor, shook his head and said, "Mom, you are thinking too carefully. ”

While Xia Xiaoyan was busy putting some things in the drawer or on the shelf, she instructed Chenchen and said, "Okay, hurry up and get to work." You pack your clothes first. With that, the two of them began to get busy, and after a while they were tired and out of breath.

Two hours passed, and Chen Chen looked at a few empty boxes on the ground, took a breath and said, "It's finally almost cleaned up." ”

Xia Xiaoyan wiped the fine beads of sweat from the corners of her forehead with a napkin, looked at the luggage that had just returned to her place with satisfaction, and the brand-new bedding piled on the bed and said, "Son, it's still early, when you come back from the exam, let's continue to clean up." Mom also has to subdivide everything for you, and then arrange it more neatly, and then label each of your cabinets and drawers, so that you can find it more conveniently. ”

Chen Chen muttered softly: "Virgo people, coupled with perfectionist tendencies, there is really no way!" ”

As they spoke, the two heard the sound of the door lock turning. Chenchen's mother hurriedly stepped on her high heels and put on her coat.

The door opened, and a large old-fashioned suitcase with a classic LV pattern was pushed in. Judging from the mottled marks on the suitcase, and the style of the shiny gold hardware accessories wrapped around the corner of the suitcase, Chen Chen should be older than the middle-aged woman who pushed it, and this kind of classic limited edition of the year could not be seen even in the LV store on Fifth Avenue in New York, which had the most complete inventory.

Behind the middle-aged woman is a tall, blonde woman wearing rose-colored lipstick. Chen Chen secretly looked at the woman in front of him, she was wearing a silk black and white blouse, white pants, a round and full pearl necklace around her neck, and a precious Kelly bag in her hand, with perfect makeup, sharp eyes, and noble manners. Chen Chen searched for memories by the way, he never seemed to have met such a delicate and elegant charming woman in real life,

The woman was followed by a tall, pale boy pushing a box of antique silver metallic textures that was in vogue. He and Chenchen are also slightly weak, with light chestnut-colored hair, pink almost white lips, the corners of the mouth are lightly raised, and there is a touch of arrogance in the friendly and polite demeanor that has been cultivated all year round.

The beautiful woman walked into the room, and the moment she saw Chenchen and her mother, a decent smile bloomed on her face, and she enthusiastically stretched out a hand to greet her: "Hello, my name is Catherine, this is my son Steven," and pointed to the middle-aged woman who was the first to enter the room and said, "This is our housekeeper, Ms. Mason." ”

Xia Xiaoyan shook hands with the woman modestly and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, my name is Lucy (Lucy, Chenchen's mother's English name), this is my son Charlie (Charlie), we are from China. ”

The woman greeted Xia Xiaoyan: "Welcome to the United States." It's nice to meet you, I have two sons who are both in school A, and my husband also graduated from here, and he and Leo (Leo, the nickname of the man) ...... Oh, and the previous principal, Leonardo McCarthy, knew him well, but Leo was now the vice president of the school board. This is my business card......" she said, handing a beautifully printed business card to Chenchen's mother, and continued: "We live in Virginia, and you are welcome to have the opportunity to be a guest. Steven's dad was a state legislator and was usually very busy, and I worked in the media. You and Charlie can come to me for anything in the United States, and I would love the opportunity to help you. ”

Xia Xiaoyan hurriedly thanked her, and also handed over a business card and said: "I am engaged in the financial industry in China, and Charlie's father is a university professor. If your family has the opportunity to travel to China for business, please feel free to contact me and we will welcome you. ”

Wen Jin also lives in the girls' dormitory building of Woodside House, when she is under the sun, like ants moving, dragging her two large suitcases and a small suitcase back to the dormitory one by one, a beautiful girl with a mixed-race face walked down from the upper floor, Wen Jin introduced herself in English, asked what the girl's name was, and the girl answered only three words in Chinese: "Luo Yu Yu." ”

Wen Jin was overjoyed and said, "Haha, it turns out that you are also Chinese, which is great." Luo Yuyou did not talk to her enthusiastically as she imagined, but nodded politely and left. Wen Jin didn't mind, and thought: Probably very beautiful girls are more proud.

Interestingly, this morning, when Jiang Ruichen, a scholar, went to the main teaching building to take the mathematics placement test, his roommate Steven went to the linguistics center to take the placement test of French as a second foreign language, Pan Wenjin took the placement test of English for the first time in the United States, and Luo Yuyou, who looked very literary and artistic, went to the newly completed science building to take the placement test of chemistry.

Although they are all new Year 9 students, they will have very different learning journeys in their first semester due to their different areas of expertise.

At lunchtime, Chenchen and his mother met in the school cafeteria, and he told his mother that he felt that the exam was not very difficult, and that he was very confident that he would skip the 9th grade regular course Algebra II, and the 10th grade regular course preparatory calculus, and go directly to the Advanced Placement course AP calculus.