41. Holiday (ask for collection)
The holidays of American University are not the same as those of Huaguo University, some are three times, some are two times, according to the arrangements of their respective universities, the winter vacation is 1 to 2 weeks before Christmas, and 1 week after New Year's Day......
John had wanted to go to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard's next-door neighbor, to catch up with Mike, but Mike seemed to be going to a report organized by the American Army on the process of removing roadside improvised explosives from war zones......
It seems that I can only see if I can meet my old friends after the New Year......
It was a holiday, and John looked at the snow-capped, snow-covered campus. It was late summer when I first entered the campus, and now it's winter......
John said goodbye to Al, who was about to leave school and prepare to go to Los Angeles with his new boyfriend Emmett, who had a pleasant climate all year round, and congratulated the two lovers on their marriage......
Listening to the gossip of his classmates, saying that Al's ex-boyfriend saw Al who was showing his power in court, and he shamelessly begged Al to get back together, looking at his former crush on his ex-boyfriend, Al seemed to wake up from a dream......
In the end, Al rejected him in public, and finally El's ex-boyfriend's fiancée, who was also John's classmate, dissolved the relationship with him after hearing about it......
Before leaving school, Emmett in the next class confessed to her that she was Al's good friend, and the two were officially together......
John packed his bags and asked Peggy if she would be back in her hometown of Texas for Christmas this year......
Peggy said that her grandmother and sister returned to Boston for Christmas, so they didn't return......
Peggy's sister divorced Peggy's father at the time, although the relationship was not very good when she was a child, but after all, she was a sister, and there was nothing to worry about. The two sisters still kept in touch, and even Peggy's mother was deeply sorry for her eldest daughter......
Since Peggy was going to spend Christmas in Boston, John bought Christmas presents for Peggy, her mother, sister, and grandmother......
John's head was so big that he didn't know what to give as a gift, although his landlord's family had surplus food, but he didn't know what to buy, if it was Sheldon, buying a toy Thomas locomotive would make him happy for days. If it's Missy, she can buy the latest Barbie doll, but what does Peggy want? ……
Eventually, John thought of sending her a tune. You must know that at that time, the two songs sung by the band formed by John of High School, Wheat Grain, that is, Hannah Montana, and Mike, have been sung throughout the United States......
John hasn't written since then, and those two songs are two of Hannah's masterpieces......
Her father is also a well-known producer......
John wrote "What Makes You Different" by hand, put it in a superb box, and prepared it to give to Peggy, thinking that Peggy would like it......
John also went to Boston's Chinatown to buy a set of tableware from Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital of the Chinese porcelain capital......
The last time John went to Boston's Chinatown to explore the road, he saw a gift shop opened by a Chinese-American businessman.
Most of the shops are Chinese handicrafts, which are specially prepared for foreign devils who love this kind of art......
Originally, he was still thinking about killing John, a shopkeeper who was a foreign devil, but he didn't want John to speak fluent Mandarin and express his disdain for these handicrafts.
In fact, John's appearance has a bit of a mixed race, and his eyes are dark-eyed, which comes from John's mother.
John's mother is one-quarter Chinese, and her grandmother is from Hong Kong in the Far East....
But her grandmother had died when she was born.........
John's father also has a hint of Chinese ancestry, and John doesn't care how much he does......
I directly bought a set of porcelain tableware from Jingdezhen in China, and said that I wanted to book a set. Because there is only one set in the store, you have to place an order for more than that......
The day before leaving school, John wrapped up the gifts he had prepared and flagged in a taxi to Peggy's neighborhood.
Soon, John rushed to the front of Peggy's house, John shook the snow off his body, this year's heavy snow came relatively early, and before Christmas, the whole world was covered with snow.
John rang the doorbell at Peggy's house......
Ding dong......
Soon, Peggy, dressed in white home clothes, opened the door and saw John, who was wearing a hat and holding a gift in his hand, and his mouth was smiling......
After accepting John's gift, he turned sideways and hurriedly let John into the house, knowing that the temperature outside was a few degrees below zero, and the snow was falling outside......
When John entered the house, he hung his coat on a hanger by the wall, and took off his hat as well......
Peggy made a pot of hot tea, handed it to John and said:
"Hurry up and have a cup of hot tea, it's snowing so hard outside, don't freeze it...... I remember you liked and hot cocoa, but unfortunately my mom hated it for being high in calories and didn't have it at home. You're going to be down. ”
John took the teacup......
Hearing this, John, who was about to pick up the teacup and drink water, shuddered for a moment, remembered the last time he was burned and jumped to his feet, and put the teacup back in its place with his straightened hand......
Seeing this, Peggy couldn't help but open her mouth and chuckled:
"Don't worry, it's not hot! Why don't I try?"
Then he picked up the teacup that John had put back in, took a sip of his small mouth, and pushed the teacup towards John......
“……”
"What can I do, Peggy, she drank it just now, and now I drink it, or do I drink it? Or do you drink it? ”
Before John could make a move, Peggy took the teacup back, picked up another and poured it to John......
John had no choice but to obey his orders respectfully, and picked up a new teacup to drink tea......
"If I knew, I would have struck first"
While drinking water, I was annoyed in my heart......
The two of them silently watched the snow outside the house quietly......
After a while, Peggy saw the gift box from John and looked at it curiously......
John followed Peggy's gaze and explained that it was a Christmas present for Peggy, as well as a gift from Peggy's mother......
"What a gift?"
Before John could explain, Peggy tore open the box of confetti, revealing its true colors, a few pieces of music......
(In the West, it is customary to open gifts from relatives and friends in person)
"This is my clumsy composition for you, a tune. I hope you like it, I can play it for you. Last time I noticed you still have that guitar in your study......"
John quickly explained......
Peggy looked at the notes on the manuscript, her big eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of her mouth raised......
Then he went into the study, took out a guitar, and handed it to John. This is the same electric guitar that John had drawn from the system earlier......
On that occasion, Peggy watched Wheat perform on stage with a guitar and told John that Wheat was cool and she liked it......
At that time, Peggy was still in the "rebellious period" after her parents' divorce......
Later, when Peggy crossed over, John gave Peggy the famous electric guitar he had drawn from the system and congratulated her on her admission to Harvard University......
John tweaked it, after all, Peggy just thought Hannah was cool to play the guitar at the time, and she was just slightly amused......
Naturally, his level was not as good as John, who had formed a band, so John played the song "What Makes You Different", which he wrote (copied) for Peggy......