The two of them swept away a table of food, and even the last soup was drunk.

Jimmy touched his bulging belly, slumped in the chair and hummed comfortably, seeing his appearance, if he had a toothpick in his mouth, it was estimated that he would be almost the same as the uncle in the mainland.

"By the way, Mike, do you have time for Independence Day?" Jimmy asked Zhang Hao suddenly.

Mike is Zhang Hao's English name, and since he wants to study and live in the United States, it is very inconvenient to have an English name. Zhang Hao gave himself the name of Mike, so everyone usually calls him Mike. This name is very ordinary, it is no different from the liberation of the country, the founding of the country, the founding of the country, and the building of the army, and there are more people named Mike in the United States, if not million, at least 900,000.

"Independence Day? It hasn't been scheduled yet, what's wrong? Zhang Hao asked curiously.

"I have a cousin at the University of Inlinos, and I've always had time to go to his side for two days, and the school holiday is on Independence Day, plus there are three days of weekend breaks, how about it, do you want to go there and have fun together?"

"Yin Linois University? Which campus? Zhang Hao asked, of course he knew that Yin Linis University was the most influential public university in the United States, known as the Ivy League of public universities. Compared to their MIT, it is no worse and very famous.

"Urbana." Jimmy replied, "My cousin is a computer whiz and is now interning at the NCSA in Yinlinos, didn't you say you were interested in computer networks?" I think you can ask him, he's an expert on this. ”

Zhang Hao's heart was immediately moved when he heard it, he had heard of Yin Linos's NCSA, NCSA was established in 1985, is the most famous computer research center in the United States, and Yin Linos's NCSA is one of the four major branches, and it is very famous.

It was the first time that Zhang Hao knew that Jimmy actually had a cousin who studied at Yin Linos University and was still working at NCSA, which was quite surprising.

After thinking about it, it is still very convenient to go from MIT to Urbana, plus there are only three days of Independence Day holiday, and the Independence Day holiday of the California laboratory is also a holiday, so I happen to be free. In that case, it would be better to follow Jimmy to Urbana to see and see, but he and Jimmy's cousin don't know each other, so is it appropriate to go there directly?

"There's nothing out of place, my cousin is a very nice person, and I've mentioned you to him before, and he's welcome to be your guest." Jimmy replied with a smile.

Since Jimmy said so, Zhang Hao naturally would not object, and immediately thanked Jimmy with a smile, Jimmy waved his hand generously, saying that this was a trivial matter, everything was wrapped up in him, and this arrangement was determined.

After staying in the United States for a long time, Zhang Hao knew that foreigners are actually not much different from China, and when he was in China, he often heard that people in the United States were weak, and what children were driven out of the door to become independent at the age of eighteen, which sounded stunned.

When I arrived in the United States, I realized that this was pure nonsense, and there were more adult young people living with their parents in the United States, and many Americans were very particular about the concept of family, not only parents and children, including relatives, but also the relationship between each other was very close.

As for daily interactions and work, Americans also pay attention to interpersonal communication, but their interpersonal communication is based on mutual help and ability, and generally keep a distance from strangers or unfamiliar people, but once they accept each other, there is not much difference between them and Chinese.

Back to school, continue the previous study and life, more than half a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and soon Independence Day, that is, the United States National Day, will come soon.

As soon as the school holidays ended, Zhang Hao and Jimmy flew to Urbana, which is one of the twin cities and one of the main campuses of Inlineos University.

The plane landed smoothly, took the simple luggage out of the airport, and when he arrived outside the airport, Jimmy, who was walking in front, saw a young man with blonde hair and glasses of medium height, and shouted at the other party excitedly and waved his hand, and at the same time turned his head to Zhang Hao behind him and said, "Look! That's my cousin Mark! ”

"Hi Mark!"

"Hi Jimmy!"

When they met, Mark and Jimmy hugged each other warmly, patted each other on the back, and after parting, Jimmy introduced Zhang Hao to Mark: "This is my classmate and roommate, Zhang Hao from China, you just call him Mike." ”

"Oh, you're Chinese? I'm sorry, because you are the first Chinese I know, hello Mike, very happy to meet you. Mark first made an exaggerated expression, and then immediately apologized to Zhang Hao, and stretched out his hand to Zhang Hao very enthusiastically.

"I'm glad to know you, thank you for coming to pick us up." Zhang Hao smiled and shook hands with the other party, perhaps it was Zhang Hao's fluent English without the slightest accent that surprised Mark, but he quickly greeted Zhang Hao and Jimmy, and took the initiative to help them carry their luggage.

Mark drives a Honda car, which is much newer than Zhang Hao's old Ford, and it seems that Mark bought it not long ago.

Sitting in the car, Jimmy touched the interior of the car, smiled and asked Mark when he bought the car, it looked good. Mark said that he just bought it last year, because he had some income because of NCSA, and after saving money last year, he replaced the old car, this car is good, the price is not expensive and fuel-efficient, and the handling is also very good.

Driving in the direction of the city, Mark told them that they didn't need to stay in a hotel, because his roommate happened to be on vacation because of the Independence Day holiday, and the apartment they lived in had extra rooms, and they could live directly in his apartment, which was not only convenient but also saved the cost of accommodation.

Jimmy naturally has no problem, Zhang Hao thought about it and didn't refuse, immediately thanked Mark, the three of them chatted in a car, and soon arrived at the place, which is similar to Zhang Hao's residence in Massachusetts, but the facilities and structure are better, Mark's apartment is on the first floor, the place is bigger than Zhang Hao and Jimmy's, it is a large apartment with three bedrooms and two living rooms with three bathrooms and kitchens, the room has long been cleaned up, Zhang Hao and Jimmy have one each, and the other is the original Mark's room.

"Wow! These things are so nice! Mark, it's all yours? Upon entering, Jimmy's eyes were drawn to the computers in the corner of the living room.

An IBM PC computer, a desktop computer assembled by Mark himself, and an XPS-type ultrabook that Dell just launched this year, these computers are very high-specified, plus Mark himself is a computer master, and he has also optimized and upgraded the original configuration, and Jimmy is about to salivate.

These are all good things! The price of personal computers is not cheap nowadays, and Jimmy and Zhang Hao's majors are related to computers, but they usually have access to the best computers, which are school computers. In the dormitory, they share a Dell desktop, because Dell's desktop is much cheaper than IBM's, and the configuration is more reasonable.

Zhang Hao is better, because he often goes to the laboratory as an assistant, and the computers in the laboratory are very complete, and they are all the latest and best. But Jimmy is different, he is a computer enthusiast, and when he saw that Mark actually owned three high-performance computers by himself, he saw it straight.

"Want to try?" Mark still knows his cousin very well, and asked with a smile.

Seeing Jimmy nodding vigorously, Mark smiled and asked him to try his own toys, Jimmy couldn't wait to open the IBM computer, and soon the computer was started, and he directly operated on it.

"Oooooooo This speed, this performance, I love you so much! As soon as I got started, it felt completely different from my own computer, which was much stronger in terms of response and other aspects, and Jimmy's eyebrows fluttered after operating it for a while.

Then, he tried the Dell XPS ultrabook, and he was even more envious, and finally the computer that had no brand and was completely built by Mark himself, and Jimmy was even more surprised after trying this computer, because the configuration of this computer far exceeded his imagination, and it can be said that he has the strongest personal computer he has ever touched.

"Mike, try it!" Jimmy was having a lot of fun, and it took a long time to remember that Mark and Zhang Hao behind him were still watching.

"Is that okay?" Zhang Hao asked hesitantly.

"Of course!" Mark smiled and made a gesture of please, Zhang Hao waited for Jimmy to give up his seat and sit down in the seat he had just made, and then operated the computers like Jimmy.

Although they are all operations, Zhang Hao's operation made Mark who was standing aside slightly stunned, because Jimmy's computer operation is just a very conventional operation, but Zhang Hao is different, Zhang Hao is directly on the computer to make up a small program, this small program is written quickly, and then in a blink of an eye, Zhang Hao clicked on the program, the program was running, and then the program began to automatically retrieve the computer's data, and the data was displayed through the program in just a few minutes.

"What is this program ......?" Mark asked, pushing his glasses.

"Oh, this is a computer detection program that I made myself to score the performance of the computer." Zhang Hao replied with a smile, although computers, especially personal computers, have had many programs since the interview, and after the emergence of Microsoft's Microsoft Windows program, computers also have some functions to retrieve hardware performance.

However, Zhang Hao feels that this aspect of Microsoft Windows is not practical, only to retrieve the hardware model, brand, etc., and there is no specific feedback on the technical score of the computer, which is not much use for people who do not understand computers.

Because of this, Zhang Hao made a small program by himself when he was working in the laboratory, this small program can be used to evaluate the performance of the computer through software, although this program is not very perfect at present, but the general evaluation is still no problem, just now Zhang Hao is through the small program designed by himself to evaluate Mark's computer.

Mark is a computer expert, and he immediately discovered the role of this small program, although this program is not yet perfect, but it has considerable merit in terms of design ideas and uses. In addition, Zhang Hao is very unique in the structure of this program, and the whole program is simple and easy to operate, which makes Mark very interested.