That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 599 Letters from Overseas
When college students reach their senior year, they are like men in their thirties.
Looking ahead, I found that opportunities for promotion and advancement were looming, making me feel itchy.

But looking back, I found that the regrets of youth are gradually fading away. I want to work hard to make up for it, but I find that once I miss it, it is extremely difficult to go back.

After the new semester started, Li Ye found that the atmosphere in the class was obviously different from before.

Some students who used to be very dull and didn't like to communicate with others suddenly became cheerful, laughing and joking with everyone they knew, hoping to become good friends with everyone.

In the past, he would blush when talking to girls, but now he wrote a love letter every day and read love poems in public with great emotion, as if he had become a different person.

But more students seemed to have grown up overnight. They changed from being youthful and lively to being steady and silent, and becoming sentimental. They would often stare out the window at the campus in a daze, and no one knew what they were thinking.

In short, the troubles of growing up are ripening the buds of our motherland at a fast pace. As for what kind of fruits can grow, it depends on personal accumulation and opportunities.

"There's a letter, there's a letter, both Lao Sun and the squad leader have sent a letter."

Chen Xiaoling ran into the classroom with two envelopes in her hands, waving them. She was shouting and yelling, not at all like a steady "senior senior".

And those two "overseas letters" finally livened up the atmosphere in the class.

"Hahahaha, Lao Sun sent over the photos. Look at this guy, he's so bold that he even dared to take a photo with his female classmates. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, I have to show this photo to his wife later."

"Look, look, the squad leader also sent us a photo! What happened to the postman? The photo was wrinkled. Where is the bridge in the photo? Is it the Manhattan Bridge in New York?"

"What New York? Have you ever seen a world map? The monitor went to study abroad at UC Berkeley, and this is San Francisco."

"How do you know it's San Francisco? Is Berkeley San Francisco? Have you ever looked at a world map?"

"I heard it from Li Ye, and Li Ye has seen it."

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"Hey, did you notice that from this photo, the building in the lighthouse seems to be newer and taller than the one in Moscow?

If you look at the cars on the streets, they seem to be more advanced than those in Moscow, and it feels like Lighthouse is more prosperous than Soviet Russia."

"How can we tell from just a few photos that a country's strength cannot be judged by who has built taller buildings or who has more cars? The Soviet Union was a world leader in science and technology."

As if they had agreed beforehand, Sun Xianjin and Zhen Rongrong both put photos in the envelopes to more directly share their joy of having "arrived safely".

After opening the boxes, everyone took turns looking at the photos. Besides feeling happy and excited, they also felt a little envious and lonely.

Sun Xianjin and Zhen Rongrong were the first among them to seize the opportunity, and promotion and rapid advancement are just around the corner.

However, the students who stayed in the country are still worried about whether they can stay in Beijing after graduation.

Li Ye waited until everyone else had finished looking at the photo before taking it.

Sun Xianjin took the photo with a group of classmates in front of the gate of Moscow University, while Zhen Rongrong sent two photos, one taken in front of the school gate and one at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, both of which were solo photos.

Li Ye saw Zhen Rongrong wearing a plaid shirt. Facing the camera lens, Zhen Rongrong did not have a formulaic smile like people in this era did when taking photos, but had a calm expression on her face.

Li Ye looked at the photo carefully, trying to see more details, but unfortunately a photo is just a photo, the image on it is dead and not clear enough, so he could not understand Zhen Rongrong's eyes.

But Sun Xianjin is just the opposite.

When Li Ye saw the photo of Sun Xianjin, he couldn't help laughing. Compared to Zhen Rongrong's calmness, Sun Xianjin was undoubtedly excited when he arrived in Moscow. When several big-haired girls took photos with him, his mouth almost stretched to the back of his ears.

In fact, this can also show the difference between the two people to a certain extent. Sun Xianjin is straightforward, while Zhen Rongrong's mind is more delicate and rational.

"Chen Xiaoling, can you read their letters to us? Let us know if they are doing well in a foreign country?"

"Okay, I'll read the monitor's letter first. Everyone be quiet!"

Chen Xiaoling stood on the podium, took Zhen Rongrong's letter and began to read it aloud.

"Hello, students! I have been in shock since I got off the plane. Although I have heard about the prosperity and advancement of the West, it was only after experiencing it that I realized how heavy the burden on our shoulders is."

"The new school is great. Most of the students are very polite to us, the international students from the East. But there are also some people whose gazes are very irritating to me."

"Yesterday when we international students gathered together, we all sang "My Chinese Heart" together."

Perhaps because Chen Xiaoling's tone of voice was too low, Li Ye always felt that Zhen Rongrong's letter revealed a sense of oppression and urgency of "time is running out".

The Lighthouse Country had already begun urbanizing before the fall of the "Qing Dynasty". When Zhen Rongrong suddenly saw countless skyscrapers from the inland, her psychological pressure can be imagined.

[It depends on whether Zhen Rongrong can withstand this pressure. ]

Think about it, three months ago, Zhen Rongrong vowed to Li Ye that when she came back from Dengta, she would treat all the classmates to another good meal at Zhao's Restaurant at the school gate. But she didn't know whether the restaurant at the school gate was open or not at that time.

"I miss you so much that I think of every little thing I experienced in Beijing University even in my dreams. I just hope to finish my studies and return to China as soon as possible so that we can meet again.
Li Ye once asked me if I would return to China at that time. Don’t worry. Remember to leave your contact information to Li Ye after graduation. I will definitely treat everyone to a big dinner when I return.”

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Everyone looked at Li Ye, some frowned in displeasure, some gave him unfriendly looks.

[How can you doubt our beautiful class monitor Zhen so much? ]

Li Ye looked at Chen Xiaoling, took Zhen Rongrong's letter in surprise, and found that she actually ended with this sentence.

Li Ye couldn't help laughing. He was very sensitive to words and always felt that Zhen Rongrong seemed to be sulking.

"Let me read Sun Xianjin's letter again!"

Chen Xiaoling noticed the subtle atmosphere around him and picked up Sun Xianjin's letter to divert everyone's attention.

"Hello classmates, I miss you so much after not seeing you for three months. I have arrived in Moscow safely. After a few days, I have to share what I have seen and heard.
The wine here is really strong and the people here can really drink. The food here is really bad. The classmates here are really enthusiastic. The female classmates insisted on pulling me to dance, which made me very uncomfortable.

"Hahahaha~"

Sun Xianjin's letter was in completely different styles from Chen Xiaoling's. The whole letter was full of "joy". Chen Xiaoling only read half of it and made everyone laugh.

Only Li Ye understood that this was a man’s habit - to report good news but not bad news.

Whether in the Soviet Union or in the lighthouse, flower growers with yellow skin and black eyes need to work harder to gain the respect of others.

Only they themselves know the hardships involved.

(End of this chapter)