That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 681 We are poor, but we are not weak

Early in the morning, Li Ye woke up in his dormitory at Peking University, still a little dazed for a moment.

During the last month at the lighthouse, Wen Leyu would knock on the door every morning, and then the two of them would go to the stable to clean up.

Li Ye was responsible for shoveling horse manure, Wen Leyu was responsible for packing up the saddle, stirrups and other riding equipment, and then the couple walked together in the dew to greet the sunrise. In just over a month, both of them mastered the basic riding skills.

Now that he's back at Peking University, Li Ye is a little uncomfortable with the sudden laziness he's become.

"Old Four, Old Six, what time is it?"

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Li Ye shouted a few times, but no one answered.

He sat up and looked around, and found that he was the only one left in the dormitory.

Li Ye took out his watch and saw that it was only seven o'clock.

Graduation is approaching and everyone is busy.

Li Ye lazily got up and washed up, then wandered all the way to the cafeteria. He saw Wen Leyu already eating by himself.
Opposite Wen Leyu, there were several breakfast items that Li Ye was used to eating.

Li Ye sat down carelessly, picked up the bun and started eating, his appetite as good as ever.

"Why are you so early today? Didn't you sleep well last night?"

Wen Leyu smiled and pushed his half bowl of millet porridge to Li Ye.

"No, I'm sleeping well! I just got here too."

After this lighthouse trip, Wen Leyu began to change.

In the past, if Li Ye did not go to the cafeteria on time in the morning to meet Wen Leyu, she would wait foolishly at the cafeteria door, and if she couldn't wait, she would get angry and refuse to eat.

But now, Wen Leyu will prepare everything in advance.

What is this? This is the rhythm of the gentle and lovely girlfriend turning into a virtuous housewife!
While eating, Li Ye asked, "How was your conversation with classmates when you returned to the dormitory last night?"

"Very good," Wen Leyu said proudly, "I shared my notes with them, and everyone said I was a good friend."

Wen Leyu went to the lighthouse, but not just for tourism. In addition to acting as a translator and assistant for Li Ye, she also took the time to collect and summarize a lot of "non-standard usage" of English.
It is impossible to learn the essence of a language in a foreign country. When Wen Leyu first arrived at Dengta, she was even a little confused because the accent and grammar of the people in Dengta were different from what she learned in college.

Not to mention situations like “I really admire your abilities,” which can be summarized as “awesome.”

Li Ye pondered for a moment, and suddenly said: "Xiao Yu, look! Now more and more of us are going abroad to study or go abroad on business. If we can master some of the most frequently used common expressions, wouldn't it be very convenient?"

"Since you have not graduated yet and still have time, are you interested in writing a simple popular English reading material that simply summarizes simple sentences about clothing, food, housing, and transportation, such as how to ask for directions, how to order food, how to take a bus, etc."

Wen Leyu looked at Li Ye silently, and after a few seconds he said, "You can do this job yourself, why are you giving it to me? And you want me to earn royalties?"

In the first month after Li Ye met Wen Leyu, he started to help Wen Leyu earn royalties, and he has been earning money all the way to now. At the beginning, Wen Leyu just liked to "eat for free" around Li Ye.

But look at it now, wasn’t this big piece of cake all gained from the very beginning?

But Li Ye replied immediately: "My money is yours, isn't your money mine? What's wrong? I can't spend the royalties you earn?"

"Yeah, yeah, if you say so, of course I'm willing to do it. How about this! When I'm done writing, you can give it a title. We can consider it as a joint book, but this time I'm the lead writer, hehe."

Wen Leyu agreed immediately. The two of them were going to start a family soon, and they couldn't just let the male laborer earn money, they had to work hard as well.

"It's easy to come up with a name. Six hundred or eight hundred English sentences will do. And you can discuss this with your aunt. Don't just do it for the purpose of making money!"

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In the 1980s, once a book became a hit, its sales would be extremely high, such as the number one-selling "Pang Zhonghua Calligraphy Copybook".
It is easy to make money from books like 900 English Sentences, but it is also easy to gain fame. . . . . . .

After finishing breakfast, Li Ye went to the classroom. Just as he reached the door, he heard a group of classmates who were "reunited after a short separation" talking to each other about their experiences in the past two months.

"I was assigned to the sales department of the company during my internship. I followed my master every day to understand the market situation. In fact, I was going to collect debts. You don't know the financial situation of the company now. It's a mess!

If our company is Party A and Party B owes us money, but we also owe Party C money, and Party C owes Party A money, the arguments between us will never end.

"I have spent one month sitting on a hard seat on the train during these two months. When I think back to when I first started school, I really hoped that the train would have no end. But now my butt hurts whenever I get on the train."

"Xiang Weiguo, you are much better than me. I was assigned to a government agency, which is a high-level position, but in the past two months, I have only learned to drink tea and read newspapers. I really want to learn something, but everyone reads newspapers to study the economic situation. Do you think I am outstanding?"

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Listening to the complaints of these classmates, Li Ye knew that this was just a microcosm of the current mainland economy.

Triangular debts and redundant departments are both difficult problems to solve. Even if two newly graduated students are extremely talented, they will not be able to make any contribution if they are thrown in.

"Hi, Li Ye is back, our great international student is back~"

"It's true. Look, look, this foreign bread and milk is nourishing. Li Ye is fatter than before, and his complexion is better too."

"Go away, stop talking nonsense! I'm not an overseas student. And if I let you eat bread and milk for two months, you will vomit."

Li Ye smiled and joked with a few classmates that he had hardly eaten bread and milk in the past two months. That thing sounded good, but if Li Ye had to eat bread and sauce as a meal like those lighthouse people, he would have to go home every two weeks.

"Okay, okay, stop telling these jokes,"

Chen Xiaoling came over and asked, "Li Ye, the squad leader wrote to us, saying that your internship at the lighthouse was very flexible, and you've been to both the East Coast and the West Coast. It's easier for you to see what a real lighthouse looks like than her. Can you tell us about it?"

The classmates around also gathered around.

The lighthouse at this moment is truly known as the top of the world and the light of civilization. Everyone is full of yearning and desire for that land, and even some real sights and experiences are of great interest to them.

Li Ye thought for a while and said, "The current Lighthouse is indeed very developed, especially in finance and technology research and development. There is a lot for us to learn. We should face this problem and work hard to catch up."

"I've been to Boston and Silicon Valley, where there are hundreds of technology research and development companies, which are very different from our research institute system in mainland China.

New companies are established there every day, and old ones go bankrupt, so the competition is fierce and brutal.”

Li Ye talked a lot about the lighthouse, which made people around him fascinated.

Li Ye pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "I have finished talking about the lighthouse in my eyes. How about I tell you a little bit about us in the eyes of the lighthouse people?"

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The students around were all stunned for a moment, and their expressions were not very natural.

Li Ye asked curiously: "What's with that expression?"

Chen Xiaoling pursed her lips and said, "Li Ye, go ahead! Although we are behind, we are happy to accept criticism."

"Yeah, why do you think so?"

Li Ye was surprised and said: "I don't know how ordinary people in the lighthouse view us, but the few millionaires I have met don't view us flower growers in this way."

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Li Ye looked at the equally surprised classmates around him and said seriously: "In the eyes of the knowledgeable people in the Lighthouse, our flower-growing family may be 'poor', but we are not 'weak' at all!"

(End of this chapter)