M1979 :: Volume #1

#57: The US receives a letter

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The school has a vacation quickly, Li He leisurely and carefree sitting reads the novel in the classroom, what Fangdi comes a letter/believes, English postmark, Chinese address, looks that sends like the US. 学校快放假的时候,李和悠闲的坐在教室里看小说,何芳递过来一封信,英文邮戳,中文地址,看着像美国寄过来的。 Li He knows in heart, probably only then woof rain. 李和心里有数,大概只有汪雨了。 Regarding girl that this emits suddenly, the Li He awkward ingredient is in the majority actually. 对于这个突然冒出的姑娘,李和其实还是尴尬成分居多。 Li He disassembles the envelope, looked earnestly, an attractive good grass: 李和拆开信封,认真的看了起来,一手漂亮的行草: Li He, hello/you good, is believed to learn about, I have stabilized in US Princeton University. Recent one year, many shock, surprised, anxious, almost cannot attend to having the worried of homesickness, does not know how to write to you, describes my story. 李和,你好,见信知悉,我已经在美国Princeton大学安定下来。最近一年,更多的震惊,惊讶,紧张,几乎顾不上有思乡的忧愁,也不知道怎么给你写信,描述我的见闻。 This impoverished disparity, does not know how to demonstrate to you, we are still the destitute countries, according to the RealGDPpercapita US that the World Bank gives is more than 10,000 dollars, but China be only several hundred Renminbi, are the per capita income are inferior to an American odd change actually. The food of here average person, is higher than we one year of income, how I can not the frightened this huge difference. 这种贫困差距,不知道如何展示给你,我们依然是穷困国家,依照世界银行给出的RealGDPpercapita美国是10000多美金,而中国只有几百人民币,其实就是人均收入不及美国人一个零头。这里普通人的一顿饭,就比我们一年的收入要高,我怎么能不恐惧这种巨大的差异。 That shock, each spot of tremor body, that feeling, if not experience to kiss is, is unable to realize. 那种震惊,颤动身体的每一个部位,那种感受,如不去亲历亲为,无法体会。 Said that a good soul talk, I vacillated as individual, mixes again pitifully in the US, at least you can open board the sedan car, can live in the foreign-style house, this regarding most people are acceptable. 说句良心话,作为个人来说我动摇了,在美国混的再悲惨,至少你可以开上小轿车,可以住上洋房,这对于大多数人来说是可以接受的。 But we? Is coming up with the pipe pot gathering electric lamp bulb a smoke. 而我们呢？还有拿着烟袋锅凑到电灯泡上去点烟的。 But as a nationality, if our entire Chinese overseas students, if from generation to generation is the social classes of working, this cannot be accepted. 但作为一个民族,如果我们整个的中国留学生,如果一代一代都是打工的阶级,这是不能被接受的。 This cannot feedback China, making China a true modern country. China had still not completed from peasant society to reforming of modern society, in this reforming process, there are too many matters is not the science and technology can achieve. 这也不能够回馈中国,让中国成为一个真正的现代化国家。中国仍然没有完成从农业社会到现代化社会的一个转型,在这个转型过程中,有太多的事情不是科学技术能做到的。 However I want to say that I to the graduation also early, have more time ponder staying or going issue, I cannot answer now accurately. 但是我想说,我离毕业还早,有更多的时间思考去留问题,我现在也不能准确的答复。 I hope that your also as soon as possible application studies abroad, although needs to arrive at three to most people in a big way even big four, or simply does not have the opportunity. However I believe that according to your level of effort, you absolutely do not have the issue. 我希望你也尽快申请来留学,虽然对大部分人来说需要到大三甚至大四,或者根本没有机会。但是我相信按你的努力程度,你完全没有问题的。 According to the newspaper, TOEFL will open the pilot to the home, like this you do not need to take a test to Hong Kong. 据报纸说,托福会到国内开考试点,这样你就不需要到香港考试了。 Li He, I hope you to come, to experience broader world. I understood that your family circumstances, this is also you changes the destiny an opportunity. 李和,我希望你来,见识一下更广阔的世界。我了解你的家境,这也是你改变命运的一个机会。 You is a very self-confident person, that is not to the self-confidence of individual destiny, is not the self- arrogance, that is to the self-confidence of overall nation-state, your self-confident this society will improve, your self-confident this country will be formidable. 你是一个很自信的人,那不是对个人命运的自信,不是自我的狂妄,那是对整体民族国家的自信,你自信这个社会会变好,你自信这个国家会强大。 „To Chinese 30 years, even if cannot hang the dozen of US, can the foot trample UK , France” “给中国人30年时间,即使不能吊打美国,也能脚踹英法” This should be your original words, I was infected by your this type at that time self-confidently. 这应该是你的原话,我当时被你这种自信感染了,真的。 In the recent one year, sees as far as I know, I thought that we are very difficult to surpass, are our 20 years shouted that have surpassed the slogan of UK , US? The disparity is getting bigger and bigger. 近一年,据我所知所见,我觉得我们真的很难赶超,我们20年就喊出了赶超英美的口号,可是呢？差距越来越大。 However has not related, this calculates you and I, young ignorant. Therefore I hope that you can also come out to have a look, common progress. 不过没关系,这都算你与我,年少无知。所以我希望你也能出来看看,共同进步。 If before , creates the difficulty to you, I said was extremely sorry. 如果之前给你造成困扰,我表示非常抱歉。 Wish you joyful, the studies have. 祝你快乐,学业有成。 Reads the letter/believes, the face of Li He is burning, hit hurting. 看完信,李和的脸火辣辣的,被打的疼。 This clearly divides the souvenirs, has prepared that many ground, to speak finally a few words, old lady flinging you. 这分明是分手信,做了那么多铺垫,就为了说最后那么一句话,老娘把甩你了。 Looks sincerity funds intent is hoping you go abroad, but also looks at the level of effort? Your lazy goods this whole life not necessarily has the prospect to go abroad \; 看着真心款意的盼着你出国,还看努力程度？你个懒货这辈子不一定有指望出国\; The meaning is, before my eye was blind, has not seen the world, felt hello/you good. 意思就是,之前我眼睛瞎,没见过世面,觉着你好。 Now the old lady saw the big world, the sedan car, the small foreign-style house, did not listen to you to flicker, your few civilian, you bye-bye, which was cool which is staying. 现在老娘见了大世面,小轿车,小洋房,不听你忽悠了,你升斗小民,你呐拜拜,哪凉快哪呆着。 Although is not feeling well, but Li He does not have the glass heart that folds to clamp in the page the letter/believes directly, what fragrance said, ” your US does have the friend? I looked at the postmark, the US. Your this face was white. Accident sentiment of? „ 虽然不爽,可李和也没那么玻璃心,直接把信叠好夹到书页里,何芳过来说道,”你美国有朋友？我看了邮戳,美国的。你这脸都白了。出了什么事情？“ what Fang with Zhao Yongqi living of service, takes over control in the hand, suddenly has become the young rich woman, eats meal the putting on clothes appearance, the speech, the obvious imposing manner is different. Felt grateful to Li He did not say, little has not looked in the school. 何芳和赵永奇把维修的活,接管到手里,陡然就成了小富婆,吃饭穿衣打扮,说话,明显气势又不一样。对李和感激不说,在学校也没少关照。 Li He told the gas channel/angrily said, „ anything, a schoolmate, had not gone abroad to study before. Wrote to me. When you go home, did the ticket buy? „ 李和吐口气道,“没啥,以前一个同学,出国留学了。给我写了封信。你什么时候回家,票买了吗？“ ” Has bought, I will walk the day after tomorrow, tomorrow I and Zhao Yongqi ask you to eat meal together, you also shout Su Ming, what Fang says in the lane entrance old Li Family restaurant „, gave a Li He form” this is the Duke derivation request form, only recruited 120 people in the nation, the present is the school screens, in February formally registered to Education Committee, you can try „ ”买了,我后天就走,明天我和赵永奇请你们一起吃个饭,你把苏明也喊上,就在巷口老李家饭馆“何芳说完,又递给了李和一张表格”这是公派生申请表,在全国只招120人,现在是学校内部筛选,二月份正式到教委报名,你可以试试“ Li He has not met, said directly, ” person who needing, now is big two, where has worries, said again, I do not have interest to going abroad „ 李和没有接,直接道,”给需要的人吧,现在才大二,哪有那么着急,再说,我对出国没兴趣“ The school has a vacation, Li He buys with the train tickets of Mabel Cheung two people, big winter where does not want to go, has in the harborer to make a black bear. 学校放假的时候,李和买完和张婉婷两个人的火车票,大冬天的哪里也不想去,只得窝家里做个狗熊。 ” Schoolmate Mabel Cheung, you considered, didn't go home to see the parents-in-law with me?, ” Li He ignites a smoke nest to warm by a fire under the top, looks that is busy Mabel Cheung who in the kitchen floor. ”张婉婷同学,你真考虑好了,不跟我回家见见公婆？,”李和点着一根烟窝在灶台底下烤火,看着在厨房台面上忙和的张婉婷。 Mabel Cheung looked that Li He has lit a cigarette, pulls out has not played not to have, said, ” does not go. Waits to graduate. Smokes the injurious to health, abstained! ” 张婉婷看李和又点了一根烟,抽的没玩没了,道,”不去。等毕业吧。吸烟有害健康,戒了吧！” Li He fills with proud answering: „Cannot abstain, my grandfather smokes, my father also smoked, is one's turn me unable to break the incense and candle.” 李和满怀骄傲的答:“不能戒啊,俺爷爷吸烟,俺爹也吸烟,轮到俺不能断了香火。” Mabel Cheung air/Qi has flung the cleaning rag in hand all of a sudden, she thought that they quarrelled this whole life all frames in this small room. 张婉婷气的把手里的抹布一下子甩了过去,她觉得他们俩在这个小小的屋子里把这辈子所有的架都吵完了。 Li He sighed, „before did not have wife time I was passing the day of worse than those of beasts of burden. Now such as.” 李和叹口气,“以前没媳妇的时候俺过着牛马不如的日子。现在如了。” „Is short with me is loquacious, if I start to know your time knows that you are so bad, I the tooth that promises” Mabel Cheung air/Qi am not itchy, probably outside hears the sound that opens the door to walk, turns head to look is Su Ming, say/way „you enters the main room to chat, the kitchen I alone become. Did the bright child, eat?” “少跟我贫嘴,我要是开始认识你的时候知道你这么坏,我才不答应呢”张婉婷气的牙痒痒,好像又听到外面开门走路的声音,扭头一看是苏明,道“你俩进堂屋聊吧,厨房我一个人就成。明子,吃了吗？” Su Ming handwarmer in the sleeve, is cancelling the body, freezes the whole body to tremble, clenching teeth say/way „sister-in-law, has eaten, you are busy. I asked the elder brother to say a matter” 苏明手笼在袖子里,勾着身子,冻得浑身发抖,咬着牙道“嫂子,吃了,你自己忙吧。我找哥说点事” Two people entered the main room, opens fire door, added a carbon, Su bright way, „elder brother, that help/gang Wenzhou man full avenue string. The mother, this is big cold season, has not been resting, this group of people all fell in the square hole in the center. So long as your a few words, I truncate them immediately” 两人进了堂屋,把炉门打开,又加了点碳,苏明道,“哥,那帮温州佬满大街串。妈的,这都大冷天,还不歇着,这帮人全掉钱眼里了。只要你一句话,我立马削他们” Li He teapot Riga a canal, „they have made the eyeglasses, the button, what matter was obstructing your? You must study, this making an all-out effort, the average person does not have. Do not look down on this group of people, good that you do not annoy. The southerners are the unity, Wenzhou, the Chaoshan area, Hakka, which is affable? Remember , helping others do well, friendly disposition leads to wealth is important, do not think that this is not pleasing to the eyes, that is not pleasing to the eyes” 李和茶壶里加了点水道,“他们做眼镜,纽扣,碍着你什么事了？你要学着点,这股狠劲,一般人没有。不要小瞧了这帮人,你还是不惹的好。南方人最是团结,温州,潮汕地区,客家,哪一个是好惹的？记住,与人为善,和气生财最是重要,不要看这个不顺眼,那个不顺眼” The Su Ming askew body, rubs hands saying that really „they looked like you to say was so rich? That button withstand/top to make less than the one cent, I feel that you exaggerated” 苏明歪歪身子,搓搓手道,“他们真像你说的那么有钱？那一个纽扣顶死才赚不到一分钱,我就觉着你夸张了” Li He says with a smile, „you have not listened, ten Wenzhou man nine business, will do accounts, others many covertly in the early 70's started to do business, said again others are an overseas Chinese district, who does not have each one relatives externally, but the manner has been very low-key. Makes the wholesale to make the retail, others also many a little makes a mickle, do not look down on inside knowledge. Tries to be the friend with others, much study two moves, but should not be flickered, by astute, you also miss one section. Can be able to add in the help/gang, when the time comes, you then called the friend to spread around the world” 李和笑着道,“你没听过,十个温州佬九个商,还有一个会算账,人家好多偷偷摸摸七十年代初就开始做生意了,再说人家本来就是侨乡,谁在国外没个个把亲戚,但为人却一直很低调。做批发做零售,人家也是积少成多,不要小瞧里面学问。试着跟人家做朋友,多学两招,不过不要被人忽悠了,论精明,你还差一截。能帮得上就帮,到时候,你这才叫朋友遍天下” Su Ming was such damaged to fall by Li He, gets sick dispiritedly shrinks the head not to speak, the say/way that is not convinced, „knew” 苏明被李和这么样损落,病怏怏的缩着脑袋不想说话,不服气的道,“知道了” At this time the native of Wenzhou of low key, can make China have a scare several years later, native of Wenzhou? These many, will such make money. Perhaps they are the Chinese genuine economical forerunners. 这个时候低调的温州人,再过几年才能让全中国吓一跳吧,温州人咋的啦？这么多,这么会赚钱。也许他们才是中国真正的经济先行者吧。
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