Rebirth 1979: Hunting wild boars and saving educated youth

Chen Feng followed Larry and Robert to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

The school has a long history, dating back to 1919, when it was founded as the Southern Branch of the University of California and gradually developed into the comprehensive university it is today.

There are many celebrities in the school.

Chen Feng knew two of them. One was the famous quantum physicist Feynman, and the other was Kang Yongge, who later became a popular program host in Taiwan.

As soon as they arrived at UCLA, Larry and Robert took Chen Feng around, introducing him to students they knew. They were quite popular on campus, and people would often come up to them to say hello, and they would introduce Chen Feng to these students.

Chen Feng admired the campus scenery and chatted with his new friends. In the end, his smile almost froze. Larry and Robert had so many friends that Chen Feng deeply realized that being good at sports was extremely popular in American universities.

When the students learned that Chen Feng was from China, they were all surprised.

There are not many Chinese students studying here, but they do exist.

However, this was the first time they had seen someone like Chen Feng, who became so close to Larry and Robert from the Bruins team and had such a good chat with them as brothers right after entering school.

Chinese students studying abroad often have their own small circles and rarely interact with outsiders, which always gives people a very closed-off feeling.

Chen Feng's American English also left a deep impression on them. These days, it is rare to see Chinese students studying abroad with an American accent!

Most people learn British pronunciation, which gives people a traditional feeling.

This experience was truly an eye-opener for Chen Feng.

The beauty of UCLA's campus is breathtaking.

In particular, the Royce Auditorium, as the school's landmark building, adopts Italian Roman style and is often used as a venue for events and lectures, with its unique charm.

There is also the square lawn, which is very famous and can often be seen on TV.

Surrounded by teaching buildings and dormitories, many students sit on the lawn to study and communicate.

When passing by the Powell Library, Chen Feng was deeply attracted by it.

The library, with its solid bricks and stones, tall stone pillars, and beautifully carved doorways, appears both majestic and sturdy. The skylight on the roof is particularly unique.

In short, this library left the deepest impression on Chen Feng.

He, Larry and Robert passed by the library, and he couldn't help but look back, his eyes gently sweeping over the quaint building.

At this time, he didn't know that behind the brick wall within his sight, sat the person he had been thinking about day and night.

The sunlight penetrated the skylight on the top of the library and shone on a girl in a mottled manner.

That girl was Ning Yao.

She chose a corner by the window, sat down with her back against the skylight, and frowned slightly.

The sunlight illuminated the pages of the book perfectly, and also brushed across her face, giving her a faint golden glow, like an angel illuminated by holy light.

But this "angel" seemed a little anxious at this moment.

Ning Yao has been at UCLA for several months, studying economics with the famous Professor Leonid.

Economics was a completely new field for her, and her English was not very good either, so she had to start from scratch.

Old man Leonid was not vague and gave her a strict order directly. She had to pass the English test within half a year and read all the original English economics books on the list.

This really stumped Ning Yao.

If it is a Chinese book, three big volumes, you can finish it in half a year if you grit your teeth.

But it's all in English, and I have to look up words in the dictionary for every sentence. There are also many professional terms, and even if I look them up, I still have to think about them for a long time before I can understand them.

Sometimes she would sit in the library for two hours and couldn't even turn a page, which made her feel anxious.

Although the sun was shining brightly, it could not dispel the anxiety in her heart.

These three big books were like three huge mountains blocking her way, making her feel extremely difficult.

But this was not what bothered her the most. What really bothered him was the things in life.

To put it simply, Ning Yao has no money.

She worked as an educated youth for several years and had no savings at all.

All I earn are work points, but they can’t be spent as money and can’t be cashed.

As for her father, although he was now the governor, he had only been in office for a short time and had once worked in a cowshed. Back then, he had no income. Now, relying on the governor's salary, it was actually not much.

It is definitely enough to live in China, but if you want to go to college in the United States, the money is far from enough.

Ning Yao didn't have a scholarship either, and Ning Hezhong had to borrow money from others to pay for her tuition.

So, Ning Yao has to work to make a living.

The channels for Chinese students to find jobs here are very limited, and most of them work in Chinese restaurants run by Chinese.

The same goes for Ning Yao, who now works in a Cantonese Chinese restaurant with her classmates.

Because she is pretty, the restaurant puts her in charge of taking orders and serving food to customers.

Lu Ting, who lived with her, was not so lucky and could only wash dishes and pick vegetables in the kitchen.

Working in a restaurant, from 4pm to 9pm every day.

After get off work, the two girls returned to their residence together, and Lu Ting fell asleep as soon as she touched the bed.

Ning Yao still had to continue reading and studying, and he was really exhausted.

Ning Yao sometimes feels that he is more tired now than when he was an educated youth.

Back then, when there was always work to do in the fields, classmates and fellow villagers would come to help. But here, she had to rely on herself for study and work, and no one could help her.

When she was a sent-down youth, she met Chen Feng. Every day, she only had to go to school to teach and didn't have to worry about anything else. But now, she is alone on the other side of the ocean, and has to handle everything by herself.

The feeling of loneliness and pressure sometimes really makes her breathless.

Studying and working, these two things fill Ning Yao's time.

She had originally been looking forward to university life abroad, but now she thinks that she can't take care of it at all.

The Chinese students here are out of tune with the circle of American college students.

There were hardly any Chinese people at any of the sports events, games, parties, or dances. Ning and Yao hadn't even attended a single one.

She went to a gathering in the Chinese community once when she first arrived, and never went again after that.

Why? Because of that BBQ, several boys started to show interest in her.

Among them is the vice president of the Chinese Students Association.

The key point is, the vice president already has a girlfriend!

At the party, he didn't even care about his girlfriend and ran over to try to get close to Ning Yao. The scene was so awkward.

From then on, Ning Yao would not go no matter who invited him.

Ning Yao has been here for a few months and has a lot of worries.

The only thing to be thankful for was that she met Lu Ting.

The two girls eat, live and work together every day. In this foreign country, they depend on each other.