Chapter 611: We Are Poor, But We Are Not Weak

In the morning, Li Ye woke up in the dormitory of Peking University, feeling a bit dazed for a while.

In the last month in the Lighthouse, Watching Wen Leyu would come to knock on the door every morning, and then the two would go to the stable to clean up together.

Li Ye was responsible for shoveling horse manure, and Watching Wen Leyu was responsible for tidying up saddles, stirrups, and other riding gear. Then the young couple would step on the dew together to welcome the morning sun. In just over a month, both of them had mastered basic riding skills.

Now that they were back at Peking University and suddenly became lazy, Li Ye felt a bit uncomfortable.

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

"..."

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

Sitting up and looking, the dormitory was the only one left for him.

Li Ye took out his watch and looked, finding that it was just past seven o'clock.

Approaching graduation, everyone was busy.

Li Ye got up and washed lazily, swayed all the way to the cafeteria, and saw Watching Wen Leyu eating by herself.

And opposite Watching Wen Leyu, there were several breakfast items that Li Ye was used to eating.

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

"Why so early today? Didn't you sleep well because you weren't used to the bed last night?"

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

"No, I slept very well! I just arrived too."

After this trip to the Lighthouse, Watching Wen Leyu began to change.

In the past, if Li Ye didn't arrive at the cafeteria to meet Watching Wen Leyu on time in the morning, she would wait foolishly at the cafeteria entrance, and if she couldn't wait, she would sulk and not eat.

But now, Watching Wen Leyu would prepare everything in advance.

What is this? This is the rhythm of a gentle and pleasant girlfriend turning into a virtuous housewife!

Li Ye ate while asking: "How was it chatting with classmates after returning to the dormitory last night?"

"Very good," Watching Wen Leyu said proudly: "I shared the notes I organized with them, and everyone said I was a good friend..."

Watching Wen Leyu didn't just go to the Lighthouse for tourism. Besides acting as a small translator and small assistant for Li Ye, she also took the time to collect and summarize many "non-standard usages" of English.

Learning a foreign language in a foreign country, it is impossible to learn the essence. When Watching Wen Leyu first arrived in the Lighthouse, she was even a bit confused because the accent and grammar of the Lighthouse people were different from what she learned in university.

Not to mention situations like "I admire your ability very much," which can be summarized as "awesome."

Li Ye pondered for a while and suddenly said: "Xiao Yu, look, now more and more people are going abroad to study or work. If you can master some frequently used phrases, wouldn't it be very convenient?"

"Since you haven't graduated yet and still have time, are you interested in writing a simple English popularization reader, briefly summarizing simple sentences in clothing, food, housing, and transportation, such as how to ask for directions, how to order food, how to take a car, etc..."

Watching Wen Leyu looked at Li Ye silently, and after a few seconds said: "You can do this work yourself, why let it to me again? Are you letting me earn royalties again?"

In the first month Li Ye met Watching Wen Leyu, he started taking Watching Wen Leyu to earn royalties, all the way to now. At the beginning, Watching Wen Leyu just liked to "scrounge meals" beside Li Ye.

But look at it now, isn't such a big cake scrounged from the beginning?

But Li Ye answered in seconds: "My money is yours, isn't your money mine? What's the matter? I can't spend the royalties you earned?"

"Hmm-hmm-hmm~, if you say so, of course I am willing. How about this, after I compile it, you give it a title, and it will be considered as compiled by both of us, but this time I am the main writer, hehe."

Watching Wen Leyu immediately agreed. The two were about to become a small family, so she couldn't let just one male laborer earn money; she had to strive for it too.

"The name is easy to give, '600 English Sentences' or '800 English Sentences' will do, and you can discuss this matter with your aunt, don't just aim for money!"

"..."

In the 1980s, once a certain book became a hit, the sales were extremely terrifying, such as "Pang Zhonghua's Copybook," which ranked first.

It is easy to earn money from books like "900 English Sentences," but it is not difficult to earn "fame" either.

After finishing breakfast, Li Ye went to the classroom. Just as he reached the door, he heard a group of "reunited" classmates talking about their experiences over the past two months.

"My internship this time was assigned to the sales section of the unit. I followed my master out to understand the market situation every day, which is actually asking for debts. You don't know how chaotic the financial situation of the unit is now!"

"If our unit is Party A, Party B owes us money, but we owe Party C money, and Party C owes Party A money. They pull back and forth and never finish..."

"I spent one month of these two months on the hard seat of the train. Thinking back to when I first started school, I really hoped the train had no end, but now my butt hurts as soon as I get on the train..."

"Xiang Weiguo, you are much better than me. I was assigned to a government unit, and the level is high enough, but I learned to drink tea and read newspapers for these two months. I really want to learn something, but everyone is reading newspapers and studying the economic situation. Do you want me to be outstanding?"

"..."

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

Triangular debt and redundant government agencies are all problems that are difficult to solve. Even if two newly graduated students are brilliant, throwing them in won't make a sound.

"Hey, Li Ye is back, our big overseas student is back, hey~"

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

"Go, go, don't talk nonsense! I'm not any overseas student, and let you eat bread and milk for two months, you will be able to eat until you vomit."

Li Ye laughed and joked with several classmates. He hadn't eaten much bread and milk these two months. That thing sounded okay, but if he were like those Lighthouse people who dipped bread in sauce for a meal, he would have to go home in two weeks.

"Alright, alright, everyone stop telling these jokes,"

Chen Xiaoling leaned over and asked: "Li Ye, the class monitor wrote to us, saying that your internship in the Lighthouse was very flexible, and you have been to both the East Coast and the West Coast, and you can see the real Lighthouse more easily than her. Tell us about it!"

The surrounding classmates also gathered around.

At this time, the Lighthouse was really called the pinnacle of the world and the light of civilization. Everyone was full of longing and desire for that land, and even some real experiences were very interesting.

Li Ye thought for a while and said: "The Lighthouse is indeed very developed now, especially in finance and technology research and development. There are too many places for us to learn from. We should face this problem squarely and strive to catch up..."

"I have been to Boston and Silicon Valley. There are hundreds of technology research and development companies there, which are very different from our mainland research institute system."

"New companies are established every day, and old companies go bankrupt. The competition is very fierce and cruel..."

Li Ye said a lot about the situation in the Lighthouse, making everyone around him yearn for it.

Li Ye pondered for a while, and then said with a smile: "I have finished talking about the Lighthouse in my eyes. Now let me tell you a few words about us in the eyes of Lighthouse people, how about it?"

"..."

The surrounding classmates were stunned for a moment, and their expressions were not natural.

Li Ye asked strangely: "What kind of expression is this?"

Chen Xiaoling pursed her lips and said: "Li Ye, you say it! Although we are backward, we are willing to accept criticism and critique."

"..., why do you think so?"

Li Ye said in surprise: "I don't know how ordinary people in the Lighthouse view us, but the few millionaires I have come into contact with don't view our China like this."

"..."

Li Ye looked at the equally surprised classmates and said very seriously: "In the eyes of knowledgeable people in the Lighthouse, our China might be 'poor', but it is not 'weak' at all!" ===== CHAPTER 612 =====