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【Chapter 9 First Arrival in a Foreign Land】

USA, California.

California is the third largest state in the United States, and it is also where Liu Chengcheng will live for the next four years.Canyons, mountains, and deserts, when the family read the materials given by the school, they laughed and said that he was so happy, and he could play whatever he wanted in the future.

The sunshine in California at the end of August is still charming. Sitting in the school car to pick them up, Liu Chengcheng is different from the excitement of other students, but Liu Chengcheng is not at all in tune with the wind blowing through the window. If my sister is here, I must be disgusted to death—— The wind here is really cutting people, and the weather at home is good.

That's right, the moment Liu Chengcheng set foot on American soil, he began to miss home.

It's nearly half an hour's drive from the airport to the school, but they also saw many different domestic scenery during this half hour.Houses and shops use bold colors, and every place wants to show off their own unique charm. Blonde people come and go, and there are many families and couples who go surfing on the road, and the familiar language is no longer ringing in my ears. , none of which was familiar to them at all.

Perhaps, this is called a foreign land.

In a trance, the destination has arrived.The first thing that catches the eye is a building with a white background. It doesn’t look like a school but a hotel for rest. This is where they will study for the next four years——Monte Vita Middle School located at the foot of the Santa Cruz Mountains (Monte Vista Christian School).And it was only later that I realized that the style of many schools here is different from that in China.

When getting out of the car, Liu Chengcheng put back his wild thoughts. At this time, the main thing was to listen to what the teacher said.After the life counseling teacher finished explaining the precautions to these nearly twenty students, they were divided into male and female teams, led by the previous batch of international students in the school to their dormitories.

These seniors are also excited, and finally they can meet people from their hometown.It's cool to speak in Chinese (⊙v⊙)!

"Liu Chengcheng, do you want to call home?" The senior who brought them to the dormitory offered a hand of friendship.Because I just came here, the seniors who have been here naturally know that they have not opened the Internet phone yet. Although the school will provide them with a call when they get off the plane, after all, there are too many people and there are few mobile phones. Everyone has to give up their mobile phones after reporting their safety. a classmate.

"Thank you, senior Zhou." The senior who gave him the phone introduced his name at the beginning——Zhou Yu (three tones) Lai, which is said to be the reason why his grandfather admired Premier Zhou so much.Although it was the first time we met, and I was a little embarrassed now, Liu Chengcheng, who missed his family, still accepted his kindness.

"Hey, Mom. I'm already in the dormitory." Now I can finally say something in detail to make them feel at ease. "Enen, don't worry, this place is very good, there are still classmates from the previous school, don't worry. Well, there are only two people living in the dormitory, and there is a kitchen." Listening to her mother talking on the phone, Liu Chengcheng first The discomfort of going to a foreign land finally eased.

About 5 minutes later, Liu Chengcheng returned the phone to the senior.He thought that it was afternoon here, and it was early morning there. Liu Chengcheng thoughtfully wanted her mother to go to bed quickly, and she would get up to cook for her father later. (Didn't you forget that Liu's father works the night shift?)

"If there's anything else you don't understand, you can find me on the second floor of Building B. Remember the location."

"Well, remember." Liu Chengcheng nodded in affirmation.

"You are tired too, so take a good rest and remember to gather at the door tomorrow morning." Senior Zhou called his companions and left after instructing him again.

"By the way, remember to reverse the jet lag as soon as possible." After all went out, the senior surnamed Zhou didn't forget to turn his head and say it again.Just like his own mother, Liu Chengcheng couldn't help thinking.

The boy who shared the room with Liu Chengcheng was not from the same junior high school as him. The two greeted each other, said a few words, and then went back to their own room to clean up.In the dormitory, the kitchen and the living room are shared, but because the school may have sent someone to tidy up before coming here, now they only need to tidy up the things in their luggage and the two of them will be fine.

I have to say that the condition of this dormitory is really good.Wardrobe and bookcase, TV and air conditioner, 1.3-meter-wide bed, and light-yellow wallpaper with vertical dark lines, Liu Chengcheng now understands why "the moon in foreign countries is rounder".

When I finished the sheets and pillowcases I received, I was sweating lightly even with the air conditioner turned on. Fortunately, he would help his mother with these things at home, otherwise he must be in a hurry now.Throwing his whole body on the newly made bed, taking a short rest, he couldn't help but look at the window with light coming in in a daze.It may have been a long time or it may have only been a few minutes, but Liu Chengcheng had to pull himself together and start packing his luggage when he suddenly thought that he would gather for dinner later.

Looking at the overcrowded luggage, Liu Chengcheng put the clothes in the closet that had just been wiped with water in a good-tempered manner, including coats and pants, socks and underwear, and put them away in different categories.After packing up the clothes, the bulk of the luggage went, and the rest were just small things, stationery and so on.However, it is said that it is because the ones here are too expensive, and many girls brought a lot of sanitary napkins, haha, it is better to be a boy, Liu Chengcheng straightforwardly bases his happiness on the pain of others.

Liu Chengcheng also has a lot of things himself. Although he didn't bring a notebook or a mobile phone, there are dozens of signature pens alone, not counting other things.Put the little things where they should be, take a short break, and the time for eating and gathering is coming soon.

The Chinese students here all sit on the first floor, because there are fewer boys than girls, and one poor kid who came out alone even had to share a dormitory with local students.But in Liu Chengcheng's opinion, this is actually very good, he must be easier to integrate into this environment than them.

At this time, the school has not yet started, and the most lively place in the quiet campus is where they gather.The counselor led them to the school cafeteria, and greeted their first meal here amidst everyone's amazement or curiosity.Maybe it was to cater for their taste. The dinner was dumplings and spring rolls. To Liu Chengcheng's surprise, the dumplings made by the chef in this cafeteria turned out to be good. It was only later that the chef made dumplings for Chinese food.

However, there are still some girls who are not used to eating, and at this time, the lovely and respectable seniors came to save them (it is definitely not for boys!).Three senior girls and one senior came here. The senior was responsible for lifting the inner handle of the rice cooker, which contained plump rice. The senior sister brought over stir-fried vegetables - potato shreds, minced meat eggplant, tomato eggs, braised tofu, green pepper meat Silk, all in a big bowl.The boy looked at it and was ready to move, but the senior sister said, this is a special confession for girls, boys please don't get involved as a man.It wasn't until Liu Chengcheng became the chef in the second year that the boys ended this poor tradition.

But fortunately, the dumplings are enough, otherwise I might be hungry on the first day, but Liu Chengcheng feels a little comforted that the fruit after the meal is still very rich.

There was a small meeting after the meal, which was very concise and ended in less than 10 minutes. The main purpose was to let them get familiar with the campus as soon as possible.Then the counselor handed them over to the seniors and asked the seniors to lead them around the campus.

The sun hadn't set yet, but the heat had receded, and it was so comfortable to take a walk after cooking in the cool breeze.He didn't participate in other people's curious inquiries to the senior. What he wanted to ask was basically clear from Senior Zhou's answer at the very beginning, and now he is seriously memorizing the route.

"Cheng Cheng, what are you in a daze for?" The one who asked this question was of course the No.1 Lin Pengfei in Liu Chengcheng's class, otherwise there would be people who had a few short sentences in the online group. Call him by his last name.

"You're just in a daze. I was wondering if pets are allowed in the dormitory." Liu Chengcheng saw the squirrels on the trees on both sides of the road just now, and now he just used it as an excuse.

"It's ok, as long as your roommate agrees." The senior who was explaining the confusion to the juniors happened to hear this question, and turned his head to say something.

Lin Pengfei just said this just to talk to Liu Chengcheng, after all, the two of them are the most familiar.Now hearing Liu Chengcheng say such a sentence, he couldn't help but start to joke. "I can't see it, our Cheng Cheng still has a girlish heart." After speaking, he shook his body deliberately.

When Liu Chengcheng heard that the "girl" also exploded, he and Lin Pengfei started a frenzy.The students next to them couldn't help but look sideways to show that they didn't know them, but it's a pity that everyone is black-haired and black-eyed, and they are still walking together, which is too deceptive.

When Liu Chengcheng was lying in bed at the end of the day, he couldn't fall asleep.

Finally he let out a heavy breath, got out of the bed, fumbled in the dark and sat by the window, opened the curtains to look at the stars.The stars here are very similar to the ones he saw when he was a child. At that time, his favorite thing was to find the inconspicuous stars in the sky.

He is very fortunate to be here, and he always feels that a big burden on his body has been relieved.In order not to make him sad, Mom and Dad tried not to mention Daddy as much as possible, and pampered him as much as possible. He knew that this was their good performance for him, but the more this happened, the more he would think of the past.

What's more, the most practical reason is that there are two houses in the family.This was allocated to their family when the house was demolished. One of them was put in the name of my sister, because Li's mother was a housewife, and the other one was rented out as a household subsidy.The room I'm sitting in now is signed by Mrs. Li's name. To put it bluntly, after a hundred years from his parents, he still has the face to want this house that has brought him so hard. He is ashamed to talk to his sister Are you going to fight for this house?Even if my sister doesn't mind, if my parents gave me the house, would he have the nerve to take it?

They don't owe him anything!He has already stolen the love that should belong to his sister alone, and shared the energy of his parents, how can he stay at home and increase their burden!

In the final analysis, it was because Liu Chengcheng had a stalk in his heart.Because he is not the biological son of his parents, nor his sister's biological brother. He has a mother and a father, but they don't want him.Now that they can come here, they must be able to breathe a sigh of relief, he thought to himself.In fact, this is also because Liu Chengcheng has not really understood the hearts of his family members. If he really dislikes him and thinks he is a burden, how can he not show the slightest flaw in his usual care.

All in all, Liu Chengcheng felt that it was great that he came to the United States.Firecrackers should really be set off to celebrate, for both parties.This can only show that he has grown up, but he still doesn't think about it comprehensively.

In a daze, he didn't know what else he was thinking about, and before he knew it, he had fallen asleep lying on the desk.Even when I was still feeling uncomfortable sleeping, I didn't know how to climb into bed.When the alarm clock rang, Liu Chengcheng really didn't want to get up at that moment, but he couldn't help it.

I didn't sleep well last night, but now I can't help cheering up.Poor him =A=!

The next day's gathering is to lead everyone to go to Beijing.Because the temporary social security number given by the school is only for students to go through various school procedures at the beginning of enrollment.This temporary social security number issued by the school is not recognized outside the school.Therefore, every international student must apply for an official social security number as soon as possible after arriving at the school and settling down.Now the senior brother really wants to take them to apply.After applying for an official social security number, you must go to the International Student Service Center (INTERNATIONALCENTER) to fill out a form to change your social security number.Hearing this, Liu Chengcheng's head grew big, it was really troublesome.

In the afternoon, I followed my seniors to visit the surrounding area and the business district. The only thing I did when I went out was to go to the mobile phone store. It is really inconvenient to not have a mobile phone.Only then did I know why the seniors and sisters confessed to bring their IDs, but it turned out that they wanted to apply for a mobile phone.You can apply for a free mobile phone with your certificate. In the range of choices, Nokia or something, you can choose the brand yourself, and you don’t have to promise a minimum monthly consumption, which is most suitable for them. (Specifically, here you can buy mobile phones, such as the communication shop linked to the school, which recognizes the temporary certificate, otherwise it will be too slow to wait for the official certificate to change, and you can change the information of the official certificate at the school)

Picking out a simple black Nokia, Liu Chengcheng left the counter.The next step is nothing more than introducing them to those places where they can buy what they want to buy. Liu Chengcheng looked at the prices and converted them. He felt that even if the US dollar depreciated, it was still worth more than RMB - the same money can only be bought in China. You can buy three packs of instant noodles and add a bottle of water here if you can’t get two packs of instant noodles!

The next point is to go to see the computer. When I come here, I will explain it. It is best not to bring a domestic computer.But I won't buy it now because the money is not in place yet.This money will not be given to you all at once, it will be given in batches. It is said that it is because a senior brother squandered all the money that was sent at one time. Give money to change policy.Liu Chengcheng and the others will only release the money for the second time after school starts, and then they don't need to pay for the computer themselves.

Liu Chengcheng and the others go abroad to take a large part of their school's living expenses and tuition fees, but obviously it is not enough to play around. If you want to buy some small things to improve your quality of life at school, it is wrong not to take the scholarship from the school here. No way.Liu Chengcheng naturally wanted to get a scholarship with all his strength.

No matter when, shopping is tiring.When they returned to school, Jiang Wentao, who was always restless, said this, which won the consent of all the boys and the glaring glances of all the girls—they didn't feel comfortable walking around today!If it weren't for the presence of boys, and because they were working as a group, the seniors and sisters wouldn't have called them back so early!The girls who come here are all from good families, and they have the money to buy some small things by themselves.

"Okay. Let's talk about it next time." The senior used this sentence as a concluding statement, ending the painful day for boys and girls, and letting them go back to the dormitory.In the evening, Liu Chengcheng and his roommate Luo Ran went to the campus supermarket to buy some food, toiletries and other necessary small things. When they came back, they filled the refrigerator to one-third full, so that Liu Chengcheng and Luo Ran, who were afraid of starvation, could feel at ease. Quite a lot.

But Luo Ran sent Liu Chengcheng from heaven to hell with one sentence—"Cheng Cheng, I got a new phone, I'm going to make a call at home first. The phone bill is too cheap." Luo Ran compared It costs [-] yuan a text message to send a text message from home to a foreign country, and the international call is now equivalent to the city call fee.It was only then that Liu Chengcheng remembered that he seemed to have forgotten to call his sister.He really forgot, wasn't he busy cleaning up after calling home? It wasn't intentional!

Hehe, I hope he doesn't die too badly. QAQ.

Call her sister, Liu Chengcheng is not worried that Liu Chengying is sleeping, the sister who is in China must be online without discussion ==.Sure enough, the phone did not beep a few times before someone answered.

"Hello, Cheng Cheng." Seeing the caller ID that couldn't be a domestic number, Liu Chengying guessed that it was her brother calling.

"Well, it's me. Sister, I'm here to say goodbye to you." Liu Chengcheng heard her sister's voice was calm, so she quickly said what she had to say.Who knows when my sister will turn into a Tyrannosaurus? Unexpectedly, Liu Chengying asked him to hang up the phone without telling him how long.Just leave plausible words at the end.

"This is your cell phone number, um. I know." Liu Chengcheng had a bad feeling again.

Every bad premonition has something to do with my sister! (〒▽〒)!

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