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This year's spring came very late, already in the middle of February, only the last three days before the Spring Festival, and the air is still filled with biting chill.

As usual, Huang Qin hurried into the office, shaking off his weathered body, and skillfully made a cup of coffee.

After a cup of coffee, he turned on the computer and squinted his eyes comfortably in his seat.

At this time, there was a sound behind him, and someone walked in.

Huang Qin looked back and saw that it was his old partner Williams.

Williams' face was flushed from the cold, he opened his mouth to let out a puff of breath, and greeted warmly.

"Good morning Qin, you look great."

Huang Qin watched him take off his down jacket and sat down next to him, he couldn't help but said in surprise: "Dawei, you know that the Spring Festival will be in a few days, why didn't you go on vacation this year?"

Williams' eyes became a little dim, and he said in a low voice: "A relative of mine passed away recently. I can't attend his funeral. I'm in a bad mood and don't want to go on vacation for now."

Huang Qin immediately showed concern, and asked, "Then what are you going to do during the seven-day vacation? Are you all staying in the dormitory?"

Williams nodded, looking a little melancholy: "Yes, I plan to come to work every day to turn grief into strength."

Seeing his dejected look, Huang Qin couldn't help feeling a little worried, and pondered for a moment.

"How can you be here alone for the past seven days? Since you are in a bad mood, you should go to relax, especially on such a festive day, you should experience the festive atmosphere."

"Well, how about you go home for the New Year with me?"

Williams looked at him in surprise, a little in disbelief, and it took him a while to speak excitedly.

"Qin, thank you for your concern. You are my best friend. I am very happy to go back with you. It is my honor to meet your family."

Huang Qin waved his hand carelessly and said, "It's okay, anyway, I'm going back alone. The thing about adding a pair of chopsticks is that my home is in the countryside, so it's a little far away."

Williams happily took out his mobile phone: "Qin, you are such a good person, tell me how to buy tickets, by the way, I also want to buy some gifts for your family, it is impolite not to come to the door empty-handed."

"Haha, you are too polite. You still have a ticket for this trip. You are so lucky. It may be someone else's refund."

Huang Qin guided Williams to buy a high-speed rail ticket, and bought some New Year's goods, stuffing them in the suitcase.

Early the next morning, the two embarked on their journey home.

The destination is a remote village in Guizhou Province in the southwest, and it is said that it will take a day.

Sitting in the neat and bright compartment, Williams began to study the seats and other equipment with a look of curiosity.

It was his first time to take a high-speed train, and seeing the speed displayed on the LED screen, he was shocked from ear to ear and let out a burst of exclamation.

"OMG, the speed is too fast, 364 kilometers per hour, it's too scary."

"This high-speed rail is too clean. Wow, the carriage looks as new as a space station. I feel like I'm riding a rocket. Amazing!"

"Huaxia is really advanced, do you know? I used to take the high-speed train in Eagle Country, which is our fastest train. From Xincun to Chicago, it is more than 700 kilometers, and it takes 22 hours."

"According to the speed of Huaxia High-speed Railway, it only takes 2 hours to get there, which is really fast."

"Nimma's speed should be recorded, Qin, come and take a photo for me."

Huang Qin smiled and took the phone with a calm face.

He likes the appearance of foreigners who have never seen the world, but he has seen too much and is a little numb.

In this way, Williams took a photo with V under the speed sign of the carriage.

Soon, the train drove out of the urban area, shuttling through the endless greenery, dotted with residential houses and lakes on both sides.

Williams took one look and quickly fell in love with the beauty.

"Qin," he grabbed Huang Qin's arm and shook it excitedly: "The scenery is too beautiful. Look at the small rivers and tall buildings. It's like a painting. It's amazing."

Huang Qin looked at the phone blankly, feeling powerless to complain.

He saw the scenery of this train from the age of 18 to 24, and he has seen it for six full years.

In the south, it is not surprising that such scenery is everywhere.

Williams' full attention was drawn to the scenery outside the window, and his face was pressed against the glass window, watching all this greedily.

The train is moving at high speed, and the scenery outside the window changes.

Williams watched it for several hours before he said with emotion: "It's really ashamed to think that Eagle Country's infrastructure has fallen behind for so many years."

"Even the high-speed rail station is so well built, it feels like you're in some sci-fi movie, waiting for the spaceship that's about to land."

Huang Qin smiled and asked, "Dawei, do you feel hungry? It's time for us to have lunch."

"That's right," Williams rubbed his hands excitedly, "Do you want to call the flight attendant? I just saw a small trolley full of food passing by."

Huang Qin shook his phone: "No, I'm not used to the food on the train, let's order takeaway, do you want to eat McDonald's, KFC, or Pizza Hut?"

Williams said in shock, "What? Can you order takeaway on the high-speed train?"

"Yeah, I think you usually like to eat fried chicken, let's have a family bucket." Huang Qin said while placing the order: "When we arrive at the next stop, the flight attendant will deliver it directly."

Half an hour later, when the full bucket of KFC appeared in front of him, Williams opened his mouth in surprise.

Apart from the word Amazing, he couldn't say anything else.

When the two of them had enough to eat and drink, and lay on the seat to pick their teeth, Williams couldn't help shouting a sentence in English amidst a full mouthful of hiccups.

"Huaxia is the real future!"

After he finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Huang Qin, repeated it again in Chinese seriously, and continued.

"This is my truth. Huaxia has changed too much. I have only been here for a year or two, and I have already felt it deeply."

"Even in the vicinity of the company, there are great changes. I don't know what kind of chemical fertilizers are sprinkled on those buildings, and why they grow so fast."

"And I've lived in my hometown for more than 20 years, and apart from some newly built apartments, I can hardly see any changes. The same highways with more and more cracks and potholes, just more cars running on the roads, the government So much tax and no money to fix or build new roads."

“The old buildings in the city center are so outdated, they are at least 30 years behind here. The hotels near the airport are 30 to 40 years old, and there are no new hotels. Only the city center has a new tallest building to be completed recently, and that is It was invested and built by developers from the East.”

“But, who would go downtown? There are so many poor homeless people, dirty streets, who would risk being mugged and attacked? At the same time, you can go to any place here. In the middle of the city, you can shop, you can eat, you can see movies, and you know what, it's very, very safe."

“There are cameras everywhere, all shopping malls are open until 90 o’clock, the streets are brightly lit, there is 24-hour security in the community, and there are no homeless people and drug addicts wandering around with wine bottles on the road. Even a little girl can be in the dark at night. Walk alone, there is no danger."

"Who would dare to do that in a big city in Eagle Country? I wouldn't dare."

Having said that, he finally stopped complaining, with a wry smile on his face.

Huang Qin smiled calmly: "I'm sorry, we are actually just a developing country, and there is still a long way to go in the future."

Williams was shocked again: "Qin, you are too shameless, you look at all this, and you tell me that this is what a developing country should look like? Is this much more developed than Eagle Country?"

Huang Qin shook his head: "NoNoNo, if you go to my hometown, you will know that it is a very poor place, in the far southwest, far away from the bustling cities."

He raised his head, as if lost in memory: "I still remember that there is only one road in my hometown, which is very broken. Every year, the village organizes young and strong men to repair the road. There is only one bus to the county. People in our village Every once in a while, I have to put on my best clothes, go shopping in the county town, and pass the boring time."

"When I was young, I wore a few pieces of clothes throughout the year and wore them over and over again. There was no TV at home, and the electricity was often cut off. I could only read and study by lighting candles. I didn't watch TV at my classmates' house until I was eight or nine years old."

He raised the corner of his mouth and showed a smile: "At that time, I saw the rocket launch on TV and saw the scientific researchers in white coats. I suddenly had an urge to be like them."

"Slowly, I learned that if you want to become that kind of person, you have to go to university, and you have to go to the county town to study in middle school, so you have to study hard now."

"Later, the tone I raised at the beginning supported me for more than ten years, until now. Although I failed to become an aerospace scientist, I put on a white coat anyway, and my dream has come true. "

He reached out to press his heart, and then slowly stretched into the air, with a happy smile on his face.

"It is the grass that has been planted in my heart since I was a child, and now it can grow into a tree."

Williams said thoughtfully: "Actually, your hometown is not poor at all."

"The real poverty is not the lack of money. You can make money without money."

"True poverty is a lack of access to see the world and get out."

"The world is so big, but you can't see it; the world is so big, but you can't get out."

"This is real poverty."

"I have stayed in a small country, and the people there are just like you when you were a child. They were trapped in a ravine, saying that they should not do it every day. It is very sad, but their tragedy is not material poverty, but lack of knowledge."

"People dare not imagine the outside world, let alone what it would be like to experience going out."

"It's not because they're lazy or sick, it's simply because they don't know what the outside world is like."

He looked at Huang Qin with deep meaning in his eyes: "If your hometown doesn't have the road connecting the outside world, you won't be able to see the outside world, and you won't have the awareness that I want, and you won't realize that you can pass education. to change fate."

"Qin, you are today because you have a responsible and good country that gives you a channel to connect to the outside world."

Huang Qin was stunned for a moment, these words were like a flash of lightning, splitting many myths in his mind.

He muttered to himself: "I understand, I finally understand."

"Indeed, people can't work hard for something unimaginable."

Williams patted him on the shoulder and said nothing, seeming to be digesting what he had seen and heard along the way.

Huang Qin suddenly changed his mind and asked curiously, "How did you end up in a small and impoverished country?"

Williams' eyes flickered, and he didn't elaborate, but smiled self-deprecatingly.

"In order to save the world, you know, a typical Eagle Country person has a heroic dream of saving the world."

"Oh, backpacker, right? It's really admirable that you can travel all over the world at such a young age. I can't do it. I'm a typical small town as a questioner. My foundation is too poor. I have to put in 100% effort to not fall behind. .” Huang Qin was envious.

"But you are the right way. You are just like Huaxia. With your own hard work and accumulation, you not only caught up, but also left us behind."

Williams said meaningfully: "As for me, no matter how good the conditions were when I was young, don't I want to follow you now?"

After hearing this, Huang Qin became happy, patted his chest and said with a smile, "Dawei, you can rest assured that you have brother to protect you."

After the seven-hour high-speed rail journey, the two took another taxi and ran for an hour on the national highway before arriving at the county seat before dark.

After getting out of the car, Williams looked at the bustling street scene and was stunned again.

"Is this the impoverished countryside you're talking about?"

Huang Qin shook his head like a rattle: "No, this is the county where I studied. After I went to college, my parents moved from the village to settle down. Now only my grandparents are in the village. We only go back to visit the elderly during the Chinese New Year."

Williams heaved a sigh of relief. The bustling crowds and the brightly lit streets in front of him would be too scary if all Chinese villages were so prosperous.

Huang Qin led the way with ease, and soon came to the familiar door, and began to hammer on the anti-theft door.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back."

"Zi'er is back, go and open the door!"

Following the sound of messy footsteps, two weather-beaten faces appeared at the door.

Huang Qin looked at his parents, his eyes became hot, and suddenly he had the illusion that they were a little older than the last time they met.

The Huang family was delighted to see Williams, staring him up and down.

It was the first time for the old couple to see foreigners in real life, especially the blue-eyed foreign devils. They had only seen them on TV before, and they immediately felt very strange, just like seeing giant pandas in the zoo.

Williams is tall, with black hair, blue eyes, and three-dimensional facial features. He is very tough and stylish, and he is indeed eye-catching.

Fortunately, he is very fluent in Chinese, and he can understand a lot of dialects, so there is no obstacle in communication.

The four had a very pleasant chat and did not rest until very late.

The next day, Huang Qin took Williams around the county town and felt very satisfied seeing the other party making a fuss.

Although it is a small county town, no matter how small Sparrow is, it has all kinds of internal organs, all kinds of necessary facilities, and many new buildings, which are quite modern. The streets are tidy and clean, and there are trees everywhere, which makes Williams admire.

Unsurprisingly, he once again made fun of his own country.

"Wow, there are hamburger and chicken drumsticks, and a milk tea shop, and the movie theater looks very grand."

"There is everything in the supermarket, there is joy everywhere, the smiles on people's faces are genuine, and they are very warm to me."

“The coffee shop is beautifully decorated, it can be seen that it has been carefully designed, and the coffee tastes good.”

Holding a cup of coffee, Williams walked out of an Internet celebrity-style cafe and said with emotion again.

"Walking around, I've lost my way, but luckily you're here."

Huang Qin said impatiently: "You have made too much fuss this way, Eagle Country is also the number one developed country in the world."

Williams took a sip of his coffee and sighed, "Qin, you really don't know your blessings."

"Before I came to Huaxia, in the small town where I was a university student, all the buildings looked like 100 years ago, and they will look like 100 years later. I stayed for four years. The only change was that there was a sign on the store in front of the school - support Pay with Ali-Pay."

Huang Qin burst out laughing: "Hahaha, you Big Eagle Pills."

"So, I said when I came here that Huaxia is the future."

Williams nodded sympathetically, and suddenly leaned over and asked, "You said, if I settle in China, will my green card work?"

He licked his lips nervously: "I heard that it is very difficult to get a green card. Many foreigners can't handle it after staying for more than ten years. If I get a Nobel Prize, won't it be easier?"

Huang Qin was stunned for a while, then shook his head solemnly: "You probably won't win the Nobel Prize in Sanqing."

Williams was stunned for a moment, and suddenly his face was full of sadness: "I didn't expect this, so what should I do? I don't really want to go back to Eagle Country."

Huang Qin's heart moved, and he asked, "You don't have any relatives at home?"

"Yeah," Williams looked up at the sky and said with a melancholy expression, "I grew up with an alcoholic mother who never cared about me, but when I was 8 years old, I met him, a noble person in my life, who lived in Across the street, they saw me playing Scrabble on the side of the road and asked me if I read a book and what did I read?"

"I said that I love reading and I read everything, so we started chatting like this. Before leaving, he said that he had a lot of books at home, and if he wanted to read them, he could go and find him."

"Since that day, my life has completely changed. He is a scientist, but his work unit is a bit special. Later, he has been taking care of me and guiding me. He even went to my graduation ceremony. Not my drunk mother."

"If it weren't for him, I might as well be an alcoholic bum. He made me a biologist."

"He is the brightest light in my dark, muddy life. I would do anything for him, and that's why I'm here."

"Unfortunately, I only received a call from his daughter at the end of last year. It turned out that he had passed away. I couldn't even rush to him to see him for the last time."

Williams bowed his head in shame and sadness: "Sooner or later, I will go back and present a bouquet of flowers in front of his grave to express my thoughts."

Huang Qin patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry, if you want to go back, you can take a long vacation. Your postdoctoral fellowship will end this year, and I will tell the boss to let him keep the position for you, and we will formally return when you come back." Entry."

Williams frowned, and said absently, "Well, I'm thinking about it, but I haven't made up my mind yet."

"Then you have to make a decision quickly. Sanqing's treatment has always been very attractive, and this position won't last long."

Williams looked at him with confused eyes: "But I don't know, whether to return to China or not, I can't make a decision."

After saying this, he suddenly hugged his head in pain.

Huang Qin was startled, and quickly comforted him: "It's okay, take your time, it's just work, it's not a big deal in life."

It took a while to appease Williams before his emotions stabilized.

Then hurried home.