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Chapter 240: Life in Cambridge from Scratch (Medium) (5.2K)

  In 2022 before Xu Yun traveled.

   Speaking of the four words Cambridge University.

  Most people’s subconscious reactions are estimated to be ‘top ten in the world’, ‘been out of Newton Hawking’, ‘rigorous in scholarship’, ‘tied with Oxford’ and so on.

But in fact.

  Cambridge University not only trained many well-known scientists, but also produced a large number of writers and philosophers.

   Such as Byron, Tennyson, William Wordsworth, John Fletcher, Francis Bacon, John Treyden, Charles Kingsley, etc.

   As for those who engage in literature?

  Everyone should know more or less that brain circuits are often weird. Ahem, special.

  They often do some unreasonable things to show their personality or express certain emotions.

   This practice has a proper term in later generations:

Performance Art.

   Especially when those people are young, performance art is almost like the question mark on Yasuo's head, and it is always with him day and night.

   This is how the word Wenqing came about.

  Cambridge is rich in literary genes, so such people are naturally indispensable.

  Take Edmund Spencer, for example.

  This gentleman was born in 1552 and is recognized as one of the great poets of the English Renaissance.

  The Spencer style he created is in a sense equivalent to the British seven-character verse or seven-character quatrains, and has become a famous poetic style.

  This great poet is also one of the well-known alumni of Cambridge University, where he studied literature, philosophy and some natural sciences.

  At that time, the number of students enrolled at the University of Cambridge was a little smaller than it is now, about 100 people a year.

   But the status is almost the same as it is now.

  At the same time, Cambridge University is a college born under the background of theology. There are only eight churches in the school, and the Bible is a must-have.

under such circumstances.

  The teachers and students of Cambridge University have extremely high requirements on clothing and etiquette, and there should be no arrogance on weekdays.

   As a result, one day Edmund Spencer suddenly twitched his head and came up with a particularly characteristic idea:

its not right.

  The Holy Son was only born in a manger when he came to the mortal world, and he did not enjoy much happiness until he was crucified.

  Looking at the whole life, at most it is just being anointed with oil by a woman.

  In this case

  As seminarians, what qualifications do we have to keep our bodies clean?

  So ever since.

  Edmund Spencer found a few friends who were also young and young. They didn't take a bath or put on clothes for a whole month. Afterwards, they sang hymns naked at the school gate with sheep's blood on their bodies.

  Edmund Spencer's actions later gave birth to a famous saying of Trinity College, which was engraved on the entrance of the Trinity College library:

  The body can be dirty, but the heart must be pure.

   Further back.

  Cambridge suddenly has a tradition of "smelly".

   This work was actually done in underwear at the beginning, and then another literary youth, John Milton, came to update the version:

  The Son went barefoot to Golgotha ​​to be crucified, so let's use socks for comparison.

  The smellier the socks, the farther the "Road of the Cross" he walked.

   can become a 'saint'.

   This habit has even been retained until 2022, and some students have always insisted on this selection.

  However, Xu Yun lived in Catered (£120 a week T.T) in the partner's garden at Cambridge University, so he never had the opportunity to experience this custom.

  The students at the moment are obviously conducting the selection of 'saints'. No wonder Avelyn told Xu Yun and Maimai not to be too surprised after seeing some things.

   In addition, it may be because of too much investment.

  These people did not notice the appearance of Aveline and her party, but were still excitedly conducting the appraisal.

  I saw one of the greasy-headed young men with Snape hairstyle holding a gray sock, put it in front of him, took a few deep breaths, and praised:

   "8 points!"

  Then another person took the socks and sniffed them in the same fascination:

   "8.5!"

   Then came the third person and the fourth person.

   "9 points!"

   "8 points!"

  See this scenario.

   Maimai's eyelids twitched a few times, and she looked at Xu Yun with obvious meaning:

   "Is it too late to drop out now?"

  Xu Yun innocently shrugged at him:

"What do you think?"

  Mait sighed resignedly.

at the same time.

   Several boys not far away finally spotted the few people standing around the corner.

   After seeing Thomson among them.

  The oil-headed young man with Snape's hairstyle suddenly lit up, and rushed over waving his socks:

   "Senior Thomson, you are finally here. It's a pity that you didn't participate this year!"

   Hear this statement.

  Xu Yun and Mai Mai were taken aback for a moment, and then moved a few steps towards Avelyn together.

   Thomson: "."

  But Xiaomai quickly thought of something again, her neck stiffened, and she asked Avelyn with a dry smile:

   "That. Aveline-senpai, you won't be participating."

   Avelyn shook her head:

   "I don't participate in these."

  Mait let out a sigh of relief, and took another half step towards Avelyn.

   Thomson continues:

  “.”

   Wait until the young man with oily hair and long hair walks to his side.

  Thomson declined the idea of ​​a hug and nodded to the person:

   "Well, just back to school."

   After finishing speaking, he patted Mai Mai on the shoulder and introduced:

   "This is Maxwell, a newly recruited undergraduate student at Trinity College, enjoying postgraduate treatment."

   "This is Luo Feng, a first-year student at Trinity College, and also Maxwell's roommate."

   "As for this female classmate, don't I need to introduce it?"

  The young man smiled when he saw the words:

   "Of course not, Aveline Escue, of course I know her."

  Then he cast a curious look at Maimai, and asked tentatively:

   "Maxwell? Is that the fee reduction student?"

  Wheat looked at the socks in his hands, and nodded dryly.

  The young man immediately became interested when he saw that, he changed his socks to his left hand, and enthusiastically extended his right hand:

   "Jones Bird, a second-year graduate student in the Department of Chemistry, Emmanuel College, nice to meet you."

  Mait hesitated for a moment, but still suppressed the discomfort and shook hands with him lightly.

Seeing Jones Bode enthusiastically patting the shoulders and rubbing hair with Mai Mai, Xu Yun felt a twinge in his heart—this guy is still holding that sock in his left hand, and this thing is in the anime, so it’s the bottom line Had to add a bunch of black lines representing the smell.

at the same time.

   There was also a sense of déjà vu when Harry Potter first appeared in the wizarding world in his mind:

  The passers-by in the movie, like Jones Bird, were taken aback after seeing Harry Potter's lightning mark (knowing that wheat's identity as a fee-reduction student).

   Then he opened his mouth and said a long-awaited name.

   think far, think far

  Xu Yun shook his head, and began to think seriously about the name Jones Bird, and soon found that he had no memory of this person.

   Indeed.

  There are many possibilities that the memory cannot be found, and it does not necessarily mean that this person will be lost to everyone in this life.

  For example, this person later changed to another field for development, or only made a small achievement, was not well-known but lived a good life, etc.

   But at least professionally speaking.

   This Jones Bird is indeed not at the level of a 'celebrity' in chemistry.

Of course.

   This situation is actually the norm:

   Today’s Cambridge University certainly has historical celebrities, and there are even a lot of them, but more of them are ordinary people like Jones Broad.

   After greeting Mai.

  Jones Bode looked at the other people behind him again, waved and said:

   "Hey, come here, come here, a genius has come to our dormitory building!"

   "Who is who?"

   The rest of the people immediately came over, and they were very excited after learning the identity of Mai Mai:

   "My name is Yelkat Kessler, a second-year graduate student at Gonville and Caius College."

   "Cesar Anthony Zeppelin."

   "Yamcha Kling"

   At the same time, it may be affected by wheat.

   These people were not too indifferent when facing Xu Yun, and some even intended to shake hands with Xu Yun.

  However, these actions were all rejected by Xu Yun on the grounds that he had an injury on his shoulder.

do not forget.

   Xu Yun has a large bandage on his left shoulder, which is very convincing.

  As for the real reason in Neizhong.

  Only Xu Yun and Mai Mai knew about it.

   After some courtesy.

  Aveline took Xu Yun and Mai to leave in the friendly farewell of Jones Bode and the others, and found their room.

  302 is located at the end of the aisle, and belongs to the innermost part of the aisle as 301.

   Avelyn took out a large set of keys like a charter woman for later generations, and searched for them a few times according to the marked numbers:

   "302313 found, 302!"

  I saw Aveline stabbing the long, pointed, hard object into the black hole. There was some resistance at first, but soon it sank into the hole.

   Then she twisted slightly again.

  ka—

  The door opened.

   This is a small bungalow of more than 20 square meters, with a standard European style. As soon as you enter the door, you can see two combined beds with upper and lower tables.

  However, compared with the more common 1.9×0.9 bed type in China, the upper and lower tables of Cambridge University are larger.

  It is about the size of 1.5X2.2.

  In addition, the thickness of the bed board is much thicker than domestic ones, and it is covered with a blanket, so turning around basically does not make too much noise.

  The floor of the dormitory is covered with gorgeous carpets. Judging from the color, it should not have been long since it was laid.

   Even judging from the perspective of Xu Yun's previous life, this is a very high-standard dormitory.

  Aveline led several people in, and introduced at the same time:

   "This is your dormitory for the next four years. The room is equipped with a separate toilet, bathroom and kitchen, but there is no bathtub."

   "There is a fireplace on the wall, and there are light switches at the entrance and beside the bed. Remember to turn them off when you go out."

   "If you are found to be wasting electricity for no reason, even if you are a fee reduction student, you will be punished."

   "In addition, the 301 opposite is the dormitory of senior Thomson. On the surface, he was not assigned a roommate because of the odd number, but in fact it was because of his apostle status, which was specially arranged by the college."

   "So when you are free, you can go to see this lonely senior, so as not to cause him mental problems—his facial paralysis is almost in the late stage."

  Wheat nodded obediently.

   Thomson:

  “.”

"Oh, right."

   Then Avelyn thought of something else, and said to Xu Yun:

   "Maxwell is a fee reduction student, so he doesn't have to pay the dormitory rent."

   "But you are a standard graduate student, so you have to pay a monthly rent of 1.5 pounds, including vacation time, and pay half a year's amount at a time."

  Xu Yun looked very calm this time:

   "No problem, I remember."

  9 pounds for half a year, the gold he brought alone is enough for this figure.

   Then Avelyn briefly explained some things to Xu Yun and Mai Mai, and then left.

   But when she walked to the door, her brows frowned slightly again.

  After hesitating for a moment, she said to Xu Yun again:

   "Student Luo Feng, don't take that IOU too seriously, I won't press you for money."

   "Your foundation is very shallow, it is better to spend as much time as possible on study."

   "If you study hard in four years, you should still be able to learn something. Don't embarrass Mr. Fat Fish too much."

  Xu Yun was taken aback for a moment, and there was a faint warmth in his heart:

   "I see, classmate Avelyn."

  Avelyn didn't speak, and hugged the "Classical Mechanics" to her chest again.

   Raised her hair with her left hand, turned around and disappeared outside the door.

  After Avelyn left, Thomson patted Xu Yun on the shoulder and said:

   "Aveline has always been a kind-hearted girl. She was very famous when she was an undergraduate student, and she may be selected as the "son" early next year."

  Xu Yun blinked and blurted out:

   "This child?"

  Thomson looked at him in surprise for a few seconds, then asked:

   "Why, you don't know?"

   "When Mr. Fat Fish met Sir Newton back then, he once said that people like Sir Newton were called 'this boy', and they were often described as 'horrible'."

   "Later, Sir Newton recorded this matter in his autobiography, so apart from a small secret group like the Apostolic Society, Cambridge University's recognized student selection is 'this boy'."

   "Cambridge University selects 'this child' once every two years, and each time there are three places, which are decided by the votes of the professors of the whole school."

   "In addition, at the awarding ceremony of 'this son', all Cambridge students will hold ice cubes in their mouths and take a deep breath at the same time to show their shock."

  Xu Yun: "????"

Note:

  I coded all night, there are probably a lot of typos, I am too sleepy, I wake up and change it, please bear with me.

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