zero second lore

Chapter 272 The First Day

Jason didn't sleep well at night. The sofa in his living room was big and soft, but because the sofa was too soft, his waist couldn't bear it.He was almost 40 years old, and he began to feel the cruelty of time, loneliness, and a little bit of loneliness.

However, thinking of a child coming to the house, Jason felt positive. When Bai Duo asked him to ask him about this matter, Jason agreed with all his heart. He always lived alone, even if he brought a different woman back, he would feel the same. boring.

This kid from China is very interesting. After only being together for half a day, Jason fell in love with Lu Yuan. Although he can't speak English well and is a bit dull, his enthusiastic and lively personality is very suitable for Jason.

Jason got up from the sofa and was about to call Lu Yuan to wake up and make some breakfast, but he found the bedroom door was open, and in the kitchen, he saw Lu Yuan making breakfast in front of the stove!

Breakfast is ready, fried eggs, milk, a few slices of bread, and... two strange black balls.

"What are you doing, Lu? My God, you kid can make breakfast? Well, this egg looks good, but what is this black thing?" Jason looked at the black thing strangely.

These are preserved eggs brought by Lu Yuan from China. Xu Qian was afraid that Lu Yuan would not be used to American food, so she brought him a lot of Chinese food. In the morning, he set aside two and prepared to eat them with vinegar, but it turned out that there was no vinegar in the Jansen family. .

"A very delicious food, made with duck eggs." Lu Yuan explained, and then went back to frying bacon in the pan.

Jason leaned forward, smelled the preserved egg, and felt a very pungent smell, but he heard from Lu Yuan that it was delicious, so he poked a little with a fork and put it in his mouth to taste...

"What-a-fuck..."

Jason was so stimulated by the smell of preserved eggs that he almost burst into tears. The smell of ammonia in his nose was unforgettable for him forever, and he also felt astringent in his mouth. Anyway, he never dared to eat Chinese food again. .

Lu Yuan looked back, and saw that Jensen ate the preserved egg directly, he must have been stink, and hurriedly said: "No, no, you can't eat like this, this one needs to be sour, sour!"

Lu Yuan didn't know how to say vinegar, so he just said sour. After listening for a long time, Jason understood Lu Yuan's meaning. He took a bottle of apple cider vinegar and handed it to Lu Yuan. , not black.

Added some apple cider vinegar, then cut the preserved eggs, put some white sugar, this time Jason ate a little carefully, only to find that the taste is still very good, he couldn't help nodding.

Both of them could eat very well, and they ate up all the breakfast made by Lu Yuan in a short while. Jason didn't expect that Lu Yuan could cook breakfast, and he cooked it very well. He felt that he had found a treasure.

Although it was still early, today was Lu Yuan's first day of school, and Jason felt that it was necessary to take Lu Yuan to familiarize himself with the campus earlier.

So, the two packed up their things and drove to the school where Lu Yuan was going to study—Wood Wilson High School in Los Angeles, also known as Willison High School.

Of course, Lu Yuan didn't know that this high school was not the same school as when Bai Ye was going to Wilson High School earlier. Bai Ye was going to Long Beach Wilson High School, located in Long Beach City, which is far away from downtown Los Angeles.

And what Lu Yuan was going to was not far from Jason's house, just northeast of downtown Los Angeles, was Los Angeles Wilson High School.

Wood Wilson is not a place name but a person's name. He is the 28th president in American history. He has won the Nobel Peace Prize and made great contributions to American higher education. Therefore, there are many schools named after him in the United States.Like Wilson High School, in addition to the two in Los Angeles, there are both Washington and Portland.

The school that Lu Yuan went to was located in the El Sereno district. It was an ordinary public high school. It was not outstanding in sports. The most popular sport in the school was rugby. They won the California rugby championship in 1970.

As for basketball, it was purely ordinary, there was only a basketball team, and the school had never had any basketball stars, let alone NBA-level stars, not even small stars from regional universities.

Not only Lu Yuan didn't know anything about it, but Jason didn't know either.He thought that Lu Yuan came to the United States just as an exchange student, but Bai Duo told him, "This kid likes basketball very much, and I have a chance to teach him how to play." Jason agreed but didn't take it seriously.

So, when driving to the El Sereno District, Jason didn't mention anything about the basketball team along the way. He just told him how to study well in language classes, how to get along well with his classmates, and how to listen to the teacher.

Jason is not married and has no children. It was the first time he reminded him so earnestly. In the end, he couldn't believe how he could be so verbose.

When Jason drove to Wilson High School, Lu Yuan was a little dumbfounded. The school is located in the outskirts of Los Angeles, and the surrounding area is desolate, with sparse bushes and small trees on both sides of the road, surrounded by dirt hills.

The main entrance of the school is a pale yellow square teaching building, which does not have the classical style of some old schools, but has a strong Chinese style, because a radar-like antenna is installed on the top of the teaching building.

Lu Yuan took a look at the architectural style of this school, it is a proper technical college in China.

After Lu Yuan got out of the car, he took out his mobile phone and took a photo of the main entrance of the school, and then sent it to Jia Yumeng.

After waking up in the morning, Lu Yuan read Jia Yumeng's message and asked him to take some pictures of the American school tomorrow for her to see.

At this point, Jia Yumeng had fallen asleep, Lu Yuan sent the photo first, and in the afternoon, Jia Yumeng should be able to see it in the morning.

It was still early, Lu Yuan and Jason entered the campus, and it was a bit deserted inside.The school is clean and tidy, with several teaching buildings arranged in a well-organized manner, and a huge rugby field can be seen not far after entering the school gate. Lu Yuan has already seen a few people in pink and blue sportswear running on the playground.

"Jason, can you take me to the basketball court?"

Lu Yuan told Jason that seeing the school football players training, Lu Yuan couldn't help but want to see the school basketball team.

This is the second time that Lu Yuan mentioned the basketball team to Jason. He asked curiously, "Do you like basketball very much?"

"Yes, I'm here to play basketball." Lu Yuan replied.

Jason didn't quite understand what Lu Yuan meant, but he still took Lu Yuan to the school's indoor basketball hall, and found that there was no one there, no one was training at all.

Lu Yuan thought that he could see the players of the school's basketball team training, and he wanted to go up there cheeky to get acquainted, but he didn't expect the gymnasium to be empty.

Moreover, this gymnasium is very small, about half the size of Lizhong Gymnasium. The stands are all movable, and there is a big Wilson painted on the wall with oil paint, but there is nothing special about it.

Lu Yuan thought, probably because American players don't have so much schoolwork and have more training time, so they don't train in the morning.

So, Lu Yuan followed Jason to the administration building. He was going to meet the principal of the school, Ms. Camilla Popper.

Lu Yuan was taken aback when he saw Ms. Popper, and felt that this lady was not like a principal at all, but like an aunt who cooked in the cafeteria.

She is tall and fat, wearing a red, blue, yellow and white floral dress and a red knit jacket, with light yellow fluffy curly hair, thick double chin and small eyes that make her He looked very kind.

Lu Yuan thought that the principal would be a shrewd and capable person, but he didn't expect to have such an image of a family aunt. This made him relax a lot, and began to introduce himself in broken English.

Wilson High School is a public school, and its enrollment standards are quite loose. The reason why Lu Yuan was able to come to borrow is very simple. First, he was recommended by someone, and second, he paid enough money.

The referrer was none other than Jason, who graduated from Wilson High School at the time, and Ms. Camilla Popper was still a general English teacher in the school at that time.

From Lu Yuan's incomprehensible self-introduction, Popper already knew the kid's English proficiency. He thought it might be another rich man from China who went to the United States for a few years and then went back. Introverted, with poor English skills, but still dare to speak non-stop.

"OK, you are welcome to Wilson High School, Lu, but you are already a week late. You need to start learning from the language class. There will be a language test in a month. After passing the language test, you can officially take the school's courses."

Ms. Popper was obviously not as gentle as she appeared on the outside. She made demands on Lu Yuan as soon as she came, and she spoke very fast, and her enunciation was not very clear, which was not so easy for Lu Yuan to understand.

However, according to Ms. Popper's tone, expression, and a few words, Lu Yuan probably guessed something, and then nodded with a serious face, indicating that there is no problem.

Before coming here, Bai Duo reminded Lu Yuan that he must learn the language well when he comes here, otherwise not only will he not be able to learn, but he will also have serious problems in daily communication.

Lu Yuan has already made up his mind to try to pass the language class exam in one go, and then start formal classes. At the same time, he must join the basketball team.

Lu Yuan thought that to join the basketball team training, he must listen to the coach's instructions and communicate with his teammates, even if he is not good at English.

After meeting with the principal, Jason helped Lu Yuan deal with all the admission procedures, and the principal took Lu Yuan to the classroom of the ESL language class.

In the corridor of the teaching building, there are many cabinets lined up against the walls, which are for students to store their personal belongings. The principal gave Lu Yuan a key and assigned him a cabinet.

Classes in American high schools are different from those in China. In China, students wait for teachers in fixed classes, while in the United States, teachers wait for students in fixed classes. Therefore, there are no so-called classmates or class teachers.

The only exception is the language class. Students from abroad will gather together to take English classes, and then organize an exam. If they pass, they can take classes like ordinary students. If they fail, they can continue to study in language classes.

The language class teacher at Wilson High School is Ms. Camilla Popper.

She took Lu Yuan to the classroom of the language class. It was still early, and there was already someone reading aloud with a book in his hands. Lu Yuan saw that it was a student with black hair and yellow skin, maybe he was a Chinese.

"Hello there!"

Lu Yuan called out tentatively, the student who was reading raised his head, looked at Lu Yuan, then lowered his head and continued reading, but this time he stopped reading.

"Isn't it from China?" Lu Yuan was a little surprised, he found a seat and sat down, ready to start the first day of classes at Wilson High School.

(End of this chapter)