Continuation of "Gone with the Wind"

Chapter 160 Final Chapter Those People, Those Things

2001

Sitting on the plane, Granderson felt bored, took out a magazine and flipped through it, and saw this article:

The American South welcomes the Yankees

Author: Linda

"The southerners of the United States began to embrace the Yankees with a passion that has never been seen in 150 years. We traveled in small towns in the South and saw restaurants and businesses with New York signs quietly opened one by one. The South of the United States began to welcome the Yankees. 911 The tragedy of the world, the disaster of this world, and the hardships that may be encountered in the future have brought together the scattered American people. It was 911/[-] that made the United States, like an outstretched palm, suddenly clenched and turned into a fist. This point, probably Bin Laden never dreamed of it."

Granderson thought for a while, although he knew that "Linda" was not named Lin, and they were a couple, not alone, but the word "Lin" reminded him of many things ...

After finally getting off the plane, Jack Granderson immediately came to the historical archives in Shanghai. This is what his grandfather Lin Kejie told him before he died, asking him to help him realize his last wish.

The staff of the archives warmly received the Chinese-American who came from afar, and showed him the materials of the young children who studied in the United States.

"This is the list of overseas students sent by the Qing government back then. There are a total of 120 of them. They were divided into four groups and went to the United States. You can take a look to see if there is anyone you are looking for."

This list is not long, and Granderson has read it several times, but he has never found the name he wanted to see, Lin Kejie.

However, looking at this list, he suddenly had an impulse: the stories of this group of people cannot be buried like this. He wants to film their experiences in the form of a documentary, so that future generations can remember this history.

"130 years ago, these young children traveled across the ocean and were sent to a young republic that had not been established for a hundred years on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. They began their planned 15-year study abroad life. They were assigned to the New England region in the northeastern United States. More than 40 American families quickly adapted to life in the United States. They overcame language barriers at an amazing speed and became outstanding students in various schools. At the same time, they also quickly adapted to foreign cultures, took off their robes and jackets, and became active on the field of various sports.

They are students of Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. They live next to Mark Twain, the great American writer, and were cordially received by US President Grant.At the end of the nineteenth century, when the world pattern was undergoing drastic changes, they happened to be sent to the forefront of that industrial revolution.

However, when half of the children started their university studies, the Qing Dynasty suddenly terminated the study abroad program ahead of schedule, and all the children studying in the United States were recruited back to China.

This group of students who have been influenced by European style and American rain are the pioneers of China's mining industry, railway industry and telegraph industry.Among them were the earliest presidents of today's Tsinghua University and Tianjin University, the first group of diplomats in China, and the first prime minister of the Republic of China.After returning to China, these sons of Western learning experienced the ups and downs of China's political arena in the late Qing Dynasty, and witnessed the rise and fall of modern China.

The fate of children studying in the United States is bizarre and tortuous; their stories are beautiful and sad.

They have an eternal name: Young Children in the United States. "

Having finally fulfilled his wish, Granderson felt somewhat relieved.

Looking at the blue sky outside the window, he thought to himself: Grandpa, although I didn't find you, I found you.

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