In his previous life, Carter's father had been a government-sponsored visiting scholar for a year. Carter thought he knew something about these situations.

The life of a government-sponsored visiting scholar is not as good as the public imagines. It is impossible to enjoy good food and drink outside with public money!

Even if the country provides a monthly living allowance of 10,000 yuan, it is actually just over 1,000 yuan in the United States. In fact, domestic subsidies generally do not provide such a high amount. Carter remembers that his father’s monthly allowance was about 6,000 yuan.

subsidies. In Europe and the United States, they are basically considered poor households.

Everyday meals are definitely served in the canteen. Occasionally when I am really hungry, I go to the supermarket to buy some food and cook a meal myself. But this situation is very rare. Often the cheapest way to experience the taste of hometown is

Buy mustard!

A pack of about 80 grams of Wujiang mustard cost a little more than 2 Canadian dollars. A dozen packs of ten cost more than 20 yuan, which is more than 100 yuan. When my father returned to China, he couldn’t bear to part with the four small bags of mustard that he had not finished.

Lost it, took it on the plane and brought it back.

It allowed little Carter to experience the taste of money pickled mustard at that time. In fact, it was no different from the domestic ones that cost 2 yuan a bag...

But even if you are not rich, or even a little short of money, at least you don't have to worry about food and drink. It is absolutely no problem to support yourself, and usually you stay in the laboratory for a day, and there is almost no other expenses except food. In this way

After half a year, with the money saved, it’s not that difficult to eat meat occasionally. It won’t make a grown man cry over a meal of Sichuan food, right?

"My Healing Game"

"Hey, the country is hard! I'm not afraid of your jokes. Before we set off, we only had 50 US dollars in total... There were 52 people in our group, less than one US dollar per person. That was really unaffordable! Not when we first came to the United States, because we established diplomatic relations

Due to the relationship, there is a China craze in the United States. I was invited to attend some speeches and received some remuneration to support the living expenses of us people. I'm afraid..."

Mr. Liu sighed, raised his wine cup and took a sip. His face became increasingly red, and his sad expression gradually disappeared, and his expression gradually became firmer...

"Let's not talk about this! We came to the United States not to eat, drink, and make a lot of money. We are very satisfied if we can learn the knowledge we need to learn! What's more, during the holidays, in addition to the University of Wisconsin, where I studied abroad, the University of Massachusetts

In addition to the Polytechnic Institute, I also visited some strong scientific research universities and industrial enterprises such as Columbia University, the University of Michigan, General Motors, and Ford’s technical center!”

"The gap is not only in science and technology, but also in the transformation and application of scientific research results. We have so much to learn! Oh, by the way, there are also computers! Our first microcomputer CO was only built in 1976

Introduced into China. The first self-made microcomputer only appeared in 1977. Until now, it is still in the laboratory, and in terms of performance, there is still software development..."

"In the past two years, in my spare time, I have been spending time in the computer room, studying your American programming, your development languages, and high-level assembly language. It is difficult to get started, but it is very practical! It's a pity that I don't have it.

Time to study it again..."

"Brother Liu, you... how do you survive this day with fifty dollars?"

Liu Baicheng's description is very simple, and there are not many words to complain about hardship in his words. But in this era of soaring prices, it is just a basic living security. Without 260 US dollars as a base, it is difficult to have a full stomach. What's more, this 50 US dollars is still 52 per capita.

point...

He knew that there would be a shortage of foreign exchange in the country, but Carter never expected that the shortage would be to such an extent! But after thinking about it, Carter suddenly understood that it was only 1981, and when they set off, it was...

The investment promotion has not even started yet, but being able to squeeze out 50 US dollars is already extremely precious!

"Hey, brother Chen, didn't I just say that this is just money on the way. After we came to the United States, we also made a little money. We went to interviews and gave two speeches, which not only promoted our cultural image of China to the United States, but also made a lot of money.

It’s good to be able to earn enough to cover our living expenses!”

Looking at the fat boss with a sigh on his face, Mr. Liu raised his glass with a smile and patted him on the shoulder:

"It's not easy to be away from home, but we all have our own ways to live a wonderful life! Come on, let me toast you!"

"Hey..."

After clinking glasses with Mr. Liu in a daze, the fat boss did not drink the wine in the glass. Instead, he suddenly slapped the glass on the table, stood up and left.

The sudden change stunned Carter and the two of them. After a while, they heard a noise from upstairs. Then, the fat boss came out with a small stack of banknotes in his hand...

"Brother, I...I, please accept this thousand dollars!"

"It's not much money, but this is a little bit of my heart. I... I'm actually not qualified to say this. People like us are probably traitors and traitors in the eyes of our hometown elders. But I am also in that land.

Birth!"

"I'm not as good as you, I...I don't have as high a consciousness as you. When I was young, I just wanted to live a good life and have a good meal...so I ran away...I can only cook this home cooking

Food, it can't help the country. Even now I... you accept it, accept it! I, Chen San, have made a contribution to the motherland. If you don't accept it, I won't have the shame to go back in the future.

..”

As the fat boss spoke, tears welled up in his eyes uncontrollably:

"I'm different from you people who walked out openly. I'm like a rat in the sewer. I ran out secretly. I worked as an illegal worker for eight years before I had an identity. I worked for another five years before I finally got an identity.

Opened my own restaurant..."

"I'm going to be 44 this year, and it's been 26 years since I came out. In a few years, I haven't been back for a whole thirty years. I'm sorry, my daughter has grown so big that she can't even see her grandparents.

I've seen it before, but I don't know if the old man is still there... The year before last, I saw in the news that China and the United States had established diplomatic relations. Your siblings and I were discussing when to take our daughter back, kowtow in front of our ancestors' graves, and recognize each other as our ancestors.

Zong.”

"But I don't dare to go back. Firstly, I'm afraid that I will be arrested by the police if I go back; secondly, I'm afraid...I'm afraid that the villagers will poke my bones...You accept this money, no matter how useful it will be, you

If you can’t use it, there will be another group of people who can use it..."

"When we go home, we can hold our heads up!"

The fat boss's tearful words put Mr. Liu in a dilemma for a while. Accept it, it doesn't comply with the organization's regulations, don't accept it... Isn't this equivalent to denying overseas Chinese?

Even if the scope is not expanded, Fat Boss alone cannot represent overseas Chinese. But at least it will break the heart of an ethnic Chinese who has a heart for China. That is for sure. Diplomatic relations have just been restored, which is exactly what is needed to win over people's hearts and establish a positive image of a major country.

when...

"Old Chen, if you can trust me, just give me the money, and I will help you donate it to the consulate later. Mr. Liu, he really can't take the money because the organization doesn't agree..."

Just when Mr. Liu was in a dilemma, Carter said:

"You can't force others to make mistakes for your own sake!"

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