Chapter 252: Meeting Julia Again
The next morning, Qin Huairu looked radiant, while Yu Haitang and He Yuguo came out of the house with dark circles under their eyes.
Fortunately, Huaihua has always been well behaved, otherwise Yu Haitang would be really worried that she would not be able to control her temper and would vent her anger on the child.
"Yushui, Haitang, your jobs were arranged for you yesterday. You can report to work at the steel mill after the New Year."
Zhang Dongliang saw them packing their bags to go to school and quickly said something to them.
"Really?"
Yu Haitang, who was furious just now, didn't care about the dark circles under his eyes and rushed to Zhang Dongliang in an instant.
"Really? You go to the Propaganda Department's broadcasting room to be a broadcaster, and Yu Shui goes to the Logistics Department to be a statistician."
"Yeah~~" Yu Haitang shouted in the accent of Zhang Dongliang's later life, kissed Zhang Dongliang twice on the face, and happily dragged He Yushui to school.
"Haitang, you are so shameless. You just do that in front of so many people."
"Yushui, you can't say that. You're embarrassed to do it, can you blame me? Didn't you see Qin Huairu like that~~"
Zhang Dongliang has very good hearing. He was so amused when he heard Yu Haitang and He Yushui quarreling on the road.
China and the United States have been fighting each other for more than a decade, but the connection between the two countries has never been broken. Because they have not established diplomatic relations, they have remained at the consular level.
Even the exchange of international students between the two countries has not been interrupted, but the number is very small.
Julia, an American student studying at Yenching University, has been very confused recently.
Julia had a secret that she had never dared to tell anyone, fearing that she would be considered a heretic. In their country, heretics were treated more cruelly than enemies.
She came to China to study in order to find the answer to this question.
When Julia was very young, she awakened the memories of her previous life.
Her life experiences in this life are nothing more than a continuation of her life experiences in her previous life.
As the experiences of the previous life become clearer and clearer, the life experiences of this life have become a minor fragment of memory.
She felt that the self she experienced in her previous life was the real her, and the experiences in this life were just to fit into this physical shell.
It happened that Julia's distant uncle Bush came to China as a consul. Julia also applied for a quota for studying in China and came to China to find the answer in her heart.
But what confused her was that she went to Shanghai and searched for a long time, but except for the location, the historical events and characters of the time did not match. Even she could not be found in the local history.
Julia was very anxious as graduation was approaching. She didn't know if she would be able to find the answer in the future if she missed this opportunity.
Julia suddenly had an idea these two days. She suddenly remembered what Zhang Dongliang said, that his hometown was in Nanluoguxiang.
Yenching University is very close to Nanluoguxiang. Julia has been strolling around this area frequently these days, hoping to gain something.
Those who went to school left, and Qin Huairu also went to work.
Qin Jingru had nothing to do, so she took out the two pieces of cloth and tried to make small clothes for her future child.
But seeing how clumsy she was, Zhang Dongliang felt that he should be thankful that Qin Jingru could make this little dress before the baby was born.
Suddenly I went to another world for a few years, and when I came back it felt like a dream. Everything around me had a faint sense of strangeness.
Zhang Dongliang doesn't plan to go to work today. He plans to go out for a walk. He wants to regain the familiar feeling he had before.
Zhang Dongliang just took a few steps towards the east, then realized that this was not going to work.
Walk east and you will reach the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. There are too many acquaintances there, and it is very troublesome to keep greeting them.
Zhang Dongliang turned around and walked west. He was going to take a stroll around Shichahai Park.
It's time to go ice skating again. Let's see what new tricks the youngsters can come up with.
"Ding-ling-ling", with the sound of a bicycle bell, a foreign woman riding a bicycle stopped in front of Zhang Dongliang.
"Dear Zhang, is that you?" Julia asked with a trembling voice.
"Julia~~" Zhang Dongliang asked in surprise.
They looked alike, extremely alike; this was Zhang Dongliang’s first instinct.
Then the familiar feeling in the soul made Zhang Dongliang confirm that the person in front of him was Julia. Then Xiaodie's voice came, and it was he who projected Julia into this time and space.
"It's really you~~ Dear Zhang, I've been looking for you so hard." Julia's voice was already filled with tears. She dropped her bicycle and was about to rush towards Zhang Dongliang.
This was Beijing in the 60s. He didn't dare let Julia, a foreign woman, pounce on him in public.
"Julia, you have to calm down. You have to know what era this is and where this is."
Hearing Zhang Dongliang's familiar accent, Julia quickly calmed down.
Such a dispute between a young foreign woman and a Chinese man on the street can attract the attention of Chinese people.
Soon, enthusiastic people surrounded the place.
Julia has lived in China for two lifetimes, so of course she has no problem speaking Chinese.
During her years of studying abroad, she also understood China's current political environment. At Zhang Dongliang's signal, Julia hurriedly explained to the crowd:
"Please don't misunderstand me, this comrade is not a bad person. I am an American student. This comrade helped me a lot a few days ago. I came to him to express my gratitude."
The onlookers thought that Zhang Dongliang did not look like a bad person, and after hearing Julia's explanation, they gradually dispersed.
"Dear Zhang, do you live nearby?"
"Yes, I live in front." Zhang Dongliang pointed in the direction of Fuxiang Hutong.
"Won't you invite me to your house?"
"Not for now." Zhang Dongliang said after hesitating for a moment.
"Are you afraid that your wife will not agree? How many wives do you have in this world?" Julia felt a little jealous.
"Not entirely. Mainly because our experience is too bizarre to let others know, as it would bring unpredictable dangers."
"That's true." Julia agreed. They were even more intolerant of heresy.
"Let's go forward. There is a park ahead. We can talk while we walk." Zhang Dongliang pointed in the direction of Shichahai Park.
"Dear Zhang, do you still know where we met last time?"
Julia wanted to test whether Zhang Dongliang still remembered something, and at the same time confirm again whether the person in front of her was her dear Zhang.
In Julia's memory, although it was clear, it was a very distant thing.
For Zhang Dongliang, these were all recent events, such as yesterday.
Zhang Dongliang glanced at Julia with a half-smile: "Julia, have you forgotten that I was the one who personally drove you to the plane when you returned to the United States?"
Julia's eyes felt moist again.
"Julia, how long did you spend in that era?" Zhang Dongliang was not sure how long Julia stayed in that era.
"It seemed that not long after I returned to the United States, I woke up one day and found myself in this world. When I arrived in this world, I became a child, and my memories of that era were gradually awakened."
Well, if Xiaodie takes action, it must be extraordinary.
It seems that Julia left at the same time as herself. The time of awakening she said was not accurate. It was just an illusion instilled in her by Xiaodie.
Zhang Dongliang naturally would not tell Julia the real reason.
"Julia, it's such a great pleasure that we can meet today. Let's find a place to eat later. It's too cold outside."
"Dear Zhang, I will listen to you."