Duanmu's phone only had a ringtone that kept playing in a loop, but no one answered it. Before Dong Qiangqiang had time to hang up, a reminder that Du Lan was calling him popped up on the phone screen.
"What did you do in the afternoon? I called you several times but you didn't answer. Is everything okay?" As soon as the call was connected, before Dong Qiangqiang had time to speak, Du Lan's concerned voice floated over.
"Well, it's pretty good..." Dong Qiangqiang stepped on the heel of his right shoe with his left toe and took off his right shoe, and then took off his left shoe in the same way. Then he lazily fell down on the bed, put his hands behind his head, and deliberately made light of it. He said, "I helped the landlord clean the yard in the morning and didn't pick up my phone. I went to the emergency room for food poisoning at noon. I didn't bring my phone with me, so I didn't answer your calls both times."
"What did you say?" Du Lan was startled by his words, "Are you suffering from food poisoning? What did you eat?"
"I ate a few horse chestnuts, thinking they were chestnuts, and then I fainted. It was my landlord's neighbor who sent me to the hospital." Thinking about what happened during the day, Dong Qiangqiang just felt like a dream.
Du Lan sounded quite nervous: "What happened next? What did the doctor say? So where are you now?"
"I'm at home now. When I was discharged from the hospital in the afternoon, I heard Zheng Chunhua say that everything would be fine after a gastric lavage. I was discharged from the hospital without even seeing the doctor." Dong Qiangqiang thought about it carefully, and it seemed that he did not see the doctor when he left. It was quite magical. .
"It's fine." Du Lan was visibly relieved, and then changed the topic and asked, "Why is she going too? Did you ask her to go? Or is she also living at the landlord's house?"
"How can I call her when I don't have a mobile phone?" Dong Qiangqiang's desire for survival was overwhelming. "It was the landlord who called her over. Isn't she my renter? When something like this happened, the landlord was also nervous, so he asked her to ask me. Is it because the landlord doesn't agree with me to install the Internet? I can't think about it. After I came back just now, I explained it clearly to the landlord. It was simply eaten by mistake. Hey, do you know horse chestnuts? That thing does look exactly like a chestnut, but it's bigger. a lot of."
"Of course I know about Ma Lizi. Many people who have just gone abroad eat it by mistake, but it is very bitter. Most people will vomit after taking one bite. It can cause fainting, gastric lavage and hospitalization. You are the first person I know to do it. Such a person." Du Lan deliberately said sarcastically, "May I ask, Mr. Dong, how much have you eaten?"
If someone else said this, Dong Qiangqiang would feel embarrassed and embarrassed, but Du Lan is his girlfriend, so he doesn't feel anything embarrassed: "I didn't eat a few pills, and I fell down for some reason, but This is not the biggest news today.”
"Is there any bigger news?" Du Lan also became interested, "Did your poisoning make the front page of your local newspaper?"
"I found that you are quite good at slander..." Dong Qiangqiang counterattacked and then explained seriously, "I found the hoof prints of the wild boar in the woods outside the landlord's yard. I can't be mistaken. It should be an adult. Boar.”
As soon as these words came out, Du Lan suddenly became quiet. After a while, she asked in a serious tone: "Then are you planning to return to your old career?"
"I just moved in, and I had some unpleasant troubles with the old lady over the Internet. Today, it happened again. In the short term, it's better to be restrained and low-key, and not to be too arrogant. I will tell the landlord that there are wild boars outside the house and remind him. She pays attention to safety. After all, she still has many poultry and pets. Wild boars are not trustworthy men and women. Even if they do not hurt people, they hurt animals. Hunting is not considered for the time being. On the one hand, my previous trading company has been cancelled, and on the other hand, I still have to study. I'm not on the right track, I don't want to be distracted, and if the landlord is an animal protectionist, I won't be able to eat and walk away. The so-called "knowing people, knowing faces, but not knowing what they know," is true for all Germans, so I'd better be careful. .”
"Do you really think so?" Du Lan asked worriedly.
"Of course, why would I lie to you?"
Du Lan felt relieved and changed the topic and asked: "By the way, you have started the class, right? How is it? How does it feel to listen to the class? Can you understand it?"
As soon as this question was raised, Dong Qiangqiang felt like it was stuck in his throat and he couldn't spit it out quickly: "Ahem, don't mention it. The elementary level class will only start tomorrow. I audited two advanced level courses in the past two days, but I couldn't understand or speak in class. , I can’t find any reference books after class, and I’m worried about what to do.”
"It shouldn't be. Although your German is worse than mine, it can't be said to be particularly bad. Can you really not understand it at all?" Du Lan didn't believe it.
"It's not that I don't understand it at all, but it's really difficult. It feels like I took the German politics class in the preparatory course last year."
"Well, now that you've finished complaining, do you have any plans or arrangements?" Du Lan inspired, "How did you learn politics in the first place? Just follow the example of a cat drawing a tiger."
"At that time, in the preparatory course, the extensive reading teacher specified the materials, but I couldn't find all the teaching materials the teacher asked for here, so I couldn't even read them if I wanted to."
"Can't you find it in the library?"
"Some books are unavailable, and some are simply not available in the library."
"Then you didn't ask your senior classmates how they learned?"
"I don't know anyone in the senior class except Zheng Chunhua. I asked her in the afternoon and she asked me to find her again tomorrow."
"She is a teaching assistant, and she is in your major. You first listen to what she has to say. Second, ask your senior classmates, whether they are Chinese or foreign, to see how they found them. In addition, I will teach you A few ways.”
As soon as he heard that there was a method, Dong Qiangqiang suddenly became energetic and sat up from the bed: "Tell me and listen."
"First of all, universities usually hold flea markets when the semester starts. You can go there to find people selling second-hand textbooks. Secondly, go to a bookstore or buy online."
Dong Qiangqiang thought Du Lan would say something he didn't expect, but it turned out to be this. He was a little disappointed for a moment. Fortunately, Du Lan couldn't see his expression through the phone, otherwise he would have had to talk again.
"I have thought about the two (methods) you mentioned. I can go back and ask Zheng Chunhua when there will be a market jump, but I don't think the second method will work. You should know that textbooks are very expensive in Germany. . A book easily costs tens of euros. It’s okay if I just buy one or two books, but one teacher recommended dozens of books. If I bought every book recommended by the teacher, I would probably spend a few hundred euros. No, it might cost several hundred (euro) more, and it’s only for one semester. I can’t even imagine how much money I will have to spend on books when I graduate.”
"I haven't finished yet. If you think buying a book is expensive, there is actually another way." Dulan paused, "After buying the book from a bookstore or online, find a copy shop as soon as possible and reduce the two pages to one. It only costs 10 euro cents for an A4 sheet. If you make a lot of copies, you can see if you can get a copy card. For example, at the Technical University of Munich, it only costs 8 euro cents to copy an A4 sheet. After printing, you can return it immediately without any reason. In this way, you only need to pay some copying costs to get a copy of the book, and the reduction will not affect your reading. After the exam, you can also sell this copy of the textbook. The total cost will definitely not be more than a few dozen euros, as long as the copying is done Just be careful not to get the original book dirty or wrinkled, otherwise it will be difficult to return if it is in bad condition."
"After you buy the printing, you can return it after printing. Is this...appropriate?" Dong Qiangqiang never thought that it could be like this. He was a little vague for a moment, "They are not stupid, so they can let you return it? They must know that I make copies before returning them. Yes. This is different from returning clothes and shoes. You can also give a reason. What reason can you give for returning a book?"
"As long as the book is not damaged, most stores allow you to return it without any reason. But if you do this too many times, it will be difficult for you to buy the book you really need in the same store again in the future, and you will have to keep changing to new bookstores or online stores. . If your name really cannot be purchased, you can also consider using other people’s names, such as those of people who have graduated, such as Lao Bai.”
"Well, let me think about it again..." Dong Qiangqiang hesitated.
"Do you think it's immoral to do this?" Du Lan knew as soon as he heard Dong Qiangqiang's reaction that he couldn't accept this kind of behavior. Having known Dong Qiangqiang for a long time, Du Lan had a clear grasp of his psychology.
"I can't say it's immoral, it's just..." Dong Qiangqiang told the truth, "Anyway, it feels awkward and the things done are not authentic."
"As I said just now, if you can borrow books or buy them at the supermarket, you don't have to do this. Otherwise, if you have an exam and no books to read, how can you prepare for the exam? And this happens every semester. How are you going to solve this problem? Long-term problem? Otherwise, you can spend hundreds of euros on books every semester, so you don’t need to make copies." Du Lan asked again, "Are you BJ people like this?"
Dong Qiangqiang sighed. He knew that what Du Lan said was right: if you want to do decent things, you must make more money, otherwise you have to put your useless thoughts behind.
