Chapter 90 The Stanford Library
Bella is very uncomfortable with Stanford's model of one semester in two months. Many things in learning have just started, and before they enter the state, they will end! The time is tight and there are many tasks, but with the bonus of her good looks, she has gradually opened up in several clubs.
The sport of fencing is actually beyond the reach of ordinary students. In their spare time, they can play baseball or rugby.
For example, Bella's roommate, Heather, who has also been there to watch her competition, has a 3,000-rpm chainsaw to play with, but fencing? Sorry, never heard of it! According to the big murderous girl, such a thin metal stick is far less effective than a chainsaw, its lethality is limited, and there are many rules, so it is not practical at all.
I can't figure out why the swordsmanship that I inherited from the pirates has now become a synonym for elegance. However, Bella can also understand that this is similar to the saying in the prehistoric world. The more people who can fight, the more "deeply blessed, pure and virtuous" people.
Fencing is similar to equestrianism. It is said that it is a noble sport with a bit of gold on its face, but a lot of people still rely on this sport for elegance.
Many millionaires who graduated from Stanford are sponsoring fencing clubs, just to give themselves a self-cultivation label.
rich! The fencing club is rich!
After the game, organizers loudly announced a party.
It would be too different not to attend the party here. Even if she was beaten like a melon, Miss Barbara Moores, who was full of depression, could not refuse the invitation to the party.
The organizers borrowed a villa for the evening party.
It was already cold in San Francisco in December, but the party scene was very hot. No one would come to the party wearing a cotton coat. Bella changed out of the metal clothes and fencing shoes when she was fencing, and was wearing a white knitwear. Shirt and printed long skirt, and a pair of sandals underfoot.
After playing a game of snooker at random, she sat at the bar and watched a bunch of people play, and people came to chat with her from time to time.
Bella is also selectively screening, and if she can talk, she will say a few more words, otherwise she will ignore it.
She felt that she was slowly becoming Victoria Hand's character. She was completely watching people's dishes, but it was not enough if she didn't do it. It would save her a lot of time to make friends with people who were worth making friends. If you spend too much energy on the job, and don't want to be in politics, you can find a relatively upper-level circle to get in and you're done.
"Your swordsmanship is really good. Did you practice it since you were a child?" Barbara Moores, wearing a camisole and trousers, sat beside her and asked curiously.
It is said that the ancestors showed spirits and passed them on to me through the Linghai transmission? No one believed what she said, Bella nodded.
"Yeah, I have been practicing since I was a child, and I have been practicing for many years."
The two chatted while drinking. The ban on drinking at the age of 21 has long been in vain. People in the United States who really abide by this law are as rare as giant pandas. As long as they are not discovered, nothing will happen.
"Both your parents are policemen? That's really good... My parents are both soldiers, four generations of our family are soldiers, only I'm a woman..." Barbara confided Injustice in the heart.
Her family background is similar to Bella's. Charlie and Samantha actually served in the army and became sheriffs after they retired.
Four generations of Barbara's family have been in the army, and they have a certain common language with Bella. To a certain extent, they are an alternative "military household".
At the social level, the United States does not pay much attention to this class.
A sociological research report believes that 80% of people are middle class, but in Silicon Valley, they have their own definition of the middle class. They believe that only IT elites, professors, and doctors are the middle class. They are the pillars of society, what kind of policemen and big-headed soldiers, that's far from it!
The two didn't say it clearly.
But they understand the meaning of each other inside and out, discrimination! Discrimination is everywhere in this country!
It is because there is too much discrimination in all aspects that many people talk about this word.
Barbara kept talking to her and took the opportunity to stop those suitors. Bella also had similar thoughts, and the two of them had gossip.
Stanford's party was relatively well behaved, and at ten o'clock, Bella got up and left.
After returning to the dormitory and changing into casual clothes, she rinsed her mouth again and again. After confirming that there was no alcohol smell, she carried her bag and headed to the library.
He showed the library administrator a loan signature given by a professor. After the other party confirmed it, he called two strong men and used a small cart to carry out an ancient book from the library's warehouse.
A very large and thick book, the shape is a bit like the pirate code in Pirates of the Caribbean. Like a door panel, it needs two people to carry it and pull it with a cart before it can be taken out.
This is a cherished ancient book in the Stanford Library, called the Gutenberg Bible, which is the famous forty-two chapters of the Bible... No, it is a forty-two line Bible!
This is the Latin version of the Bible printed by Johnny Gutenberg using movable type printing in 1454. The whole book has a total of 1282 pages. Due to the parchment technology at the time, the whole book is extremely thick, and it is impossible to kill a person at all. question.
A total of 180 copies were printed at that time, but now less than 50 copies are in existence. Even with the signature of a professor, such precious ancient books cannot be borrowed. The books cannot leave the library, and she can only read them in the library.
Although it was ten o'clock in the evening, the library was still brightly lit, and a large number of students were studying here.
Bella's book is a bit big and too old, plus her beautiful appearance, occasionally a few students passing by will glance at it in surprise, but no one thinks it's wrong, the wind of freedom is blowing! Feel free to learn anything you want.
Bella plans to spend a vacation to learn the knowledge in this book, consolidate her foundation, and develop new psionic spells.
Her Latin proficiency is still in its infancy, and reading the Gutenberg Bible is a bit difficult, which takes more time and effort.
When encountering some difficulties, she would also ask the Wen family and son by email. When it comes to the knowledge in the Bible, the church must be the best at it, but it is a bit out of time for her to go to the church as a heretic, so she will settle for the next best thing and look for the witcher. It is not impossible to solve the confusion.
For a lot of exorcism knowledge, the witcher stays at the level of "knowing it but not knowing why", drawing a magic circle, sprinkle salt, and then go up to the rash! Looking at it today, it is really rough, but there are some tricks that are worth learning from.
No need to think about social issues, no need to count GPA, Bella is crazy to learn all aspects of knowledge, even Natasha refused to ask her to go shopping, she plans to stay in the library these days, until Christmas!