Chapter 643 Rugby Carnival
If the school, which has always been formal and somewhat rigid, becomes crazy, it will really make people jaw-dropping.
Especially this year, because of the impact of 9/11, the "Full Moon Celebration" on the first full moon night after school started, that is, in the main courtyard, those students who are about to graduate, when they see the freshmen they like, they will go up and kiss this The same traditional celebration with a long history usually had three to four thousand people in the past, but this year it was just a formality.
Therefore, on the night before this "big game", as usual, the school staged a musical that satirizes Berkeley. The audience, former graduates and residents of the town all came to join in the show, and finally Tens of thousands of people participated in this big carnival.
For a while, Huang Jingping, who has become a little calmer, is sitting in the stands, watching the mediocre but grand scale performances on the stage, and the singing and dancing dramas are quite good, feeling the excitement of the students around her. Their enthusiasm and excitement made Feng Yiping a little nervous, "Calm down, calm down, don't get too excited,"
Huang Jingping quietly bit his ear and said, "I don't have any eggs."
Feng Yiping was so stunned by these words that he was almost speechless!
Sure enough, one side supported the other. After living in the United States for a few months, her parents and elders were beyond her reach, and she regained some of her former bold nature.
However, under Feng Yiping's gaze, she still blushed a little, and cleverly changed the subject, "Why do I feel that it is more lively here than in China?"
In some respects, it is.
In these foreign places, some seemingly nonsensical, or particularly weird habits, they can persist for hundreds of years.
In China, with the progress of society and economic development, the pace of changing customs is getting faster and faster. In rural areas, many customs that have been passed down from generation to generation have been changed in order to adapt to this era, or simply Don't hold on anymore.
In cities, as the westerly wind blows eastward, a general trend is that various foreign festivals imported from abroad are often more popular and lively than our traditional festivals.
What is hidden behind this may be that the whole country, everyone generally hopes that the Western civilization, which currently has the upper hand, will recognize itself.
Feng Yiping looked at the lively scenes in front of him. Behind them was a wealth of material support. If in a poor place like his original hometown, where everyone was worrying about making a living year after year, there would still be such things every year. leisurely?
Thinking about it now, those things that made us feel happy when we were young actually seemed to be a kind of poverty and happiness, but at that time, the lives of people all over the country were almost the same, they were all poor, and everyone didn’t understand the living standards of foreign countries, so they felt that Not too bad.
"Don't worry, when the material level is raised to a higher level in the future, more and more people will look for our own traditions, and those lively things in childhood will come back one by one,"
"Really?" Huang Jingping didn't believe it.
"Sure, just look at one point. The more developed the country, the local operas that had almost disappeared before are now revitalized? During the Dragon Boat Festival, are there more and more places where dragon boat races are held? In our hometown In that area, there is no Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, but if you look at those wealthy places along the coast, don’t the dragon and lion dances become more lively every year during the Lantern Festival?”
"What you said seems to be true," Huang Jingping touched his face with a smile, "Yes, you are always right,"
This is a compliment!
"Hi, Feng," Carl said awkwardly as he walked past him with a glass of Coke in his hand.
"Hi," Feng Yiping glanced at him indifferently, then turned his head and said to Huang Jingping, "I heard that the grand finale is performed by the headmaster."
"Really?" Huang Jingping asked with a smile.
She was actually a little curious. Feng Yiping, who has always been kind to others, seemed to be a little disrespectful to this classmate he met on the first day of school today?
It's also because she didn't know. If she knew the reason, she might not give Karl a good face.
"Then enjoy it, I'll sit there," Carl pointed to the side.
Feng Yiping didn't raise his head, and said insincerely, "See you later,"
He was a little angry, because his relationship with Carl was not yet familiar enough to be willing to be deceived and used, let alone to the point where he could make mistakes for him. He was not very principled about this, let alone being a human being. Foreigner, he has made up his mind to pay attention, and will stay away from him in the future.
Carl today was alone again, and none of the two girls followed him that day. He looked at the very harmonious pair behind him, covered his ears, and called Jane, "Hi, Jane, tomorrow Will you come to the party tonight? Feng will definitely attend, too,"
"According to him, because he has to take care of his pregnant girlfriend, he won't participate in the evening activities," this was the reason Feng Yiping said when he left early that day. Jane repeated it and hung up the phone coldly.
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Both looked at the rules of rugby in a hurry. The two of them were not very familiar with this, nor did they like the sport very much, so they still didn't understand it.
But to be honest, the fun of this game seems to be outside the arena.
For example, it should be a new girl who entered the school. Before the game, she seemed to have something to do. She was wearing a Stanford cardinai (that is, Stanford red) uniform and took a shortcut to pass by the Berkeley square. It turned out to be a good guy, a Berkeley student in the front row , grabbed her, and then quickly passed it to the students in the next row, and passed it up along the stands.
However, this is probably not the first time such a thing has happened. Above the stands, there is a mobile Stanford fire brigade. When the unlucky girl was passed to the top, she was rescued by the alumni who had been prepared for a long time.
Before the game started, the stadium became a venue for the bands and cheerleaders of the two schools to compete against each other. The band played as loudly as they could, and the cheerleaders kicked as high as their legs could.
The auditoriums of the two schools are clearly separated, and the well-trained audience—this one is still mainly students at the school, shouting slogans that must have been rehearsed—naturally sarcasm the other party.
Huang Jingping said excitedly to Feng Yiping, "No wonder so many people like to watch the game live. Things outside of this game are more attractive than the game itself."
Isn't it true that after coming this trip, Feng Yiping also kind of likes this carnival in the name of a competition.
Like most games before, the Stanford football team came out on top again, leading Berkeley 3-0 at halftime, and then, the climax came, a row of students in a square at Berkeley, He suddenly took off his pants, bare his butt, and faced the Stanford team and cheerleaders.
"Haha," this time, not only Huang Jingping, but even Feng Yiping couldn't calm down, and laughed so hard that he leaned forward.
There is no suspense, this time, Stanford won the "Stanford axe".
However, when leaving the venue, there were Berkeley students who couldn't get used to their deadly opponent's appearance, and made trouble in a hurry, and even the police who maintained order had eggs thrown on them.
Afterwards, nothing good came of it. In front of everyone, the leaders were arrested by the police.
However, when they were escorted by the police across the field, they had a kind of heroic sacrifice, and their classmates also applauded and cheered for them...
These guys really know how to play, and they really dare to play.