Chapter 40 40【Princess Pan Chali】
Two days later, Friday.
As soon as he got to work in the morning, Xiang Nan asked Peggy, "Peggy, I have a personal question for you."
"What's the problem?" Peggy heard this, with a look of wariness on her face.
"It's like this, you are a girl, if you date a boy for the first time, what kind of gift do you want him to give you." Xiang Nan asked for advice.
He wanted to buy a small gift for Lalita to add a little spice to tonight's blind date.
"I really can't help you with this question. I've never dated a boy." Peggy shook her head after listening.
Xiang Nan was taken aback when he heard this, quite surprised.
Girls as beautiful as her are sure to have suitors, but she claims to have "never dated a boy."
If she wasn't lying, there must be something else.
"Okay, thank you." Xiang Nan nodded, and then searched online.
However, there are all kinds of suggestions on the Internet, and there is no consensus.
Xiang Nan looked at it for a long time, but couldn't make up his mind.
While he was worrying, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he smiled and asked Peggy, "Peggy, can you help me go to the bookstore to buy a book?"
"Of course." Peggy nodded.
"It's a book of fairy tales, telling the story of the Indian princess Panchali leading the monkeys to freedom." Xiang Nan then explained.
"Fairy Tale Book?!" Peggy was a little surprised.
She thought that what Xiang Nan wanted her to buy would be an information book related to scientific research projects, but she didn't expect that he wanted to buy a fairy tale for himself, which was really unexpected.
"Everyone has their own secret, right?" Xiang Nan laughed.
Hearing what he said, Peggy nodded in agreement.
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At noon, Peggy bought the fairy tale book "Princess Panchali".
"Thank you for your help." Xiang Nan nodded, and after lunch, he started to read.
"Princess Pan Chali", a fairy tale book, is actually only a short forty pages, suitable for children in first and second grades.
The reason why Xiang Nan read this book was mainly inspired by Sheldon.
In the play, he used this book of fairy tales to abduct Raj’s blind date—Larita Kuta.
Peggy saw him reading fairy tale books so seriously, she couldn't help feeling suspicious.
After reading it twice, Xiang Nan kept the story of "Princess Pan Chali" in his heart, and then put it aside, preparing to start writing the paper "Thermochemical Evolution of Comet Nuclei and Kappa Belt Objects".
In the past two days, Peggy has helped him collect all the required information.
With the aid of these materials, his thesis will come naturally.
The reason why there are so many people scrambling to apply for the assistants of top scholars is because when working as assistants, they can get hands-on teaching from scholars and learn first-hand knowledge.
Of course, not all academics are so kind to assistants. Many scholars only use their assistants as secretaries, and let them handle trivial matters for themselves, but they do not pass on their karma, accept the Tao, and clarify their doubts.
Like Sheldon. In the sixth season, he hired a beautiful assistant Alex. As a result, she was only asked to help him buy meals, buy gifts, sort out childhood notes, and even listen to his dreams, such trivial and humble things, and she was not allowed to participate in her own research. As a result, Alex resigned and left after only a few months of work.
Xiang Nan is naturally not as selfish as Sheldon, he is still willing to impart knowledge to Peggy.
In the play, although Raj has various shortcomings, such as motherhood, sissy, vanity, low self-esteem, promiscuity, etc., his knowledge is definitely at the top level and he is a true astrophysics expert.
Sheldon has satirized Leonard and Howard's work, education, and IQ many times, but he rarely did it to Raj. Even when the two were working together, Raj corrected Sheldon's mistakes.
Xiangnan inherited all his knowledge after becoming Raj. As a result, he has a lot of knowledge to pass on to Peggy.
Peggy is also very honored to be able to participate in Xiang Nan's new project when he just came here.
At the moment, she is studying and communicating at the same time, like a sponge falling into the water, absorbing the water in the ocean of knowledge.
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I was busy until four o'clock in the afternoon. After looking at the time, Xiang Nan smiled at Peggy, "OK, let's finish writing here today. I have something to do later."
Peggy is swimming in the ocean of knowledge, and hearing what Xiang Nan said, it is a bit disappointing.
"Raj, do you have time tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? I hope to learn more from you." She asked expectantly.
Knowledge is wealth, not so easy to get.
One is that the tuition fees in the United States are ridiculously high. Even though Leonard graduated more than ten years ago, he still pays off the loan every month.
Second, top experts and scholars only want to do research, but rarely give lectures. For example, Sheldon only wants to do scientific research. Even if the school offers him a promotion and salary increase, he is unwilling to bring students.
Therefore, in the United States, it is very difficult to obtain the teachings of top scholars. That's why Peggy wants to cherish the opportunity and ask Xiang Nan for advice as much as possible.
"Well, if I have time tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will call you." Xiang Nan thought for a while and said, "You can also go to the library these days and borrow some books, such as "Time, Space and Everything", "The Structure of the Universe, the Meaning of Space, Time and Reality", "The Lightness of Being, the Unity of Ether and Force", etc. If you encounter something you don't understand, please ask me for advice at that time."
"Okay, thank you." Peggy nodded gratefully.
It is really rare to see someone as willing as Xiang Nan to preach and accept karma and solve doubts.
"You're welcome." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled.
The reason why he helped Peggy so much was partly because of his personality. Both he and Raj are kind people, and they are willing to help others as much as they can.
On the one hand, Peggy is a beautiful woman. The so-called love of beauty is in everyone, and beautiful women can always get more preferential treatment. If Peggy is ugly, I'm afraid she can't even be selected as an assistant.
The main reason is that Xiang Nan hopes to deepen the relationship with her, so that future cooperation and getting along will be more enjoyable.
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After leaving school, Xiang Nan went to the gift shop first and asked the clerk to wrap up the book "Princess Pan Chali".
Then he drove back home, washed and dressed, changed his clothes, and when the time was almost up, he drove to the Sakura Sushi restaurant on St. Granville Avenue, booked a seat, sent a text message, and waited for Lalita Kuta .
At 6:05, Xiang Nan was flipping through People magazine.
In this issue of the magazine, there are reports about him, which are still related to TOI700D. The planet is a hot topic right now, and Caltech hopes to generate more hype to generate more donations for the school.
"Hi, are you Rajesh?" At this moment, a girl asked tentatively.
(end of this chapter)