Starting from a top student and marching towards the sea of ​​stars

Chapter 76 Our son is promising
Wang Yanping knew that Ning Chen loved steamed dumplings filled with sauerkraut, so she specially made some for Ning Chen. After all, Ning Chen would not be able to eat home-made dumplings at school.

Ning Chen couldn't help being touched, in this world, the person who cares most about him is always his parents.

However, the two of them brought too much food, and Ning Chen would definitely not be able to finish it by himself.

Ning Chen thought about keeping some for himself, and then dividing the rest among his roommates and teachers.

After walking out of the train station, there were taxi drivers everywhere soliciting customers. Ning Chen didn't want to take a taxi here.

"Mom and Dad, let's go take a taxi over there. The taxis here don't have meters, and they even share rides. It doesn't necessarily mean when we can leave."

"No, no, let's just take the bus. Taking a taxi is so expensive," Wang Yanping said.

"It's okay. I don't have much money, and the school is not far from the train station."

Taking her parents to the side of the road, Ning Chen quickly hailed a taxi.

Now the starting taxi fare in Shengzhou is eight yuan, plus mileage and time charges, the price is indeed not too cheap.

It cost 22 yuan to drive from the train station to Shengzhou University, which made Wang Yanping feel a little distressed.

But Wang Yanping also knew that taking the bus would take some time. If Ning Chen wasn't around, she and Ning Qiang would definitely take the bus.

Ning Chen did not take his parents directly to the school, but went to Xiangdu Garden.

"Chenchen, isn't your school in that direction?"

Ning Qiang felt that they were going in the wrong direction, so he couldn't help asking.

"Let's not go to school first. I bought a house near here. You two can live there at night."

Hearing Ning Chen's words, Ning Chen and Wang Yanping were stunned.

"You... bought a house?"

The two of them thought they heard it wrong, and they were ready to find a small hotel nearby to stay tonight.

"Well, I won a prize in a competition before, and the school gave me a lot of bonuses. There happened to be a nice house for sale nearby, and I thought it was suitable, so I bought it. Anyway, if I settle in Shengzhou later, You will have to buy a house sooner or later, and you can save a lot of money if you buy it early.”

Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping couldn't believe it. Ning Chen didn't discuss such a big matter with them before.

But since Ning Chen spent his bonus money to buy the house, this is understandable.

Ning Chen and Wang Yanping followed Ning Chen dubiously, and when they reached the gate of the community, Ning Chen took out the access control card and swiped it, and walked into the community with his parents.

Seeing the access card in Ning Chen's hand, the two knew that Ning Chen might have really bought a house here.

"The environment of this community is good, the price should not be low, right?" Ning Qiang asked.

"Well, the average price is around six thousand or seven thousand now. The one I bought is relatively cheap. I bought it in the early six thousand."

Hearing this price, Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping were speechless.

"The houses in Shengzhou are too expensive, and the price is three times that of Steel City." Ning Qiang said.

"Hey, housing prices are rising rapidly now. In a few years, the housing prices in Steel City will be at this level."

Walking to Ning Chen's unit, Ning Chen pressed the elevator and came to the 16th floor.

Opening the door, Ning Chen asked Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping to go in.

The moment they entered the room, Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping finally believed that Ning Chen had really bought a house for themselves.

"Chenchen, this house is quite big, it must be more than 100 square meters!"

"Well, the area listed on the real estate certificate is 120 square meters. Excluding the public stalls, it's less than [-] square meters."

Ning Qiang made a quick calculation and realized how expensive this house was.

"This house must have cost more than 70 yuan, right? It was all bought with the school's bonus?"

"Absolutely, and I can make a little money from tutoring," Ning Chen said.

Ning Chen didn't say that he and Zhou Li borrowed 20 yuan, so as not to worry them if he told her.

Ning Chen didn't know what his parents would think about the fact that he spent more than 70 yuan to buy a house, and he still felt a little unsure.

After all, I am looking at the current housing prices from the perspective of ten years from now, and my parents may not be able to empathize with me.

But after a while, Ning Qiang suddenly said with emotion:

"Chenchen is well-off, and we can buy a house on our own. If we rely on the money we saved, we won't be able to buy such a house when Chenchen gets married." Naturally, Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping have been working for Ning After all, they knew that Ning Chen would have to spend a lot of money to buy a house or get married in the future, and it was impossible for Ning Chen to earn this money by himself in the future.

But now Ning Chen's performance made them both feel a lot more relaxed. Ning Chen really reassured them both.

"You don't need to save money for me, I can already be self-reliant. I will save some money later and buy you a big house in Steel City."

After all, houses in Gangcheng were not as popular as Shengzhou, so Ning Chen had to put his priority on buying a house in Gangcheng later.

Hearing that Ning Chen wanted to change their house, Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping waved their hands.

"Hey, don't change the house for us. We live in a good house now. We only live in two people. What kind of big house do we need? It's hard to clean up."

"Yes, if you have money, save it first. You will have a lot of places to use it in the future. Although the two of us don't make a lot of money, we can't spend it all by ourselves."

Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping had just arrived at Ning Chen's house and seemed a little uncomfortable. Ning Chen took them around the house.

Seeing several trophies and award certificates in the study, Ning Qiang couldn't help asking:

"Chenchen, is this the trophy you got in the competition?"

"Well, it's five gold and one silver in total. I mainly relied on these bonuses to buy this house." Ning Chen said with a smile.

"Five gold medals and one silver... This is equivalent to a national championship. It's really amazing!"

Ning Qiang picked up the trophy and award certificate, admired them admiringly, and took out his mobile phone to take photos.

"It's not that great. It's all compared with people of the same age, and there are still many masters who haven't signed up." Ning Chen said modestly.

At this time, Wang Yanping saw several journals placed on the bookshelf.

"By the way, I heard from Xiaolong that you also published a few papers, is this it?"

"Well, these are academic journals where I publish papers, and there is only one paper in each of them."

Wang Yanping picked up a periodical, flipped through it, and found that it was all in English, and she couldn't understand it at all.

Ning Qiang, on the other hand, was much smarter and found Ning Chen's paper in no time.

"Look, isn't this 'CHEN NING' our family's Chenchen? In the west, the name comes first and the surname comes after."

"Hey, it's true. Then tell me what the content of this paper is."

"Hmm... this really stumps me." Ning Qiang scratched his head and said.

Ning Qiang said in his heart that he knew most of the letters and numbers on it, but he couldn't understand them together.

After staying in the room for a while, Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping were no longer as unfamiliar with this house as they were at the beginning.

At this time, Ning Chen took out a key and handed it to Wang Yanping.

"You can sleep in Nanwo at night. This is the door key, and this is the access control card. You can swipe at the gate of the community, and the gate of the community will be opened. In the future, you will often come to Shengzhou when you have time. It will be much more convenient if you have a place to live. .”

"Hey, this is your house. We can't live in it casually. We have to tell you before we move in."

"Mom, if you say this, you will be offended. I can live in your house casually."

Seeing this, Ning Qiang said, "Let's stop being polite to Chenchen. After Chenchen has a girlfriend, we just don't bother, haha."

……

In the past two days, Ning Chen took some time to stroll around the campus with his parents. It could be seen that Ning Qiang and Wang Yanping were very happy, and they kept sighing that studying could really change one's destiny.

After sending his parents away, Ning Chen returned to the laboratory and continued his experiments.

After several days of research and testing, Ning Chen completed the production of the first silicon-based negative electrode for lithium batteries and conducted tests on battery capacity.

Although the first silicon-based negative electrode is relatively rough, after testing, the lithium battery using silicon-based negative electrode does have a higher battery capacity density.

This gave both Ning Chen and Xu Zhou greater confidence in this experimental subject.

What made the two of them even more delighted was that on this day, the editor of the journal "ACS Nano" responded to the paper that Ning Chen had submitted before.

In the reply, the editor expressed his affirmation of the paper and highlighted some suggested revisions.

"Ning Chen, if nothing else happens, your paper will be included in "ACS Nano" after revision!"

(End of this chapter)