“You children will all be classmates from now on. You need to look after each other in life and help each other in your studies. As the saying goes, it takes a hundred years to share a boat ride and a thousand years to share a pillow. You have already lived under the same roof for four years. This must have taken hundreds of years of cultivation…” said one of the male parents in the dormitory.

Wang Jing rolled her eyes and muttered, "Here we go again, how annoying!"

Wang Jing's parent spoke for two minutes without stopping and continued talking.

Judging from his clothes, appearance, and demeanor, Xia Minmin thought that this male parent must be a teacher.

"Wang Jing, is this your dad? Is he a teacher?" Xia Minmin asked in a gossipy whisper.

Although it was said to be quiet, the dormitory was so small that everyone who was supposed to hear it could hear it, except for Wang Jing's family members who were giving a long and rambling speech.

“Absolutely right. My dad is a high school teacher, and he’s most passionate about giving speeches. He talks about everything from the school to home, and he does that every day. He can’t stop for at least five minutes. We just do what we’re supposed to do and don’t need to pay attention to him. He’ll stop on his own when he says he’s going to play.”

Upon hearing Wang Jing's explanation, the parents busied themselves with their own children, while Wu Yue and Jiang Lina looked at her with sympathy.

A few minutes later, Wang Jing's father's speech indeed stopped. He looked at the parents and students who were busy in all directions without any concern, touched his head, and continued to hang up the mosquito net for his daughter.

When Xia Jianguo took the mattress out of the storage bag, he bumped into something hard—a skateboard? Or a skateboard wrapped in plastic wrap. He remembered not putting this in his luggage; it must have been his unlucky son who secretly put it there.

Li Chunmei stared at the skateboard, gritting her teeth, "Xiaomin, didn't I tell you not to bring the skateboard? Why did you put it in again?"

I've told her so many times that skateboards aren't suitable for commuting to and from school because there are too many people at school. She promised me she would bring it before coming to Beijing, but she still managed to sneak it in.

"Hehe, Mom, don't worry, I'll definitely use it carefully and promise not to get hurt or hurt anyone else, I promise!" Li Chunmei and her husband looked at their cheerful daughter with a bit of helplessness.

"Sister-in-law, Xiaomin is a sensible child and will definitely protect herself. How about this, let's give her a chance. If she gets injured, we'll take the skateboard back. What do you think?"

Since Wang Aimin had spoken, Li Chunmei couldn't very well refuse him, so she temporarily agreed to the plan.

Xia Jianguo laid out the mattress and sheets, and then placed the prepared air-conditioning blankets and pillows on top.

Other parents looked at the mattresses that were the perfect size, and then at their own cotton mattresses that were the wrong size.

“Xia Minmin’s father, where did you buy your mattress? It looks much better than the size of ours.”

Xia Jianguo said, "This mattress was custom-made in our own factory."

The others nodded thoughtfully. "Can it be sold?"

“Selling it separately isn’t cost-effective due to shipping costs. You can ask at a nearby home textile store; they should have it.” Xia Jianguo flatly refused.

Actually, their factory has been producing these kinds of mattresses for students for a long time. However, the mattress my daughter received was specially made, of higher quality and more expensive than the same model. Since it was shipped from a stock supplier, the quality was different upon arrival, which inevitably led to some negative feedback.

"Mom and Dad, let's go ask about it right away. I don't want to sleep on a cotton mattress that's too big; it's uncomfortable to sleep on."

"I'm going too! Let's go together!"

Within three to five minutes, only the Xia family remained in the dormitory. Xia Minmin's two suitcases were crammed into a small cabinet.

Everyone had a simple lunch with Xia Minmin in the cafeteria.

"Xiaomin, the food in your cafeteria tastes pretty good and is clean. From now on, eat in the cafeteria whenever you have free time. Don't eat at restaurants outside; they're not clean," Li Chunmei said.

"Oh, okay!"

Xia Jianguo deposited 1,000 yuan into his daughter's meal card as an extra subsidy; her living expenses for the semester had already been deposited into her bank account before the semester started.

"Xiaomin, that's enough for now. Go back to your dorm. After you change your SIM card, don't forget to send a message to everyone."

Xia Minmin watched her family get into the taxi and leave, her eyes red. Farewells always come so quickly. Everyone was busy. They came to Beijing yesterday and will be taking a plane back this afternoon.

After calming herself down, Xia Minmin asked for directions along the way and found a telecommunications service center to change her SIM card to one for Beijing. Using a Shenzhen SIM card in Beijing was too expensive due to roaming fees; a hundred yuan in phone credit would disappear in an instant.

"Hello, can I also apply for broadband here?"

"Yes, the broadband in the dormitories at Peking University is all provided by our business hall. Today, since it's the first day of school, the price is more favorable than usual, and we'll even give away a router. Would you like to sign up?"

The sales assistant handed the brochure to Xia Minmin and then went to greet other students. The broadband fee of 400 yuan per semester was a bit expensive, but it was still within an acceptable range.

After getting her broadband service sorted and scheduling an appointment with the installer, Xia Minmin leisurely returned to her dormitory. The dormitory, which had been locked, was now open, and in addition to the roommates she had met that morning, there were three new roommates.

Wu Yue glared at her new roommates with righteous indignation, "Why?! The beds are assigned by the school, how can you just change them like that?"

Xia Minmin looked at her neatly made bed, now a mess, and realized that she was the center of the conflict.

"This isn't your bed, what's the rush, kid?" said the parent of the roommate who was scrambling for the bed.

Xia Minmin knew that her bed would cause trouble as soon as she saw it. Her bed was in a good position, close to the radiator and on the lower bunk. There were three electrical outlets next to the bed, and two rows of storage cabinets opposite the bed.

Wu Yue's eyes lit up and she shouted, "Xia Minmin, come here quickly, someone is trying to steal your bed!"

The three roommates who had been vying for the bed looked at Xia Minmin with disdain and said, "Hey classmate, name your price for this bed, we'll buy it."

Xia Minmin rolled her eyes inwardly. Using money to bribe people? There are already two oddballs in this dorm. Could it be that all the oddballs in Guanghua are concentrated in their dorm? The next four years are going to be quite a spectacle.

Xia Minmin gave a forced smile, "Auntie, I don't want to change, please move aside."

Before anyone else could say anything, Du Lan jumped out and said, "Xia Minmin, you're so tall and healthy, shouldn't you be friendly to your new roommate? What's wrong with helping your new roommate? If I were sleeping in your bed, I would have given it up. Don't you know the story of Kong Rong sharing pears?"

The roommate who fought for the bed looked frail, but according to Xia Minmin's observation, she seemed to be in good health, with a rosy complexion that didn't look sick at all.

Xia Minmin took a deep breath. Why was she always around? "Since you say that, then you should all give way to me. Just because I'm tall doesn't mean I'm old. I'm not even thirteen yet, and you all have to give way to me! Otherwise, I'll tell the counselor that you two are bullying me."