Zhao Yu is the league secretary of the class. After returning to the dormitory, she suddenly remembered that Ye Tian had submitted an application for work-study program.

"By the way, Ye Tian, your work-study application has been approved, but you have to be prepared. Comfortable positions like those in the library are very popular and there are many people competing for them," she kindly reminded me, then added, "I heard that the cafeteria is also recruiting part-time workers this year, but it seems no one is willing to go."

"Hehe, I want to go! It's so nice to work in the cafeteria. I can save money on meals in the future. You come to get your meals, and I can tell you which ones are delicious, and then give you more." Ye Tian smiled. She really wanted to go to the cafeteria the most.

The two roommates noticed that Ye Tian wasn't as quiet as she had been a few days ago. They were like, she's such a cheerful girl, why is she so shy? They guessed that maybe Ye Tian had some low self-esteem because her family wasn't well off.

Ye Tian sat on the chair and looked at her two roommates: They are the real 18-year-old girls of this era, with innocence and enthusiasm. Although they are spoiled, they have their own ideas, are independent, dare to love and hate, and yearn for a better life in the future. It’s great!

Unlike the world she lives in, where women have a low social status and are laughed at if they are not married by the age of 18, she is still unmarried at the age of 28 and has long been accustomed to the gossip. As far as she knows, in this world, being a girl at 28 is still considered a good thing. She really envied it.

The next morning, Ye Tian and her roommate went to the second cafeteria for breakfast. Then her roommate went to class while she went to the school office to apply for a work-study program.

Ye Tian bought a steamed bun and a bowl of porridge. As expected, the food in the second canteen wasn't very good either. The porridge was simply leftover rice with a lot of water and cooked up. The bun was quite large, but inside was only a thumbnail-sized ball of filling, and it was very salty, but she still ate it diligently.

Zhao Yu wondered how Ye Tian could be like a lady from a noble family, looking so elegant and beautiful even when eating a bun. In comparison, she felt that she was too rough.

The school administrator was a young man who looked like he'd just graduated. He introduced the work-study positions available. Besides the cafeteria, there were also part-time jobs in the computer lab, and the library was already full. When Ye Tian chose the cafeteria, he was incredulous. "Are you sure you don't want to work in the computer lab? You're going to the cafeteria? It's tiring there, and you look so frail..." The teacher was a little worried.

Ye Tian smiled and nodded in affirmation. Seeing that Ye Tian had no intention of being reluctant, the teacher had no choice but to help Ye Tian with the formalities and even registered her bank card number to facilitate the transfer of her salary every month.

"When you get back, go to a nearby hospital and get a blood test and a health certificate. This is required for working in the cafeteria," the male teacher instructed. "By the way, bring a copy of your class schedule for this semester with you to help with class scheduling."

"Okay, thank you, teacher." After thanking her, Ye Tian left the school office and followed the map navigation to walk for half an hour to a nearby hospital for a blood test.

She went to the hospital and consulted the information desk before learning the specific procedure. First, she registered, then paid, had her blood drawn, and waited for the results. Fortunately, it was just a fingerstick test, which wasn't expensive; including the registration fee, the total cost was 25 yuan.

After waiting for half an hour and getting the test report from the automatic scanning machine, Ye Tian once again marveled at the convenience and speed of this world, and was also amazed at the progress of science and technology and medical technology in this world.

On the way back to school, she saw a small cart on the side of the road selling a snack called fried cold noodles. Two or three people were queuing to buy it. She had never heard of it in her world, so she was curious and bought some. At 5 yuan a box, it was not expensive and was just enough to take home for lunch.

Back at the dorm, Ye Tian discovered that her roommate, Li Yue, who was from the same city, had also returned. Li Yue was slightly taller than Ye Tian, about 170cm tall. She had a fantastic figure, with curves to her waist, and was bright and elegant. It was rumored that she was expected to be selected as the new campus beauty.

Li Yue greeted Ye Tian generously and shared the fruit she brought from home with everyone. The peaches she brought were large and red, looking very tempting, and the green grapes were also large, juicy with a layer of misty film, and looked very sweet.

Ye Tian was embarrassed to take more, so she just picked two grapes symbolically. After eating them, she smiled and said: So sweet!

The grapes were indeed very sweet, with a special fragrance, comparable to the Northern Xinjiang grapes she had eaten in her previous life. As for Ye Tian here, she had definitely never tasted such delicious fruit.

"Have you eaten? I bought some fried cold noodles on the way back. Would you like to try some?" Ye Tian was also happy to share with everyone.

Zhao Yu and Lu Xinyi's families are ordinary working class, so they both took some fried cold noodles with a smile on their faces, and said they tasted good after eating.

The wealthy and beautiful Li Yue hesitated for a long time. She never ate at street stalls, but since Ye Tian was sharing it for the first time, it would be a shame not to try it. So, she took a small piece and ate it hesitantly. "Huh? It's actually quite delicious." Then, she sheepishly took another piece.

Ye Tian held back her laughter and thought that this beautiful, rich and fair roommate was quite innocent and cute.

She also thought that this fried cold noodles was the third best thing she had eaten since arriving here, with the purple candy and Li Yue's grapes taking first and second place respectively. Although the sauce accompanying the fried cold noodles was somewhat ordinary, the noodles were soft and chewy, much better than the cafeteria food she had eaten the past two days.

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In the afternoon, Ye Tian attended a compulsory course called Mao Si, and she and her roommates attended her first class together. She cherished the opportunity to go to school. After all, in her previous life, girls from poor families were not allowed to go to school. She had been taught to read by the Sixth Prince.

"Oh, why think of him, that hypocrite!" She shook her head.

After class, her roommates returned to the dorm, while she took her schedule and went directly to Student Canteen No. 3, which was right next to her dorm. She had chosen this place as her part-time job for the convenience of being nearby.

It was not yet dinner time, and no one was eating in the cafeteria. The lights in the hall were not on, and the light was a little dim.

Ye Tian walked slowly across the hall to the kitchen at the back. The kitchen door was open, with a white curtain hanging on the door. She gently lifted the curtain and looked inside. The people inside were busy preparing dinner.

An aunt looked up and saw her. Ye Tian smiled and said, "Hello, aunt. I'm a work-study student. I'm here to report."

"Hey, a student is coming!" A female voice came, and then everyone in the kitchen focused their attention on Ye Tian.

Ye Tian had seen big scenes before, so she wasn't nervous. However, she didn't understand why the chefs in the cafeteria looked so curious.

A middle-aged chef with a square face, thick eyebrows, and large eyes walked out from the side, his shoes shuffling lazily. In one hand, he held a glass canning jar with tea leaves steeping in it. Perhaps due to long use, the glass was stained with a layer of dark yellow tea stains, just like the huanghuali wood bracelet in his other hand, both were covered with starch.

"My surname is Yun. I'm the person in charge of the third canteen. You can call me Master Yun." He introduced himself.

Ye Tian quickly called out, "Hello, Master Yun. I'm here to work and study. Here's my health certificate and class schedule."

Master Yun took the form and took a look at it. "The times we can arrange here are 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM for the afternoon shift and 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM for the evening shift. Let me see your schedule. You can come at noon on Wednesdays, Fridays, and weekends. You can work the evening shift on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, and weekends. Are you available during these times?"

"I have some other things to do, so I won't come on Sunday. Any other time is fine." Ye Tian planned to give herself a day to move around freely and rest.

"Okay, forget about it today. You can come directly at noon the day after tomorrow." The master seemed too lazy to talk more. After talking to Ye Tian, he carried the canning jar and the beads and left again.

The cafeteria was bustling with activity. The stainless steel countertops were filled with ingredients, and a medley of aromas mixed together, while smoke and steam billowed. Ye Tian felt quite comfortable watching this. She wanted to come to such a nice kitchen as soon as possible.

After reporting, Ye Tian went straight back to the dormitory.

Lv Xinyi and Zhao Yu went to the school gate together to pick up the packages. When Ye Tian arrived at the dormitory building, she happened to see them each carrying several packages back.

Back in the dormitory, the two roommates were immersed in the joy of opening the package. "Look at this dress I bought on Pinduoduo. It's only 9.9 yuan. It looks pretty good, right?"

"It's really cheap and the quality is pretty good." Ye Tian praised sincerely.

"Yeah, how could I forget Pinxixi!" Ye Tian had been studying her phone these days. She had the original owner's memories, so she knew how to use it, but she wasn't used to it, and she wasn't used to seeing simplified Chinese characters. Besides, she hadn't learned pinyin or English, so even though she had memorized them, typing was still a bit of a struggle. Fortunately, WeChat allowed her to use voice commands, and she was slowly adapting to simplified Chinese characters.

Also, Ye Tian's cell phone is very old and runs very slowly. It was given to her by her uncle's cousin. However, as an old person, she uses it quietly and enjoyably. She doesn't quite understand the difference between the speed of a cell phone.

Seeing her roommate happily opening the package, Ye Tian felt that she should buy some clothes. She was still wearing the black short-sleeved shirt that her aunt didn't want anymore, which didn't suit her at all.

So Ye Tian also opened the original shopping app on her mobile phone and found that the clothes were really very cheap.

She had been using the money from her meal card to eat these days, and the medical checkup and cold noodles cost her 30 yuan, so she had 165 yuan left, which she could use to buy some clothes. Which girl doesn't love beauty? In ancient times, when she had money, she loved to dress up.

Based on her daily observations over the past few days, she chose a white shirt, two solid-color T-shirts priced at 9.9 yuan, a floral skirt, a pair of jeans and a pair of canvas shoes based on her original aesthetic taste, spending only 95 yuan in total.

She knew the material of these clothes was definitely average, but with the little money in her phone, she was happy to have some clothes to wear. Although she had become wealthy in her previous life and lived in luxury, she was very poor as a child. She only had one set of clothes, which had been passed down by her two older sisters and was already patched up by the time she got them. At least she could buy new ones now, which was considered good.

"Life is so convenient nowadays. All you have to do is click on the purchase button on your mobile phone and it will be delivered to you within two days after payment." Ye Tian sighed in her heart again.

Over there, Lv Xinyi and Zhao Yu were still sorting through the packages. Lv Xinyi unpacked several rows of small hairpins and asked Zhao Yu and Ye Tian, "I bought a lot of hairpins, would you like some? Tiantian, your bangs have grown longer, try these." Then she handed Ye Tian a hairpin with a Peppa Pig pattern.

Ye Tian had thick bangs that pressed down her eyebrows and almost blocked her eyes. She remembered that haircuts at the barbershops here were very expensive, so she was worried about her hair, but she didn't expect there were such small hairpins.

Ye Tian took the hairpin and pinned up all her hair in front of the makeup mirror handed to her by Lu Xinyi. She also tied her loose hair into a high ponytail.

"Wow! Tiantian, you should have put up your bangs a long time ago. It looks really good like this. You're just too thin! If you gained 10 pounds, it would be fine." Lu Xinyi exclaimed.

"You can try my air cushion. Although it is a domestic product, it is quite useful. I bought it in the live broadcast room of [Meet]. It was recommended by a female celebrity." Lu Xinyi took her makeup bag and enthusiastically patted Ye Tian's face.

"Tiantian, you are such a hidden beauty. Don't you know that you are actually a great beauty?" Lu Xinyi exclaimed while helping Ye Tian put on makeup.

After Zhao Yu finished packing the express box, he looked up and was immediately attracted by Ye Tian.

"You're so thin, you'll definitely look good on camera. I think you could try being a livestreamer. It'll make a lot more money than working part-time in the cafeteria. I also wanted to be a beauty blogger before. I registered an account during the summer vacation and uploaded a few videos. But the response was average." After Lu Xinyi finished speaking, she seemed to remember something and pulled Ye Tian over and said, "Yeah, if you don't want to do it yourself, you can be a makeup model for me. How about it? Want to cooperate?"

Although Zhao Yu was focused on her studies and busy with class and student union work, she also expressed her support for them, saying, "Xinyi knows how to put on makeup, and Tiantian has a good foundation. You two can really give it a try."

Lu Xinyi was even more excited, eager to start filming right away. But it was already dinner time, the lighting in the dormitory wasn't good, and she had classes the next day, so she had to find time later.

The third day was Wednesday. At noon that day, Ye Tian put on the T-shirt and pants she bought on Pinduoduo and started her first part-time job in the third canteen.