"Do you know if there's hot water at school? I didn't see any just now. If there's no hot water, won't it be really tough in the winter?"

I haven't gone out to explore yet, so I can only ask the two new people who came to the dorm.

"There is hot water, but it's in the kitchen. If you have a thermos, you can go there to get a kettle, but it's not always available. You have to go when you're getting food."

The speaker was Xie Lili, a quiet and gentle girl with fair skin, exceptionally quiet and refined, the kind of person with inner beauty.

The other one who didn't speak was Peng Qinqin, and she was slightly more striking in appearance.

However, Yunxi believes she is the most beautiful one; this confidence is in her bones, and anyone with eyes can see it.

She had just sensed that the two of them were secretly watching her. Sure enough, girls also like good looks.

After washing the clothes I took off, I realized there seemed to be nowhere to hang them.

Where do you two hang your clothes?

“We just strung up a rope by the window and hung our clothes there. We didn’t change our clothes yesterday, so we didn’t show them today. You can hang them there too. It’s really embarrassing to hang them outside.”

Both of them were quite shy. Even when hanging up clothes, they would secretly hang their underwear on the side of the bed, and only hang a few pieces of clothing worn outside by the window.

Yunxi felt that she should follow local customs and not let her open personality show. Instead, she followed our shy manner and quietly hung it up.

I'm glad I brought a lot of clothes with me, and I'm also glad I have a space where I can put all sorts of things, wash my clothes, and even dry them, so I don't have to worry about not having enough clothes to wear.

Otherwise, those clothes would have never seen the sun, and you can imagine how musty they would have been.

After hanging up the clothes, I collapsed onto the bed.

Yunxi thought about how cold it was last winter. Now there are only a few iron-framed beds in the dormitory and no heated kang (a traditional heated bed). She wondered if the winter would be very difficult to endure.

It seems I need to get a few more hot water bottles. I can fill them with hot water and put them in the bed to warm it up; that should make things a little better.

Although she is much better now, she doesn't think she can withstand the cold.

After resting for a while, I checked the time and realized it was almost time for dinner.

I wonder if Li Xingtang is waiting for me outside?

Are you all going to eat so soon?

"It's almost time, let's go!"

Holding an empty lunchbox, I locked the door and prepared to head to the cafeteria.

Seeing that no one was coming out, she asked curiously, "Are any people living in those dorm rooms next door? Why aren't they eating?"

Xie Lili looked around to make sure no one was paying attention before saying to Yunxi, "Some families aren't well-off, and since classes haven't started yet, most of them only eat two meals a day, breakfast and dinner. They try to skip lunch to save money."

Yunxi never expected this to happen. How can one have the patience to study if they don't eat their fill?

However, considering that some people come from poor families and may have had to grit their teeth to afford their education, I can understand it a little better.

Not far from the dormitory, I saw Li Xingtang waiting on the side, not far from the cafeteria.

Originally expressionless, Li Xingtang stood there looking very cold, and no one dared to approach him.

But upon seeing Yunxi, the smile that instantly appeared on her face was like spring flowers blooming, attracting everyone's attention.

Seeing him come straight to Yunxi, it's inevitable that some people fall in love at first sight only to be disappointed.

Especially seeing how beautiful Yunxi is, most people are quite self-aware.

Some people come from well-off families or have connections in government, and they have a "never give up" mentality.

The harder it is to catch up, the more energetic I get.

Once classes started, Yunxi felt that it was no different from junior high school; she would attend classes and do exercises every day, trying her best to maintain her first-place ranking.

I can only rest for one morning each week on Sundays.

They still have to go to school in the afternoon, and even have evening self-study sessions.

Especially since most of the students here are top students, if they don't work hard, they'll be overtaken by others before they know it.

There are always many geniuses for whom 100 points is not the ultimate goal, but rather that there is only 100 points available, which limits them to scoring only 100 points.

Often, someone else would tie for first place with Yunxi, so they could only roll up their sleeves along with him.

However, Yunxi wasn't the kind of person who stayed put. After arriving in the city, she would wander around all sorts of alleyways.

I always feel that it would be better to have my own house.

In town, there are houses given to people by business owners, so in the city, people buy one for themselves.

This way, when I don't want to stay in the dormitory anymore, I'll have a place to stay.

It can only be said that houses were quite expensive at that time. I spent 1,000 yuan to buy a small courtyard, which was about 40 or 50 square meters. There was a well and three main rooms on the side of the courtyard, and nothing else.

There wasn't even a place to use the restroom, so we had to share a public restroom with everyone else.

After having a place to live, I took out the things that were useful from the space and arranged them a bit.

Occasionally, I'll treat myself and Li Xingtang to a special meal here.

They took out a spirit peach from their spatial storage and spent two months sharing it.

Although both of them ate the same peach, the effect on Yunxi was that she became more radiant and beautiful, while on Li Xingtang, although he also looked slightly better, the change was not significant, except that his strength increased considerably.

His body also became stronger.

It may have different effects on each person, but Yunxi thinks this difference is quite good.

It just so happens that Li Xingtang is preparing to join the army. He has a strong physique and great strength, which should make things much easier for him.

Li Xingtang didn't suspect anything, thinking that it was because he had been training that he was getting stronger and stronger and his body was getting better and better.

As for Yunxi, he felt that it was probably because Yunxi had grown up; she was already fifteen or sixteen years old and was starting to mature.

Aside from feeling a greater sense of crisis, I didn't think about anything else.

Fortunately, people at that time were quite simple and honest. Knowing that Yunxi and Li Xingtang were engaged, although their feelings of affection were inevitable, they were still quite sensible and did not disturb them.

The school gives students two days off at the end of each month so that students who live far away can go home and put their families at ease.