"Miaomiao, when did you get back?" Xia Qingqing placed a glass of chilled white water in front of Ding Miao.
Ding Miao smiled and accepted it: "I just got back yesterday. Actually, I've been on holiday for a while, but some things at school delayed me for a few days."
The university she attended was in the provincial capital, so it was convenient for her to go home, unlike Xia Qingqing who could only go home once a semester.
Xia Qingqing finally had a holiday and came home, so she couldn't wait to come and play with her.
Xia Qingqing took out some melon seeds and candy from the cabinet and invited Ding Miao to eat.
Ding Miao didn't stand on ceremony and grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds to eat while chatting with Xia Qingqing about her recent situation at school.
"Your dorm only has 4 people? Sigh, our dorm has 8 people," Ding Miao said enviously when she heard Xia Qingqing say that their dorm only had 4 people.
There are only 8 people in their dormitory, but they form several small groups. They always like to exclude each other or gossip about each other. When they argue, they are just as fierce as shrewish women from the countryside.
However, Ding Miao was quite lucky. One of her roommates happened to be from Pingxi County. The two of them were from the same hometown and ate and went to class together.
Xia Qingqing was no stranger to this kind of behavior of forming cliques in dormitories. She had heard about this kind of thing many times in her previous life. She had even seen a dormitory with only 4 people create 5 group chats, and they did not trust each other.
Thinking of her three roommates in northern Beijing, Xia Qingqing felt very lucky.
"Qingqing, are all the students at Beijing North University super studious?" Ding Miao asked curiously.
She thought to herself, "Beijing North University is the best university in the country, and all the students there are top students. I wonder how well they'll do."
Xia Qingqing nodded: "Indeed, everyone is working very hard. I dare not slack off at all, for fear of being at the bottom of the class in the exam, which would be too embarrassing."
Ding Miao was amused by Xia Qingqing: "That's a bit of an exaggeration. No matter what, you can't possibly be at the bottom of the class, right?"
Xia Qingqing smiled but didn't say anything. She didn't think she was much smarter than others, and if she didn't work hard, she would only be left behind.
"Let me tell you, there's a girl in our dorm who's really infuriating. She studies until midnight every night and gets up at 5:30 in the morning. She also needs someone to remind her to turn off the lights every day. She's always banging and making noise when she gets up in the morning. It's just so unbelievable."
Ding Miao spoke of this matter with deep resentment. It's a good thing to love learning, and she doesn't object to others studying, but the dormitory is a public place, and you can't disturb others' rest just because you like studying.
Xia Qingqing listened quietly to Ding Miao's complaints while munching on sunflower seeds. Fortunately, Ding Miao was just venting and didn't need Xia Qingqing to say anything.
The two of them talked and listened, and before they knew it, it was noon.
Hearing Zhang Hongyan and her husband return, Ding Miao glanced at her watch and realized it was already lunchtime: "Oh dear, it's so late, I'll head back now."
Xia Qingqing tried to persuade her to stay, saying, "Why don't you just eat at my place? We can continue chatting this afternoon."
"No, my mom has definitely cooked for me. I'll come over this afternoon," Ding Miao said with a smile, waving her hand in refusal.
Food was so precious at that time, how could she shamelessly freeload at someone else's house?
Xia Qingqing saw Ding Miao to the door, and Ding Miao suddenly brought up Liang Shuang: "Qingqing, are you still in contact with Liang Shuang?"
Xia Qingqing nodded and said, "Yes, we've exchanged letters a few times. She's doing well at school."
"I don't know if we'll ever have a chance to meet again," Ding Miao said sadly. The scene of the three of them studying together was still vivid in her mind, and suddenly they were going their separate ways.
She and Xia Qingqing were from the same place, but Liang Shuang's family was in Haishi, which was so far away. If they weren't destined to be together, they might never see each other in this lifetime.
"Don't worry, there will definitely be a chance," Xia Qingqing said firmly.
It's really inconvenient to travel far now. Not only do you need a letter of introduction, but the roads are also very unsafe. But when the economy develops in the future, everyone will be able to travel all over the world, and no one will care about you. You can go wherever you want.
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Shanghai.
Liang Shuang, who was being targeted, was currently tutoring her younger brother with his summer homework.
Her younger brother, Liang Lei, is 15 years old and will be in his final year of junior high school next semester. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to be focused on his studies, and his grades are mediocre at best. It's going to be a bit uncertain if he gets into high school.
"Sis, I need to go to the bathroom," Liang Lei said, biting the end of his pen and looking at Liang Shuang with pleading eyes.
Liang Shuang rolled her eyes at him speechlessly: "You're a typical lazy person who poops and peees all the time. You just went to the toilet less than an hour ago, why do you want to go again?"
"I was just using the pee, but now I need to poop. I can't help it when the urge comes," Liang Lei retorted defiantly.
"Go, go," Liang Shuang waved her hand, telling him to get lost.
With the annoying person gone, Liang Shuang lay wearily on the bed.
Her younger brother isn't stupid, but he's restless and can't sit still. He's also inconsistent in his studies, leaving people at a loss for words.
About half an hour later, Liang Shuang still hadn't seen her younger brother return. She wondered if he had secretly slipped out to play, so she got up to go out and look for him.
As soon as I stepped out of the room, I saw that silly younger brother talking to someone.
"Big brother?" Liang Shuang looked at the person in front of her in disbelief. She hadn't seen her brother for almost three years. Looking at the face in front of her, which was much darker than she remembered, she could hardly recognize him.
"Xiao Shuang, I'm back," Liang Feng said with a happy grin to his sister.
Liang Shuang ran forward and hugged her older brother, her voice choked with emotion: "Big brother, I missed you so much."
She and Brother Liang are four years apart in age. Brother Liang took her everywhere when she was little, and the two siblings have always had a very good relationship.
With a smile on his lips, Liang Feng smoothed his younger sister's hair and said, "You're all grown up now, you can't cry anymore."
"By the way, let me introduce you. This is my brother's teammate, Zhang Jianguo. We happened to be on a mission here recently, and we came back today because we were off duty."
Liang Shuang glanced at Zhang Jianguo and felt that he looked familiar. After thinking for a while, she realized that he was the second son of the brigade leader.
She smiled and greeted Zhang Jianguo: "Hello, Comrade Zhang. I used to be an educated youth in Shihe Brigade. My name is Liang Shuang."
"Hello, Comrade Liang Shuang," Zhang Jianguo raised an eyebrow, surprised by the coincidence.
Liang Feng immediately laughed: "Isn't this a coincidence? I never expected you two to have this connection."
He and Zhang Jianguo were not in the same regiment. Although they had met in the army before, they were not familiar with each other. It was only when they were assigned to the same team on this mission that they became acquainted.
“Yes, during those years as an educated youth, we were very fortunate to have the help of Comrade Zhang’s father, who was also the brigade leader,” Liang Shuang said with a smile.
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