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When Xu Nian arrived at the dormitory, he still had a smile on his face. People in the dormitory were studying at the table with kerosene lamps lit. Xu Nian thought that the professional teacher might collect homework tomorrow, so he joined the group doing homework.
After a good night's sleep, the first thing Xu Nian did when she woke up was to run to see if the clothes were dry. Her hands felt dry and they were firm. She put away the clothes washed yesterday and went back to the dormitory.
Huang Jing called her, "Niannian, hurry up, you have a class with Teacher Lin today."
Xu Nian said "oh" calmly. There was a reason why she was so calm. Teacher Lin from the school was an international student who was just invited back this year. It was said that her English was better than that of foreigners and she was even more professional. She even worked as a translator abroad for two years.
The reason she was invited back now was because of her patriotism. Xu Nian used to have a superficial view of things. She thought that in the early days of reform, when the country was in a difficult situation, many Chinese would not serve the motherland simply for the reason of patriotism.
But only when she really lived in this era did she realize that it was not what she thought. Several professors in their school simply wanted to contribute to the construction of the motherland, so they gave up their high-paying jobs abroad and returned to China.
Xu Nian has been learning English as a second language since childhood, and has strong speaking and writing skills. Teacher Lin is a little more aggressive. Her classes are basically taught entirely in English, and groups are required to prepare English performances. It doesn't matter whether you are performing a novel, a fairy tale short play, or a simple daily life conversation, all of these are fine. She doesn't care about the form, only the results of your presentation.
Therefore, taking her class is too stressful for people who have never had much exposure to foreign languages. Even Tang Xiaoying and Huang Jing, who usually waited for her, "abandoned" her this time and contacted the class early.
Xu Nian saw that everyone had left in a few minutes, and she cheered them on in her heart. She had taken a quick look at her part last night and had an idea of what was going on. It was still early, so she hummed a song and dressed up in her dormitory alone.
She took out a white shirt from the closet and looked particularly fresh and sweet after putting it on. After taking off her pajamas, she put on the bell-bottom pants she bought yesterday. Her legs looked particularly slender, long and straight. Xu Nian lowered her head and lifted her legs. The more she looked at them, the more satisfied she became. At this moment, she felt that the money she spent was particularly worth it.
But what she didn't notice was that the bell-bottoms were tight-fitting. She had a good figure and her butt usually looked perky. Today, the pants showed off her beautiful buttocks, making people blush.
She sat on a stool and began to braid her hair. The shoulders of her top were pleated and puffed, so she simply combed it into a princess bun. She looked in the mirror and saw that the only thing missing was a bow. Unfortunately, she didn't have it now...
As Xu Nian stepped into the classroom, the bell rang. Teacher Lin was already in the class. He seemed to be satisfied because he saw the students coming early to practice.
Xu Nian's sudden appearance diverted her attention. Seeing that it was her, she looked at him a few more times, then waved him to let her return to her seat.
Xu Nian smiled at the teacher and quickly sat in her seat. She was very proud of herself because none of her classmates had actually noticed that Teacher Lin not only liked students who studied hard, but also liked students who dressed beautifully and fashionably. She discovered this by accident.
In the first few classes, relying on her good foreign language skills, she always slept a little longer in the morning before rushing to class. But if she dressed fashionably that day, Teacher Lin would not say much to her, but if she was a little sloppy that day, Teacher Lin would scold her.
Today Xu Nian and her group performed an excerpt from "The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep". The lyrics she was assigned were the most difficult. As soon as she gathered around, she heard them say that they were the fourth group to perform. Luckily, they still had time to sort out the lyrics.
Soon the first group came up, and Huang Jing was among them. Everyone spoke very well at the beginning, but later on, perhaps because they had not memorized the speech as well, they started to get stuck. Huang Jing performed quite well and everything went smoothly until the end. It was obvious that she had put in a lot of effort. Teacher Lin praised her, but asked her to practice her pronunciation more in private.
The second group performed poorly from the beginning and was very noisy. At the end, they suddenly fell silent. Once they started talking, everyone started talking at once. This gave Teacher Lin a headache and he punished them severely, requiring all seven groups in the class to hand-copy their lines seven times.
Perhaps it was because of the pressure, the third group spoke haltingly but finished their speech without saying a word from beginning to end.
They came down from the podium, and Xu Nian's group started to go up.
The first person to speak was a boy from Tianjin. He spoke like a crosstalk and the teacher couldn't help laughing. When it was Xu Nian's turn, she stepped forward and spoke a string of English words with great emotion and voice. She also designed the transliteration tone herself. If they didn't know it was their classmate, they would have thought it was from a movie.
Looking at her again, wrapped in a white shirt and black pants, she looks like a natural performer, constantly shining and attracting everyone's attention.
After their group finished their performance, everyone spontaneously applauded, even Teacher Lin joined in. After a moment of silence, she said, "Overall, it was very good. You've achieved this with just freshmen years. You've obviously put in a lot of hard work. I'm very pleased. I hope you'll keep up the good work. Next time, the good ones will do even better, and the average ones will improve."
Xu Nian stepped down from the podium and returned to his seat, watching the performances of the next three groups with everyone. When everything was over, Teacher Lin began to formally lecture. Everyone perked up, fearing that she would suddenly ask them a question. The whole classroom was filled with a terrifyingly thick learning atmosphere.
Before Xu Nian had time to relax after class, her glass of wine was surrounded by classmates. Most of them wanted to know how to learn English, and a small number wanted to know where she bought the clothes she was wearing. Xu Nian answered every question, sharing all her experience and the address where she bought the clothes. However, when they heard that the pants alone cost 18 yuan, the enthusiasm of many people was instantly dampened.
She spent her time studying, sleeping and playing. She started planning where they would go a week before National Day when Xu Hongqi came, and she also packed her luggage the day before National Day.
The people in the dormitory asked her in surprise, "It's only three days off, and you're planning to go home?"
Xu Nian said frankly: "No, my boyfriend came to visit me during National Day. I live outside."
One of the local roommates said, "No wonder you asked me where to have fun here, but are you guys engaged?"
How could she and Xu Hongqi be engaged? This is a fashionable term in the city, but in her hometown it is called a small engagement. However, Xu Hongqi no longer has parents, and the matter between them has been made clear to her parents. It is one thing for her to let others know that she has a boyfriend, but it would be stupid to let others think that they are casual and give them the opportunity to gossip.
"Yes, we are engaged. Otherwise, how could I go out with him? My father would break my legs..."
Xu Qinghua, who was betrayed by his daughter, sneezed loudly.
Xu Nian rarely had trouble sleeping at night. She first thought about where they would go to play after their arrival, and then she thought that she didn't know how many days Xu Hongqi could stay here. When she finally felt sleepy, she remembered that Xu Hongqi didn't say what time he would arrive, so she should not run around tomorrow and just wait at school.
She went to bed late at night and it was difficult for her to get up the next day. Fortunately, no one came to look for her when she woke up naturally. Thinking that Xu Hongqi had woken up for a while, Xu Nian began to dress up.
Today, except for three local students who went home, everyone else in the dormitory is lying in bed. They agreed to go for a walk together in the afternoon. Seeing Xu Nian fiddling with his face, they got out of bed to take a look out of curiosity.
After washing her hair last night, Xu Nian braided her hair into several braids when it was half dry. Now her hair has been untied into natural curls. She tied it into a half-shawl, which made her look not only pretty but also gentle. She wore the same white shirt and black flared pants today, but the shape of her hair was different, and the feeling she gave was also very different, but she looked good in the same way.
The people next to her followed her and watched how she gave herself the injection. They did the same. Xu Nian had just deliberately slowed down her movements so that they could learn.
What a beautiful word for a girl, it means to be beautiful every day!
After everything was done, Xu Nian took out the lipstick she bought. This one was more expensive, and she almost bit her teeth to buy it. She had thought it through when she bought it. Now the country has restored the remuneration system. She has inquired about the specific standards, which are 10 yuan per thousand words for original works and 8 yuan per thousand words for translated works.
She is good at foreign languages, so she first translates works, and then finds free time to start thinking about writing, so that she can satisfy her material needs first.
It was almost noon, and Xu Nian prepared to wait at the school gate.
Her roommates also said they wanted to go out and followed her directly. Xu Nian didn't believe that they were going out at this time. What were they going out for at this time? They would have to eat a meal outside, which would cost money. Their plan couldn't be more obvious. They just wanted to see what Xu Hongqi looked like!
Xu Hongqi got off the bus at ten o'clock in the morning. After getting off the bus, he did not go directly to find Xu Nian. Instead, he went to get a barber's shave first, and then found a bathhouse to clean himself up. It was already half past eleven when he finished cleaning himself up. Then he hurriedly took a bus to Xu Nian's school.
When he got off the bus, he went straight to the security room at the school gate. Before he could ask them to find someone, he heard a familiar voice.
I turned around and saw several girls gathered together talking, and the girl with a bright and beautiful smile was Xu Nian.
Xu Hongqi took a few steps forward, as if afraid of scaring her, and called out softly, "Niannian."
Xu Nian casually interjected: "Hey!"
Thinking something was wrong, it wasn't someone in the dormitory talking, it was a boy, Xu Hongqi's voice. She reacted and turned around and ran towards him, hugging Xu Hongqi's neck with both hands, "Ahhhhhh, Xu Hongqi, you're finally here."
Xu Hongqi knew that people were watching, but he couldn't help but hug Xu Nian tightly, "Well, I'm coming!"
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