Tian Tian stuffed the remaining eight yuan into Old Lady Tian's pocket. "Besides, there's so much money here. You've seen the living conditions of our dormitory. What if it gets lost again? You can take it home and weigh it."
Old Mrs. Tian originally didn't intend to take it, but when she heard Tian Tian say that the money would be lost, she immediately took the money back.
"Just take two dollars first and keep the money with grandma. I'll give it to you when your dad brings you food later." While putting the money in the pocket in front of her stomach, Grandma Tian was thinking about when to sew a secret pocket inside Tian Tian's pants.
Tian Tian also knew that she couldn't persuade Old Mrs. Tian to take all the money back at once.
The money she earned during this period was shameful and she couldn't tell Grandma Tian about it.
Although she had some New Year's money in her pocket, Old Mrs. Tian knew exactly how much it was. After all, she was the one who gave the most money in the family. Maybe Tian Tian had saved up her New Year's money over the years, and after buying some things on a daily basis, there wouldn't be much left.
Old Mrs. Tian and Tian Lisong didn't stay here for long. After giving Tian Tian a few instructions, they went back.
Tian Tian sent Tian Lisong and Old Lady Tian out of the school gate, then walked around the school before returning to the dormitory.
Liang Rong and Li Wenxiu's parents had all left the dormitory, leaving only the two of them. Seeing Tian Tian coming back, Liang Rong waved to her enthusiastically.
"Tian Tian! Come over here and sit down with me so we can chat for a while?"
Tian Tian moved a small stool and sat next to Li Wenxiu's bed.
After chatting for a while, Tian Tian realized that she was the oldest among the three of them.
Li Wenxiu and her classmates all continued their studies together seamlessly, unlike Tian Tian, who had a gap of several years after finishing junior high school. She is now seventeen years old.
Li Wenxiu and Liang Rong were only fifteen years old.
Moreover, Li Wenxiu and Liang Rong both graduated from the same junior high school and the same elementary school.
"So you two didn't know each other in junior high school?" Tian Tian asked curiously.
There are not many students in the school now. Logically, they go to the same primary school and junior high school, and they must know each other after studying for such a long time.
But why were they both so awkward in introducing themselves just now?
The two of them looked at each other and smiled awkwardly. Li Wenxiu spoke first, "I know Rongrong, but she probably doesn't know me."
Liang Rong's eyes widened. "I know you, too! I often see you skipping rope during our breaks, but I don't know your name."
Tian Tian found it funny and said, "If you two were brave enough to go up and ask for their names, you would definitely be good friends now."
Li Wenxiu and Liang Rong also laughed after hearing this.
A few people chatted for a while, and heard the constant noise coming from the dormitory next door. They looked at their dormitory and saw that no one had come in. Everyone was silent for a while, and Tian Tian asked, "There are not only three of us in our dormitory, right?"
Liang Rong laughed after hearing this, "No, the dormitory will definitely be full. You can wait and see tomorrow. It's too early today. Everyone will be here in the afternoon or tomorrow."
Tian Tian heard that Liang Rong seemed very familiar with this aspect, so she asked curiously, "Have you lived in a dormitory before?"
She had been curious before. Liang Rong seemed to be from a well-off family, and Li Wenxiu's family should also be a working family. They all lived in the city, so why did they want to live in the dormitory? No matter how good the dormitory was, it couldn't be as comfortable as the doghouse at home.
"I have lived there before!" Liang Rong said frankly, "I lived in the dormitory in elementary school, but not in junior high school. My dad told me to live there so I could practice my self-care skills, so I lived there for five years."
Later, the county town became chaotic, and her parents were worried, so they didn't let her live in the dormitory anymore.
However, this dormitory was the dirtiest one she had ever lived in. The cabinets and beds were all covered in dust. It had only been empty for less than two months, but it seemed as if no one had lived there for years.
Tian Tian turned and looked at Li Wenxiu.
"My brother got married in the first half of this year, and there was no extra room at home, so I moved into the dormitory." Li Wenxiu said lightly.
Tian Tian and Liang Rong were silent immediately. They didn't expect that Li Wenxiu lived in the dormitory for this reason. The two looked at each other, both afraid of touching upon Li Wenxiu's sad past.
Li Wenxiu saw that the two of them suddenly became cautious and didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "You don't have to be like this. My parents don't favor boys over girls. My family has only had two rooms since I was a child. I live in one room and my parents live in another room. My brother has always lived in the living room. Now he is getting married, so my parents are going to put another bedroom in. And even if this didn't happen, I would still come to live on campus. In fact, I have been living on campus since junior high school."
Her parents were busy and had no time to take care of her, so she lived in the dormitory.
After hearing this, Tian Tian didn't think any further about it. Nowadays, those who can afford to send their children to high school rarely favor boys over girls.
The three of them chatted until noon, and when it was time for lunch, they took their lunch boxes to the cafeteria to get their meals.
There are three types of dry food biscuits: white flour biscuits, the most commonly eaten cornmeal biscuits, or black dry food biscuits with wild vegetables mixed in cornmeal, or other ingredients.
The only dish was cabbage stewed with tofu.
The reason for these dry food cakes is that some students come from poor families. For example, one pound of food coupons may only be used to exchange for less than one pound of white flour steamed buns, while cornmeal can be exchanged for better ones. As for the last mixed vegetable dough, one pound of food coupons may be exchanged for two pounds of mixed vegetable dough, and the amount required to be paid is also different.
Tian Tian neither asked for the plump white steamed buns nor the cheap vegetable dumplings. She just took the cornmeal pancakes that she could afford and put a spoonful of cabbage in her lunch box.
After Liang Rong and Li Wenxiu finished their meal, the three of them went back to the dormitory together. When they arrived, they found that there was another person in the dormitory, who was standing in front of the bed opposite Li Wenxiu, packing his things.
It was obvious that this person came here alone, and he carried all the luggage by himself. He was so tired in the September weather that he was soaked all over.
"Hello!" Tian Tian and the others spoke while standing at the dormitory door.
The man turned around and saw Tian Tian and the others. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat off his face a little embarrassedly, moved his lips a few times, and said shyly: "Hello!"
"My name is Liang Rong, this is Tian Tian, this is Li Wenxiu, what's your name?" Liang Rong walked up to Tian Tian and Li Wenxiu and asked in a very familiar manner.
"My name is Yu Juanhua. Hello!" Yu Juanhua was a little nervous at first, but when she saw that Liang Rong was quite enthusiastic and the others didn't seem difficult to get along with, she relaxed a little, but still felt very uncomfortable.
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