Yu Juanhua felt satisfied and happy holding the book.
Although Liang Rong and Li Wenxiu didn't get anything here, they were also very happy to see Yu Juanhua so happy.
Tian Tian bought a new set of high school books when she went to school this time, but actually Tian Yuan also had a set of textbooks when he was in high school. However, Tian Yuan now plans to apply to a military academy, so he took the textbooks away.
"I see there seems to be a thermos over there. Should we go over and see if there is a thermos that can be used? It would be convenient to have a kettle when the weather gets cold!" Liang Rong asked, pointing to a corner of the yard.
The three of them all have thermoses. Although they are not new except Tian Tian's, they are all usable. Yu Juanhua is the only one who doesn't have a thermos. She will have to suffer this winter.
Yu Juanhua turned her head to look at the corner, without holding out any hope in her heart. The kettle was one of the more important assets in the home, and it was impossible to just throw it away if it wasn't broken.
Sure enough, they looked through the kettles but couldn't find any usable ones because the inner shells were all broken. Then they took their textbooks and notebooks to Old Man Sun and paid for them.
Old man Sun liked people who read. He glanced at them and saw that they were holding textbooks and books in their arms. He asked them for a few cents and let them go.
When the four of them happily returned to the dormitory with their things, they found that two more people had come into the dormitory. These two people came from the brigades around the county town, which was not far from the county town, and could be reached in about ten to twenty minutes after leaving the county town.
One of them is called Zhao Fengjuan and the other is called Che Lihong.
Now there were six people in their dormitory. After a brief introduction, they went about their own business.
Everyone went to the scrap yard together to look through things and formed friendships. Liang Rong, Li Wenxiu, and Tian Tian all helped Yu Juanhua pack up.
It might be because when Zhao Fengjuan and Che Lihong came, there were only the two of them in the dormitory, and they were obviously closer to each other than to Tian Tian and the others.
Zhao Fengjuan and Che Lihong looked at the tattered textbooks and wrinkled notebooks that Yu Juanhua treated like treasures. They looked at each other with some contempt in their eyes.
But they were not stupid, so they would not express their contempt for them. Instead, they smiled and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Didn't you see? We are getting our textbooks!" Liang Rong said without raising her head.
"No! What I mean is, did you collect these textbooks from the scrap yard?" Zhao Fengjuan explained.
She just heard them say the word "junk yard", and thinking about the current appearance of the textbooks and notebooks, they had some guesses in their minds.
Liang Rong felt uncomfortable after hearing what Zhao Fengjuan said, and subconsciously retorted, "Is there anything else that can be done? As long as the textbook can be used, it's fine!"
Once these words were spoken, it was basically an admission that the textbooks were indeed found at the scrap yard. Zhao Fengjuan and Che Lihong immediately took a step back and moved a little further away from them without saying a word.
Tian Tian and the others ignored the two of them. After helping Yu Juanhua pack up, Tian Tian sat on the small stool that the school provided. She had just gone to the scrap yard and rummaged around, and now she felt covered in dust. She didn't want to go to bed, but it was inconvenient to sit on someone else's bed.
"I wonder if there is hot water in the cafeteria now? I want to wipe my body. I was sweating all over after going out today!" Li Wenxiu also felt a little hot, so she picked up a notebook beside her to fan herself.
"Why don't we go to the bathhouse and take a bath? Have a good soak?" Liang Rong suggested.
There are public bathhouses in their county town. If you have nothing to do, you can go to the bathhouse and take a bath for just one or two cents. There is no time limit.
Tian Tian and Li Wenxiu looked at each other and refused at the same time, "I won't go. I don't have a bath ticket."
"I won't go either. I'll just get some water and wash it off."
To get a bath ticket, one needs to take one's household registration booklet to the street office. How could Tian Tian, a country person, possibly have a bath ticket?
Tian Tian also planned to get some hot water in the evening to wash herself, but she didn't know if it would be convenient in the dormitory.
Because Tian Tian was too dirty, she couldn't sit on the bed, so she could only sit down there until dinner time.
When she heard the bell for dinner, Tian Tian held the lunch box in one hand and the thermos in the other, preparing to get some water while getting her meal.
Liang Rong and Li Wenxiu thought the same. After Tian Tian finished getting ready, she saw that Yu Juanhua didn't move, so she turned around and asked Yu Juanhua, "Aren't you going to dinner tonight?"
Yu Juanhua shook her head. "I still have some vegetable dumplings I brought from home, so I won't go eat yet. You guys go ahead!"
Tian Tian didn't say anything when she heard it. She turned around and prepared to go out with Li Wenxiu and the others.
When Che Lihong and Zhao Fengjuan heard that they were going to the cafeteria, they wanted to go with them.
They all lived in the same dormitory, so Tian Tian and the others were waiting for Che Lihong to leave together.
The evening meal was still cornmeal dry food, and the dish was fried cucumber.
After Tian Tian finished her meal, she and Li Wenxiu went to get some water. Hot water also cost money, and a thermos of water cost three cents.
Che Lihong and Zhao Fengjuan didn't have a thermos, so they went back home after dinner.
Tian Tian and the other two returned with hot water and saw Zhao Fengjuan and the others already sitting at the table, ready to eat.
"Do you want some more sauce?" Tian Tian put the lunch box on the table, took out the hot sauce and asked.
Tian Tian still planned to finish the chili sauce first. Old Mrs. Tian had put a lot of salt in the remaining pickles and mushroom sauce, so they could be kept for a long time. The chili sauce had the shortest shelf life and did not contain any salt at all.
"Just a little bit!" Li Wenxiu really liked this hot sauce, so she didn't bother to be polite with Tian Tian.
Tian Tian poured a little for Li Wenxiu, and then, seeing Yu Juanhua munching on the vegetable dumplings pitifully, she poured some on Yu Juanhua's dumplings as well.
When it was Liang Rong's turn, she smiled at Tian Tian shyly, "Tiantian, I don't want to eat the chili sauce. Can you give me a small piece of your cucumber?"
Tian Tian said no problem and handed the cucumber pickles to Liang Rong.
When Che Lihong and Zhao Fengjuan saw it, they also came over and said they wanted to eat the sauce.
Since everyone else had given theirs, Tian Tian wasn't going to be stingy with them, so she handed the bottle of chili sauce to them.
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