"Hey?" Seeing that the two of them were about to put the used spoon in, Tian Tian quickly stopped them, "Don't use that spoon!"
Tian Tian handed the spoon she had used to scoop chili sauce to the two of them.
"There's no salt in the chili sauce. Putting used chopsticks and spoons in it will easily ruin the chili sauce. You should use mine. I haven't used it before."
Che Lihong and the others looked unnatural for a moment, then took the spoon and said, "Okay!"
Then each of them scooped a spoonful of hot sauce into their own lunch boxes and handed over the bottle and spoon.
"I'll give it back to you!" Che Lihong's tone was a little stiff.
Tian Tian didn't care and took a spoonful of the hot sauce and put it into her lunch box.
A small bottle of hot sauce was only used up after two meals, and half of it was gone.
After finishing their meal, they went together to wash the lunch boxes. There were quite a lot of people in the bathroom. They all stood at the faucet and washed their lunch boxes before passing them to the next person. After washing the lunch boxes, Tian Tian took a basin to the bathroom to get some cold water, went back to add some hot water, wiped her body briefly, washed her face and feet, and after drying herself, she prepared to lie down on the bed for a while.
She only lay in bed for half an hour at noon today, and then she didn't dare go to bed again.
At this time, Che Lihong came over, leaned on the side of Tian Tian's bed, and said with a flattering smile: "Tian Tian! I heard that you are in the sixth team of Changhe Brigade? Is that true?"
Tian Tian was a little confused about what she was going to do, but she nodded anyway, "Yeah! What's wrong?"
"I see there's still hot water in your thermos!" Che Lihong pointed at the thermos that Tian Tian placed at the foot of the bed. "I didn't bring a thermos with me. I want to soak my feet tonight. Can you lend me some hot water first? I'll return it to you tomorrow night."
"Oh!" Tian Tian glanced at the kettle, which still had one-third of water left. "If you want to use hot water, go ahead and use it. You don't have to ask me if you want to lend it to me. That's too polite..."
Che Lihong's eyes lit up. Just as he was about to take the thermos in the afternoon, he heard Tian Tian slowly say the following words, "Just give me the money! This kettle of water has three scoops of water, and it cost me three cents. I didn't use much water to wash my face and feet today, and there is about two-thirds left. I'll give you a discount. Give me one cent, and you can use the rest of the water. I won't take advantage of you."
Che Lihong froze while trying to get some water, and looked at Tian Tian in disbelief, "You're still asking me for money? We're classmates, and we live in the same dormitory."
Tian Tian smiled indifferently, "Che Lihong, if you give me one cent and use all the remaining water, it's much cheaper than fetching water from me after you use it up. It costs three cents to fetch water, but you only spend one cent! And you don't have to carry a thermos to the canteen to fetch water, which saves you a lot of trouble. This is helping you. If you were not in the same dormitory with me, I would not lend them water even if they came to borrow water from me."
"Tian Tian, there's no need for you to be like this. We all live in the same dormitory. It's just a pot of water, which costs only two cents. There's no need to be so fussy about it." Zhao Fengjuan said from the side.
Liang Rong rolled her eyes, "Yeah! It's only two cents! Oh! No, Tian Tian only asked you for one cent, and you guys are not willing to pay even one cent, and you still want to borrow three cents of water from Tian Tian? You are so shameless."
"Tian Tian is right. Although she asked you for one cent now, the remaining water must be worth more than one cent. And you don't have to carry a thermos to get water. You are taking advantage of her," Li Wenxiu said softly.
Che Lihong's face turned red with anger. She gave up trying to get the kettle and turned to stare at Tian Tian fiercely. "It's just a kettle of water, isn't it? Who can't afford to fight? What are you so proud of?"
Tian Tian leaned on the bed and shrugged indifferently, "Then just go get some water yourself. Why are you telling me anything? I'm not stopping you from getting some water!"
Che Lihong became even angrier, but couldn't argue with Tian Tian, so she turned around and walked away with the washbasin in her arms. She slammed the door shut, making a loud noise, which scared Liang Rong.
Liang Rong was also angry. She shouted outside: "Why are you throwing people down for no reason? Do you really think this is your own home? Do you have any manners?"
Che Lihong outside the door became even angrier, so Zhao Fengjuan quickly ran out to find Che Lihong.
After the two of them left, there were only four people left in the dormitory, including Tian Tian. Liang Rong leaned on the side of Tian Tian's bed and raised her eyebrows proudly, "That's great, Tian Tian!"
Tian Tian smiled helplessly, "My family is not rich, and I don't have any advantage for her to take advantage of."
Her parents work hard all day to earn a dime and get three bottles of water. How could they just give away a bottle of water?
But if there really is no water, it’s not like Tian Tian can’t lend it to Che Lihong, but she doesn’t want to lend it to Che Lihong.
During dinner, Tian Tian took out the sauce to share with everyone. Everyone else was very sensible and only scooped a small spoonful each, for fear of taking too much. But Che Lihong was different. She scooped a large spoonful directly, and the amount even came out. The amount of chili sauce in the bottle was visibly reduced.
Tian Tian could tell from this that Che Lihong was also a person who loved to take advantage of others, so she was unwilling to lend her water at night.
In fact, there would be nothing wrong in giving them a little more chili sauce, but Che Lihong was still a stranger to Tian Tian. She was happy to share with her friends. It didn't matter how much Li Wenxiu and the others were willing to eat, but she was not familiar with Che Lihong at all and didn't want her to take advantage of her. In fact, Tian Tian was very stingy, and she had been angry for a whole night because of the chili sauce incident.
Not long after, the door was opened again, and then slammed shut. It was Che Lihong who came back. She was obviously still angry, slamming things around, and it was obvious that she was still angry. Tian Tian ignored them and just lay on the bed with her eyes closed and went to sleep.
The other people in the dormitory ignored Che Lihong. At that time, he did not hear the sound Che Lihong made and turned a blind eye to Che Lihong.
Che Lihong became even angrier. She had been throwing things around to attract everyone's attention, but now no one paid any attention to her. She held her anger for a while and threw things around even harder. Seeing that still no one paid any attention to her, she could not bear it anymore. She had to vent her anger, otherwise she would suffocate to death!
"Are you guys treating me..."
Che Lihong was halfway through her words when everything in front of her suddenly went dark and the lights went out, and the rest of her words were cut off.
Although the school has lights, electricity is quite expensive now, and it is impossible to let everyone use it all the time. Especially now that school has not started yet, it is even more impossible to let them use electricity all the time, so the power is cut off at seven o'clock in the evening.
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