One of her roommates was from Xinjiang. At that time, she was just like Liang Dongxue and asked a lot of questions about stereotypes about Xinjiang.
Seeing Liang Dongxue now was like seeing himself at that time. He knew in his heart that Liang Dongxue asked this question without any malice, she was just pure curiosity.
"Maybe in some places you have to walk thousands of kilometers of mountain roads to go to school, but our production team is quite close to the county town. It only takes two hours to walk there. There is also a shuttle bus that can take you there in maybe half an hour." Tian Tian said.
Although some of the rural girls she met in high school did not come from well-off families, none of them had to travel over many mountains to go to school. At most, they lived in remote areas.
However, Tian Tian knew that there would definitely be children who had to climb over several mountains to go to school. This situation had happened before Tian Tian passed away in her previous life.
Liang Dongqing curiously asked Tian Tian a lot of things about the brigade. She was glad that she did not go to the countryside, and she also felt that some things in the countryside were really interesting.
Sun Wanqing and Gao Xuewei on the side were also listening with great interest.
Tian Tian waited for them to finish asking questions, then took a curious look at the stove in the dormitory. "This school is really nice. They even lit a stove for us. The room is really warm."
A good university is great. There is even a stove in the dormitory. Not only does it keep the room warm, but the stove can also be used to heat rice, boil water, and bake sweet potatoes. It is wonderful in winter.
Liang Dongqing laughed when she heard what Tian Tian said, "How could they possibly equip every dormitory with a stove? No matter how rich the school is, it wouldn't spend it this way. In winter, burning the honeycomb coal in the stove alone would probably make the school poor. This stove is because our dormitory is right in the middle of this floor. If we don't have a stove, the dormitory in the middle of our building won't be warm. Only our dormitory and the dormitories on both sides of the corridor have one."
When she first came to the dormitory, she thought that every dormitory had a stove. Later, when she visited the dormitories next door, she found that they did not have one. Only their dormitory had one. Liang Dongqing then understood.
"In the morning and evening, we can go to the dormitory manager downstairs to get some honeycomb coal, and then put the coal in the stove. We can't let it go out." Chen Wanqing said.
When she first came here, she was curious about this stove for a long time, because there was no such stove in her home.
Later, she went to the dormitory next door to feel it, and found that other people’s dormitories were indeed not as warm as theirs.
Everyone started another discussion around the stove.
The relationship between the four of them quickly became closer because of this. After everyone helped Tian Tian pack up, they sat together in front of the table and chatted.
"Why hasn't she come yet for the remaining two people?" Tian Tian held her chin and looked at the other two beds.
There are only two people left in their dormitory who have not come yet.
"I heard that there are not many people in our major, and I don't know if the remaining two people are in the same class as us." Sun Wanqing said.
She arrived quite early, and when she had nothing to do during the past two days, she walked around the campus, met quite a few people, and got a lot of information. She learned that the English major was one of the least populated majors, with seemingly only two classes.
The dormitories in front were all occupied by people majoring in English, and the dormitory behind them was for people of other majors. Sun Wanqing felt that there were already enough people, and wondered what majors the two people below were in.
"If you don't come tonight, you should come tomorrow, right?" Gao Xuewei said.
Tomorrow is the last day to register, so it should be about time.
Sun Wanqing was not interested in those who had not arrived yet. She turned her head to look at the sky outside the window, then looked down at her watch, then looked up at Tian Tian and said, "Did you have lunch today? If not, let's go to the cafeteria with you now!"
The cafeteria in university is different from that in high school. You can’t eat at three set times every day, and you can’t eat at other times.
Nowadays, university courses are different, so the cafeteria serves meals all day, and the variety is much more than in high school.
Tian Tian didn't eat a single bite of food after getting off the train this morning. She just drank a little water. Now that she had packed her things, Tian Tian's stomach was rumbling with hunger. Hearing Sun Wanqing's words, Tian Tian nodded, "Have you eaten in the cafeteria?"
"We've been there! I arrived at school last night and had breakfast in the cafeteria today." Liang Dongxue said.
They were having such a great time chatting with Tian Tian just now that they forgot the time and didn't even go for lunch.
“The food in the cafeteria tastes great, and it feels exactly like the food in my hometown!”
"Where are you from?" Tian Tian asked curiously.
"I'm from Henan Province!" Liang Dongqing said.
Tian Tian's eyes widened. Liang Dongqing's Mandarin was very standard, without any Henan accent. Instead, it had a bit of a Beijing accent.
Not only Liang Dongqing, but Sun Wanqing and Gao Xuewei also have no accent.
When Tian Tian went to college in her previous life, people from all over the world gathered together, and it was normal for them to speak without accents, because Mandarin was very popular at that time, the Internet was well developed, and they had to take certificates, so they had to practice Mandarin well.
So Tian Tian can speak Mandarin without an accent.
But it is really not easy to speak pure Mandarin in this era. Radio is not popular and not every family has a radio. There may be radio in the production team and the street, but everyone speaks with an accent. Ordinary people have no access to Mandarin, so it is difficult to speak Mandarin.
For example, Tian Tian actually speaks Northeastern dialect whether she is at home or at school. She started speaking Mandarin after she came to university. She got top grade in Mandarin exam in her previous life, but now when she speaks Mandarin, she can't help but speak with Northeastern accent.
"You can't tell at all from the way you speak that you're from Henan Province. Your Mandarin is very standard!" Tian Tian praised.
"I practiced by following the radio. It took me a long time," said Liang Dongqing.
As expected, the family was well off, as not everyone could afford a radio nowadays.
What surprised Tian Tian even more was that Sun Wanqing was from Sichuan Province and Gao Xuewei was from Jiangsu Province, and neither of them had an accent.
While discussing how to improve their Mandarin, a few people locked the dormitory and went out to the cafeteria to eat together.
Tian Tian walked all the way to the cafeteria and found that this good university was indeed different. How long had it been since the school resumed normal operations? But looking at the thriving scene inside the school, even though the weather was still very cold, the school was full of vitality.
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