Chapter 90: University Registration (Minor Revisions in Some Parts) It’s not that the country…
Chapter 90: University Registration (Minor revisions in some places)
After seeing off their relatives and friends, it was time for the two to report to school.
Yan Jiuru majored in mechanical engineering, and Chen Yin majored in electronic computers.
These were not reported by the two themselves, but were adjusted for them after an organized conversation.
In a word, this generation of college students learns whatever the country requires them to learn.
Of course, the organization will also take their interests and wishes into consideration, but personal wishes will take a back seat.
After all, not only do they not have to pay tuition to go to college, but those who have a job will still receive a salary, and those who don’t have a job will receive subsidies from the state.
The government pays for your food and drinks, yet you still want to satisfy yourself first?
Not so private.
***
On the day of reporting, the whole family went out.
Originally, if there were only two of them, it would have been more convenient for Yan Jiuru to borrow the company's jeep, but the old man wanted to send them to college and take a look at what the college looked like, and his younger brothers and sisters also wanted to join in the fun...
If one car doesn’t fit everyone, just take the bus.
After all, it was the first school to start after several years of suspension of enrollment. Not only Yan University, but several other universities in Yancheng also started enrolling students in the past few days. The entire Yancheng seemed to be boiling with excitement.
Along the way, all they could hear was people discussing the start of the university term. There were also many people like them carrying luggage and daily necessities, and it was obvious that they were going to register.
"Classmate, are you going to Yanda University or Polytechnic University?"
On the bus, a young woman spotted a young man carrying a large suitcase, huddled near her, and mustered up the courage to strike up a conversation. Anyone riding this bus with luggage was likely a university student.
Rushan glanced at her and said, "Neither."
Perhaps feeling that it was too awkward, he explained, "I'm sending my brother and sister-in-law to Yanda University. I'm only in the second half of my sophomore year."
He won't be able to take the college entrance exam until next year.
Chen Yin also glanced at the girl. She looked to be about eighteen or nineteen, or early twenties. Compared to her, she and Yan Jiuru were indeed not that young.
However, when I arrived at the school, I saw that there were many people in their thirties, not to mention those in their twenties or twenties.
One with a big belly, holding a baby in her arms, holding two little ones in her hands...
Chen Yin touched her belly and thought that this was nothing.
***
Yan Jiuru first accompanied Chen Yin to queue up at the registration office of the Department of Mathematics.
After completing the formalities, he even said to the person assigning the dormitories, "Hello, teacher. My wife is pregnant. Can I get a dormitory on the first floor?"
The teacher looked him over and nodded, "Yes, your family can help you get settled in the dormitory, but you can't stay overnight and disturb others."
Before Yan Jiuru could speak, Yan's father couldn't help but proudly said, "My son also got into college."
"Oh?" The teacher became interested and asked, "Which university are you from?"
Yan Jiuru glanced at someone not far away and said, "Teacher, I'm from the Department of Mechanical Engineering."
Both husband and wife were admitted to Yanjing University!
The teacher's heart moved. He lowered his head and carefully read the application materials again. He couldn't help but raise his voice and said, "Oh, you are this year's top and third place winners!"
This couple took two of the top three spots in Yan University and even in Yancheng area this year, and became the focus of discussion in the school for a time.
Now that the real story has been reported, he almost missed it!
The teacher's voice made Yan Jiuru and Chen Yin the focus of attention.
Especially Chen Yin, the first place, is much more eye-catching than Yan Jiuru.
Fortunately, Chen Yin has seen a lot of big scenes now. She smiled and nodded at everyone. Even without saying a word, she left a good impression on people.
***
After completing the registration procedures, the two went to the dormitory to pack their luggage.
Yan Jiuru held Zhuangzhuang in his arms and protected Chen Yin, and the family walked towards the girls' dormitory.
The campus of Yanda is really huge.
Different departments are divided into several colleges. Yan Jiuru and Chen Yin are in the School of Mathematics and the School of Engineering respectively, which are quite far away from each other.
It took nearly half an hour to walk from the registration point to Chen Yin's dormitory area.
Grandpa Yan walked and looked around. Seeing many people riding bicycles, he said to Yan Jiuru, "This place is big. You two should ride your bicycles later."
Yan Jiuru nodded. "The school is indeed quite large. There are three or four cafeterias alone. I heard that some classes are in different teaching buildings. After one class, you have to run all the way to catch the next one."
"What if the teacher keeps the class late?" Rushan asked a soul-searching question.
There are only fifteen minutes between classes, so it's okay to delay the class by three or five minutes. But if you happen to encounter someone who is excited and delays the class by ten or eight minutes, you may not even have time to run or even ride a bike.
Yan Jiuru: "When you reach the mountain, there will always be a way!"
***
Chen Yin's dormitory is located in Room 103, Building 8.
There were eight beds in a dormitory, and when they came in, three students were already busy working inside.
Seeing a group of people rushing in from outside the door, the students who were originally making up their beds were not too surprised. After all, they were accompanied by their parents or family members when they were settling in.
For such a big thing, very few people come to report alone, and it is normal for the whole family to go out.
The beds are allocated directly on the allocation list, so you don’t have to choose one yourself, which saves you a lot of trouble in fighting for a bed.
"Hello, I'm Chen Yin, a computer science major, and this is my wife and family."
"Hello, my name is Zhang Li, the Li in Jasmine, and I'm from the Department of Literature."
Another round-faced girl smiled and said, "My name is Wang Hui, the same as in Huilan. I'm from the History Department."
"Liu Aihua, Department of Chemistry." This is a rather taciturn young lady wearing glasses.
Chen Yin nodded and looked around the room: there were four bunk beds against the wall, and the bed boards all had signs of repairs, so she wondered if the beds were stable...
Yan Jiuru seemed to know what she was thinking and reached out to shake the bunk bed beside him.
Hmm, it doesn't seem very stable.
"If it's unstable, I'll fix it for you."
"Um."
With a man by her side, Chen Yin doesn't have to worry about this.
In addition to four bunk beds, there is a row of cabinets on each side of the door against the wall, with numbers painted on them, which should be used to store things; there are two simple wooden tables put together by the window, with a few wooden stools tucked under the tables. The two windows are quite bright.
Zhang Li, who was a little older, greeted them warmly, "Which bed number is yours? Put your luggage down first. There's a cabinet by the door. Just look for your bed number."
The bathroom is over there in the corridor, and the toilet is also over there."
Chen Yin took out the assignment list, "Bed number three."
"That's this one, the lower bed by the window." Zhang Li helped point to the bed and went to busy herself with her own things.
"Dad, please take care of Zhuangzhuang. I'll make the bed." Yan Jiuru handed Zhuangzhuang to his father, rolled up his sleeves and began to check the bed board and what was under the bed.
Chen Yin took out an enamel basin from her net bag and was about to go to the bathroom to get some water to wash. Aunt Yan stopped her and went with Ruyue herself. When she came back, she grabbed the rag and used it to wipe the bed and cabinets.
Yan Jiuru snatched a rag from his mother's hand and wiped the bed himself, so Aunt Yan had to wipe the cabinet.
"This cabinet has no lock?"
"Oh, you have to bring your own lock. There is an internal supply and marketing cooperative not far to the left of our dormitory. They sell locks there." Wang Hui pointed to the lock on her cabinet, and then pointed to a building not far from the window and told them.
"Thank you very much." Chen Yin took out some daily necessities and placed them on the table next to her. She said to Aunt Yan, "Mom, don't worry. Let's see if we need anything after we finish cleaning up."
During this period, new people kept coming in, greeting each other, settling their luggage, etc., and it was a bit crowded with so many people. Chen Yin signaled to speed up and settle them first, and they would deal with the details later.
Yan Jiuru wiped the bed skillfully and then quietly used a cleaning talisman, and now the whole bed was brand new.
"No, we need to put a straw mat on it, otherwise the seams of the bed will hurt people." Yan Jiuru saw that he didn't need so many people, so he asked his parents to take Zhuangzhuang to the dormitory, and he asked his grandparents and younger siblings to go out and wait.
He arranged for his grandparents and the two children to sit on the flower bed outside, and took Rushan to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things.
The supply and marketing cooperative in the university was also crowded. Relying on his height and strength, he squeezed in and bought two locks and two mosquito nets. When he saw that there were indeed straw mattresses for sale, he bought two directly.
He carried the straw mat and Rushan carried the mosquito net back to the dormitory. He left his own share outside for his grandparents to watch, and carried Chen Yin's share into the dormitory.
"Oh, why didn't I notice this? How much is it?" Zhang Li asked.
Other parents who were making the beds saw this and asked about it.
"It's at the nearby supply and marketing cooperative, 1.5 yuan, no ticket required."
Everyone rushed out to the supply and marketing cooperative, fearing that they would not be able to buy it if they were too late.
After making the bed, Yan Jiuru looked it over and shook his head, saying, "I'll get you a small bedside table or something tomorrow."
Otherwise, if you want to get a snack when you are hungry, you have to get out of bed and go to the cabinet at the door to get it, which is too inconvenient.
Chen Yin had lived in a dormitory in high school, so she had some experience. She nodded and said, "The main thing is that you don't have to bend over all the time. Otherwise, you can use a rattan box to stuff under the bed."
"Don't bend over, you are still young at this month." Aunt Yan said hurriedly.
People who are two or three months pregnant must be very careful. Bending over, climbing high, or even squatting are all risky.
Yan Jiuru stuffed two talismans in his pillow, said hello to the people in the dormitory, and the whole family went to Yan Jiuru's dormitory to put their luggage.
His dormitory was in the south, and it took more than twenty minutes to walk there!
When he arrived, the other seven people had just arrived.
When they asked each other, they found out that they were either helping the female classmates carry their luggage upstairs or running errands for them.
Hehe, everyone understands.
Seeing Chen Yin, the familiar male classmate quietly turned to Yan Jiuru and said, "Hey, buddy, is that our girl?"
Yan Jiuru rolled her eyes at him, "What are you looking at? My sister is only ten years old, and this is my lover. We already have two children."
***
It is much easier for boys to pack their luggage. All they have to do is spread the bedding on the bed and put the net bag in.
Fortunately, Chen Yin and Aunt Yan couldn't bear to see it, so they cleaned it up and even hung a mosquito net.
There is no need to say more, what you need must be there.
After settling in, Yan Jiuru took his family to the nearest cafeteria to have a university meal.
Because the school hasn't officially started yet, the students' food supply has not improved. For the time being, all their food has to be bought with cash. They will be able to buy meal tickets after school officially starts in two days.
Although buying meals with cash is not expensive, it is cheaper to use meal tickets, after all, they are subsidized by the government.
"Are you going to start living in the dormitory tonight?" Grandma Yan was a little reluctant to let her eldest grandson go.
Yan Jiuru picked up a piece of meat for his grandmother and said, "You don't have to stay here for now. You can stay here when school officially starts on the 1st."
"Isn't it said to be the best university in the country? Why does it look so shabby inside?"
Could Yan Jiuru say that he was also a little disappointed?
He thought it would at least be clean, bright and tidy, but in the end, not only were the desks and other things in the classroom very worn out, but even the dormitory was very... not very good.
It is indeed a little different from what I imagined.
***
Return home in the afternoon.
Yan Jiuru and Chen Yin were discussing what would happen after school.
"School still has two days to go, so I'm going to go look for suitable houses near the school tomorrow. Dormitories are fine for occasional naps, but living there all the time is too awful."
He could handle it, but it was really inconvenient when Chen Yin was pregnant.
Chen Yin also said: "It was fine in the first few months, but in the last few months I have been going to the toilet more frequently. The bathroom is too far away, which is really inconvenient at night."
Originally, Yan Jiuru asked her to look for a house near the school, but later she became pregnant and had to be careful since she was still pregnant, so she couldn't go and ask.
The next day, Yan Jiuru rode his bicycle to the surrounding areas of Yan University to inquire about the news.
Yan University is indeed big, with four gates in the east, west, south and north. Speaking of which, the two of them have different majors, and their departments are located at the east gate and the south gate respectively. Fortunately, they are not diagonally located, otherwise it would be more than ten miles away.
Yan Jiuru specially used a good luck charm for blessing, and he was indeed lucky. The next day he happened to meet an old professor who was selling his house.
***
"It's right near the East Gate. The people living here are all teachers from the surrounding universities. A famous writer once lived here."
It is quite close to Chen Yin's School of Mathematics.
Yan Jiuru followed the old professor to see the house.
“What kind of layout is this?” It’s a siheyuan with the transparent iron gate and front of a western-style house, and it’s a western-style house with the walls and screen wall of a siheyuan. . . .
"This is an improved version from the Republic of China era. The front entrance was completely demolished and rebuilt to make it easier for cars to enter and exit."
Most of the south-facing back house was demolished and replaced with a double-opening iron gate. A parking lot and garage were built on the right side of the entrance, while the back house on the left was retained as it was.
Apart from the original toilet and gatehouse, only three rooms on the left side of the south back building remained. One was a tea room, and one seemed to be a rest room for the driver and the guard, which was full of smoke. The only remaining room showed any signs of someone having lived there.
The ground is not made of bluestone bricks, but a path made of lawn and blue bricks.
Behind the screen wall are three normal main rooms with two side rooms, two east and two west wing rooms, and a corridor leading to the backyard through the main rooms.
Yan Jiuru looked at the main house. Although it was a bit old, the materials used were solid. What was rare was that it had not been smashed up in recent years.
The old professor glanced at the main house with a hint of disgust and said, "This was once occupied by a leader of the school's Revolutionary Committee. He was imprisoned a while ago and has only lived here for two or three months."
He hated those people so much that he naturally didn't want to live in this house anymore.
"I didn't originally live here. This is a house passed down from my family. I originally planned to use it for my children while they were in school, but I won't be able to use it anymore."
Because of the turmoil, the children who should have been studying have become middle-aged, and as for grandchildren, let’s just forget about it.
After experiencing this turmoil, the family no longer plans to stay in the country for long. They will gradually exchange their properties for small yellow croakers and other things, and go abroad when the time comes.
Yan Jiuru understood.
He can understand it too.
The old professor somewhat helplessly directed him to the back and said, "It used to be a small garden." It was not known what he was looking for, but in any case, it had been dug up into a mess.
The layout of the house is a bit weird...but the advantage is that the front yard is suitable for cars to enter and exit.
Yan Jiuru nodded, and the two of them didn't say anything more and went straight to discussing the price.
The old professor wants small or large yellow croaker, not cash, otherwise, with so many people in need of houses, he would have sold them long ago.
He is not short of money. The salary and compensation paid by the state are more than enough, but these are worthless when he goes abroad.
The two completed the transfer procedures on the same day.
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