Chapter 125 Buying Pajamas
Of course, there was no time to buy pajamas the day before. After breakfast in the cafeteria, they were summoned to a large auditorium. At the front of the auditorium hung a giant portrait of the great man, with a couplet beside it: "Study, study, and study again" and "Unite, unite, and unite again." Red banners hung nearby, creating a festive and solemn atmosphere.
The auditorium was filled with students who were admitted this year. The oldest were in their thirties, and the youngest were seventeen or eighteen. Everyone sat there and listened to the school principal's speech.
The content of the speech was very inspiring. They were the first batch of college students ten years after the college entrance examination stopped recruiting students. The principal said that they were the backbone of the motherland and the hope of the future. When the principal finished his passionate speech, all the students stood up and warm applause rang out in the auditorium.
For everyone, it is not easy to have the opportunity to come to a university campus. Being able to step into the gate of a university campus is already a blessing, not to mention coming to the Imperial University of Peking, the most famous and oldest university in the country. You are even more lucky.
Here they will receive the best education in the country, feel the spirit of the times, and become the vanguards of this era.
After everyone stood up, the school song sounded with passionate music, and a strong cultural heritage atmosphere came to the face. Although everyone did not know how to sing the school song yet, they hummed along with the melody. And in the midst of this passionate music, Wang Fenghua next to her suddenly burst into tears.
She clapped and hummed with tears in her eyes.
Fubao didn't cry, but her heart was pounding. She felt like she had endless energy and wanted to study hard on this university campus, absorb the most advanced knowledge to arm herself, and make herself the backbone of this society and the reserve force for the construction of the motherland. Only in this way would she not be so lucky to catch up with such a good opportunity and come to this university campus that so many people envy.
After the meeting, the class and major divisions were announced. This year is the first year of enrollment, and the matter came suddenly. The school's enrollment preparations were not perfect, so now we are enrolling students first and then dividing them into specific classes. Each person was given a major application form, where they could fill in what major they wanted to apply for.
After receiving the professional application form, the school announced the upcoming schedule of activities. They needed to take these college freshmen to various historical museums and cultural relics, and hold ideological work seminars. The schedule was tight, but Fubao looked at it and felt that he could still find time to buy some things.
At this time, it was the turn for student representatives to speak. A girl came up to the stage. She had a ponytail with a big red gauze flower on it and was wearing a grass green long skirt. She looked very beautiful. She walked to the front of the auditorium with a graceful manner, took the microphone, and talked about her feelings about being admitted to the Imperial University of Peking. She said how hard she would work to live up to the expectations of this era and become a useful talent in building the four modernizations.
Li Juaner was puzzled when she saw this: "Who is this? Why is she the student representative on stage? She has very high test scores."
Li Juaner knows the grades of her province. Fubao has the highest score, followed by herself. She doesn't know how the student representatives who go on stage are selected. Is it based on grades?
Ding Weihong listened and glanced at her: "It can't be about grades, it depends on who is outstanding, who is beautiful, who is capable, and who can speak well!"
After she said this, everyone fell silent.
The female student on the podium, apart from anything else, just her grass green dress looks very precious, and her whole body is elegant. She looks really beautiful standing on the podium. She also speaks standard Mandarin. With so many people in the auditorium, she is not at all stage-shy.
Feng Meini said: "Actually, Fubao is quite pretty. If I have to say who is pretty, I think Fubao is prettier than that girl."
But of course, he speaks standard Mandarin and is very confident when he goes on stage. She doesn't know what it would be like if Fubao went on stage.
Fubao had just arrived and felt dizzy when he saw the scene in the auditorium. How could he have the confidence to compare with others? He quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I can't compare with them."
Ding Weihong raised her eyebrows and shook her head, with a hint of helplessness in her mockery: "Okay, don't let your imagination run wild. Fubao is quite good-looking, but he can't compare to others."
So she kindly began to explain this student representative to everyone.
Everyone listened attentively and found out that the student representative, Yu Xiaoyue, was from the capital, came from a well-known family, and had been pampered and educated since childhood. She could play the guitar and piano, and could speak English, French and other languages.
Ding Weihong finally said mysteriously, "I heard that she went to France with her grandfather when she was eight years old. How can we compare to her?!"
There is no comparison, it really is not comparable.
Ding Weihong looked at them and sighed, "You are good students. You are lucky to be able to come to this school. But you should know that this world is very big, and there are many things you don't know. You worked hard to get to this school and thought you were successful, but in fact, you are just crawling under the feet of others."
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The group of people were silent, even Li Juaner was silent.
There is always someone better than you, and there is always someone better than you. She has never even touched a piano.
After the meeting, the students from Fubao's dormitory made an appointment to eat in the cafeteria. Life was pretty good for students at Imperial University of Peking. The living committee would hand out 35 kilograms of food coupons each month, 15 kilograms of which were fine food coupons. They were doing some research in the cafeteria and discovered that with food coupons, a large white steamed bun only cost two cents. That meant you could buy five large buns for ten cents, which made the thought quite worthwhile.
That's not all, the dishes are also quite cheap, stir-fried pork with green peppers is 20 cents a portion, and stir-fried shredded potatoes is only 10 cents a portion. That's not all, Fubao made a lot of money and found that the school actually has braised pork elbows, which are fat and lean, and look fragrant and delicious at first glance. This dish, paired with white steamed buns and vegetables, only costs 40 cents.
Although forty cents is not a small amount, it is still cheaper than outside.
Everyone looked at it and couldn't help drooling. They looked at each other and asked, "What do you want to eat?"
Fubao: "I want to eat meat!"
Several others also said: "Yes, eat meat!"
But we can’t just eat meat, we have to have vegetarian dishes too. But when you add up the meat and the vegetable, everyone still feels a little reluctant. Isn’t it a bit expensive to have two dishes?
At this moment, Fubao suddenly thought of something: "We can share a meal. We can order one vegetarian dish and one meat dish, and then each of us can eat half of each dish."
This idea was so great that my roommates praised it highly. So they quickly teamed up and discussed what vegetarian and meat dishes to eat.
Only Mo Jiasi looked around and sighed, "This is all noodles, why is there no rice? How can I eat this? How can I eat this?"
She asked several questions in one breath, "How to eat this?", which stunned everyone.
White flour steamed buns, aren’t they good? Why can’t we eat them?
Wang Fenghua: "She is from the south and is used to eating rice. Rice is her staple food. She may not be used to steamed buns."
Wang Fenghua went to the countryside in the south, so she knew.
After she said that, everyone suddenly understood.
Fubao peeked over and saw that the window was filled with nothing but noodles, with practically no rice. This was perfectly natural for Fubao; back home, everyone ate noodles, and she assumed everyone in the world was like that. But after hearing what Mo Jiasi said, she realized that some families actually ate rice.
Looking at Mo Jiasi sympathetically, he said, "Try the steamed buns first. They're actually quite delicious."
Chewy, tough, fluffy and soft, so delicious!
Mo Jiasi sighed: "Well, I'll give it a try."
Except for Mo Jiasi, everyone got their own food and ate it with gusto. Mo Jiasi looked at everyone and took a bite of the steamed bun. He almost choked and quickly drank the free soup to wash it off. However, even so, his eyes were still red.
Everyone wanted to laugh when they saw her like this, but they tried hard to hold it back.
This poor child, now that he has come to the north to study, he should slowly adapt...
After the initial discomfort, Mo Jiasi seemed to be able to swallow the free soup. He chewed and swallowed desperately, and the topic of conversation quickly shifted to the major he had applied for.
Li Juaner specifically asked Ding Weihong: "Which major are you planning to apply for?"
Li Juaner saw that of the six people in this dormitory, Ding Weihong was a native of the capital, knowledgeable and experienced, and came from a well-off family, so she could discuss things with them. As for the others...
Wang Fenghua was an educated youth from the city who went to the countryside and settled there, so she had some experience. The other three were pure country bumpkins, who were from the countryside and studied hard to get into the Imperial University of Peking. There was no value in discussing them at all.
Ding Weihong took a sip of the soup and said, "I need to discuss this with my family."
Li Juaner: "Oh."
This is the advantage of being a native of the capital. You can go home by just one bus and discuss with your family. The application form has to be submitted in the evening. Li Juaner knew that she had no time to discuss it, and she felt a little confused. She didn't know which major she should apply for.
As for Wang Fenghua and the others, they had no idea what was going on.
Before, they had never thought about going to college, let alone choosing a major. Later, they just studied hard, thinking that just being able to go to college was good enough. As for majors? They had no idea what a major was. Now that they were suddenly asked to fill in their own majors, they were completely clueless.
Fubao was also a little confused, but after thinking about it, she decided to meet with Gu Shengtian to discuss it, and then ask Brother Dingkun for advice, as he might have some good suggestions.
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Ding Weihong suddenly point at a girl next to her and say, "Look over there!"
Everyone looked over curiously and saw Yu Xiaoyue sitting there, talking to a few students. Those students were obviously dressed better. They must be local natives of the capital and came from well-off families.
What attracted the most attention was that there was a large musical instrument on the seat next to Yu Xiaoyue.
The country bumpkins naturally didn't understand: "What is that?"
Ding Weihong explained: "That's a guitar. I told you, he can play the piano, the guitar, and it seems he can play many other instruments, and he can also speak French. Anyway, he's pretty impressive."
So everyone looked at Yu Xiaoyue with envy and admiration. What a talented woman! Compared with people like us who only know how to study, she is the real talented woman!
The rest of the meal was relatively silent.
Li Juan'er lowered her head and ate silently, not knowing what she was thinking. Fubao and others also began to lower their heads and reflect on themselves.
After dinner, the six of them returned to the dormitory together. As soon as they reached the door, they saw a few people standing in front of it.
"Brother Shengtian? Brother Dingkun? Teacher Huo?" Fubao was overjoyed. She had just thought of looking for them to discuss something, but she didn't expect to see them.
Now that’s good, we can discuss choosing a major!
Fubao was just about to discuss something with them, but seeing Huo Jinyun was unexpected.
She quickly said something to a few roommates and ran over happily.
When the roommates first saw Xiao Dingkun, they were a bit surprised. Gu Shengtian looked like a college student from the countryside. Besides that, Huo Jinyun and Xiao Dingkun's attire and demeanor made them look like they were from the big city. Huo Jinyun had a quiet, gentle demeanor, while Xiao Dingkun was tall and straight with a resolute face. He was taller than most of their male classmates and had broad shoulders. Aside from a hint of coldness between his eyebrows, he was otherwise perfectly fine.
And the key point is... they seem to be carrying large and small bags of things in their hands.
I didn’t expect Fubao to know such a person?
Everyone was a little surprised. Even the local Ding Weihong couldn't help but look at Xiao Dingkun several more times, but she was too embarrassed to go up and ask.
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