The first week passed quickly in the busy study.
Liu Meiyu thought that everyone had come to Beijing from all over the world to study, so they would definitely go out for a walk during the holidays.
But when she woke up that day, she realized she had overthought.
There were eight people in the dormitory. Apart from her, Song Qi and another person whose family also lived in Beijing, the remaining five people all ran to the library without hesitation.
This made Liu Meiyu nervous whenever she returned home.
Liu Meiyu had just gotten off the bus from the Huaqing campus back to the military compound when her younger brother Liu Bowen rushed over with the triplets.
"sister!"
"mother!"
Liu Meiyun was hugged tightly, looking at her three sons, and wanted to say a few warm words, but the first thing she said was: "School is about to start, have you finished your winter vacation homework?"
The three Dabao brothers: "..."
"Mom, you are not lovable anymore." Erbao pouted.
Liu Meiyu shrugged, "That means it's not finished yet."
Dabao: "Mom, grandpa has transferred us to a new school. So we don't have to do the homework that our teachers assigned us before, right?"
"Yes! The new teacher didn't say anything about the inspection. Mom, I still want to go to the zoo to see the monkeys." Xiaobao has been in Beijing these days, having a lot of fun with his grandfather and the security uncle. He has no time to think about doing his winter vacation homework.
"Sister, I finished writing a long time ago." Liu Bowen saw his sister's eyes looking at him and quickly replied.
Finally, there was one less thing to worry about. Liu Meiyu sighed and said to Dabao and the others, "Okay, Mommy is going to make new clothes for you when you go to school, but the old clothes you brought back from the island can be worn, so forget it. You don't have to wear new clothes in the new school anyway."
"Mom, please don't." Dabao wanted to wear new clothes, so he quickly thought about it and changed his words: "I think we can discuss it again."
The result of the discussion was that the three brothers not only had to complete their winter vacation homework, but also had to write a "Travel Notes of the Capital" for their mother to check.
In order to wear new clothes and go to a new school, the three brothers nodded and completed their winter vacation homework in the remaining short vacation.
Grandpa Lu was wondering why the three boys suddenly became so well-behaved after his grandson's wife came back. They no longer clamored to go out and play, but started doing their homework when they got home.
After asking, he found out that they were going to buy new clothes. He smiled and said to his grandson's wife, "You are busy with school and only have one holiday a week. Just have a good rest when you go home. I can take them to the department store to buy new clothes."
Mother Wu made some coffee and came over, saying, "It's okay. I'm here. Meiyun draws the pattern and I just follow it at home. It's cheaper and better looking than the ones in the department store."
Mother Wu took care of Liu Meiyun's triplets on the island for several years. She knew very well that every time Liu Meiyun drew a pattern, the clothes she made were very special and different. She has several of them in her own closet, and she is still reluctant to wear them.
She likes to make clothes according to the patterns given by Liu Meiyun, and she feels a sense of accomplishment.
"Thank you, Aunt Wu, you are so kind!" Liu Meiyu smiled and hugged Aunt Wu's arm.
"Where did you get the coffee at home?" It was the first time that Liu Meiyu saw such foreign stuff at her grandfather's house.
Mr. Lu picked it up and drank it all in one gulp, then said in disgust, "This is a gift from an old comrade-in-arms. It tastes terrible."
Mother Wu also took a sip and found it not very tasty, like Chinese medicine.
"Grandpa, let me add two pieces of sugar and try again."
Even with the sugar added, Mr. Lu still couldn't get used to drinking it. Not only him, but the three brothers and Bo Wen who came to try it for the novelty also didn't like it very much.
"Arctic Ocean is still the best!" Xiaobao concluded.
The old man nodded in agreement, "Meiyun, if you like it, take it to school. No one will drink it at home. I heard that this stuff can refresh you. Drink some when you are tired from studying."
"Okay, thank you grandpa." Liu Meiyu said without hesitation.
"And this." The old man took out a key from his pocket and handed it to Liu Meiyun: "The higher-ups have returned the old house to our family. Here is the key. Changzheng is in school and can't come back. If you are free this afternoon, take your household registration booklet and go to complete the formalities."
"Grandpa, let's wait until my aunt comes back," Liu Meiyu declined.
The old man shook his head and said with a smile, "This is the house that Changzheng's grandmother left behind. We are all one family. There is no need to argue about that. I am too old to run around, Wanjun is busy with the hospital stall every day, and Changzheng hardly sees anyone. From now on, you will have the heaviest burden in this family. You will have to take on more of the errands."
"I understand, Grandpa. Thank you."
Giving her an old courtyard house in Beijing was described as a job of running errands, and Liu Meiyu didn't know how to express her gratitude.
According to her previous life, if she had such a good job of running errands, she would be happy to run errands all the time.
In the afternoon, her grandfather made a phone call and someone sent a car to the military compound to pick her up to handle the house transfer procedures.
Liu Bowen was taken by his grandfather to the compound to play chess with his old comrades. The triplets didn't like playing that game and didn't understand it, so they pestered Liu Meiyu to go with them to see the big house.
Therefore, the three brothers, who had just been writing their homework for a while, repeatedly assured their mother and even wrote a letter of guarantee before they were approved.
Liu Meiyu followed the staff to complete the formalities. She didn't feel anything at first as she and Lu Changzheng now had a courtyard house under their names. But when she was taken to see the courtyard house, her heart started beating like a drum.
The large courtyard with four entrances is located at the end of the alley. It is secluded and quiet, and the geographical location is excellent. In a few years, famous business districts and technology buildings will be built nearby. It is also close to Huaqing University. Owning a courtyard house in this place is something Liu Meiyu would never have dared to think of in her lifetime.
To put it in the words of later generations, she won without doing anything. She had done nothing since she came here, but just relying on this courtyard house, her direct assets exceeded 100 million!
Liu Meiyu, who had never won even 5 yuan in lottery in her previous life, was still shaking with her hands when she took the key to open the door of the courtyard house.
The three brothers pushed the door open and heard it creaking. There was dust inside and a lot of garbage piled on the ground.
"Mom, this house is so shabby!" Dabao said with disgust, thinking it was not as good as their home on the island.
Liu Meiyun touched her silly son's head and said, "This is where Dad lived when he was a child. Mom will fix it up and clean it up so it won't be damaged anymore!"
When they heard that this was where their father lived as a child, the three brothers immediately became interested. Covering their mouths and noses, they began to "explore" the room one by one.
Liu Meiyu thanked the comrades who had brought them here, sent them away, and then walked slowly around the yard.
She looked carefully at every room and found that some of the doors and windows were broken, there were some waste piled everywhere in the yard, and the floor tiles were incomplete, but the overall structure was still good, and the square shape was what she liked.
Compared with other people's houses, the Lu family's house is really well preserved. At least no one else lives in it.
"Mom, we found Dad's room!" Erbao ran over excitedly and pulled Liu Meiyu.
Stepping on the uneven stone bricks on the ground, Liu Meiyu saw the windowsill of a small room piled with lifelike wooden carvings.
As Lu Changzheng said, most of his childhood things were still in this old house.
There were scattered children's textbooks on the ground, torn clothes, and even scribbled symbols made of charcoal and stones on the wall.
No wonder grandpa always said that Lu Changzheng was more naughty than the triplets when he was a child. At least Dabao and the others never scribbled on the wall.
In the next room, there was a piano that had been smashed to pieces. Liu Meiyun guessed that this was probably Lu Wanjun's room. After the whole room was renovated in the future, this room would be left for her sister-in-law to live in.
After wandering around the courtyard for about an hour, Liu Meiyu asked the three brothers to carry out all the waste at the gate and throw it away. She then bought two new locks and locked the gate before leaving happily.
When she returned to the compound with the property certificate, Liu Meiyu appeared calm on the surface. She briefly reported the situation of the old house to her grandfather and asked about some details. She did not seem to be at all boastful about having assets worth over 100 million. However, when she went to bed at night, she actually had a dream. She dreamed that she was sitting in the courtyard of the old house - counting money!
After returning to school, Liu Meiyun devoted herself to her studies again.
Not only did she have to study boring professional courses every day, she also had to take an additional English course.
"Meiyun, you are amazing. I can't even keep up with my major courses, but you still have time to learn a foreign language." Su Qinghe looked envious.
"Your architecture courses are more intense."
There were eight people in the dormitory. She and Bai Ting were studying economics, the southern girl who loved reading in the next room was studying law, Song Qi was studying English, and the remaining four were either studying architecture or mathematics.
On the contrary, Liu Meiyu admired them very much.
Her learning English was just a cover, the original owner didn't know English. If Liu Meiyu spoke a passage in English one day, no matter how good she was at fooling people, she wouldn't be able to explain it and could only pretend to learn two subjects.
"Not everyone can learn English! My uncle is a diplomat, and I studied with him for many years before I learned the basics." Song Qi pulled open the curtains he had just installed and got out of bed. He raised his chin and glanced at Liu Meiyu, mocking her, "Besides, you're already a mother. Even if you learn English, what else can you do? Do you want to be a diplomat?"
"Who said that learning English means becoming a diplomat!" Wang Meihua closed the book, "It can also be used as a translation book. Look at our school library, don't we have so many Chinese translations?"
"How much money can you make?" Song Qi looked down on it.
Everyone else in the dormitory fell into deep thought, and they also felt that English was useless unless one was extremely good and could become a diplomat like Uncle Song Qi.
"Yes, Meiyun, if you choose English as your choice, will you be able to take care of both? Don't waste time and fall behind on your major courses. I heard from classmates that the exams at Huaqing are very difficult. It will be very troublesome if you fail. You may not even get a diploma when you graduate." Zhou Yanhong, the eldest sister in the dormitory, was also worried about Liu Meiyun. She didn't think there was any point in learning a foreign language. Even the foreign language score in this college entrance examination would not be counted in the total score.
"It's okay, I know what I'm doing. I'm still learning anyway, so I can just get up earlier every day. Like classmate Song said, I'm already a mother, so I have to seize the opportunity to study at school and learn more knowledge. Who knows, it might be useful someday in the future."
Liu Meiyun doesn't need to waste time explaining whether English is useful or not. Just wait until two years later when the total score of English in the college entrance examination starts to be calculated, and everyone will naturally know its importance.
Everyone in the dormitory was shocked by the fact that Liu Meiyu chose to take English. No one expected that Bai Ting, who had never said a word, also chose English as an elective like Liu Meiyu.
Others are better than you and work harder than you. The people in the dormitory are starting to waver again, wondering whether they should take two courses.
Song Qi said with disdain: "You can only carry as many buckets of water as you can. I heard that the whole school will have a unified entrance examination next month. If you don't pass both exams, you will be laughed at."
Tian Xiaoyan studied architecture, but she was not very interested in building houses. She initially listened to the advice of her elders at home, who said that this was a good choice because she would be assigned a good job after graduation. After all, houses were needed everywhere in the country.
Seeing that Liu Meiyu and her classmates chose English as their elective, she also wanted to choose history, which she was interested in. However, when she heard Song Qi say that there would be a unified examination next month, she immediately gave up the idea.
"Why is the exam coming up so soon?" Zhou Yanhong was sweating with nervousness just by listening to it.
Song Qi looked in the mirror and said cheerfully, "If we want to award scholarships, we have to look at grades."
Their college entrance examination results have not been announced yet, so the number of scholarships this time will depend on their academic performance in the professional courses over the past month.
Song Qi is full of confidence. She has been learning foreign languages with her uncle since junior high school, so she doesn't take this kind of unified examination seriously.
"Then I have to study hard." When Tian Xiaoyan heard that she had to take an exam, she gave up the idea of studying another major. It was not for the scholarship, because she knew she had a low chance of passing. She was just afraid that her grades would be too embarrassing.
Liu Meiyu was sitting in the classroom, listening to Huaqing's teacher teaching phonetic symbols to the students. She could only secretly take out the French vocabulary book she had borrowed from the library and memorize it.
There is no other way. Among this class of students, there are only a few who have the financial means to learn English like Song Qi. Most of them rely on self-study during the two months before the college entrance examination and then take the exam directly.
But being able to pass the exam shows that you are capable.
Although the teaching started with phonetic symbols, the students were very receptive. When they heard the teacher say that learning English vocabulary was important, they even memorized words while eating. Their level of effort made Liu Meiyu very motivated. She decided to start learning French on her own.
In the past, she only got up a little earlier than Song Qi in the dormitory, but now she basically gets up with Wang Meihua and the others. If she doesn't have classes in the morning, she will rush to line up for a seat before the library opens, and quickly buy two buns and a cup of soy milk in the cafeteria, and eat while walking to save time.
Liu Meiyu has been used to a comfortable life on the island since she got married for so many years. She suddenly found herself back to her previous life, working hard to make money and study. Not only did she not feel uncomfortable at all, but she felt very happy.
She no longer dared to stay up late, for fear of sudden death again.
So I would rather get up early every day.
That day, Bai Ting was also standing at the back of the line. She saw Liu Meiyu holding a vocabulary book and wolfing down buns. Somehow, she suddenly thought of the Liu Meiyu whom she had laughed at in her previous life.
At that time, they still lived together in the basement. She found a local boyfriend and was finally about to move, so he kindly gave her some advice.
As a result, the girl said nothing. She looked at the sales brochure, chewed the cold dough sticks, and went out to catch the bus in her sneakers.
Although the Liu Meiyu in this world is completely different from the one in her memory, but at that moment just now, Bai Ting seemed to see that familiar, unyielding spirit in Liu Meiyu's eyes.
"Liu Meiyun."
Liu Meiyu had just swallowed two buns and drank soy milk in one gulp when she suddenly heard someone calling her from behind.
She patted her chest twice, then turned around and saw it was Bai Ting. She was stunned for a moment.
They lived in the same dormitory and the same class, but in almost a month, they had spoken less than ten sentences to each other.
The roommates and classmates all noticed that their relationship was not very good. If they hadn't had no conflicts for so long, people would have thought they were enemies.
"What's wrong?" Liu Meiyu asked curiously.
"It's nothing. The department is awarding scholarships for this unified exam. Good luck to you." Bai Ting just called out the name, and when she saw Liu Meiyu's face turning around, her thoughts were pulled back from her previous life.
There is no longer the Liu Meiyu that she envied and hated in this world. The Liu Meiyu in front of her has married a good husband, has children, has no worries about food and clothing, was able to pass the entrance exam to Huaqing University, graduated, and was assigned to a good unit. Her life will be smooth sailing in the future.
But she was not jealous at all.
"You... too. Come on!" Liu Meiyu didn't know what medicine Bai Ting had taken wrong, but she looked weird anyway.
She met many people after traveling through time, but Bai Ting was the one she was most confused about.
But she didn't do anything strange in front of her, so Liu Meiyu could only treat her as air.
"301 Liu Meiyun, someone is looking for you!"
The dormitory manager was shouting in the dormitory building with a loud speaker. Liu Meiyu had just washed her feet and was about to go to bed, but she ran downstairs again.
At first I thought it was a classmate coming to inform me of some temporary class change or something, but when I walked out, I saw Lu Changzheng standing under a big tree in a military uniform, looking at me with burning eyes.
"Meiyun!"
Lu Changzheng hadn't seen his wife for almost a month, and his longing for her increased every day. He finally got to see his wife, and he really wanted to hug her in his arms. However, there were too many students passing by, and the dormitory aunties were also looking at them. He was afraid of bringing a bad influence to Liu Meiyu, so he had to bear it.
"Why are you here?" Liu Meiyu was very surprised to see Lu Changzheng at school.
"I just finished my exchange study today and will be back to school tomorrow morning."
After Lu Changzheng finished his brief explanation, he protested in dissatisfaction, "Wife, why don't you write me a letter?"
"Oh, I'm too busy. I always forget to send it after I write it." Liu Meiyu laughed apologetically.
In fact, she had only written half of the letter. She was in a hurry to go to class and forgot to put the letter in her book. She only remembered it when she saw it in class today.
Moreover, the school mailbox was quite far from their dormitory, and Liu Meiyu didn't even want to go there because she didn't have a bicycle yet. But she would never dare say this in front of a man.
"I was thinking of taking Dabao and the others to visit you at your school after we have a holiday after the Unified Examination next week." Liu Meiyu excused herself.
"Really?" Lu Changzheng's attention was diverted in no time. He said happily, "Then I'll take you and Dabao to our school cafeteria for dinner. There's a chef who makes braised eggplant that tastes pretty good. Isn't that your favorite dish?"
Lu Changzheng was embarrassed to say it because Liu Meiyun liked to eat braised eggplant and they often made it on the island. He missed his wife at school and couldn't see her, so he had to think of her by the sight of her. He has been eating eggplant for a month straight.
"Okay, I'll bring you some delicious food then!"
Because Liu Meiyu had devoted herself to studying during this period, she was embarrassed to say that she had forgotten about her man. Now when she saw Lu Changzheng was training outside and had to come to see her in such a short time, she suddenly felt guilty.
"How are you doing in school? Is the schedule stressful? Are you getting along well with your comrades? Are you not sick?"
Faced with his daughter-in-law's four consecutive questions, Lu Changzheng felt a warm current in his heart. He did not worry about the question of whether his daughter-in-law was too busy to write to him, and answered them one by one honestly.
"What about you? I see you've lost weight. Are your school schedule very stressful?"
"Yeah," Liu Meiyu nodded, "I chose another course, English, so I'm quite busy every day, otherwise I wouldn't have missed writing to you."
"You are busy, so you should eat on time and don't upset your stomach."
Lu Changzheng always supported his wife in whatever she wanted to do, but he was afraid that she would work too hard and not eat on time.
"Don't worry, I'm paying attention." Liu Meiyu assured.
"If you want to learn English, I'll buy you a semiconductor and some English tapes. I think listening to them more often will help."
"Great." Liu Meiyun was more than happy to accept the offer and asked, "Can you get me the French tape?"
Lu Changzheng looked incredulous: "You are still learning French?"
"It's always good to have many skills! And I found that I really like learning foreign languages. Our teacher even praised me for my talent." Liu Meiyu boasted shamelessly.
Lu Changzheng frowned, but he was really worried that Liu Meiyun was neglecting her food and sleep.
Liu Meiyun: "Don't worry, I use my brain every day and I get hungry quickly. My appetite has increased. I can't stand the hunger even if I eat less, let alone skip a meal."
"Students over there, the lights are about to be turned off. Stop chatting and hurry back to the dormitory!" The dormitory manager yelled over here at the right time.
If she hadn't seen that Lu Changzheng was wearing a military uniform, she would have come over to confront him.
“So fast.”
Lu Changzheng had just seen his wife and didn't even have time to hold her hand before they separated.
"Well, I'll come to see you next week. I'll go early." Liu Meiyu hugged the man while the dormitory manager wasn't paying attention.
She couldn't bear to see him or miss him before, and now they have to separate after just meeting, and she can't bear to do so.
But staying out all night just after entering college is a very serious problem, especially in this era.
"Then you must eat on time and don't get sick." Lu Changzheng reminded him worriedly.
The two were reluctant to leave and kept looking back every three steps, which made the dormitory manager frown.
When Liu Meiyun walked into the dormitory building, the aunt closed the door and said earnestly: "Young girls, even if you are dating, you should be careful about what you do outside. It's not appropriate to hug each other before you get married. It will not be good for the two of you if others see it."
Liu Meiyun paused, turned around, smiled and said, "Auntie, we are already married, and our children are in elementary school."
"You kid, you need to be honest!" The dormitory manager saw that Liu Meiyu was just a child, and she even made up such a lie to find an excuse for herself.
Being treated as a little girl by the aunt, Liu Meiyun was naturally in a good mood and spoke with confidence: "Aunt, I am really married. We have been married for many years. I brought my husband and children with me on the day of registration."
Seeing that Liu Meiyu's expression was serious and determined, the dormitory manager urged her to leave with a half-believing and half-doubting attitude.
The next day, she asked her colleagues and found out that Liu Meiyu, who she thought was still a young girl in Room 301, was not only married, but also had triplets, and the children were old enough to cook soy sauce. She was really surprised for a long time.
Well, this person is just taking advantage of her beauty. She has three children in primary school, but you can't tell at all that she is a mother.
Liu Meiyu knew that Lu Changzheng was busier than her and had to go back to school early the next day, but when she went downstairs and the dormitory manager handed her a big bag of food with a gentle smile, she was defeated by the man again.
"Your husband sent it to you early in the morning. I hadn't even started work yet, but he stood outside waiting for a long time, worried that you wouldn't eat on time. He also asked me to remind you every time I saw you coming in or out. Girl, your husband really loves you. Where can you find such a man? You should take time to write more letters to others, right? Then you will definitely have time to write a few sentences even if you are busy. If it is inconvenient for you to send a letter and you don't have time, you can bring it to your aunt and she will help you send it. What a good guy..."
The dormitory manager ate the two buns that Lu Changzheng sent her in the morning, and now her mind was completely focused on that.
What a nice guy! I couldn’t find him even with a kerosene lamp.
Liu Meiyu's face turned red because of what her aunt said. The guilt that had finally subsided resurfaced a little bit. She grabbed a bag of food and hurried back to the dormitory.
Write a letter!
She writes now!
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