"Wow, you got a new phone again?" Wang Jiani didn't even care about the facial mask she was applying on her face, and looked at Meng Qiuxia's new phone with envy.
I really want to borrow it and try my hand at it.
My roommate Zhou Xiaoyue, wearing a suspender top, popped her head out from the sink and asked, "Did you buy a new phone? Which one?"
"It's the latest model from Motorola, a flip phone. Oh, I want it too." Without waiting for Meng Qiuxia to answer, Wang Jiani spoke for her, unable to let go of Meng Qiuxia's new phone.
After Shi Changsheng came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, he saw the other three roommates sitting at Meng Qiuxia's desk studying the new mobile phone, talking about its value and so on.
The four of them came from different places and lived in the same dormitory because they were attending college.
The family backgrounds of several people are average. Wang Jiani is the best off among them. She has no worries about food and drink and even has some spare money to spend. Only Zhou Xiaoyue has to borrow money for her tuition.
It is said that the travel expenses to go to college were raised by relatives.
But university is different from junior high school and high school. It is close to home and costs less.
In college, people come from all over the world, and there is a big gap between the rich and the poor. Other students eat, use and wear all kinds of branded goods, and girls have all kinds of skin care products and cosmetics, while the few people in dormitory 402 not only have seen less, but three-quarters of them are still struggling below the poverty line.
When they first entered university, they thought they could study and work part-time at the same time, and the four of them were full of enthusiasm.
While others actively participated in various clubs and attended various gatherings every now and then, the four of them did not participate at all. In addition to studying, they also had to work part-time jobs, and sometimes the part-time jobs conflicted with their studies, so they had to ask their counselors for leave.
The counselors always tell them to focus on their studies, and they know that, but their wallets won’t allow it.
There are only a few places for poverty scholarships each year, and the living expenses that their families can provide are limited. If they want to improve their lives and enhance their quality of life a little bit, they have to earn some money themselves.
I still remember that just after the military training in October, Zhou Xiaoyue announced to her three other roommates that she had a boyfriend.
Oh my god, this is too fast.
We've just known each other for a few days. Is he reliable?
However, during the three years of high school, the students are under great pressure, and the teachers are watching them closely all day, fearing that a couple might slip through their net and fall in love, which would affect their studies.
Now that I'm in college, I'm free. I can date freely, and I'm really excited just thinking about it.
"Which major?"
"Is he handsome?"
"Are we in the same class or seniors?"
Everyone was talking at once, and there were so many questions that Zhou Xiaoyue couldn't answer them all. The dormitory was as lively as if it were New Year's Day.
"Senior from the same department, Senior Brother Zheng helped me a lot when I was reporting as a freshman. We met a few more times later, and then..." Zhou Xiaoyue said embarrassedly.
"Beware of fire, theft, and senior brothers. Zhou Xiaoyue was captured by Senior Brother Zheng so quickly, hehe..."
Several people laughed and twisted together.
Senior Brother Zheng knew Zhou Xiaoyue's family background, and it was Senior Brother Zheng who took Zhou Xiaoyue to apply for student loans and other things.
So when the two of them were in love, Brother Zheng, as the boyfriend, was still very gentlemanly and would take the initiative to pay the bill.
Zhou Xiaoyue gradually began to use some good things, and her life was not so difficult anymore.
But she still had to do the part-time job. It was impossible for Senior Brother Zheng to give all the time while Zhou Xiaoyue didn't show any appreciation. Since her abilities were limited, she could buy him some cheap little gifts. It would be better than having him directly call her a leech attached to Senior Brother Zheng.
Although Wang Jiani, Meng Qiuxia and Shi Changsheng do not have to worry about tuition fees and their living expenses are barely enough, if they want to control more money, they have to find other ways.
Meng Qiuxia was the first among the group who could no longer bear the financial hardship.
In the past, there was a Zhou Xiaoyue to compare with. Now, if Zhou Xiaoyue likes something, she can ask Senior Brother Zheng to persuade her. One out of three times, she will get what she wants.
But if you want to reap, you have to sow.
After that, Zhou Xiaoyue would not return to the dormitory the night before she brought back something good.
I'm a college student now, unlike in junior high and high school where I have to check the dormitories every day.
At the beginning, the other three in 402 didn't quite understand the complexity of this matter. It was Zhou Xiaoyue who took the initiative to reveal it to Meng Qiuxia, who was her closest friend. She and Senior Brother Zheng had already been in a relationship for a long time.
At first I was embarrassed to tell my roommates, but later I followed Senior Brother Zheng and saw him more often in small hotels outside the school. It turned out that there were so many couples in the school who booked rooms outside the school.
Senior Brother Zheng said that everyone is an adult, and two people in love just want to stick together all the time.
The sound insulation in the small hotel is very poor. It is already very good to be able to put a bed and have a separate bathroom.
The price is not expensive and I can afford to come here a few times a month.
If we go directly to a hotel, it will cost hundreds of dollars a time. College students have high living expenses, but they can't spend them easily. Besides, dating is the most expensive thing. You have to buy things for them, and you have to go out to eat every once in a while.
Once you know how much money you have, you have to think carefully about how to spend it.
For the first time, Meng Qiuxia directly faced the "huge" benefits that a girl's body could bring.
"Will you marry Senior Brother Zheng?" Meng Qiuxia remembered asking this question at the time. Later, when she thought about it again, she felt how stupid she was at the time.
"Marriage? I don't know, it's too far off." She had thought about marriage, especially after their first time. She had wanted to live a good life with Brother Zheng in the future. But as she spent more and more time with Brother Zheng and got to know many of his classmates and friends, she became unsure.
The future of young people should not be constrained by the present. Who can predict what will happen in the future?
Graduation season is breakup season.
Even couples who loved each other deeply in the past would be defeated by reality, not to mention that her relationship with Senior Brother Zheng did not seem to be so indestructible.
It seemed as if Meng Qiuxia was meeting Zhou Xiaoyue for the first time, and also as if she was meeting her own heart for the first time.
Some time ago, she happened to come into contact with a senior sister.
My senior sister’s surname is Li. She said that she has good appearance, but she just doesn’t have the money to dress up.
He also said that the students in dormitory 402 actually had good foundations and decent grades, but they were just focused on part-time jobs outside of school and earned too little. They should set their sights higher and find part-time jobs that were both high-paying and easy.
Senior Sister Li revealed that if Meng Qiuxia was interested, she could contact her and she would guide her, as she happened to be short of people.
The work is easy and the money is good.
Meng Qiuxia returned to the dormitory and told her roommates about it.
The other three didn’t quite believe it. How could such a good thing happen to them?
But the four people in 402 said they didn't believe it, but they were really shaken in their hearts.
They work part-time outside of school, but they don't always have work. Sometimes it's far from school, and for girls, it's not safe. But if they want to buy themselves a new dress or a new handbag, even if it's from a night market stall, no matter how cheap it is, they still have to pay real money. There's no such thing as free lunch.
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