"Brother Ying, it's only natural that you don't mind me anymore. On the contrary, I feel more guilty towards you..."
Sitting at the dinner table, Li Xue'e looked at Zheng Shaoying across from her and said.
She naturally noticed Zheng Shaoying's expression, so she said something to him.
Zheng Shaoying smiled upon hearing this and replied, "You don't want to think that way. You weren't involved in that matter, and you didn't know anything about it, so you didn't do anything wrong. Anyway, I'm the one who made your brother stay in jail for two more years..."
Li Xue'e said, "My brother deserved what he did. It's good that he's locked up for a couple more years so he won't continue to harm people outside. Besides, once he's in jail, he won't need to come looking for me anymore."
Zheng Shaoying nodded: "Okay, let's put this matter behind us then. I heard you're divorced and have moved out of your home. Do you have a job now? Would you like to come and help me? My office is currently short-staffed."
Yuan Mengge interjected, "Then it might be another two years. She's still in school."
Zheng Shaoying looked at her with surprise upon hearing this: "Oh, really? What school do you attend? A vocational school?"
Li Xue'e nodded: "Yes, I studied accounting. If you still need an accountant after I graduate, I'll come to work for you."
Yuan Mengge spent a few days at Zheng Shaoying's company, sharing some useful information about the future with him, before leaving with Li Xue'e.
School will start soon after the New Year, and this semester we will be divided into arts and science classes.
Yuan Mengge chose the science class.
Classes are assigned but dormitories are not; roommates remain the same.
After a semester of hard work, she improved her grades again.
The spring outing is held not long after the start of the school year. Except for the senior students who are preparing for the college entrance examination, the first and second year students can also go and have fun.
The homeroom teacher wasn't very interested in the matter. After explaining the situation with a blank expression, he asked the class monitor to organize it.
The location was chosen by the school; it's by the sea.
If you go, you need to pay a tour fee, which includes transportation and meals.
Round trip in one day.
Moreover, in order to watch the sunrise, we would gather very early in the morning and set off.
Go in the morning and come back in the evening.
The class monitor's job was to collect money and write down the names, then go to a meeting to confirm the itinerary and tell the students who were going to go about the important points.
Each person pays twenty yuan, but a small number of people feel that this amount is too much and are unwilling to go.
But most of them are willing to go.
If you don't have money, just ask your family for it.
Most families are willing to give money to boys, but fewer are willing to give money to girls.
When Yuan Mengge returned to the dormitory, Lin Manyue and the others asked her, "Aping, are you going on a spring outing?"
She nodded: "Sure, you only get two chances like this in high school, we can't waste them. You might not have many more opportunities to go out with so many people in the future."
Most of the people in the dormitory wanted to go, but two of them didn't have enough money.
"Then I need to ask my family for money... otherwise I won't have enough for food."
The food allowance from home was just calculated; there was no extra money.
Yuan Mengge didn't have this worry, since she didn't need to worry about money now, and her studies were fine too.
But she wouldn't willingly be a sucker and lend them money.
Although these roommates are actually pretty good people now...
In the end, only Zhang Qiaolan did not sign up for the spring outing because she didn't have the money.
But she really wanted to go, so the rest of the dorm discussed it and each of them lent her four yuan, making a total of twenty yuan for her.
Zhang Qiaolan then happily signed up with everyone.
On the day of the spring outing, around 4 a.m., all sorts of alarm clocks in the dormitory building started ringing.
Everyone got up, changed clothes, washed up, grabbed their things, and went downstairs to the playground to assemble.
When Yuan Mengge finished washing her face with her eyes half-closed, the other people in the dormitory were in a similar state.
I was too excited to sleep last night, and as a result, I had to get up shortly after falling asleep.
It's still dark outside, but there are already quite a few footsteps walking back and forth in the corridor.
Yuan Mengge returned after washing her face and found that Zhang Qiaolan had somehow gone to bed again.
She moved closer to her bedside and tapped on the bed frame: "Qiaolan, are you still going to see the sea?"
Wang Hong, who was standing next to her, chuckled and said, "I don't know what time she went to sleep last night. She's awake now, but she's still not fully awake."
Li Shan shouted at her in a loud voice, "Zhang Qiaolan! Get up quickly! You'll be late for the assembly!"
He then pulled her off the bed.
Zhang Qiaolan sat up, staring at her with sleepy eyes.
Lin Manyue: "Hurry up, hurry up! Don't waste the money we lent you. If you don't go, the class monitor won't give you a refund."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Qiaolan's eyes widened immediately, and she finally snapped out of it, quickly climbing out of bed: "Right away! Right away!"
Finally, everyone got ready, put on their backpacks, and headed out.
Yuan Mengge carried her bag downstairs, where groups of girls were already waiting.
The boys' dormitory on the other side was quite lively, with the boys excitedly shouting and yelling, and the dormitory supervisor yelling at them from below had no effect.
The girls were mostly carrying a bag, while the boys were mostly empty-handed.
As I walked from the dormitory to the playground, everyone around me had eyes swollen shut, half-open and half-closed, and some even bumped into people while walking.
The class monitor lined up in a row below the playground and raised his hand to call his classmates over.
The playground was dark, with no lights. The teachers shone flashlights around, telling everyone to watch their step.
There were over twenty classes in the first year of high school, arranged in more than a dozen rows, with each class monitor responsible for taking attendance.
After taking attendance, they led the way towards the school gate.
Several minibuses were lined up outside the school gate, and students boarded one after another.
Yuan Mengge once again experienced the arduous car ride, much like the one she took during her middle school entrance exams...
Those who got on first had a place to sit, while those who got on later had to stand and huddle together.
Once the first bus was full, it drove off, and the students boarded the second bus.
Yuan Mengge's class boarded the second bus, which swayed and rattled as it drove off.
This time, she didn't stand and squeeze with the boys; she sat in the very back.
The car drove for almost an hour, and it was nearly six o'clock when we finally arrived at the beach.
When I got off the bus, it was already slightly light outside.
They reached the beach before sunrise.
The car pulled up to the side of the road, and the teachers got out and led the students along a small path toward the sea.
The provincial capital faces northeast, and you can see the sunrise from almost any sea in this area.
After everyone got off the bus, they all breathed a sigh of relief. They had been crammed on the bus for an hour and were almost suffocating.
"Be careful! Don't go out alone, stay with your classmates. Don't wander too far! Come here at seven o'clock! Did you hear me? Come here at seven o'clock!" the teacher shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Okay!" the students replied to the teacher as they ran towards the beach.
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