Chapter 145
The main gate of East China University is magnificent and imposing.
The gray-white stone is carved into a row of historical symbol reliefs. The gate is antique-style, and below it is a row of grand stone steps, which has a similar style to the academy during the Republic of China period.
This was Ji Wanmei's first impression of East China University.
This is her alma mater, which she visited once in her previous life. But the feeling she has now is different.
As you enter the campus, inside the vermilion walls are lush green paths, and students and parents carrying books and luggage can be seen coming and going from time to time at the main gate.
East China University is a prestigious key university with a high reputation throughout East China Province and even the entire East China region.
In the minds of people in this era, key universities are sacred places, and every student who comes here is excited and thrilled.
Entering university will be the most important turning point in their lives, and it will also be the starting point for their future success.
Before the 1990s, university tuition was free. Of course, although tuition was free, textbook and accommodation fees still needed to be paid separately.
All freshmen are required to live on campus in their first year. The campus fee is paid per semester, which is 85 yuan per semester, and the textbook fee is 60 yuan.
Although it may not sound like much, you also have to add the cost of students' meals at school each month.
Families facing financial difficulties might receive 30 yuan a month. Families with average means might receive 50 or 60 yuan, which would be considered normal.
Of course, for families with more money, one hundred or two hundred yuan is not much.
All these miscellaneous expenses add up, and for many families facing financial difficulties, even with tuition waivers, supporting a college student still costs an average of about sixty yuan per month.
Think about it, many factories only pay seventy or eighty yuan a month.
There's more than one person eating in the family.
Therefore, college students these days are truly precious. It takes the combined efforts of the whole family, even if it means selling everything they own, to support one of them!
People like Ji Xingguo, who dote on their daughters, are afraid that she won't adapt well to school, so they give her 200 yuan a month for living expenses. Even at a university in the provincial capital, that's considered a good allowance.
Ji Wanmei felt that since she had arrived a few days early, she should be the first one to choose a dormitory room.
Unexpectedly, after completing the registration procedures and arriving at her assigned dormitory, she discovered that another classmate had arrived even earlier than her.
The school dormitory is definitely not as spacious and comfortable as home; it's rather basic, and it's an eight-person room.
Four iron bunk beds.
Ji Wanmei was brought here by her father, who also wanted to take the opportunity to see the dormitory environment at school.
Overall, it's cleaner and tidier than the workers' dormitories in the factory.
When Ji Wanmei and her father went in, there was already a female classmate there. She had made her bed by herself and was sitting by the window reading a book.
It seems like no family members accompanied them.
Ji Wanmei actually had a very shallow impression of this classmate.
In her previous life, Ji Wanmei was quite close to two classmates in the dormitory: Fang Xiaoqin and Zhou Yuejuan.
The other students, although living in the same dormitory, never eat together, go to class, or go to the library.
There's no way around it; once you get to university, just like in society, there are small cliques everywhere.
People like Ji Wanmei, who come from wealthy families and are beautiful, will naturally attract a group of people of the same level and status to approach her, even if she doesn't want to.
Fang Xiaoqin and Zhou Yuejuan are both from nearby cities. Their parents both have jobs, so their family's financial situation is naturally good.
In her previous life, Ji Wanmei was innocent and unguarded. Naturally, she was willing to befriend anyone who took the initiative to show her kindness.
Before she knew it, a small group of "rich, beautiful, and fair-skinned" girls had formed in the dormitory, consisting of her, Fang Xiaoqin, and Zhou Yuejuan.
Because all three of them come from relatively well-off families, they can get along well.
The four or five girls in the dormitory didn't have as good a family background as them. They were very frugal with their food and daily necessities, so it was no surprise that they didn't compare their appearance or how popular they were with the male students at school.
However, in her previous life, after those things happened to Ji Wanmei, neither Fang Xiaoqin nor Zhou Yuejuan helped her.
Even after her father was stripped of power and Yang Zhiping's illegitimate child was exposed, the two of them secretly gloated to Ji Wanmei.
It was then that Ji Wanmei realized that her supposedly close friends, who she thought were truly kind to her, would not only not lend a helping hand when she fell into despair, but would also gloat and kick her while she was down.
At that time, among all of Ji Wanmei's friends, only Luo Chunyan came to help her.
In her past life, when Ji Wanmei was at her most helpless and suffering, it was Luo Chunyan who helped her.
Even though Ji Wanmei knew that Luo Chunyan had various minor ailments after being reborn, she was still willing to help Luo Chunyan as much as she could.
As human beings, we must not forget our roots, and we must never be ungrateful.
Ji Wanmei remembered that the female classmate who arrived earlier than her was also surnamed Zhou and named Zhou Min. She was from Langhe Township. Her family was of average means, but she studied very hard and her grades were always among the best.
"Hey classmate, you're here so early." Ji Wanmei greeted her warmly as she entered.
Zhou Min turned around and saw a new classmate who looked as beautiful as a movie star standing at the dormitory entrance.
This chapter is not finished, please click the next page to continue reading!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
