Jiang Xiaoli continued, "But since the electricity bill for the fans is paid by the four of us, it's not really appropriate for us to prevent you from staying in the dorm. I'll provide you two pieces of cloth to use as bed curtains. You can just cover your beds and not use the fans. That's reasonable, isn't it?"
Sun Weiwei's face flushed red and then turned pale with anger. "Jiang Xiaoli, aren't you going too far?"
Chang Yue was feeling refreshed at the moment. She laughed and said, "Please, the four of us wanted to turn on the fan and you were the only one who refused. Now that Xiao Li has come up with such a good solution, you're still not satisfied. Are you deliberately targeting us?"
Jinzhi felt quite satisfied to get a piece of cloth for free, so she tugged at Sun Weiwei's arm and advised, "Weiwei, let's just leave it at that. We won't have to pay for the fan's electricity."
Sun Weiwei was seething with anger, and muttered, "Fine."
Chang Yue and the others exchanged glances and burst into laughter.
Jiang Xiaoli acted immediately, went to the washroom to wash up, and planned to go out to buy fabric. Chang Yue and the other two wanted to come with her.
As they left the dormitory, Chang Yue exclaimed excitedly, "Xiao Li, it's you who can shut Sun Weiwei up! She's so annoying. She always stands on the moral high ground, making it impossible to know how to respond."
Ren Zhiyi asked, "Xiaoli, where are we going to buy fabric? It doesn't seem worthwhile to spend money on two pieces of fabric just to keep them from using the fan."
Hu Jingxin quickly chimed in, "Xiao Li, I'll split the cost of the fabric with you!"
Chang Yue quickly chimed in, "Count me in too."
Ren Zhiyi also raised her hand, "Count me in too."
Jiang Xiaoli smiled at the three of them, "Come on, I'll take you to buy fabric and you'll see."
She led the three of them to a market not far from the school. She had been here before when she accompanied Li Guizhi to buy groceries. There was a small area in the market that specialized in selling fabrics and clothes.
She walked up to the stall and asked, "Boss, do you still have the defective fabric you ordered before?"
The shop owner came out when he heard the noise. "Oh, yes, yes, I'll get it for you right away, young lady!"
Soon the shopkeeper brought out a stack of cut fabric pieces. "Young lady, this fabric is excellent! There's just a tiny flaw that you won't notice unless you look closely!"
The three people next to him beamed with joy when they saw the cloth the boss brought out.
Chang Yue laughed so hard she clutched her stomach, "Xiao Li, you're amazing!"
This stack of flawed fabrics is all in the most popular floral style of the 1960s and 70s, with bright reds and eye-catching greens that are hard to look away from.
Ren Zhiyi picked up a piece of fabric with the densest flowers and said, "This fabric is of really good quality."
They ate a meal outside and returned to their dormitory with two pieces of floral fabric.
Jinzhi exploded the moment she saw the piece of cloth that had been given to her. "This cloth is so ugly! I don't want to hang it by my bed!"
Sun Weiwei's eyes reddened with anger, and she sat on the edge of the bed looking like she had suffered a great injustice.
Jiang Xiaoli spoke up immediately, "Don't cry, okay? We just agreed on this a few hours ago. You wouldn't be going back on your word so soon, would you?"
Sun Weiwei opened her mouth, then gritted her teeth and said, "I won't go back on my word!"
After saying that, she ran out of the dormitory, and Jinzhi followed her out.
Hu Jingxin was stunned when she saw this scene.
She couldn't help but nudge Jiang Xiaoli's arm. "Xiaoli, aren't we going a bit too far?"
Chang Yue interrupted him unhappily, "How did we go too far? Room 307 is a shared dormitory for the six of us. Why should we compromise to accommodate just one person?"
Ren Zhiyi nodded, "Yes, I'm particularly sensitive to heat, and I get prickly heat very easily..."
Jiang Xiaoli patted Hu Jingxin on the shoulder, "Xinxin, relationships are reciprocal. If someone with a better attitude talks about the same thing, we can find other ways to solve it."
But she only considered her own feelings from beginning to end, simply and rudely forbidding us from using the fan, showing no respect for the other people in the dormitory. So there's no need for us to try and reason with her, don't you think?
Chang Yue immediately stood next to Jiang Xiaoli and nodded, "Xiaoli is right! Everyone has their own way of living. It's her business if her family doesn't want to use a fan. The dormitory isn't just hers. If she communicated with us properly, I would even pay her electricity bill. But she just said I was spoiled. Why should I indulge her?"
Hu Jingxin blushed slightly. "Don't be angry. I just haven't dealt with this kind of thing before. I'll know how to handle it in the future."
Jiang Xiaoli made a gesture like a band conductor at the end of a performance. "Alright, that's enough. Don't worry about it anymore. We've already provided a solution, and they've agreed. All we need to do now is keep track of the time when we turn on the fan, so they don't say we're using too much electricity."
Around 9 p.m., while the others in the dormitory were washing up and getting ready, the two who had run out came back together.
As soon as Sun Weiwei entered the door, she seemed like a different person. She said sincerely, "I apologize for my bad attitude before. Zhizhi and I will split the electricity bill with everyone."
Jinzhi nodded repeatedly, "Yes, Weiwei and I will split the cost with everyone."
The girls in the dorm exchanged glances, and Jiang Xiaoli smiled and said, "That's great. Don't worry, it's already September, it won't be hot for more than a few days. We'll also control the number of fans we use."
The other three nodded in agreement. Ren Zhiyi smiled and said, "We'll be spending another four years together, so if there are any problems, just talk about them and we can solve them together."
Chang Yue put the two pieces of floral fabric away, and the dormitory was instantly filled with harmony.
Sun Weiwei also said to Chang Yue with a smile, "Yueyue, why don't you sit with me and Zhizhi at the opening ceremony tomorrow?"
Chang Yue nodded stiffly without refusing.
After washing up and getting into bed, Jiang Xiaoli couldn't help but wonder, who had given those two advice before they went out? Why did they suddenly seem so smart?
The next day, at the opening ceremony, the three of them went to the Guanghua School of Management area with several girls from their class across the street.
Hu Jingxin asked softly, "I wonder who our freshman representative is this year?"
Yan Chengcheng, who was behind them, spoke up, "Yeah, Jiang Xiaoli, I think you're the most suitable. Didn't Teacher Fang talk to you?"
Jiang Xiaoli blinked, "Our Peking University has so many outstanding talents!"
Hu Jingxin pouted, "I want to see who the freshman representative is!"
At 9:00 AM sharp, the opening ceremony for new students at Peking University in 1995 officially began.
Each leader spoke in turn, and it was nearly 10 o'clock when it was finally the turn of the new student representative to speak.
"Let's welcome Cui Zhe, a representative of the new students from the School of Mathematical Sciences!"
Oh, it's someone I know.
Jiang Xiaoli quickly figured it out: Cui Zhe was a student at the High School Affiliated to Peking University, and his father was a professor at the Peking University Law School. This should be considered an advantage.
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