(Thanks to the "Moving China" book list)
Since Yuan Fangguo arrived late, Lai Xiaojun introduced him again. Jiangnan City has five counties and two districts, and there are basically fellow villagers in every district and county.
There are too many boys, so it’s not easy to remember them, but the girls are very easy to remember.
The shorter girl is called Zhang Xiaoyan, and she is from the same place as Lai Xiaojun. The taller one is called Shi Min, and she is from the city.
However, he still wrote down the name of the organizer, Liu Wenbo, who was from the Journalism Department. Like Shi Min, he was from the municipal district, but the two were not in the same district.
The original intention of the hometown association is to establish friendships. We are all "strangers in a foreign land, missing our families even more during the holidays", and we look for the warmth of a big family in groups like the hometown association.
Often, in a mature and organized hometown association, after people leave the ivory tower and enter society, everyone will share their social resources with each other.
We drank white wine in the evening. Since we were all from Jiangnan City, we specially picked four bottles of Jiangnan Special Liquor.
Neither of the two female classmates could drink, so Liu Wenbo ordered a bottle of coconut milk for each of them.
Liu Wenbo was the organizer and host. After the food and drinks were almost served, he picked up his glass and stood up.
"Brothers and sisters, today is the first time that our fellow townspeople from Jiangnan City, Class of 1993, have gathered together. We came to this provincial capital to receive our diplomas, but now we're picking up bottles of wine. Diplomas are for eating, and bottles are for drinking. I hope our friendship can shine warmly on everyone like the sun in the sky. I propose that everyone raise their glasses. Cheers to our friendship..."
Liu Wenbo is from the journalism department and is a lively person. After a few words, you can see that he has good eloquence.
At his call, everyone stood up in unison, raised their glasses or drinks, and as they clinked glasses, most of them took the first sip of the spicy white wine.
It was the first time for both Lai Xiaojun and Wang Qiang to drink alcohol, and the spicy liquor made them blush.
"Eat a few bites of food to calm down." Liu Wenbo said quickly.
After the first glass of wine, the organizer Liu Wenbo made another suggestion. After each glass of wine, four students would introduce themselves. Twelve people would have three glasses of wine, which coincided with the saying "three rounds of wine".
Naturally, Liu Wenbo's suggestion was unanimously agreed upon by everyone.
"Let's start with Fang State." Liu Wenbo said with a smile.
Yuan Fangguo nodded and began to introduce himself.
After the introduction, the next person will take turns in a clockwise direction.
After Yuan Fangguo came Lai Xiaojun.
After Lai Xiaojun passed, it was Zhang Xiaoyan's turn.
After Zhang Xiaoyan finished her introduction, they just passed this round. According to the rule, the next person to start proposed a toast.
It happened to be Shi Min.
At Shi Min's suggestion, everyone raised their glasses and stood up.
After the first lesson, Lai Xiaojun and some other students who were not very fond of liquor stopped drinking it in big gulps and instead took small sips of the wine in their glasses.
This way, their stomachs will feel a little better.
Then the rounds began.
After the introduction, Yuan Fangguo basically remembered everything this time.
After three rounds of drinks, everyone started toasting each other like mature adults.
In front of his fellow villagers, Yuan Fangguo felt that this was a warm organization, just like their dormitory.
Everyone ate and drank happily until 8:30 in the evening, when they dispersed.
After paying the bill, Liu Wenbo told everyone that he had 3 yuan left.
"Let Zhang Xiaoyan keep it." Zhang Xiaoyan from the Department of Mathematics seemed to be the most qualified person to keep their dinner expenses.
"Okay, I'll keep it and try to make sure every account is clear and detailed." Zhang Xiaoyan took the remaining three dollars from Liu Wenbo with a smile on her face.
When they went out, it was still raining, but this somewhat cold autumn rain did not seem to dampen the passion in their hearts. Everyone walked into the campus talking and laughing.
After returning to the dormitory, several boys gathered together again, including Yuan Fangguo, Liu Wenbo, Lai Xiaojun and Wang Qiang.
Anyway, they were just bragging about everything under the sun and laughing recklessly, as if a bright future was just before their eyes.
They didn't disperse until the lights were about to go out.
When I returned to the dormitory, everyone was there.
Yuan Fangguo's fashionable denim outfit immediately attracted the attention of his roommates.
"This dress looks nice." Sun Kejian couldn't help but praise.
"Fang Guo looks even more handsome in this outfit than Chow Yun-fat. If I buy you a windbreaker, you'll be Brother Ma." Yi Juntao nodded.
"Who is Brother Xiao Ma?" Gao Dapeng also gradually started talking and laughing with everyone.
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"It's not as exaggerated as you say. I ran around outside all day today and my clothes were all wet. I happened to see it on sale, so I bought it." Yuan Fangguo said nonchalantly.
"I'll dress up someday, wear a pair of sunglasses, and have a hairstyle like Aaron Kwok," said Yi Juntao.
When Yuan Fangguo thought of Yi Juntao saying that he also wanted a pair of sunglasses, he suddenly remembered how Yi Juntao played the erhu that night.
I couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Yi Juntao rolled his eyes at him.
After a simple wash, Yuan Fangguo fell asleep.
The next day, Sunday.
Yuan Fangguo and Li Chunli continued their Saturday routine. This time they bought 2,000 mooncakes, and by around three o'clock in the afternoon, there were only about 500 left.
This time Yuan Fangguo did not insist on continuing, because he still had to deliver goods to the textile factory, and these 500 mooncakes just offset some of the quantity.
By the time I finished all the work and returned to Li Chunli's store, it was already six o'clock in the evening.
Li Chunli was cooking porridge in the house. The two of them were outside being blown by the autumn wind and rain today, and they urgently needed the calories from the porridge to replenish their body heat.
In the past two days, the two of them sold about 3,800 mooncakes, making 0.3 yuan for each mooncake. Excluding the cost, including the gas money for the fellow villager, they could get about 500 yuan each.
Although the sales volume is not as fast as that of summer clothes, it is indeed good. Yuan Fangguo and Li Chunli both agree that next week will be the golden time for mooncake sales.
During dinner in the evening, Li Chunli asked Yuan Fangguo about the class schedule for next week.
"There are no classes all day on Monday and all day on Tuesday. There are classes on Wednesday afternoon, all day on Thursday and Friday, and there are classes on Saturday afternoon." Yuan Fangguo had already found out about next week's classes. After next Monday, it will be almost the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"Then let's go all day on Tuesday," Li Chunli said after thinking for a moment, "and then go one day on Sunday. What do you think?"
In fact, Yuan Fangguo knew that Li Chunli still wanted to go on Wednesday and Saturday, but the fellow villager also needed a car at that time, so it was naturally not easy to borrow a car.
"Okay, it's settled." Yuan Fangguo nodded.
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