Chapter 105 Roommates
"Next, please welcome: Tracy Windsor, Butch Sigley Davis..."
At this time, the audience was silent. Every time a name was called, Zhang Wei said in his heart: It’s not my turn yet.
Finally, when the name "Vera Wilson" came out of the principal's mouth, Zhang Wei breathed a sigh of relief, straightened the wrinkles on her skirt, stood up from her seat in a happy mood and walked forward.
The looks everyone gave her were real, but she was no longer timid. She walked towards the stage calmly with her head held high and her chest puffed out.
Because she has the confidence, she is outstanding, far better than most people here.
"...Alia Sharma"
Only then did Zhang Wei realize that the Indian girl was the last outstanding person to be called onto the stage.
There were some whispers in the audience at this time. No matter what they were saying, the twelve girls on the stage obviously didn't care. Their eyes were focused on the badges and cloaks being brought onto the stage.
Zhang Wei looked at the golden badge, which was the size of a fist and looked like a leaf from a distance. He wondered if it was made of gold. Would it be taken back in the future?
The cloak was the same color as the school uniform, and the rope at the collar was also golden. When the principal helped her put it on, it still felt a little strange.
I always feel like I'm cosplaying a magic school. Looking at the ankle-length cloak, I feel like laughing. What should I do?
The principal shook hands with Zhang Wei, who looked extremely happy (?), and said to her, "Well done, keep up the good work," before going on to carry out the same process for the next student.
During the waiting time, Zhang Wei had time to glance at the true faces of her roommates. Except for Tracy, the first person she met, she didn't remember the other names at all. Oh, she also remembered the Indian girl Alia Sharma.
Zhang Wei was ranked tenth. Of the nine girls in front of her, she could only see two white girls next to her. From their conversation with the principal, she could tell they all had British accents.
It was only at school that Zhang Wei realized how out of place his American accent was. After all, the school was in the UK and most of his classmates were British.
That's why Zhang Wei was able to immediately recognize what the fashionable girl said during the exam. Because she also had an American accent, Zhang Wei suspected that she was also from Country A.
So Zhang Wei felt that if he wanted to fit in here, he had to subconsciously adjust the way he spoke. It looked like Manny now had a bit of a British accent, a London accent.
"Please congratulate the first batch of outstanding students from our Devon Girls' School!"
The principal led the applause, and immediately thunderous applause broke out from the audience.
The principal then began to introduce the teaching team and dormitory management staff. Judging from the personnel, there were only one or two men, and the rest were female teachers and managers.
In addition to Grandma Mia, the dormitory manager of the Excellence Building where Zhang Wei and her classmates work, there is one dormitory manager on each floor of the other dormitory. On average, each dormitory manager has to manage about 40 people. The workload seems quite heavy if they want to provide door-to-door service like Grandma Mia does.
The opening ceremony ended at 11:00, and everyone returned to the dormitory. Entering the lobby on the first floor, Zhang Wei found that her roommates had all been seated at the long dining table, allowing them to finally meet face to face.
But everyone was looking at each other secretly, and no one spoke.
Tracy
Tracy Windsor broke the deadlock by speaking her name.
The girl sitting on her right looked around and said tentatively:
"Butch, uh, you can call me Butch"
She looked the youngest because she still had a little baby fat on her face and her hair was short chestnut-colored and ear-length, and looked very fluffy.
Then everyone introduced themselves again in order, and everyone officially got to know each other.
Butch, Alia, Nicola, Esther and Queenie live on the same floor as Zhang Wei, and the rest live on the third floor with Tracy.
At this time, Grandma Mia came over:
"Girls, how are you? Are you hungry? Lunch will be ready soon. I'm sure you'll enjoy it. I'll give you the class schedule and textbooks at 1 p.m. So, this is the plan for now. Remember?"
“Yes, thank you,” everyone answered.
Zhang Wei felt that it was really worry-free. It seemed that boarding schools were really different from each other.
She remembered when she first went to boarding school, there was no alarm clock, so she couldn't hear the bell when she fell asleep. When she woke up, she was the only one in bed in a room with eight people.
She put on her clothes in a panic, but buttoned the wrong thing. As soon as she got out of bed, the life teacher pulled her into the corridor and started scolding her.
She actually didn't hear what the life teacher said at that time. Her mind was blank at that moment. She only knew that when she was pulled into the classroom, the whole class burst into laughter. She lowered her head and looked at the wrong button on her lapel. She finally felt the gazes of the outside world. From then on, she became timid and afraid of all the gazes on her.
The strength and ability she gained from her hard work over the past few years allowed her to temporarily get rid of this fear, and now she and her eleven companions had to be prepared to face all kinds of gazes at any time.
Everyone was polite and distant at the moment. I have to say that Zhang Wei quite liked it. It felt pretty good to be in contact with all the smart people.
To be honest, the lunch did not meet Zhang Wei's expectations, but compared to the British food she had eaten before, it was indeed quite good.
The appetizer was walnut bread, and the main course was roasted tender lamb, which was cooked to perfection and still juicy. Only basil and salt were added. I can only say that the ingredients were fresh. The after-meal dessert was butter pudding, which had a mellow taste and was not very sweet.
Generally speaking, it is relatively healthy, but it has fewer vitamins and there is only one pear. I don’t know what other students eat, but overall it is okay.
After finishing the meal, Zhang Wei stood up with the plate in her hand. Seeing everyone looking at her in surprise, she suddenly felt stupid. She actually mistook this place for her old school cafeteria and was about to take the plate and put it away.
She was about to sit down when Alia finished eating, stood up with her plate and asked:
"Where's the kitchen? Where do we put them?"
“Maybe over there.”
Zhang Wei couldn't put it back at this time, so he pointed in the direction where the restaurant waiter had just brought the food and said.
Then she went with Alia to find a place to put the dishes.
After the two of them left the restaurant, Butch asked:
"Do we really need to deal with finished dishes? Where is the waiter?"
Tracy immediately stood up with the plate in hand: "We should do things ourselves."
Zhang Wei was right. The kitchen was over there. After they entered, a waiter looked at them in surprise and said:
"I remember pushing the dining cart over there. You should put it there after you finish eating!"
"But it's a good thing you knew to come over, otherwise it would be really rude to leave your own utensils on the table!"
So even though Devon is sometimes considerate, just like the teacher who led the team before, the school will not help you do things that you should do yourself, even something as small as putting away the tableware.
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