Chapter 6: No water for bathing, I am dying
Longchang Academy implements a boarding system. Students can choose whether to live on campus at the beginning of each month. There are male and female dormitories in the academy. Boys live in Linfengyuan and girls live in Qingyayuan, separated by a high wall.
The study room accommodates four people, and Zhu Lan, Qiao Youyou, Qin Yuwei and Xiao Wan live in one room.
In the middle of the library is a courtyard paved with blue bricks. On the right side are several houses arranged neatly. On the left side of the courtyard is a high wall with roses planted along the base.
Even the students in Class T were assigned dormitories and lived in the farthest and most inconvenient locations.
Moreover, the tables and chairs in the study were extremely old, and many other daily necessities were unusable, which showed how unwelcome they were.
The study had a shared bed system where four girls slept side by side on a stone kang.
There were only three mattresses on the stone kang in the room for four people.
As soon as Zhu Lan came back, he heard Qiao Youyou sighing, "Yuwei is so unlucky. Her family is so poor that they didn't even pay for her mattress..."
Qin Yuwei is a rich second-generation, a popular star, and worth over 100 million. I didn't expect that after traveling through time, I would worry about the money for a mattress!
Xiao Wan quietly suggested that the three of them put the mattresses together. The girls had slender figures, so perhaps four people could squeeze in.
After a few tries, they gave up because the mattress was too narrow and not enough for four people to sleep on.
Qin Yuwei smiled bitterly: "Forget it, it's too late to go down the mountain to buy it now, I'll just lie on the table to get by for the night."
Zhu Lan disagreed. There was no air conditioning in ancient times, and it would be cold at night. It would be troublesome if someone got sick.
She recalled from the book that students' daily necessities could be purchased from the dormitory warden's office.
When Qiao Youyou heard this, she patted her chest and said that she had a lot of money, and dragged Qin Yuwei to find the dormitory supervisor to buy a mattress.
"Lanlan, let's go get some water, otherwise it will be too late." Xiao Wan whispered to Zhu Lan that the hot water in the academy is in limited supply and if it's too late, we might not be able to get it.
The two of them carried buckets to get hot water.
The dormitory supervisor of Qingyayuan is named Xu, a woman in her forties.
Qiao Youyou and Qin Yuwei found her and explained the situation. When they heard that the two were from Class T, Supervisor Xu raised his eyelids and said in a sarcastic tone:
"There's only one mattress left. You guys really know how to pick the right time."
She found the mattress from the warehouse.
At this time, two female students, one tall and one short, pushed the door open and strode in. They were Zhao Wenyuan and Xue Mei from Class C.
"Master Xu, Senior Sister Zhu forgot to buy bedding. I remember you still have some."
Zhao Wenyuan saw that Shejian Xu was holding a mattress in his hand and smiled: "Oh, you are quite quick to get the news. It's already prepared."
Qiao Youyou stopped her and said, "We came here first. We bought this mattress."
Zhao Wenyuan glanced at the badge and sneered:
"T-shift? If you don't have any sleep, go home early and give the resources to the useful people. Do you understand?"
Xue Mei gently pulled her and stepped forward and said:
"Two junior sisters, Senior Sister Zhu from Class C has just arrived. She is not in good health and is easily affected by colds. I see that you are strong and healthy, so it is no big deal for you to squeeze in on the bed for a night..."
"What are you talking about? Just because she has a lot of problems, we have to give in to her? Why?" Qiao Youyou did not give in at all.
Zhao Wenyuan shouted, "She is also your senior sister, how can she not even follow such rules? She is totally uneducated!"
"Say that again!?"
"Just say it, you are not worthy of using this mattress!" Zhao Wenyuan said, and went to take the bedding from the dormitory supervisor.
I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but when Supervisor Xu loosened his grip, the mattress fell into Zhao Wenyuan’s arms.
Qiao Youyou was not willing to give in and went up to grab it, and the two of them pulled each other back and forth like they were playing tug-of-war.
Qin Yuwei couldn't stop her.
"mine!"
"It's obviously mine!"
With a "hiss", the mattress broke and a big hole was torn. Cotton fluff flew all over Xu Shejian.
"Get out, both of you. You will all be punished severely!" Supervisor Xu spat out the cotton wool in his mouth, and his face turned as black as charcoal.
"Xu, the warden."
A sweet female voice sounded at the door. Everyone turned around and saw a pretty female student in school uniform walking in.
It was the heroine of the original book, Zhu Qingyan.
Zhu Qingyan didn't even look at the others. She walked up to Xu Shejian and gently pulled her sleeve with her small hand. "It's all Qingyan's fault. Don't be angry, Xu Shejian. Junior Sister Zhao and Junior Sister Xue are also trying to take care of me..."
When Shejian Xu saw Zhu Qingyan, his expression immediately softened.
This is the "little child prodigy" who was admitted to Class 2, Grade C as an exception upon admission, and the news has spread throughout the academy.
Zhu Qingyan looked at the torn mattress on the ground and said obediently, "It doesn't matter if it's torn. It's Qingyan's fault for causing everyone to worry."
As he said this, he went to pick up the mattress.
Supervisor Xu looked at her with emotion. She was a child prodigy and so considerate. How could other people live like this?
"Wait a minute."
Supervisor Xu turned around and went into the inner dormitory, bringing out a mattress that was somewhat different from the one in the students' study.
"This is my mattress. You can use it first. A new mattress will arrive tomorrow. Liu Caiban is not here tonight, so I can sleep with her."
"How can this be possible!" Zhu Qingyan kept making excuses, but Supervisor Xu insisted, saying that if she caught a cold at night, it would affect her studies.
After a struggle, Zhu Qingyan finally walked away holding Xu Shejian's mattress.
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Zhu Lan and Xiao Wan went to the water room to get hot water. After waiting for a long time, they received two buckets of lukewarm water.
Xiao Wan, who is so good-tempered, couldn't help but complain: "With this little hot water, how can it be enough for the four of us to take a bath?"
The academy's water room would boil hot water in a copper pot at dusk. Each library could receive two buckets of water every day. I thought we had to queue up to get water, but I didn't expect it to be based on class order!
No matter how early they arrived, they still had to wait, and by the time it was their turn, the water had already cooled down.
Zhu Lan remained silent. Even a small academy could be divided into different levels of hierarchy. This was the cruelty of ancient society.
She had long since faced the reality. If she wanted to live a good life, she had to stand high!
When I returned to the door of the study, I heard Qiao Youyou's cursing voice coming from inside the door, mixed with a few English swear words.
Zhu Lan and the other man pushed the door open and saw the torn mattress, and couldn't help but frown.
While the water was still wet, the four of them wiped their bodies with cloths dipped in warm water while listening to Qiao Youyou cursing as she recounted what had just happened.
Girls all like to be clean, and such a sloppy cleaning made them all feel very painful. Coupled with the incident with the mattress, their mood was extremely bad.
"You all look down on others. There is not a single good person in this shabby academy!" Qiao Youyou cursed.
"I don't have to wait until the day off to go home and take a shower, right? Help me, I want to die..." Qin Yuwei also looked like she had lost all hope in life.
Sleeping on the table is bearable, but not taking a shower for five days is more painful than killing her!
Xiao Wan pursed her lips and said nothing, her eyes red.
Zhu Lan also felt a tingling sensation on his scalp. If he wanted to get out of this predicament, he had to pass the T-class exam, but the next exam was still a month away.
If this goes on, everyone will collapse before the exam!
She suddenly remembered what Qiao Youyou had just said and asked:
"Youyou, what's the last name of the dorm supervisor you mentioned just now?"
"Xu, Xu means middle-aged woman! I want to vomit when I think of her old face now." Qiao Youyou made a "yue" expression.
Supervisor Xu... Zhu Lan touched his chin and remembered something.
Suddenly he raised his eyes and gave them a mysterious smile, he already had a plan in mind.
"Don't worry, starting tomorrow, I promise we can take a hot bath every day!"
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