She woke up with a dry mouth and throat, and after running a lap, she was incredibly thirsty. Seeing the boys drinking cold water directly from the hand pump made her grit her teeth and feel uncomfortable.
"Wow, that's some serious physical fitness!"
She couldn't do that. Luckily, she always carried her military water bottle with her. After finishing her morning exercises, she took it to the classroom. She knew that not drinking water before morning reading would kill her, so she gulped down more than half of the bottle, leaving the students next to her stunned.
In the sweltering summer heat, it's easy to get a sore throat if you don't drink enough water. Even though it's just cooled boiled water, it's still better than freshly drawn, ice-cold well water. Drinking straight from the tap is something only brave people do.
People usually can't eat when they first wake up in the morning, unless they didn't eat last night and have been hungry ever since, in which case their stomachs will definitely be growling.
For example, she could hear the boy next to her having a rumbling stomach.
After evening self-study, he was the fastest runner. Tang Su made up an excuse and separated from his roommate.
It wasn't that she was being fussy; it was just that the breakfasts at school were really not worth eating. They were either vegetable buns with thin soup or just some pickled vegetables mixed with cornbread. Occasionally, they would steam a dozen or so cornbread buns, but if you went late, they would be gone. Just thinking about how crowded the cafeteria was, she simply gave up, found a quiet corner, and secretly went into her spatial dimension.
She peeled a boiled egg and ate it first, followed by sticky white rice porridge with cold seaweed salad. The porridge also contained corn kernels, red dates, and peanuts, which she cooked in her spare time specifically for breakfast.
The freezer also contained spring rolls, glutinous rice shumai, steamed dumplings, fried dough sticks, steamed buns, wontons, and other semi-finished products. In her previous life, her parents had strictly forbidden her from eating these things, but now they were all delicious, and she found them very tasty to eat once a week.
It's so quick to eat a ready-made meal. She's already finished eating and gone back to her dorm, but none of her roommates have come back yet!
Taking advantage of the fact that there were fewer people washing up at this time, I quickly got some hot water to wash my hair.
While she was washing her hair, the people in the next dorm kept staring at her. She thought there was something on her face, but then they came over and asked her.
"Hey, is your shampoo any good? It smells amazing! Can I try some?"
A small tub of Seagull brand blue paste shampoo, weighing one pound, costs three yuan and is enough for her to use for more than half a year. She likes this kind of affordable package, which can only be bought with industrial coupons, and it's not easy to get it.
She knew that many girls around her still used soap to wash their hair, and that after washing, their hair would feel rough and brittle, not smooth at all, and it was not as good as washing with wood ash!
When I was little, I used both wood ash and soap. It wasn't until I started school that I started using shampoo. My mother was very frugal in this regard; she never saw anyone in her family use shampoo, which shows how luxurious it was.
She didn't care much about her hair at home, but once she started school, she felt she needed to take good care of it. She never expected that someone would try to take advantage of her shampoo.
She tilted her head and looked at the girl, but couldn't help laughing when she realized she didn't recognize her.
"This is the Seagull brand. It costs three yuan per bucket plus an industrial coupon. You can check it out at the supply and marketing cooperative. There are other cheaper brands as well. I think it works well and has strong cleaning power. You might as well buy it and give it a try."
As for using hers, he pretended not to hear it, but the girl was persistent and stood there waiting.
There were no hair dryers back then, so after washing your hair, you would just use a towel to dust it off. When she tossed her hair back and looked up at the girl's hair, she immediately got goosebumps.
Good heavens, no wonder she kept scratching herself, it was so annoying to hear. Turns out she had so many lice on her head, it looked terrifying.
Xiao Jiu picked up her own basin, grabbed her own shampoo, and left, watching her warily as she went.
"I suggest you get rid of the lice on your head first, otherwise using more shampoo will be a waste, and those things are hard to wash off."
The girl's dirty face flushed instantly, and when she looked down, Xiao Jiu saw her neck, which was as dirty as a tire track, and subconsciously frowned.
When it was time for class, my hair was still not very dry. That's when I understood why so many girls cut their hair when they entered junior high or high school. It's so uncomfortable because it's hard to dry.
It wasn't until the end of the first get out of class that I felt my hair was almost dry, so I quickly tied it up with a hair tie.
Tying my hair up in a high ponytail instantly makes me feel more energetic.
At noon, my roommate and I went to the cafeteria to get lunch. When we saw that it was sorghum rice, we didn't mind and got a serving. We also ordered some shredded potatoes. It was a meal we could make do with. We all carried our lunchboxes back to the dormitory together because we had a two-hour break at noon.
When the topic of lice appeared, the other roommates were taken aback and then showed each other their heads.
"Quick, check if I have any here."
Fortunately, after checking around, they found that their roommates didn't have it, but considering that the neighboring house wasn't far from them, Xiaojiu made a suggestion.
"When the weather gets nice, bring your bedding out to air it out and beat it a lot. Wash your hair every three days. If anyone feels itchy, tell us right away. These things spread really fast, and you can't guard against them. You might get bitten by lice instead of mosquitoes tonight."
Kids these days, who hasn't seen lice? They find them incredibly annoying. Not to mention the girl next door, even many elderly people and children in the family have lice on them.
Because of Xiao Jiu's words, their dormitory and the neighboring dormitory immediately drew a line between themselves. Whenever one of them came over, everyone would treat it as a major threat and pull them to the door. This caused both parties to feel uncomfortable and to deeply resent the girl who came over with lice.
But some people are just naturally unclean. No matter what you say to them, they will still do as they please, and their slovenliness is disgusting.
In the sweltering summer, which girl doesn't shower? But she doesn't. With so many lice on her head every day, she's always trying to take advantage of others. The worst part is that she doesn't even realize how smelly she is, which affects all the girls in the dorm. After just a few days, they couldn't stand it anymore and went directly to the dorm manager to ask to change dorms. They said they wouldn't live with her anymore, because if they stayed any longer, they would despise themselves.
There is such lice powder available on the market, but it costs money, and I'm afraid I might not be able to control the dosage properly. If something goes wrong, who will be responsible?
Now, because of this one girl, the entire row of girls is ostracizing her. Wherever she goes, everyone subconsciously keeps their distance, holds their breath, and looks at her with disgust.
But some people are just naturally thick-skinned and don't care at all, which made the boys in the class find out and they all went over to ridicule her.
Despite all precautions, they still couldn't prevent it. When the first louse appeared in Xiaojiu's dormitory, everyone was horrified and rushed to their beds to look for it. After searching the beds, they looked for hair and clothes, eventually crushing seven or eight lice to death.
But no one thought that was the end of it, because it meant that lice had already jumped into their dorm room. If the lice population grew, they would be the ones suffering...
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