Chapter 203
Bai Haoyang and Wang Qianjin were so resentful. If their elders were not around, they would have given Qiu Zeming four words: value women over friends!
Disliked by the two tails, Qiu Zeming shamelessly requisitioned one of the bicycles and tied the luggage on it.
Zhou Jiani was looking at the gate of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and the welcome banner hanging above it, and resisted the urge to take a photo.
After Qiu Zeming packed his luggage, they entered the school gate.
The three men in military uniforms were particularly conspicuous when they walked into the school, and attracted a lot of attention when they reported to the registration office.
Many people's eyes fell on Zhou Jiani's face, showing their amazed admiration.
After registering and completing a series of formalities including food supply, I went to the dormitory to store my luggage.
Du Yunxin saw Zhou Jiani casually putting the meal ticket and dormitory key into her trouser pocket and reminded her worriedly, "Don't put them with your keys. They might slip out when you try to take them out."
Zhou Jiani hurriedly packed the things separately.
The dormitory was a six-person room. Zhou Jiani was not the first one to arrive. There were already two girls inside. They were packing their luggage. When they turned around, they saw a group of people rushing in. The two girls were startled.
Seeing they couldn't get anywhere, Bai Haoyang and Wang Qianjin shouted at the door, "Sister-in-law, we'll go wait downstairs..."
Zhou Jiani was greeting her roommates and didn't pay any attention to the two. Yu Wanxia turned around and waved at them in disgust, then went to look at Jiani's two roommates.
One was Liu Guixiang, who came from Shanxi Province; the other was Zhai Hong, a native of the capital.
Zhou Jiani introduced herself and exchanged a few words with her two roommates.
After greeting them, Zhai Hong glanced at Qiu Dongshu and Du Yunxin, paused at Du Yunxin's face, and then greeted cautiously, "Auntie, are you... a doctor?"
Du Yunxin nodded and smiled: "Yes, have you seen me?"
Zhai Hong smiled and said, "Two years ago, a relative of mine was hospitalized. I saw you when I went to visit him. I thought you looked familiar..."
"You have a really good memory." Du Yunxin opened the cakes in her hand and offered them to Liu Guixiang and Zhai Hong. She smiled and asked them to eat, "You will live in the same dormitory from now on. Please take care of each other."
"Is this your daughter?" Zhai Hong took the cake and thanked him. Qiu Zeming, who had just helped Zhou Jiani choose a bed and was about to pack her luggage, suddenly felt unhappy.
Du Yunxin laughed and said, "She's not a daughter, she's my future daughter-in-law."
Zhou Jiani also turned around and smiled and introduced Qiu Zeming, Aunt Du, Uncle Qiu and Yu Wanxia to the two of them.
Liu Guixiang, who was lying on the bed next to her, was stunned. She had just heard Zhou Jiani introduce her as coming from Chonghui Province, which meant she was from Chonghui and had found a partner who was from the capital. Her in-laws came to see her off on the first day of school, and there was a local friend next to them.
Comrade Zhou Jiani, what kind of interpersonal relationship is this!
The boyfriend is so handsome and considerate, helping to make the bedding and organize the boxes. The future mother-in-law is not annoyed at all, and even complains with a look of disgust on her face about her son being slow and not quick enough.
It wasn't that Qiu Zeming wasn't quick and agile. He had rushed on the road early in the morning to get such a new quilt and mattress, and hadn't washed his hands the whole morning. He was afraid of getting the quilt dirty, so he was a little hesitant.
After making the bedding and arranging their personal toiletries, Du Yunxin and Qiu Dongshu prepared to return to the unit.
Zhou Jiani said goodbye to her two roommates and saw Aunt Du and the others off.
Yu Wanxia had originally planned to accompany Zhou Jiani to stroll around the campus of Huazhong University of Science and Technology and appreciate the charm of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Now that Qiu Zeming came and only took a short morning off, they could not be a light bulb, so they prepared to call Bai Haoyang and others to leave together.
Similarly, because of Qiu Zeming's sudden appearance, Bai Haoyang and the others' plan to accompany him around Hua University and take the opportunity to call her "sister-in-law" was thwarted. However, he was reluctant to leave and shamelessly asked, "Brother Ming, you are so pressed for time. Would you like to stay for lunch?"
Qiu Zeming felt a pang of sadness.
His morning off included the time he would have to go back home, so he had no time to have lunch with Jiani. There was an apologetic look in his eyes.
Wang Qianjin chuckled and said, "Let's go for a walk with Wanxia. We won't be a third wheel for you two. At noon, we'll meet my sister-in-law by the Weiming Lake and go out for dinner together."
Qiu Zeming was even more upset. He had a rushed plan and wanted to take Zhou Jiani for a walk around the university so that Jiani could get familiar with the surrounding traffic and terrain. There was no time for them to visit the attractions on campus together.
He also wanted to hold his partner's hand and walk along the shore of Weiming Lake, and walk through every corner of the campus... But that was not practical, and time was too tight, and he couldn't relax and be romantic with Zhou Jiani.
He glared at Bai Haoyang and Wang Qianjin and said, "I'm taking Jiani for a walk outside the university."
Zhou Jiani asked Qiu Zeming about his approximate departure time and the bus he would take, and said to Bai Haoyang and the others, "Let's not go to Weiming Lakeside. Let's meet at the South Gate around 10:40."
"Okay, let's go shopping on our own."
As the two of them rode out, Qiu Zeming said, "Let's buy another bicycle. It will be convenient for us to ride around campus and go home on weekends."
Zhou Jiani wants to transport the bicycle she used to ride here and register it again, but she doesn’t know if it will be easy to do.
Qiu Zeming: "I'll find someone to arrange it."
Zhou Jiani thought about it and decided to stop him. She felt there was no need to use her connections and said, "Just buy a used one from here and sell it when you don't want to ride it anymore."
The bike at home will be left for Jiaping and Jiaan to ride after they go to middle school.
Qiu Zeming said, "Don't worry about it. I'll make a phone call when I get back and find someone to buy one. But a woman's one might be hard to come by, so I'll buy a 28-inch truck."
Zhou Jiani nodded: "That's fine."
After leaving the school gate, Qiu Zeming said, "In my left pocket, I have some national food coupons, cloth coupons, industrial coupons, and the allowances and bonuses I've saved up during this period. Take them out and leave me one dollar."
Zhou Jiani smiled and reached into his pocket, saying conscientiously, "Isn't one too little? How about leaving you two?"
The girl's small hands kept digging in his pockets, as if scratching his heart. Qiu Zeming's body stiffened, and the handlebars almost tilted. He tried to steady himself and said stiffly, "No, one dollar is enough."
With six cents, he can reunite with other comrades, and when he returns to the front line, he will have no place to spend money.
The embarrassing thing after handing over the money and notes on him was that when the two of them were walking in the alleys around the school and passed by several shops, he wanted to buy some snacks for his partner but he had no money on him.
Qiu Zeming stood there pushing the cart and said with difficulty, "Jia Ni, buy whatever you want to eat."
Zhou Jiani suppressed her smile and went to buy some cakes. She didn't plan to take any back home, so she handed them to Qiu Zeming and said with a smile in her eyes, "Take them with you and eat them on the way."
Qiu Zeming couldn't help laughing. No wonder those married comrades were secretly saving their own money. He was quite disgusted with it at the time, but now think about it, if the private money can also be used for his wife, then he can save it.
Well, I still have to keep some pocket money for the future.
Zhou Jiani didn't know what important decision her boyfriend had made while standing in this alley pushing the bike. The two of them walked forward and took a walk.
At ten o'clock, Zhou Jiani reluctantly sent Qiu Zeming to the bus stop.
Qiu Zeming saw the worry on his partner's face and the several times he hesitated to speak. He squeezed Zhou Jiani's hand and said gently, "Don't worry, I will remember your instructions and will be extra careful."
He turned and stepped to the side, blocking the oncoming car. He quickly lifted Zhou Jiani's hand and kissed the back of her hand. The bus stopped. Qiu Zeming said, "Go home. Stay for two nights this weekend."
Zhou Jiani nodded: "I understand, you should be more careful."
Du Yunxin had already told her to go home on Friday nights and ride her bike over on Monday mornings.
After watching Qiu Zeming leave, Zhou Jiani went to the school gate to meet up with Bai Haoyang and the others, and then went to a restaurant they had just seen to have lunch.
During the meal, Zhou Jiani asked about Sun Ping, and Wang Qianjin said, "Once she's settled in school, I'll bring her to meet my parents one weekend."
Although he received the notice late, school would only start in a few days, so Wang Qianjin planned to go there early so that it would be convenient for him to pick up Sun Ping at the station.
Zhou Jiani said: "Just let me know when you come over, and we can get together again."
After Yu Wanxia and the others left, Zhou Jiani made a phone call. She first called Qi Yang. While waiting for Liu Qin to call for help, she also called Qianjin Brigade and the county respectively.
Zhang Baosheng happened to be the one who picked her up from the Qianjin Brigade. He was very happy to hear that she had registered for school today. He also said, "Jiani, please leave me your address. If I have anything to ask you, it will be convenient for me to write to you."
Zhou Jiani didn't think much about it and left the address here.
No one answered the phone at the county office. The office must be empty. After hanging up and waiting for two minutes, Yu Huifang called back and asked about the admissions process, how many people were in the dormitory, and the food arrangements. Finally, she inquired about the Qiu family and asked her to convey her regards.
After finishing the call, I strolled back to the dormitory. As I reached the door, someone inside asked, "I applied for the Chinese Department, but somehow they switched me to the Economics Department. I don't even know what the Economics Department is."
Another voice said, "I also applied for the Chinese Department, but was transferred to the Economics Department."
Zhou Jiani pushed the door open and walked in. Besides Zhai Hong and Liu Guixiang, whom she had already met, there were three unfamiliar faces. They were all packing their luggage. When they heard the commotion, they paused and looked towards Zhou Jiani, their eyes slightly brightening. One of the shorter women murmured, "You're so beautiful... Are you from our dormitory?"
Zhou Jiani greeted with a smile: "Yes, we live in the same dormitory, hello."
Zhai Hong acted as a middleman, introducing them to each other, saying, "Comrade Jiani, you're back. Come on, come on, let's get to know each other..."
Through Zhai Hong's introduction, Zhou Jiani met three new roommates, namely Zhao Mingzhu from Hunan Province, Tian Yuan from Heilongjiang Province and Lv Minjuan from Henan Province.
When we met for the first time, everyone was enthusiastic and showed their most friendly side to each other.
Zhou Jiani took out the snacks that Aunt Du brought her and shared them out. Zhai Hong and Liu Guixiang had already eaten and felt embarrassed to eat more, so Zhou Jiani stuffed a piece into each of their hands and then went over to share among Zhao Mingzhu and the other three.
The three of them declined for a while, then took it with thanks. Tian Yuan took out the dried fruits he had brought and treated everyone to them. The others also took out the snacks they had brought, and the dormitory suddenly became lively.
Liu Guixiang belatedly spoke of Zhou Jiani's boyfriend: "...such a tall and handsome guy, I didn't even dare to look at him twice."
First, Qiu Zeming was good-looking, and as a grown-up girl, she felt embarrassed to stare at him; second, she felt that when Qiu Zeming didn't smile, he had a cold and oppressive aura that kept people at a distance, so she didn't dare to stare at him.
But after Zhou Jiani and the others left, she gossiped with Zhai Hong. In addition to gossiping about how good-looking Zhou Jiani's boyfriend was, she also gossiped about her parents-in-law who came with them to send Zhou Jiani to school.
This is very rare, and it can be seen that Jiani is not at all restrained in front of her in-laws and gets along with them very easily.
Zhai Hong smiled and said, "Jiani is pretty too. You haven't seen it. The two of them standing there are really pleasing to the eyes."
"Jiani is beautiful. I think she can be our school belle."
Tian Yuan was clamoring to know when she would see Zhou Jiani's boyfriend again. Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "He's back in the army. I'll treat everyone to a meal when he comes back next time."
Everyone responded with a clamor.
As they chatted, they talked about the situation in their department. Zhai Hong, who had heard the news from somewhere, said, "There are eighty people in our department, mostly men, and less than twenty women. The age gap is also quite large..."
The oldest is in his early thirties and the youngest is only 17 years old.
In their dormitory, the oldest is Lv Minjuan, 27 years old; the youngest is Zhao Mingzhu, 19.
Lv Minjuan took the initiative and said, "Comrades, I'm planning to run for class leader. I used to be the Party branch secretary of our brigade and have over two years of management experience... If anyone has any ideas, why don't we hold an internal meeting to discuss them?"
Zhou Jiani was stunned: Is it starting to get complicated now?
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