The formalities were completed quickly, and the female teacher took Tian Cai to get bedding and a kettle. The two of them pushed the cart to the dormitory, which was in the alley behind the school. There was a small courtyard at the entrance, and the teachers of the school lived in the alley.
As for the size of each courtyard, they are all about the same. Tian Cai is used to living alone and likes quietness, so he chose the courtyard closest to the inside.
“The environment is very good, and it’s quite far from the playground, so it’s not noisy at all.”
Shen Dan said.
It was only at this time that Tian Cai found out that the teacher who helped her with the paperwork was called Chen Dan. She was an assistant teacher in the college. Her daily work mostly involved helping to correct students' homework and assisting professors in teaching.
"You're so young! I initially thought you were just an assistant teacher like me. I never thought you could handle things on your own!" Chen Dan, a passionate person, felt like she and Tian Cai had become familiar after just a few words. She covered her face and sighed, "I wonder when I'll be able to be like you!"
Tian Cai had no way of responding to this, so he just smiled and said nothing.
After Chen Dan handed the key to the courtyard to Tian Cai, she went back. She had to tell the dean that the person he was waiting for had arrived.
Tian Cai stood in the yard and looked around the small courtyard. It was about the same size as his house in Kaoshan Village, but there was no backyard. The yard was paved with red bricks, and there was a small garden of three meters square against the wall. It was not spring yet, and there was nothing inside except soil.
There is a faucet in the yard, and as for going to the toilet, you have to go to the public toilet in this area.
This made Tian Cai feel very inconvenient.
There are three rooms. You can see that one is the kitchen, one is the bedroom, and the other one has nothing in it. It can be used as a living room or study.
It’s almost like being penniless.
Tian Cai could understand this situation. If this place had always been where professors and teachers lived, it would have been smashed and looted, leaving only an empty bucket.
Tian Cai found paper and pen in the luggage he brought with him, and walked around while thinking about what to buy.
She didn't plan to buy new furniture, so she could go to the scrap yard. There should be quite a few second-hand cabinets, tables and chairs. She could just pick out the ones that caught her eye. The bedding and kettle had already been received, so she still needed to buy some utensils for eating.
At this time, apart from the cafeteria, there are no other restaurants for me to eat. If I miss the meal time, I can only come back and make do with something I can eat.
Tian Cai wrote a whole page in a very eloquent manner. Seeing that it was already two o'clock, he hurriedly took the money, locked the door and went out.
Not long after she left, Dean Wu came down accompanied by Shen Dan.
"That's it!" Chen Dan said, pointing to the innermost courtyard.
But when they got closer, they saw that the door was locked. "Oh, Director Tian must have gone out to buy something. I see the backpack she brought isn't that big, so she must have a lot of things to prepare."
Dean Wu looked around and said, "Then go back first. I'll come back tomorrow."
Tian Cai asked someone for the location and took the bus to the nearest scrap yard.
There are two scrap yards next to each other. One is full of large pieces of furniture, such as tables, chairs, beds, etc., and the other is full of small scraps, such as books, decorations, and bottles and jars.
In his previous life, Tian Cai had heard that many people went to the scrap yard to pick up bargains, and even several medical books of the Tian family were picked out by Grandpa Tian from the scrap pile. It's not that there are no good things in it, it just depends on whether you have the eyesight.
When it comes to antiques, Tian Cai knows his own weight, and she definitely can't tell the difference, so she doesn't even consider that aspect and goes straight to the furniture.
Tian Cai chatted with the old man at the door for a few words and asked about the rules before entering the yard.
Tables, chairs and benches are charged according to their size, and those who need help and cannot move them can find someone to provide paid services to help deliver them.
She wandered around for a long time and finally set her sights on a bookshelf with an antique design. Tian Cai measured the size and felt that the room would fit it perfectly.
The bookshelf was made of wood. Cai Tian didn't know what kind of wood it was made of, but she felt that it felt very good. Moreover, she had a sensitive nose and always felt that it exuded a faint fragrance.
Afterwards, she picked out a desk of the same material and a few cabinets. After settling the bill with the old man who was guarding the door, she was told that they would definitely be delivered that day and that he would help her move them into the house.
Tian Cai looked at the time, asked the old man about the nearby supply and marketing cooperative, and continued shopping.
Because someone was going to deliver furniture to her house today, Tian Cai didn't dare stay outside for long and went back after buying things. Not long after she got home, someone pushed a cart to deliver the things.
The visitors were a pair of brothers with simple and honest faces. When they saw that the customer was such a beautiful girl, their faces immediately blushed. Without Tian Cai saying anything, they helped to carry the furniture in.
Tian Cai raised his eyebrows, thanked him and then sent him away.
After that, she fetched water and washed things up, and it was already past eight o'clock when she finished. She then cooked some noodles, ate them, and went to bed.
Tian Cai didn't bring much this time, and she had mailed a lot of things to Qiu Xiaohuan in advance. She just needs to find time to pick them up in the next few days.
The next day, Tian Cai went out again after breakfast.
It wasn't until she went to bed last night that she realized she had forgotten about the curtains, so she had to go to the supply and marketing cooperative today to get some cloth to make one.
But before that, she had to call Qiu Xiaohuan to let her know she was coming.
Qiu Xiaohuan sold her job at the machinery factory years ago. The factory originally wanted her to keep it and come back to work after finishing college. By then, her position would definitely be higher than the current one, and they also said that the factory would not treat her unfairly.
But Qiu Xiaohuan still refused. To be honest, she had no interest in working in the machinery factory. She had taken the exam here just to return to the city with a legitimate license. Now that she had been admitted to university, how could she possibly keep her job?
But no one in the Qiu family needed this job, and Qiu Xiaohuan didn't want to hand it over to the relatives who had taken advantage of her when she went to the countryside, so she simply found someone to sell it to.
It sold for a full thousand yuan!
So Qiu Xiaohuan felt that she had become the rich woman that Tian Cai mentioned!
When Qiu's mother answered the phone, Qiu Xiaohuan had just put the toothbrush in her mouth. When she heard that Tian Cai had arrived in Beijing, she was so excited that she swallowed all the foam in her mouth.
"Just wait for me there, I'll be there soon!"
Qiu Xiaohuan shouted from a distance, quickly washed up, grabbed a piece of clothing and ran away with her bag.
"This child, how come he is still so impulsive!" Looking at the mess by the pool, Mother Qiu scolded with a smile, but since Tian Cai came to Beijing, she had to tell the child's father to see if she wanted to invite him home for dinner or something.
"Cai Cai!" Qiu Xiaohuan's eyes were filled with tears when she saw the figure at the library door that she hadn't seen for several years.
Tian Cai also saw Qiu Xiaohuan and waved to her.
"You liar! You said you would come to see me at the machinery factory, but you haven't been here once in all these years!"
Tian Cai smiled, "Then it's here now."
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