readsfreenovel Chapter 166 Almost Exposed
Chapter 166 Almost Exposed
Chapter 166 Almost Exposed
Qiu Huoming walked out of the narrow shop and headed to the street on the left. There were many shops selling daily necessities on Wusan Road. After all, there were two universities here, so daily necessities were still easy to sell.
Probably the customers are mostly students, so things are generally cheap. Qiu Huoming bought a map manual.
He bought five clothes hangers, some toiletries, two sets of dishes and chopsticks, and a pair of slippers. He wrapped these things in old newspapers and tied them together with thin ropes. He held the clothes hanger in one hand and clamped the newspaper at his elbow. After a while, the wind on the street became stronger.
He looked at the sky. The sky, which had been sunny and warm before, was now covered with dark clouds. He walked quickly towards the school.
Guangzhou is located in the subtropics as expected. The weather changes suddenly. As soon as he walked to the school gate, the rain started to fall. Seeing that it was getting heavier, he ran to the library not far away with his things in his arms.
We barely made it before the heavy rain started pouring down.
The door of the library was closed in the afternoon, but the side door was open. Qiu Huoming took a look and found that the sound of rain was a bit loud, covering up other sounds around.
Qiu Huoming waited at the door for a while, but the rain not only did not stop, but it got heavier. Even the eaves at the gate could not block the rain.
He stamped his feet where he was, probably because he drank too much soup and now he had to pee urgently. He turned around and walked quickly into the small door of the library.
Inside was a hall, empty and no one was there. Qiu Huoming looked at the toilet sign in the corridor. The toilets here were quite interesting. Looking at the icons, there were only men's toilets. For the women's toilet, there was an arrow curved upwards, so it should be on the second floor.
The newspaper in Qiu Huoming's hand was already half wet. He placed it on an empty chair at the toilet entrance. After entering the toilet, he found a partition and walked up to it. He was running water...
Suddenly, a surprised cry came from behind, "Oh, sorry, I went the wrong way."
When Qiu Huoming heard the woman's voice, he panicked and turned his head to look over, only to see a purple skirt quickly passing by the door.
Qiu Huoming secretly thanked his luck that he had his back to the door just now.
In those days, there were no urinals like those in later generations. They all had partitions of about one meter, with a water channel running through five or six stalls. There were no tall doors, and one could see the bottom at a glance by standing at the door.
He quickly washed his hands and looked out the door into the corridor.
The corridor was quiet and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Judging from the sounds coming from outside the window, the rain outside should have subsided. He carried his things and walked quickly towards the door.
The rain outside the door was indeed getting lighter, and before long, the rain suddenly stopped.
Qiu Huoming walked outside. There were some puddles on the ground. He carefully avoided them. The weather here was so unpredictable. He would have to buy an umbrella next time.
Ten minutes later, Qiu Huoming returned to the dormitory, put away the newly bought things, went to the bathroom, used the newly bought soap, took a cold shower, and immediately felt refreshed all over.
He scrubbed all the clothes at the sink. There was a clothesline behind the dormitory door, so he picked them up directly and hung them in the corridor to dry.
Then he went into the house, carrying the thermos to the water room to get some water. The water room was next to the cafeteria, very close to here.
As he approached the water pump, he saw an aunt in charge of the boiler. He looked up at the bill posted on the wall.
To get hot water, you need a water ticket issued by the school.
He was holding the empty thermos awkwardly. He heard his aunt's voice behind him, which was masked by the noise of the boiler. He walked quickly towards the office building.
After entering the office building, he walked familiarly to the door of the office that Teacher Xu had brought him to in the morning.
The door was open and Teacher Luo was standing at the window smoking.
Before he could say anything, Teacher Luo waved his hand and greeted him with a smile: "You're here pretty quickly, come in." Then he took a few deep puffs of the cigarette, walked to the table, and put out the cigarette butt in the ceramic ashtray.
He took out a lunch bag from the cupboard and explained to Qiu Huoming, "This is for holding dishes and chopsticks." Then he picked up a file bag from the table, opened it, and turned it over on the table. Two notebooks and a thick stack of bills fell out.
"It's not the official registration time yet, so I'll get your student ID and food and oil book first. The rest will have to wait. You can use these meal tickets, vegetable tickets, and water tickets first. When your scholarship and hardship allowance come in, I'll make up for the advances I've paid to you."
"Okay, thank you Teacher Luo." Qiu Huoming happily took out a water ticket, put the rest together and stuffed them into his lunch bag.
"You're welcome. Please sign for it." Teacher Luo pushed a notebook to him.
Qiu Huoming signed quickly.
"Are you used to it? With your student ID, you can go to the library to read. It's summer vacation now, and the library is open on the 2nd and 5th. When school officially starts, you can go and get a library card..."
"Okay." Qiu Huoming responded with a smile.
"Okay, let's go." Teacher Luo waved his hand.
Qiu Huoming said goodbye to Teacher Luo carrying his lunch bag and thermos, and walked leisurely towards the cafeteria.
With the meal tickets and vegetable tickets, I felt at ease.
It had just rained that day, and it was afternoon, so the air was a little cooler.
When he walked near the cafeteria, Qiu Huoming realized that there were actually quite a few people in the school. Several students, wearing old man's shirts and big shorts, dragging slippers and unkempt, came to get water with bottles.
Some students took a few extra glances at Qiu Huoming when they saw him.
Qiu Huoming's height makes him stand out from the crowd. The aunt in charge of hot water called Qiu Huoming and said, "My classmate, I called you just now and you didn't hear me. It's okay if you don't bring your water ticket. Just come back and give it to me."
Qiu Huoming grinned and said, "Thank you, Auntie. I understand."
After these episodes, Qiu Huoming was in a very good mood when he returned, and his favorable impression of this school increased a bit. If these people had been official, he would not have been able to live in the school at all if he arrived at the school early.
When I returned to the East 2 Dormitory, Dormitory Manager Chen was standing at the door twisting his waist. When he saw Qiu Huoming, he greeted him.
"Student Qiu, let's get some water..."
"Yes, Dormitory Manager Chen." Qiu Huoming stopped and asked, "Are there many people staying in our building during the summer vacation?"
"Not many. There are three on the second floor, one on the third floor, and two on the first floor..." Dormitory Manager Chen listed them all. "They are all your seniors."
"Why don't you go back during the summer vacation?" Qiu Huoming asked curiously.
"Work-study programs... some people don't want to go back. As long as it doesn't violate the rules, they can stay."
Qiu Huoming nodded in agreement, "Dorm Manager Chen, I'll go up first then."
As soon as he reached the second floor and walked into the corridor, he heard the sound of water running in the bathroom in front. He opened the dormitory door, put down the thermos, and then sorted out his documents and put them in the drawer. He then took out some bills he had used in the past two days and locked the rest in the drawer.
He looked at his watch. It was not yet 4 o'clock. He lifted the mosquito net, sat down on the edge of the bed and lay back. He looked at the slightly drooping top of the mosquito net and felt the bed.
Then he sat up again, put the bowls and chopsticks he bought today and the lunch box he brought from home into the basin, held the basin in his hand, and walked quickly towards the bathroom.
(The bathroom actually doesn’t have any tiles, just a cement sink. The picture comes from the Internet)
All these need to be washed, and then you can go to the canteen to get food in the evening.
When I entered the bathroom, I saw a thin, dark-skinned boy scrubbing clothes diligently, with the sound of water flowing.
Qiu Huoming sat a few seats away from him and started washing the dishes.
"Which classmate's relative are you? Is this your first time here?" The boy seemed to be quite familiar with the place and asked in Cantonese.
His Cantonese was mixed with the Chaozhou accent, and he had a bit of a lisp. Qiu Huoming responded, "I'm a freshman."
"You speak Mandarin? Are you from Hainan?"
In 1982, Hainan’s administrative planning still belonged to the old Guangzhou.
Qiu Huoming shook his head, "I'm from another province."
The boy showed a hint of hesitation, and then asked: "Do you understand Cantonese?"
"I can listen but not speak." Qiu Huoming said modestly.
"I see. My name is Zhou Haifu. What's your name?"
"Autumn fire is bright."
The other person started twisting his pants and was too busy to talk.
Qiu Huoming washed the dishes and lunch boxes, spun them dry, and put them back in the basin. "Student Zhou, I'm going home."
"Okay, goodbye." Zhou Haifu put the wrung-out clothes under the faucet again and started washing them for the second time.
The clothes hanging in the corridor were still floating in the air. He reached out and touched them. His dacron shirt was almost dry, but his pants were still wet.
Qiu Huoming put down the washbasin and stretched. Although he fell asleep on the train, it was not a restful sleep. Today, he was settled in the dormitory and could have a good sleep.
He walked to the window and looked at the East Lake not far away. The environment here was really nice. When he had nothing to do tomorrow, he would take a walk around the school to see what was there.
He pulled a chair over and sat down, unsealed the map, opened it, and found the page about Guangzhou. He had nothing to do in the next few days, so he planned to go to Wulin magazine and talk to Editor Ke about making changes to the article.
He slid his fingers, searching for the address of the editorial office in his memory, and soon found it.
The distance was not close, and he calculated that it would take about an hour and a half by bus.
There are few buses near the school, and there is only one bus, No. 22, going back and forth. When you reach the city center, you have to change buses.
This map was issued in 1980. Many of the administrative plans in it are different from those in later generations. Qiu Huoming looked through it with great interest.
Guangzhou is located in the south, and the sun sets earlier in summer than in the north.
The sky was gradually getting dark, and a familiar voice came from the door, "Student Qiu, let's go to the cafeteria to get food together?"
Qiu Huoming turned his head and saw that it was Zhou Haifu. He was standing at the door with a lunch bag in his hand, looking inside curiously.
He asked, "Are you alone?"
Qiu Huoming stood up, took his lunch bag, stuffed his lunch box and a set of bowls and chopsticks into it, and said, "I'm here early. Registration hasn't started yet! Let's go..."
Qiu Huoming took out the key from his pocket and locked the door.
The big cafeteria was not open, but the small cafeteria on the second floor was open. There were already several people who looked like students sitting inside, eating.
Qiu Huoming moved closer to the serving window and scanned the dishes.
Meal tickets are only used to buy rice. According to the actual amount used, Qiu Huoming bought 4 liang of rice. The aunt in the cafeteria was very generous and the rice in the lunch box could hardly be covered. Then he used the vegetable ticket to buy 3 cents of Anhui fish meat and 2 cents of meatballs and vegetables.
The dish couldn't fit into one bowl, so the rest was poured onto the rice.
Qiu Huoming sat down at an empty table with a plate full of food. After a while, Zhou Haifu also came over.
He sat down opposite him and said with some envy: "Auntie was really kind to you. Look at my fish pieces. Her hands were shaking so badly... she only missed three pieces."
Qiu Huoming smiled. He recalled many anecdotes about the cafeteria aunt in later generations. "Student Zhou, why don't you put some food in my bowl?"
Zhou Haifu seemed to be from a fairly well-off family. Like Qiu Huoming, he also ordered two meat dishes. "Forget it, this is enough for me."
The two chatted while eating. Zhou Haifu was from Chaozhou. He was in the same department as Qiu Huoming. He was one year older than Qiu Huoming, class of 81.
"I don't know if there are any pretty junior sisters at your level..." Zhou Haifu said with anticipation.
"Brother Zhou, are there few girls in your class?"
Zhou Haifu nodded vigorously and asked, "Look at the students eating in the cafeteria, are there any girls?"
Qiu Huoming took a quick look and shook his head.
"That's right, our Institute of Technology is a well-known Buddhist temple..."
Qiu Huoming suddenly felt melancholy. When he thought about the next four years, where his class would be filled with a bunch of men glaring at each other, the food in his mouth no longer tasted good.
He asked with a dull look, "Brother Zhou, how many people are there in your class?"
"42 people, 5 girls..." Senior Brother Zhou replied solemnly.
"Our Radio Department is called Department 5. There are five classes in total, and every class is like this!" he exclaimed.
Qiu Huoming finished the last grain of rice, put the bowl and chopsticks into the lunch box, picked up the lunch bag and said, "It's okay, we can have a social event with the neighboring school. I don't believe that the neighboring school is full of monks!"
Two people, one in front and one behind, took the dishes and went to the sink to wash the dishes.
"The term 'socializing' is new to me. Hey, Qiu Huoming, why don't you come to the student union to work? I will definitely welcome you with open arms. As for this...socializing, I think it is very necessary!"
Zhou Haifu said as he rinsed the bowl.
The Student Union is the student organization that is easiest to deal with teachers and school leaders. In addition, the School of Engineering has a tradition that well-known professors go to companies to provide assistance every week. This is also an opportunity to easily get to know bigwigs from the outside world.
The first three words that came to Qiu Huoming’s mind were: Canton Fair.
"Hey, Senior Brother Zhou, tell me how to get into the Student Union."
"You asked the right question. I will recommend a student union cadre to you when school starts. There are three ways to join the student union. The first is to be recommended by a member, the second is to be appointed by the school leaders, and the third is to be elected by students."
"Okay, then I'll go give it a try."
"If he doesn't recommend you, I will go and lobby my classmates to vote for you. Just for the word 'fraternity', I guarantee you'll get elected with a majority of votes..." A smile appeared on Zhou Haifu's dark and thin face.
Friendship between men came out of nowhere, and after just a short while, Zhou Haifu already seemed to be treating Qiu Huoming as a friend.
On the way back, I told him several things that needed attention.
Back on the second floor, he pointed to Room 207 across the street and said, "Here, I live in that room."
Qiu Huoming stopped and suddenly asked, "Brother Zhou, I forgot to ask you, why don't you go back home during the summer vacation?"
Zhou Haifu smiled slightly and said, "I can't tell you now. I'll tell you secretly some other day."
Qiu Huoming seemed to be thinking about something. "Okay, I'll go back then."
When Qiu Huoming returned to the dormitory, he pressed the switch and a huge flying insect flew towards him, scaring him. He immediately took a few quick steps, closed the window, turned around and killed the flying insect with the magical power of his shoe sole.
It seems that I need to install a screen window.
After sitting in a chair and reading for a while, Qiu Huoming felt so sleepy that he turned off the light before going to bed and then opened the window.
The evening breeze was still hot. Qiu Huoming opened the mosquito net and lay down on the bed. He fell asleep almost as soon as he touched the pillow...
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