274 Goodbye Zhuoxue (Part 1)
Zhuo Xue attended Zhongzhou Normal University. Ninety-five of the students came from the province, and far more than half of the students in Zhongzhou City were. Compared with other universities, the proportion of students studying in normal schools is very high among the poor districts, counties, towns, and rural areas, because normal schools will reduce many related fees.
When Zhuo Xue arrived at Zhongzhou Normal University, Lou Zhengyong had already brought his wife and children to Zhongzhou city. His wife also arranged a job in the school-run factory, and her son arranged to join the Affiliated Primary School of No. 7 Middle School. Lou Zhengyong and his wife have always liked the niece's well-behaved and sensible nature. As soon as she arrived in Zhongzhou, she took her home for a few days. Lou Zhengyong's wife was also buying a lot of clothes for Zhuo Xue. Although it was not the most expensive, they all said that the style was novel and kept up with the trend. She told Zhuo Xue that after all, it was different when she entered university, and she should not wear it too simple. For girls, it is natural to dress up a little.
Lou Zhengyong knew that there were also many snobbish students in the university. He was afraid that his kind and honest niece would be looked down upon and excluded. So on the second weekend after school, he went to Zhongzhou Normal University, called a company's business car, and pulled Zhuo Xue's classmates to the Zhuangyuan Building to invite them to have a good meal. From then on, Zhuo Xue's roommates knew that she had a generous and rich uncle. When she was joking, they said when she would kill him again.
In the afternoon, I received a call from my uncle, saying that someone was coming to the school to find her. Zhuo Xue ran back to the dormitory after class. Several girls in the same dormitory asked her in surprise why she didn't study in the library today. When she heard that Lou Zhengyong was coming, they smiled and said that they wanted to go and have a meal.
At half past five, Zhuo Xue received a paging from downstairs. The two girls she had a good time also picked up lunch boxes and walked downstairs to the cafeteria together, jokingly saying that if there was any possibility of getting a good meal, you don’t have to go to the damn cafeteria.
Zhuo Xue and the other two walked to the door of the dormitory. Zhuo Xue was looking for his uncle everywhere. When she heard someone calling him his name, she turned her head and saw the boy with a tall figure, short head, bright eyes, and a smile on his lips, standing at the door. For some reason, his heart jumped up.
Seeing Zhuo Xue standing there stupidly, Jiang Zhihan chuckled, "Why? Don't know each other anymore?"
Zhuo Xue came back to her senses and asked, "Why are you here? ... Where is your uncle?"
Jiang Zhihan said: "Your uncle... tell you, he is coming?"
Zhuo Xue couldn't help but stomp her feet, "That's true, my uncle doesn't make it clear." She turned her head and saw two good friends looking at her with interest, with smiles in her eyes and a slightly hot face. She asked, "Why are you... not in Qingzhou?"
Jiang Zhihan smiled and said, "I skipped school."
Liu Yi next to her is a girl from Zhongzhou city, and she has always been eloquent. She smiled and said, "Did you skip school and come for a date?"
Zhuo Xue hated her and said angrily: "What are you talking about?"
Liu Yi disagreed and said very casually: "I want to date us Zhuo Xue, but I have to bribe us first. How about I invite you to have supper?"
Jiang Zhihan smiled slightly and looked at Zhuo Xue.
Zhuo Xue said angrily: "Don't listen to her nonsense, she's just like that."
Jiang Zhihan shook his head and invited him, "Let's go and have a meal together."
The two girls happily left the lunch box in the communication room. One on the left and the other on the right held Zhuo Xue's arm and whispered in her ear: "Today, this light bulb is settled, let's help you investigate. Sister Xue is too kind and easy to be deceived."
Zhuo Xue has been to the normal school and still maintains her previous study habits. She is the hardest-working one in the dormitory when she gets up early and comes back late. Although she has a pretty face, especially her big talking eyes, and there are many boys who want to pursue her, she seems to be only focused on studying and never have any ideas about this. Today, a boy suddenly seems to fall from the sky and is intimate with her. It is no wonder that the gossip souls of Liu Yi and Chen Xiuya are burning wildly.
After getting off the stairs in front of the dormitory building, a silver-gray car parked on the side of the road. Jiang Zhihan opened the car door very gentlemanly and invited three girls into the back seat.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Jiang Zhihan asked Zhuo Xue: "Where do you want to eat?"
Zhuo Xue said: "Ah?...I don't know, we rarely go out to eat, we all eat in the cafeteria."
Jiang Zhihan knew that Zhuo Xue had always been sensible and simplified, and should have known very little about the places to eat, so he asked the other two girls: "Misses, what do you like?"
Liu Yijiao smiled and said, "We will follow the guests as you please, just take care of the food."
Jiang Zhihan is now an insider in the catering industry and knows very well-known restaurants in various places in Zhongzhou. He said: "How about you go and try Deyuelou?" Deyuelou has three branches in Zhongzhou. This one in the university district was two years earlier than the one in which Jiang Zhihan recruited to the front of No. 7 Middle School.
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In the private room, Liu Yi was telling Zhuo Xue's hard work vividly. The girls' dormitory was locked at 10:45 pm, while the library and teaching building were rushing people at 10:00 pm. In order to have a place to read books at 10:00 and 10:30, Zhuo Xue searched for a week everywhere and finally found a classroom where the lights were not turned off at night. It seemed to be for students in the senior school department of architecture. Since then, she always stepped on the closed doors to go back to the dormitory, and early in the morning, just after six o'clock, she went out to study.
In the department, Zhuo Xue has two nicknames: the girls call her "self-study madman", and the nickname the boys gave her behind their backs is "Black Beauty".
Zhuo Xue was admitted to Zhongzhou Normal University. Although the family conditions are no longer so bad now, the two things of hard work and thrift have been completely preserved. Liu Yi grew up in Zhongzhou city. Her parents are workers. The factory where she works is not good, so she is financially struggling. Liu Yi's personality is extroverted, talks a lot but not annoying. Soon, she became one of Zhuo Xue's best friends in Zhongzhou Normal University. Although she often jokes about Zhuo Xue's concentration and hard work, she admires her very much.
Zhuo Xue listened to Liu Yi nagging there, lowering her head, as if she was a little restrained. Fortunately, the waiter pushed the door and interrupted Liu Yi who was talking nonstop, making her feel more comfortable.
The waiter asked Jiang Zhihan what dishes to order, and Jiang Zhihan said: "Didn't your store launch a retro eight-catering set meal? Just come that one."
Zhuo Xue sat beside him, opened her mouth, and finally plucked up the courage to ask: "Are there too many eight dishes?"
Jiang Zhihan said indifferently: "I can't finish it, so I pack it and take it back as tomorrow's lunch, so as not torture in the cafeteria."
The service lady said that she didn't know what a retro 8cai set meal was. Jiang Zhihan frowned and said, "How is it possible? Didn't it start last week? Ask your foreman."
After a while, a man wearing a tie walked into the private room with the service lady, but it was the manager of the store. He looked at Jiang Zhihan a few times and asked with no certainty: "Mr. Jiang, right?"
Jiang Zhihan looked at him without any impression, nodded and said, "Are you?..."
The man introduced himself and said, "I happened to have the same surname as Mr. Jiang. I am considered my own family. Not long ago, I followed our Mr. Liu and met Mr. Jiang once in the Zhuangyuan Building. I mean, who would know that we are about to launch a new cuisine, it turned out to be you."
Jiang Zhihan stretched out his hand and shook with him, "That's right? How do I remember you are going to launch this set of things at the beginning of this month?"
The manager surnamed Jiang said: "I don't know much about this. It should be delayed. It will probably happen early next month. Mr. Jiang, there are actually a few dishes in this set, which we have now. There are three other dishes, and there are also similar ones. Look?..."
Jiang Zhihan smiled and said, "Then please help me change it to your best."
Manager Jiang exchanged a few greetings and agreed to treat guests at the restaurant today, so he left.
Liu Yi on the opposite side smiled and said, "Oh, I used to read novels, and my dream was to go to a store. As soon as the waiter came up, hello, boiled a pot of wine, cut two pounds of beef, and then put up your best dishes. What kind of dishes are you? How generous it is!"
Jiang Zhihan laughed. Liu Yi was quite interesting. He asked, "Why should we also boil a pot of wine?"
The four of them asked for a bottle of red wine. Zhuo Xue and Chen Xiuya seemed to have never drunk alcohol. They blushed a little and then got on their faces. Drinking had an advantage. Gradually, the girls talked too much, and even Chen Xiuya, who was not very fond of speaking, talked about the fresh feelings of entering college.
Liu Yi complained: "Sister Xue is good at everything, but she is studying too hard. She asked her to go out for a walk on Sunday, and she always said she didn't have time."
Jiang Zhihan agreed, "That's right, college is different from high school after all, so you still have to combine work and rest."
Zhuo Xue smiled, "I'm getting up more than an hour later than before."
Chen Xiuya said: "Yes, we all say that Xueer is dedicated to reading the books of sages and turning a blind eye to the things outside the window."
Liu Yi asked Zhuo Xue with a joke, "Yes, why didn't we know that there was Jiang Zhihan outside the window?"
Chen Xiuya, who was beside her, corrected her and said, "I know."
Liu Yi said, "How do you know? Okay, Sister Xue, you are favored by one or the other."
Chen Xiuya said: "Isn't it the one that Xueer often writes letters?"
Seeing Zhuo Xue was very embarrassed, Jiang Zhihan took the conversation and said, "To be honest, Zhuo Xue, you are really talented in writing things. You can write a lot of life emotions like three meals a day and get out of school and get off school, and the rhythm is very good. You happen to be learning Chinese again. Have you ever thought about writing something yourself?"
Zhuo Xue's face turned redder after drinking. She shook her head and whispered: "It's too far."
Jiang Zhihan encouraged her and said, "Let's try it, I think you have great potential."
Liu Yi said: "I also know that Sister Xue often practices writing and writing."
Chen Xiuya said: "Well, Xueer has been practicing something else recently."
Chapter completed!