Chapter 221: Classmate, you're so dramatic.
Chapter 221: Classmate, you're so dramatic.
Yuan Xiu, the male student who raised his hand, remembered that Liu Yazhi had mentioned him. He seemed to be named Ding Xuewen and worked at a pharmaceutical factory.
Teacher Zhou followed everyone's gaze and looked at Yuan Xiu. "This student?"
"Hello, Teacher Zhou, my name is Yuan Xiu." Yuan Xiu stood up.
"Yuan..." Teacher Zhou remembered the name as soon as she heard it. "Yuan Xiu, hello. I remember you are a day student and you don't live nearby. How are you? Do you make it to class in the morning? It shouldn't affect your schedule. If you want to live on campus later, just tell me and we will apply to the department again."
"I'll make it, I just can't arrive as early as everyone else, but I promise I won't be late!"
"That's good. Your situation is special, and there's nothing we can do about it. But you can't let family issues affect your studies. You should still actively participate in class activities."
"Don't worry, teacher, I will definitely participate actively in the extracurricular activities organized by the class."
"Okay, then come up and introduce yourself."
Yuan Xiu stepped onto the podium, smiled, and said, "Hello everyone, my name is Yuan Xiu. I am twenty years old, married, a mother of two, and a military dependent. Before attending university, I worked in the traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy of a military hospital. I am very happy to be classmates with you all. I hope that in the future, we can study together, make progress together, help each other, and get along harmoniously. Thank you!"
Liu Yazhi led the applause, "Welcome, Yuan Xiu!"
"Yuan Xiu spoke very well," Teacher Zhou said. "Are there any other students who would like to come up and introduce themselves? You all know each other now, and you all know Yuan Xiu, but Yuan Xiu doesn't know you yet."
Ding Xuewen was the first to stand up: "I'll do it."
"Classmates, my name is Ding Xuewen..."
"Yuan Xiu, you're already married and have two children! I had no idea!" Liu Yazhi whispered as soon as Yuan Xiu sat down.
Yuan Xiu nodded.
"The teacher said your situation is special. Is it because you have to stay home to take care of your child? Is there no one at home to help?"
"No, it's because the children are too young; they're not even six months old yet."
"They...are six months old..." Liu Yazhi's eyes widened suddenly. "Twins!"
Yuan Xiu smiled and nodded: "Twins."
"Wow!" Liu Yazhi covered her mouth and secretly gave Yuan Xiu a thumbs up.
Not many people went up to introduce themselves. After no one else went up, Teacher Zhou asked a few male students to move some things.
Once everyone left, the students remaining in the classroom started chatting.
Several female classmates surrounded Yuan Xiu, saying, "Yuan Xiu, I didn't know you had a child! I never would have guessed you were married if you hadn't told me."
"Yes, Yuan Xiu, why did you get married so early?"
When fate brings you together, you'll get married.
"That's true. Unlike me, you were sent to the countryside for seven or eight years, and it's been delayed until now. If it weren't for the countryside, you might have children by now. But luckily, you didn't get married in the countryside. If you had, you could give up everything else, but what about the child? One of the female educated youths in our production team, just because she married a local and had a child, her husband wouldn't let her take the college entrance exam. She couldn't bring herself to do it, so she had to stay in the countryside for the rest of her life..."
The female classmate who spoke was named Zheng Yuemei, and she was only twenty-five years old.
"Yes, even if we get married, we should find someone who was sent to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. At least we can work together to return to the city." After Liu Yazhi finished speaking, Zheng Yuemei pushed her.
Liu Fang saw this and smiled, "It's alright, my husband is also working hard, I believe he will definitely pass the exam next year."
"Yuan Xiu, you really have twins, a boy and a girl?"
"It's true, there's no doubt about it."
"That's great! You said you're a military dependent, is your spouse a soldier?"
"right……"
The male students who went out with Teacher Zhou returned quickly, almost all of them carrying two stacks of textbooks. The last student came in carrying a nylon bag, which was jingling and rattling, and it was unclear what was inside.
After receiving the textbooks, the contents of the nylon pocket were taken out.
"lunch box?"
"It even has our school's name printed on it!"
That's right, it's a lunchbox, a rectangular aluminum lunchbox with a spoon inside. The lunchbox was made by Wang Jianjun, the oldest student in the class. "We were supposed to receive it on the day we registered, but the teacher said the factory was two days late, so we got it today. It's a benefit from the school. The teacher also said that if any student has any difficulties, such as needing bedding, a thermos, or a washbasin, they can apply to the school. Just write an application and hand it to him in the office."
Yuan Xiu also received her own lunchbox. Even though her food and oil supply was not at school, it did not affect her enjoyment of the "lunchbox" benefit.
The school's "perk" is great because some students don't have lunchboxes and use bowls they brought from home to eat in the cafeteria.
Especially for students who came from remote rural areas, some of them brought rough pottery bowls with them. They were bound to get bumped and knocked on the way. If a piece of the bowl was missing, it was still usable, but if it was broken, they would have nothing to eat with.
Even though their families managed to give them money when they came, they couldn't buy lunchboxes without industrial coupons.
The lunchboxes provided by the school solved a pressing problem for many students.
This lunchbox can even be used as a pot.
The students who received their lunchboxes were all smiles.
"Yuan Xiu, my classmate."
Ding Xuewen walked over. "I didn't mean anything by mentioning you earlier. I didn't know you were a day student. I thought you didn't like studying and might be late, so I wanted to remind you. Now that we know the reason, our misunderstanding is cleared up. From now on, let's help each other and make progress together!"
Yuan Xiu: "Ding, I don't think I'm late, am I?"
"No, there isn't one, but it's not easy for us to get into university. Since we have this opportunity, we should naturally seize every minute to learn!"
Ding Xuewen addressed the class: "Since the school doesn't have morning self-study sessions, we should still take the initiative to attend them like we did today. Similarly, since there are no evening self-study sessions, we should still take the initiative to attend them. I suggest that our class have morning and evening self-study sessions from 6:30 to 7:30 in the morning and from 7:00 to 9:30 in the evening. Let's study together, improve together, and build a solid foundation. What do you all think?"
"Great! That's a good suggestion, I agree!"
"I agree! Our foundational knowledge varies, so we need to make up for it through morning and evening self-study sessions! Ding Xuewen's suggestion is excellent!"
"I agree!"
Of the 29 students in the class, only Yuan Xiu refused.
When Ding Xuewen looked at her, he said, "I can't participate in this."
"Yuan Xiu is a day student, so her situation is different from ours. She doesn't need to participate," said Wang Jianjun, the older student.
"Yes, the suggestion is good, but it has to be based on individual circumstances. We can't expect Yuan Xiu, a woman, to walk home alone at 9:30 at night, can we? That's too dangerous!" said Liu Fang, the eldest among the female classmates.
Ding Xuewen sighed in disappointment, "This is the only way. I'm just worried that Yuan Xiu will fall behind if she misses morning and evening self-study sessions."
Yuan Xiu: ...Classmate, you're so dramatic.
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