fictionpage Chapter 219: New Life
Chapter 219: New Life
It's no wonder that very few students apply to commute. After all, food is the most important thing, and few people are willing to give up the food and oil subsidies that university students receive.
In addition to food and oil, students living on campus can also enjoy free water and electricity in their dormitories.
Leaving aside students from other places or rural areas, even local students face the problem of housing shortages at home. Some of them probably don't even have a bed at home, while at school they at least have a bed of their own.
"This year is different from previous years. Our school's accommodation is very tight. If you don't live on campus, it will lighten the burden on our dormitories."
After hearing this, Yuan Xiu couldn't say anything. She couldn't possibly apply for a bed for her to take a nap when the accommodation was already so tight, could she?
As for applying for on-campus accommodation and enjoying the benefits of on-campus students, and then going home every day, this is not feasible in principle. There is a roll call in the dormitory every night, and the dormitory manager is responsible for the safety of on-campus students. If you apply for on-campus accommodation but do not live in the dormitory, you will probably be reported to the department within a couple of days. This is not being clever; this is crossing the school's red line.
As a day student, Yuan Xiuxia was not entitled to the national grain and oil subsidies, but she could still receive a monthly stipend for university students, which was 19.5 yuan. Of this 19.5 yuan, 17 yuan was for food allowance. The food allowance for boarding students was directly sent to the canteen, but as a day student, the food allowance was sent directly to her.
If Yuan Xiu wanted to eat at the school cafeteria, she had to exchange local grain coupons plus cash for five jin of school grain coupons per month. Vegetable coupons could be bought with money with virtually no limit, and meat coupons were exchanged in a similar way to grain coupons.
After understanding the situation, Yuan Xiu submitted an application to the department to study as a day student.
Five jin of grain coupons would definitely not be enough to eat at school for a month. Even if Yuan Xiu ate at home every morning and evening and only ate at school for lunch, even if each meal cost three liang of grain coupons, it would only last for sixteen days. Nowadays, there is no such thing as a two-day weekend; it's all one-day weekend. She has to attend classes for at least twenty-six days a month, and for the remaining ten days, she can only eat at small restaurants outside the school or bring food from home.
"Don't worry about that. Maybe someone will sell the school's food coupons later," Jiang Zhou said.
As soon as he spoke, Yuan Xiu realized that where there is demand, there will be a market.
Some people didn't have enough tickets to eat, while others had extra tickets.
It's not that it's unfair, but for one reason or another, some people are willing to eat less and exchange it for something more important.
Because Yuan Xiu is a day student, she doesn't need to settle into her dormitory after registration, and there's nothing else to do. Classes officially start the day after tomorrow, and today and tomorrow are the registration days for new students.
After leaving the administrative office of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, she and Jiang Zhou took a walk around the school, leaving their footprints in almost every corner of the school, including the cafeteria, library, playground, and teaching buildings.
After the two left the school, Lin Fangmei was still waiting at the reception area for new students in the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine to greet them.
Yuan Xiu went over and greeted her.
"Is it done?"
"Everything is done."
Yuan Xiu shook the brown paper bag in her hand. Inside were the materials she had received when she went to the department to register, her student ID, a small red booklet called "Student Handbook," and a "Traditional Chinese Medicine Department Teaching Plan." The teaching plan listed the courses, class hours, and any teachers. She would follow this plan to attend classes.
"Which class are you in?"
"Class 1, 1977, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine"
Lin Fangmei smiled and said, "Okay, when there's some free time in the back, I'll come to your department to visit you."
After chatting with Lin Fangmei for a few minutes, Yuan Xiu and Jiang Zhou left the school.
The two ate at a small restaurant near the school before going home.
When I got back, Aunt Zhao was pushing a stroller with two little ones in the courtyard, chatting with Sister-in-law Guiying.
The two little ones spotted their parents even before Aunt Zhao did, and they were so excited to see them that they cried out in their stroller.
"What are you laughing at?" Guiying asked, her back to Yuan Xiu and the others, as she bent down to tease the children.
"It's Xiao Yuan and the others who are back."
Sister-in-law Guiying turned around and smiled, "No wonder you're so happy, you two saw me! Didn't you go to school to register? Why are you back now? Aren't you going to class?"
"Classes will officially begin the day after tomorrow."
Yuan Xiu and Jiang Zhou each picked up one child; otherwise, the two kids would have overturned the stroller.
As soon as Yuan Xiu picked up Zhizhi, her little face buried in Yuan Xiu's chest.
"How long do you breastfeed?" Yuan Xiu asked Aunt Zhao.
"I fed her just before she came out, she's just craving it. Don't feel sorry for her and feed her again, otherwise it will be even harder to wean her off it."
School started, and Yuan Xiu began to wean the children. She couldn't stop, because she was at school all day, and if she didn't stop, the milk would keep flowing. She couldn't possibly be milking the children in front of a latrine at school.
After thinking about it, I decided to just cut it off.
The baby formula at home was all sent by Anhui. She sent it twice in the month or so that she went back home. It was all imported formula, which can ensure the nutrition of the children. In another half month, it will be about time to start introducing complementary foods to them.
When her mother couldn't feed her, Zhizhi started doing it herself, grabbing Yuanxiu's clothes and pulling them up.
Don't let her small size fool you, she's got a lot of energy!
Yuan Xiu's clothes were torn and wrinkled.
"Sweetie, didn't you just eat?" Yuan Xiu pulled the clothes out of her little hands and gently coaxed her while holding her little hand.
Ignoring everything else, Zhizhi stared at her mother with her little mouth agape, exclaiming in confusion, "Ahhh!"
Qiaoqiao cried out from his father's arms, "Yay!"
While doing so, she stretched her little body towards Yuan Xiu, and if she could speak, she would probably say, "Little sister, if you can't do it, let me do it!"
Sister-in-law Guiying laughed and said, "If they want to eat it, next time you can put some bitter melon juice or medicated oil on it, and I guarantee they'll never want to eat it again. That's how I broke off all my kids' diets."
"It's no use."
Yuan Xiu said helplessly, "Qiao Qiao is particularly clever. I rub bitter melon juice on him, he takes a sip, wipes it a couple of times, and continues eating. When Zhi Zhi sees her brother eating it, she follows suit."
"These two children are incredibly smart!" exclaimed Guiying's sister-in-law. "When they grow up, they'll probably both be college students!"
Jiang Zhou didn't feel comfortable getting involved in this topic, but when he heard Sister Guiying praising her two children, a proud expression appeared on her face.
Aunt Zhao: "Just cut off their food like this, don't give them any for a while, and over time they'll gradually stop wanting it."
"That's fine too, as long as it breaks. Otherwise, it's too inconvenient for you. Don't underestimate this; if it stays blocked, it's easy to get infected. Just squeezing it won't help. If it gets infected, you'll suffer terribly!"
Aunt Zhao also said, "That's right, that's why I said, if you're going to break it off, break it off cleanly. You can't keep going back and forth, otherwise the one who suffers in the end is the mother."