novelden Chapter 170 Being Hated
Chapter 170 Being Hated
Chapter 170 Being Hated
As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Qiu Huoming sat down at the desk and took out all the letters from the cloth bag.
Qiu Huoming opened the first letter and found that the first page was written by Chen Suniang.
She rambled on about what had happened at home recently, and mentioned one thing in particular, that is, Teacher Huang from the school came to the house to look for Qiu Huoming, and left after learning that he had left...
Teacher Huang is Qiu Huoming's homeroom teacher. Qiu Huoming thought that he probably came to see him off.
He then looked down...
Qiu Jianshe's letter was brief and powerful: [I heard that you assisted Director Mou in catching the criminals. That's good. When you get to the new school, you must keep a low profile and study hard.]
Qiu Huoming smiled. It was obvious that Mou Jinshan had helped him catch the criminals, but he still had to consider the self-esteem of a middle-aged man, so he just assumed that he was right.
The following passages were written by the eldest and youngest sisters: […'Ugly Girl' can fly, and the reed chickens have made friends with it…Du Xiumin's younger brother had a fight with other children in the compound, and they went to his house to make trouble…Old Mrs. Zhu separated from them…There is a letter from Shencheng to you, it's in the envelope, big brother, remember to read it…]
Qiu Huoming pinched the envelope and found a thin letter inside. After reading what his sister wrote, he opened the letter. It turned out that the letter was written to him by Du Xiumin.
[Brother Huo Ming, hello. I am writing to you from the factory dormitory. I am working as an installer in a private electrical appliance factory in Shenzhen. I have been employed for three weeks. I am said to make 40 yuan a month. I will be able to pay you back soon. There are 12 people in our dormitory, ranging in age from 40 to 17. They are all very nice to me. I have two days off a month...]
[Yesterday I called a comrade from the street office and asked him to secretly bring my grandma over to answer the phone... I was away these days, and my grandma said that auntie often brought her food. It’s a great favor and I need no words to thank you. When I have the ability, I will definitely repay you...]
Qiu Huoming's mouth curled up. It seemed that she arrived safely. She must have suffered a lot along the way, but Sister Xiu didn't mention a single word of hardship. The whole letter was full of positive words. She attached her return address at the end of the letter, which was the address of a development zone in Shenzhen.
He took out Ding Yu's letter and opened it casually. The first sentence scared him: [Huozi, alas! ]
[I am left alone after losing my old friend...]
Qiu Huoming reached out and rubbed his eyebrows. If someone didn't know, they would probably think he was dead.
The first half of Ding Yu's letter contains his strange and eccentric feelings in classical Chinese, and the latter part describes Li Ming's whereabouts. Before the start of school, he was taken back by his family, which seemed to indicate that his family agreed to let him go to school, so it was a good ending.
Qiu Huoming finally opened Gu Xiaoran's letter, unfolded the letter paper, and the beautiful handwriting appeared before his eyes:
[Huozi, hello! I will leave for the capital in two days, by train. Last time you told me about letting my brother open a photo studio, I told him, and unexpectedly, he was quite interested. My relationship with him has improved a lot recently, probably because I went out and relaxed my mind. He should be doing this because of his way of dealing with people, and I have no right to interfere...]
Gu Xiaoran was the most intelligent woman he had ever met. She was open-minded, more open-minded than the average boy. After reading her letter carefully, Qiu Huoming thought for a while, took out a few more sheets of letter paper, and wrote her a reply. She would probably receive the letter he wrote a few days ago in two days.
This back and forth of letters via carrier pigeons has an indescribable value compared to the extremely convenient WeChat communication in later generations.
After writing a reply to Gu Xiaoran, Qiu Huoming wrote another letter to Du Xiumin. The letter to her was much simpler, mainly asking her to work with peace of mind. As for paying back the money, there was no need to rush, as he had enough money...
Qiu Huoming wrote his reply to them, then collected all the letters they had sent him and put them carefully in a drawer.
Someone informed him in the evening that he didn't need to help out the next day because the seniors were very enthusiastic about welcoming the new students and had already squeezed out his place.
Qiu Huoming immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't have to run around tomorrow and could enjoy some free time.
The big cafeteria has opened, and there are more varieties of food to choose from. The cafeteria itself is close to the East District. Qiu Huoming met several of the freshmen he brought here today.
Many of these freshmen had never eaten in the cafeteria. Perhaps because they were shy, they looked through the glass window for a long time. When they saw Qiu Huoming, they started asking questions as if they had seen a savior.
Qiu Huoming patiently walked around with them. There were several girls among these freshmen. For a moment, Qiu Huoming became the focus of everyone's attention.
Today is the first day of school for old students. The cafeteria is very crowded. At a glance, there are still more boys than girls.
When these people saw that Qiu Huoming was surrounded by several female classmates, some of them had already started to inquire about Qiu Huoming's background.
Qiu Huoming, who was completely unaware of the situation, was still acting as a guide for the freshmen, arranging for them to prepare their meals, and then he was busy preparing his own meal.
It had been a busy day and he was too lazy to chat with anyone. He hid at the dining table in the corner and ate his meal quickly.
After returning to the dormitory, he picked up the clothes in the corridor, took the washbasin and toiletries, and walked towards the bathroom. Today was different from the past. The bathroom was very busy. Fortunately, there was one vacant shower head.
All around you can hear various "vernacular" mixed with dialects. There are also people from Guangzhou, but not many. The school requires students to live on campus, but this year the policy has been relaxed, so some local people who live close to the school still mainly go to school as a day student.
Qiu Huoming's appearance is quite different from theirs. First, he is tall, and second, he is fair-skinned. I don't know why, but Qiu Huoming is the type of person who finds it difficult to get tanned.
The East Second Dormitory has not yet arranged for any new residents to move in. Qiu Huoming feels alone and powerless among a group of seniors, so he can only try to keep a low profile.
After taking a shower, he came out and washed all the dirty clothes at the sink.
"Classmate, why do you look unfamiliar to me?" someone finally asked.
Qiu Huoming responded while washing clothes, "I'm a freshman this year."
"No wonder……"
"You are so tall, can you play basketball?"
“Yes, but not proficiently.”
"It's okay if you're not proficient, just join our basketball team! Which department are you from?"
"radio."
"Okay, okay, it's you. What's your name?"
"Qiu Huoming, which department are you from, senior? What's your name?"
Qiu Huoming kept working and looked up at the tall boy who was as dark as charcoal who asked him the question. The boy was about 1 meters tall, a few centimeters shorter than himself, which was considered tall among southerners.
"Huang Youmin, he's in the same department as you, and he's a junior now." He was also washing clothes, and was already in the final stages of doing so.
"Hey, Brother Youmin, you're trying to trick people into joining your basketball team again!" A head popped out of the shower cubicle, and he smiled at Qiu Huoming and said, "Young man, think twice!"
"Go away, Xiao Wanzi, just because you are a coward doesn't mean others are cowards, Qiu Huoming, right? Let's practice tomorrow afternoon..."
"Okay, where to go?"
"Which dormitory are you in? I'll call you..."
"202."
"Okay, I'll come to see you tomorrow." Huang Youmin walked out carrying the washbasin.
Xiao Wanzi watched him walk away, then he dried himself and said to Qiu Huoming: "Their basketball team loses every year, they might as well join our football team..."
Qiu Huoming wrung out his clothes and said, "I'm not good at football, I haven't played it often, but basketball is okay..."
At this moment, several more people came into the bathroom. Qiu Huoming quickly put the washed clothes and toiletries into the basin and walked out quickly.
Qiu Huoming hasn't experienced the feeling of living in a dormitory for many years. It's not bad to experience it again now.
There was already a large area of red, green and yellow clothes hanging in the corridor, all dripping with water. Qiu Huoming quickly found an empty space and hung his own wet clothes there as well.
These old dormitory buildings are all like this, unlike the renovated girls’ dormitories which have balconies.
The dormitory was not very soundproof, and at this moment, a hysterical singing voice suddenly came from the bathroom...
Then someone started cursing, and the noise reached Qiu Huoming's ears...
He took out a book called "Radio Basics" and was about to read it.
"Knock knock knock" there was a knock on the door. Qiu Huoming opened the door and dormitory manager Chen handed him a box of mosquito coils and a box of matches. "You said there were a lot of mosquitoes yesterday. Light these and there won't be many..."
"Be careful when using it..." Dormitory Manager Chen gave a few more instructions and quickly left while Qiu Huoming thanked him.
Qiu Huoming returned to the room and opened the window a little wider. He took out a mosquito coil and placed it directly under the desk, propped up with the provided iron sheet. After lighting it, the number of mosquitoes really decreased sharply.
The floor of the dormitory looks like terrazzo, so there is no need to worry about it getting burned.
He took out the manuscript paper, opened the ink bottle, and filled the pen with ink. After talking with Editor Ke last time, he had to change his thinking for the rest of the manuscript.
He thought for a moment. The first ten chapters had already been approved, and now he had to write the eleventh chapter. He planned to finish this book "Young Fairy Tale" with 60 chapters, so the content had to be more compact.
This journey of thousands of miles was of great help to him. He witnessed many customs and cultures that were completely different from those of later generations, and the people and things he encountered were the true appearance of this era.
He had an idea and started writing...
He was getting into the mood as he wrote. He didn't know how long had passed when the lights suddenly went out. He leaned out of the window and looked over...the lights in the other dormitory buildings were also out.
Qiu Huoming rubbed his eyes and glanced at his watch under the outdoor street lights. It was already past 11 o'clock.
The moon outside the window hung obliquely in the sky. The night was as cool as water, and the sounds of insects rose and fell.
In addition, two people downstairs shouted: "Kind Brother Chen, please let me in, just this once... Look, school has just started!"
"That doesn't violate the rules..." Dormitory Manager Chen replied in a stern voice.
Qiu Huoming took out the information for freshmen with a flashlight and started to read it. The curfew was 11 o'clock in the evening. It seemed that the two seniors had played too hard and forgot the time.
At the end of the information, there is a floor plan of the school, which is very thoughtful.
Qiu Huoming went to the toilet to flush the toilet, then yawned and went back to the house in his slippers.
The laughter of the two boys who came back late could be heard in the corridor. It was probably because the dormitory supervisor Chen was soft-hearted and let them in at their request.
Qiu Huoming turned off the flashlight, lay down on the bed, shook the cattail leaf fan, and gradually fell asleep.
The next morning, he went for his morning run as usual. He tied a towel around his neck and wore a white sportswear bought from Shangxiajiu, plus white sneakers. He looked at the outfit and thought it had some of the style of Zhao Zilong of Changshan.
'I saw a young general wearing silver armor and white armor, riding a white warhorse, holding a silver spear, like a white lightning, he went deep into the enemy's formation alone and killed countless people.'
Qiu Huoming prepared some words in his mind and warmed up at the dormitory entrance. After finishing warming up, he started running from East Dormitory 2 towards East Lake.
Today is different from the past. There are more students standing under the street lights for morning self-study on campus. Some are memorizing words, and some are reciting texts...
He ran along the East Lake to the West Lake. In the middle of the West Lake was a small island with a long embankment, a stone bridge, and a pavilion. Willow trees were swaying nearby. He now knew that this place had another name, called "Lover's Island."
Young couples from the Institute of Technology like to come here to chat in the evening, but now, early in the morning, only the early birds are here.
When they ran back to East Lake, a familiar figure appeared in front of them. Qiu Huoming quickened his pace and steadily passed her. The street lights suddenly went out at this moment, the morning sun jumped out of the horizon, and the dark scenery around them gradually brightened.
Qiu Huoming stopped and looked up at the sudden morning glow...
The girl behind him also stopped. Qiu Huoming turned around and saw that she was also looking up at the sky. The morning glow cast a very faint shadow beside her feet.
Qiu Huoming was about to turn back and continued running forward.
The girl came to her senses, looked at him, suddenly moved her feet, turned around and ran in the opposite direction of him.
Qiu Huoming stood there and touched his nose. This was probably a disguised way of hating himself. He turned around and continued running along the same path.
He soon put this little episode behind him. After returning to the dormitory and taking a shower, he was dragged to the cafeteria by Zhou Haifu and several roommates to have breakfast together. They all had classes today, so after a hurried meal, they went their separate ways, leaving Qiu Huoming alone wandering around the school.
He took the new student information issued by the school and compared it with the buildings marked on the floor plan as he walked. Before he knew it, he came to a place full of stairs.
The floor plan shows that this place is called the "Hundred-Step Stairs". At the end of the stairs is Building 12, where there is a cultural relic of the "Corona".
He immediately became interested and quickly walked up the hundred-step staircase and arrived in front of a building. Only the round base of the "corona" in front of the building remained. According to the introduction next to it, the rest of the base was destroyed in the war.
Qiu Huoming walked around the 'Corona' and suddenly heard melodious piano music coming from the building behind him.
This was the sound of a violin, and the piece of music he was playing was "Butterfly Lovers", a piece of music he was very familiar with.
Qiu Huoming walked to the door and reached out to push it, but the door didn't move at all, it was locked.
He started looking along the building. All the doors in the building were closed. He felt a little itchy. This piece of music was not a recording. Because it was intermittent, it seemed that the person playing the violin was worried. Because of this, the song was interpreted very well. A sense of sadness was conveyed along with the sound of the piano...
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