Chapter 31

It was already past eight when they returned home. Xie Jiayuan insisted on sending her home, but Qiao Bailu refused. She was not only not sleepy, but also very energetic. She did not have to worry about falling asleep in the car. Finally, Xie Jiayuan saw that she was in a good state, so he compromised. However, he watched her make a phone call and told her to contact him after she got home, and then he sent her to the car.

Qiao's father was busy, so he asked Qiao Zhenting to come and pick her up. Qiao Zhenting, who was standing at the intersection leaning against his motorcycle and waiting, waved as soon as he saw Qiao Bailu. When he saw Qiao Bailu holding two computer bags, his eyes lit up immediately, and he ran over to greet her like a servile person: "Sister, did you buy two computers?"

"Well, are you happy?" Qiao Bailu asked with a smile, and first motioned Qiao Zhenting to take the schoolbag on her back, which was filled with several books and was not lighter than the computer bag. Qiao Zhenting was naturally very obedient at this time, carrying the schoolbag in one hand and the computer bag in the other, even though it was only a few steps away.

"Sister, why did you think of buying me a computer? Didn't you say no before?" Qiao Zhenting was very curious. He stuffed the schoolbag into the front basket and gave the computer bag to Qiao Bailu to hold: "Why did you suddenly think of it?"

Qiao Bailu raised her eyebrows: "Not only did I buy you a computer, I also plan to arrange for you to take a leave of absence from school. Are you happy?"

"Ah?" Qiao Zhenting was completely stunned. He even forgot to cross his legs and just stood there holding the motorcycle. Qiao Bailu patted him and said, "Hurry up and tell me in detail when you get home. If I tell you once now, I will have to tell you again when my parents come home. It's a waste of my saliva. Hurry up."

Qiao Zhenting responded quickly, stepped on the accelerator and started to run. Qiao Bailu punched him twice: "Slow down!"

After speeding all the way, Qiao Bailu felt a little nauseous when she got home. She couldn't stand not sleeping all night. Thinking back to the past, well, she was also ten years old back then. She only worked at the night market when she was a freshman, but she never did it again. She couldn't recover from staying up all night for three or five days. If she didn't want to stay with Xie Jiayuan for a while this time, she would have come back to sleep a long time ago.

"Okay, play with your computer first. This black one is yours." Qiao Bailu opened the computer bag and took a look, then handed one to Qiao Zhenting: "Mine is white, the color is different."

Qiao Zhenting immediately forgot about the previous topic and happily returned to his room with his computer. Qiao Bailu first called Xie Jiayuan, then quickly washed up and went to bed. As for Qiao Zhenting's schooling, she would talk about it when his parents came back.

Qiao's mother came back at noon, but seeing that Qiao Bailu was sleeping soundly, she didn't wake her up. She just thought that her daughter had said that she stayed at her classmate's house. Maybe the little girl talked too late at night and felt sleepy now.

Mr. Qiao didn't come back until the evening. After the family had dinner, Qiao Bailu took out the information she had printed out earlier. "I saw that Zhenting really wanted to go down this path, so I found some information. There are two ways to be an actor. One is to start training now and get admitted to B-Movie as an art student. This is considered a serious college student. The advantage of graduating from B-Movie is that you have studied in a more systematic and professional way. As Zhang Ailing said, you should become famous as early as possible."

He picked up the water cup and took a sip of water. "One way is for Zhenting to take the college entrance examination and go to college step by step. Then he will apply for a summer training course or something and study an adult major. This method is conservative, but the advantage is that it is stable. If he can't go into the entertainment industry, he can find another job with his diploma. But I think that in three to five years, college students will be worthless."

It was very obvious in their class, college students were everywhere, very cheap. Of course, this was not the case for key universities, but how many people could get into key universities every year? With Qiao Zhenting's qualifications, he would definitely not be able to get into a key university.

"What you mean is..." Qiao's mother has never had a strong opinion. She listens to whoever makes sense. Qiao Bailu coughed lightly and said, "What I mean is that Zhenting should drop out of school now, go for training, take the exam as an art student, and graduate from B-Movies. Anyway, he can't be an actor in the future. With his father's career, he won't starve to death."

"Anyway, we won't starve to death. We have land. If things don't work out, we can just come back and farm." Father Qiao said with a serious face, "A chicken has two claws and can dig for food. It can't die. Besides, I believe in our Bai Lu. If she writes good novels, who knows if Zhen Ting will not be able to find a job in the future? Even if he can't be a famous star, he can still make money by being an ordinary one."

Reaching out and pinching his nose, Father Qiao said in a deep voice: "At most, as a father, I will work harder and earn more. I definitely can't let my child starve, right?"

Mother Qiao didn't say anything. She reached out and took the information on the table and looked at it: "Are you going to City B for training?"

"You don't have to go there, but B-Ying is there, and there are many training classes there. Zhenting can go to the school when he has nothing to do. If he can get to know one or two teachers and get some guidance, he will be very successful. As the saying goes, the one who is close to the water will get the moon first."

Qiao Bailu said with a smile. Qiao's father looked at Qiao Zhenting and said, "What do you think? Are you going or not? Your sister has analyzed all the pros and cons for you. If you go, you won't be a graduate of a good university anymore, and it will be hard for you to find a job. If you don't go, you will have to take care of both sides and be very busy. What do you choose?"

Qiao Zhenting hesitated for a moment, then took the information from Qiao's mother's hand and looked down at it. It was only three or four pages, and he finished reading it quickly.

In fact, he believed in his sister very much. If she said she could publish a novel, then she could publish a novel. If she said she could get him into No. 1 Middle School, then she could get him into No. 1 Middle School. However, since it was a matter concerning his future, he still couldn't believe it.

He, a country boy from the countryside, three generations of poor peasants, could actually become a star? Wasn't this a waste of money?

"Sister, how much does this training class cost per year?" Qiao Zhenting asked after hesitating for a moment. Qiao Bailu stretched out her finger, and Qiao Zhenting stretched his neck: "One thousand?"

"Ten thousand! This is a large class with many people taking classes together. Before the exam, we will have to open a small class for intensive training. At that time, we will charge by the hour." Qiao Bailu emphasized: "So, if you go, you must study hard and work harder. Don't let this ten thousand yuan go to waste."

Mother Qiao gasped, "Ten thousand? Oh my god, your tuition for three years of high school is less than ten thousand, and only ten thousand for this year? Are you kidding me?"

"Mom, why don't you think about it? If Zhenting really learns well, he can make millions in the future." Qiao Bailu said with a smile: "One ad costs one minute. If it's a big name, it can make 10 million."

Mother Qiao covered her heart. How much is 10 million? I can't imagine it!

"The tuition is so high, and I'm so dumb, what if I don't learn well..." Qiao Zhenting felt even more guilty, shrinking his neck a little when he spoke. Qiao Bailu slapped him on the head: "Have some ambition! You're already thinking you can't do it before you even start studying. You said before that you couldn't get into No. 1 Middle School, but did you get in in the end?"

Qiao Zhenting muttered: "That's different..."

"It's the same. It depends on whether you put your heart into it." Qiao Bailu didn't allow him to refute and stuffed the information into his hands: "Don't you still have a month before school starts? Think about it carefully in this month. If you are ambitious, I will earn money to pay for your tuition. If you are not ambitious, I would rather spend this money on fun."

Mother Qiao glared at her: "What a fool you are talking about."

Qiao Bailu interrupted with a smile and changed the subject: "The scores will be checked soon. What if I don't pass the exam?"

"What should we do? You can decide. If you want to repeat the year, then repeat it. If you don't want to repeat the year, then just leave. At worst, you can switch to a second-tier university." Qiao's father said nonchalantly, "Education is not the only thing. Are you afraid that your father won't be able to support you when the time comes?"

"I want to go to B City to study." Qiao Bailu held her cheek and sighed. Qiao's mother was puzzled: "So, you and Zhenting are going to B City? Then who will take care of you? Otherwise, I will go with you..."

"Mom, please don't do that. You should go to City Z with Dad. Dad needs your care, too." Qiao Bailu winked and said, "My dad is a small boss now, rich and handsome! Why don't you keep an eye on him?"

Father Qiao was angry: "What nonsense are you talking about, little girl? Is your father that kind of person?"

"Of course my dad is not that kind of person. I'm just afraid that those people will pester him. With mom here, if she declares her sovereignty, it can also reduce some trouble for you, dad." Qiao Bailu said with a smile. Mother Qiao glanced at Father Qiao and felt a little nervous.

My daughter is right. The old man is now rich and has a car, and he looks respectable. I can't be careless and let those shameless people take advantage of him.

Speaking of which, my daughter has always been very thoughtful. If my son goes to City B, the siblings can take care of each other. There is really no need for me to worry too much. The children have grown up and are adults. There is no need to keep them around.

In the next few days, Qiao Bailu was very busy. She had a lot of ideas in her mind. She had to write down each idea quickly, and then arrange them in order and prepare to write them slowly. The physical and online ones had to be separated. She planned to prepare for both sides.

I was so busy that I almost forgot when it was time to check the scores. But Qiao's mother remembered it well and asked Qiao Bailu to call early in the morning to check. After dialing one number after another, when the scores were finally announced, the whole family was so nervous that they dared not breathe. Four heads were put over the phone, listening attentively - Chinese, 140, Mathematics, 142, English, 140, Comprehensive 255, the total score was 677, which was more than 40 points higher than Qiao Bailu's own estimate.

The whole family was a little confused, especially Qiao's father. He took the phone, Qiao Bailu's admission ticket and ID card, and checked twice. The answers he got were exactly the same. Then he hung up the phone and laughed: "My daughter is so good! This is a sure thing, she will definitely be admitted to Q University! Haha, we have to celebrate. We will go to the county town to book a few tables and hold a thank-you banquet for you."

Chapter 32

Qiao Bailu coughed lightly and said, "Dad, then you should think about where we should hold the teacher appreciation banquet. We have invited quite a few teachers. Otherwise, we can hold it together with a few other parents and save some money. We can also give them red envelopes or something with the money we saved."

"Right, right, right. Then you can contact your classmates to see who wants to host the teacher appreciation banquet. By the way, I don't know where you will rank in your school with your grades." Qiao's father said happily. Qiao Bailu shook her head: "I don't know, but if you can take first place, there should be a bonus."

I remember that in his previous life, Xie Jiayuan got 20,000 or 30,000 yuan. The school was quite generous about this.

Mother Qiao couldn't hold back any longer and smiled so hard that she couldn't close her mouth: "We have to inform your uncle, your aunt, your second aunt, and your uncle. Also send a message to your grandmother, and we'll have a banquet at home later..."

"Mom, don't worry. Wait until you are sure you've passed the exam and get your transcript. What if you treat us now and the score line is too high and I don't make it, wouldn't that be embarrassing?" Qiao Bailu hurriedly tried to stop her. She racked her brains but couldn't remember what the score line for liberal arts was in her previous life. She only remembered that the score line for science was 603 for the first-tier and 568 for the second-tier.

"Yes, yes, yes, don't worry yet. When will the score line be released?" Qiao's mother asked hurriedly. Qiao Bailu held up two fingers and said, "Two days later, I can check whether I passed the exam or not. If I did, the school will call me. Anyway, don't worry."

The daughter told her not to worry, but she couldn't suppress her excitement. The couple walked around the house twice and then went out. Qiao Bailu knew without thinking that they were going to the street to talk to someone, and then, she would inadvertently reveal her college entrance examination score.

Qiao Bailu didn't care and pushed Qiao Zhenting out: "Go, go, go read your books. Your summer vacation is about to end. Make a decision quickly. The sooner the better."

After sending the people away, Qiao Bailu came out holding her notebook and sat on the sofa waiting. Xie Jiayuan had said before that he would call her as soon as the scores came out. She had checked them all and estimated that Xie Jiayuan's call would be soon.

Just as she sat down on the sofa, the phone rang. Qiao Bailu grabbed the receiver excitedly: "Hello, have you checked the scores?"

"Yeah, how did you know it was me? I didn't say anything." Wang Lin's excited voice came from the other side: "Oh, I see, you must have seen the phone number. Hey, you actually remembered my home phone number, hehe, you are so nice."

The corners of Qiao Bailu's mouth twitched, and her excitement subsided a little: "Yeah, I remember your home phone number. How much did you score?"

"571!" Wang Lin laughed. "This score is beyond my expectation. But why do I feel that the scores this year are generally higher? Even I can get more than 500. Do you think the passing score will be much higher?"

"It's hard to say, but it certainly won't improve too much. The second-tier university score can't possibly exceed 570..." Qiao Bailu didn't finish her words when she heard Wang Lin complain, "I remember one year the second-tier university score was 585. In this case, don't I still need several more places to get in?"

"Have you asked about other people's scores?" Qiao Bailu asked. Wang Lin paused before saying, "I was afraid, so I didn't dare to ask."

"What are you afraid of? If you stretch your neck, you'll get a knife. If you shrink your neck, you'll get a knife. The sooner you get through it, the sooner you'll be reincarnated." Qiao Bailu said generously, "Aren't you ranked 21st in the class for the last mock exam? Just ask the ones ahead of you and the two or three behind you to see if their scores are much lower than yours."

Wang Lin was still a little hesitant. Qiao Bailu couldn't stop him over the phone, so she had to continue, "Even if you don't pass this time, you can still repeat the year, right? What are you afraid of? If you don't want to repeat the year, didn't you fill in a normal college when you filled in your application? You can become a teacher, it's so easy, there are winter and summer vacations, and you can continue to take exams when you work. The college entrance examination is not just one time, and it doesn't completely control a person's life. I feel like my previous advice to you was in vain, right?"

"Okay, okay, I'll make a call and get back to you later." Wang Lin sighed helplessly, and Qiao Bailu smiled: "That's right, this is not a life-and-death choice, what is there to be afraid of?"

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, how much did you score?" Wang Lin asked hurriedly. Qiao Bailu controlled her smile and said, "More than 600. I guess there will be no problem with the application."

"Wow, you little girl, you actually got so many points! You must be the first in the grade this time. No. 2 Middle School has never been as good as us. This time you might be the county's top scorer, and you will get a scholarship. Remember to treat us when you come back!"

Wang Lin was silent for a moment, but immediately laughed again: "I have to beat you up to make up for my broken heart."

"No problem, we'll go eat whatever you say. But, I bet you that the score line for second-tier universities this year will definitely not be above 570, so your score is still relatively safe." Qiao Bailu also laughed, and the two chatted for a few more sentences before finally hanging up the phone.

As soon as she put it down, the phone rang again. Qiao Bailu was more careful this time. She looked at the phone number first, and then happily answered the phone: "Have you checked the score? How much?"

"Who were you talking to on the phone just now? I tried calling several times but couldn't get through." Xie Jiayuan's low voice came over. Qiao Bailu blinked. Speaking of which, she didn't seem to remember that the academic master had a voice change period. Could it be that he completed this great evolution in junior high school?

"Wang Lin said she scored 570. How about you?" Xie Jiayuan asked again. Qiao Bailu came back to her senses in an instant: "I scored 670. Haha, it was far beyond my expectations. I think my application should be fine."

"I scored 668, which should be pretty good." Xie Jiayuan said with a smile, "The score line will be out in a few days, and we'll check it out then. If it doesn't work out, we still have a second choice. With this score, the second choice will definitely be fine."

"Yeah, I know. By the way, my dad said he wants to hold a teacher appreciation banquet. Do you want to join my family?" Qiao Bailu asked hurriedly. Xie Jiayuan couldn't help laughing: "Stupid, we are not in the same class. Even if we hold a teacher appreciation banquet, we will invite different teachers."

"I was so excited that I didn't think about this." Qiao Bailu made a face, then remembered that Xie Jiayuan couldn't see her, so she became serious again: "When are you going to school?"

In fact, it doesn't matter whether you go or not. It doesn't matter if you don't have this transcript. Some people never step into the school after filling in their applications, while some people still want to go back and take a look. Qiao Bailu asked this question because she actually wanted to find an opportunity to meet him.

In her previous life, after filling in the application form, she was too lazy to do anything, so she only called Xie Jiayuan occasionally, and never met him until the start of the school year. Therefore, their feelings became less and less, their phone calls became less and less, and their concern for him became less and less.

"Wait until the scores come out, I'll call you then." Xie Jiayuan also knew what Qiao Bailu meant, and said with a smile: "If there are no accidents, the admission letter will be received before the end of July. Then we can pack up early and leave in mid-August?"

Qiao Bailu quickly agreed and chatted for a few more words. Qiao Zhenting came out and coughed hard: "Sister, it's almost noon, our parents will be back soon!"

Qiao Bailu rolled her eyes at him and turned to talk to Xie Jiayuan: "Then I'll hang up first. I'll call you when the score line comes out. You have to stay on the phone and don't let anyone else answer it."

The fact that the two are in a relationship has not been made public yet, and Xie Jiayuan’s family doesn’t know about it either.

Just after hanging up, the phone rang again. Qiao Bailu studied the number and felt familiar with it, but she didn't know who it was from. She quickly picked it up and heard the head teacher's voice: "Have you checked your scores? Do you know how many you got in the exam?"

"Got it, teacher. How's my score?" Qiao Bailu asked hurriedly. The teacher was still smiling: "Not bad, first in the city. You performed exceptionally well in this exam. Our school plans to give you a scholarship. In addition, the next senior class will start soon. If you are free then, come over and say a few words. Then you can get the scholarship as well."

"Well, when does senior year start?" Qiao Bailu calculated the time and asked hurriedly. The teacher was still slow: "In another week. Anyway, the school has fans and so on, so it won't be too hot. By the way, I remember you have a younger brother, who is also going to be a senior year?"

"Well, I will definitely go then." Qiao Bailu agreed. The teacher said, "There is one more thing. I have a letter for you here. It was sent from the publishing house. When can you come and pick it up?"

"Publishing house?" Qiao Bailu thought about it for a moment before she suddenly realized. After she signed the third edition contract, she never cared about this matter again, and she didn't tell the publishing house her new address. So, the publishing house sent the letter to the school?

Don’t they know that the senior year of high school has already had its holiday?

"I'll go when the score line is out, teacher. My dad said he wants to hold a teacher appreciation banquet to thank you and all the teachers for teaching me over the past two years. Teacher, can you tell me which day would be suitable?"

Qiao Bailu asked hurriedly, "You're already ranked first in the city, are you still worried that you can't leave this year? At worst, you can just choose your second choice, since they're all in City B anyway."

"No need for that. You have achieved what you have today because of your own hard work. As a teacher, I should teach you to become talented. No need to thank me. Tell your father not to worry about it." The teacher laughed. Qiao Bailu shook her head quickly: "Teacher, what I said doesn't count. My father's words count. I'll ask him to call you later. He's not at home now."

"Okay, I told your dad the same thing. There's nothing else to do. Be safe at home during the holidays. The college entrance exam is finally over. Take a few more days off and go out for some fun. But don't relax too much. Don't think you've reached the end after entering college. College is just a new starting point. You're smart, but a little too impetuous. That's not good. You need to be more careful in the future."

As the head teacher kept nagging, Qiao Bailu's eyes suddenly turned red. In this life, she was really grateful for the patient teaching of the head teacher. Otherwise, even if she worked hard enough, she would not have achieved today's results.

Chapter 33

The scores came out, and Qiao Bailu was admitted to Q University. Xie Jiayuan had no accidents in this life, and his path was almost exactly the same as in his previous life. After Qiao's father and mother finished the call, they were so happy that they wanted to rush to the street and shout a few words. Then they turned around and started making phone calls, notifying relatives on both sides one by one, saying that they would hold a wedding banquet.

Qiao's father also did not forget about the teacher appreciation banquet. After the score line was determined, he immediately asked Qiao Bailu to call the classmates in the same class to see which family was willing to host it. In the end, three families joined together to host it. They booked the Peace Hotel with a 666 standard. Three families, plus six teachers and their families, requested three tables.

Qiao's father also gave her an extra red envelope. Originally, he only gave her 500 yuan, but later he heard that Qiao Bailu had a scholarship, so he increased it to 1,000 yuan. Qiao Bailu didn't care, and she didn't think she was encouraging any unhealthy trends. Several teachers did help her a lot during her three years in high school.

Geography was her weak subject. Whenever she had questions, her geography teacher would always patiently explain them to her. After doing this once, twice, three or four times, her grades gradually improved.

She always had trouble learning English, so her English teacher would always ask her to go to the office for extra lessons during the break. Her teacher was also very concerned about her. Once when she caught a cold, her teacher even cooked eggs at home and brought them to her.

She remembered all the kindness the teacher had shown her. She didn't think there was anything wrong with the red envelope, and she even felt that what she could give to the teacher was too little.

Holding the wine glass, Qiao Bailu bowed three times very respectfully, and said words of thanks with red eyes. The teachers also had red eyes. The old class teacher reached out and supported her: "You must remember what I said in the past. I still expect you to be more promising in the future. I can point to you and say to other students, look, that is the most promising student I have ever taught. Don't let me down."

"Yes, teacher, don't worry." Qiao Bailu nodded quickly, toasted, and made room for another classmate.

After the teacher appreciation banquet, there was a family banquet. It was rare for the Qiao family to have a college student, and a college student from a key university. Even the usually stingy grandmother Qiao generously gave 500 yuan. This aunt gave 200 yuan, that uncle gave 300 yuan, and even distant relatives gave money.

In total, Qiao Bailu received almost three thousand. Add to that her thirty thousand scholarship and twenty thousand in savings, and she is now a wealthy woman. Even Qiao's father was a little jealous: "My daughter's savings are almost as much as mine."

Mother Qiao nodded happily: "Of course, isn't it better than you? The disciple is better than the master, and each generation is stronger than the previous one. By the way, Zhenting, you are going to start school, haven't you made your choice yet?"

"I've chosen. My sister and I will go to City B." Qiao Zhenting wiped his face. It wasn't easy. It's been nearly a month and my parents finally remembered to ask him.

"Okay then. By the way, we said at the beginning that we would go to Z City after the scores came out. Now that the admission letters have come out, shouldn't we go there? Prepare some clothes for the two of them." Qiao's mother said hurriedly, and Qiao's father nodded repeatedly: "Well, let's go tomorrow. It happens that I have nothing to do during this period of time."

"Okay." Qiao Zhenting nodded excitedly. Qiao Bailu rolled her eyes. She didn't have any plans with Xie Jiayuan recently. Anyway, they would be going to City B together soon, so it didn't matter if they met a few times. The rest of the time would be just right for her to spend time with her parents.

"Well, we don't need to buy too many clothes. Qiao Zhenting and I are still growing taller, so we won't be able to wear enough clothes in a year. Just buy two or three sets. The most important thing is the suitcase. It should be sturdy and big enough. By the way, Dad, if you make money in City Z, buy a house if you can. I think the housing prices will still go up."

Qiao Bailu said with a smile, and Qiao's father nodded in agreement: "I see, you don't have to worry too much about the family affairs. I am planning to go to school recently, sign up for adult night school, and learn more with your mother. I found that people still need knowledge."

Qiao Bailu just nodded. No matter what, it was always good to learn more.

The next morning, Qiao's father drove the family to City Z. Qiao Bailu planned the itinerary in the car - go to the zoo on the first day, go to the botanical garden on the second day, go shopping on the third day, and look around on the fourth day. If she remembered anything, she would stay for two more days, and if there was nothing else, she would come back.

After all, Qiao Bailu had a previous life and had seen the prosperity ten years later, so she was not curious about Z City. But Qiao Zhenting, it was really his first time to go far away, except for the county town, this was the farthest. As soon as he entered the city, he felt that his eyes were not enough. This was very strange, and it was very lively there, and he wanted to see everything.

Qiao Bailu stretched out her hand and tugged at his ear: "Calm down, City B is more prosperous than City Z. Don't get dazzled by it, or others will think you're a bumpkin."

"Don't you think it's strange? What's that doing over there?" Qiao Zhenting pointed, and Qiao Bailu leaned on the car window to look out: "Oh, that one, putting up screen savers for cell phones, it's said to be very profitable, mom, why don't you learn a thing or two?"

There were reports in later generations that a young man earned two houses by making mobile phone screensavers. Considering the housing prices in later generations, mobile phone screensavers must have made a lot of money.

The corners of Qiao Zhenting's mouth twitched. He had seen this before, but he had never seen such a... indescribable stall. People were almost snatching it up.

"What about over there? Snack street?" Qiao Zhenting asked again. Qiao Bailu looked at it and shook her head: "I don't know, probably not. There are probably just a few stalls outside. Oh, we can go out and have some snacks later, almond tea, salt and pepper tofu..."

Counting a dozen items on his fingers, Qiao Zhenting was a little dazed: "It sounds like there are quite a few that I don't know what they are."

"Then let's try it. Dad, do you agree?" Qiao Bailu asked the head of the family directly. The head of the family was in a good mood and wanted to praise his daughter to the sky. He nodded without thinking and said, "I agree. Then we will just eat snacks. We have to eat something different every time. You can buy more of what you like."

Mother Qiao was a little reluctant: "Who knows if the food made outside is clean? What if I get sick from eating it?"

"It's okay. Your daughter has a stomach of steel. I can eat the food in the school cafeteria even if there are stones in it. I don't feel anything strange after eating it." Qiao Bailu patted her chest and said. Qiao Zhenting also nodded: "It's not clean, but you won't get sick if you eat it. Mom, didn't you always say this before?"

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. Don't complain if you get an upset stomach." Mother Qiao couldn't argue with her two children, so she had to nod.

When we arrived in City Z, we first looked for a hotel. We booked two rooms, one for Qiao's mother and Qiao Bailu, and one for Qiao's father and Qiao Zhenting. After parking the car, we went to look around the area. The road Qiao Bailu pointed out was in the central area, and the surrounding area was already very prosperous.

"Oh, that's not right. We agreed to go to the zoo first, why do we have to find a hotel first?" After walking a few steps, Qiao Bailu suddenly slapped her head and finally realized: "Booking a room later can save a day, and the parking space can also save a day's money."

Father Qiao also reacted: "Oh, I forgot. So let's go back and drive the car away now? Go to the zoo and then find another hotel?"

"No need, you can just buy things today and leave early later, right?" Qiao's mother waved her hand: "If you buy things early, you won't forget about them at the last minute. Come, let me see the shopping list."

In order to prevent anything from being missed, Mother Qiao made a list at home, including two large suitcases and two small suitcases. Mother Qiao also made two new cotton quilts and mattresses some time ago, which were to be taken over.

Qiao Bailu wanted to refuse, but she couldn't persuade her mother, so she had to agree. She didn't know if the quilts sold outside were good or not, and she wasn't used to the down ones, so it was fine to bring it with her, since she didn't have to walk to school anyway.

"There are also two school bags for your belongings, three sets of summer clothes, two pairs of shoes, and one set of winter clothes. You can buy the rest when you get there." Qiao's mother read it out and asked Qiao Bailu, "Are all the shops selling clothes on the pedestrian street? Are they small shops? Are there any big shopping malls?"

"Yes, there are brand stores on this side of the pedestrian street, and there is another street over there, which is a wholesale market. I was just about to tell you that the clothes over there are cheaper. Some people set up clothing racks on the street to sell clothes, ranging from ten, fifteen, or twenty yuan. When you open a clothing store in the future, you can come here to have a look. However, after thinking about it, it would be better for you to open a brand store, so you don't have to worry too much about purchasing goods."

Mother Qiao nodded but didn't say anything. The group walked slowly towards the pedestrian street. It was probably summer vacation, so there were a lot of people. The family squeezed in and out, and Father Qiao followed behind with his hands behind his back. If there were stools in the store, he would sit for a while, and if there were no stools, he would stand for a while.

She would occasionally make a few comments, and when Mrs. Qiao asked her to try on clothes, she would cooperate. Then, she would take out her wallet and either pay in cash or by credit card.

It was the first time for the brother and sister to encounter such generosity from Mr. Qiao. They were so happy that they almost flew up and almost wanted to pack up all the clothes they liked. Fortunately, Mother Qiao was there to control them.

"You have to have sportswear. As long as it's not a formal occasion, it's convenient and comfortable to wear. Anyway, I need two sets." Qiao Bailu pulled a pink sportswear and turned to look at Qiao Zhenting: "You have to keep in shape in the future, so sportswear is indispensable."

Qiao Zhenting nodded quickly and touched his chin with his hand: "Actually, I think wide pants are enough. I didn't pass the exam, so I don't need to worry too much about my image."

Father Qiao nodded and said, "Well, it's a boy, don't worry too much. Just buy him two large pants and two large vests later. Bailu, go try on the clothes and buy them if they fit you."

The shopping guide next to him looked at Qiao Zhenting with sympathy. The handsome boy was pitiful. Tsk tsk, big pants with a big vest, what an image...

"This beauty has fair skin, and she looks really good in this pink dress. It also shows off her figure, and she looks youthful, lively, beautiful and charming. This dress is on sale now. Our store offers a 30% discount if you buy two. This black dress also looks good. Would you like to try it, beautiful lady?"

Although she felt sorry for the handsome boy, the sales assistant did not forget her job and sold the clothes in her store conscientiously and responsibly: "There is also this white one. It's not so hot to wear white in summer. The black one is a bit too hot. The blue one is also good-looking and refreshing..."

Chapter 34 Turn off the lights small medium large Previous chapter: Chapter 33Next chapter: Chapter 35 Seeing that the big clock on the train station showed that the time was almost up, Qiao Bailu hurriedly stood up and waved to Qiao's father and mother: "It's time to get on the train in a while. Zhenting and I will go in first. Parents, don't worry. , we are not children anymore."

Mother Qiao was still a little worried: "It's your first time out of the province..."

"Mom, how many times have you told me, okay, okay, I'll give it to you as soon as I arrive in City B. Can you please make a phone call? You should also consider the time. It takes eight hours to get there. It will be tomorrow morning. Can't you and your father just stay on the phone?"

Qiao Bailu said hurriedly, dragging the two with her. The suitcases were pushed forward, and Qiao Zhenting followed behind: "Yeah, parents, you really don't have to worry, I'm not a child anymore, I promise to take good care of my sister, you just go back quickly."

Qiao's father Qiao My mother just nodded and watched the two people enter the train station before sighing: "Hey, I knew they were leaving, but now I can't bear to leave."

"There's nothing I can do if I can't bear to leave. Sooner or later, this will happen. The children are too old to be with us all the time, right?" Qiao's father said with a smile, patting Qiao's mother on the shoulder: "Let's go home quickly and pack up in the past two days. We will put on clothes and bedding for another day. Bring them all here, while we are still young, we can make more money for our children."

Qiao Bailu and Qiao Zhenting laboriously dragged their suitcases to the waiting hall, turned around twice, and finally found Xie Jiayuan. We didn’t have internet at home, so we went to the county ticket office to buy train tickets. After talking over the phone in advance, the three of us bought three tickets next to each other for the same train.

Xie Jiayuan handed Qiao Bailu a bottle of water and asked her to take a few sips first. Then he picked up the package and asked the siblings to sit down. There are still thirty minutes left before ticket check-in, so it’s not too late.

Taking a train, especially taking a train at night, is actually very tiring. At two or three o'clock, the entire carriage became quiet. Qiao Bailu's eyelids became a little heavy. She hugged her schoolbag and computer. After a while, her head rested on Xie Jiayuan's shoulder.

Qiao Zhenting on the other side immediately glared over, and Xie Jiayuan couldn't help but laugh: "Did you know it before you told me?"

"I know, I know, I haven't seen it with my own eyes." Qiao Zhenting curled his lips and thought about it, it was indeed him who made the fuss, they两个的恋爱故事连老师都知道，他都默认了两年了，还能这会儿揍一顿这死不要脸的？

"I'm warning you, you are not allowed to bully my sister in the future, otherwise, I will beat you to death." After all, he was a little unwilling to give up the threat after being two years late. Xie Jiayuan smiled and didn't answer. He lowered his head and took out a coat from his schoolbag and put it on Qiao Bailu.

There was a public telephone booth outside the train station. Qiao Bailu and Xie Jiayuan both needed to report news to their homes, so the three of them went to call first.

"Zhenting doesn't have a place to live yet, so let's find a hotel first, one close to our school, and place him there. Then we'll go report. After that, we have to rent a house for him." Reported to the family. Safe, Qiao Bailu turned around and arranged the next trip: "However, you can't rush to find a house. It has to be close to our school, and it has to be close to B Film. There has to be a training class nearby, and we have to find out about the training teachers. If you have any real materials, you will be very busy next."

Qiao Zhenting waved: "Sister, you have done everything, so what do you want me to do? You and Xie Jiayuan can handle the admissions in peace. I'll take care of the training class. I'll go to B Movie for two days to find out which teacher in the school has a training class. It's safer this way."

"Okay, you can do it yourself, but you can't do it... "Qiao Bailu reached out and touched her chin: "Maybe I can do it. Anyway, people come up with solutions. Now, let's go to our school first."

Xie Jiayuan reached out and nodded: "That's the reception of our school. Just go and ask, there is probably a reception car."

The three of them immediately dragged a bunch of things over, and a senior came over with a smile: "Are you a freshman at Q University?"

"Yes, you are? Is she a senior from Q University?" Xie Jiayuan smiled politely and nodded. The senior looked Xie Jiayuan up and down, then looked at Qiao Bailu and Qiao Zhenting, and pointed to the car next to her: "That is our reception car, but , if you want to take the reception car, you may have to wait a while. The car will not leave until it is full. According to my experience, it is estimated that you have to wait two or three hours. If you are in a hurry, you can take the bus. Have you seen the overpass over there? ? After crossing the overpass, there is a stop sign opposite. Take 65 first, get off at Hehuatun, then transfer to 918, and take the bus directly to the north gate of Q University. There are also seniors there to greet you. You can see it when you get off the bus

. Thank you, senior, we understand." Xie Jiayuan smiled and said, "

Shall we take the bus?" "How about we take a taxi?" It's a long way." The senior sister immediately interrupted: "You can also take a taxi. It's about thirty years from here to the school. It's actually quite cost-effective for the three of you to carry so many things.

" Well, you can also take the subway. The subway is also faster." The senior sister said with a smile. Qiao Zhenting touched Xie Jiayuan's shoulders: "I also agree to take a taxi. We carry too much stuff. We only need to transfer to and from the bus. It's not convenient or something."

Xie Jiayuan said angrily: "It's just because we have too many things, so there may not be taxis willing to take us, or we'll have to leave in two cars, and you'll go alone?" Qiao

Zhenting ? Of course I don't want to. My sister and I are a family. Why should I go alone? Although you and my sister are boyfriend and girlfriend, you are not married yet.

"Let's take the luggage with us?" Xie Jiayuan asked again. Qiao Bailu's mouth twitched. Is this because she was too worried about spending too much money? Feel free to hand over three people's luggage to a strange taxi driver? What a fool, right?

"In this way, you two go together, and I go by myself, taking two-thirds of the luggage with me." Seeing that the two of them were not giving in, Qiao Bailu said helplessly. The senior sister next to her touched her chin. It was more subtle. The two men Fighting for a girl?

"No, you're a girl, how can you go alone?" Xie Jiayuan immediately denied it, looked at Qiao Zhenting again, and raised his eyebrows: "Then I'll take these luggage and have my own car."

He nodded at the two siblings . The senior sister next to him said hesitantly: "Actually, you don't have to fight for this. Maybe you need a car for each person. If it is such a small box, the trunk can hold two, but The big box can only hold one. "

The three of them each have a big box, a small box, a school bag, and a computer bag. The back seats can be stacked up, but I don’t know if the driver is willing to do so. Qiao Zhenting and Xie

Jiayuan glanced at each other. Qiao Zhenting curled his lips and pulled Qiao Bailu: "Let's go, hail a taxi first and ask the driver how to let him go."

After leaving the train station, you can see a taxi. Qiao Bailu stayed there to look at the luggage, while Xie Jiayuan and Qiao Zhenting went to ask the driver.

In the end, the two people asked the same answer - two cars are enough, one car can pull one person, two large boxes, two small boxes and a schoolbag, and the other car can take the remaining people and luggage.

Qiao Bailu and Qiao Zhenting were in a car in front, and Xie Jiayuan was alone in the back.

Taxis are indeed fast, and they are lucky, the road is not too congested today. I arrived at the school in an hour and got off the bus at the school gate. A senior immediately came over to greet them. While helping them drag their suitcases, they introduced: "Follow the procedure, first go to your department to register. We will look at your notification letter, ID card and Admission ticket, and then the teacher over there will give you a registration ticket. Next to the registration office is the accommodation office. You can stop by to apply for accommodation, and then go back and put your things away. The next step is the admission procedures. First go and pay the tuition fee. ..."

The senior said in detail, so Qiao Zhenting was responsible for guarding the luggage. Qiao Bailu and Xie Jiayuan went to register first. The girls' dormitory and the boys' dormitory were not far apart, so they were on the way. It was the first day of admission for freshmen, and they were almost there. There are only one group, so the dormitory management is not too strict, and boys can also go up.

Qiao Bailu thought she was the first one, but who knew that when she got to the third floor, she found that her dormitory was already open. She knocked on the door and poked her head in. She saw a family of three standing inside making the bed, and a girl kneeling on the bed. Hearing the noise, he turned to look at Qiao Bailu: "Are you from this dormitory too?"

"Well, my name is Qiao Bailu." When he entered, Xie Jiayuan was not introduced. He just found his bed according to the numbers on the registration form, and then put his suitcases away. Go up there. As for the computer, you can carry it by yourself first. It's too valuable and you can't just put it away for the time being. The wallet and other items are packed in a small shoulder bag, so there is no need to search for them separately.

"I still have something to do. I'm going out now. Let's talk later." After greeting her with a smile, Qiao Bailu waved and left with Xie Jiayuan. This busy work continued until the evening. When I came back, I was so tired that I didn't even want to lift my arms. She and the girl from before were still the only ones in the dormitory.

The girl was shy. Seeing that she was sitting still, he poured her a glass of water: "What's your name?"

"My name is Qiao Bailu, what's yours?" Qiao Bailu took a sip of water and thanked her with a smile. As he stood up to pack his luggage, he chatted nonsense: "My family is from Province H. Where are you from? Local? Why did you come so early?"

"My name is Chu Weiwei, and I am from Province S." They exchanged names. We slowly started chatting, and we will live together for another four years, maybe even more. The two of them talked in a very friendly manner, and in the end they really felt like they were connected.

Qiao Bailu wanted to spend more time with Chu Weiwei, but she was too busy. She had to buy a mobile phone, find a place for Qiao Zhenting to live, and inquire about the Internet connection in the dormitory. She went out early every day and came back after dark. .

After three days of struggling, everyone in the dormitory was here, and her work was finally finished. The three of them bought the same mobile phone, and their phone numbers were only different by two digits, so they called home that day. Qiao Zhenting has also found a place to live. Although Qiao Bailu is worried about him and wants to find a place closer to him, the rent in the school district is relatively high, and B Film's place is no exception. A small single room costs three to four thousand. But 2003! It’s not what housing prices will be like ten years from now!

Their family is just an ordinary well-off family now. Even if they can afford the rent, they are not willing to pay it. Therefore, the house we rented in the end was a bit far away, and it was just a standard room, a bed, and a table.

Qiao Bailu remembered that she had read a novel that said people who practice acting should have a mirror in their room. Therefore, after signing the contract, he rushed to buy a full-length mirror and put it on two walls. For fear that Qiao Zhenting would not be able to sleep at night, he also bought a large roll of cloth to make a curtain to cover the mirror at night.

When asking about school affairs, let Qiao Zhenting handle it by himself. The new students are about to officially start school, and she and Xie Jiayuan are also starting to get busy.

Before getting to know the whole class, you must first get to know all the classmates in the dormitory. There are six people in a dormitory, Qiao Bailu, Chu Weiwei, Zhou Mengyao, and Zhao Xiaoqiong. Chu Weiwei is shy, Zhou Mengyao is delicate, Zhao Xiaoqiong is gentle, Qiao Bailu touches her chin, which category does she belong to?

"My home is local. I invite you to visit my home from now on. By the way, have you been to city B before? I'll take you around in two days?" Zhou Mengyao chirped, turning to look at Qiao Bailu: "Qiao Bailu Bai Lu, didn't you ask about how to get broadband? "Have you done it?"

"Except for graduate students, all other students can get it themselves if they don't want to," Qiao said. Bai Lu stopped typing and turned to look at Zhou Mengyao: "You have to go to the business hall to apply. There are two options. One is to buy an hourly card for more than 100 yuan a year. There are 30 yuan and 60 yuan. Three The one with ten yuan is sixty hours, and the one with sixty yuan is one hundred and fifty hours. However, the time limit is one month. One is six hundred a year, and it lasts all year round. "

After that, Qiao said . Bai Lu looked at the other two people: "Do you want to do it?"

"No, I don't have a computer." Chu Weiwei shook her head, and Zhao Xiaoqiong also shook her head: "I don't have a computer either, you two can discuss it yourself."

"Well, then Mengyao, which one do you think is better?" Qiao Bailu asked. She didn't care. Anyway, the hour card is enough to post an article or send an email. Oh, by the way, there is also reading novels, which is more troublesome. . However, if you are very nervous about studying, you probably won’t have much time to read novels.

"How about we do it for the whole year?" Zhou Mengyao thought for a while and said, lying behind Qiao Bailu, she came up with an idea: "I didn't bring my computer. I'll go home and get it tomorrow. Is this the ideal one? I heard that the ideal one is not Why, I use Feixiang. Do you know this brand? I spent tens of thousands on foreign high-end machines.”

“Well, I’m used to domestic ones,” Qiao Bailu still smiled. , reduced the size of his document, turned around and concentrated on talking to Zhou Mengyao: "Then let's do it for the whole year. It costs about seven hundred to connect the modem and the router. Can we split it equally between the two of us?"

"Okay, I'll do it first. I'll give you the money, and you can use it as long as you want. Can you give back the extra money and make up for it when the time comes?" Zhou Mengyao nodded with a smile, got up and went to her bed to get her wallet, and gave Qiao Bailu five hundred directly. Qiao Bailu waved her hand and said, "No need for now. , I'll give it to you after it's installed. I'm not in a hurry to use it."

Zhou Mengyao didn't refuse. Zhao Xiaoqiong lay on the bed and looked down: "Hey, you two are about to wash up. It's already half past ten. It's time to turn off the lights soon. The class teacher won’t tell you, will the military training start tomorrow?

“I don’t know what the instructor looks like.” “We’ll find out by then,” Zhou Mengyao said while carrying the toothbrush cup. I need my contact information. If you're not handsome, forget it. By the way, did you see Liu Yishuang at the class meeting tonight? She's so pretty. Is she the prettiest in our class? "

"I think Bai Lu is better than her. "

She's pretty." Chu Weiwei muttered and looked at Qiao Bailu: "Don't you think that Liu Yishuang is very pretentious? Are the people who voted for her so bad that they chose her as monitor?" I think it's okay. After all, it's the first time we've met and we haven't gotten along before, so it's hard to say." Qiao Bailu closed her notebook, took the washbasin and went to the bathroom. Chu Weiwei looked at Zhao Xiaoqiong, and Zhao Xiaoqiong raised her eyebrows: "Let's have dinner together tomorrow. "Yes. "

Chu Weiwei nodded and pointed to the bathroom. Zhao Xiaoqiong hesitated and shouted, "Bai Lu, Mengyao, let's have dinner together tomorrow morning."

Zhou Mengyao just finished brushing her face and said: "Okay, I heard that Q University's cafeteria is very good, I don't know if it's true."

Qiao Bailu was brushing her teeth and didn't say anything. After she finished brushing, she shook her head: "Yeah, okay." She had told Xie Jiayuan before Now, I have breakfast and lunch with my roommates, and the two of them have dinner together. After that, they can go to the library together.

She moved quickly, and just as she turned off the lights after washing, Zhou Mengyao screamed: "I haven't taken off the mask yet."

"Just tear it off later." Qiao Bailu said casually, covered herself with the quilt, took out her phone, and Xie Jiayuan sent a text message—Are you asleep?

The other side responded instantly. Qiao Bailu quickly muted her phone and replied with a smile. She also didn't forget Qiao Zhenting and sent a text message asking him about finding a training class. It wasn't until half past eleven that Qiao Bailu put down her phone, yawned and closed her eyes.

The dormitory is very quiet. I went to bed a little late today. I must wash up early tomorrow and go to bed at eleven o'clock. If you want to be beautiful, sleep is essential.

At seven o'clock the next day, Chu Weiwei got up first, woke everyone up, and then went to the cafeteria to eat together. Although there were many people, there were also many windows. Qiao Bailu ordered three buns and a cup of soy milk. Zhou Mengyao looked at her as if she had seen a ghost. : "You eat so much?"

Qiao Bailu was confused: "Is it a lot? I think it's okay. You only eat one, can you feel full?"

"One is enough." Zhou Mengyao looked at her belly: "You are like this Be careful about what you eat to gain weight. It doesn't matter in high school. Studying is too hard and you won't gain weight easily if you eat too much. It's different in college. If you eat too much, you'll look ugly."

Qiao Bailu nodded: "You're right, then I will . Be careful, but since military training starts today, I think it's better to eat more. Military training is also very tiring. "

" Eat quickly, we have to meet at the playground at eight o'clock," Zhao Xiaoqiong interrupted. Weiwei also nodded with a smile: "Yes, I have to go back to the dormitory to change clothes later. Speaking of which, in such a hot weather, after a month of military training, will you be very tanned?"

Qiao Bailu didn't care at all. : "You can still be healthy, why do you care about this?"

The four of them ate their breakfast quickly while talking, and hurried back to change clothes. Chu Weiwei said while climbing the stairs: "If I had known, I would have done it first after getting up. After changing clothes, I saw that many people in the cafeteria had changed.

"It's useless to change so early. Do you plan to go to the playground after breakfast? Or just sit in the cafeteria?" "Those military training clothes are so ugly. If you can't wear them, don't wear them."

Zhao Xiaoqiong looked at her watch: "There are still fifteen minutes to eight o'clock, why don't you hurry up?"

Qiao Bailu quickly closed the door and went to her desk to pull it. There were plastic bags for clothes. Summer military training clothes were easy to change. In less than three minutes, Qiao Bailu finished changing. Turning around again, okay, the other three are still applying sunscreen.

"Didn't you apply it in the morning?" Qiao Bailu was speechless, and Zhou Mengyao turned around with a smile: "If you apply more, you can get more sun protection. Do you want it? Could it be that you didn't buy sunscreen?"

"I did, but I can't. I don’t want to be in so much trouble.” Qiao Bailu waved her hand and urged: “Hurry, there are still five minutes left. If you don’t go, you will be late. Are you planning to be late on the first day and leave a bad impression on the class teacher and instructor? He's very handsome."

As soon as these words came out, the three nodded quickly, immediately capped the bottles and turned around to go out: "Let's go, hurry up, take the keys with you, and lock the door."

Qiao Bailu . The corner of her mouth twitched, and she quickly followed. She was the last one to go out, locking the door at the same time. When they arrived at the playground, the whole class was already here, and the class teacher was talking: "The performance during the military training will also be graded. You can get an excellence award, and there will be extra points in the final exam, and it will be associated with the scholarship." Damn it, so you all should be careful. Even if you don’t want to get a scholarship, don’t offend the instructor, otherwise, he will train you so hard that your parents won’t even recognize you.”

Just as he was saying this, he heard from the playground. There was a whistle outside, and when I turned around, I saw a group of soldiers running over. They were uniformly wearing short-sleeved shirts and large caps. Their postures were very upright, and they looked different.

There were two leaders. They entered the playground and stood directly in front of the rostrum. The leader came out and said a few words. As soon as they clapped their hands, the instructors all dispersed and turned to look at the students on the playground. Whoever likes a certain class can just go there.

There are twenty-five girls and eleven boys in Qiao Bailu's class. The first one to attract the instructor was the leader.

The instructor was quite handsome. He stood in front and said without any nonsense: "Line up, nine people in a row, from left to right, from high to low! Girls in front, boys behind, hurry up!"

Everyone, look at me. Look at you, you don’t want to stand in the front row, right under the instructor’s nose, it’s hard to blink.

Chapter 35

Because they were slow to line up, sloppy, and didn't distinguish between tall and short people, Qiao Bailu's class took more than ten minutes longer than other classes to line up. As soon as they were in line, they heard the bad news - because they wasted time, their class was punished to run two laps.

One lap of the playground is 400 meters, and two laps is 800 meters, which doesn't sound like much. But don't forget that most of their class are delicate girls who have just finished their senior year of high school. They are very good at studying, let alone running.

In less than one lap, two-thirds of the people were out of breath and could not run any longer. The instructor kept blowing the whistle behind them: "Hurry up! I will beat anyone who runs slower with a belt!"

Qiao Bailu took the time to look back, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch. The instructor was actually holding a belt in his hand. It was tied around his waist before, and it made his little waist look dazzling. Now that the belt was removed, that little waist was still dazzling.

A few girls behind me were probably picked, and they screamed and rushed forward with all their breath. After two rounds, they couldn't speak anymore, and stood there holding their legs and gasping for breath.

"Line up!" The instructor gave an order and everyone quickly stood up. They had just been given a warning and now they dared not dawdle any longer. Two more laps would be exhausting.

"Look to the right!" the instructor shouted sullenly, "Count!"

"Stand at attention! Stand at attention now. Look forward. Put your hands on your legs, middle fingers on your trouser seams, and open your legs 60 degrees..."

After we stood in position, the instructor stood in front with his hands behind his back and gave us a lecture: "Since you are assigned to me, you must follow my instructions from now on. If anyone makes a mistake, we won't say anything else. One mistake will extend the training time by half an hour, two mistakes will extend it by one hour, and three mistakes will result in everyone being punished together. The training time of everyone in your class will be extended..."

Qiao Bailu and the others stood for half an hour, and the instructor spoke for half an hour, without stopping to breathe or drink a sip of water. After standing at attention, they could rest for three minutes. The instructor immediately called two people: "You two, step out. From now on, you will be the captain and vice-captain. Where is the roster of your class? Captain, come and call out the names."

Seeing that the instructor's finger was pointing at her, Qiao Bailu was really confused. She looked around and suddenly understood - her height gave her a lot of advantages. She was actually quite tall in her class and could even get to the head of the second row.

Since her name was called, she did not back down. She stepped out of the line, bent down and picked up the roster from the ground. She opened the roster and called the name. Whoever was called had to answer. The instructor looked at them one by one.

Nine out of ten college students have experienced military training, but the difference is the length of time and the degree of strictness. Q University is a key university, the top priority, so the military training will naturally not be too lax, it will only last for a month, not to mention the strictness.

In short, from then on, Qiao Bailu and her classmates had a hard time. They were so tired during the day that sometimes they didn't even want to send more text messages when they got home at night. Xie Jiayuan was probably also very tired. Anyway, the two of them had dinner together every night, so it didn't matter whether they sent text messages or not.

As for Qiao Zhenting, Qiao Bailu couldn't take care of him. Of course, she didn't have time to pull the network cable in the dormitory for the time being. She was so tired that she didn't have time to go to the business hall.

Qiao Bailu was more tired than the other three in the dormitory, because as the leader, she couldn't make any mistakes. During the grand performance, the leader represented the face of the entire team. After the military training in the afternoon, she had to go through another half an hour of training with another leader.

She hurried out of the playground and saw Xie Jiayuan waiting for her with a lunch box. "Here, the food is still warm, just right for eating. Did you just finish training?"

"Well, Xie Jiayuan, I found a big piece of gossip." Qiao Bailu said with a smile as she followed Xie Jiayuan to the side of the rostrum. Xie Jiayuan raised his eyebrows: "How old?"

"It's very big. I found that Yao Lingling, the girl who was the leader with me, you know her, right?" Qiao Bailu sat down on the steps and ate buns while talking: "I found that the instructor was very nice to Yao Lingling. He must like Yao Lingling."

"Confessed?" Xie Jiayuan asked with a smile. He didn't really care about this kind of gossip, but in order to cooperate with Qiao Bailu, he still asked. Qiao Bailu shook her head: "Of course not. Isn't there a rule that instructors are not allowed to date girls during military training?"

Xie Jiayuan touched his chin, frowned and thought for a while: "Is there such a rule?"

Qiao Bailu was speechless for a while. This was something she had found out in her previous life. The instructor waited until she finished her military training before he made his feelings clear. Before that, he had been secretly taking care of her and didn't dare to let any rumors spread.

"Well, I heard from others that there is, and the higher the position of the soldier, the stricter the management in this regard should be." Qiao Bailu said vaguely, stuffing the bun in her hand into Xie Jiayuan's mouth: "Anyway, it's just gossip, let's just listen to it. I think Yao Lingling is quite arrogant, she may not be interested in the instructor."

Xie Jiayuan swallowed the bun and stuffed the soup into Qiao Bailu's hand: "Drink it quickly, it's not good for your stomach if it gets cold. The grand performance will start in three days. After the performance, it will be the National Day holiday, which is seven days. Let's go out for a walk?"

"Okay, let's go see Zhenting first, and then go to the Forbidden City or something like that. By the way, are the people in your dormitory easy to get along with? Didn't you say before that there's a boy who's particularly unhygienic? Can you stand it? If not, let's see if the school will allow us to live outside later?"

Qiao Bailu drank the soup, stood up and walked around for a while, then came back to sit next to Xie Jiayuan. Xie Jiayuan shook his head: "It's okay, it's best not to move out in your freshman year, build good relationships with your classmates first, you can't not have a single good friend, and if you move out, no one will notify you if something happens in the class, right?"

"Or do you not want to live in the dormitory?" Xie Jiayuan frowned: "Is there anyone in the dormitory unfriendly to you?"

"No, everything is fine, but I don't have much time to spend with you." Qiao Bailu shook her head and Xie Jiayuan reached out and rubbed her hair: "Isn't this because of the military training? It will be fine after the military training is over. During the National Day holiday, we will buy a bicycle and I will pick you up and drop you off at the classroom every day, okay?"

They were from completely different departments, and the teaching buildings were in two opposite directions. This detour would make it even farther. Qiao Bailu hesitated: "Then you have to get up very early..."

"It doesn't matter. It's just a good exercise. It only takes about ten minutes." Xie Jiayuan said indifferently. If he wanted to learn more, he had to have a better body. He always kept this sentence in mind.

"Okay, let's buy a bicycle." Qiao Bailu nodded with a smile, stretched out her hand to pull the clothes on her body and smelled them: "I guess the three of them should have finished washing, so I'll go back and take a shower first?"

"Okay." Xie Jiayuan nodded, then stood up and smiled at Qiao Bailu gently. Qiao Bailu was reluctant to leave. The opportunity to see her for such a short time in a day was really too short.

"It's almost over, the military training will be over soon." After a while, Xie Jiayuan raised his hand and held her in his arms. He lowered his head to kiss Qiao Bailu's forehead, but when he got closer, he found that there was a smell of sweat in her hair. He had to lower his head again and kiss her cheek as a second choice.

After the kiss, he still felt a little unsatisfied. He looked around and found that they were in a relatively remote location and there was no one else on the playground at the moment, so Xie Jiayuan quickly and accurately pressed his lips on Qiao Bailu's.

A gentle kiss that makes people want to immerse themselves in it forever, and no one wants it to end. It was not until something pressed against her lower abdomen that Qiao Bailu pushed Xie Jiayuan away with a red face.

Xie Jiayuan's breathing was a little heavy, and his arms around Qiao Bailu were a little tight. After calming down for a long time, he bit Qiao Bailu's earlobe and said, "Okay, go back soon. See you tomorrow."

Qiao Bailu nodded, jumped down the steps nimbly, and trotted away from the playground. Xie Jiayuan watched her disappear from view, reached out to touch his lips, smiled, and bent down to pick up the lunch box and chopsticks.

"Hey, Bailu is back? Are you on a date again?" Zhou Mengyao was walking around the dormitory in her pajamas. When she saw Qiao Bailu, she couldn't help but tease her, "Look at your red face. Did you do something bad?"

Qiao Bailu had never had dinner with them, and although she had never said that she had a boyfriend, they were not fools. They texted each other at night and had dinner together, and Qiao Bailu had never denied it. If it wasn't her boyfriend, then what was he?

"Well, you're just envious." Qiao Bailu raised her chin and looked around: "Where are the two of them?"

"I went to the library to borrow books." Q University is more advanced. It has one card for the meal card, library card, and student card. It was issued last week, so freshmen can also borrow books.

"Why didn't you go?" Qiao Bailu asked as she took some clothes to change into. Zhou Mengyao smiled and nodded at her: "I'm afraid you'll be lonely, so I want to stay with you. How about it? Are you touched?"

"I'm touched. I'm so touched that I want to pledge my love to you. My dear, what do you think of me?" Qiao Bailu turned around and flirted with him. Zhou Mengyao immediately pretended to vomit. "My dear warrior, I'm sorry. I'm already married and I'm afraid I'll let you down!"

Qiao Bailu laughed and took the basin to the bathroom. She threw her military training uniform and hat into the water. It was hot and they would dry overnight. The sound of water splashing was heard. Zhou Mengyao smiled and shook her head, standing in front of the table and continuing to read her book.

Qiao Bailu took a quick shower and came out in 20 minutes. She wiped her hair casually. No one was taking a shower after her, so she took the opportunity to rub out her clothes as well: "You all took a shower very quickly today. When I came back before, didn't you just finish showering for two people?"

"They were in a hurry to go out, so they washed faster." Zhou Mengyao turned around and said, then paused and asked Qiao Bailu, "Do you think they don't like me?"

"I don't think so. Aren't they the same? Didn't they pay attention to you when you talked to them?" Qiao Bailu asked with a smile. Zhou Mengyao pouted: "Are you trying to fool me too? I'm not a fool. Can't I see their attitude? They are talking, but there's something wrong."

"Then I don't know. I think it's okay, they are all the same." Qiao Bailu wrung out the clothes and took them to the balcony to dry. Everyone bought different clothes racks, so there was no need to worry about getting the clothes mixed up.

"They don't like me, but I don't like them either, they're so poor." Zhou Mengyao grumbled unhappily. Qiao Bailu couldn't help laughing, "I'm poor too. I'm so poor that I can barely afford steamed buns."

Zhou Mengyao was amused by her, but couldn't help but retort: "That's different, but you really need to eat less. I noticed that you've gained weight."

Qiao Bailu's mouth twitched. "Girl, with the way you talk, it's strange that people like you, okay?" It's just that I, your aunt, am broad-minded and don't want to argue with you.

"It's a good thing your boyfriend doesn't despise you, but you are high school classmates, childhood sweethearts, maybe he wouldn't despise you even if you turned into a pig?" Zhou Mengyao comforted her generously: "If you can't afford steamed buns, you can eat dumplings. Anyway, someone has already asked for them, so eat them."

Qiao Bailu reached out and pinched her waist. She didn't feel that she had gained weight. She then looked for her dress and tried it on. It was neither loose nor tight, and it was the same size as before. She finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In this life, she paid special attention to her figure, and she would never stay at home and become a fat girl like in her previous life. But while paying attention to her figure, she did not neglect her health. She couldn't go on a hunger strike, as she was in military training, and if she didn't eat enough, she might faint from hunger, which would be embarrassing.

"Bai Lu, the military training will be over soon. Didn't I invite you to my house to play before? Do you want to go?" Zhou Mengyao changed the subject again. Qiao Bailu hesitated for a moment: "Well, it's hard to say. Before, Xie Jiayuan, oh, that's my boyfriend..."

"Your boyfriend's name is Xie Jiayuan? Hey, this name is so familiar, wait a minute, let me think about it..." Zhou Mengyao waved her hands, frowned and thought hard, and clapped her hands after a long time: "The national No. 2 in science!"

"Second place?" Qiao Bailu was also a little surprised. She only knew that Xie Jiayuan ranked first in the province and received 20,000 more scholarship than her. She didn't know that he could even rank nationally.

"You don't know? He's your boyfriend. By the way, you called your boyfriend by his full name just now. You and your boyfriend don't really have that much of a relationship, right?" Zhou Mengyao said again.

Qiao Bailu couldn't help but frown. She wouldn't take it to heart if someone said she ate too much, that she was fat, or that her clothes were ugly. She was broad-minded. But if someone said that she and Xie Jiayuan had a bad relationship, Qiao Bailu couldn't help but care.

She was reborn, and besides her career and family, which she cared about most, Xie Jiayuan was the most important. Zhou Mengyao's doubts always reminded her of the failure of this relationship in her previous life.

Besides, maybe women are more narrow-minded? Or maybe she is narrow-minded by nature. Anyway, she felt that Zhou Mengyao's words were very harsh, and she was holding her breath in her heart and was unwilling to pay attention to Zhou Mengyao.

Zhou Mengyao wasn't really completely unable to read people's expressions. Seeing Qiao Bailu frowning, she quickly stuck out her tongue and made a face: "I was joking, don't take it seriously. You two went to the same high school, so you must have a deep relationship."

Qiao Bailu smiled and took out her phone to call Qiao Zhenting: "Have you found the training class?"

"Yes, I found it. It's run by a teacher from B-film. They recruit 60 students. When I went there, it was almost full. The tuition is 24,000 yuan a year. Sister, it's more than double what I expected. What should I do if I don't have enough money?"

"I'll pay your tuition, but you have to earn your living expenses yourself. What do you think?" Qiao Bailu asked with a smile. Qiao Zhenting howled on the other end: "Sister, you can't be so cruel. I have to go to school. How can I earn my living expenses?"

"Also, sister, I want to buy a musical instrument. My teacher said that to be an actor, I need to have a skill. I can't sing, so my teacher suggested that I choose three courses: acting, body shape, and musical instrument. Which one do you think I should choose?"

"I think it's best not to choose any of them. Do I have to pay extra for the courses I choose?" Qiao Bailu asked with a raised eyebrow. Qiao Zhenting chuckled, "Sister, you are too smart. The instrument belongs to the vocal class and needs another teacher to teach it. But the teacher said that when the exam comes, the preliminary test will be divided into three steps, and there will be other tests besides performance." Qiao Zhenting sighed, "I originally planned to learn singing, but the teacher said no."

"Then..." Qiao Bailu quickly thought about which musical instrument was the cheapest. After thinking it over, she sincerely suggested, "You should learn to sing. Anyway, you want to be an actor, not a singer. There is really no need to learn any musical instrument."

Qiao Zhenting argued with Qiao Bailu, but he was no match for Qiao Bailu and was soon speechless. He had no choice but to use his ultimate move - rolling on the ground and throwing a tantrum: "Sister, just promise me, promise, promise~~"

Qiao Bailu touched her chin and said, "You can agree to it, but you have to make a promise."

"What promise?" Qiao Zhenting asked hurriedly. Qiao Bailu's eyes narrowed as she smiled: "I'll give you two months to learn how to use this instrument, and then go to the streets to sing."

Qiao Zhenting didn't say a word for a long time. Qiao Bailu didn't rush him. She reached out to open her computer, found a document, opened it, and tapped words on the keyboard.

"Sister, do you think this is a foreign country?" Qiao Zhenting muttered in retort: "If I go to sing for money, people might think I'm a fool."

"Let me put it this way. If you want to buy a musical instrument, you won't have living expenses. If you want living expenses, then don't buy a musical instrument. I'll give you a day to think about it and call you tomorrow." Qiao Bailu hung up the phone neatly and was about to start typing when she heard Zhou Mengyao ask, "Who are you talking to on the phone?"

Zhou Mengyao didn’t quite understand the local dialect that Qiao Bailu used before, and she was a little worried that even Qiao Bailu wouldn’t talk to her.

"With my brother." Qiao Bailu asked indifferently. Zhou Mengyao waited for a while, and when she saw that Qiao Bailu didn't continue, she moved closer to Qiao Bailu's desk and said, "I see that you type a lot every day. What are you doing?"

"Writing a novel." Qiao Bailu did not hide it. This was not something to be ashamed of. She generously turned the computer over to let Zhou Mengyao take a look. "I plan to submit it for publication."

"Hey, hey, hey, I haven't read it clearly yet." Seeing Qiao Bailu turned away, Zhou Mengyao hurriedly tried to stop her. Qiao Bailu waved her hand and said, "I won't show it to you before it's published. Otherwise, it will affect my thinking. I always feel that the next content will be guessed."

Qiao Bailu smiled and said, "In the future, I plan to write novels to make money to support myself. Why do you study literature?"

Zhou Mengyao was a little stunned: "Why?"

"Yeah." Qiao Bailu nodded. Seeing that Zhou Mengyao didn't leave, she simply moved the small table to the bed and went straight to the bed: "Don't you have any plans for what to do in the future?"

As they were talking, Chu Weiwei and Zhao Xiaoqiong came back and just happened to hear the second half of the sentence. Chu Weiwei smiled and asked, "What are your future plans?"

"What are you going to do after graduation? Our Bai Lu is a talented girl. She is currently writing a manuscript and plans to submit it for publication." Zhou Mengyao quickly took over the conversation. Chu Weiwei was a little surprised: "Submit it?"

Qiao Bailu nodded. If she hadn't published a book, she wouldn't have told Zhou Mengyao before. After being promoted by Zhou Mengyao, if it wasn't published in the end, it would be a shame.

"Ah, you like writing novels too?" Zhao Xiaoqiong was quite surprised. She came over with a smile and asked, "I like it too. I have published several manuscripts before, but they were all short stories for magazines. What do you write?"

"A medium-length novel." Qiao Bailu said with a smile. Zhao Xiaoqiong leaned over to look at the computer and asked, "What's the title? When will it be published?"

"The name hasn't been decided yet. I just wrote the beginning. It's not yet decided whether it can be published. Don't say anything when you go out." Qiao Bailu casually said this and turned around to start typing.

Zhao Xiaoqiong saw that she didn't want to talk more, so she stopped asking. She went to the bathroom to wash her feet, and came back to lie down and read a book. Chu Weiwei took out a notebook, but she didn't know what she was writing.

Zhou Mengyao looked at this and that, sighed, and went to lie down and read.

The next day, she called Qiao Zhenting. Qiao Zhenting was quite surprised this time. He planned to learn a musical instrument and earn his own living expenses. Qiao Bailu asked him if he had any plans. Qiao Zhenting only said that there were many short-term workers near B-Movies, either nude models or temporary workers.

In addition, he asked his classmates and found out that there was a film studio in City B that occasionally hired extras. There were also many film and television bases in City B. He could make money and gain experience by being an extra, killing two birds with one stone, which was very cost-effective.

Hearing Qiao Zhenting's proud business, Qiao Bailu couldn't help laughing. She turned around and called home to inform Qiao's father and mother to cut off Qiao Zhenting's living expenses. Of course, she couldn't tell the truth.

Qiao Bailu only said that she would give it, but she was afraid that Qiao Zhenting would find an excuse to ask for it. City B was too prosperous, and it was easy for people with money to learn bad things, so she told her family not to give it. Qiao's father and mother only thought that she was her biological sister, and she would definitely not treat her biological brother badly, so they immediately agreed.

So, Qiao Zhenting's hard days finally came.