Chapter 22: Campus Evening

"What's going on, please? Are all the students who stayed on campus during the winter break here? So many people? Lin Xiaoquan patted a girl next to him who was wearing glasses and looked better at talking.

"That's right! Now there is an unwritten rule that everyone comes here every evening, before it gets completely dark, to communicate with each other. The girl enthusiastically answered Koizumi's answer.

"Oh! So that's it! Thank you! Koizumi replied.

Koizumi felt very kind when she saw the scene in front of her, which reminded her that when she was a child, after dinner early in the summer, her grandmother took her to the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, and together with the other villagers in the village, they got together in twos and threes.

Koizumi thought about something in his heart, and silently walked to the bulletin board to see if there was any latest official news.

The bulletin board is still the same handwritten notice as before, but in addition to the student union's proposal of "save electricity and return to basics", there are also a lot of small notes, which look like message boards.

In the dim sky, Koizumi took a closer look and found that most of the notes on it were written down by students when they were bored during the day, and there were also many complaints, most of which reflected the change of lifestyle, the inconvenience of using electricity at night, and the fact that the price of the canteen was now rising, the variety of dishes was few, and the cooking method was single.

Seeing what to eat, Lin Xiaoquan's hidden foodie attribute was highly concerned. She searched around with her eyes open, but she didn't find any specific useful information, and planned to go to the cafeteria the next day to experience it in person.

When it was completely dark, there were still many students in the open space, and some even brought guitars, and sat on the side to play and sing by themselves. After a while, there were many people around the students who played the guitar, and gradually, some people began to hum along:

"Even if life is upside down/Even if life is twists and turns/Even if life scares you, it's boring to be a man/Don't shed tears and be sad, and you shouldn't give up/I want to be with you forever for the rest of my life......"

The song that encourages oneself and brings him a full sense of strength is the local Tang dialect song "Red Sun" in the south.

Once upon a time, when I was sad, tired, and depressed, the familiar tune of "Red Sun" sounded in my ears, and when I hummed along, I would feel full of strength and return to a state of full blood resurrection.

Today, students are encouraging themselves in the dark. Koizumi took out a slender candle from his satchel, but in fact, a match. Strike a match, light a candle, drip wax and fix it on the ground next to the boy who is playing the guitar.

When Koizumi looked up and saw the boy who was playing the guitar nodding his head to her in thanks, she smiled in response.

The surrounding classmates, including Lin Xiaoquan, listened to the melody with a demonic inspiration, and saw the faint candlelight in front of him, at this moment, he felt that the anxiety, irritability and restlessness since the power outage in the past few days had been washed away, and the whole person was a lot calmer.

When "Red Sun" was almost finished, Koizumi silently retreated out of the crowd, and she went back to the dormitory in the dark, taking advantage of some light occasionally leaking from the roadside building.

When she returned to her dorm, it was her turn to power the dorm building. Koizumi hurried up, plugged in the phone and charged it, took a change of clothes by himself, and went to the bathroom to wash.

I didn't feel anything when the battery was full before, but now after the limited amount of power, it feels like time flies. When Koizumi cleaned up and blew his hair half-dry, his eyes suddenly darkened.

It's time to power up.