Chapter 225: The Gift
In the dormitory, except for Lin An'an, everyone stared at Shang Xia curiously.
"When I was a child, I always thought that it would only be so cold in the north, but when I grew up and watched the news, I realized that it would also fall in the south. But I see that the snow on your side is light, so it shouldn't be as cold as ours, right? ”
Shang Xia took off his coat and sat on the bench with everyone in only a thin undershirt.
"It's going to be cold, but it rarely snows in my house, only a little snow once in a while, and it's over in a while. And it's clammy and cold over there, which is not the same as the dry and cold here.
When I was a kid, I was very happy every time I saw snow, but every time I built a snowman, I could only build a snowman the size of a fist, and it had to be snowy to be heavy. ”
She couldn't help laughing when she remembered the little snowman she had built in the yard before her parents divorced when she was a child, and she couldn't help laughing.
Jiang Mo blinked his eyes and said, "In another week, it will be snowing relatively heavily here, and you will be able to build such a tall snowman by then."
She put her hand on the back of the chair, and Shang Xia's eyebrows were raised in unison, making a surprised look.
Although she had lived in the north for a long time in her previous life, she had long been surprised
"yes, oh, and if you don't want to eat something too cold, you can put them on the heater. Ever since I was a kid, I've always loved putting apples and milk and peanuts on them. ”
The roommates thought that it was the first time she had seen the heating, so they were enthusiastic about popularizing science until the phone in the dormitory rang - it was Shang Xiaohe.
"Hey, Mom, what's wrong?"
"I watched TV and said that it was snowing in Beijing, so remember to put on thick clothes so as not to catch a cold. By the way, isn't that heater warm? If it's not warm, cover it with a few more quilts at night. ”
Shang Xiaohe's last time she went to Beijing because of her friend's child, that is, Lu Ziyang, was also the only time she went to the north, so many things can only be seen on TV.
"Mom, we only need to wear a short-sleeved shirt in the dormitory, it's not cold, don't worry."
Shang Xia looked at the thin clothes on his body and said warmly.
"Is it really that warm?"
Shang Xiaohe was also worried that her daughter would be cold when it snowed heavily in the north, and was preparing to get more living expenses for her to buy some thick clothes.
"Really! And there are radiators in the corridors of the teaching building, and they are all turned on at this time, and then when the windows outside are closed, even the corridors are very warm, just like spring on our side.
Mom, you must come over to have a look when you have time, I remember that you are most afraid of the cold, and it is easy to catch a cold in winter, otherwise you will come and live in winter, okay? ”
Shang Xiaohe couldn't help but laugh out loud when she heard her daughter say this, "You kid is talking nonsense, it's good to be warm, but you have to wear a little more outside and be careful not to get sick, do you know?"
Now that you are not at home and there is no one to take care of you, you have to pay more attention to adding clothes yourself. ”
Shang Xia responded with a smile, and asked about the situation in the store and at home with concern, and hung up the phone after hearing that it was okay.
When she turned around, she noticed that her roommates were all looking at her with a smile.
"Laugh if you want, I'm really the first time I've come to the North!"
At least for the first time in my life.
"Hahaha! Auntie's reaction just now was so funny! ”
"I can't even think about how you're going to spend the winter over there!"
"Auntie and you don't think that with such a heavy snow in winter, it can survive the winter by relying on thick clothes? Hee-hee-hee-hee......"
Shang Xia shrugged his shoulders and ignored this wave of collective "ridicule", and after a coquettish word, he went to sleep in the warm quilt.
On the first day of central heating, she slept very well at night and woke up the next morning full of energy.
But on the other hand, Lin An'an's complexion is not so good, and there are obvious dark circles under his eyes.
"Didn't you sleep well last night?"
Because there was no class in the afternoon, Shang Xia asked while holding a long needle and twisting a woolen ball to make a scarf.
The method of weaving scarves was learned by her aunt who bought the thread group, and she is not very proficient in it, and she always makes mistakes, and the wool has been dismantled by her to some hair.
"Hmm...... Maybe it's because I'm not in good health, I've always been a little more afraid of cold than everyone else. ”
Lin Anan sat on the bed and hugged the quilt and said.
Although the room was already warm, her hands and feet couldn't warm up in winter, so she couldn't sleep at night.
"Yikes!"
Shang Xia missed another stitch because he was distracted, and he was discouraged and ripped the yarn open and rolled it up again.
"Don't worry, I have a way"
As a person who often has to rely on righteousness to survive the winter in the south, she has 10,000 ways to deal with cold hands and feet and can't sleep.
At dinner in the evening, Shang Xia went to the store outside the school and bought two pink plastic hot water bottles, which were the kind that he poured hot water into them to keep warm.
"Wow, I didn't expect this to be so warm......"
Lin Anan held the hot water bottle in his hand, and felt that his cold hands suddenly became comfortable, and he couldn't help but ask in surprise.
"By the way, haven't you used the winter heating artifact before?"
It's cold in winter, and when she sleeps, Shang Xiaohe will always pour one for her and put it at her feet.
"No, we have floor heating in our house, and I have an electric blanket in my room, so I can sleep at night. But I've seen others use it. ”
Shang Xia almost squirted out the water he had just drunk into his mouth when he heard the word geothermal.
That's 97 years!
Did you install geothermal heat at home in 97?
Shang Xia silently sighed that he really didn't know much about the lives of rich people.
"Go to this place at night to pour hot water when you sleep, you can see if it will be more comfortable tonight."
"But won't this water come out and get the quilt wet?"
Lin Anan asked, pointing to the plug of the hot water bottle.
Since the water is poured in, it must be easy to flow out, right?
"Don't worry, as long as it's closed, it won't leak out."
Lin Anan nodded as if he didn't understand, holding the hot water bottle like a little koala.
That night, she and Shang Xia carefully poured hot water into it, then put it in the quilt and began to sleep.
It turned out that she slept all night and woke up in the morning with cold hands and feet, because her hands and feet were so cold that she couldn't stand it and couldn't really fall asleep, but this night she found that her hands and feet were attached to the hot water bottle and they quickly warmed up!
When he got up the next morning, Shang Xia saw that Lin Anan hadn't woken up yet, and knew that the hot water bottle was useful.
"Xia Xia really thank you, this one is really easy to use!"
She decided, so she bought this and gave it to her grandfather!
At the end of November, the students in the training class made big and small improvements in their exams, and the results made twice in a row made those who were still waiting to understand that the good results of the last time were not accidents.
As a result, Shanglin Education ushered in another wave of registration peaks, and parents rushed to improve their children's tutoring with more than half a year before the college entrance examination.
Although it is said that for educational institutions, the more children who sign up, the better, but soon problems will follow.
"Recently, many parents of students have come from other places to ask if they can also open a college entrance examination crash class there, but their children are too far away to come to class, and they are not very relieved."
Huang Biao took a stack of A4 paper and put it in front of Shang Xia and said.
Shang Xia looked down and found that some of them were parents of the second and third rings, while others had gone farther away.
"There aren't many buses that come here, and they need to take a bus to come here, and it's really expensive to run back and forth every week."
She knows how much it costs to send a child to the third year of high school, plus the tuition fees for cram schools.
Although parents can come up with this tuition fee with a little saving, the high bus fare will really make parents feel distressed.
And it's not safe for students to run back and forth for such a long distance.
Shang Xia took out a map of Beijing and drew a red dot at the location of Huaqing University.
Then draw a large circle where the students are concentrated.
"Huang Biao, you go to this area this week to have a look, and find out if there is a suitable house for renting as a training room."
It is the junction of the second and third ring roads, and combined with the family information left by parents, if a branch school is set up there, it can meet the needs of these students.
Of course, Huang Biao listened to Shang Xia, but Xiao Linlin asked a question.
"If we build a school here, the students will be relaxed, but the teachers will have to run back and forth. Or are you looking for a teacher at another school? ”
"Well, of course, it would be best if I could find a teacher at the university over there, but if we have students here who want to go over to teach them, I will add a travel allowance to this part of the teacher's salary."
If the college students over there are not willing to come to class, then she will definitely have to use people from her own school.
"I'll take people to advertise at a few nearby universities, and I'll also take people to run around the middle school over there."
Huang Biao said.
Xiao Linlin's thin lips couldn't help but smile slightly.
"It's really impressive to not see each other for three days, you can, become so smart so quickly?"
Huang Biao was stunned and reached out and scratched the back of his head.
"I just read it in the book, and I want to see if I can do it, hehe."
It's the first time he's been praised like this since he was a child, so it's embarrassing.
Xiao Linlin took the initiative to ask, "Take me with you when you go, as long as I don't have class, I'll go with you." ”
Shang Xia looked at the two people in front of him, especially Xiao Linlin's cheeks, and couldn't help but laugh loudly.
"Okay, then the affairs of the branch will be handed over to you, and now for the time being, the two of you are the heads of the branch. Remember, whatever you do, follow the principles of our business and forestry education.
You can't let one teacher teach more than 30 students just to make money, otherwise the quality of education will deteriorate, you know? ”
Xiao Linlin playfully made a salute gesture.
"Yes, Captain!"
On the other side, Lin Anan took advantage of his lack of classes on the weekend and went home in a hurry.
"Grandpa, look what I bought you"
She took out a turquoise hot water bottle from her bag and happily put it into Lin Hongyan's hand.
"This is amazing, as long as you pour hot water into it, you will be happy to warm up, I can sleep with this at night, and my hands and feet will warm up after a while, you can try it too"
This is the first time she has used her salary to buy gifts for her grandfather, so she is very happy and has a special sense of satisfaction in her heart.
Lin Hongyan was also very happy to receive the hot water bottle bought by his granddaughter, and looked at it again and again in his hand, "Sister-in-law Zhang, hurry up and pour hot water, I want to try this baby!" "I want to talk about "Rebirth 1996" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~