Chapter 6: Coal City

The northbound train slowly moved into the gray city.

This is a famous coal mining city in the north, rich in coal mines, but also gradually polluting the environment of this area.

The sky is covered with a gray haze all year round, and visitors from other places breathe the first breath of air, with a hint of dryness.

Carrying a simple bag, Zhu Beichen walked alone in the campus, towards the direction of the guide sign on the side of the road, and walked towards the place of orientation.

It is a college with a long history, which has been established for nearly 100 years with the development of mineral resources in this coal city.

The current site of the school was newly built a few years ago, covering an area of nearly 3,000 acres of land, the school buildings and teaching buildings are brand new, and the buildings of some faculties are still under construction.

The university's nationally renowned specialty is mineral mining, and it continues to provide professional and technical personnel to all levels of mining units.

Admiring the greenery of the campus all the way and looking at the passing students, Zhu Beichen came to the orientation area next to the school's sports field and stopped in front of the orientation point of the College of Humanities.

Here, the second-year seniors who are responsible for welcoming the new students guide the newlyweds to their respective dormitories according to the list and admission letter, and according to the form keys that have already been assigned to the dormitories.

A senior sister took the admission notice handed over by Zhu Beichen and carefully checked the list on the form in her hand.

"Well, the inheritance and research of ancient history and culture, Zhu Beichen." The girl's eyebrow bangs, the eyes faintly hidden by the hair look bright and hazy, it is a strand of black and silky hair, the hair falls to the base of the neck, like morning dew bathing, the smile is so sunny.

"Ah, you are Zhu Beichen?" The short-haired senior sister looked surprised, and looked up at the person in front of her again, looking up at the person in front of her, with a slender and handsome face, a real existence.

The woman looked very delicate and capable, her hazy eyes were beautiful and smart, staring at Zhu Beichen's face shyly.

"Ouch, this is the nationally famous champion of liberal arts," a male classmate beside the woman who was also in charge of welcoming the new year also paid attention to Zhu Beichen. With that high-pitched voice, the people around him gathered to watch.

"I heard that he is still a champion in the eyes of money?" The man's yin and yang weird inquiry. The two sentences in quick succession aroused Zhu Beichen's disgust, and he still restrained himself calmly, trying not to let his anger float on his face, and restrained himself from saying a word.

"Let's go, I'll take you to the dormitory to put down your things." The girl glared at the man beside her viciously, and took Zhu Beichen's hand and squeezed out of the crowd.

"Hey, that's a men's dormitory, why did you take him there?" The man shouted unwillingly in the back.

The two held hands like this, wandered around the campus, and walked down for a long time, without saying a word to each other.

"Why did you choose this major?" The senior sister opened the conversation box first.

"My grandfather liked it." This answer made the girl stunned, even though the reasons for choosing a major are strange, this is also the most special reason.

"Okay, can you let go of my hand?" Zhu Beichen is like a child who has done something wrong, begging for forgiveness from the woman in front of him.

"Poof!" Those senior sisters finally couldn't help Zhu Beichen's cuteness, and then let go of their little hand holding their opponents.

The two chatted with each other, she was very good at talking, always teasing Zhu Beichen, and liked to look at his embarrassed look, and slowly came to the front of the men's dormitory.

"No, nerd, the key is for you, there is a house number and a bed on it, don't sleep in someone else's bed." Taking advantage of the time to hand over the key, I joked again.

Zhu Beichen took the key, turned around and was about to walk inside.

"Hey, wait, what's your mobile phone number, leave me a number?"

"I don't have a cell phone." Zhu Beichen replied crisply. He is so tired these days that he just wants to go back to sleep for two days before the start of school.

"Well, I'll leave you my phone number and put my hand out." The girl took off the pen hanging on her chest, quickly grabbed Zhu Beichen's hand, flipped her palm over, and left a long list of mobile phone numbers on Zhu Beichen's palm.

"Remember to play with me when you have time, I am from the Academy of Life Sciences, my name is Xia Xue." For fear that Zhu Beichen would forget, he then engraved his name on the palm with the mobile phone number printed on it, and then turned around and left with confidence.

The bumpy journey of more than ten hours made Zhu Beichen, who had never experienced a long-distance trip, a little tired, and quickly followed the house number to find a room 2146 at the end of the corridor on the second floor.

I quickly unscrewed the door with the key, this is a four-person room, the layout of the school's dormitory is like this, walking on the floor of the dormitory paved with tiles, this is the first time I have lived in such a comfortable environment.

Walk near the door to bed No. 2. It is a two-story layout, with a desk below and a bed on the upper level.

He dropped his bag on his desk, climbed up the ladder to the bed, lay down on the stiff board, and fell into a deep sleep after a while.

In the past half a month, I have experienced too much unbelievable and tired, and I can finally fall asleep in such a relaxed environment.

At this time, Xia Xue had just returned to the welcoming place, and her excited expression was floating on her face.

I finally waited for this year's champion, and I got the news from the major media earlier, the first place in the liberal arts in the country this year is a boy from a small county town ravine, and it is worth the media to overwhelm the publicity is that Zhu Beichen scored an unprecedented 749 points in the national paper with a full score of 750 points.

As dazzling as his name, 'The Star of the North Star, the Majestic Peak.' ’

Admittedly, this is a dazzling achievement, but in contrast, Xia Xue is more concerned about his masterpiece that caused countless controversies in the college entrance examination room - a volume of ancient style poems.

I like the sentence he wrote, 'I wish to be Beichen, and I have no regrets,' which is the most heartwarming for myself, and few people will have this talent to write such a magnificent and secluded article, and even fewer people will have the courage to try such a style in such an examination room.

After all, it was this controversial article that deducted one point from him, even though it was such a perfect chapter and sentence.

The male classmate who was still busy welcoming the new student saw that Xia Xue was back, left the new student who was received, and wanted to move in front of her, but Xia Xue glared at him again, and shrank back again.

"What's the matter, just send that money fan away, and don't have a light meal together?" The person who followed him was Xia Xue's roommate, and at Xia Xue's instigation, he accompanied him directly across the department and ran to the Academy of Humanities to greet the new students' co-defendants.

"You're a money junkie, your whole family is a money junkie." The roommate seemed to have long been accustomed to Xia Xue's cheerful and upright temperament, so he didn't argue, snorted coldly, turned around and continued to work.

The canopy began to darken, and the day passed. The welcoming team on the playground slowly dispersed, Xia Xue finished the whole day's work, and took her roommate Lin Chen to go to the No. 4 canteen to eat together.

"How do you get to No. 4 today, aren't you the old mother in the kitchen over there, with a bad attitude, and the fried dishes are not spicy enough?" Lin Chen muttered and looked at Xia Xue playfully.

"As far as your mouth is good, I like to go there to eat today, do you want to follow me," as if her mind was being spied on, she simply let go of her steps and walked towards the restaurant in the northeast corner.

Zhu Beichen, who had slept all afternoon, still felt a little tired and got up from the stiff wooden bed, he always felt very tired these days, and he was getting more and more sleepy. The lights in the bedroom are bright, and the sound of small talk echoes in the room. Zhu Beichen looked under the bed, and there were three more people in the bedroom, who were gathering together and talking while playing poker.

"Wake up, we both just moved in the afternoon, and we'll be roommates for the next four years." A male classmate in the card game tilted his head and smiled at Zhu Beichen.

"Oh, I'm five years." Zhu Beichen replied lazily. Ignoring the consternation of the crowd, he climbed out of bed.

"My name is Chen Youchen, his name is Zhu Long, and the other one is Zhang Wei." The one who volunteered to introduce his roommate was a tall fat man, basically the kind that was placed in the crowd and could easily hit the bull's-eye, and his body shape was visible. The other two are decent-looking, moderately fat and thin, the one named Zhu Long, has a shrewdness in his eyes. This is Zhu Beichen's first impression of the three people in front of him.

"Well, good evening, I'm Zhu Beichen."

"What kind of ancient heritage research major?" Chen Youchen was the first to ask. The three of them were surprised again.

"I've been looking up for a long time, we've heard of your name, and it's already an honor to be an alumnus, but I didn't expect to be able to live together for four years, such a big happy event, we definitely have to celebrate." Zhu Long's eyes lit up.

"Let's go, it's not early, meet on the first day, let's have a meal together." Zhu Beichen invited everyone. The three of them quickly closed the game, and followed Zhu Beichen out of the door.

"What are you doing at the door, you can really be so fateful, you can meet by chance at a meal?" Lin Chen and Xia Xue stood in front of the restaurant, seeing Xia Xue rooted at the door, not moving for a long time, looking at the boys' dormitory building not far from the restaurant in a daze.

"Hehe, that's such a coincidence." Xia Xue proudly twitched her eyelashes towards Lin Chen, her strange and amused expression mixed with joy that was difficult to hide.

Zhu Beichen followed everyone in the dormitory to the No. 4 dining hall not far from the dormitory building, which is the latest restaurant built by the school, and the decoration is more stylish than the other three restaurants before.

The four of them walked through the glass door into the restaurant with a smile and a smile, and passed by Xia Xue and the others. Zhu Beichen has never seen such a magnificent student cafeteria, such a large venue, and so many students.

He was worried about how much it would cost for four people to eat a meal here, after all, he was shouting for everyone to come out, but at this time, he was only less than fifty yuan left in embarrassment.

The 10,000 yuan of tuition fees and living expenses that I kept with me were all left in that unknown link during the period from that night to my wake-up.

"Zhu Beichen, hey." Xia Xue was so angry that she stomped her feet in front of the restaurant, and watched Zhu Beichen follow those people in a daze, as if she hadn't noticed herself at all. She snorted several more times.

Zhu Long was the first to react, turned around and followed the sound, only to see two beautiful figures standing not far away, one of them still shouting towards this side. He immediately patted Zhu Beichen's shoulder with his hand, and hinted in the direction of the two girls with his eyes. Only then did Zhu Beichen react from his embarrassment and turn around.

Xia Xue and the two walked slowly and soon came to Zhu Beichen's side. Xia Xue's face was slightly angry and half playful, she hadn't seen her for a long time, this person was really forgetful, and she wouldn't be the kind of person who was difficult to identify in the pile of embarrassment.

"Well, that senior sister, what a coincidence." After speaking, Zhu Beichen also felt that he had neglected something, so he quickly spread out his palm and glanced at the name in his palm with the corner of his eye.

That senior sister? Xia Xue just wanted to get angry when she heard this, "Sister Xia, you guys are also coming to eat, it's a coincidence." Zhu Beichen hurriedly added the conversation. At the same time, an idea is brewing in the mind.

Zhu Beichen subconsciously took Xia Xue's hand and walked away, more than ten meters away from the crowd.

"That, uh, Xia Xue, can you lend me five hundred yuan." Zhu Beichen hesitated for a while, and finally held back such a sentence, he rarely lowered his face and took the initiative to borrow money from others, because he always felt that he owed others and received the favors of others, which would make him feel uncomfortable.

"Ah, borrow money." When Xia Xue saw this person for the first time, she always felt that he was special, not only because of the article she had seen, but she didn't expect him to be so unreliable even in doing things, the two had known each other for less than a day, and she casually pulled herself into the room, thinking that he would say something.

When she came back to her senses, Xia Xue took out five brand-new 100 yuan and stuffed them into Zhu Beichen's hand, and instructed, "Don't be in a hurry to pay it back, wait until you have money." "I'm still muttering in my heart, you're really a money junkie.

"Okay, thank you, thank you." As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Beichen hurriedly ran away with the money. was so angry that Xia Xue stomped her feet again, and just wanted to say that they were going to have a meal together, but he ran away quickly after taking the money, for fear that he would regret taking back the money, making him angry and funny.

Zhu Beichen quickly followed his roommates and hid into the crowd.

"How about it, look at your angry face, are you deflated, why did he pull you over?" Lin Chen saw that Zhu Beichen had run away, so he hurriedly came over and asked with concern.

"Borrow money!" Xia Xue turned around angrily and walked towards the door.