Chapter Seventy-Five: The Beginning of a New Life
Myongji University, located in the westernmost section of Seoul's Daehak-jo, is less than a kilometer away from the national forest park 'Gwanesan Mountain' on the Korean Peninsula, with a construction area of nearly 350,000 pyeong, with more than 600 professors and associate professors, nearly 3,000 lecturers and other researchers, and more than 20,000 undergraduate students and graduate students with a four-year education system.
The university is composed of six colleges: humanities, politics and law, business and economics, science, engineering, architecture, and art and sports.
After walking into the vast campus of 'Mingzhi University', wandering around and getting familiar with the environment of the 'College of Arts and Sports', and learning about the location of the university gymnasium, library, and canteen, Zhang Muzi ate an affordable and sumptuous student meal in the college cafeteria under Ahn Tae-hee's strong construction, and left the university that will carry his life for four years in the future.
That night, he accompanied his parents to warmly entertain An's family, and the next day he returned to the 'Mingzhi University' alone for half a day, and after paying the fee and registering for the school, according to the school rules that freshmen must live on campus for one year to adapt to the collective life of the university, he moved and saluted and lived in the dormitory of the 'College of Arts and Physical Education' for four people.
Zhang Muzi's student apartment building is a batch of new school buildings built in the last decade, and the environment is relatively good compared to the old campus, but the accommodation environment of public universities has its limitations.
Although each student in the dormitory of the quadruple room has its own independent desk, wardrobe, and utility cabinet, there is no separate bathroom in the room, which is very inconvenient for showering and convenience, and the bed is also a two-story marching bed style, for people who are used to sleeping in a large bed, even turning over is a little restrictive.
As the second student to enter the assigned dormitory, Zhang Muzi occupied the lower bunk of the left wall of the two double marching beds, and as soon as he laid out the bedding, he smelled a faint smell of perfume coming from behind him, and when he turned his head to look, he saw a young man dressed quite fashionable and brightly dressed walked into the dormitory.
After that, before Zhang Muzi could speak, the young man had already thrown the salute into an empty closet;
While preemptively half-curling his fingers, he stretched out his hand and said, "You must be my roommate, hello, I am Li Chunyu, born in Luchuan City, Southern Province, 'Han Dynasty'. ”
"Hello, my name is Zhang Muzi, and I am from Yuanbei City, Yuantai Island. Zhang Muzi hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his hand and shook hands with his new classmates, and introduced himself.
"Wow, are you from Yuanbei," Li Chunyu exaggeratedly covered his mouth and said: "I often go to Yuantai Island, I like the environment there, moist, warm, and very good for the skin, especially in Yuanbei City, which is more comfortable, the city function is very strong, and there are many clothing and cosmetics stores, it is simply a paradise..."
As he was talking, another college freshman walked into the dormitory, this time the person who came had handsome facial features, and between his eyebrows there was an indescribable heroic spirit, with a well-proportioned and strong figure, and when he saw someone showing a mouthful of white teeth, he greeted with a smile: "Hello two, I am Yoo Jong Suk from my hometown in Busan City, and I am very happy to meet you." ”
Hearing others introduce himself, Zhang Muzi hurriedly reported his name and place of origin again, "Hello, I'm Zhang Muzi...", but Li Chunyu on the side had bright eyes, stretched out his hand again and said: "Li Chunyu, a native of Luchuan City, Southern Province, his hometown is less than 100 kilometers away from Busan, speaking of which, we are half of the countrymen, so you can call me Chunyu directly." ”
"Okay," Liu Zhongshuo smiled and climbed on the top bunk of the marching bed, and said cheerfully while cleaning up the bed: "We are roommates, at least we have to live in the same room for a whole year, it's too polite and inconvenient, you can call me Zhongshuo." ”
As soon as his voice fell, Zhang Muzi also said with interest: "Then everyone will call me Muzi directly." ”
"Muzi, Muzi," Li Chunyu called Zhang Muzi's nickname with a smile, "I just wanted to say that such a name is very rare for men to use, but it is very smooth, which is quite interesting." ”
"That's because Muzi's hometown is in 'Yuantai', unlike our Korean Peninsula, where the word 'son' is mostly used as a name for women. Liu Zhongshuo also said with a smile, hearing this, Zhang Muzi was stunned and said: "Yes, but I have also been in Seoul for a few months, and I haven't found any girl I know who has the word 'son' in her name." ”
"That's because young people don't have such rustic names anymore. Li Chunyu explained with a smile on his face, and while several people were chatting, the last college freshman who arrived first but appeared last in the dormitory finally strode into the door with a basin containing a tooth jar and toiletries.
Judging from his brand-new but very ordinary, and even unattractive clothes, the family should not be very wealthy, with a dark face and square facial features above it that looks very loyal and simple, seeing the three roommates, he hurriedly smiled and nodded in greeting, but he was shy and silent.
In this case, Zhang Muzi and others had to introduce themselves first, and then learned that the last student surnamed Li, whose name was Wu Zhe, was really from a remote mountain village in Liuzhen City, the northern province of the 'Han Dynasty', and this time he came to school in Seoul for the first time in his life to go out of his hometown.
At this point, all the four college freshmen in the dormitory gathered, everyone was busy for a while, and after packing up their personal chores, Li Chunyu proposed to invite the other three to have dinner together and get acquainted with their feelings.
Hearing this, Liu Zhongshuo immediately readily agreed, Li Wuzhe hesitated and nodded, only Zhang Muzi had already planned for the use of the afternoon time, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Chunyu, my parents came to Seoul because of the relationship between me coming to the 'Korean and North Korea' to go to college, and I will go to the airport to see me off on my flight this afternoon."
Is it okay to have dinner another day, I'll invite it then. ”
The Korean Peninsula and Yuantai Island are thousands of miles apart, and students and parents who live separately can generally only get together once during the winter and summer vacations, or even annual vacations, so when they heard that Zhang Muzi was going to see off their parents, the other roommates nodded understandingly, and the four of them chatted and went out together, and after walking out of the apartment building, Zhang Muzi embarked on the road to leave the school alone.
Along the way, he ignored the new club stalls on the roadside, and had no interest in the hot welcome performance organized by the student union, and mixed in with the enthusiastic flow of freshmen wandering around, he left Meiji University, walked to the congested intersection of 'University Street', flagged down a taxi, and got in.
"Student, where are you going?" asked the middle-aged half-bald taxi driver as the guest got into the car.
"Go to the Han River, uncle, please hurry up. Zhang Muzi replied without hesitation.
"Han River, there is Han River in the whole of Seoul, where to go to Han River?" the middle-aged taxi driver was stunned for a moment, and asked dryly.
"Oh, I'm sorry, just go to the nearest bank of the Han River. Zhang Muzi said casually.
Hearing this, the driver's expression changed obviously, he turned his head and carefully looked at the expression of the young guest sitting in the back seat, and said with a gentle hesitation: "Student, at your age, whether you are in love, postponement, or dropping out, you will feel that you have encountered a great disaster, but in fact, for a person's life, it is nothing at all..."
Listening to the taxi driver suddenly tell him about his philosophy of life, Zhang Muzi first showed an inexplicable expression, and then seemed to suddenly understand something, and said with a smile: "Uncle, no, I, I'm not going to the Han River to throw myself into the river, do you see me smiling now, as if I am going to find a short-term meeting?"
Seeing that Zhang Muzi's speech and demeanor did not have the slightest depression, the driver nodded unconsciously, "It's really not like it, why are you so strange to go to the bank of the Han River, which is the closest to 'University Street'?"
"I'm a freshman at 'Mingzhi University', and I'm reporting for the first time today, and I've never been in such a crowded place, so I can't stand it anymore and want to go to the river to breathe some fresh air. Zhang Muzi's mind spun rapidly.
Hearing his plausible fabricated reason, the taxi driver showed a look of disbelief and muttered in his mouth, "You young people who grew up in 'Fukuyama' are really the 'strawberry people' written in the newspaper, and you don't have any resistance to pressure."
If you want to go to the Han River to relax, then when you become a soldier, you will have to go to the Yellow Sea every day to take a cruise.
Seeing the rippling river, Zhang Muzi dropped the fare and said, "Uncle, thank you." He pushed the door and jumped out of the car and strolled to the river.
Looking at the river from afar, he pretended to take a few deep breaths, heard the sound of cars going away from behind, quietly saw that there were no other tourists within hundreds of meters to the left and right, then squatted down, closed his eyes, and stretched out his right hand towards the river.
More than ten seconds later, the originally calm river under Zhang Muzi's feet suddenly tumbled, and then he saw a miserable white arm stretching out from the waves, handing a small beehive-like ball to his hand, and then disappeared in an instant.
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