Chapter 27 Our Campus
Xiao Xiao saw Yan Ying disappear on the West Seventh Ring Road, and she began to worry about her next moment. What would happen to her when it got dark and she was riding a bike? How would things be tomorrow when the sun rises? Would she meet new classmates at school? Why did she care so much about this?
Darkness has arrived, and the neon lights have just come on. The stars are twinkling both in the sky and on the ground. The city's appearance has changed dramatically.
Xiao Xiao faced the night-colored Xiqing Ring Road, knowing he had to leave. With a hint of loss, he rode his bike through the city.
This city has skyscrapers that seem to touch the stars, and elevated railways that soar through the sky. There are ring roads that twist and turn, and subways that rumble forward underground.
Under the magnificent steel and concrete structures forged by powerful technology, what this city is not short of is pain, but what it lacks is sympathy and compassion. This city is very prosperous, making people easily shed tears. This city is very crowded, making people's cries instantly disappear without a trace.
Swiftly speeding, like the wind passing through everything in this city, like a sharp knife cutting open this turbid city. Not allowing sorrow and pain to stain oneself.
At 9 o'clock in the evening, Xiao Xiao rode his bicycle to No. 22 Changchun Street, East District, Tianjing City, where the main campus of Tianjing Agricultural University is located. He arrived at the main gate of the university, parked his bicycle in front of the gate, and looked at the entrance of his alma mater, feeling a little excited facing this century-old university.
The main gate of Tianjing Agricultural University stands upright at the southern end, with a crystal lamp decorating the entrance, illuminating the entire gate. On the left wall beside the gate, in bold golden characters, is written "Tianjing Agricultural University". Next to it is engraved the green logo of Nongda. The Nongda logo is a circular shape representing the sun. In the center of the circle is one of Nongda's earliest buildings, a small triangular-roofed building. Surrounding the small building are patterns of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline production, and fisheries, representing various departments of the university. At the bottom of the pattern is a piece of land, symbolizing growth in the vast earth under the sun.
On the right side of the main gate, there is a two-story building where the school security guards are stationed. Several people wearing school security uniforms were sitting inside, drinking tea and occasionally glancing out the window to observe people entering and leaving the school.
The main gate of Nongda is directly opposite Changchun Street. Not far away is Changchun Street Station on Metro Line 6.
The north side of Changchun Street is basically the wall of Nongda, while the south side is lined with shops, catering to all aspects of life. It seems that these businesses are dependent on Nongda for survival, and everyone knows that students' money is easy to make.
Xiao Xiao rode his bicycle from Tianwang Mountain in Changhai City, riding over 500 kilometers to finally arrive at his school. He had fantasized countless times on the road about what it would be like when he arrived at the university gate: someone being moved by his feat, many people cheering for him, and even staff members of Nongda rushing out to hug him. Flowers were flying everywhere, ribbons were fluttering, and drums were beating in celebration of his heroic achievement.
But now, there is nothing here except the quiet school gate. Apparently, no one knows that they have arrived here, not even Xiang Bei and Lu Feng are around. Why? Because I am unknown in this school, no one knows me. No one knows that I came at this time.
But he thought: whoever, in their youth, had the experience of riding a bike 500 kilometers to school would be excited. In old age, thinking back on the passion of youth, thinking about the persistence and dedication for goals, they would once again return to their youth, with tears in their eyes.
Xiao Xiao looked at the school gate, a faint smile spreading across his mouth. He understood that his story here had just begun.
Beida called and said he and Lu Teng are now at the Nongda reception house, come in through the main entrance and follow the signs along the road.
Xiao Xiao hung up the phone and rode his bicycle into the school.
"Halt!"
A loud shout came from the security room and a campus police officer jumped out, pointing at Xiao Xiao and telling him to stop his bicycle.
That campus security guard was over forty years old, slender in build, with piercing eyes that shone with a sense of justice. He wore a set of Northwest A&F University campus security uniforms, with a campus security card hanging on his chest. On it was written his name: Yan Ting. His position was Deputy Captain of the Northwest A&F University Campus Security Team.
Yan Ting looked at Xiao Xiao's explosive hair and long earrings, thinking he didn't seem like a good person. Seeing him ride his bike into the school grounds with a loud crash, she thought he was up to no good and asked him what he was doing.
Xiao Xiao originally wanted to say "what business is it of yours?" But then he thought, surely he didn't know his own identity. So he stopped his bicycle in front of him, stood up straight and took out his admission notice.
Yan Ting looked at his notice and knew he was a freshman at Nongda. His expression immediately eased, and he smiled at Xiao Xiao, saying no wonder you're dressed like that, it turns out you're from the Art Academy. Tell him to be careful when riding his bike, don't ride so recklessly, it's easy to hit someone in the dark of night.
Xiao Xiao took back her admission notice, suddenly feeling a bit closer and more affectionate towards Yan Ting. She smiled slightly at him and said respectfully: "Thank you, Uncle Yan."
Yan Teng thinks Xiao Xiao is quite sensible, let him go in.
As soon as I entered the school gate, I saw a fountain, but there was no water spraying now. In the fountain stood a metal sculpture, which was a beautiful narcissus. It is the school flower of Tianjing Agricultural University.
The rustling sound came and went without watching the school sign, following the signs along the main road of the school, riding a bike to the reception room of Nongda.
The Agricultural University Reception Hall is a six-story building with a white exterior and blue windows, everything looks very clean. In the first-floor lobby, there are many staff members waiting to receive new students. They have reception cards hanging up, warmly welcoming new classmates who haven't had dorms yet. These reception staff are all second-year students of Agricultural University, both male and female. They didn't go home during the summer vacation and served here. But they were paid by the school.
Xiao Xiao took a look at the female colleagues among the reception staff and felt that they were quite ordinary in appearance, but one glance was enough to tell that they were very innocent and trustworthy.
Xiao Xiao found Xiang Bei and Lu Teng, the two were sitting on a long bench in the lounge drinking. As soon as they saw Xiao Xiao arrive, they immediately asked him if he had kissed Yan Ying.
Xiao Xiao didn't want to think about Yan Ying now, so he ignored them and went straight to the front desk to book a room. He booked two double rooms. One for him and Lu Feng, one for himself facing north, each room cost 45 yuan.
Doubtful questions were raised as to whether this was the territory of Nongda itself and whether students of Nongda lived here, yet still had to pay?
The receptionist said it's half price for students, and generally parents come at 90 yuan per night.
He looked north and said "Damn it's a real scam".
Xiao Xiao folded up his bicycle and came with them two to the room, putting things in the room. Went to the restaurant in the reception building for dinner.
Three people bought some food and a few bottles of beer. Sitting at the table, they let out a long sigh, as if they were home, eating freely and comfortably.
At dinner time, he told Beibei that after tomorrow's report, he would also say goodbye to them.
Originally, Tianjing Agricultural University had three campuses. The main campus was located on Changchun Street in the eastern part of the city. The western campus was adjacent to Huangcheng Mountain, where it was said that there were hundreds of hectares of land, raising many animals and plants. The eastern campus was by the sea, where a large area of the ocean was the university's experimental base, where various marine life was raised.
The forestry department where Bei is located is in the west campus, under Huangcheng Mountain. Tomorrow after he finishes reporting, he has to take the school bus to the west campus.
Xiao Xiao saw that someone was about to leave again, and couldn't help but feel unhappy. But things had come to this point, and there was no way to change them, so he could only pat his shoulder and say with a smile: "Let's finish eating and take a stroll around the campus."
He nodded slightly towards the north, thinking of how well the three of them had gotten along over the past two days, and yet couldn't be together, a tinge of regret in his heart.
After dinner, the three of them strolled through the university campus under the cover of night and the cool breeze, without any constraints. This was their university, where they would spend the most carefree period of their lives.
Three people strolled around the main campus of Agricultural University, finding that the facilities were quite well-built. The main campus has a large computer lab, two four-story canteens, three twenty-story teaching buildings, four fifteen-story dormitory buildings, and a three-story hospital that is clean and bright. Throughout the campus, there are several departmental buildings for various colleges, all of which are three-story structures.
Unfortunately, the sports field in the school is really small. It's not worth calling it a sports field, but rather a concrete floor surrounded by basketball hoops and a wide dirt surface, which doesn't look like a university-owned sports field at all.
Three people came to the building of the Academy of Arts, seeing that this building was no different from other department buildings, with a large door frame and four striking big characters: Academy of Art.
Although the four words are grand, they cannot hide the fact that there are only two specialized classes and two undergraduate classes in the Academy of Arts. The embarrassment of a total of four classes.
Three people came to the campus park, where they saw a large lake in the park, surrounded by tall trees such as pines, elms, cypresses, willows, birches and maples. Among the woods were high artificial hills with shaded paths for pedestrians to pass through. On some of the higher small hills stood ancient-style pavilions, inside which were resting tables and chairs, where one could sit and feel extremely comfortable. Next to the pavilions were also man-made waterfalls, whose source came from the big lake and flowed towards the big lake.
Three people were walking in the woods when they suddenly saw a two-meter-high bronze statue standing on a one-meter-high base in the thicket.
This statue is a male, in his forties or fifties, tall and large in build, wearing loose clothing, with two big bare feet. His face has a thick beard, with two copper bell-like eyes staring out, mouth agape, two large nostrils flaring outward, chest bared with nipples exposed, a magnificent tuft of hair on his chest. In his hand he holds several plants.
Behind the head of the statue, there is a halo, inside which are sun, moon, stars and scenes of farming, forestry, animal husbandry and agriculture.
The statue is majestic and powerful in all directions, with a solemn and stern expression.
The three of them looked at the base of the statue and saw that it was written: Great God Shennong.
It turned out that this statue was Shennong, the god in charge of agriculture in the world. This shape is the process of his experience, not afraid of bitterness and poison, tasting all kinds of herbs, and establishing the country of agriculture.
The three saw the patron deity of the school and immediately felt a sense of reverence.
Three people wandered around the campus, and couldn't help but praise it. Nongda may not have any other strong points, but its land is quite vast. But thinking about it, this isn't strange at all - agriculture relies on land to make a living. If they didn't allocate the land to an agricultural university, who would they allocate it to?
"Let's go take a look at our dormitory," Lu Feng suddenly suggested the No. 3 dormitory of the 91 dormitory, "If you head north from the west campus, you can also find a place."
Xiao Xiao naturally agreed and pulled Xiang Bei to the third dormitory building.
Building 3, 14th floor, exterior red and white, the door at the bottom is open. Three people walked into the building, seeing that opposite the door was where the dormitory administrator was located, they were there to manage the hygiene of the dormitory, prevent accidents in the dormitory building, and of course also block girls from running into the boys' dormitory.
Xiao Xiao and the three others took the elevator to the 9th floor, found dormitory 918, but the door was locked. On the door, there was a note that read: "Tianjing Agricultural University Art College Design Department Specialist Class 2 Dormitory 918". Below it were listed the four people who would be living in the dorm: First bed: Xiao Xiao. Second bed: Lu Peng. Third bed: Li Wei. Fourth bed: Liu Yu.
