Xin Zhai

City Y is a second-tier city. Because it is near the sea, it has become a popular tourist destination in recent years.No property, comfortable and comfortable, the most famous is the A University. University A moved to a new campus a few years ago, and since then the admission score line has been rising year by year.Not for anything else, just because of the beach that belongs to the school itself.

Ye Li reported to school on the first day, and went to the beach before going to the dormitory.The beach is full of gravel and the waves are big.Across 50 meters, there is a small road built along the coast, called "Xiaoou Road".

Ye Li's hometown is from the inland, and this is the first time he has seen the sea.

It was not a sunny day, and the sea was a color between blue and gray, which was not very pretty.Looking closer, the sea water is not clear, mixed with sand.The waves surged and the white foam rolled up, which seemed to be different from what was described in the book in the painting.

But the sea this day was enough to shock Ye Li.For the first time in his life, such a broad thing appeared in his eyes.Only then did he know what is big and what is small, and he confirmed that the sense of smell can perceive "salty" and "wet", and the sea breeze can be smelled.

Both sides of Xiaoou Road are neatly planted white wax, and the trees are covered with hollowed-out grilles, and there is no floating soil.Ye Li sat on the bench beside the road for a while.The sea breeze came against his face, moistening his chest and sweeping away the remaining inland heat in his body.

It was four o'clock in the afternoon when Ye Li arrived at the dormitory with his luggage.The playground in front of the dormitory area was full of voices.The welcome teams from all departments gather here.

His eyes scanned the red banners one by one, and finally saw the words "Department of Automation welcomes new students" on the banner in the middle of the playground.

A boy wearing glasses was leaning against a makeshift table, holding a few sheets of paper.Ye Li saw three people lined up in front of him, and thought they were in line, so he stood at the end of the line.

"Is it the Department of Automation?"

A loud voice came, and a boy in a white T-shirt squeezed forward.

The boy wearing glasses raised his head, behind the glasses were a pair of slender eyes.He glanced at the white T-shirt. His eyes were not cold, but they seemed to be able to see through people.The voice also has a sense of inexplicable oppression.

"Go to the back."

The white T-shirt obviously didn't expect the so-called welcome to be so unfriendly, curled his lips, and stood behind Ye Li.

After a while, Ye Li walked up to the boy wearing glasses, saw him raise his head, glanced at himself quickly, lowered his head and asked, "What's your name?"

"Ye Li."

With his index and middle fingers together, he slid across the leftmost column of names on the paper one by one.Those fingers look white and long.He thought to himself that this senior brother must have a good family background, at least he has never done manual labor, and he probably only needs to type and fiddle with experimental instruments in the future.

Before he came to report, he had just helped his mother harvest the corn, and now his hands were tanned inside and out.Although a lot of land has been acquired by various families now, everyone has gone to the city to find a job.But my mother has been unable to get rid of the habit of farming, as if she would not be practical this year.

When he was thinking wildly, he heard the boy wearing glasses say to the white T-shirt behind: "Are you Su Xiaoqian?"

"Yes." The white T-shirt came closer again.

Ye Li realized that Su Xiaoqian's voice was very immature, with a small face and big eyes, and some people would believe that he was a junior high school student.

Su Xiaoqian was very surprised: "Brother, how do you know my name?"

The man was not in a hurry to answer, he lowered his head and found Su Xiaoqian's name on the paper, and said, "15-year-old freshman, your name has already spread before you come." After he finished speaking, he turned his head and stood opposite A tall boy next to him said, "Pu Liang, this is Su Xiaoqian and Ye Li, you live in the same dormitory. Send them up, and you don't have to come back when it's over."

"it is good."

The man named Pu Liang greeted them both, then turned to the boy wearing glasses and said, "I'll take them there first, Teacher Tong."

teacher?Ye Li turned his head and looked at the man again, and saw that he was already talking to the students behind him.

The three of them walked more than ten meters.Su Xiaoqian asked: "Is he a teacher?"

"Yes, his name is Tong Yan, and he is our head teacher."

"head teacher?"

"Well, a senior sister told me yesterday. I started calling him senior brother."

The three of them went to the dormitory building while talking, and found 306A.Ye Li saw that there were four beds in the room, all of which were on top.Below each bed are writing desks, bookshelves and wardrobes.The conditions are good, so the accommodation fee is relatively expensive, 2000 yuan a year.There are people's names written on the wardrobe.Ye Li's bed is next to the door.

Just as Ye Li put down his luggage, he saw a boy walking in with a big earphone on his ear and a trolley case in his hand.

"Hi everyone, my name is Shi Jingchen."

Several people have reported their names.Pu Liang smiled: "Now everyone is here."

As soon as Shi Jingchen entered, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became active.He sat down on the stool, took out a lot of expensive electronic products from the trolley case, piled them all on the table, and started talking to other people.

Pu Liang came over and picked up an MP3 player on the table.

"This is the new E60? How does it work?"

"It's okay, AP6 is enough." Shi Jingchen said while picking up the earphone next to him, "Listen?"

Pu Liang put on the earphones and listened.

"It's not bad, especially the bass is great." He took off the earphones and looked at it again, "Does this work with mobile phones?"

"The phone is almost there."

The two of you chatted with each other.Ye Li couldn't insert it into his mouth.Su Xiaoqian didn't speak, and took out a bunch of books from his luggage, and was stacking them on the bookshelf one by one.After a while, the books were neatly arranged from large to small, and the table was also cleaned up.Seeing that he was the same age as his younger brother and about the same height, Ye Li naturally developed a good impression of him.He asked where his home was.Su Xiaoqian said he was in Beijing.He asked him how he was able to go to university at such a young age. Su Xiaoqian said, "I have been in the junior class all the time", and then said, "I didn't pass the first choice".

Early the next morning, the four of them went to the freshman office to report and pay the fee.The one-year tuition fee for Ye Li's department is more than 6000, plus the accommodation fee.Before he came, his mother gave him 1 yuan.He didn't know how much money was left in the family.My father passed away in addition to a work-related accident a few years ago.My mother usually farms and does odd jobs for others.Ye Li thought that the school should have a place to apply for student loans, but he didn't know if the application would be successful, so he still didn't dare to take less.After hesitating for a long time, before going out, he secretly took out 500 yuan and put it back in the drawer of the living room cabinet.

Now he was looking for it, and sure enough, he saw a sign with the words "Green Channel" next to the payment window.

The line to pay the fee here is very long, and the students are chatting and queuing up.There was no one at the window over there.Ye Li walked over and asked, and the people inside handed out a bunch of materials.

He looked at it, and there were a lot of certificates to be issued, and another piece of paper wrote information such as the loan amount, interest, repayment amount, and repayment time.

He has never taken out a loan before, and he doesn't know whether the interest rate is high or low. After thinking about it, the money in his hand is still enough for the first year's tuition fees, so it's useless to hold it. It's better to pay first. No, it's not too late to apply again next year. .

Of course, it is best not to apply. It is best to work part-time to earn tuition fees.

Ye Li thought as he took the materials and walked back to the payment line.He felt that many people were looking at him, and just as he was about to reach the end of the line, he heard Pu Liang calling him in a low voice.

"Ye Li, come here."

Seeing that the other three people in the dormitory had already lined up in the middle of the line, Ye Li hesitated and walked over.

Pu Liang seemed to want to say something to him, but he hesitated to speak and closed his mouth again.The two men glanced at the materials in his hand, but did not speak.Several people lined up and paid the tuition and accommodation fees in a while.

At two o'clock in the afternoon is the first meeting of the freshmen of the department.Ye Li walked to the department building together with several other people in the dormitory.

It was already afternoon when I arrived at school yesterday.Today, Ye Li discovered that City Y in August is very hot. Although it is close to the sea, the wind at noon is not refreshing at all, it is even a bit stuffy, and the humidity is very high.

Coming out of the dormitory building and walking south for 10 minutes, a layer of sweat broke out on Ye Li's body, which was very wet and sticky.

The campus of University A is very spacious, and several people walked for 10 minutes before seeing the appearance of the department hall from a distance.

The department building of the Department of Automation is eight stories high.The most eye-catching thing is the front steps, which are about six or seven meters high.Holding your head up step by step, it really feels like stepping into the palace of knowledge.Ye Li had never seen such a magnificent teaching building, and he was really excited.Su Xiaoqian was not very satisfied with this school, and it was hard work for him to get into the school.When we came here, we first looked at the hardware facilities. Ye Li was very excited and full of expectations for his university life in the future.

Some notices and leaflets are pasted on the display board on one side of the hall.A few people walked over to take a look casually, and Ye Li saw Tong Yan's photo at a glance.Tong Yan in the photo doesn't wear glasses and looks younger than himself.

"Tong Yan, an advanced worker in the Department of Automation this year, a young backbone teacher, a leader in analog recognition and intelligent systems, an IEEE committee member, has undertaken dozens of national research projects..." Pu Liang whispered on the side.

"So powerful." Su Xiaoqian muttered.

Shi Jingchen shouted from the front: "Let's go, we're going to be late."

Several people entered the lecture theater.The freshmen filled the room, and boys accounted for the vast majority.A vice president came, surnamed Li, who made a welcome speech with a smile.The Department of Automation has five classes this year, with more than 30 people in each class.After he finished his speech, he began to introduce the head teacher and counselor of each class to the students.Ye Li looked forward, but did not see Tong Yan.

"Why isn't Tong Yan here?" Ye Li asked Pu Liang in a low voice, "Are you sure he is our head teacher?"

"Sure!"

Ye Li is in class 5.There are two head teachers in the first four classes, each leading two classes.The two head teachers are both older.The second teacher was already on stage, but Tong Yan was still nowhere to be seen.

The second teacher talked eloquently for more than half an hour.Ye Li sat at the seat closest to the door, and suddenly saw a man in a black shirt and gray trousers walking past him quickly.When he looked up, he saw that the shirt on the back of the man was completely wet with sweat.

Tong Yan came to the edge of the podium and whispered something in the Dean's ear.After a while, the teacher on the stage finished speaking, and he walked up directly.