……

When I returned to the dormitory after class on Tuesday afternoon, there was no one in it, and it was quiet.

Qi Yi set up a drawing board in the living room: What should I draw?

This competition is not a matter of money or not, it is really that kind, a very special kind... the prize money is very high... um.

The Tianxing Cup is a submission mode rather than a live competition, so of course there is a lot of moisture, but the organizers only look at the level of your painting skills, so every year there are great masters showing off their skills, crazily brainstorming, and drawing various surreal themes .

Qi Yi was preparing to participate in the sketch group competition. He followed Wei Shukang's suggestion and took out the biggest drawing paper when he came up.

The first thing he thought of was the post-apocalyptic city ruins, wandering zombies, numb crowd... and the bases they built.

Probably the only ones who can draw these are the most handy ones. Those pictures are deeply engraved in his mind, and he doesn't even need to conceive them. They are absolutely real doomsday themes.

Qi Yi sighed and sharpened an HB pencil.

With a sound of "click", his left hand was not quite in control, and the lead core that had been sharpened with great difficulty unexpectedly broke.

Qi Yi habitually discarded this one, and was going to find a new one in the toolbox, but he couldn't find the HB label no matter how hard he looked.

A bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart.The painting materials have never been cut off. When I ran out of them in high school, I took them from home and stayed on campus in college, but I didn't paint as frequently as I do now in my previous life... He even forgot about this expense.

Qi Yi went to Taobao to look up the pencils she was used to, took pictures and read pictures for a long time, but found nothing.

He stared blankly at the head portrait of the villain printed on the lead-gray pen holder, thinking about it silently, finally finding some memories.

It seems to be a limited souvenir of the "Dele Impression" series produced by Stettler—Qi Yi tried his best to identify the abstract logo at the end of the pen. The price of a box of 12 is... 500 yuan? !

Since he decided to take the art test in his second year of high school, Jiang Yun bought him a large box of pencils. After that, he used "Dele impression" to draw black and white sketches.

Qi Yi blankly entered "Stettler pencil" into the search box, um, fortunately, ordinary blue pencils cost about four yuan a piece.

But except for keeping [-] for meals every month, all his money was transferred into the stock account he opened.

He couldn't learn any short-term operation, so he put it in a few stocks that were destined to rise.Where would he get the money to buy even the most common pencil?

Qi Yi couldn't help but clenched HB, whose head had been severed, and solemnly began to sharpen the pencil again with a cautious attitude of 12.

If it's shorter, it's still usable.

……

This painting was painted until dark.

As soon as Cheng Jixiao entered, he was firmly attracted by the huge work in the center of the living room - Qi Yi only painted halfway, but it was enough to calm the layman.

On nearly one square meter of drawing paper, an extremely exaggerated three-point perspective is used. Collapsed high-rise buildings, blown-off roads, broken walls and ruins... Give people a strong visual impact, and the slightly rough brushstrokes seem to be Just right for that dilapidated vibe.

This is a vision of the end.Cheng Jixiao understood it and found it inexplicably familiar.

"Isn't this the Shichao Building? Where are the people in the doomsday?" He suddenly got here, which is one of the most prosperous business districts in Yanjing, because under Qi Yi's brush, everything was destroyed too thoroughly.

"It's gone." Qi Yi said the truth.

At that time, the group of them withdrew to the southeast. Before the end of the world, the World Super League was extremely prosperous, but after the end of the day, it happened to be the two ends of the diagonal line with their base, and they were very far apart.

It was three years later when they were able to explore Shichao. At that time, the former CBD of the capital had long been in ruins. Not only were there no people, there were no zombies.

Qi Yi came back to his senses, and suddenly felt a strong hunger. After so many days of rebirth, it was the first time he hadn't eaten so late!

Looking at the time after nine o'clock, before the school closed, Qi Yi grabbed the campus card and ran outside: "I'm going to have dinner!"

Thinking of buying pencils with tears in his eyes, Qi Yi lowered his food standard by another level, bought 1.5 yuan pancakes, and hinted to the cafeteria aunt to pack more for him with pitiful eyes.

Auntie saw that his hair was disheveled, he was out of breath, and there was a dirty mark on his face, but he still couldn't hide his good looks—the eyes, the nose, which were so handsome—then she just shook her hands , installed nearly double the amount.

Anyway, the cafeteria is about to close, so if they can't be sold out, they just...chop them into stuffing and make buns for tomorrow morning.Hey, why don't she give more to let our good students of Yanda eat more.

Qi Yi swiped the card, and the balance showed 534.5 yuan.

He was suddenly struck by lightning.He keeps 400 yuan for living expenses every month, but the campus card is charged at 55 eleven, and he will recharge it when it is used up. How can there be so much balance? !

The only thing I can think of is that when he recharged the money last time, he accidentally shook his hand and typed an extra zero, and he doesn't use up [-] every month, so the balance is enough...

But in this way, how could he have spare money to buy paintbrushes?

Qi Yi bit the pancake, and as he ate it, his eyes became red.

If he asked Qi Yonghe for more money, Qi Yonghe would definitely ask him where he spent his living expenses, and he couldn't explain the few stocks that were the same as Shen Mingen bought.

In the last days, everyone can't eat well, so he also feels good to eat the freshly cooked meals in the cafeteria every day, and eats them happily.

But he was pampered and brought up, where did he really suffer any grievances because of money?After all, the end of the world is still far away, and this is the first time that Qi Yi really felt the taste of poverty. It was too difficult, and he couldn't do anything he wanted.

But this pancake was too fragrant, oily, and the meat sauce was fresh and sweet. Once the pancake spread with fine flour was fried, it was so crispy that Qi Yi was already hungry, so he almost licked off the crumbs.

So the tears rolled and rolled in the eye sockets, and they couldn't fall after brewing for a long time.

No, it’s too late now, I must go to the campus card management center tomorrow and ask if the 500 yuan can be refunded.

Qi Yi thought to himself, how could this be the case, his monthly living expenses are 500 yuan, but now it is [-] yuan after calculation.

When he returned to the dormitory, another roommate of his, Gao Meng, also came back.

"Qi Yi, here you are." Gao Meng threw a pack of seaweed-flavored crackers to Qi Yi.

Gao Meng's name is fierce, and he looks tall and mighty. In fact, he is the gentlest and best-tempered person in the whole dormitory. He is as caring as a warm man, and he often feeds Qiyi snacks.

"Thank you~" Qi Yi ate the crunchy biscuits and felt happy again.

He sent Wei Shukuang a WeChat message in a good mood: "How much is that tutor you mentioned?"

Wei Shukuang replied in seconds: "Based on your level, five hundred per hour. The person who teaches is my cousin, and she is not bad at color, so you should focus on teaching her sketching and sketching."

five hundred!Qi Yi almost wanted to ask if he has tutoring every day, even if the class is full, he can still squeeze out the noon time!

Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi, call forwarding: Where is the class, where is the class!

Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi, transfer the call: [Maomao Probe]

I am a madman from Chu: Not far away, in Building 128, Beijiaan, No. 3, Huage Road, South Gate of the school

Qi Yi thought the name looked familiar.

Isn't this near Wan Huiyun's rented house?

The housing prices around Yanda University are very expensive, because this area is the school district of the attached primary school and middle school of Yanda University, and the houses are not calculated according to the unit price, and the price is direct.

But Yanda University is too big, and Beijiaan faces the South Gate of Yanda University, and this exit is not close to the bus station or subway entrance, and it is very remote, and office workers cannot rent houses here, so the rent is relatively cheap.

Wan Huiyun is very good. She looked for guards or building managers near Yanda University to inquire about the rental situation. The landlord she chose saw that her son was a Yanda University student. The monthly rent was originally [-], but it was reduced to [-].

Then she set up a stall in the food street of Yanda University. It is said that the business is still good, but Yanjing rectified within half a year... Afterwards, it should be Shen Mingen who helped her pay the rent.

Qi Yi really didn't do anything for her, and he hasn't seen her for a long time now.

It took him a while to reply to Wei Shukang.

Xiaoqi Xiaoqi, call transfer: oh, ok, how can I contact her, how can I go to class

I am a madman: [Push business card]

I am a madman: I asked her to add you

--

Early the next morning, the campus card management center had just opened, and Qi Yi squatted down and clicked in.

He looked left and right, chose the most gentle-looking young lady, and walked towards her: "Hello, I charged too much money into the campus card, can I return the bank card?"

"Yes, give me the campus card." The volunteer lady nodded very capablely.

"Ah, you can't refund this one." The young lady tapped the keyboard twice and checked quickly, with a little surprise in her eyes.

Then she looked at Qi Yi with a smile on her face: "The 500 yuan is a subsidy from the school. Do you want to refund the remaining 33 yuan?"

Qi Yi asked blankly, "Is it a subsidy?"

"Yes, the school secretly called you." The young lady lowered her voice, as if to say something secret: "You can eat something good in the future."

She judged Qi Yi's stature, but she was not short, but looking at his face would make people feel a kind of sister-like affection.

Qi didn't grow to 1.8 meters in two lifetimes. Yi didn't know what to say.

Is Yanda so warm? !What a great school!It's a pity that I'm a fake poor...

"By the way, the school will give all students a subsidy of 100 yuan every month. You haven't received it once since the beginning of school. Do you need it?" the young lady asked again.

"...Yes, yes!" Qi Yi responded in seconds.

After one operation, the volunteer lady watched Qi Yi walk out with her head held high, took out her mobile phone and posted a post on the campus forum with a little emotion.

[Being a volunteer at the school card center for so long, I only found out today that the school has a mysterious meal allowance]

Today, a student thought he made a wrong transfer, and went to the center to transfer the money back to the bank card. It turned out that it was a subsidy, 500 yuan per month, which was directly transferred to the campus card. Students eat better.

This post received a great response and immediately attracted many replies.

One of them said: "I do this in the big data center of the school. I analyze the campus card consumption habits of the students in the school, and mainly select some students who eat more than two meals a day in the cafeteria, and the average price of a single meal does not exceed 7 yuan. .They are not necessarily poor students, but they cannot eat well for various reasons, and the school committee believes that they should help these students.”

"This is so cool! The school is so sweet!"

"Yes, I once ate only pickled cabbage buns for each meal in the cafeteria for a month, and then I received this subsidy."

"Wow, I'm from X University, and I'm watching in the front row. I suggest promoting it nationwide."

……

After walking to the campus card management center, there was another 300 yuan on the card, and Qi Yi was so happy that he took off.

He purposely turned to Xuezi Supermarket, bought a piece of bread with WeChat, and read the text message alerting him to the balance change of his bank card. Now he really believed that the 500 yuan was not a wrong transfer, but a subsidy.

So that piece of bread was taken as brunch—an extra meal between breakfast and lunch—into Qi Yi’s stomach in advance, and he ate from [-]% full to [-]% full, and his belly was round.

This kind of good mood lasted until he finished today's class, returned to the dormitory, and finished drawing the whole sketch he named "The Ruins of Doom" in one go, and drafted another four-split human body.

The Tianxing Cup requires three works to be submitted at one time, regardless of size or style, as long as they are all created by themselves.

Qi Yi keeps the theme in the same line, and still draws the doomsday, this time the object is a person, depicting a terrified woman who was bitten in the neck by a zombie.

He was working hard on the painting when he was interrupted by a phone call.

The caller ID was "Shi Yi", his titular cousin.

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