After lunch, Xiao Qi went back to her dormitory.
She saw that there was suddenly over 900,000 yuan more in her card.
This time she broke the record and could get a total of 1.21 million yuan. After deducting 20% in taxes, there was still 960,000 yuan left.
At the same time, someone called her to have her appear on an interview show.
It was a recorded show, and they would notify her of the specific time.
Compared to her previous experience of being on a show in Lvshan City, Xiao Qi was much calmer about hearing this news.
She didn't get especially nervous. Her overall policy in life was still to maintain a low profile as much as possible, not show off, and leave opportunities for showing off to people who wanted to show off.
Meanwhile, in Gumu Village, it had been lively for a day or two, but looking at Su Youfu and his wife, they were still the same as usual, weaving bamboo every day. They didn't even go to the small shop to buy chicken claws and vegetables. During the Double Ninth Festival, someone in the village killed a pig. Stingy Su Youfu bought a jin of pig intestines and said he would take them home to braise and eat.
He really didn't look like someone who had suddenly become rich.
Moreover, one million yuan was simply too much, too far removed from the villagers, so most of them didn't believe it.
But they still had to tease him about it.
"Su Youfu, one jin of pig intestines isn't enough. If I were you, I would buy the entire pig's intestines."
Su Youfu just gave his usual silly smile, and didn't say much. He just took the intestines and went home to prepare them.
But things weren't so good on Grandma Su's side. She went around the circle of relatives all day, saying she had already told them that her older brother was having a longevity celebration, so Su Youfu had to pay for it.
The pushy old lady had an air of superiority about her, which left Su Youfu and his wife at a loss for words. It made them even more cautious.
Su Youfu could only say, "Mom, wait until I go into the city to sell these bamboo baskets, and see how much money there is."
"You have enough money to pay tuition for that unlucky girl to go to college, but you don't have money for your uncle's longevity celebration? Who are you trying to fool?" Grandma Su cursed and swore, but when she looked at her son's table, there really wasn't any extra, they didn't even eat well. So she left and waited for him to come back after selling bamboo baskets.
When Xiao Qi returned to the dorm, she didn't expect that Mi Er had also arrived.
The dorm door was open, and Mi Er was jumping up and down saying she was hot.
When she went home, her mom had brought her winter padded coats, and insisted she wear a big coat when going out. She was miserably hot and sweaty.
The dorm door was wide open, the electric fan was on, and the windows were all open.
Seeing Xiao Qi come back, Mi Er took out a pile of things from her luggage, including all kinds of dried meat, clothes, pastries.
She spoke quickly and anxiously.
"These are all local specialties from home. I really like this rice cake, it's very chewy and delicious. I brought four pieces of clothing, they're all the newest styles, we can use them as dorm uniforms. If they look good, I'll have my mom send more clothes. My family doesn't have much else, but we have lots of clothes."
Xiao Qi looked at the clothes Mi Er had opened, they were quilted hoodies, with very cute patterns that were perfect for wearing in autumn. The colors were pastel, with four different ones. Xiao Qi didn't choose first, planning to wait until the other dormmates arrived so they could choose together.
Mi Er wasn't very good at organizing and soon had her area a complete mess. By the time she climbed onto her own bed and saw the neatly arranged boxes on it, she opened one and saw it was a camera. She was stunned.
"Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi, what's this?"
"It's for you. Didn't you say you wanted a camera the other night?"
"This, isn't this too expensive?" Mi Er said. She hadn't dared to think about buying one right away even if her family ran a factory in their small town. It was already difficult for her to attend such an expensive school. She wasn't doted on much at home either. When she had asked for a camera, her parents definitely wouldn't have agreed. They thought it was just a plaything. When she went home this time, her parents lectured her again, telling her to focus on her studies, especially foreign languages. She had to learn them so that in the future the factory wouldn't need to hire expensive translators. Those translators cost a fortune. Her parents didn't know if they were ripping them off or not since they didn't understand the language. It was the price they paid for lack of education.
"I won prize money from the marathon competition, and there was a large sum. So it just so happened I could buy gifts for you all."
When Mi Er heard the others in the dorm also got gifts, she felt more at ease.
But she still jumped down from the bed and hugged Xiao Qi, hugging her over and over. Xiao Qi was squeezed by Mi Er's large chest and could hardly breathe.
Just then, Yun Shu also arrived. Seeing the two hugging, she looked very intimate and amused.
"You were only apart for a few days, and you're already this reluctant to separate!"
Her parents had originally wanted to come with her, but she refused. It was still her family's driver who brought her. She was so bored at home she couldn't stand it. She had wanted to come back yesterday already, but her mom wouldn't allow it, so she could only come early this morning.
Seeing her familiar dormmates, indeed, she should have come back sooner.
This time Xiao Qi didn't need to say anything before Mi Er went looking for things on Yun Shu's bed.
Yun Shu was also extremely delighted to see the tea set. She was truly an artistic young lady, and loved these useless things. She was very reluctant to let go of them.
She didn't ask about the price or anything, but took out her own gifts she had brought to give her dormmates.
Her mother had gone abroad recently, supposedly to see her older sister, but was actually just going shopping. She bought a pile of things. Yun Shu selected some to bring as gifts for her dormmates.
She gave Wei Cheng a small delicate wristwatch. The strap was a gold rope-like material, from Gucci.
Wei Cheng looked tall and sturdy, but had an extremely girly and romantic heart. She was probably the most girly in the dorm.
Mi Er was very vain, so Yun Shu chose a Bulgari necklace for her, which would look very nice paired with outfits.
For Xiao Qi she chose a thin bracelet, which was actually the most expensive gift. It was a four leaf clover bracelet made of white mother of pearl from Van Cleef & Arpels.
She thought since Xiao Qi liked running, a necklace would be inconvenient, but a thin bracelet wouldn't get in the way. And it seemed Xiao Qi didn't lack anything, so Yun Shu didn't think too much and just chose it.
She didn't expect that Xiao Qi had also gotten her a gift. That night she had said she wanted a tea set, and Xiao Qi had actually selected a whole set.
On this trip back to Fucheng, Yun Shu's mother had dragged her shopping. She had actually gone to Fucheng's tea market and gotten a basic education. She saw this brand Chengde Xuan was very expensive. She felt the gift Xiao Qi gave her might even be more expensive.
Mi Er didn't expect that Yun Shu would also have a gift for her. She really liked the necklace and wore it vainly for a long time, reluctant to take it off.
She was a bit more cunning and looked it up online even though she didn't know the brand. The price was higher than she expected. She had thought it was a thousand-something yuan necklace since it was silver, but didn't expect it to be several thousand yuan.
The camera was also expensive, but she had already looked into it earlier. Thinking of how she had only brought some food and clothes, she felt a bit inferior.
But she really liked the gifts her dormmates gave her.
In the evening, Wei Cheng was the last to arrive.
She didn't pull a suitcase. When she went home she basically didn't bring anything back. But when coming to school she carried a stuffed, heavy backpack. It looked very heavy.
"My mom made a lot of food and told me to bring it for you all." She said, gasping for breath.
When she opened the backpack, there were indeed fried fresh lychee meat, buns, rolled cakes, braised chicken claws and wings, pancakes, mushroom cakes unique to Wei Cheng's hometown, roast mushrooms that could be eaten directly as snacks, and a large piece of spiced beef... It looked like they didn't need to go out for dinner and everything was taken care of.
Xiao Qi discovered she loved gnawing on chicken claws. Maybe it was because her mother at home often made them too, so when she was away from home she especially missed that taste.
Wei Cheng's mom's chicken claws were spicier, but very flavoursome. Eating them made you sweat from the spice, but you still wanted to eat more. They were a little addictive.
All the dormmates sat gnawing away at them.
Wei Cheng didn't eat any herself. She smiled and said, "This is great!"
When she finished taking out all the food and went to organize her bed, she saw the laptop, watch, and clothes on it...
She thought the dormmates had put their things on her bed.
When she heard they were gifts for her, she was not just stunned and confused.
Mi Er couldn't help but say, "Xiao Qi bought the laptop for you. She won prize money in the marathon and bought gifts for us all. I got a camera, Yun Shu got tea ware, the watch is war spoils Yun Shu's rich mom bought abroad. We all got some. The clothes are from my family's factory, they're hoodies. Just pick a color when you get back and we can use them as dorm uniforms."
"This..."
As Wei Cheng opened the laptop, watch boxes, clothes, she suddenly burst into tears, with her face covered in tears.
The dormmates didn't know what to do.
It seemed like crying was contagious, as everyone's eyes turned red.
They hugged each other one by one.
Wei Cheng cried with slurred speech, murmuring: "It's so nice to have you all."
