Chapter 7 Buying a Quilt
"I think it's okay." Xiao Wen tried to lie down on the bed, then sat up again, "However, if you sleep on a hard bed for a long time, it will also be good for your health."
"Sleeping on a hard bed for a long time? What a joke, we are girls, how can we sleep on a hard bed for a long time." Liu Mengmeng rolled her eyes.
"That's true." Jiang Zhiyu pinched his chin and thought, "Then we have to think of a way to see if we can get a soft bed from somewhere."
"Yeah." Xiao Wen nodded, then turned to look at Qi Zimo, "What about you, Zimo?"
Qi Zimo had been leaning against the head of the bed silently. After hearing Xiao Wen's words, he turned half of his body and said helplessly: "I... I don't have a quilt to cover myself."
"Ah? How could this happen!" Jiang Zhiyu, Liu Mengmeng and Xiao Wen were shocked and shouted at the same time.
Qi Zimo twisted his fingers with the corner of his clothes, looking a little worried: "I left my quilt at home. I was in a hurry and forgot to bring it with me. I don't have a quilt to cover myself with today. What should I do if I feel cold when I sleep at night?"
In fact, she didn't forget to bring it, but the quilt that her poor scholar father prepared for her was a tattered quilt covered with various patches.
She is a person who cares a lot about her reputation, so how could she have the nerve to bring him here and embarrass herself?
"Yeah, I can't let you get cold, right?" Liu Mengmeng pursed her lips.
"What should we do then?" Qi Zimo looked at his three roommates helplessly.
"Let me think..." Jiang Zhiyu crossed her arms and paced around the room. Suddenly, she stopped by the window, looked out, then turned to the three people and smiled, "Got it!"
"Have you thought of a solution?" Liu Mengmeng asked her anxiously.
"We can go borrow a quilt!" Jiang Zhiyu said.
"Borrow a quilt?" Xiao Wen looked at Jiang Zhiyu with some confusion, "Where can I borrow it from?"
"Of course we can borrow from other dormitories!" Jiang Zhiyu explained, "Why don't we go find a dormitory that's not occupied and borrow a quilt from them?"
"This...is this really possible?" Qi Zimo hesitated.
"Of course!" Jiang Zhiyu said confidently, "Don't worry, I promise I can borrow a quilt!"
"Okay, let's try it." The three girls, Liu Mengmeng, Xiao Wen, and Qi Zimo, looked at each other and finally decided to trust Jiang Zhiyu.
A group of four people walked out of the cell, facing the cool autumn breeze, and chatted on the road.
"Do you know?" Jiang Zhiyu said excitedly, "I met Shangguan Siye in the academy today. He is really strict!"
Liu Mengmeng frowned and gritted her teeth, saying, "Yes, I heard that he loves to hit students on the palms, so you better be careful."
Xiao Wen smiled and said, "Don't worry, Zhiyu is working so hard that she won't be caught by Shangguan Zhengming!"
Qi Zimo smiled and said, "In fact, Shangguan Siye is not that scary, he is just very strict with academic requirements. Besides, his strictness is also for our own good. I hope everyone can study harder."
Jiang Zhiyu nodded in agreement: "That's right. It's not easy for us to come to this era and have the opportunity to become students of the Imperial Academy. Since we have chosen this path, we should go all out and take it seriously."
Liu Mengmeng sighed and said, "Alas, it's easier said than done. I heard that the Imperial College has a heavy workload and also has to take various exams. It's really a headache."
Xiao Wen gently patted Liu Mengmeng's shoulder and comforted her, "Take your time. We are all learning together. Let's help each other. I believe things will get better and better."
Jiang Zhiyu's eyes lit up: "Do you know? The library of the Imperial College is filled with books. I can go there to look up many ancient books, which will be of great benefit to our study of the history of the current dynasty."
Liu Mengmeng frowned and asked doubtfully: "But how can we get in? I heard that the management there is very strict."
Qi Zimo scratched his cheek and said, "This is easy. We can ask Dr. Qian for help. He should have a solution."
The four of them were chatting excitedly when they came to a cell numbered 85 with its door open.
There was a girl with a ponytail at the door of dormitory No. 1, leaning on the door railing and looking at the stars.
"Hello, do you have any extra quilts? One of our classmates forgot to bring a quilt and wants to borrow one." Jiang Zhiyu stepped forward and asked politely.
"We only have one, we don't have any extra." The girl shook her head. Seeing that they seemed to be new here, she kindly suggested, "But you can go ask the dorm manager. I think you can buy quilts from her. It's not expensive. A new quilt costs about ten cents."
"Okay, thank you!" Jiang Zhiyu bowed and thanked her. After asking her for the route to the dormitory management office, he led Qi Zimo and the others to buy quilts.
"Oh no! I almost forgot!" Xiao Wen suddenly thought of something, slapped her thigh, and said anxiously: "I heard that the hot water in our girls' dormitory stops at midnight, and now it seems that time is almost up! Zhiyu, why don't we go to the boiler room to get some water first, otherwise we will miss it. I will die if I can't take a hot bath!"
Jiang Zhiyu knew that Xiao Wen had always been a germaphobe and had to take a hot bath every night before she could sleep peacefully!
Not only will the hot water be cut off at 11 p.m., but the dormitory head will also check every dormitory on time, and all students must be present, otherwise they will lose credits.
So, she nodded in agreement and divided the work: she and Xiao Wen were responsible for going back to the dormitory to get four people's buckets to go to the boiler room to get hot water, while Liu Mengmeng and Qi Zimo went to the dormitory management room to ask the dormitory management to buy quilts.
"Okay, that's it! Let's act now without further delay!"
The four men split into two groups and jogged all the way to save time.
The dormitory manager of the girls' dormitory was named, fat, with a sarcastic look on his face, and walked like a crab.
Liu Mengmeng and Qi Zimo explained the situation to her. Seeing that they were both in the Yellow Class, Dormitory Manager Li said with disdain, "You even forgot your quilt at home? You have a really good memory. No wonder you've been studying for so long and are still in the Yellow Class!"
Qi Zimo looked a little embarrassed when he heard this.
Liu Mengmeng was a little angry. She glared at the dormitory manager Li and immediately retorted: "You are so talented, why don't you become a doctor? Being a dormitory manager here is really a waste of your talent!"
Dormitory Manager Li's face darkened. He didn't expect that this little girl from Class Huang would dare to be so provocative.
She sneered and said, "You are a little girl, but you are quite good at talking. However, I have the final say here. If you want to buy a quilt, you have to follow my rules."
"With this attitude, you are not worthy of being a dormitory manager!" Liu Mengmeng did not show any weakness and questioned sharply, "We pay for accommodation, you are here to serve us, not to mock us!"
Dormitory Manager Li snorted with disdain and said coldly, "Well, since you are so talkative, go find a blanket by yourself and freeze to death. I don't bother to care about you."
Liu Mengmeng was so angry that she was shaking all over. She clenched her fists tightly and tried to calm herself down.
She knew that confronting Dormitory Manager Li head-on would not work at all, and she had to find a suitable solution.