HPDBC Chapter 87 Differential Treatment
Chapter 87 Differential Treatment
As we walked and chatted with Jin Feng, we passed through the crowds and soon circled around the station square. In another open space not far from the square, under the shade of trees, there were already quite a few young faces waiting there.
A large red banner hangs high in the bright sun, supported by two long bamboo poles, the other ends of which are stuck into the ground.
As for the content on the banner, it goes without saying that it contains words like "Meeting Point for Freshmen of Tsinghua and Peking Universities".
Of course, there are more banners for Tsinghua and Peking Universities here than just banners.
The same applies to other universities.
Right next to Tsinghua and Peking University is the banner of Yenching University. Except for the school name, everything else is exactly the same. The calligraphy on the banners is clearly from the same hand.
The welcoming staff from both schools seemed to have a good understanding of each other, proving they are indeed like two rivals separated by only a wall.
Yu Zhen had no time to appreciate whether the scene was lively or not.
Upon arriving at the meeting point, he searched everywhere for the water station that Senior Jin had mentioned.
Just as he was searching everywhere without success, Jin Feng nudged him with her elbow and said quickly, "Give me your water jug, I'll get you some water."
Yu Zhen was puzzled, but then he realized what was going on, so he took his enamel water mug from next to his luggage and handed it to him, "Here, or... could you point me to a place and I'll go get some water myself..."
Yu Zhen, always mindful of his "undercover" identity, was reluctant to owe a favor for no reason, as he was being served by an upperclasswoman.
Besides, it's just getting some water, and I can chat with anyone I meet along the way.
Now that we're officially freshmen at Tsinghua and Peking Universities, we should naturally act like curious newcomers.
Jin Feng smiled, offered no explanation, and simply turned and quickly walked away with the enamel mug in her hand.
She moved quickly, almost jogging, and disappeared into the crowd once again. In the blink of an eye, she was nowhere to be found.
It's not that Yu Zhen's eyesight is that bad.
Indeed, the meeting point was teeming with young faces.
Moreover, the clothing and attire of men and women are basically the same as the nationally unified color scheme.
Anyway, when he glanced around, at least half of the girls with two shiny black braids tied behind their heads had them.
As for the boys, there are quite a few like him with thick, black, messy hair.
These days, regardless of age or gender, everyone has an astonishing amount of hair.
Suddenly, Senior Jin disappeared with her enamel mug.
Yu Zhen didn't want to wander around anxiously looking for someone. When the young faces under the tree saw him approaching, some of them moved aside to make room for him under the shade of the tree, indicating that he should put down his luggage and rest on the ground like them to conserve his energy.
"Hey, what's your major at Tsinghua or Peking University?" a freshman asked curiously.
"Oh, I'm from the Computer Science department. What are you all majoring in? Is anyone studying the same major as me?"
In the crowd, two boys raised their hands one after another, and everyone responded with smiles. They introduced themselves, stating their majors and names. They were all freshmen from Tsinghua and Peking Universities in 79. Even though their majors were different, they would become alumni in the future, and a natural sense of closeness immediately arose. They quickly became more and more compatible in their conversation.
A moment later, Jin Feng returned carrying an enamel mug, but stopped a dozen steps away and waved to Yu Zhen, signaling him to come forward.
After Yu Zhen passed by, the other party handed the enamel mug back and said softly:
"I made you some mung bean soup, drink it quickly. Okay, after you finish, wait here for a bit. I have to go back to the square to pick up the other new students. I'll chat with you again later when I have time. Goodbye..."
After saying that, without waiting for Yu Zhen to give any response, he started jogging and headed back towards the station square.
Yu Zhen was surprised. The mung bean water in the enamel mug was very thin and reddish. It even felt cool to the touch.
However, the amount of soup is relatively small, only about one-fifth of the teacup's capacity, just a shallow sip.
Strange, this mung bean soup seems almost shameful...
Yu Zhen was thirsty and didn't think twice. He held the jar to his lips, tilted his head back, and gulped down the last bit of mung bean soup in just a few mouthfuls.
Sure enough, a sudden, icy chill actually hit me.
After drinking the mung bean soup, a cool sensation in my stomach and the dry, parched feeling finally eased a little.
But it just wasn't enough to really enjoy it!
He took the empty tea mug and returned to the shade of the tree.
Unexpectedly, just as I walked over and before I could even sit down again, several teasing and mocking voices rang out from the crowd.
"Qin, your computer science major... wow, your qualifications are truly extraordinary!"
"Yeah, you must have just drunk some iced mung bean soup!~~"
"Hmph, if you ask me, that's the only bad thing about our school. Why treat everyone so differently? We're all freshmen, so why are you computer science freshmen the only ones getting preferential treatment before you've even entered the school? It's so unfair..."
"Exactly! It's just a tiny bit of mung bean soup at the bottom of a teapot. I really don't believe the school can't treat everyone equally. For the top university in the country to resort to such petty tricks is really infuriating..."
"Ha, at least Tsinghua and Peking University have this kind of preferential treatment. At Peking University, not a single major gets the privilege of drinking chilled mung bean soup..."
Yu Zhengang took the empty enamel mug back to the shade of the tree.
Well, they were immediately met with a "group attack," but were thoroughly ridiculed by the other freshmen.
This situation really caught Yu Zhen off guard. Helpless, he could only force a few laughs while secretly wondering if the school would resort to such crude and discriminatory treatment.
Besides, there was only a fifth of the chilled mung bean soup left at the bottom of the teacup, and they didn't even add a little sugar, so it didn't allow anyone to drink it to their heart's content.
What kind of special treatment is this?!
It's more like he's just plain stupid and deliberately trying to annoy others.
Under the shade of the tree, among the group of new students, two other computer science students who had been waiting there before him saw him looking embarrassed and scratching his head, and they started to laugh at themselves, saying that they had also received the same treatment before.
They each poured about one-fifth of the chilled mung bean soup into their teacups.
Other freshmen from different majors took the opportunity to be sarcastic, making fun of and ridiculing them, and then mocking themselves.
It is said that he also asked Jin Feng for chilled mung bean soup.
As a result, the other person just laughed it off and wouldn't engage in conversation.
This is bizarre. Could it be that they're doing this on purpose? Are they deliberately trying to make freshmen from other departments assume that computer science students are treated better than students from the rest of the university?
However, such a crude trick is easily discovered once the students enter the school and inquire around. Wouldn't the truth be revealed in no time?
Yu Zhen fell into deep thought. Could it be that he, the censor who was ordered to "go undercover," was so incredibly lucky that he had already made an unexpected discovery on his very first day of contact with the student group?
Recalling that the last time trouble happened, it was the Computer Science Department, with Yan Shijian and his nephew Wei Yuan becoming the most typical negative examples, the rectification of the school spirit at Tsinghua and Peking Universities started from this point. Now the Computer Science Department is responsible for picking up new students at the train station square, openly playing this game of differential treatment.
Tut tut...
He was a little confused; what kind of rhythm was this?