Chapter 173: , Joint Dormitory (Seeking subscriptions!)

Hu Ping introduced enthusiastically: "This is Old Li, full name Li Heng. He has a good personality, is good at singing and dancing, can play the erhu and flute, and his English is even more awesome; his spoken English is no worse than our English teacher. He also writes a good hand."

Liu Yanling's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she asked again: "You didn't say his age, how old is he this year?"

Hu Ping said happily: "He's from May. Old Li is ranked sixth in age in the dormitory, and he's just over 18 this year."

Liu Yanling asked Li Heng: "Where are you from?"

Li Heng said: "Xiangnan."

At this time, Sun Xiaoye interjected: "Doesn't look like it. He doesn't have an accent when he speaks. There's also a boy from Xiangnan in our class who always says 'go out' as 'go out' (with an accent). We often can't understand what he says when he speaks."

Li Heng asked: "Where in Xiangnan?"

Liu Yanling and Sun Xiaoye looked at each other and said: "Seems like Huaihua."

Li Heng nodded: "No wonder. The dialects in Huaihua are indeed many and mixed. Ten miles have different sounds; sometimes you can't understand it after crossing a town."

Zhang Bing felt deeply: "We in western Xiang are also like this. The south of the county and the north of the county have completely different tones, and the differences are very large, making communication difficult."

With dialects as an opening, everyone's topics were like a dam releasing floodwater, opening up all at once, and they all talked about the local customs and jokes they had made in their hometowns.

15 people ordered 16 dishes, one for each. Hu Ping ordered an extra one according to Wei Xiaozhu's taste. When the last dish was served...

Hu Ping, who was performing very hard, suggested: "Last time we drank soda; how about drinking some alcohol this time?"

Watching Li Guoyi raised both hands: "Drinking is good, drinking has atmosphere. Our adult dinner should have some alcohol."

Li Guang, Tang Dailing, and Zhou Zhangming were also positive and agreed in unison.

5 out of the 7 people in the dormitory were strongly willing. Although Li Heng and Zhang Bing were just here to make up the numbers, they couldn't hold back their brothers, affecting their chasing of girls, so they naturally agreed.

The girls discussed it and finally Le Yao represented the girls and spoke: "Drinking is fine, but you have to answer three questions first. If you get them all right, you drink alcohol; if you get one wrong, you drink soda."

Hearing this, the people in Dorm 325 were all eager to try, signaling the other party to let the horse come over and hurry up and ask the questions.

Le Yao asked: "First question, how many major factions are there in Liangshan of Water Margin?"

Watching Li Guoyi answered quickly: "I'm an old Water Margin fan. I know, there are 5 factions: Chao Gai, Song Jiang, Erlong Mountain, Shaohua Mountain, and Taohua Mountain."

"Correct."

Le Yao said: "Second question, in the novel 'Jane Eyre,' there is a famous quote: 'The fire of love ignited in both our hearts.' What is the next sentence?"

Damn!

The girls' dormitory was ruthless, testing classics. The first question was okay, but the second question had already risen to this level of difficulty!

This era wasn't like later generations; there was no internet memory, and there were very few summaries of famous quotes. This was purely testing one's own reading volume and memory.

The group of young men finally understood. The girls were intentionally making things difficult; this was testing the cultural cultivation of Dorm 325.

Watching Li Guoyi scratched his head and ears: "Fighting and killing like Water Margin and Three Kingdoms is okay. I haven't read 'Jane Eyre.' Brothers, I'll rely on you guys."

Hu Ping, Li Guang, Tang Dailing, and Zhou Zhangming looked at each other and shook their heads in distress.

Immediately, the 6 people looked at Li Heng and Zhang Bing, who were relatively far away.

Zhang Bing waved his hand: "I've only heard of this book; I haven't read it either."

Finally, the 6 people placed their hope on Li Heng. Li Guang even spat and flew: "Hengge, you are one month younger than me. Do you know why I call you brother?

It's because I felt you were a cultural person at first glance, with a literary atmosphere blowing in your face. Can this question pass?"

Li Heng smiled: "Just because you speak so nicely, it will pass."

Then he said: "If I remember correctly, the next sentence is: From then on, the two of us will be fused together."

After answering, Tang Dailing asked the girls impatiently: "Is it right? Is it right?"

Le Yao looked at Li Heng and said: "Right!"

Dorm 325 cheered, urging: "Hurry up, hurry up

Le Yao asked: "The third question is about a famous domestic novel. What were the words Lin Daiyu said to Zijuan before she died in *Dream of the Red Chamber*?"

The collective of Room 325 was dumbfounded. After three seconds of dead silence, they all turned their heads in unison to look at Li Heng.

There was no help for it; people have a tendency to rely on others. Li Heng's performance just now had been incredibly fierce, keeping everyone's confidence high.

Hu Ping spoke up: "Old Li, if you can answer this third question, for the next four years of university, whenever anyone asks you to drink and you don't want to, I'll cover it for you."

Zhou Zhangming followed up with his own stance: "Count me in."

Watching Li Guoyi shouted loudly: "Brother Heng, as long as you get it right, I'll call you brother for the rest of my life."

Look at them, one by one—just to drink with the girls, they've completely abandoned all shame.

Li Heng looked at his incredibly nervous male peers, then looked at the eight girls who were paying him such close attention, recalled the memory, and said:

"It should be: 'Sister! I have no relatives here; my body is clean. You must at least tell them to send me back.'"

After hearing this, Li Guang and the others asked the girls in unison: "Is that it? Is it right?"

The girls from Room 107 looked at each other, and Le Yao judged: "Not a single word off."

"Yes!"

"Heaven did not give birth to Brother Heng, and the ages were as long as a dark night. Heaven gave birth to us, and only then did Fudan have a dawn."

"As expected of my Brother Heng! Awesome!"

With all three questions correct, Room 325 went crazy with joy. First, they showered Li Heng with rainbow-colored flattery, then they clamored for beer.

Eating and drinking, eating and drinking—in the dining culture of the Chinese people, eating and drinking are inseparable.

And so, as soon as the alcohol hit the table, the already good atmosphere soared again, reaching a new level.

After several rounds of drinks, it had reached its peak, instantly breaking down the barriers between the two dormitories and the divide between men and women. The young men, having their own agendas, began to incite a change of seats.

After a bout of strenuous pulling and tugging, the girls finally agreed.

Hu Ping had a clear goal; he took the lead and headed straight to sit beside Wei Xiaozhu.

Seeing this, Dai Qing, who was next to Wei Xiaozhu, took the initiative to give up her seat. After thinking for a moment, she walked up to Li Heng and asked politely: "Li Heng, can I sit here?"

One doesn't hit a smiling face; Li Heng didn't refuse: "Of course, you're welcome."

Seeing Dai Qing sit down next to Li Heng, Liu Yanling, who had been about to get up and come over, sat back in her original spot, feeling secretly depressed.

With the first beauty, Wei Xiaozhu, and the second beauty, Dai Qing, already taken, Li Guang and Watching Li Guoyi simultaneously aimed their sights at the third best, Le Yao. The two sat on either side of Le Yao, looking exactly like a pair of guardian deities.

Zhou Zhangming chose the 36D Liu Yanling.

Tang Dailing seemed to favor the slightly baby-faced Wei Sisi.

Because he was married, Zhang Bing had always been relatively low-key and introverted, but he still received the favor of Sun Xiaoye and Cai Yuanyuan; the three sat together and had endless things to talk about.

There was one more girl than there were boys. Zhao Meng didn't move her seat; she had Li Guang on her left and Tang Dailing on her right. She wasn't left out, as the two were very observant and would find opportunities to talk and drink with Zhao Meng from time to time.

With the top prize snatched away by Hu Ping, the others, feeling unwilling, frequently targeted Hu Ping and Wei Xiaozhu under the guise of drinking.

Relying on his good tolerance for alcohol, Hu Ping refused no one. When he got high on the drinks, he even drank on Wei Xiaozhu's behalf.

Seeing Watching Li Guoyi, Li Guang, and Zhou Zhangming teaming up against Hu Ping, the noise reaching an extreme, Dai Qing poured two glasses of wine and handed one to Li Heng: "Let's have a drink."

"Good." Li Heng took the drink, clinked glasses, and downed it in one gulp.

Dai Qing looked up and finished hers, then set the glass down and asked: "You're so amazing; do you read books often?"

Li Heng knew that the "amazing" she referred to was about the second and third questions. "Yes, it's my hobby; I do read quite often."

Dai Qing asked: "How many have you read?"

Thinking that his writing would be exposed sooner or later, Li Heng didn't hide it: "Over 1,000, I think. I don't know the exact number; I haven't counted."

Dai Qing was surprised. "Does that include textbooks?"

Li Heng shook his head: "Not counting those."

Dai Qing stared at him for a while, and after a long time, she said: "No wonder your temperament is so special; it turns out you are well-read."

Li Heng smiled, thinking to himself that this was nothing; this was only a portion of it. Between his past and present lives, he had read no fewer than 2,000 books.

Crates of beer were brought in one after another. For some reason—perhaps because one feels that a thousand cups are too few when drinking with a soulmate—Hu Ping and Zhou Zhangming, who had the best tolerance, completely let go and started a drinking contest.

In order not to lose face in front of Le Yao, Watching Li Guoyi and Li Guang invisibly started competing; one glass after another, one bottle after another, they simply couldn't stop.

Tang Dailing added fuel to the fire, running here to drink a glass and there to drink a glass, though he was vaguely targeting Watching Li Guoyi, who was usually loose-lipped.

Dai Qing, as a bystander, saw things clearly and asked in a low voice: "Do Tang Dailing and Watching Li Guoyi have a conflict?"

Li Heng shook his head: "No, it's just that Old Li often makes jokes about Old Tang's height."

Dai Qing sized up Tang Dailing, who was standing and shouting at Watching Li Guoyi while chugging a bottle. "He's not that short, but since your dormitory is generally tall, it just looks a bit obvious."

Li Heng agreed with this.

Just as the two were whispering, Wei Xiaozhu, who had been sandwiched between Hu Ping and Zhou Zhangming, found an opportunity to sit over, sitting to Dai Qing's left.

Dai Qing asked with a smile: "You're the main attraction; why did you come out? They're drinking themselves silly for your sake."

Wei Xiaozhu said: "It's all the smell of alcohol over there; I came over to take a breather."

Dai Qing turned to Li Heng and said: "Li Heng, don't look at Xiaozhu as being from Lianyungang; her mother is from Xiangnan. You two are half-fellow countrymen; you should have a drink."

Li Heng asked: "Oh, which city?"

Wei Xiaozhu replied: "Chang City, over by Yuelu Mountain."

Li Heng poured the wine: "I'm familiar with Yuelu Mountain; we definitely have to have a drink."

Then he asked: "You seem to have drunk quite a bit just now; can you still drink?"

Wei Xiaozhu smiled and said: "I can. Actually, I didn't drink much just now."

She indeed hadn't drunk much; most of it had been blocked by the face-conscious Hu Ping. The small remaining portion was also drunk as one glass for every three or four.

Because she was pretty, Watching Li Guoyi, Zhou Zhangming, and the others who were pouring the drinks didn't say anything, they were just even more fierce toward Hu Ping.

"Alright, then let's cheers!" Li Heng took the initiative to clink glasses with her.

"Cheers." Wei Xiaozhu downed it in one gulp this time.

As they drank, the boys completely lost control. The two small groups merged into one big group without anyone noticing, and with girls mixed in, it was even livelier.

Liu Yanling, across the table, didn't forget to shout: "Li Heng, come over and drink with us!"

Li Heng waved his hand: "You guys drink. Old Zhang and I have to take it easy today; otherwise, if we both get drunk, it won't be easy to get back to the dorm."

Liu Yanling didn't believe this. She wanted to take advantage of the alcohol to come over and pull him to drink, but she caught a glimpse of Dai Qing next to him and held back.

Dai Qing saw all of Liu Yanling's little thoughts and asked curiously: "I heard them say last time that a girl was chasing you like crazy on the second day of school. Have you always been very popular with girls?"

Wei Xiaozhu also cast her gaze over.

Facing the two girls' gazes, Li Heng said: "Aren't we all the same kind? I don't think you need to ask me this question; you two should feel it more deeply than I do."

Dai Qing and Wei Xiaozhu looked at each other, and a thought rose in their minds simultaneously: This person is very good at talking, but it seems he hasn't said anything at all.

Ten minutes later, Watching Li Guoyi hadn't been able to out-drink the grassland man Li Guang and had been defeated. He sat down next to Le Yao and began to pour out his grievances.

Li Guang triumphantly sat on the other side of Le Yao, and the three chatted and laughed together.

Li Heng observed for a while and found that Le Yao seemed to favor Li Guang more, while being somewhat perfunctory toward the better-looking Watching Li Guoyi.

Dai Qing asked: "Did you see it?"

Li Heng pondered: "Has Li Guang been seeing Le Yao in private?"

Dai Qing said: "He comes every day, and he never comes empty-handed."

Li Heng suddenly realized that in this contest, Li Guang had seized the initiative by being attentive.

However, this era was not like the future; even if he had the initiative, progress wouldn't be that fast.

The fact that the girls could accompany them to drink today was actually unprecedented. They had already anticipated this in the dorm and had specifically discussed a grand, open plot to use three difficult questions to make Room 325 retreat in the face of difficulty, but man proposes, heaven disposes.

As a result...

As a result, they encountered an anomaly like Li Heng, who had burned their plans to ashes.

When it came to drinking, Hu Ping and Zhou Zhangming were like a general meeting a worthy opponent; they drank all night without a winner. When they each reached their 14th bottle of beer, the two reached a reconciliation, all to avoid leaving an ugly impression on the girls.

However, neither was convinced, and they agreed to find an opportunity in the future to have a proper showdown.

The people who were drinking hadn't gotten drunk, but Tang Dailing had been quietly gotten drunk by Sun Xiaoye. When the party broke up, he was snoring away on the table, occasionally shouting, "Drink, come on, drink," which made everyone unable to hold back their laughter.

Zhou Zhangming, being tall and sturdy, hoisted Tang Dailing up and walked in the lead.

Li Guang and Hu Ping fought to pay the bill.

Finally, Hu Ping whispered something in Li Guang's ear, and Li Guang backed out, leaving the opportunity to pay to Hu Ping.

Crossing the road, Hu Ping came to Wei Xiaozhu's side and asked everyone: "The Chinese Department is showing a movie tonight; do you want to go over and see it?"

He seemed to be asking everyone, but in reality, he was asking Wei Xiaozhu.

Wei Xiaozhu politely refused: "Everyone has drunk too much alcohol today; let's go back to the dorm and rest early."

This statement received a collective response from the girls of Room 107, all of them chattering about how their heads were spinning and they needed to go back to sleep.

Hearing this, the young men's restless hearts were instantly extinguished. After reluctantly sending them back to Dormitory Building 9, they also returned to their dorm.

Room 107.

As soon as they entered the door, the girls who had just been saying their heads were splitting with pain instantly came back to life. They closed the door and began to chatter away.

Sun Xiaoye asked: "Does anyone know how much money today's meal cost?"

Zhao Meng said: "We were walking in front and didn't see, but we can calculate a rough estimate. 16 dishes cost about 20 yuan.

We drank a total of 67 bottles of beer, and the price is 0.93 yuan per bottle, which is 62.3 yuan. Added together, it's over 80 yuan."

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(To be continued)

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