SIAS Chapter 252.2

“Then we’re now the ‘Seven-Person Upper Bunk Group’!” Li Mengxue exclaimed happily.

“Once we find some small tables, our upper bunks will be the most comfortable in the capital!”

“But can we find so many suitable small tables or shelves at the scrap station?” Qian Lailai was very skeptical. After all, it had to be the right height and length so that it wouldn’t hit their feet when placed at the end of the bed.

“I have woodworking tools. All we need is some planks. I can make them.” The all-rounder Comrade Yun Guyuan never disappointed anyone.

“I can do it, too!” Yi Qingqing said.

Her woodworking skill was only Level 1, but she was best at making small storage shelves. After all, when her portable space was only Level 1, she also made it by hand in order to increase space utilization.

“You two are really a match made in heaven!” Li Mengxue was convinced.

Qian Lailai smiled and said, “Then after we finish eating, we’ll fill our kettles with hot water and take them back to the dorms. Then we’ll go to the scrap station to scavenge old furniture and repurpose old planks! The university tour is postponed until tomorrow!”

When they arrived at the cafeteria, perhaps because there were very few students already registered, only one window was open, selling steamed buns and pickled vegetables.

Li Mengxue munched on dry steamed buns and pickles and sighed, “I kind of miss our brigade!”

“Me too.” Wang Lingling also said.

“Maybe it will be better after school starts.” Qian Lailai reassured them, knowing they were just not getting used to it.

She added, “If it really doesn’t work out, there are state-owned restaurants outside the school. It’s much more convenient to go there for a bite to eat than to go to the county town.”

“But state-owned restaurants are different from each other.” Said Chen Zhihe.

Everyone present deeply agreed.

Although the capital was bustling, they wondered if there were any state-run restaurants as good as those in Tieling County.

But at least they could eat their fill.

After finishing their steamed buns, all their fantasies about the university cafeteria vanished.

Several people carried thermoses to the water room behind the cafeteria, filled a thermos with water, and brought it back to the dormitory.

Yi Qingqing even chose to put the thermos in her own cabinet, since the cabinet was high enough anyway.

After putting the thermos away, the group regrouped and headed out of the university to the scrap station.

There are several scrap stations in the capital.

The closest to Beijing University is the one in the south of the city, about a half-hour walk.

For these educated youths who had spent so much time in the countryside, a half-hour walk was just a piece of cake.

A few people walked over while playing and joking.

The area around the scrap station was quite desolate.

Before going in, everyone had agreed to share the cost of buying old wood or furniture materials and then work together in the fields outside before carrying it back.

Originally, Li Mengxue and the others suggested that Yun Guyuan and Yi Qingqing contribute less money for their extra work, but they both refused.

Although the two of them knew more about this and had to do more work, everyone still had to help out. Since they were good friends, there was no need to be so calculating.

In Yi Qingqing’s eyes, the entrance to the scrap station was a real treasure!

[You signed in at the scrap station in the south of the capital and received a rosewood double-moon-shaped carved canopy bed.]

It turned out to be another bed.

This bed looked a little simpler in workmanship than the huanghuali wood thousand-craft step-out bed in her space. It didn’t have the cabinets beside it, but Yi Qingqing really liked the double-moon design, and it was made of sandalwood.

She loved the scent of sandalwood.

Anyway, she still had a courtyard house she hadn’t taken over yet, and she might buy another one later. She never had too much antique furniture.

 

 

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