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Chapter 1560 - 749 First Day of School_2

Chapter 1560: Chapter 749 First Day of School_2

This has led to another problem, which is that the students from Agricultural University generally come from families that are not very well-off. Of course, this is an average; there certainly are students from better economic conditions, but overall, this is the case.

Poor family conditions also lead to another problem, a lack of exposure.

It’s not about looking down on anyone, but in times when internet information wasn’t prevalent, people’s knowledge was often limited by their environment.

This was evident from the surprise in Hu Jianshe’s voice when he heard that Yan Fei lived off-campus and not with relatives: "You live outside, isn’t the rent in Provincial City quite expensive? The school dormitory is cheaper and you can eat at the cafeteria. Living outside, you have to cook for yourself, wouldn’t that increase your living expenses?"

Indeed, in Hu Jianshe’s mind, when he heard a classmate who’s not a local of Provincial City was living outside and not with relatives, he subconsciously assumed that they must be renting a place—he had never considered the prices of houses in Provincial City, because he didn’t even know or think about the possibility of buying a house, let alone other possibilities.

Yan Fei thought for a moment and whispered, "Let me tell you secretly, that’s my own house, built by us and it even has a yard."

This wasn’t something that needed to be concealed. After all, they would be interacting for a few more years. If he hid it now, with Hu Jianshe’s personality, there would likely be barriers in the future.

"Awesome." Hu Jianshe didn’t think much, and it’s unclear what exactly he pictured when Yan Fei mentioned the house with a yard. "Then we must visit it sometime, does having a yard mean you can also grow vegetables? That would save quite a bit on grocery expenses."

Yan Fei nodded, agreeing deeply with the comment: "Of course, if you can grow your own vegetables, why would you buy them!"

The two surprisingly found common ground on this topic and even began discussing issues of fruit and vegetable cultivation, which soon attracted several surrounding classmates who came over to offer Yan Fei advice on how to plant vegetables more efficiently in different seasons.

On the other side, He Miao and two other city girls stared dumbfounded, not knowing whether she was talking to herself or to the two girls beside her: "I’ve just realized for the first time that our students from Agricultural University really are down-to-earth."

How could they not be down-to-earth? When students started talking about farming like experts, some students, probably from urban families with no agricultural land, listened dizzily without any idea that beyond those old farmers with hoes, one day their fellow classmates’ life experiences could be so ’colorful and diverse’.

After listening for a while, He Miao found an opportunity to come over and said, "Deputy class leader, comrade secretary, let’s discuss going to the trade fair this afternoon?"

Hu Yidao replied nonchalantly, "What’s there to discuss? We split into groups and go together, as long as we don’t get lost, right?"

"Isn’t that discussing?" He Miao said straightforwardly. "How do we split into groups, how many teams should the forty people form, who leads, how do we go? Aren’t all these things we need to talk about?"

"Let’s go by bus!" Yan Fei suggested. "There’s a bus at the school gate, we might even get a discounted rate as a group of students on an activity, just get off directly at the destination, split into four or five groups, eight to ten people each. By the way, do we have class funds? It wouldn’t be right to make students pay for the bus on our first outing, right? The class leader should take out the class funds..."

"Do we need to use class funds for bus fare?" Fu Lulu was incredulous. "It probably won’t even cost one yuan per person."

"The first activity, how can we let students pay for themselves!" Yan Fei insisted.

Fu Lulu, apparently not a rural girl, considered some students whose families had to borrow even for the tuition fees. For them, not just one yuan, but even a dime would be split in half if possible. He was sure, if it was mentioned to pay on their own, surely some students would find excuses not to go.

"If we have class funds, why not use them!" Hu Yidao supported Yan Fei.

The other students also supported Yan Fei, indicating a consensus among most. Seeing this, Fu Lulu stopped talking further, while He Miao chuckled and said, "It seems there’s no rule that class funds must be managed by the class leader alone, right? Here’s a suggestion, let the comrade secretary manage the funds. As there are more boys, and if the class needs to purchase something in the future, having to ask money from this little girl? That’d be somewhat embarrassing, isn’t it? It would be more appropriate for the comrade secretary to manage it. What do you all think?"

"I support the class leader’s proposal," Hu Yidao raised his hand without a second thought.

"Seconded," Mao Jie and Han Ming raised their hands.

"I support it too," even the usually quiet Wang Xiangsheng voiced his support for this proposal, showing the class leader’s influence in arousing the male ego in the classroom.

"Huh?" Yan Fei was startled, not expecting his well-intentioned suggestion to end up giving him additional responsibility. "Isn’t everything supposed to be managed by the class leader?"

"There’s no explicit rule about it. We just negotiate here and tell Teacher Lu later, he will definitely support our decision," He Miao didn’t give Yan Fei a chance to object. "So that’s settled then, comrade secretary, you can talk to Teacher Lu about the class funds, and remember, no embezzling or accepting bribes!"