Chapter 409: The First Winter Vacation of College

The power of regret has been strengthened, but many things in the world of regret have become smoother. Although there are still regrets, they are all regrets that Mu Zhengguang and Xu Neng can easily overcome.

For example, because it was raining and I couldn’t go out to buy milk tea, I had to eat a relatively expensive and poor-tasting meal in the school cafeteria, or the address of the courier was filled in incorrectly, so I had to pick up the courier outside the school…

Everyone will encounter some unpleasant things in life. Some things are big, but they may not necessarily bring people down. Some things are small, but they cannot be ignored. In Mu Zhengguang's regretful world, there are neither big unpleasant things that can bring people down, nor small unpleasant things that cannot be ignored.

One day after the military training, Xu asked Mu Zhengguang during dinner: "How much living expenses do you have every month?"

"2070."

"It's a little more than I thought." Xu originally thought that Mu Zhengguang's living expenses would be at most 2000. She expected living expenses to be 2000 before coming to Baisong University, but she added another 500 after arriving.

“也比我想象得多。我妈听说我和你都被第一志愿录取了，所以多给了我200。”慕正光和父母定好的生活费是1870。以1500元和550分为基础，每增加1分，生活费增加10元。587分，1870元。

"Not bad. How much living expenses do you have left for this month?"

"About 1000." When the school started, Mu Zhengguang had about 4070 in savings, but now he only has 3000 left. Of the 4070 yuan, 2070 was for living expenses, some was his remaining pocket money, and some was the gift money his parents gave him after the graduation banquet.

Xu knew that the money Mu Zhengguang spent on shopping in the first two days after school started was not counted as living expenses. The living expenses were 2070, and there was 1000 left, which meant that he had spent 1070. Excluding the money for recharging the newly bought campus card and the money for buying military training uniforms, he probably spent less than 800 in the past half month, an average of less than 40 per day.

According to this calculation, he will have 400-500 yuan left for living expenses at the end of the month. In the next month, he will not need to recharge his campus card, so he should have more money left, perhaps 600 yuan.

"Let's go to Changbai Mountain for a trip next month. It's three days and two nights. The budget is 1000."

"Okay." Mu Zhengguang once learned that it only takes more than two hours by high-speed rail from the city where Baisong University is located to reach the vicinity of Changbai Mountain.

"I'll do the planning this time."

"Ah."

The trip went on as planned, and Mu Zhengguang and Xu saw Tianchi. At night, the two lay on the bed and looked at photos, then parted ways and met again the next day.

The temperature on Changbai Mountain was very low. Before going up the mountain, Mu Zhengguang and Xu had asked their families to send winter clothes. At that time, Mu Zhengguang checked the dynamics of his high school classmates. Some of his classmates who went to school in the south seemed to still be enjoying the summer.

Moreover, some people who didn’t get into the same university and didn’t live in the same city could actually travel together! Boys traveled with boys, girls traveled with girls, and boys traveled with girls.

It turns out that the differences among us are not entirely due to scores. Scores are only a small factor that drives the differences. This factor alone is not enough to drive things to their final state.

Xiao Xu takes grades very seriously, but her emphasis does not interfere with her daily life, which is understandable. Compared with her, I don't seem to care so much about grades, but I connect "scores" with "respect", and this wrong view has damaged my mood and life. This damage lasted for too long, and it has only been slightly reduced today.

In September, a classmate posted a status update saying he dropped out of school and was repeating a grade. In October, he could still be seen posting status updates, but he was already in high school.

It is still September, and everyone is no longer avoiding talking about which university they were admitted to in their updates. Students are no longer discussing the admission scores of various universities, but rather the size of the school, the dormitory conditions, whether there are toilets, etc.

Some students were admitted to the old campus of some schools, which was smaller than the high school. Some students went to the Forestry University, which was very big and cold...

Some students are deep in the mountains, some students watch the sea every day; some students are in the suburbs, some students face high-rise buildings; some students take the bus to school, some students walk to school... each one is in his or her own place and pursues his or her own future.

At a specific time, specific people appear in the same space and influence each other, which is an encounter. Everyone has a specific life trajectory, and when the life trajectories of everyone converge and then disperse, this is separation.

Mu Zhengguang told Xu his new perspective on meeting and parting, and Xu pinched his face to show encouragement.

The city started heating in October. After the heating, the house was warm enough to wear short sleeves. As for the outside, according to the weather forecast, the lowest temperature was already below 0℃. Despite the low temperature, Mu Zhengguang could occasionally see some people walking out of the bathhouse barefoot or wearing summer slippers.

In November, the temperature in the city dropped even lower, like winter.

By December, as many courses ended, Mu Zhengguang and Xu had a lot more free time. When they had no classes for a whole day or an entire afternoon, they would look for a study room with fewer people.

In the study room, they sat at the same table again, doing things related to or unrelated to their studies until it got dark, and then went to the cafeteria together.

There is not much time left in this semester, and there is not much time left in this year.

On December 2022, 12, the lowest temperature of the day was -31℃. Mu Zhengguang and Xu went out in the cold winter and night.

A new day has just arrived, marking the end of the old year. Someone in the senior class group posted, "Looking back on my college entrance examination, it seems like it was just last year." Without the word "as if", this statement is true, but with "as if", it becomes a joke.

After the movie, Mu Zhengguang opened his phone and saw the joke. His thoughts drifted to a year ago. That year, Xu put his coat on his arm just after the movie ended. In the blink of an eye, a year has passed, and Xu still puts his coat on his arm, but the coat is thicker.

"Are we going back to school today?"

Mu Zhengguang also wanted to ask this question, but he felt that since he was a boy, it would be very rude for him to ask. There are two answers to this question, and one of them is also very rude.

"want."

"I brought my ID card, but you didn't. So we really have to go back to school. Let's go." As he said that, Xu took out his ID card from his pocket.

Mu Zhengguang then realized that she was not joking: she had made preparations before setting off.

Mu Zhengguang and Xu took a taxi back to school. On the way, they discussed the class group.

Mu Zhengguang said: "The college entrance examination was just last year, but it seems like a long time ago."

"Because a lot has happened, and because what is happening now is far beyond our expectations."

Mu Zhengguang returned to the dormitory in the early morning, and his roommates were still asleep.

They were all surprised: Why did he come back so late? Three months ago, he and his girlfriend stayed out all night during the holiday. Today was also a holiday, so what reason did he have to come back?
Mu Zhengguang never hesitated to praise Xu in front of his classmates and friends, but he never talked about Xu's private affairs, even the most insignificant ones, such as what color she liked or what she had eaten today. Even if someone asked him, he rarely said anything, and over time, no one asked anymore.

A few days after New Year's Day, Mu Zhengguang and Xu officially had their holiday. Before the official holiday, they finished their exams and went on vacation early.

(End of this chapter)