Meng Yan's Transformation

Chapter 569 In the dormitory of the agricultural high school

Zhan Mengyan was still fast asleep when Zhan Yue woke up and nudged Zhan Mengyan who was sleeping next to her.

"Mengyan, wake up! It's time for morning exercises and morning self-study!"

As Zhan Yue spoke, she quickly got up and put on her clothes.

Zhan Yue pulled a washbasin from under the dormitory bed. The basin was filled with water, and bits of straw floated on top. The two of them busied themselves washing their faces and combing their hair...

At 5:30 a.m., a sharp whistle shattered the tranquility of the dormitory area. The urgent assembly whistle of Teacher Zhu, the dormitory facilitator, echoed outside the pointed-roof building, and the once silent dormitory room instantly came alive with activity.

On the east and west rows of shared bunk beds, dozens of bedding rolls rustled at the same time. Sleepy students struggled to get out of bed, hastily putting on their cold coats. Some folded their blankets with their eyes closed, their hands moving mechanically while their bodies remained in a lying position. The tightly arranged blankets, like a well-trained square formation, filled the entire bunk bed.

The early morning was filled with chaos. Some people were still groggily searching for the blankets they'd kicked off in the middle of the night, some were rubbing their ears, bothered by snoring, and many more were in a half-asleep, half-awake state, relying on muscle memory to complete the entire getting-up process. In this dormitory-style dormitory that required precise space calculations, falling behind meant losing your place to stay.

Those who were a little slower suddenly realized their blankets had nowhere to go. In the haphazard yet tightly packed array of blankets, there was simply no room to squeeze in. With assembly time fast approaching, they had no choice but to pile their blankets on top of each other, forming makeshift "human pyramids." The sound of shuffling footsteps echoed through the aisle as they rushed towards the dimly lit playground.

The dormitory supervisor was extremely busy. She quickly organized the makeshift "stacks" into neat, square "tofu blocks," just like blankets in a military camp—smooth, wrinkle-free, with perfectly straight corners, forming a perfect square. Only after ensuring all the blankets were in a straight line, confident that the dormitory supervisor wouldn't deduct points during inspections, did she finally leave the dormitory last.

Zhan Yue's agricultural high school, located in front of Zhan Mengyan's regular high school, was converted from a former vocational high school. Both high schools shared dormitories in the same row of pointed-roof buildings. However, students from the regular and agricultural high schools lived separately; most students from the same class shared dormitories. Zhan Mengyan, being a newcomer, attracted attention from her classmates by living in the agricultural high school dormitory.

"Zhan Yue, who is that person sharing a bed with you? What class is she in?"

"Why do they look unfamiliar to us?"

"She's in which class at our agricultural high school? I've never seen her before."

"She's so beautiful! Those big, bright eyes of hers, they twinkle like the stars in the sky!"

"..."

Zhan Mengyan and Zhan Yue went to their respective morning exercises. Zhan Yue's classmates quickly gathered around her and kept asking her questions.

"That's my cousin, her name is Zhan Mengyan. She's a student at the regular high school in the backyard of our school. She's in Class 1 of the first year of high school. She's currently staying at the dormitory. These past few days, after evening self-study, we've been working as temporary workers at the county cannery together. We come back late, so she's sharing a bed with me. Our beds are already crowded, and now there's one more person. I'm sorry to trouble you all to squeeze in a bit more. She'll be able to apply for a bed soon and move out. Maybe I'll drop out of school soon, and my bed will go to my cousin Mengyan. Then she won't need to apply for a bed from the school anymore."