The salty life in Life of Pi

Chapter 10: The First Broadcast of the Two

bell--
As the bell rang for the end of the second class in the morning, Lin Miaomiao became restless and swayed on the bench. It was a pity that this class was her homeroom teacher's math class, so the class was delayed.

Lao Zhao dragged out the class for three minutes, looked at the increasingly noisy corridor, threw down the chalk in his hand with a look of regret, and packed up the lesson plan.
"Let's get off get out of class"

As Lao Zhao walked out of the classroom, Lin Miaomiao jumped up from the stool, rushed out of the classroom as fast as her short legs could reach, and came to the big screen at the school gate, anxiously waiting for changes to the club recruitment page.

She didn't have to wait too long. As the radio station's recruitment page appeared, Lin Miaomiao held her breath and looked at the list of new recruits at the bottom of the screen. The first name was Wu Xianyu.

"tsk"

With an unhappy sound of mouth, Lin Miaomiao didn't delay any longer and continued to look down. There were only a few names, and her own name was among them. Lin Miaomiao felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.

When she returned to the classroom, Wu Xianyu, who was pretending to be dead on the desk, said in a leisurely tone

"Well, we both passed it."

Lin Miaomiao was still a little upset about being hit in the butt by Wu Xianyu's ball, so she made up a lie
"No, I passed, you didn't."

"Oh"

Seeing that Wu Xianyu didn't say anything after just one word, Lin Miaomiao became unhappy.

"What do you mean? Just an 'oh'. Aren't you afraid that I'm lying to you?"

Wu Xianyu sat up straight, twisted his neck, and smiled playfully.
"Someone from the radio station just came to inform me that you and I should go to the radio station for training during the fourth class this afternoon. Do you think I am afraid that you will lie to me?"

Lin Miaomiao suddenly felt that her mentality was a little unstable, and her teeth were clenching. The next second, Wu Xianyu took out a bag of beef jerky from his desk and handed it to Lin Miaomiao.

"Come on, if your teeth itch, grind them with something. Don't break them."

Wu Xianyu finally realized that Lin Miaomiao only gave face to the food. Sure enough, when she saw the food, Lin Miaomiao stopped grinding her teeth and directly opened the package, tore off a piece of beef and stuffed it into her mouth, while looking at Wu Xianyu.

"Xianyu, have you ever had any experience in broadcasting? I wonder if it's difficult or not. What if something goes wrong?"

"No, whether it's difficult or not, we'll know if we go and take a look this afternoon. Besides, why are you already worried about problems before you even start working?"

Reaching out to Wu Xianyu, Lin Miaomiao stared at him

"What do you mean I'm afraid? I'm just preparing for a rainy day and preventing it from happening."

"Okay, you're right."

Wu Xianyu stopped chatting with Lin Miaomiao and continued to lie on the table to catch up on his sleep.

Soon, the afternoon classes were over, leaving only the last one-hour self-study class. Lin Miaomiao was tidying up her desk slowly. After she was done, she turned around to see how Wu Xianyu had done, but she found that his desk was clean and tidy, without a single book. Seeing Lin Miaomiao turn around, Wu Xianyu stood up.
"Are you done packing? Let's go then."

Before leaving, Wu Xianyu reached out and patted Jiang Tianhao on the shoulder.
"Haozi, remember to tell the teacher, Lin Miaomiao and I are going to the radio station"

After saying that, he was the first to walk out of the classroom.

Lin Miaomiao followed behind him, swinging her two short legs, and walked to Wu Xianyu's side, with a look of suspicion on her face.

"Xianyu, I doubt you're lying when you say you're lazy. I've noticed that you always pack things up quickly and in an organized way. How can a lazy person be so experienced in tidying up?"

Wu Xianyu wiped his glasses as he walked. After wiping them, he put the glasses cloth into his jacket pocket, put on his glasses and looked at Lin Miaomiao.

“There is a limit to laziness. I am lazy but I will sort out all the things I need to do before I get lazy so that I can be lazy without distractions. Otherwise, my laziness may cause problems in my subsequent studies and work, and then more time for laziness in the future may be used to make up for my mistakes because of my laziness. Isn’t it not worth it?”

Lin Miaomiao watched Wu Xianyu speak a long string of words. Combined with the action of him wiping his eyes just now, she always felt that Wu Xianyu must have been reflecting light from his glasses at this time.

"Good fellow, I believe you are a lazy person. You are so lazy that you have no experience. I admire you. Um, can you give me your glasses cloth?"

"take it"

. . .

The two of them came to the radio station office. The station manager, who was the examiner before, had already arrived. When he saw the two of them coming, he stood up and handed the two documents to them.

"This is the rules and regulations manual of our radio station. You are not required to memorize all of it, but you must know what you can and cannot do. You can take your time to read it when you return to the classroom. Now follow me."

The two looked at each other, put away the stack of A4 paper, and followed the stationmaster to the broadcasting room. The stationmaster introduced the two to

"This is the broadcasting room of Elite Middle School. From now on, you two will be broadcasting here as a pair. I will write down what to say and what to do every day on an A4 paper and give it to you. You just need to follow it."

After a pause, the stationmaster took out two A4 sheets of paper from the radio station behind him and handed them to the two.
"You guys should familiarize yourself with it and practice it first. Don't be nervous. It's okay if you make mistakes. We are not that strict about this. Once you are familiar with the work, you can express yourself freely as long as you don't overdo it."

The two looked at the process sheet in their hands and felt that there was not much content. The announcer basically played a connecting role, similar to the host.

Wu Xianyu found two chairs and sat down with Lin Miaomiao to practice face to face. The stationmaster was very pleased to see that the two of them were so serious about the job. Many students had seen such a simple procedure and started broadcasting without even reading it, and it was these people who made mistakes in the end.

Feeling that the time was almost up, the stationmaster reached out to attract the attention of the two people.

"Okay, from now on you just need to come here at this time every Thursday. The first thing you need to do is go to the cafeteria to get your meals. Because this work will last for a while, it will affect your meal time. If you go late, it is easy to miss out on hot meals. So I recommend that you prepare your lunch boxes and go to the cafeteria to get your meals before coming to the broadcast."

Lin Miaomiao, who had not expected such a good thing, became excited instantly, but Wu Xianyu directly held her shoulders to prevent her from jumping up. The stationmaster took a look and ignored the little action between the two.

"The second thing is that you are strictly prohibited from releasing water or any water source near the radio station. It is also best to eat far away. I guess you all know the reason."

"The third thing is hygiene. After the broadcast, remember to clean up. You don't have to mop the floor every day, but you can always sweep it once, and then wipe it with a rag. Otherwise, the radio station will be covered with your fingerprints after the broadcast, which is so ugly."

After saying these things, the stationmaster nodded to the two of them.
"Go get your lunch now. The school canteen sells lunch boxes. I won't be here later. If you have anything, come to my office."

After saying that, the stationmaster turned and walked out of the broadcasting room. Lin Miaomiao stood up excitedly and pulled Wu Xianyu

"At first I thought the radio station would only save me one self-study class, but now I can even get food in advance. It's a great deal."

Pulling his hand out from Lin Miaomiao without leaving a trace, Wu Xianyu corrected
"Nothing is as good as a whole class, only half a class."

"Oh, that's fine, we're all making money, let's go get some food"

Lin Miaomiao didn't notice those small details and hurried towards the convenience store.

After getting their meal, the two did not rush to eat, but instead took the time to practice the broadcast script. Seeing the minute pointing to 6, Lin Miaomiao carefully pressed the broadcast button. As the bell rang, the quiet campus became lively.

Lin: "Elite Middle School Radio Station starts the first broadcast of the new semester today. Hello everyone, I am announcer Lin Miaomiao"

Wu: "I am the announcer Wu Xianyu"

Lin: "After a pleasant and relaxing summer vacation, we are back to the familiar campus"

Wu: "Here, we wish you all academic progress and healthy growth in the new school year!"

Lin: "A new semester brings new changes. Let's take a look at what new changes our school has made."

. . . . . .

Listening to the clear, smooth and moderate voices coming from the radio, the stationmaster in the office nodded and boasted to the teacher beside him
"How about these two people I picked? Are they okay?"

"Yes, this is pretty good for my first broadcast. I'm much better than you."

“Hahahaha, that’s…”

. . . . . .

Lin: "Next is Xu Wei's song "Blue Lotus"." As the music played normally, Lin Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief and slumped in the chair. Wu Xianyu took the lunch boxes of the two people aside, helped Lin Miaomiao open them, and greeted her
"Come, eat, I'm so hungry"

After saying that, he started eating first. Lin Miaomiao had no strength to get up in the first place, but when she smelled the fragrance of the rice, she used up her last bit of strength to crawl up, sat next to Wu Xianyu, picked up her chopsticks and put the food into her mouth.

After dinner, the two cleaned up and lay down on the chairs. Lin Miaomiao looked up at the ceiling and murmured
“This job is not as easy as I thought.”

"Yeah, but compared to doing math problems, I'd rather take the job of broadcasting."

"makes sense"

Lin Miaomiao's sorrowful thoughts were interrupted by Wu Xianyu's words. She didn't continue to be in a daze. The two of them checked the radio station one last time, and after making sure there was no problem, they walked towards their respective dormitories.

After a night's rest, Lin Miaomiao became full of energy again. During the break, she stood in the corridor and boasted to Deng Xiaoqi about how great her broadcasting was yesterday.

Wu Xianyu lay on the table with his eyes closed. At this time, Jiang Tianhao walked in from outside and saw Wu Xianyu still sleeping. He reached out and patted him.
"Xianyu, do you want to play with me this weekend? I'm already gold in League of Legends."

"Not playing"

Wu Xianyu refused directly, turned around on the table and looked at Jiang Tianhao with half-opened eyes.

"Why don't you go play ball?"

"It's starting to drizzle outside, come back before it gets too heavy, how are you going to spend the weekend if you don't play games?"

"fishing"

Hearing Wu Xianyu's words, Jiang Tianhao stopped drinking water, swallowed the water while forcing himself to swallow the water, and then he started coughing.

"Ahem, no, are you really fishing? I thought you were just joking. You can't be fishing for two days, right? What do you do with the rest of the time?"

"Doing homework"

Jiang Tianhao looked at Wu Xianyu in silence for a long time, and finally turned his head away from him.
"Okay, you win."

After it started raining outside, Lin Miaomiao jumped back to her seat and looked at Wu Xianyu and Jiang Tianhao.

"What are you two talking about?"

Jiang Tianhao answered while looking at Deng Xiaoqi's figure

"I asked Xianyu how he was going to spend his weekends, guess what he answered"

"How did you answer that?"

Lin Miaomiao answered the question in a very supportive manner. Jiang Tianhao was very satisfied. He had never enjoyed such treatment from Wu Xianyu before.

"Xianyu said he was going fishing on the weekend. I asked him what he was doing with the rest of the time, and he said he was doing his homework."

"Then tell me if there is anything wrong with you."

Wu Xianyu straightened up and looked at Jiang Tianhao, who gave him a thumbs up.

"Nothing wrong with it. Except that it's a little boring, there's nothing wrong with it at all."

"Indeed, Xianyu, your life is too boring."

Lin Miaomiao couldn't keep quiet. While listening to the two boys talking, she took out a bag of snacks and started eating. At the end, she criticized Wu Xianyu by name.

Wu Xianyu looked at Lin Miaomiao, his hand supporting his chin.
"Haozi said he wanted to play a game. Do you think it's fun?"

"Is not fun"

“Isn’t that boring for you too?”

Seeing Lin Miaomiao nodded, Wu Xianyu spread his hands

"It's like saying, 'You can't understand the joy of fishing if you're not a fish.' Anyway, I think fishing is fun, but games are meaningless."

After all, Wu Xianyu played League of Legends for 9 years in his previous life, and was always in the Bronze rank. After the Iron rank was opened, he sank directly to the Iron rank and couldn't get up, so it is reasonable for him to think the game is boring.

"makes sense"

Lin Miaomiao felt that what Wu Xianyu said made sense. Jiang Tianhao wiped his face and shook his head.
"I can't argue with you, a liberal arts student. I give up."

Lin Miaomiao, who was eating, seemed to suddenly remember something. She put down the snacks in her hand and started to borrow an umbrella from the people around her. Wu Xianyu shook his head to indicate that he didn't bring any.

"Why do you want to borrow an umbrella?"

Lin Miaomiao looked anxious, asking others while answering

"I have to ask my mom to cook more dishes. I haven't eaten for a long time and I'm so hungry."

Wu Xianyu suddenly realized that this was outrageous but also reasonable. After thinking about it, he grabbed Lin Miaomiao, who was like a headless fly.

"You come with me."

As he spoke, Wu Xianyu walked out of the classroom first, and Lin Miaomiao followed behind him. Seeing the two of them walking towards the office, Lin Miaomiao's heart unconsciously lifted.
"This direction, are you going to the office? What do you want to do?"

"Just follow me, I guarantee you'll get the call."

Wu Xianyu didn't explain much. He asked Lin Miaomiao to stay outside the office and walked in. He got the phone from Lao Zhao and handed it to Lin Miaomiao after he came out.

"Here, use my phone. Thanks to Lao Zhao for thinking of charging my phone."

Lin Miaomiao took the phone and looked at Wu Xianyu with surprise.

"Fuck, what's your background? Just take out your phone when I tell you to."

"Call now, I need to return it later."

Hearing the sound of the phone being connected, Lin Miaomiao no longer cared about her curiosity, and Wu Xianyu also consciously moved away.

After Lin Miaomiao finished her call, she walked over to Wu Xianyu who was watching the rain.

"Here, thanks. I'll go back to the classroom now, then?"

"Okay, I'll be back soon."

Wu Xianyu took the phone, walked into the office and handed the phone to Lao Zhao.

Seeing that the phone was returned, Lao Zhao curiously asked Wu Xianyu

"What did you do in just a few minutes?"

Wu Xianyu pointed out the window
"It's raining now, and my classmate needs to contact his family urgently, but it's not convenient to go to the phone booth outside to make the call, so I'm here to help. It shouldn't have any impact, I've never brought it to the classroom."

"It's okay, you're very well behaved, that's great. I'll put the phone in my office cabinet, you can just come and get it later, sometimes I'm not in the office."

"Okay, thank you, teacher."

(End of this chapter)