PDLP Chapter 23 Strange Potato Chips
Chapter 23 Strange Potato Chips
The bell rang on time for evening self-study, and Teacher Liang walked into the classroom.
She looked around the classroom and nodded with satisfaction: "Good evening, everyone. It seems you're all very enthusiastic about your first evening self-study session. No one is late."
"Tonight, we'll dedicate the first period of evening self-study to our student affairs committee member, Jiang Songchu. She'll organize a discussion about our upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day, and New Year's Eve party."
As she spoke, Teacher Liang looked at Jiang Songchu, who was sitting in the back row, and gestured for her to begin speaking.
Jiang Songchu took a deep breath, stood up, and began her speech to the whole class.
"Hello, classmates! As the class's sports and culture representative, I am very happy to work with you all to brainstorm ideas for our class."
“I know that everyone has their own strengths and hobbies, so I would like to hear everyone’s opinions and see if we can work together to plan a wonderful performance.”
Her voice was sincere and enthusiastic, and the students nodded in agreement.
She then put forward several preliminary ideas.
"We can consider performing some programs related to the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, such as poetry recitations, dances, and songs. Of course, everyone is welcome to offer their own creative ideas."
The classroom erupted in a flurry of activity as students began to discuss the matter.
They were either excitedly exchanging ideas or seriously considering the program content, and the whole classroom was filled with laughter and sparks of creativity.
Jiang Songchu's suggestion was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples.
The students' enthusiasm burst forth like sparks ignited.
Some students enthusiastically proposed performing skits to showcase their youthful energy in a humorous way; others suggested forming a band to ignite the flame of youth with music; and still others wanted to take on magic performances to attract the audience's attention with magical illusions.
Jiang Songchu listened patiently and attentively to everyone's opinions, sometimes nodding in agreement and sometimes offering his own insights.
Because Jiang Songchu comes from ancient times, she is well-versed in many stunning but lost ancient dances.
So she boldly proposed an idea—to bring ancient dances to the stage.
“We can perform a dance about an ancient autumn banquet, which will not only be relevant to the theme but also promote our traditional culture.”
Jiang Songchu's words were gentle yet firm, as if they carried an irresistible force.
The students nodded in agreement, but Liu Chaoyang, the secretary of the Youth League branch, raised his concerns: "Wouldn't such a performance be too complicated? Do we have enough time and energy to prepare?"
Jiang Songchu smiled slightly, her eyes revealing determination and confidence: "There will indeed be some challenges, but as long as we plan our time reasonably and work together, I believe we will definitely be able to complete this task. Don't worry about the choreography and music, I will make proper arrangements for everyone."
Although the students' eyes still held a hint of doubt, as if silently questioning, "Can you do it?"
Jiang Songchu was both amused and exasperated. Knowing her own limitations, she decided to demonstrate a short dance on the stage.
She moved gracefully on the stage and performed a Hu Xuan dance. Her light figure and swirling steps were like a gentle breeze, leaving everyone in the audience in awe.
I believe you!
"Jiang Songchu is amazing!"
The students all expressed their heartfelt admiration.
After further discussion and selection, everyone unanimously decided to adopt Jiang Songchu's idea, and she was responsible for choreographing the dance and music.
Two programs were ultimately selected: one was a skit written and directed by several male students, and the other was a dance proposed and led by Jiang Songchu.
Jiang Songchu naturally joined the dance team without hesitation, and her roommate Qin Weiwei—the usually aloof and icy young lady—also unexpectedly expressed her willingness to participate.
As everyone agreed to go to the classroom to rehearse every afternoon after school and before evening self-study, the first evening self-study session ended in a lively atmosphere.
However, as the bell rang, Teacher Liang left behind a sentence that made the students groan: "We will have a diagnostic test tomorrow and the day after. Everyone should study hard during the following self-study periods."
He then left the classroom with a flourish.
The moment the words were spoken, the once lively classroom fell silent, as if struck by lightning.
The students took out their notebooks and textbooks and began to study intensively in preparation for the upcoming challenges.
Jiang Songchu also took out her textbooks, but she did not start reviewing immediately.
She first organized the ideas for the evening party program that everyone had proposed during evening self-study, and then began to seriously devote herself to reviewing.
After returning to their dorm after self-study, Ning An took out small cakes, Qin Weiwei took out milk tea, Yang Ziyi took out fruit, and Jiang Songchu brought out a large bag of snacks.
Once opened, you'll find a dazzling array of potato chips with all sorts of strange and wonderful flavors.
Ning An, Yang Ziyi, and Qin Weiwei were all stunned.
"Chu Chu, why did you think of buying snail rice noodle flavored potato chips?" Ning An looked at Jiang Songchu in disbelief.
"They also have spicy crayfish flavored potato chips," Yang Ziyi added in surprise.
"Why does it smell like durian???" Qin Weiwei stared wide-eyed at the packaging bag in front of her.
Jiang Songchu then quietly took out honey butter flavor, black truffle flavor, yogurt onion flavor...
She blinked her innocent big eyes and said, "I've never seen or eaten this before, so I don't know what it tastes like. I'd like to try it with everyone. There are also some snacks here, like jelly, cookies, and bread."
Ning An was stunned by the stare, and stammered, "Chu Chu, you...you shouldn't...look at me like that..."
Yang Ziyi and Qin Weiwei were also stunned for a moment. They had been together for half a month and thought they had gotten used to Jiang Songchu's beauty, but they didn't expect this expression to leave them speechless.
It was only then that they realized that the kind of beauty that makes people like you at first sight is indeed irresistible.
The dormitory was immediately filled with laughter and chatter as everyone ate and shared their stories and anecdotes.
After laughing and joking around for a while, I washed up and went to bed, preparing to get a good rest for tomorrow's exam.
As night fell, Jiang Songchu lay down and quietly entered the study room.
Looking at the screen, where her academic score had only improved by 3 points compared to the last time, yet still failed, a sense of disappointment welled up inside her.
But she did not get discouraged. Instead, she quietly started doing practice questions, memorizing vocabulary, and memorizing texts.
She believes that as long as she puts in the effort, she will definitely make progress.
The two-day exam period passed in the blink of an eye.
Starting on the third day, everyone received their test papers before their respective teachers began class.
Jiang Songchu looked at the exam paper in her hand, feeling a mix of emotions.