Because he was in a hurry to look up information that day, Orange did not go home for lunch. He hurriedly ate something in the cafeteria and ran to the library. Orange came to a corner of the library with the information and found a male classmate who took a bite of a steamed bun, ate a small piece of pickles, and then drank several sips of water.

Orange didn't understand and thought it was because the pickles were too salty. She went home and told her grandma, "Grandma, do you think my classmate is interesting? A boy only eats a steamed bun and a small piece of pickles for lunch. He doesn't even know how salty the pickles are. He drinks a big jar of water, and he's not afraid of wetting his pants in class."

Li Mei: "Haven't you ever thought that he has no money to buy food?"

Orange: "No, he's a school cleaner, and he makes 500 yuan a month, which is enough for food and daily necessities."

Li Mei: "Not all families can afford to support college students. Many families borrow money to pay for their tuition. The reason why Zhuyang University has been able to stand firm for a hundred years is that the school spirit is very good. It can provide jobs for poor students, and the school does not make commissions in the middle. Therefore, those with good grades but poor family conditions are willing to choose Zhuyang University.

But some families not only cannot help their students, but their students will use the money they earn from work to supplement their family expenses.”

Orange: "That might be true, because the clothes he wore were so washed that they turned white, and it felt like they would break if you put a little force on them."

Li Mei: "We can still have enough food no matter how poor we are here, but the economy in remote mountainous areas is particularly backward. Some families have an annual income of less than 500 yuan. If nothing happens, it's fine. But if there is an illness or disaster, it's over. The hospital will not charge you a penny less just because your family is poor."

Orange said "Oh". She knew that some families were very poor, but she didn't expect that there would be such poor ones. Fortunately, the school did not discriminate against the poor, so no one ever paid attention to who was rich and who was poor. If students from wealthy families walked with their heads held high like in high school, children from poor families would have to walk with their heads down. Students like this would probably become the laughing stock of their classmates.

Later, Orange asked around and found out that the boy was from the same class as them in the Department of Business Management and his name was Huo Lingze.

Huo Lingze comes from a remote mountainous area. Because the school is far from his home, he enrolled a year later than Juzi. In his first college entrance examination, Huo Lingze failed to be admitted to Zhuyang University by seven points. Originally, Huo Lingze could go to other universities, but Huo Lingze was very stubborn. He would rather repeat a year than not be admitted to Zhuyang University. Fortunately, he got his wish the second time.

Huo Lingze has good academic performance, but he is introverted. It may be because he comes from the mountains. He is very simple and has never seen many modern things. It may be because of this reason that he cannot integrate his ideas with his classmates, so he likes to be alone. He never eats in the cafeteria, but gets his meals and eats in the library.

The school's tradition has always been to arrange for students to help in the cafeteria, to clean the campus, and even to work with some businesses as porters or salesmen. All jobs give priority to poor students, and students are also encouraged to do odd jobs in their spare time.

Because of its long history, jobs arranged by the school are very popular, and those who get a job are considered to be honored.

Huo Lingze is the campus cleaner. He is very diligent. Every day at five o'clock when the classmates are soundly sleeping, he gets up to clean. By the time the classmates get up, he has already finished cleaning. Then he takes his lunch box and goes to the library. His classmates secretly gave him the nickname "Lone Hero".

After Li Mei's guidance, Juzi felt very sympathetic towards Huo Lingze, but Huo Lingze always kept a distance from her, and Juzi was reluctant to approach him, until one day Huo Lingze fainted in the library.

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