The New Year's festivities hadn't quite faded away when, on the tenth day of the first lunar month—February 16th on the solar calendar—Shen Weimin, Xu Changqing, and Bai Chenggang set off for the Provincial City.
By this point, the previously rampant rumors about college expenses had been cleared up. Not only were tuition and housing fees waived, but students could also receive a financial stipend.
Of course, the amount of the stipend varied from student to student. The universities would determine the final sum based on each student's family situation and financial income.
To that end, before the New Year, while completing the various procedures outlined in the new student instructions included with their acceptance letters, the three of them had filled out a student family financial information form.
