Chapter 194

Jiang Ning hadn't felt so relaxed for a long time.

In her college life in her previous life, her roommates were all pretty nice. It was just that she was busy with tuition, living expenses, and studying. In addition to working various jobs, she also had to complete her academic studies and strive for scholarships. Her mind was full of survival, and she rarely had the time to relax and carefree like she does now. Even with her two good friends and leaders in her previous life, most of the time they shared the same values, ideals, and interests. Everyone was striving for common interests and common ideals. Everyone was very busy, and it was rare for them to sleep in the same bed and talk until the early morning by candlelight.

When she woke up the next day, the girls were no longer in the room. Jiang Ning slept in a rare and relaxing sleep until after eight o'clock. Breakfast had already been bought by them and placed on the only desk in the room with a note on it. At six o'clock, they went to the crew to continue filming.

It was hot in the summer, and the crew started work early and finished late every day, rushing to shoot. This was especially true for Jiang Bo, as he had to go back to school after the semester started, so his scenes had to be shot ahead of time. Fortunately, many scenes were not shot according to the plot, but according to rented scenes. The scenes of the same scene were shot in one go and edited later.

When it is hottest at noon, you can take a two-hour break and take a nap.

Jiang Ning habitually stretched her body, brushed her teeth, ate breakfast, and prepared to go downstairs to run a few laps and stroll around the town at the end of this era. When she got downstairs, she saw Song Peifeng waiting for her.

She smiled as soon as she raised her eyes. In the summer morning light, there was a warm smile in her eyes.

Yesterday he first sent them back and then went back to the guesthouse, so he knew the way.

Jiang Ning was still a little lazy at this time, and asked him: "Why didn't you sleep a little longer?"

Song Peifeng was also moving his body, "My biological clock has gotten used to it. I haven't run for a few days. I guess you can't stay idle today, so let's move together."

During the days of flood relief, the environment was harsh. On cold and damp nights, they all huddled together for warmth. They got up early in the morning and could only move their bodies on the spot, doing some stretching and so on. It had indeed been a long time since they had run.

The two of them didn't run for a long time. They just warmed up briefly and came across a breakfast stall. They accompanied Song Peifeng to have a simple breakfast. She drank a cup of soy milk herself and returned to the guesthouse. She went back in and took a good shower. After washing up, she changed into clean clothes. Song Peifeng had already washed her clothes from yesterday and put them in the yard under the balcony to dry.

At this moment, Jiang Ning felt like she had been very busy for a while and had grown lazy bones all over her body. She didn't want to move at all. She just wanted to lie on the recliner, leaning on Song Peifeng, and not go anywhere.

She sat on the wooden old chair in the lobby below the guesthouse and leaned her head against him: "It's so hot outside. I miss the air conditioning."

After a while, they got up, opened an umbrella, and went to Shudian Film and Television City.

The film and television city is guarded by a gatekeeper. Outsiders cannot enter casually. They have to register and get a badge. Huang Lan took them to register yesterday. They reported their names and entered.

The acting was still going on inside. Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng were watching quietly. During this time, Director Zhang saw her and wanted her to make a cameo appearance. Seeing that she was unwilling, he urged her to be an extra. When Jiang Ning saw the unwashed extra clothes with a pungent smell in the summer, she was so scared that she ran as far as she could and refused very straightforwardly.

She didn't stay in the store for long and asked He Xiaofang and others about the admission letter and the school registration time.

Several people had already received their admission letters. Xu Xiuli and Lu Xuehua's letters were sent to their homes, while He Xiaofang and Liu Ping's admission letters were sent to Wucheng No. 1 Middle School. They had all confirmed and received their admission letters, and would be reporting back to their respective schools in the next two days.

The same goes for Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng. Everyone is reluctant to part ways.

Jiang Ning discovered that she was more afraid of separation than they were, and she liked the liveliness of being with them more than she had imagined.

Xu Xiuli and He Xiaofang could clearly feel from Jiang Ning that she was reluctant to leave them and was looking forward to meeting them next time. They told them, "You must come to Beijing to visit me during the holidays, or I can go to Shanghai to visit you."

Liu Ping and Lu Xuehua were fine. They were still young and had countless hopes and aspirations for the future. They were not afraid of separation. But He Xiaofang held Jiang Ning's hand, her eyes reddened again, and she said, "You said it. I'll come find you when the time comes. You can't think I'm annoying."

She was really afraid that she would get further and further away from Jiang Ning because she couldn't keep up with Jiang Ning's pace.

Xu Xiuli took out a notebook and asked Jiang Ning to give her the address of her house in Shanghai. "When the time comes, I will buy a house together with yours. We will visit each other every day and bore you to death!"

Jiang Ning laughed: "That's great, the one who doesn't come is the puppy!" She even childishly stretched out her little finger and made a pinky promise with Xu Xiuli. Liu Ping quickly reached out her hand: "And me!"

As she spoke, she also pulled Lu Xuehua over to join in the pinky promise. Lu Xuehua awkwardly complained that they were childish, but at the same time she stretched out her hand with a smile on her face. He Xiaofang was also pulled over by Jiang Ning, and the five of them agreed to live in the same neighborhood in the future.

Even though Jiang Ning knew that this was difficult, these young girls had no doubt at this moment that they would not be able to do it in the future.

Before Jiang Ning left, she said to Xu Xiuli, "The country has just introduced a policy to cancel welfare housing distribution. Housing prices will definitely continue to rise in the future. This year should be the lowest housing price in recent years. If you want to buy a house, hurry up and transfer your household registration to Shanghai while you can get the blue-stamped household registration now."

Because of the stock market crash last year and this year, there are especially many stock investors in Shanghai. Although the welfare housing distribution policy has been cancelled, the dreams of many local residents in Shanghai for housing distribution have been shattered. They have to buy their own houses, but it will definitely not be that fast. But after this year, by next year, many local residents whose homes are not big enough for housing will definitely buy houses. In addition, by that time, the entire east part of Hudong will be almost completed. After two thousand years, the soaring speed of the housing market is simply not a speed that ordinary people's wages can catch up with.

Jiang Ning told Xu Xiuli: "Just buy it in Hudong."

Xu Xiuli nodded repeatedly.

Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng went to Shanghai to see Grandpa Jiang first. When Grandpa Jiang saw Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng, who were carrying many things, coming to see him together, he knew what was going on. He only glanced at Song Peifeng, and then his eyes were fixed on Jiang Ning. Looking at his granddaughter's dark and thin face, he stood up with his hunched body, followed her, held her hand full of small wounds, and kept saying: "Didn't you eat or sleep well? You have to take good care of yourself, do you know? You are young now and don't understand the importance of health. When you are old, you will know the hardship." He pressed the moisture in his eyes with his palm: "Don't be like me, with a lot of diseases when I am old. You have to take good care of yourself, do you know?"

He had never asked anyone for anything in his life, only silently asking himself. He didn't know what to say or do to his granddaughter so that she could take better care of herself. He just kept wiping away tears out of pain. Jiang Ning's eyes also became hot from crying. She hugged her grandfather and said very gently, "Grandpa, I know, I will protect myself and take care of myself, don't worry."

Grandpa Jiang sat on the chair, looking at Jiang Ning who was getting thinner and thinner, his face full of worry.

It was Song Peifeng who came to talk to Grandpa Jiang.

Grandpa Jiang knew him, Song Peifeng from Wuzhong. He had met him during the Chinese New Year. When he saw him coming with Jiang Ning this time, he knew that he and Jiang Ning were dating. He was neither very happy nor unhappy about this. He was not unhappy because girls of that age in the village had to start looking for a partner and could get married after dating for two years. He was not very happy because he did not want his granddaughter to follow the old path of those girls in the village and get married early. She could set her sights higher and stand higher.

But he didn't know how to tell or express this to his granddaughter.

But soon, Grandpa Jiang listened to Song Peifeng talking about Jiang Ning with a smile on his face. He told Grandpa Jiang in detail about Jiang Ning's daily routine in Beijing for the past year and what he did at school every day. He heard Song Peifeng say that Jiang Ning would run five kilometers every morning and then go to the Beijing University cafeteria to have breakfast.

When Grandpa Jiang heard this, he said worriedly, "You're running so far on an empty stomach. You should eat a full stomach before running."

When he heard that Jiang Ning took time out every week to do strength training and learn Sanda, Grandpa Jiang's smile deepened, and he said contentedly: "It's good to learn martial arts. Girls who learn martial arts are not afraid of being bullied."

He heard from him that Jiang Ning attended classes even for courses that were not her major and was very serious about it. Teachers and professors liked to call on her to answer questions and ask how much meat, vegetables and fruits she ate in one meal. These little things in her life finally allowed Grandpa Jiang to piece together a complete picture of Jiang Ning's college life. It also made Grandpa Jiang finally put his mind at ease. With a smile on his face, he sat in the rocking chair, rocking back and forth, his eyes following Jiang Ning and ignoring Song Peifeng.

Song Peifeng didn't care about Grandpa Jiang's attitude. Seeing that he was finally no longer worried about Jiang Ning, he looked at Jiang Ning and smiled at each other.

Grandpa Jiang sometimes looked at Song Peifeng. He knew that he was a very outstanding young man with a good family background. He was a completely different boy from the boys from their village. He was another type of city dweller in his ideal. He thought that if his granddaughter really looked for a partner, he would be many times better than those guys from their village. Thinking of this, he was also satisfied with Jiang Ning as a partner.

But in private, he still said to Jiang Ning: "You should study hard and don't rush into marriage, understand? Finish your studies first and get a good job. Once you have a good job, it won't be too late to get married."

He couldn't speak any profound principles, nor did he know how to express his thoughts. He looked at his granddaughter and was speechless for a long time.

But he didn't need to say anything, Jiang Ning understood everything. She hugged Grandpa Jiang's arm and said, "Grandpa, I know. Don't worry, I understand everything. I won't let you down."

Grandpa Jiang stretched out his big hand like old tree bark, patted the back of her head, sat back in his recliner, closed his eyes, as if taking a nap.

Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng were about to start school, and they could not stay any longer. She wanted to invite Grandpa Jiang to Beijing, but Grandpa Jiang had just gotten familiar with the new environment, and he was going to a strange place again. Grandpa Jiang was unwilling to make any more trouble, so he waved his hand and told her to leave, with a look of disgust on his face: "I have your second brother to take care of me here, I don't know how good it is, and you bought such a big house here, I can occasionally go to help you look after the house, what am I going to do in Beijing? You go to school and leave an old man like me behind, you might as well stay here, with your second brother."

Looking at Grandpa Jiang who was still in good spirits, Jiang Ning chuckled. Indeed, her second brother was more attentive and caring than her. He was a very responsible person. Now Grandpa Jiang was in charge of the store every day. With her second brother coming to the store at noon and in the evening, Grandpa Jiang no longer needed to patrol the mountains alone with no one around him. Now there were shops on all sides of him. The people in the shops were familiar with Grandpa Jiang and knew that he had a grandson who was like a big star. His store was always busy with people coming and going every day, and there was always a lot of customers.

With her second brother taking care of her here, she has nothing to worry about.

When Xu Xiuli and the others were about to go back, Xu's father and mother came to pick her up and sent her to Shanghai University to report. Liu Ping, Lu Xuehua and He Xiaofang were in the same city, and the three of them left together. Finally it was Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang's turn.

When Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang came back, Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng had already left Shanghai and came to Beijing to enroll in school with this year's freshmen.

Before the school started, I had a small gathering with several teenagers who had made it to the IMO finals together. Some of them, like Jiang Ning and his friends, had come to Peking University and Tsinghua University for a year in advance and were already familiar with university campus life. Some returned to their respective high schools to consolidate their foundation and were truly freshmen.

Song Peifeng and Jiang Ning, as veterans who had already studied at Tsinghua University and Peking University for a year last year, were naturally responsible for taking them to register.

Some people who arrived earlier than them had already registered and were also clamoring together.

Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng originally wanted to accompany each other, but were persuaded by those who had registered yesterday. When they arrived at the lecture hall in Persimmon Forest together, they realized how many people had registered, and there were only two windows for admission, and there was a long line.

The two of them already knew the teachers of their respective departments, so they completed the formalities without waiting in line for too long.

Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng went to the dormitory with the new students' quilts, bedding and other items.

The dormitory of Peking University is no different from that of Wucheng No. 1 Middle School. If there is any difference, it is that the eight-person room has become a six-person room. The iron frame beds of Wucheng No. 1 Middle School are square, while the bedposts of the iron frame beds of Peking University are round. The aisle between the beds on both sides is twice as wide as that of Wucheng No. 1 Middle School, so the space is a little larger. There is no balcony, only a row of windows. There is a square table next to the window, and the lighting is pretty good.

What is different from Wucheng No. 1 Middle School is that the male and female dormitories are no longer mixed. The boys' and girls' dormitories are not in the same area, and there are two large bathhouses on both sides of the dormitories.

Maybe it was because it was before school started, and the dormitory administrators did not manage the dormitory strictly. Song Peifeng and Jiang Ning entered the dormitory together, carrying quilts, mosquito nets, kettles and other items distributed by the school.

Jiang Ning arrived relatively late. The first five beds were all occupied, leaving only the upper bunk near the door. Generally speaking, the person sleeping in this position is responsible for closing the door at night, especially in winter. This bunk is close to the bed, so as long as the person is not the last to get into bed, he or she will be the last to ask the person sleeping in this bunk to close the door.

Most people in the dormitory were there, and a few of them were reading books at the square tables with excellent lighting.

When everyone saw her and Song Peifeng coming up together, they all leaned out of their bunks and looked at the two of them curiously.

Jiang Ning was still holding a kettle in her hand. She introduced herself to her future roommates with a smile and said, "Hello, my name is Jiang Ning, and this is my boyfriend Song Peifeng."

As soon as Jiang Ning finished the introduction, a girl with a round face and a big bang stood up and said with a friendly smile: "I know you, the winner of the IMO gold medal last year. I also saw your news." She was holding a book in her hand, wearing a simple yellow Dacron shirt on the upper body and black cropped pants on the lower body. She stood up with her legs crossed and said: "My name is Liu Yan, do you need help?"

You can tell from her accent that she is a girl from Northeast China.

Another girl with fair skin and a pair of dimples when she smiled also put down her book and tilted her head to smile at Jiang Ning: "My name is Shen Xinlan."

The others also smiled and introduced themselves crisply: "My name is Cui Yujie."

"My name is Zhang Min."

"I'm Yu Qianqian."

The first girl who introduced herself was named Liu Yan. She came over naturally, took the kettle and washbasin from Jiang Ning's hands, and put them away.

Only the top shelf of the washbasin rack was empty; the rest were all occupied, with a row of thermoses placed side by side next to it.

Song Peifeng was quite capable of taking care of himself. He had already spread the mattress on the bed and quickly helped Jiang Ning spread the mat on it. As for the sheets and quilt covers, Jiang Ning had to take them back to the rental house and wash them before they could be spread on the bed.

Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng did not move out of the house they rented near the school gate. In order to avoid the trouble of washing clothes every time, Jiang Ning also bought a washing machine, which is very convenient.

When passing by the bathroom just now, Jiang Ning had already seen several washing machines placed side by side. However, the hygiene of these public washing machines was very problematic, so Jiang Ning had no intention of using them.

The two of them quickly made the beds and mosquito nets, and the others watched curiously as they saw that they didn't need to help.

After a while, seeing that she and Song Peifeng were done, Liu Yan raised her eyes and cordially invited them: "Would you like to have dinner together and walk around the campus later? I came here yesterday and have been busy with registration and other things, so I haven't walked around the school yet."

Jiang Ning smiled and took Song Peifeng's hand, saying, "I won't go today, as I have to accompany him to register at Tsinghua University. We will live in the same dormitory from now on, so we will have plenty of time to go shopping together."

The white-skinned girl with double dimples looked at them with sparkling eyes, exclaimed "Wow", nodded and said, "Understood."

Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng went to Tsinghua University together again.

They did not return to Beijing early, so they came back on time. It was also because flying was fast, so they were faster than other students who took the train. They arrived as soon as possible. Otherwise, how would they have the time to accompany each other to register?

Originally, two people could do their own things, but the strange thing is that when they become a couple, they should naturally do their own things, but they have to act together, which makes it seem particularly sweet.

This was not the first time that the two of them visited each other's schools. They were very familiar with each other. Song Peifeng went with him to register and went to his dormitory together.

Jiang Ning was much more famous than Song Peifeng. Although not all the freshmen knew Jiang Ning, those who had participated in the competition with her or those who followed the IMO international competition were more or less familiar with her. They couldn't help but stare at her face carefully. A funny roommate of Song Peifeng's dormitory stared at Jiang Ning's face and thought for a long time but couldn't remember where he had seen her. He couldn't help but pinched his orchid finger and said aloud: "This girl...I seem to have seen her somewhere!"

Another boy in the dormitory who had seen Jiang Ning on TV couldn't help but say to the boy who was pinching his fingers with a smile: "Do you think it's possible... that you saw him on TV?"

After being reminded of this, the boy immediately remembered and raised his index finger and shouted, "Oh my god! Last year's IMO gold medalist with a perfect score!"

In campuses like Peking University and Tsinghua University, the top scorers in the college entrance examination in each province are not actually the best at the top of the pyramid. What the schools and teachers really value more are the students who are admitted through competitions like Jiang Ning, especially students like Jiang Ning who won the gold medal with full marks in the IMO.

So on the first day he arrived at the dormitory, several of his roommates knew that Song Peifeng not only had a girlfriend on the first day of school, but that girlfriend was also last year's IMO gold medal winner.

Because Song Peifeng came on as a substitute last year, his figure and name did not appear clearly in the cameras and news, so many people don’t know that Song Peifeng actually went to that trip to Argentina.

After asking again, I found out that they were from the same place. I thought the two were high school classmates, childhood sweethearts, and had just met. I didn't feel comfortable asking in so much detail, and could only sigh that the two were truly a perfect match.

The boy who was talking with his fingers pinched, took out a red round mirror with a dragon and phoenix pattern on the back from somewhere, fiddled with his bangs in front of the mirror, and sighed: "Good-looking people only date good-looking people, we have nothing to do with them."

Another boy in the dormitory was not happy. He tilted his upper body and poked his head out of the book and retorted: "Hey, there's only you, not us!"

Jiang Ning loves to cook, but she is too lazy to do other housework in life. You can tell from the dishwasher in her villa in Shanghai that she wants all housework to be done by machines. Especially since sweeping robots were introduced abroad last year, Jiang Ning regretted that they came out too late. Otherwise, she could have asked the real estate developer in Hong Kong to help her get the sweeping robot when she was decorating her house.

So Song Peifeng consciously stuffed their new quilts and sheets into the washing machine. Jiang Ning sat on the sofa, holding a pair of chopped pears and apples in her hands, watching him with a smile in her eyes, exuding a happy and sweet atmosphere.

She is a person who is very good at sweet talk. You basically never hear any criticism from her. She is always praising you and affirming you. Originally, housework was just his personal need to take care of himself, but during the time they have been together, he was praised by her so much that all the housework except cooking became his job. However, he gradually lost himself in her praise and enjoyed it very much.

Some people say that when two people are together, what matters is not how many advantages the other person has, but whether you can appreciate each other's advantages while fully accepting each other's shortcomings.

Apart from not liking to do any housework other than cooking, Jiang Ning can be said to be so independent that she doesn't need anyone else at all.

But Song Peifeng's dislike of doing housework was not a shortcoming at all. Instead, it made her more like a living person and more real, allowing him to truly feel her cheating and the undisguised little tricks and thoughts beneath her smiling praise.

Jiang Ning's shortcomings in the eyes of others are not shortcomings in Song Peifeng's eyes, but rather advantages that make him needed by her.