Chapter 219

"What? How old are you?" Zhang Min thought she had heard it wrong.

Her voice was so loud that Xi Weilu shrank her head. Shen Xinlan saw it and hurriedly stopped Zhang Min's loud voice, "Don't scare the children."

Her voice was naturally soft, and after she softened it, it was really gentle to the core. With her sweet, kind, and fair face, she looked at Xi Weilu who was curled up in the corner and asked gently, "You just said you were fourteen, right?"

Xi Weilu blinked.

"Oh my God, she is so young, I thought I was the youngest in the dormitory! Fourteen years old, my God, so did you skip a grade?" Zhang Min has been smart since she was a child, and studying is very easy for her. People around her always praise her for her intelligence, and she is also very proud of it.

It was not until she entered Peking University and the School of Mathematics that she realized what it meant to be surrounded by geniuses. Her original intelligence was lost among these true geniuses and was unremarkable.

She originally thought that having Jiang Ning in their dormitory was already outrageous enough, but she didn't expect that there would be someone even more outrageous in the dormitory.

Liu Yan and Yu Qianqian also came over curiously, which made Xi Weilu, who was already nervous, even more nervous.

Jiang Ning was also on the upper bunk, diagonally opposite Xi Weilu's bed. The two of them were facing each other, and he could clearly see the expression on Xi Weilu's face and the tension and fear in her eyes.

She noticed something was wrong and called out to Liu Yan and Yu Qianqian: "Liu Yan, Qianqian, come over here. You are so tall that you are blocking my view."

Yu Qianqian was puzzled. I'm only 1.59 meters tall, how can I be in your sight? But she was soft-hearted, and before she could even think of retorting, she had already made way. Then she saw the look Jiang Ning was giving her. She turned her head to look at Xi Weilu, who was huddled in the corner nervously, and suddenly realized, "Yes, yes, it's all because I'm too tall." She pulled Liu Yan aside, "Yanzi, come sit next to me, so we won't get in her way."

Her bed was just below Jiang Ning's, so she pulled Liu Yan to her bed.

Liu Yan turned around and saw Jiang Ning and Yu Qianqian winking at her. She then reacted and sat down on Yu Qianqian's bed.

Shen Xinlan also reacted, pulled Zhang Min and said, "Stay away, it will be difficult for me to sit if you stand over here.

Her bed was below Xi Weilu's, and since they all squeezed in just now, it was indeed uncomfortable for her to sit.

The people surrounding the bed dispersed, and Xi Weilu relaxed a little, but she still maintained the posture of curling up behind the quilt. After a while, she slowly put down the quilt and looked at everyone.

Seeing her like this, Zhang Min returned to her bed, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, put them in the lid of a shoe box, and handed them to Xi Weilu: "You are too timid, aren't you? If I had known you were so timid..."

What if I had known she was so young? It seems like she can't do anything? But after knowing her age, Zhang Min still felt guilty for her previous rejection of her, for gossiping about her behind Jiang Ning's back, and for wanting to kick her out of their dormitory.

Feeling guilty, she took out a bunch of snacks, put them in the lid of the shoe box, and pushed them to her, "Hey, be brave, everyone in our dormitory is very nice, no one will bully you."

She has a sunny and cheerful personality, and her smile is as dazzling as the carefree sunshine.

Shen Xinlan also said gently: "Yes, don't be afraid, we didn't know you were so young before, you just came to our dormitory, we are not familiar with it, are you scared?"

The result of the poisoning case next door came out some time ago, making the students of Tsinghua University and Peking University in a state of tension. They were quite repulsive to the students from the School of Chemistry who suddenly came to their dormitory. In addition, Xi Weilu went out early and came back late every day. Usually, she would crawl into the mosquito net when she returned to the dormitory, and would not talk to them or make any sound. So they always pretended that there was no such person in the dormitory and were a little wary of her.

If Jiang Ning hadn't returned to the dormitory and come back with her every night, they would probably have continued like before and not talked to her. They didn't expect that this thin and small girl who covered her face with her hair all day and had a gloomy temperament like a little mouse was actually a genius girl of only fourteen years old.

You know, the Chemical Institute is also one of the four major insane asylums.

The girl in their dormitory is definitely a genius.

Unlike Jiang Ning, who is considered a fake genius by others, Xi Weilu is a true genius girl.

The sisters suddenly felt pity for him.

But more often than not, she wouldn't say anything no matter what they asked her. Jiang Ning and the others knew that she didn't want to talk, so they didn't ask her any more questions. They just took the little girl with them wherever they did things and shared everything they ate with her.

Especially Zhang Min, because she felt guilty for rejecting her before, she treated Xi Weilu like her own little sister.

Because there were no classes during the holidays, Shen Xinlan went home during the holidays. Jiang Ning did not go home, but she had a rental house outside the school and moved out of the dormitory. The house she bought in Beijing before was also available, so she could apply for the real estate certificate and renovate it.

Only Liu, Zhang, Yu and Xi Weilu were left in the dormitory. Liu Yan and a few others went to a training institution to work as teachers during the day and returned to the dormitory at night.

Among the three people, Liu, Zhang and Yu, except Zhang Min, Liu Yan and Yu Qianqian are all good-tempered. Zhang Min also protects Xi Weilu. Yu Qianqian said that Zhang Min is lazy and greedy. Because he loves to eat, Zhang Min likes to buy all kinds of snacks wherever he goes. Every time he buys snacks, he will bring some for Xi Weilu.

She was the kind of person who would not tolerate being rejected. She would always say, "Don't say no, or you'll look down on me!" Then she would bare her little white teeth, happily go back to her bed, sit cross-legged, eat melon seeds, read a book, or chat.

They were very curious about Xi Weilu. As they chatted, they couldn't help but ask Xi Weilu: "Lulu, what happened to you before? Why did you suddenly transfer to our dormitory? Did someone bully you before?"

Zhang Min raised her head and said loudly, "If you are bullied, you must tell others, okay? The sisters will help you!"

Liu Yan speaks slowly and gently. This gentleness is different from Shen Xinlan's naturally soft voice, nor is it the kind of tender gentleness that is as soft as water. Instead, it is a kind of emotional stability. The gentleness that comes from a steady speaking speed and tone.

She put down the book and said, "Zhang Min is right. You are young and we are all your sisters. If you are wronged or bullied outside and don't know how to deal with it, come back and tell us, okay?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhang Min stood up, stood in front of Xi Weilu's bed, smiled at Xi Weilu with her crescent eyes, "There's nothing to be afraid of. If anything happens, just tell your sister. Your sister will help you!" She patted her chest.

Yu Qianqian laughed so hard that she said to Xi Weilu, "It's not easy to get Zhang Min, a lazy person, to speak up for you. Lulu, next time you have something to worry about, just tell Zhang Min."

Zhang Min is a person who would rather lie down than sit, and she does nothing in her daily life.

Every time it was her turn to be on duty, she would just mop the floor and that was it. In her eyes, cleaning the dormitory was all good and tidy. In Jiang's mother's words, she had no eyes for work.

The reason why she said such thankless words as standing up for others was not only because she was not afraid of trouble by nature, but also because of her previous guilt, she took Xi Weilu under her wing and treated her as her own.

Xi Weilu didn't say anything, just looked at them quietly, but compared to the tension she had when she first came to Dormitory 401, she was obviously not as nervous now.

Another obvious change is that Zhang Min lifted up her mosquito net and used two hooks to hang it on both sides of the mosquito net, so that the light can shine into her mosquito net, making her view inside the mosquito net not so dim.

In Zhang Min's words, "Why put up a mosquito net in the middle of winter when there are no mosquitoes? The light is not good and we can't even see each other's faces when we chat."

People who used to crawl into the mosquito net and read inside it as soon as they returned to the dormitory now still sit on their beds and read quietly, but the mosquito net is no longer closed as before, but is open.

She has to open it, Zhang Min will help her open it.

After a few times, she had no choice but to stop putting down the mosquito net and let it hang on both sides. Occasionally, she would stop writing out of habit and listen to their conversation.

They always had a great time chatting, especially Zhang Min, who laughed wildly, spoke with exaggerated movements, and loved chatting and talking. She was enthusiastic and very contagious. When she spoke, she was very excited and gesticulated. Even Liu Yan and Yu Qianqian, who originally only liked reading and not chatting, started to like chatting too.

Mainly Yu Qianqian and Zhang Min talked more, while Liu Yan mostly listened, occasionally joining in and expressing her own opinions.

Zhang Min often pulls Xi Weilu in when she's talking. It doesn't matter if Xi Weilu doesn't speak, because she can dominate the entire conversation by herself, making people unconsciously look at her and listen to her.

When Zhang Min saw Xi Weilu put down her pen and listen to her, she spoke more excitedly and happier.

Jiang Ning was very busy this winter vacation, mainly because of two things. One was that the movie "The King's Guards", which was completed quietly, was scheduled for the winter vacation New Year's Day holiday. There was no news before, but the promotion suddenly started. Jiang Ning was busy with the final exams and did not pay attention to this matter. She only received a text message notification saying that "The King's Guards" had been scheduled and the date and month to be released. It did not say anything about her promotion. But during the days when she was nervous for the exams, the outside world was already flooded with publicity for "The King's Guards".

The publishing house had known for a long time that the film rights to "The Imperial Guards" had been sold. A famous director who was very good at shooting martial arts movies had already made preparations. As soon as the promotion of "The Imperial Guards" was released, they had already prepared for the reprinting of the book and the movie's promotional posters, which were also displayed in major bookstores. Under the huge movie poster was a tall pile of "My Years as the Commander of the Imperial Guards".

Although this book was only completed this year, its sales are no worse than Ning Meng’s previous two books, "Being a Constable in the Song Dynasty" and "White Snake's Cultivation of Immortality", and it even has a trend of catching up.

With the popularity of the TV series "The King's Guards" in the second half of this year, the physical book "The King's Guards" has been selling like hot cakes.

A bookseller once talked about his entrepreneurial history. He said that the first pot of gold he made in the 1990s was from selling pirated copies of "Happy Little Swallow". This book alone earned him five million in the late 1990s. Five million in the 1990s, it can be seen that "Little Swallow" was very popular at that time. We can also get a glimpse of the extent to which a popular TV series can boost the sales of physical books.

The popularity of the TV series "The King's Guards" has just passed, and the movie "The King's Guards" is now released, which makes the publishing house very happy.

This is Jiang Ning's third book with total sales exceeding 10 million.

The drama "The King's Guards" has directly made Jiang Bai's popularity now second only to the current leading actors of "Little Swallow".

The final version of the script of "White Snake" was finally completed, and Jiang Bai was chosen by producer Li to play the male lead Xu Xian in "White Snake".

Even though he was temporarily unable to join the crew for filming due to his final exams, the director and producer Li showed enough attention and love for him. In the filming arrangements, they let him shoot other scenes first and concentrated his scenes for unified filming during the winter vacation.

The heroine of the TV series "White Snake" is a pretty girl who was selected by Producer Li from the Military Art Academy. She comes from a good family and has some background. The girl is very pretty and looks not like the cold and mean White Snake in the original novel, but a sweet girl with fairy-like air and quirky personality.

Yes, it is very different from the movie version of "The Legend of White Snake". Producer Li and the director's positioning of the female lead first requires her to be popular with the audience and to be liked by the audience.

Therefore, the heroine must be someone who makes the audience feel happy at first sight. The little white snake can be docile in the book, but in the TV drama, she cannot be docile, she has to be quirky and clever.

Also because she was selected from the PLA Art Academy, the girl had never filmed a drama before, and she had a lot of problems during her first shoot. Fortunately, the girl is very smart, studious, and hardworking. Because she is a student and has a lot of time, most of the scenes in the beginning were about her.

As one of the screenwriters, Jiang Ning also needs to follow the crew after the exam.

She flew directly to Shanghai to meet up with Jiang Bai and his friends, and then went to Hangzhou.

Because many scenes have to be shot in Hangzhou and its surrounding areas.

However, before going to Hangzhou, Jiang Ning still has a task to do, which is to send Grandpa Jiang back to his hometown first, because their second cousin Jiang Hongbing is getting married at the end of the year, and Jiang Bai cannot go because he is filming. Jiang Song is still unknown where he is and cannot be contacted. As cousins, they have a very close relationship, so one of them must go back. If neither of them goes back, it would be too unreasonable.

Grandpa Jiang also has to go back early for his grandson's wedding.

So Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang joined the "White Snake" crew to film, and Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng sent Grandpa Jiang back to Jiangjia Village.

Grandpa Jiang was very happy, not only because his second grandson was getting married, but also because his eldest granddaughter brought his grandson-in-law back to the village.

When his eldest granddaughter first got married, he was afraid that she would fall in love too early and affect her academic performance. He was also afraid that she would foolishly get married and have children before she even graduated from college.

There are so many things in the world, and having children is the least important one.

Otherwise, why was it that among so many educated youth in their village, only Teacher Xiao An stayed behind? The other educated youth would leave and return to live in the big cities even if they had to abandon their wives and children?

At that time, Grandpa Jiang understood that for many people, marriage is not the most important thing, and children are not the most important thing. Grandpa Jiang does not know what is the most important thing, and cannot say it, but he vaguely feels that it should be themselves.

He can't do that himself, but he hopes his granddaughter can put herself first.

He simply thought that Jiang Ning should finish her studies first and then get a job. The best job would be to be a civil servant in the system. With a stable job, she would never have to worry about going hungry for the rest of her life.

Then, it's time for her to deal with things like getting married and having children.

All these things should be put after study and career.

Grandpa Jiang was worried. Every day when he called Jiang Ning, he told her to study hard, finish college, pass the civil service exam, and work. She must not get married now...

What did the eldest granddaughter say in the end?

"Grandpa, what are you talking about? What's the point of getting married and having kids? What's the point of getting married? Divorce is troublesome. Just date someone. If you don't like them anymore, you can always find another one. It's hard to change after you get married and get the marriage certificate!"

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What is my oldest granddaughter saying?

Although his granddaughter's words were beyond the education and values ​​that Grandpa Jiang had received since childhood, having witnessed the educated youth in the village abandoning their wives and children and husbands and daughters in order to return to the city, Grandpa Jiang was only shocked for a moment and quickly accepted the fact that the most important things in Jiang Ning's life were not marriage and children, not family, but study and happiness.

But whenever I saw Song Peifeng again, I was filled with guilt and pity.

Of course he would not ask his granddaughter to do anything. He just felt guilty about Song Peifeng. After all, his granddaughter wanted to replace Comrade Song whenever she didn't like him anymore.

Whenever Grandpa Jiang saw him, he always felt like his own granddaughter was cheating on him.

Now that Jiang Ning is willing to take Song Peifeng home, Grandpa Jiang finally breathes a sigh of relief and his guilt isn't as strong anymore.

This shows that my eldest granddaughter still wants to live a good life with classmate Xiao Song.

The reason why Jiang Ning agreed to let Song Peifeng go with her to send Grandpa Jiang home was because the roads were slippery on snowy days.

The greatest pain and fear in Jiang Ning's heart was that Grandpa Jiang fell in his previous life, and they didn't have time to rush back to see him for the last time, and Grandpa Jiang was gone.

So she was particularly afraid that Grandpa Jiang would fall.

Jiang Bai was not at home, so she helped Grandpa Jiang walk through the snow by herself. She was afraid of accidents, so she called Song Peifeng to help.

Although Song Peifeng was not yet ready to meet Jiang Ning's parents, the fact that his girlfriend was willing to take him home made him feel as sweet as eating honey.

For this purpose, he specially called his family in advance to inform them. When the car arrived in Wucheng, his parents prepared a lot of holiday gifts for him, and came to the bus station to pick up Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Ning, enthusiastically asking them to come to their house for dinner.

Secretary Song was so busy, but he still came in person to pick up Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Ning, which really made Grandpa Jiang flattered. It also made Grandpa Jiang see the Song family's attention and attitude towards Jiang Ning. In particular, he saw that Song Peifeng's mother was also a very kind and enthusiastic person towards Jiang Ning, and was very polite.

Grandpa Jiang, who was originally worried about his granddaughter falling in love too early, now thinks that Song Peifeng is a good guy and can't find any fault with him after seeing the importance and attitude of Song Peifeng's parents towards Jiang Ning.

The more I look at it, the more satisfied I am.

His grandson-in-law looks good, tall and with long legs, only slightly inferior to his older grandsons!

He was a top student at Tsinghua University, and his father was an official.

The key point is that the parents like their eldest granddaughter!

Otherwise, why would a high-ranking secretary take time out of his busy schedule to make this trip?

Grandpa Jiang felt that if his granddaughter's husband was Song Peifeng, his eldest granddaughter would definitely have a good life in the future.

Looking at Song Peifeng now, Grandpa Jiang seems to be able to see Jiang Ning's future married life.

That must be a harmonious couple, with harmonious music and always being able to discuss things.

The key is that classmate Song has a good temper and stable emotions.

This is very important in Grandpa Jiang's opinion.

He has seen too many rural men with bad tempers who beat and scold women and throw things at home. Not to mention others, even Jiang's father and Jiang's mother would throw things when they got angry.

Grandpa Jiang feels that students like Xiao Song, who do things slowly and calmly, will first solve the problem when they find it, instead of getting furious and smashing things, losing their temper, or even hitting women.

But after listening to Jiang Ning's words, Grandpa Jiang understood that his eldest granddaughter, let alone getting married, was still thinking about changing her partner in the future.

But now, Song Peifeng is going to send Grandpa Jiang back to Jiangjia Village together with Jiang Ning. Will Grandpa Jiang be happy?

Taking this man back to their hometown means that everything is clear. It means that their eldest granddaughter is willing to take him back to meet her parents, so it's settled!

The more Grandpa Jiang thought about it, the more beautiful it seemed. He felt more and more energetic as he walked. Before he knew it, his steps had become bigger and he felt as if he was walking as fast as the wind when he was young.

In the past few years, he always felt that he might not live to see his granddaughter get married and have children. Without seeing her get married and not knowing whether she would live a good life in the future, he always felt that he would not be at peace even if he died.

Now seeing Song Peifeng, even though his granddaughter and he are just dating and not married, Grandpa Jiang feels relieved when he looks at him.

So he put his hands behind his back and walked forward happily. Song Peifeng and Jiang Ning supported Grandpa Jiang on the boat from his left and right.

Jiang Ning is now well-known in Wucheng. When she walks on the street, she is really like a big star. Even strangers who don’t know her can’t help but ask in surprise after looking up and seeing her face: "Hey, are you that... Jiang Ning! Your name is Jiang Ning, right?"

"Oh, is it really you?"

"Are you back from winter break?"

Then she saw Song Peifeng, who was walking towards the dock with her and supporting Grandpa Jiang: "Is this your boyfriend? He's so handsome, they're a perfect match!"

Jiang Ning had originally planned to visit Aunt Jiang's house, but seeing the situation, she no longer dared to go. She and Song Peifeng supported Grandpa Jiang and quickly crossed the old street and walked towards the pier.

Song Peifeng just laughed.

Grandpa Jiang also laughed.

People kept greeting Grandpa Jiang on the road: "Grandpa, you are so lucky! You have such a great granddaughter and grandson-in-law!"

Grandpa Jiang smiled and waved to the people who greeted him: "You are also blessed! You are all blessed!"

It’s Chinese New Year, who doesn’t want to hear good things? Upon hearing this, they all smiled and said, “Yes, we are all blessed, we are all blessed. The days are getting better and better, isn’t that a blessing!”

Because it was the end of the year, there were a lot of people on the street. When they heard Jiang Ning's name and saw "Jiang Ning", they all turned around to look at Jiang Ning.

For the first time, Jiang Ning experienced the feeling of the idiom "watching Wei Jie to death". He just wanted to finish walking along this street quickly. It happened to be the only way to the pier. If it weren't for the pier, this street wouldn't be so prosperous.

Along the way, people kept giving Jiang Ning gifts, such as apples, oranges, peanuts, melon seeds, and all kinds of candies. Even the sock seller wanted to give Jiang Ning two pairs of socks.

Even though Jiang Ning repeatedly said no, she still couldn't resist the enthusiasm of her family: "It's not a valuable thing, just eat it for fun!"

You really can't even leave, people will pull your clothes and stuff things into your mouth.

Jiang Ning's pockets, the net pockets on both sides of her schoolbag, and the hood on the back of her down jacket were all stuffed with food.

Not only her, but Song Peifeng as well.

Jiang Ning couldn't fit any more in there, so they stuffed the gifts into Song Peifeng's pocket. Poor Song Peifeng had to support Grandpa Jiang with one hand and carry a hand full of holiday gifts prepared by his parents with the other. He couldn't refuse at all. Not only were his pockets and hat filled with all kinds of candies and snacks, but even the gift bag he carried was filled with all kinds of food.

The two men helped Grandpa Jiang all the way to the dock. Looking at each other's embarrassed appearance, they couldn't help but laugh.

Grandpa Jiang felt so happy when he saw the two of them smiling at each other and helping each other to pack up their hats and things in their pockets.

He sat at the bow of the boat, feeling the cold winter wind and looking at the snow-covered lake. For the first time in the cold winter, he experienced the beauty of his hometown.