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After the exam, students would change seats. Xu Nian thought that "changing seats" was an educational method that only came into being later, but he didn't expect that it had already existed in 1979. It had only been two years since the college entrance examination was resumed, and the school atmosphere was refreshed.
Xu Nian ranked 73rd in her grade and 11th in her class, neither high nor low. When the teacher talked to her, she was very encouraging and believed that she still had great potential. Xu Nian wanted to learn from her for three days and three nights.
After the teacher finished his words of encouragement, he immediately told Xu Nian that this time they would arrange seats for her to sit with her new classmates.
"Teacher, Ling Shuang and I have already agreed that we will continue to be desk mates. Why don't you arrange someone else?"
Wang Wenjing, the homeroom teacher, didn't want to get involved, but since Director Li had given her the order, what could she do? She was a teacher, but she was also just a small employee. Besides, Director Li had said he'd discussed this with Xu Nian, so she didn't think there was anything wrong.
But no matter whether Director Li told Xu Nian or not, Wang Wenjing had to follow her arrangements.
"Xu Nian, the teacher doesn't mean anything else. It's just that you two are special. You're a transfer student, and she's a repeater. It's not very suitable to arrange for her to be with anyone else. The teacher still thinks you are better. Can you understand the teacher?"
Xu Nian stood in the corridor watching the students coming and going downstairs, feeling depressed. She thought that she was a boarding student and was easy to bully, so she could understand the teacher. How could she dare not understand?
She returned to her seat, Ling Shuang winked at her and whispered, "What did the teacher want to see you about?"
Xu Nian grabbed her arm and shook it, "Shuangshuang, I can't accompany you on the rest of the journey."
After sitting at the same desk with Xu Nian for half a year, Ling Shuang has become very accustomed to Xu Nian's occasional schizophrenia. At first, she thought that her desk mate was a cold and aloof fairy who was not worldly.
"Speak nicely, what's the matter?"
Xu Nian repeated to Ling Shuang what the teacher had said to her.
"That's it. Shuangshuang, I tried my best, but she is my teacher, and I dare not disobey her."
Ling Shuang was also unhappy after hearing this, "Ah, why is the teacher like this?"
Everyone knows that a good partner who gets along well with each other is better than anything else. Xu Nian came here to join this big family. He was just casual acquaintance with other classmates. He had the best relationship with Ling Shuang, who studied together, went to the toilet together, and played hand in hand with him. As a result, the two of them were about to separate, which was not a pleasant thought.
She is unhappy, very unhappy!
Ling Shuang was a classmate after all. Although she was unhappy, she saw Xu Nian was even more upset and comforted him, "Forget it. If we can't sit at the same table, we can just sit at the front and back tables. I don't believe this won't work."
The seats were basically arranged according to grades. Ten minutes before the last self-study class ended, the teacher came to inform us to change seats.
Xu Nian sat down with his new deskmate without any suspense.
Both of them are beautiful women, and they themselves didn't feel anything, but after they sat down, many classmates pretended to look at them casually. Of course, some shameless boys stared at them directly.
Ling Shuang really became Xu Nian's classmate as she said, and she patted Xu Nian.
Xu Nian turned his head, "Annoying."
Ling Shuang knew she wasn't the one being talked about. "Just bear with it. This is the price of being a beauty."
"Hey, Nian Nian. Do you think I have lowered your beauty in the past?" Ling Shuang said with her chin in her hand.
Xu Nian pressed her finger against her nose and smiled deliberately, "Is she this beautiful?"
Ling Shuang was very happy with her saying this, "Hehe, I'm just saying it, don't be so conceited in your heart."
As soon as she finished speaking, the school bell rang. The new classmate was on the inside, having already packed his schoolbag. He said to Xu Nian, "Make way," and after seeing people make way, he left with his schoolbag on his back.
Xu Nian thought it was great. People said she seemed cold on the surface, but she felt that compared to her new deskmate, she was extremely enthusiastic.
Seeing Xu Nian staring at someone's back in a daze, Ling Shuang poked her, "You think her backpack is pretty too? I told you I fell in love with it the first day she came here. I even went to our supply and marketing cooperative and department store and looked around, but I didn't buy anything. People say her husband's family has a trick, and it seems to be true."
"Also, she's so beautiful!"
Xu Nian didn't know whether it was true or not, but when she sat on the back seat of Xu Hongqi's bicycle, she started talking without breathing heavily. The rider was not as breathless as the passenger.
After Xu Nian finally finished talking, Xu Hongqi spoke, "Are you hungry? I have food in my pocket."
Xu Nian naturally rummaged through her pockets and thought they were melon seeds at first. When he took them out, he found that they were pine nuts, the kind that had been roasted and had their shells opened.
"Where are you from? Did you buy it?" Xu Nian peeled one and put it in his mouth. It tasted delicious.
"My classmates brought some from home. I grabbed two handfuls."
Xu Nian reached into his pocket again and felt that there was quite a lot.
"Brother Hongqi, can I bring some to my deskmate tomorrow to try?"
Xu Hongqi repeated what she had just said, "Deskmate?"
Xu Nian slapped himself on the head, "Wrong, wrong, it's my former deskmate, oops!"
"Take it. Don't sigh at your young age. It might be a good thing for you to change your deskmate."
Xu Nian didn't understand. "Didn't you tell me last time not to focus on the new students?"
Xu Hongqi sneezed. "I did say that, but seeing your reaction today, I thought you should pay attention in class."
Xu Nian was puzzled, "Why?"
Xu Hongqi laughed before he even finished speaking, and waited until Xu Nian slapped him before saying, "Now you won't gossip in class anymore."
Xu Nian didn't understand at first, and after a while he started talking about other things, he suddenly said angrily: "You're talking nonsense, I never gossip in class."
After a night out, everyone went to school and did what they had to do. The first thing Xu Nian did when he got to school was to give Ling Shuang a handful of pine nuts.
Ling Shuang was surprised. "I was wondering why I kept hearing magpies calling today. It turns out there's a surprise here."
Xu Nian pinched her cheek and said, "Shuangshuang, it's winter now, where did the magpie come from? You might as well say that your left eyelid has been twitching today."
The two of them were laughing and joking until the bell rang. Xu Nian turned around and sat down. She saw her new deskmate taking out a Chinese textbook with two words written on the cover.
Ding Zheng
The one who always talks about the new classmate and new deskmate turns out to be Ding Zheng. Both of their names have two characters.
It was not easy for Ding Zheng to come to school. She had to persuade that person for a long time. She reminded herself every day that she must study hard. Seeing the girl next to her staring at her, she frowned.
Although the two sat at the same table, for some reason, neither of them greeted each other. Xu Nian listened to Ling Shuang talking and laughing with her new deskmate, and felt a little lonely.
Oh, life is so hard!
After dinner, Xu Nian took out the dishes to wash, and Xu Hongqi followed out with dirty clothes in his hands.
"Do you have any dirty clothes?" he asked.
Seeing Xu Nian nod, Xu Hongqi turned around and said while fetching water: "Bring it over later."
Xu Nian hummed, tilted her head and acted cute, "Brother Hongqi, you are so nice."
Xu Hongqi glanced at her and said, "Wait until it's not so cold, wash it yourself."
"Of course." Xu Nian agreed readily.
"Brother Hongqi, let's go to the bathhouse to take a bath on Sunday."
Xu Hongqi thought about it and nodded in agreement, but before Sunday, Xu Hongqi changed his mind.
"Why not go this week? I don't enjoy washing at home. The kitchen floor is full of water after washing, and it will turn into mud in a short time."
Xu Hongqi was short of breath. How could he change his mind? It was Qi Meiyue who called him at his school address and said right away that she was being harassed. She couldn't explain herself clearly on the phone.
But he thought about what she said last time, that she rented a house outside and had no relatives or friends. If he didn't care, probably no one would care.
He told Xu Nian that he had some unfinished homework at school this weekend and had to help the teacher.
Xu Nian still supports it if there are legitimate reasons.
"I'm not in a hurry to shower. Go take care of your studies first. It will be the same next time."
Xu Hongqi was actually unhappy with her consideration. He was not a good person at all. He was only patient with people he cared about. He felt that he had done enough for Qi Meiyue, especially after the last unpleasant conversation. He really wanted to give up. Facing Qi Meiyue's panic on the phone, he somehow thought of his mother and Xu Chunling, and finally agreed to go to her.
His subconscious lie to Xu Nian was the source of his unhappiness. Perhaps... deep down in his heart he was afraid that any relationship would disturb him and Xu Nian.
Xu Nian was happy to see him making progress. She thought that Xu Hongqi worked so hard, so she had to do the same. Studying was sometimes like this, sometimes good and sometimes annoying, making it impossible to stop.
There is only one day off a week, but even so, Xu Nian's Sundays are filled with homework. Teachers have been getting more and more demanding lately, wishing that students were test paper printers.
She didn't like cooking, and she was even more lazy when Xu Hongqi was not at home. The family's meat coupons for this month had been used up, so Xu Hongqi bought egg cakes. Xu Nian relied on egg cakes to fill her stomach that day, which was definitely a luxury.
It is easy to get dry mouth when memorizing, so they prepared orange peels at home. Whenever they memorize, they would make orange peel water to drink. Xu Nian called it fruit tea.
By the time all the homework was finished, it was already dark. Xu Nian packed up his things and started to boil water to take a bath.
In the winter without a heater or water heater, taking a bath was so cold that it was almost freezing. Xu Nian finished her bath quickly and ran back to bed to lie down. As for the bath water in the kitchen, she asked Xu Hongqi to pour it out. She was really tired.
When the bed warmed up, she would open a novel and read. Without a cell phone or tablet, it was boring to just stare blankly. She didn't know what to do if not read novels.
After an unknown amount of time, she heard the door open and called out, "Brother Hongqi?"
Xu Hongqi had been freezing outside all day. When he returned home, he heard Xu Nian calling out. Afraid that she might be scared, he quickly responded.
Xu Nian put the novel back and curled up in the quilt.
Xu Hongqi washed his hands, came to her window and asked, "Are you asleep so early?"
Xu Nian grinned, "How can it be early? It's dark and you can't see anyone. Why did you come back so late..."
Her last words sounded like a complaint and a coquettish act. Xu Hongqi coughed and said, "Have you eaten yet?"
Xu Nian didn't say anything. She still remembered that when he left, he told her not to eat snacks and skip meals all the time, otherwise he wouldn't buy snacks next time.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Xu Hongqi knew what was going on. He went to the kitchen and saw that the buckets and other things were still there, so he cleaned them up first. Finally, he took out the egg instant noodles that he had been carrying all the way from his backpack. There was only one packet, and this packet had also been passed through several hands.
Xu Hongqi was making a fire and picking vegetables in the kitchen, preparing to make instant noodles. Xu Nian heard that he was silent and thought he was angry. She felt a little uneasy and aggrieved, but she didn't know why she felt aggrieved. It seemed so unreasonable.
I couldn't lie down flat, so I just got dressed and got up. I went out and saw smoke coming from the kitchen, so I walked over reluctantly.
Xu Hongqi raised an eyebrow and looked at her, "I won't buy snacks next week."
Xu Nian pouted and saw that he was holding a bag. She took a closer look and saw chicken, eggs, instant noodles.
She read it again, then jumped up in surprise, "Brother Hongqi, are you cooking instant noodles?"
Although she had doubts, she still took a deep breath. Hmm, it was the smell of instant noodles.
Xu Hongqi joked with her, "You have a weird nose."
"Do you eat it often in that dream you had?"
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