After Yang Si knew the whole story and Jiang Chen's plan, subsequent things went smoothly.
During the remaining three days of the holiday, Jiang Chen first went to the Shen family to visit Shen Xu's father. After a detailed discussion with him, he finally selected a shop based on his memory of the future development of various regions in Yan City, and settled it through the relationship of Shen's father.
This is a street-side shop with a ceiling height of nearly five meters and a total area of 70 square meters. The internal price is 7,500 yuan per square meter, with a total price of 525,000 yuan. Compared with the housing prices in Yan City at that time, the price of this shop is relatively high.
But Jiang Chen knew that this place would become one of the most prosperous business districts in Yan City in less than two years, and the shop he chose was facing the most prosperous and lively street. Within five years, the value of this shop would appreciate at least twenty times. Even if Jiang Zhuo was unwilling to run this shop after his recovery, renting it out would still be a good profit.
The shop was purchased in the name of Yang Si, and Shen's father was there to help, so the whole process from selecting and assigning the loan to signing the contract for the down payment was very fast, and all the procedures were completed before the end of the holiday.
After paying the down payment for the store and leaving the balance to Wugu Village, Jiang Chen used 20,000 yuan to assemble a computer by himself, and saved the remaining 260,000 yuan for Jiang Zhuo's surgery.
Most of the Jiang family’s issues were resolved, and the May Day holiday ended as scheduled.
After the short holiday, except for the senior high school students who were busy preparing for the exams, the atmosphere in the first and second high schools of Yanshi No. 1 Middle School became relaxed.
The same is true for Class 1, Grade 2. However, the acting head teacher, Mr. Li, has always been a Buddhist. He did not reprimand the students when he saw them making noise before class. He only said with a smile during the class meeting in the afternoon: The midterm exam in three days will be a joint exam, with the questions set jointly by the Affiliated High School of No. 1 Middle School and Chenghua, and the three schools will be ranked together. Everyone should remember to check their approximate ranking in the entire Yan City.
As soon as this was said, there was a wailing among the students, who shouted that the teacher had not told them about the three-school joint exam before the holiday, otherwise they would have studied hard after the holiday. Although they said so, the study atmosphere immediately returned to the time before the short holiday, when the three-school joint exam was held and everyone gathered their energy to try to squeeze into the top of the ranking.
The learning atmosphere became more intense, and more people came to discuss problems during breaks and self-study. Among them, Jiang Chen's table was the busiest, with people asking questions one after another. Shen Xu was dissatisfied that someone had taken his throne, but Jiang Chen welcomed it very much. While explaining the questions, he also helped him consolidate and review them.
But in addition to questions, the people who came also brought a lot of encouragement that made Jiang Chen laugh and cry.
——"Brother Chen, you are the hope of No. 1 Middle School, you must be number one!"
——"Master Jiang, you are the best. This time we must show Chenghua and the affiliated high school what a true academic god is, and wipe out the shame of missing out on the top spot in science in last year's college entrance examination and ranking second in the number of students admitted to Huayan!"
——"Jiang Chen, you must take first place in this joint exam. Last year, the first place in the science subject of the joint exam for the second year of high school was from the competition class of the affiliated high school. During the summer camp, those people were so arrogant. This year, we must put a dent in their arrogance."
There are countless examples like this, and many people are also worried.
——"Jiang Chen, Li Xiao from the Affiliated High School scored 738 in science last year. I heard that she's even more amazing this year. Do you think you can hold your own this time..."
——"Jiang Chen, besides you, the favorites for the first place this time are He Qianjian from Chenghua and Li Xiao from the Affiliated High School. They are also very good. Don't put too much pressure on yourself. Keep up the level. I believe you will be the first."
——"Jiang Chen..."
Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the joint examination that some people were nervous about while others were looking forward to has finally arrived.
Before the exam, Shen Xu put his arm around Jiang Chen's shoulder and smiled gloatingly: "Jiang Zi, is the pressure too great? You are the hope of the whole school."
Jiang Chen picked up a pen and paper, walked to the first seat and sat down, curling his lips and saying, "If it is hope, then we will not let people down."
Chen Xu said, "Hey, Master Jiang, awesome!"
The exams will be held on Thursday and Friday. The three schools will jointly mark the papers over the weekend, and the results will be announced on next Monday.
On the weekend, Chen Xu invited Jiang Chen to play basketball in the name of alleviating his nervousness before the results were released. However, he was the most nervous. As soon as he arrived at the court and hadn't started playing, he couldn't help but ask his classmate next to him: "Who do you think will be the first in this joint exam?"
Shen Xu called all the classmates who he usually got along well with in class. Naturally, everyone knew what he was worried about, and they were also very concerned about the ranking of this exam.
But... the boys turned around and saw Jiang Chen dribbling and shooting not far away, unaffected at all, and their expressions were somewhat helpless.
Class monitor Tang Qixun touched his chin and shook his head, "It's hard to guess. It's hard to say about He Qianjian from Chenghua. Our papers were different from theirs before, but I heard that he has always been the top of the grade since elementary school. He is also very awesome. I guess his score in this joint exam is quite good. But Li Xiao from the Affiliated High School is a real genius. She and I were in the same elementary school. She only went to elementary school for three years before going directly to junior high school. She only went to junior high school for one year before going directly to the Affiliated High School. Now she is only twelve years old, but she is always the top of the grade in all exams. You don't know that when she was taking the high school entrance exam, all schools paid to have her. She chose the Affiliated High School because it was close to her home. And I heard that she is also in the competition class. In short, she is a genius girl who can't even be described as awesome."
Luo Ze's eyes widened: "Fuck, so amazing? Is he still a human? How can we ordinary people compare with geniuses?"
"Tsk, you are only helping others to improve their morale and destroying your own prestige!" Chen Xu jumped up and slapped Luo Ze on the head. "When Jiang Zi was in elementary school, the teachers also suggested that he skip a grade, but Uncle Jiang and the others didn't allow it. And Jiang Zi only continued to study step by step to accompany Huo Bo and me. If you compare it to this, Jiang Zi is not bad at all."
"I didn't say Jiang Chen was bad." Luo Ze smiled and held Chen Xu, holding his neck, raised his chin and pointed in the direction of Jiang Chen: "You are like the eunuch who is anxious when the emperor is not. It's useless to worry now. You will know when the results are released tomorrow. Come on, let's go play basketball."
Shen Xu kicked him, snatched the ball from his hand, turned the ball around and grinned triumphantly, ran to Jiang Chen and said, "Come on, Jiang Zi, let's start our peak era of the two evil spirits on the court again!"
Luo Ze was right behind him, and after hearing what he said, he laughed at him, "You always lean on Jiang Chen, and you still have the nerve to talk about the two evil spirits."
"Don't talk nonsense, let's have a two-on-two match later?" Chen Xu turned his head and said.
Rose rolled his eyes and reached out to pat the ball in his hand: "Or let's play bullfighting."
"Do you take me as a fool?" Chen Xu dodged, smiling smugly, feeling confident and justified.
The two of them immediately started fighting together. Jiang Chen watched from the side holding the ball and smiled at Tang Qixun and the others.
In mid-May, the weather in Yan City was still a little chilly, but the young men on the court were only wearing thin short-sleeved shirts, and they were all full of vigor and energy.
In the interstellar era of the previous life, basketball had already become an ancient sport, and few people could play basketball. Moreover, Jiang Chen worked hard to complete his studies before he was twelve years old. After entering the Imperial University at the age of twelve, he had been immersed in the laboratory. Although he later entered the Federal Research Institute and exercised with active-duty soldiers once a day, researchers were different from soldiers after all. Exercise was only for better research. Therefore, after reaching the standard amount of exercise, everyone would rush into the laboratory and had no time to find other sports.
Therefore, including the late period of his first life and the previous life, Jiang Chen hasn't played ball for nearly thirty years.
Just now when Chen Xu and the others were chatting, Jiang Chen practiced dribbling and dunking. From being awkward to being familiar and at ease, it only took a few minutes for him to regain the feeling of playing basketball. This feeling was very wonderful. In his memory, this body had been separated from him for a long time, but the memory of the body did not feel strange at all, as if he had always been there and had never left.
After the game started, although Jiang Chen was familiar with basketball, he did not quickly regain the tacit understanding in playing with Shen Xu and others. He made several mistakes in the first quarter, which led to a big gap in the score.
Before the second quarter started, Rose teased, "You didn't fall for the girl who just walked by, did you? She looked absent-minded. Do you want me to chase her and ask for her number?"
Jiang Chen spun the ball in his hand, raised his eyebrows and smiled, then jumped up and shot a three-pointer.
"You have your eyes on her body, and you're still talking about Jiang Zi." Chen Xu rolled his eyes: "You shouldn't have grabbed that rebound just now. You jumped like a monkey for show, and the girl didn't even look at you."
"How do you know that he didn't look at me?" Luo Ze threw the ball to Chen Xu: "Come! Let me show you my brother's charm!"
After the first quarter, Jiang Chen had regained his previous tacit understanding with Shen Xu. At the beginning of the second quarter, the suppressed situation of their team changed instantly, and the score that had been widened was slowly recovered. By the end of the second quarter, the score between the two sides was already in a close race.
"Jiangzi!"
Shen Xu called out, and Jiang Chen raised his hand to catch the basketball he threw without any hesitation. Then he bent his knees and jumped up, and the basketball drew a parabola in the air. When he landed, the teenagers cheered.
“Three points!”
"Hollow ball!"
"Awesome!"
The boys were equally happy. They all ran over laughing, stacked on top of each other and hugged each other, not caring about who had won or lost.
Jiang Chen was surrounded tightly, and the smell of the boys' sweat mixed together, making him lose his previous calmness, and he tried his best to dodge in resistance.
He hid and laughed, "Stay away from me!"
"I told you not to show off!"
"You're all sweaty, who are you looking down on?"
"Come and receive my brother's blessing with all his sweat. I guarantee you'll get first place in the joint entrance exam tomorrow!"
The boys surrounded him with laughter. Luo Ze winked at everyone. Everyone understood what he meant and rushed forward to lift Jiang Chen up, then threw him into the air with cheers.
In the late spring sunshine, the smile of the young boy who was thrown high up was clear and without any haze.
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