Chapter 200
Mother Jiang didn't say anything about Father Jiang's happiness. She just continued to wash her food, feed her chickens, and weed the peanuts in the vegetable garden at the back.
She didn't know that all the changes in her hometown were brought about by Jiang Ning. She was blocked from information and her world was also blocked.
Even though she came to Shenzhen, a city that was changing and progressing at a rapid pace, and even though she was near a train station where information was most circulated and she could receive a lot of information and changes from the outside world every day, her world was like a closed door. No news from the outside could come in, and she didn't care. She just quietly did her own thing and fulfilled her mission in this world.
Her mission was to be a good daughter when she was young, to be a good woman and a good wife when she got married, to raise her children to adulthood and get them married, and to have grandchildren in the future. It seemed that her mission and task in this life had been accomplished.
After almost three years in Shenzhen, she still cannot understand the local dialect. All communication is done by Jiang's father. She is illiterate and cannot read newspapers. Her only source of information is the TV in the nearby shop that is turned on all day long.
She also doesn't like watching boring news. Her favorite show every day, which she never gets tired of, is "Happy Little Swallow". It makes her laugh so hard that she can't stop smiling, and she joins the audience in scolding the Queen, Rong Mama, and anyone else they think is a bad person.
While she was calm, she occasionally looked up at the sky, feeling a little confused.
Women can also share the land.
In Shenzhen, where she lives now, women can get land and the money from selling the land. The female landlords from whom they rent houses have also received money. They live a very carefree life, wearing a big gold ring, collecting rent, playing mahjong, and living a life that she could not even imagine.
But all this still has nothing to do with her. She is still poor, still needs to work hard, and still works hard to live a good life.
On October 7, Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng, together with Tong Jingang, Jiang Bai, and Grandpa Jiang, who were flying for the first time, went to Shanghai Airport to fly to Beijing.
When Jiang Ning suggested taking Grandpa Jiang to Beijing, to visit Beijing University, one of the highest institutions of learning in the Flower Country, to see the Tian'an Gate, and to climb the Great Wall, Grandpa Jiang's heart was surging. But when he learned that he had to take a plane, he refused.
"No! I won't go!" Grandpa Jiang shook his sleeves and turned his back: "You guys can go, but you have to take an old man like me with you? It's so expensive to fly, I won't go!"
Grandpa Jiang is very stubborn.
In fact, he was full of yearning for the capital, but he was afraid of spending money.
It costs a lot of money to take a train from Shanghai to Beijing, not to mention taking a plane. How much would that cost, and with so many people!
Thinking about how much money it would cost to fly, Grandpa Jiang felt so heartbroken that his heart was breaking.
Jiang Ning had no choice but to lie to Grandpa Jiang again: "Oh, it can be reimbursed, we don't have to spend any money!"
Grandpa Jiang didn't believe it: "You lied to me again! How can you take a plane without spending money?"
"If you don't believe me, ask my second brother!" Jiang Ning decisively dragged Jiang Bai out, "Second brother, show grandpa the invitation letter you received, is it true?" Jiang Ning shouted to Tong Jingang: "Brother Jingang, show grandpa your invitation letter too, is it free? I will give you money!"
Tong Jingang immediately stepped forward and handed over his invitation letter. He used his eloquent tongue to say to Grandpa Jiang: "Not only can they reimburse you, they will also give you money. If Baizi goes to the capital, they will give you 10,000 yuan!"
Grandpa Jiang looked at Tong Jingang as if he were a fool: "Even robbing money is not that fast!"
"Oh, old man, you still don't believe it, right?" He took out his remittance slip: "Not only Baizi has money, I have too!" He pointed to the two thousand yuan deposited into his passbook and showed it to Grandpa Jiang.
Grandpa Jiang leaned back, narrowed his eyes, and looked at the number on the passbook: "Isn't this two thousand?"
"Yes, I have two thousand, but our Baizi has ten thousand!" He put his arm around Jiang Bai's shoulders, but Jiang Bai pushed him away in disgust.
Grandpa Jiang didn't understand, "Why did you give Baizi 10,000 yuan? What kind of job can earn so much money?"
"Oh, you wouldn't understand even if I told you." Tong Jingang pointed at the popular TV series "Jin Yi Wei" that was being shown during the National Day holiday, "Isn't this our Bai Zi Hong? The price must be different!"
If the most popular TV series in the first half of this year, and even the entire summer vacation, was "Happy Little Swallow", then the most popular TV series in the second half of the year would be "The King's Guards".
"The King's Guards" has a huge audience base. Even though people's attention was focused on "The Little Swallow" throughout the first half of the year, it was aired in April, and was aired once and again during the summer vacation. After watching it twice in a row, a large part of the audience was tired of it and needed a new TV series to change their taste. Among all the TV series this year, "The King's Guards" had a viewership rating of over 10% as soon as it was released, and it has been rising since then. Even if its viewership ratings cannot catch up with "The Little Swallow", it is already a very outstanding TV series among the series of TV series in the second half of this year.
In addition to its already huge readership, the performances of various handsome men and beautiful women in this TV series are no less impressive than those in the TV series "Little Swallow", as well as the solid and funny storyline of this drama.
In this era, martial arts themes have a very large audience base.
This year's 'Popular Film Wanhua Film Festival' hosted by the Flower Film Association will be held on October 16, which is one week after the end of the National Day. The entire National Day period is the most intense time for the film festival to vote for the most popular actors and actresses among the audience.
This year, because SMS voting was added to the voting mechanism, the Film Association cooperated with telecom operators. Not only did they publish the voting information and voting methods in the magazine "Wanhua Film" sponsored by the Film Association, but they also rolled out a rolling gg on the movie channels of TV programs.
During the entire holiday, anyone who pays attention to movies has been voting for their favorite actors and actresses.
These voting groups are mainly composed of young people, and this group is the one who likes to watch "The King's Guards" the most. In particular, a large number of "The King's Guards" viewers are among them. The magazine "Wuxia" is frantically canvassing votes for Jiang Bai in the magazine, which means that many young people, whether they are readers of "White Snake", readers of "The King's Guards", viewers of the TV series "The King's Guards", and viewers of the movie "White Snake", are voting for Jiang Bai.
As the saying goes, 'You vote, I vote, Jiang Bai will be able to debut soon', Jiang Bai, who did not do any publicity or public relations for this matter, was voted by readers, audiences, the crew, and "Wuxia" magazine. He had 30,000 to 40,000 more votes than the second-placed well-known veteran actor, and his chances of becoming the most popular actor among the audience this year are very high.
Therefore, the "White Snake" crew strongly invited Jiang Bai to go to Beijing to participate in the Wanhua Film Festival.
But Jiang Bai had to go to class, so he didn't want to take a leave, which made the crew and producers anxious.
The reason why they are so anxious to make this happen is that although the movie "White Snake" has been taken off the screen, the subsequent awards are also related to the subsequent income from other copyrights, such as the most popular VCD discs.
These subsequent revenues are still a huge and continuous income. The more awards you win, the better your reputation will naturally be. The subsequent copyright fees will be higher, and you can sell more and better VCD discs.
Even though Jiang Bai only won the Most Popular Actor Award, it seemed to have nothing to do with the movie "White Snake", but how could it have nothing to do with it? Jiang Bai is from their "White Snake" crew. Jiang Bai's award means their "White Snake" crew won the award, and it was a big gimmick during the publicity.
Therefore, not only did the Flower Planting Film Association send an invitation to Jiang Bo early on, inviting him to participate in the "Wanhua Film Festival", but the crew also offered him a publicity fee of 10,000 yuan in order to get him to come, and also covered his travel expenses, food and accommodation.
Because when Jiang Bai received the invitation, he hesitated for a moment, and the first thing he asked was: "Can Tong Jingang go?"
Tong Jingang is also one of the actors in "White Snake". He has always been with Jiang Bo. They had not originally planned to invite Tong Jingang. But when they heard Jiang Bo's question, they said, "Of course, I will cover the travel expenses, food and accommodation just like you."
Jiang Bai was still hesitating whether to go or not. Everyone in the White Snake crew knew that he and Tong Jingang were good friends, so they asked, "Do you want to ask Tong Jingang?"
Tong Jingang has already decided on his future path. In order to make connections and see the world, he naturally urged Jiang Bai to go for such a good opportunity.
Jiang Bai then reluctantly agreed to attend the film festival.
The producers and directors of the "White Snake" crew already knew Jiang Bai's character, and they would do it if they were paid.
It just so happened that the box office of "White Snake" was so high that all the main creative staff and investors counted the money until their hands cramped. Naturally, they were very generous. Not only did they provide Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang with food and lodging, they also gave them a salary of 10,000 yuan.
Even Tong Jingang, who came along to take advantage of the popularity, gave two thousand yuan.
Grandpa Jiang was not stupid either. He said, "Then you can only report it to me. How can you report it to me?"
Grandpa Jiang is no longer the Grandpa Jiang who just came out of a small mountain village and knew nothing about the outside world. Although he is not talkative, he has always believed in the principle of listening more, watching more and talking less. He sees everything and remembers it in his heart. He is no longer so easy to fool.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade Grandpa Jiang, Tong Jingang spread his hands helplessly towards Jiang Ning.
Jiang Ning said angrily: "Do you still want to see the Tian'an Gate? Do you want to watch the flag-raising ceremony? Do you want to visit my school, Jingcheng University? Do you want to go back to your hometown and tell your great grandfather that you visited Jingcheng University, saw the Tian'an Gate, climbed the Great Wall, and told them that you took a plane?"
What Grandpa Jiang said in one sentence is really what he missed!
Whenever he thought about going back and telling those old friends that he had taken a plane, been to Sweet Saddle Gate, and visited Capital University, that guy... really reached the peak of his life.
Just thinking about that scene, Grandpa Jiang smiled so hard that the corners of his mouth stretched all the way behind his ears, with his teeth showing but not his eyes.
The temptation of being able to go home and brag to his old friends finally lured Grandpa Jiang into closing the store and following Jiang Ning, Jiang Bai and the others to the airport.
Not to mention Grandpa Jiang was excited, even Tong Jingang and Jiang Bai, who were flying on a plane for the first time, were extremely excited and nervous.
Tong Jingang and Jiang Bai, dragging their luggage and carrying backpacks, looked here and touched there, following Jiang Ning step by step, trying not to look like bumpkins who were flying on a plane for the first time, but memorizing the flight procedures bit by bit in their hearts. The next time they fly on a plane by themselves, they will be able to act like experienced pilots, and when chatting with their classmates, they can also casually say that they have been on a plane before! (^o^)/~
Grandpa Jiang was the same. He couldn't keep his eyes away from looking all the way and asked Jiang Ning from time to time: "What is that?" "What is it used for?"
Jiang Ning explained to Grandpa Jiang patiently along the way. Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang listened attentively. They can tell others about it next time!
Even when they were on the plane, several people were still excited and looked out of the window from time to time. When the plane flew higher, their ears felt a little uncomfortable, but they didn't care. They had felt this feeling when they first went to the vertical store. It was caused by the pressure difference. They were only interested in the clouds outside the window and the shrinking ground and buildings under the clouds.
In-flight meals were distributed, which consisted of bread and milk. They were very happy because the food was foreign food! Western food!
Even after getting off the plane, some people were still excited, with several pairs of eyes not enough to look around, looking around the capital of this era.
Since the travel expenses were reimbursed, they didn't hesitate and took a taxi directly to Liudaokou, to the house that Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng rented outside the school.
The houses rented by Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng were both tube-shaped buildings, one upstairs and one downstairs, right next to each other. They first went to the house rented by Song Peifeng, opened the door, went in, and took a casual look.
The house is only 40 square meters in size, with one bedroom, one living room, one kitchen and one bathroom. The area is very small and the light is a bit dim. It may seem cramped for a family, but it is very comfortable for one person. The living room is relatively spacious and has a dining table and a computer desk.
Jiang Ning saw Jiang Bai and Grandpa Jiang looking around in Song Peifeng's house, as if they wanted to see if there were any of her belongings there, so she quickly said with a smile, "This is the house Peifeng rented. My rented house is upstairs. Grandpa, come on, I'll take you upstairs."
Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Bai looked around and saw that it was a room for a boy who lived alone. They looked around and didn't see anything belonging to their sister, so they stopped looking and followed Jiang Ning upstairs.
They already knew that Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng were dating, and they had no objection to their sister's boyfriend. They just felt that their sister was still young, only a freshman in college, and there was no need to rush into love and marriage.
Tong Jingang could hold back at Song Peifeng's house just now, but when he saw that Jiang Ning's rented house also had computers, he ran over excitedly, "Sister, how many computers do you have!"
There are computers in Shanghai, and there are even computers in Beijing. Computers are very expensive nowadays, and he is reluctant to buy one even with the money he earns, but this girl actually has so many computers.
trench! This girl is so rich and inhumane!
Jiang Bai and Grandpa Jiang were relieved when they saw that all the things in the house belonged to Jiang Ning alone and not Song Peifeng.
Because he hadn't lived there for several days, there was some dust on the table. Jiang Bai put down his bag and took a rag to clean it.
Grandpa Jiang sat in this small, gloomy house, looking around with a comfortable and relaxed smile on his face.
He didn't feel that the house was small at all. He even felt that the house was filled with the unique scent of books that were unique to the intellectuals in Beijing and near Peking University. Now his granddaughter also lived in such a small building, studying and living like the people in the city. This was more beautiful than the most beautiful dream he had when he was young.
Tong Jingang wanted to go online when he saw the computer, but seeing Jiang Bai cleaning, he felt embarrassed to join in. However, he was rather careless in his work, not as meticulous as Jiang Bai. He cleaned up every dust in every corner, and arranged the desk and bookshelf neatly according to the size and type of the books. He also put away the clothes that were thrown on the sofa, and washed what needed to be washed and dried what needed to be dried.
Soon, Jiang Ning's originally somewhat messy little house was tidied up and tidy. Even the chairs next to the dining table were placed with their backs in a straight line.
Jiang Ning didn't care about his second brother's cleanliness and obsessive-compulsive disorder. He took Grandpa Jiang back to his room and said, "Grandpa, you can sleep here tonight. Second brother and King Kong can pull out the sofa outside and sleep on it."
Song Peifeng put his luggage in the house he rented downstairs and came up. Hearing this, he said, "You can let Second Brother and King Kong stay at my place."
Tong Jingang was just thinking that the sofa was too short for him and Jiang Bai to sleep on. Upon hearing this, he immediately came over and put his arm around Song Peifeng's shoulders, "Hey, that's perfect. I'll sleep here with my brother-in-law tonight."
Although Jiang Ning's sofa can be pulled out to serve as a bed, the landlord bought a small sofa because the house is small.
Tong Jingang and Jiang Bai, one is 85 meters tall and the other is 1.84 meters tall. If they sleep on the sofa at night, their legs will be stretched out of the sofa. It is already quite cold in Beijing in October.
It's not like Tong Jingang had no feelings for Jiang Ning, but his idea was simple. He and Jiang Bai were good brothers. If he could date Jiang Ning in the future, wouldn't he and his good brother become a family? Now that my good friend has become my brother-in-law, we can play ball together every day, and I can also drag Jiang Ning along to go out and play with my brothers.
Who knew that Jiang Ning was not an ordinary person? After Jiang Ning's grades got better and better and his achievements got higher and higher, he completely gave up this idea. Well, I am not worthy of the girl.
Now Jiang Ning has a partner, who is another legendary figure in Wucheng and Wuzhong. Tong Jingang looks at them and thinks that they are a perfect match, the girl is talented and the boy is handsome, so he calls Song Peifeng "brother-in-law" affectionately.
Song Peifeng was originally not used to Tong Jingang's outgoing manner, but he felt very comfortable when he heard him call him brother-in-law.
Song Peifeng's skin had darkened a lot after a month of military training. The originally cold and aloof young man now had a rather stern temperament when he was not smiling. However, when Tong Jingang called him "brother-in-law", the reservedness between his eyebrows disappeared, and the corners of his lips kept rising, leaving only a faint smile as clear as the moon.
Grandpa Jiang was still asking Jiang Ning: "Where do you live?"
"I sleep in the dormitory. First-year students are not allowed to live outside and must live on campus. This house of mine has been vacant for a long time since I rented it. You finally took a flight to Beijing, so don't rush back. You can stay for a while."
Grandpa Jiang put his hands behind his back and toured the house that Jiang Ning rented in Beijing. He said, "I won't live here. It would make me anxious if I lived here alone. I'm doing well in Shanghai. I've just gotten familiar with the place. Don't call me over again." Grandpa Jiang said as he toured the house, "Just live your own life, study hard, and take care of yourself. I'm the same wherever I am." He walked and said slowly, "Besides, your second brother is in Shanghai."
If he really came to Beijing and had to adapt to a new environment, he would not be able to do it.
After resting for more than an hour, at around four o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Ning took them to visit Yanyuan.
Speaking of which, Jiang Ning has been in Beijing University for more than a year. Every day she is either in class, on the way to class, or on the way to the cafeteria. The only time she visits the campus is when she is running. This is also her first time to visit the Beijing University campus without any purpose, just for the sake of visiting.
Jiang Ning knew what was most important to Grandpa Jiang, so he went to Koda near the school to buy a few rolls of film, then rented four bicycles. Jiang Bai took Grandpa Jiang on a bicycle ride to visit Peking University.
Tomorrow when classes start, many students have already returned to school in the evening. Some students whose homes are far away and take several days and nights to get there by train have not returned home. Some are reading in the library, walking in the school, and playing football on the playground. There are a lot of people, and the learning atmosphere is very strong.
Grandpa Jiang even felt like he was on a pilgrimage, walking in this campus that he had never dared to visit even in his dreams. Once, this campus was as far away from him as the distant stars in the sky, but now, he was in it, and his granddaughter was admitted to this palace that he had never dared to dream of.
He sat on the back seat of Jiang Bai's bicycle and felt that he couldn't see enough.
Every time they arrived at a famous spot, Jiang Ning would stop, tell Grandpa Jiang, Jiang Bai and others the stories of the place, and help them take photos.
Grandpa Jiang listened very carefully. When Jiang Ning took the picture of him, he did not feel awkward at all as he did in front of the gate of No. 1 Middle School. Instead, he cooperated very well. Although every pose and expression was the same, he was very serious and solemn.
From the Boya Tower to the Weimin Lake, to the sculpture of Mr. Cai, and then to the two steles.
Wherever he went, Jiang Ning would take a lot of photos.
In her previous life, it was not until her grandfather passed away that she realized that there were so few photos of Grandpa Jiang that they were not enough for her to miss and commemorate him. So as if to make up for herself in her previous life, Jiang Ning took photos of Grandpa Jiang all the way. Some were looking at the camera, some were not looking at the camera, some were walking with their hands behind their backs, and some were sitting in the back seat of Jiang Bai and looking back at this famous university.
Of course, their group photo is also indispensable.
It was already getting dark when Jiang Ning took Grandpa Jiang to the Peking University cafeteria.
The cafeteria today is different from the big cafeteria he ate in when he was young. It has meat, vegetables, white rice, white steamed buns, and everything else.
He looked at his grandson and granddaughter, who were munching on big white steamed buns, eating vegetables and drinking soup. During this time, there was Tong Jingang's laughter and joking, there was the granddaughter and Song Peifeng smiling at each other, and there was the longing and composure in Jiang Bai's eyes when he was involved in it.
As he watched, the smile on Grandpa Jiang's face deepened. After returning to the house that Jiang Ning rented, even his dreams at night seemed to be floating in the clouds.
After the National Day, there were not so many tourists in Beijing, so Jiang Ning and Jiang Bai took Grandpa Jiang to visit famous attractions in Beijing.
First we went to the most famous Sweet Saddle Gate and watched the national flag raising ceremony early in the morning.
They were in charge of watching, and she was in charge of taking pictures, not only of Grandpa Jiang, but also of Jiang Bai, Tong Jingang, and Song Peifeng.
Her lens was full of them, but Song Peifeng's lens was full of her.
She who is smiling, she who is sad, she in the morning light.
Afterwards, they climbed the Yongwang Palace, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, the Old Summer Palace, and even the Great Wall, which these fearless people all climbed.
Grandpa Jiang only reached the foot of the Great Wall and climbed for a short while before sitting down to rest. Jiang Ning and Song Peifeng accompanied him. Tong Jingang, who was full of energy, pulled Jiang Bai to continue climbing, and then came down exhausted.
Jiang Ning had finished her freshman year classes and was taking sophomore and junior year classes, and she also audited classes in various other departments. The people in dormitory 401 had long been accustomed to Jiang Ning's early departures and late returns and her mysterious appearances every day, and they all thought that she knew about the sports meet.
When Cui Yujie first saw Jiang Ning come back, she felt a little guilty, but when she saw that there was no change on her face, she still did the same thing as before, going for a run early in the morning, and then going to the cafeteria to get a bunch of food and bringing breakfast to Grandpa Jiang, Jiang Bai and others at the rental house outside the school. She thought to herself that she could delay it for a day, and when the day of the sports meeting came, could she not go?
Liu Yan, Shen Xinlan and others in the dormitory thought that Jiang Ning had signed up on her own and knew about participating in the sports meet.
Jiang Ning did know about the sports meet, but she didn't know she was also signed up. Plus, she was the first one to go out in the morning and the last one to come back at night every day, and no one had told her about it.
As we all know, traveling is the most tiring. What's even more tiring is that she has to take care of Grandpa Jiang and plan the itinerary the whole time. Every day, after taking Grandpa Jiang and others to visit scenic spots, she has to type 10,000 words when she comes back. When she returns to the dormitory and takes a shower, she is basically exhausted and falls asleep as soon as she lies down.
Until October 15th, which was the Peking University Autumn College Students Games, Jiang Ning went out again early in the morning. Cui Yujie thought she was going out for a run again, but she disappeared after she went out and was never seen again.
Cui Yujie then became anxious and started looking for her all over the school. She even ran to the loudspeaker in the playground and called Jiang Ning through the loudspeaker of the radio station.
But where can I find her?
The Popular Film Wanhua Film Festival was held on October 16th. Jiang Ning and his friends had no classes on October 15th, so they arrived at the venue's hotel a day in advance to meet up with the "White Snake" crew.
The crew of "White Snake" was also very wealthy. Not only did they prepare suits for Jiang Bai, Tong Jingang and others, they also prepared a dress for Jiang Ning.
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