Chapter 4949 [Update 1]
This feeling is like a "Ele.me" suddenly walking into a group of Meituan deliverymen, because they are all from key classes.
Of course, they were curious about this student in the parallel class who ranked among the top ten in the grade in the mid-term exam.
In previous years, there were students in parallel classes with excellent grades, but most of them were ranked within the top 100 or even the top 50 in the grade. However, it is very rare for a student in a parallel class to directly surpass the vast majority of students in key classes and enter the top ten in the grade.
Even if there are, they will be promoted to key classes very quickly. Very few of them will stay in parallel classes, unless they are extremely unable to adapt to the class pace of key classes.
Anyway, this has not happened in the last three sessions.
Under their inquiring gazes, Jiang Ning found a seat and sat down calmly.
Seeing someone was looking at her, she smiled at them calmly and nodded to say hello.
In this era, the number of female students is originally less than that of male students. You can see this from the gender ratio in the school dormitories. Girls only live on the fifth and sixth floors, while boys live on the four floors below. There is also a separate dormitory for senior boys.
The ratio of male and female students also results in more males than females in the competition class.
At this time, including Jiang Ning, there were only five girls in the competition class of more than 20 people.
Soon, they stopped paying attention to her because the competition class teacher had arrived.
The competition class teacher was a very young teacher, who looked not much older than any of them. With a smiling baby face, tall and thin figure, and wearing a loose maroon sweater, at first glance one might have thought he was a high school student.
As soon as the competition class teacher arrived at the competition class, she smiled before she spoke, her smile bright and sunny: "There are new students in the class."
He looked around and said with a smile, "There's a new student in our class. You don't know me yet, so I'll introduce myself briefly. My last name is Ji, and my name is Ji Jianwei. You can just call me Teacher Ji. I've won the provincial first prize in the Mathematical Olympiad and the provincial third prize in chemistry, so I'm the teacher for your math and chemistry competition classes."
With this resume, he already is a very good teacher in a key high school in a small county town of Wucheng. He was specially recruited by the principal of No. 1 Middle School to teach in the competition class.
After a pause, Teacher Ji smiled and said, "Do you all think I look young? I also think I look young, but in fact I am much older than you." Teacher Ji did not say how much older he was, but judging from his appearance, this Teacher Ji was definitely no more than 30 years old.
After giving a brief self-introduction, Teacher Ji went straight into the class. The content of his class was a bit more profound than what Jiang Ning and her classmates usually learned.
The other students in the competition class were selected into the competition class not long after the start of the first year of high school based on their science scores. They started training from the first year of high school and could directly participate in the competition in the second year of high school. Therefore, the other students in the class had taken classes with the competition teacher for a period of time. Only Jiang Ning was sent to the competition class after completely catching the attention of the competition class teachers during this midterm exam.
In order to take care of Jiang Ning, a newcomer, Teacher Ji had to explain things in a simpler and more detailed way during class, and would occasionally look in Jiang Ning's direction and ask her, "Do you understand?"
Seeing Jiang Ning nod, he continued to teach.
However, as he taught, his pace involuntarily became faster. After all, he used to teach key classes, and the students were top students in key classes. In addition, he himself had a very active mind and was accustomed to a fast pace. The students in the key classes were also accustomed to the pace of the teachers' lectures and receptive.
Of course, good reception does not mean that they fully understand it.
But every time when Teacher Ji was talking and looked back at the students, he would accidentally see Jiang Ning, a newcomer in the class, and he would stop and ask her: "Do you understand?"
Jiang Ning nodded.
This made Teacher Ji unable to tell whether Jiang Ning really understood or was just pretending to understand. He was afraid that she was just pretending to understand.
He had no choice but to stop teaching and said, "It's okay if some students don't understand. Tell me what you don't understand and I will continue teaching."
He looked at Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning blinked and also looked at the teacher.
Jiang Ning really understood. After all, she had completed high school mathematics and advanced mathematics. Even though she had graduated for many years and had forgotten the knowledge she had learned, she had learned it. After this period of review, a lot of the knowledge she had learned had been remembered. Now in the competition class, listening to Teacher Ji's lectures, even if it was more profound, the more and deeper knowledge she had learned made it easier for Jiang Ning to understand the course content of Teacher Ji.
Jiang Ning didn't ask, so Teacher Ji had no choice but to continue teaching.
As a young teacher, he was very careful about the distance between himself and his students, especially female students.
He was too close to them and lacked authority, so after class, he basically would not communicate too much with students, let alone ask a female student privately whether she understood what he said.
Anyway, whether she understands it or not, she will know after she returns the test paper and takes the test.
Others also noticed that Teacher Ji was always asking Jiang Ning whether she understood something or not. Every time Teacher Ji looked at Jiang Ning, they also turned to look at Jiang Ning. They saw that Jiang Ning nodded calmly every time.
Maybe Jiang Ning's expression was too calm. After class, some students from the key class gathered together and whispered, "Do you think she understood?"
"You should understand, right?"
Those who are selected into the competition class are all top students ranked in the top 20 in their grade, but not all top students can learn Olympiad mathematics well.
The competition class makes them doubt their own IQ.
The student who was questioned had circles in his eyes: "I don't know whether she understood or not, but I didn't understand it anyway." Judging from himself, he felt that Jiang Ning probably didn't understand either.
They were mainly observing whether Jiang Ning was studying during breaks as their teacher had said.
After Jiang Ning returned to the dormitory, He Xiaofang and the others asked Jiang Ning whether the classes in the competition class were difficult.
Jiang Ning had adjusted his mentality and nodded calmly: "Difficult!"
Xu Xiuli complained on the side: "But your expression tells me that the competition class is not difficult for you at all."
"I'm already in the competition class. Even if it's difficult, I have to overcome it. Otherwise, it's useless to show that I'm depressed."
But in the eyes of other people in the class, her performance undoubtedly shows that she is a real academic master.
The next day was still cloudy and rainy. As soon as Jiang Ning finished her morning reading class, she told the guard that she had taken her grandfather to Shanghai for medical treatment and that her grandfather was now alone in the guesthouse.
The guard saw that she really had something to do and told her, "Then you need to come back soon!"
Otherwise, if something happens to students when they are not supposed to leave school, he will also be held responsible.
Generally speaking, he won't let anyone go unless there's something special going on.
The guesthouse was not far away. When Jiang Ning arrived at the guesthouse, Grandpa Jiang had already packed his things and was ready to go back.
Seeing Jiang Ning coming over, he couldn't help but smile: "You're not in school at this time, why are you out?"
Because he has two grandsons who both attend No. 1 Middle School, he knows that students are usually not allowed to go out in school.
"I said you were in the guesthouse, and the security guard let me out. Grandpa, it's raining outside, why don't you stay in Wucheng for two more days? No one will go to the mountains to cut trees or hunt on rainy days, and there's no need to go back to patrol the mountains."
Grandpa Jiang couldn't stay any longer: "I want to go back. I have been out for several days. What if someone takes advantage of my absence to cut down trees?"
The trees on the mountain cannot be cut down at will, even though there are so many trees that the leaders cannot count them one by one. However, felling trees will leave stumps behind. Every year on New Year's Eve and Tomb-Sweeping Day, all the migrant workers and leaders will go to the mountains to visit the graves, and the leaders will also take this opportunity to patrol the mountains.
Even if they are not patrolling the mountains, if someone finds that a tree has been cut down, they will report it to their superiors.
Jiang Ning thought about it and decided to bring Grandpa Jiang to the store she rented.
The clothes rails on the walls of the shop have been installed. There is also a second-hand 1.2-meter wooden bed at the back of the shop. The space above the bed is still empty, with a curtain in the middle.
A large cardboard box of clothes hangers was scattered in the corner, with two dressing mannequin racks next to it.
Grandpa Jiang didn't understand why Jiang Ning brought him here. Jiang Ning held his arm and sat on the wooden bed. He said to Grandpa Jiang, "Grandpa, I used the 1,000 yuan prize money from my essay competition to rent this store. I've already paid the rent. I also ordered clothes and shoes from the factory in Guangshi. The clothes and shoes have been sent and are on the way. They will arrive in two days."
Grandpa Jiang was stunned by the bomb that Jiang Ning suddenly threw at him.
"You... aren't you studying at school? Why did you rent this store?" Then she realized that her granddaughter had spent her 1,000 yuan bonus!
Fortunately, he still has a salary and it will be paid soon, so he can afford the tuition for next semester.
Jiang Ning cried, "Grandpa, you are old and living alone in the mountains. I am worried. I have nightmares every day. I dream that you fell in the mountains and there was no one around you. I am awakened by nightmares every night. I am so scared." She cried and held Grandpa Jiang's hand, "Grandpa, can you stop patrolling the mountains? Can you come to Wucheng to accompany me? When you are not with me, I can't eat or sleep well, and my grades are also declining. I am afraid that if my grades drop further, my mother will really not let me go to school next semester."
Grandpa Jiang was originally dizzy from being struck by a devastating thunder from Jiang Ning, and now he felt uncomfortable because of Jiang Ning's crying.
Seeing his granddaughter crying, he wanted to cry too. He wiped his tears and said, "But I don't know how to do business. I have been patrolling the mountains for half my life. Now I am not a forest ranger anymore..."
He felt very uncomfortable and was very resistant to losing his mountain patrol job. He was also afraid of the unknown future and had no idea what was going on.
But his granddaughter has already rented the store and bought a lot of clothes and shoes. If he doesn't come to help her, who will?
The face of his eldest daughter-in-law flashed through his mind, and he said, "Why not ask your eldest aunt to come over."
Jiang Ning cried and wiped her tears, "But I'm worried about Grandpa. It's raining and the ground is so slippery, and Grandpa has to patrol the mountains. If he falls, we won't be by your side..."
What Jiang Ning said was not groundless. Grandpa Jiang himself had fallen while patrolling the mountains. He rolled from the mountainside into the ravine and lay there for a long time before he recovered.
There was no one in the mountains except jackals and wild beasts. Grandpa Jiang was alone in the mountains and he had worried that he might encounter a jackal and end up being fed to the wolf.
Or one day, he might die in the mountains and no one would know.
But what can we do?
A few years ago, my youngest son's family was heavily in debt. Although the debt has been paid off now, they still have two children in school.
He was also afraid that he would have a hard time at home without his income and salary.
Thinking of his daughter-in-law's temper, Grandpa Jiang would rather be alone in the mountains in peace and quiet than listen to them quarreling.
Jiang Ning held Grandpa Jiang's hand and cried, "Grandpa, can you just stay in Wucheng? I promise I will support you and take care of you in your old age." Jiang Ning took out the magazines she brought with her, such as "Zhiyin" and "Reader", and said, "Since my essay was published in the magazine, I realized that there is not only a prize for essay competitions, but also royalties for essays selected for magazines. I submitted two more essays and both were published."
She took out two hundred yuan and said, "Grandpa, look, this is the money the magazine sent me. I write well and every one of my articles has been published in the magazine."
Grandpa Jiang went back with extremely complicated feelings.
The mountain road is slippery, but the road up the mountain is very muddy. When walking on this road on a rainy day, the yellow mud will splash all over your legs.
He walked up the mountain step by step.
He had been walking this road for many years. When he was young, he had a job as a mountain patroller. Everyone envied him. He also relied on the salary from the patrol to support his family and pay for his two sons' education.
But as his body aged, he began to feel powerless about the work of patrolling the mountains. Someone had already been eyeing his job, waiting to take over his job if he suddenly died or retired one day.
The brigade leaders had talked to him about this, but because he was an old forest ranger who had patrolled the mountains for many years, the brigade could not force others to replace him if he did not want to, so he had been doing it for so many years.
Over the years, he has been working diligently without slacking off for a single day.
During all the years he has been guarding the forest, there has never been a forest fire.
As he walked, he looked at the scenery on both sides of the mountain road, which was so familiar that it couldn't be more familiar.
The scenery that he once thought was too ordinary and he was tired of seeing now occupied all his memories of these years.
The whole mountain is filled with the scenes of him running around with his grandchildren during those years. He can still seem to hear the laughter of his grandchildren as they picked barberry and wild hawthorn in the mountains.
He pushed open the door of the hut where he had lived for many years. There were still many tattered clothes of his grandchildren when they were young. Some of them were so torn that they could not be worn at all and were turned into rags. He planned to keep these for his grandchildren's children when they got married and had children in the future.
He sat on the recliner at the door, and the recliner began to sway again. Outside was the quiet and peaceful mountain forest on a rainy day.
Jiang Ning was not in a good mood either.
She knew very well that her behavior was a form of kidnapping for Grandpa Jiang.
She was using her grandfather's feelings for her to kidnap him, ignoring his desire to not lose his job, and forcing him to give up the job he had done for most of his life and come to her.
This is a very selfish act.
She saw her grandfather's reluctance and resistance.
Sometimes when we force others to do something under the pretext of doing good for them, they themselves don’t think it is for their own good.
Jiang Ning knew all of this.
But she did it anyway.
She couldn't bear the consequences of losing her grandfather.
For countless days and nights, whenever she thought about the fact that she did not have the chance to be filial to her grandfather, that she did not see him for the last time, and that when her grandfather passed away, there was no one around him, she felt a piercing pain, so painful that she could not even think about it.
This kind of pain and regret cannot be healed.
She returned to school and attended classes as usual.
By the weekend, the clothes and shoes sent by Uncle Wang Yong finally arrived.
Wang Yong helped to receive the package and brought it directly back to the store from the post office.
There were two very large packages, one in a large snakeskin bag with several layers of material, and the other in a large cardboard box.
Because all three evening self-study classes were given to the competition class, Jiang Ning had to spend more time on studying and less time on writing. Jiang Ning temporarily stopped contributing to several short story magazines such as "Reader" and "Youth Digest", and instead spent all his thoughts and energy on "Da Song".
She usually has no time to write, so she can only go to the Internet cafe on weekends, spend a morning typing 16,000 words, and then write another 16,000 words on the weekend.
With her writing speed, she could write more, but this output was already her daily limit. If she forced herself to write any more, she would be drained dry.
Writing thirty-two thousand words a week is considered very productive among the many authors who have collaborated with "Wuxia".
Wang Yong saw that she was so busy with her studies, yet she was still willing to spend so much time writing on weekends. He couldn't take care of her on weekdays because she was at school. He had nothing to do in Wucheng except urging her to write, so he went to Jiang Ning's store every day and installed clothes rods and hangers with the landlord.
Because his uncle ran a clothing factory and he had been to his uncle's clothing factory, he knew how clothing stores in Guangzhou were arranged. So he gave instructions to the landlord according to the stores he had seen in Guangzhou.
The landlord thought that the young man opened his own shop, so of course he did whatever the young man said.
Jiang Ning was unpacking the package with Wang Yong at this time.
The package was really big. Uncle Wang Yong’s factory was already producing spring products, so he sent over a lot of the goods that were in stock.
In fact, he wanted to send them all at once, but that was not realistic. The work was done by his nephew, and the editing work of his nephew would fall on this author. He certainly couldn't cheat Jiang Ning like this, so he still carefully selected products for her. Although they were all backlog goods, the quality and style were no problem.
The other package was the shoes that Jiang Ning wanted, including all kinds of men's and women's shoes. They were all the inventory left over from last year's factory next door. There was no problem with the goods, but the styles were not as fashionable as the new ones on the market in Guangzhou and Shenzhen.
Because it was an inventory backlog in the warehouse, the price given to Jiang Ning was very favorable.
Jiang Ning roughly estimated the price of each piece of clothing. It was indeed not expensive, and could even be said to be very cheap. And from her point of view, there was nothing wrong with the style. It was just that they had been piled up in the warehouse for too long and needed to be ironed.
She didn't have time for these things, so she took advantage of the two-day weekend to go to the small commodity market and buy a speaker, a stove and other daily necessities. When she passed by the Xinhua Bookstore, she also bought a tape recorder.
Nowadays, it is very popular to buy a tape recorder to learn English. Wang Yong thought that she bought a tape recorder to practice English. Then, when he returned to the store, he saw that his best-selling author pressed the record button of the tape recorder and shouted in her clear and powerful voice in a very rhythmic way:
"Jiangnan Garment Factory, Jiangnan Garment Factory, closed down! Closed down! The bastard Director He, the bastard Director He, ran away with his sister-in-law!
We have no other choice but to use the clothes to offset our wages. The cotton-padded coats and down jackets that originally cost over one hundred, two hundred or three hundred yuan are now all on sale for 29 or 39 yuan! Note ②
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