Chapter 61 [Update 1]
Jiang's father and mother have been waiting for Jiang Ning and Jiang Bai to come back.
Especially Jiang Ning.
Jiang Bo is in his third year of high school and has few holidays, but Jiang Ning normally has two days off on weekends and three days off for New Year's Day.
Jiang Ning's mother was very angry about not coming home on weekends. She would scold everyone she met in the village: "Even if she was studying, she should at least come back to help with the chores on weekends, right? But she is so busy studying that she doesn't even come back on Sundays! She doesn't even think about her family at all."
Jiang's mother felt that Jiang Ning was really selfish and didn't care about the family or his brothers at all.
Especially there are Jiang Hehua and Jiang Qinqin in the village for comparison.
Jiang Hehua had good grades since childhood and did well in the high school entrance examination, so she was directly admitted to Wuzhong.
Jiang Qinqin's grades were not so good and she failed to get into high school. She listened to her mother and was admitted to a five-year college to study at a normal school. She plans to come back and become a teacher in the future with a stable income.
Jiang Hehua, as the daughter of the brigade secretary, was a little better. She liked to read and study at home and seldom went out. Jiang's mother rarely saw her.
But Jiang Qinqin is different. She is the oldest daughter in the family. Her mother holds her in her mouth for fear that she will melt, and holds her in her hands for fear that she will fall. Her brothers and sisters are all much older than her. She says at home that she is her mother's daughter, but in fact her brothers and sisters-in-law also raise her like their daughter. Every week when she goes home, her brothers and sisters bring her all the delicious food. The thing she looks forward to most every week is going home.
Also because of her family's pampering, Jiang Qinqi has a lively and cheerful personality. Now she goes directly to junior college. Her schoolwork is not as stressful as that of high school students. Every time she returns to the village, she wants to find someone to play with. Among the girls of her age in the village, only Jiang Ning and Jiang Hehua are still in the village. She has no choice but to go and play with Jiang Hehua and Jiang Ning.
But Jiang Hehua was just like her brother, reading and studying at home all day long and never going out. She couldn't sit still after staying with Jiang Hehua for less than ten minutes, so she went to play with Jiang Ning again.
She was actually a little afraid of Jiang's mother. When she arrived at the door of Jiang's house, she didn't go in, but shouted outside the door: "Is Ningning home?"
Jiang's mother either beat or scolded Jiang Ning, but she was very polite to her daughter. She smiled and said, "Qiong is back? Your mother is so lucky to have given birth to you. You know to go home to see your mother every week. The one I gave birth to, once he went out, he never came back."
Jiang Qinqin just smiled awkwardly. She didn't want to listen to what Jiang Ma said at all. Knowing that Jiang Ning was not at home, she ran away quickly.
After that, every time I came back to look for Jiang Ning, she was not at home.
Jiang's mother said sarcastically, "Our Ningning is not as homesick as you are? She follows your mother around every day."
When Jiang Ning didn't come back, she complained to Jiang's father: "Look, what's the point of you sending her to school? She's only in high school now, and you don't even come back. When she goes to college, do you still expect her to come back? I think you've spent money on her education for so many years, but it's just like throwing the money into the water."
Father Jiang was also very puzzled as to why neither his son nor his daughter came back.
Although Jiang Bai usually only has one day off on Sunday, he has two days off on New Year's Day.
They waited and waited at home, but no one came back.
They didn't think much of it when Jiang Ning was at home going to and from school. But now that even Jiang Ning has gone out to school and they are the only two left at home, they were shocked to find the house so empty.
Mother Jiang also felt uncomfortable all over.
But she was more worried about her eldest son, angry with Jiang Ning, and had an indescribable feeling of emptiness.
She had no way of analyzing the source of her emotions, and could only habitually say stubbornly: "If she doesn't come back, then she won't come back. I don't think she will come back during the Chinese New Year, unless she dies outside!"
Dad Jiang was a little worried about Grandpa Jiang. There had been no news from him for such a long time. He said he went to No. 1 Middle School to look for Jiang Ning, and there had been no news since then, nor had he sent anyone to bring back a message.
He wanted to go to Wucheng to check the situation, but Jiang Ma said angrily, "Don't go! They have legs and don't know how to come back, and you are going to look for them? Don't think I don't know you are going to deliver food! They don't even know they are hungry, why are you worrying about them? Two trips are free, right?"
If it weren't for the money for the two trips, Jiang's mother would have rushed to No. 1 Middle School and dragged Jiang Ning out... As for what she wanted to do with him? If she feels dissatisfied, then just give her a beating.
Father Jiang also looked in the direction of Wucheng and said, "I don't know how Dad is doing in Wucheng, and I don't know if he brought back a message. It makes me anxious."
"Why should you worry about that?" Jiang's mother rolled her eyes at Jiang's father. "The old man has this year's patrol salary in his hands. He has plenty of money. Are you still worried that they will starve to death? Even if you starve to death, they won't!"
Mother Jiang was also very dissatisfied with the fact that Grandpa Jiang took the salary himself and did not give it to them. In her opinion, Grandpa Jiang gave them some money for their retirement, so Grandpa Jiang's salary should be handed over to their family, and she would be in charge of allocating and deciding how to spend it.
How could an old person be so selfish as to keep the money for himself instead of giving it to his family?
If he doesn't give them his salary, then when he is old and unable to move, she will not take care of him and will let his son take care of him. Let's see whether his granddaughter will take care of him by then.
By that time, Ningning would have been married and become someone else's family member. Would she come back to care about him? It’s almost like a dream!
The sales revenue achieved by Jiang Ning and his team during the three days of New Year's Day directly stunned Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Bai.
"I made nearly a thousand dollars in just three days!" The grandfather and grandson gathered around the bed with the same happy expressions on their faces.
You have to know that this was 1995, when two or three hundred yuan a month was considered a high salary, and they earned a thousand yuan in three days!
Jiang Ning and Grandpa Jiang sold the goods on the first day of New Year's Day. Jiang Ning directly paid Grandpa Jiang 100 yuan and said, "Grandpa, this is yours."
He took out another fifty yuan and gave it to Jiang Bai: "This is your salary for the past two days. The other thirty yuan is a reward for the commission from the men's clothing business you brought in by playing games at school these days."
Jiang Bai looked at the fifty yuan in front of him, fifty! Not counting the twenty dollars he made in the past two days, he earned fifty dollars this week!
All he had to do was wear the clothes his sister had prepared for him and walk around the school with his chest held high, and he would earn a huge sum of thirty dollars!
So many!
He looked at his sister, then at the money, then at his sister, and then at the money again.
Finally, he reluctantly handed the thirty yuan back to Jiang Ning. After thinking for a while, he took out another ten yuan and gave twenty yuan to Jiang Ning: "Forget it, you said at the time that you would let me wear the clothes you matched, and give me ten yuan more a week, you can take these back!"
This is all money. He turned his eyes away and forced himself not to look at it, because if he did, he would not be able to bear to spend it.
Jiang Ning smiled and stuffed it back into his hand: "I told you, this twenty is your commission." She said: "Don't think that we sold a lot in the past three days. I think the market in Wucheng is already saturated. It's the end of the year, and every household wants to buy some new clothes for their family members. Business has been so good in the past few days. Now everyone who should buy has bought it. Business should stabilize in the future. Leaving Grandpa alone in the store to look after the store will be enough to handle it."
When Jiang Bai heard this, he thought his sister didn't want him to come to the store to sell clothes on weekends, and he immediately became anxious.
That's ten dollars a day, and he has never earned that much money.
Seeing that he was anxious, Jiang Ning said, "Don't worry, I said before, as long as you can keep your grades stable, I will definitely want you to sell clothes. If your grades drop, it will definitely not work. First improve your grades. It doesn't matter if you can make money or not, as long as it is enough for you." Thinking of the fact that Jiang Bai would regret not repeating a year to go to college 20 years later, Jiang Ning said, "The monthly exam has just passed. You will know when you see the results on Tuesday."
Originally, Jiang Bai didn't hate studying, but he didn't like it very much either. He just spent money to go to school, so he had to make good use of the money he spent and learn everything he should learn.
In fact, he doesn't have much motivation or pursuit for learning itself.
But recently, maybe it’s because he has meat to eat and is full, plus his sister comes to bring him a midnight snack from time to time, he no longer feels dizzy and has difficulty concentrating in class due to hunger, his legs no longer cramp when he sleeps at night, and he no longer wakes up from growing pains.
He slept well at night and ate enough during the day. With the motivation of making money in the Jiang Ning store, he became more motivated to study.
In the past, he was always the one sitting quietly at the back with his head down and keeping silent. Now, during class, he always stares at the teacher with burning eyes, his head held high, his back straight, and he looks full of energy.
Many classmates who saw the video thought that Jiang Bai had become more handsome again.
Even the teachers in the class became more alert when they were stared at by Jiang Bai's bright dark eyes.
When he heard his sister talking about his monthly exam results, he, who had never cared about results in the past, became nervous unusually. He was afraid that he would not do as well as last time. He was also worried about what would happen if his sister's store business was not as good as before. He secretly thought to himself that he must stand taller, hold his head high and chest out, and wear the clothes in his sister's store better so that people at school would see them and want to buy clothes.
So the young man looked more energetic.
Tong Jingang called him "Showbag" and asked him: "You seem to be acting strange recently, are you in love?"
This question made Jiang Bai's face turn red: "Who is in love? I'm with you every day, how could I be in love with a ghost?" He looked around nervously, afraid that the director of the political and educational department would hear it.
"Then why do you dress yourself up so nicely these days?"
Thinking of this, Jiang Bai couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled, "You didn't know this, did you?" He whispered, "These clothes are all from my sister's store, and my sister matched them for me. My sister asked me to wear a few more sets at school to show others. If others see that I look good in them, they will buy them too."
It was the first time he praised himself like this, and even if he used Jiang Ning's words, he still felt embarrassed.
Tong Jingang had heard about the gossip a long time ago, and he hugged Jiang Bai's neck and said, "Fuck, that Jiangnan Garment Factory store was opened by your sister, right? Tell me what happened. After such a long time, has the factory director He who ran away with his sister-in-law been caught? Fuck, the 35 million embezzled could have bought a lot of airplanes and cannons for our country, right?"
Tong Jingang not only loves playing ball, he is also a military enthusiast.
"Why didn't you tell me earlier? If you had told me earlier, I would have bought two pieces to help my sister's business." He grabbed Jiang Bai's neck and approached him slyly: "Brother, are there any discounts when I go shopping for clothes?"
Jiang Bai hesitated for a long time before he held out five fingers and said, "I'll give you a fifty-cent discount at most."
Tong Jingang simply nodded: "Okay!"
During evening self-study, teachers from various subjects came to the class to distribute test papers. When the results were announced, Jiang Bai was still a little nervous. Unexpectedly, Jiang Bai's results improved significantly this time, and he moved up several places. This was something that none of the teachers had expected.
The teacher of Class 8 directly used Jiang Bai as an example and said, "Look, Jiang Bai's grades have improved so much this time. What does this mean? It means that at any time, you still have time to work hard!"
"Jiang Bai is the best example!"
"His grades in his first and second year of high school were just mediocre. If he can keep improving at this rate, I'm not talking about Tsinghua or Peking University, right? We have a provincial university in our province, so if he works hard, he should be able to get into it, right?"
Jiang Bai's physics grades also improved very quickly this time.
He usually sleeps in the back during physics class, and the physics teacher doesn't care about him.
He deliberately handed in a blank physics paper and was scolded by the physics teacher every time, but Jiang Bai didn't care.
He learned physics purely through self-study.
But he had a talent and understanding for physics. He studied physics just like Jiang Ning studied Chinese, politics and history. As long as he was willing to learn, it would be easy for him to understand. So, although he didn't get a very good score in physics this time, he made great progress.
This time the physics teacher didn't accuse him of plagiarism.
He has disliked Jiang Bai for a long time, especially since Jiang Bai had been deliberately going against him in the past two years, not paying attention in class and handing in blank papers on exams. No one would like such a student.
But he is a senior high school student after all. He is willing to learn and teach now, but he still doesn't have a good face towards Jiang Bai.
Jiang Bai treated him the same way.
Jiang Bai studied purely to be able to work in his sister's store.
Monthly exams are not included in the school rankings. The ranking list on the school bulletin board is still based on the last midterm exam.
This monthly exam is over, and the next big exam will be the final exam.
The teachers of Class 3 also distributed the results in class. Because Jiang Ning did not study in the classroom but went to the competition class, the teachers kept Jiang Ning's paper.
Everyone was also very curious about how Jiang Ning performed in the exam this time.
"I don't know if I'll make it into the top ten in the grade this time."
"Then she definitely didn't make it in, right? She barely ranked tenth last time, and now she's in the competition class, which will definitely affect her original results."
Jiang Ning entered the competition class and allocated part of his energy to the competition class, so the performance of this class will definitely decline.
This is a very normal thing. Not every student, but most of the students selected into the competition class will have their grades more or less affected after putting part of their energy into the competition class. They are all people who take exams all year round, and they can see when the numbers on the rankings fluctuate. Naturally, they also know that entering the competition class will affect their grades.
However, the impact will not be too great. Generally speaking, the competition class teacher will first select the top 30 students in the grade, and let them study in the competition class. Then they will be screened after passing each exam. Only those who can consistently rank in the top 20 in the competition class will stay here to take classes. When they are in the second year of high school, they will be taken by the competition teacher to participate in competitions. The rest will continue to attend classes as usual when they go back.
It’s a pity that they couldn’t see the overall grade ranking for this monthly exam, otherwise they would have known how Jiang Ning performed in this exam.
The teachers in Class 3 also expected that Jiang Ning's academic performance would decline.
What the teachers didn't expect was that Jiang Ning's grades not only did not drop, but even improved slightly compared to the last monthly exam.
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