Chapter 88 [Update 1]
It is not easy to ask for leave in the third year of high school. Fortunately, the school has not officially started yet. Jiang Ning explained the reason again. After a moment of silence, the head teacher agreed to Jiang Bai's leave.
If one can take the college entrance examination in Shanghai, the competition will naturally be less competitive than in Wucheng. This is a good thing for students. As a class teacher, what reason does he have to stop them?
He had watched Jiang Bo, a top three student in the class, go from competing with his physics teacher to having his overall scores plummet. He thought that he would compete with his physics teacher until the end of the college entrance examination, but he never expected that he would come to his senses.
"But you have to promise me that your grades won't drop. You have to do these exams every day. After you finish your work, you have to come back quickly and don't waste time outside."
The head teacher gave Jiang Bai a few test papers, and then went to the teachers of other subjects and brought the test papers to Jiang Bai.
Jiang Bai took it.
He was much taller than Jiang Ning, but when he stood behind his sister, his sister's small body seemed like an adult, helping him to ask for leave in a serious manner, explaining the reasons for his actions, and talking to the teacher with a smile on her face.
Coming out of the head teacher's office, Jiang Bai was still a little confused, and followed Jiang Ning closely: "Do I really have to go to the Shanghai Stock Exchange to take the exam?"
"I've already taken the day off for you, what do you think?" Jiang Ning walked beside Jiang Bai and tilted her head to look at him.
"Are you going to Shanghai?" Jiang Bai didn't want to leave Wucheng, his hometown, but when he thought about his sister and grandfather going to Shanghai and he was the only one left in Wucheng, he didn't want to be left behind.
When they were young, he and his sister were the ones who were left behind.
Jiang Ning's application in Shanghai will take at least seven days to be approved. Jiang Bai is not going to leave Wucheng for Shanghai right away. He has to go back to Class 8 of Grade 3 first.
Tong Jingang obviously noticed his absent-mindedness and asked him in confusion: "Baizi, what's wrong with you?"
Jiang Bai's eyes slowly focused on his face and said, "My sister asked me to go to Shanghai to take the college entrance examination."
Tong Jingang's eyes widened: "Really? Oh my god, our sister is really awesome!" Seeing the hesitation on Jiang Bai's face, he said: "Come on, what's there to hesitate about? Let's go!" He put his arm around Jiang Bai's shoulders: "I will apply to Shanghai Sports University when the time comes. Then we will be in the same city and can play basketball every day!"
Tong Jingang's mind was mostly about playing ball. What was the point of studying every day? "I haven't decided which sports school to apply to yet. Since you're going to Shanghai, I'll apply to one in Shanghai. Then we can still be together!"
He smiled, revealing his white teeth.
Seeing Tong Jingang say that he also wanted to apply to a university in Shanghai, Jiang Bai couldn't help but laugh: "Then you have to work harder, if you..." He smiled and looked at him.
"Isn't that what I'm doing? You haven't played basketball with me for a long time. Recently, I've been reading books and doing exercises every day."
Jiang Bai has been taking over the test recently, and he is afraid that his grades will drop, so his sister won't let him go to her store. He has to work hard to get better grades every time, and when he is not selling clothes, all his attention is on studying.
He is now full and well-nourished, and his growing pains have eased. He no longer has to wake up in the middle of the night due to pain. He can concentrate in class and his learning efficiency has improved. He ranked third in the class in this entrance exam.
It has been a long time since he was ranked third in the class.
When he was in junior high school, he went home every morning and evening, running and reciting his lessons on the way. At that time, except for lunch, he ate breakfast and dinner at home. There was nothing else at home, but they were full of food. Sometimes Grandpa Jiang caught injured rabbits, pheasants, rat snakes, etc. in the traps he set in the mountains, and he would bring them down as a snack for them.
He once caught a rabbit and a rat snake on his way home in the mountains.
At that time, he looked forward to the day after school the most. He would run through the fields and woods, looking around. Rabbits were rare, but snakes were the most common animals. He would be very happy if he saw a snake, especially in spring, which is the mating season for snakes. Jiang Bai and Jiang Ning once encountered more than fifty mating snakes on the road. After being startled, the snakes did not attack people, but ran away quickly with their tails still connected. When one snake ran, its tail dragged the tail of another snake.
Jiang Ning didn't understand what they were doing. When he saw the snake, he shouted excitedly: "Brother, snake! Snake, snake, snake! Catch it!"
Jiang Song and Jiang Bai are both good at catching snakes. They used to catch snakes for snacks when they were young.
When he encountered a poisonous snake, he avoided it. But when he encountered a rat snake, both of them had green eyes and chased the snake without letting go.
Perhaps because he ate well, he did well in middle school and was easily admitted to No. 1 Middle School.
After arriving at No. 1 Middle School, it was okay in the first year of high school. I had two days off a week and could go home to carry food to school. But in the second year of high school, especially the second semester, I only had one day off a week. I had to stay in school for classes during the winter and summer vacations and could not go home, so I could not bring food. Jiang's father and mother worked outside, but they stopped working last year and farmed at home for a year. Because of the travel expenses to go to the city, Jiang's father did not send him food. He was often dizzy and had to save food.
Now that he has enough to eat, his academic performance is as good as it was in junior high school and he is doing well.
He studied so hard every day, so Tong Jingang, as his good friend, naturally had to work hard as well.
Tong Jingang is a thick-skinned man. Whenever he encounters a question he doesn't understand, he asks Jiang Bai. Jiang Bai always explains it to him in detail, which also deepens his understanding of the question.
Tong Jingang has also made great progress in the past few exams.
Last year, the country proposed the 211 concept to major universities. Tong Jingang knew that with his grades, he could forget about getting into a key university or a 211. But if he tried hard, he might still be able to compete for admission to Shanghai Sports University.
He then asked Jiang Bai: "Which school will you apply to?"
At this time, they will fill out the application form first and then take the college entrance examination. After the examination, their class teacher will probably give them suggestions on their choice of application.
Jiang Bai was confused again. Which school should he apply to?
Unlike Jiang Song who was overflowing with confidence and thought he would definitely be admitted to a top university in China, he had actually always been an unconfident and even self-deprecating person. Applying to such schools would only make him underestimate himself.
In the past, he had never thought about applying to any school. Seeing that there were more and more motorcycles on the streets, he thought that as people earned more and more money in the future, there would definitely be more and more motorcycles.
At this time, he did not dare to think that in the future the streets would be full of cars. He thought that he was quite smart in learning these machines, and after graduation he would work as an apprentice in a repair shop for a few years to learn a skill, and it would not be bad to repair motorcycles.
If he wants to apply to a school, he should apply in this direction, right?
His thinking now is very simple, or to "learn a skill".
My grandfather said that as long as a person has a skill, he will have food to eat and will not starve to death.
Just like his uncle and several of his cousins, because they learned the skills of a bricklayer, his uncle has built two large buildings.
In rural areas, many fields and houses are inherited by the eldest son. The family is in such a difficult situation now, even if they want to build houses, they probably can't afford to build so many. The first house built will definitely be Jiang Song's. By then, he has his own skills and will not starve to death.
After making up his mind, he came back to his senses and answered Tong Jingang: "A school related to mechanical and electrical engineering."
Tong Jingang was surprised: "You signed up for the mechanical and electrical engineering major? Aren't you the one who hates..." He winked at him, and Jiang Bai immediately understood who he was talking about. He smiled and said, "I hate people, but I don't hate this course."
In fact, his best subject in junior high school was physics.
Mathematics, physics and chemistry are inseparable. He is good at mathematics and chemistry, but compared with the ease he showed in physics that semester, it is still a little behind.
After having a direction, Jiang Bai was no longer confused. Knowing that his sister, grandfather, and good friends would come to Shanghai in the future, he was no longer afraid. He focused on studying and preparing to take the entrance exam for a mechanical and electrical school.
He still positioned himself at the bottom of the class. Even though he had ranked in the top three, he still did not have a clear understanding of himself. He felt that his grades were poor and he would definitely not be able to get into a good school.
He felt from the bottom of his heart that he was unworthy!
A few days later, Jiang Ning called Shanghai and learned that Jiang Bai and Grandpa Jiang's blue-stamp household registration application quota had been approved. Then she took Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Bai to transfer their household registration and settle down.
Grandpa Jiang was confused the whole time. "Why did you buy a house in Shanghai?"
"Why did you transfer your household registration here?"
It was not until Jiang Ning brought Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Bai to her undecorated villa that Grandpa Jiang looked at such a big house and looked at Jiang Ning in shock: "Is this house yours?"
"Such a big house is yours?" Both Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Bai felt like they were dreaming.
Even though the house has not been renovated yet and the surrounding area is still under construction, it is desolate and messy, but... this house is bigger than the largest building in their village!
Jiang Bai couldn't believe it. Her sister said she bought a house in Shanghai, and it was such a big one-story house.
Because of her limited funds, Jiang Ning bought a villa that was not too big, with an area of 600 square meters. It came with a yard and a large platform on the top floor. Her down payment was close to 400,000 yuan, and she has to pay more than 2,000 yuan in mortgage payments every month. This is despite the fact that the surrounding area is now desolate and the housing prices are not high.
But the area of the yard and platform provided is indeed not small. If Grandpa Jiang wants to grow vegetables at that time, he can grow some vegetables in the yard.
This was the life she dreamed of in her previous life.
In her previous life, she wanted to have a house with a yard like this where she worked, no matter if it was a villa or a bungalow. The important thing was to have a yard where her grandfather would lie in a rocking chair and bask in the sun. She knew that her grandfather could not sit still, so she had to have a yard so that she could grow watermelons and vegetables for him. If the yard was bigger, he could raise chickens if he wanted. Every day when she came home from get off work, she could cook delicious meals for him in different ways with her grandfather there.
Grandpa likes to eat fish, so she would buy any fish he has never eaten, as long as it is available in the market, and cook it for him. She would also take him out to eat all kinds of delicious food and see scenery and the world he has never seen.
Unfortunately, such a dream could never be realized in the previous life.
Like a little girl who wanted to show off her favorite toy to her elders at home, she excitedly took Grandpa Jiang to the yard and said, "Grandpa, look, we can grow vegetables in this yard!"
"We can also put a net here to raise chickens!"
"There's more behind. We can grow corn, watermelons, and tomatoes!"
She looked at Grandpa Jiang expectantly, with a super excited smile on her face, as if she was waiting for Grandpa Jiang's praise.
Grandpa Jiang smiled happily, looked around and nodded, saying, "Okay, okay!"
The old guy who owns the old shop at the entrance of the next village brags every day that his son bought a house in the neighboring city, and now his eldest granddaughter has also moved to the city! Entered the biggest city! Entered the city of Shanghai!
Still remember the educated youth from Shanghai who came to their brigade to work in the countryside back then. I wonder how they are doing now. If they knew that Lao Fa Cai also followed his eldest granddaughter to Shanghai, which they called a big city back then, they would definitely be shocked, right?
Grandpa Jiang wiped away tears of joy, nodded excitedly, and kept saying, "Good, good, my granddaughter is promising, my granddaughter is really promising." After the excitement died down, the old man remembered and asked her, "This house is not cheap, right? Where did you get so much money?"
Jiang Ning took out the magazines she had prepared long ago: "I made money by writing essays." She blinked, "And the clothes you usually help me sell." She looked at Jiang Bai: "The source of the juice. From the QR code group, the dirty 2275 bar has sorted out more, the source of the juice can come. I consulted my second brother and found that the actual profit is ten times more. The added money is enough to buy this house!"
Grandpa Jiang had a look on his face that said, "You're treating me like a kid. I can't build a house in my hometown without thousands of dollars now, let alone a house as big as yours. Tell me honestly, how much does this house cost?"
Jiang Ning blinked his eyes, with a sincere and innocent expression on his face, pointing at the barren land around him: "Grandpa, look around, what's the difference between it and our countryside? Can the houses here be expensive?"
Grandpa Jiang was originally confident, but now he became uncertain after being fooled by Jiang Ning. After thinking about it, he felt that it was true. The surroundings were a bit desolate.
"It's so desolate here, why did you buy a house here?" Grandpa Jiang looked around.
There is not just one house around, there are many. However, except for the construction site, there is nothing but wasteland around. It looks desolate and messy.
"I'm optimistic about the future here. Besides, this is Shanghai! Buy a house and get four blue-stamped household registrations for free. In the future, my second brother and I can come to Shanghai to take the college entrance examination. The chances of passing the exam will be much higher than before." Jiang Ning bit her lip: "And..."
Grandpa Jiang was anxious: "And what? Tell me quickly."
"Besides, I bought this house with a loan, and the monthly repayment is 500 yuan, and it will take 30 years." She raised three fingers and spoke nonsense.
But Jiang Bai and Grandpa Jiang both believed it and gasped: "Five hundred yuan? Thirty years?"
Jiang Ning nodded pitifully: "Yes."
If Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Bai knew that the monthly mortgage payment for this house is more than two thousand, they would probably have a heart attack. That is to say, even if it is a little more every month, I dare not tell them. I can only fool them like this for now, and then slowly tell them the truth when prices go up and people's wages increase.
But even so, Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Bai were almost scared to death by her. It was as if a huge mountain was pressing down on them, and the pressure was increasing rapidly!
The monthly rent is seventy-five dollars, plus the mortgage, that’s five hundred and seventy-five dollars!
Five hundred and seventy-five dollars!
Grandpa Jiang's hands were shaking as he calculated how many clothes he had to sell in a day to earn back such a high mortgage.
Grandpa Jiang's conditioned reflex was to make one dollar per piece of clothing, but suddenly he felt something was wrong. He could make ten dollars per piece of clothing, so if he sold five pieces of clothing a day, that would be fifty dollars, five hundred dollars in ten days, and fifteen hundred dollars a month...
What? What fifteen hundred?
One month...
How much do they earn a month?
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