Chapter 140
Jiang Ning just smiled when she heard that. There was indeed a place to stay, with many rooms. There was a room upstairs that could be used as a living room, but there was no room for her! ^_^
In her previous life, she cared a lot.
But who can not care? She doesn't need you to stay for too long, but there's no need to be so anxious. Just act as if you want to kick her out, right?
So, no matter how many rooms there are, what does it have to do with her?
Father Jiang had no idea of Jiang Ning's thoughts. He just wanted to share with his daughter the joy of building a big house. He said to Jiang Ning happily, "Build your eldest brother's house first, then your second brother's!"
Jiang Ning just listened with a smile.
A long time passed in the previous life, but there was still no second brother.
After talking about his future ideas for building a house, Jiang's father urged Jiang Ning to go home again, "Your admission to Beijing University is such a big deal, you have to report it to your ancestors. Oh, and tell the village chief to open an ancestral hall and write your name in the family tree!"
According to the rules of Jiangjia Village, after a boy is born, he will be recorded in the family tree, but not girls.
But Jiang Ning's admission to Peking University is such a big deal, Jiang's father insisted that the village chief write down Jiang Ning's name, which is the honor of the entire Jiangjia Village.
Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Things are not stable yet, why are you in such a hurry?"
Jiang's father glared at him, "Don't think I don't understand. Your school is promoting something so loudly if it's not certain? It must have been decided by Beijing University!"
Jiang Ning didn't want to go back, and said with a smile: "I really can't go back. I may have to go to training at any time to participate in the International Olympic Competition. Have you seen the banner on the gate of our school?"
"Wow, International Olympic Competition!" Although Jiang's father didn't know about winter camp, he knew about the Olympic Competition.
When Jiang Ning was a child, he found that she was very smart, so he wanted to cultivate her in this area. He bought a lot of Olympic math problems for elementary school students for her to do, and helped her with math problems every day. But in the end, he gave up because she really couldn't teach him.
Unexpectedly, she actually made it to the international Olympic competition track, which was something Jiang's father never dared to imagine.
In the previous life, after Jiang Song brought his two children back, the enthusiastic Jiang Dad wanted to teach his two grandchildren math and classical Chinese. When Jiang Song heard this, he immediately thought of Jiang Ning's miserable appearance when Jiang Dad tutored her math when she was a child. Then he thought of Jiang Ning's grades without Jiang Dad's tutoring, and hurriedly said, "Dad, you should take a break. Don't teach Haohao and Yueyue any of the questions they can do."
Jiang's father was so angry that he couldn't say a word, but his passion for teaching his grandchildren was unquenchable, especially after Jiang Song threw his son and daughter back to his hometown to be raised by Jiang's father and mother, and ran away again. Jiang's father began to repeat the situation when he taught Jiang Ning. No matter how he taught, the children just couldn't learn, but he was always unwilling to admit that there was something wrong with his teaching method. He only lamented that when he was young, he could solve the problems at a glance, but they just couldn't learn them!
Father Jiang kept persuading Jiang Ning to go back, even if it was the next day. "I will send you to Wucheng early tomorrow morning. I will personally send you here and ensure that you will not be delayed in your training. You are not going to have training tomorrow, are you?"
Jiang Ning just looked at him with a smile.
Gradually, Father Jiang also tasted some of the flavor, and for a moment, he was silent.
Because he had other things to do at home, after making sure that they were okay, Jiang's father hurried back to Jiangjia Village.
When he was in town, he went to the fireworks shop and bought a super-large sky-shaking firecracker, several small sixteen-shot ones, and several strings of super-long firecrackers. He then went to the candy and pastry shop and bought a lot of candies, sugar balls, and small-packaged sesame cakes. Before he reached the village, just at the entrance of the brigade office, Jiang's father lit the largest sky-shaking firecracker first, and then the super-long firecrackers. He walked while dragging the long firecrackers forward. After running for a while, he saw that the firecrackers in his hand were almost used up, so he took out a small sixteen-shot one from a plastic bag, lit the fuse, and ran forward again. About every fifty or sixty meters, he would set off a sixteen-shot one, and then set off some lit firecrackers.
It was placed right outside his house, and the sixteen rounds continued to rush into the air and explode in the sky.
Such a commotion caused many people who were originally sitting outside their homes basking in the sun and chatting to come out to watch the fun, and many people even thought it was a family getting married.
When they came out, they saw that it was actually the big guy setting off fireworks. They all walked to the fence of their own high platform and asked Jiang's father: "Big guy, is it your Songzi who brought his wife back?"
"Look at how happy he is. Maybe he has brought his grandchildren back home!"
When Jiang's father saw that they all ran to the edge of the platform to watch the fun, he quickly grabbed a handful of candy from the big red bag and threw it onto their platform.
When passing by Jiang Qinqin's house, he saw Jiang Qinqin also coming out to watch the fun curiously. Thinking that Jiang Ning's best friend in the village was Jiang Qinqin, he grabbed a handful of candy and stuffed it into Jiang Qinqin's hands, then scattered candy onto the platform as he walked.
When Uncle Jiang and his friends heard the noise, they turned around from the high platform and saw Father Jiang setting off firecrackers. They hurriedly called Mother Jiang, who was chatting with Aunt Jiang and her friends at Uncle Jiang's house, "Ailian, Ailian, look, is it Songzi who is back? Guoping is throwing out wedding candies, it must be Songzi who is back with his wife!"
Jiang Ma was surprised. She had been listless for the whole New Year. She stood up from the fire barrel all of a sudden and almost overturned the bamboo basket of fried peanuts and melon seeds that they were peeling and eating on their legs. She did not bother to pick up the scattered peanuts and melon seeds. She lifted the quilt covering her body and jumped out of the fire barrel quickly. She ran to the bottom of the platform and ran all the way to the lotus pond and the door of Jiang Qin's house. She hadn't seen Jiang Song yet, so she shouted to Jiang Ba who was still setting off firecrackers: "Guoping! Guoping! Where's Songzi? Why can't I see Songzi? Is he still behind? Did I ask you to come back first? How many people came back with him? It's so cold, he won't bring the child back, right? Has he reached the ferry? Forget it, I'd better go to the ferry to pick him up! The weather is clear now, and the road is thawed and hard to walk in the morning. He must bring the child back, don't let my eldest grandson fall!"
In Jiang's mother's opinion, the only thing that made Jiang's father so excited and make such a big fuss was that Jiang Song came back with his daughter-in-law and children.
Who knew that Jiang's father would laugh and say loudly, "It's not Songzi, it's Ningning! Ningning won the gold medal in the national competition and was admitted to Jingcheng University in advance!"
The sound of the firecrackers was so loud, and the sixteen explosions that kept rushing high into the sky were even louder. No one could hear them clearly, and instead asked loudly, "What? Songzi is back?"
"I knew it was Songzi who came back. If it wasn't Songzi, why would he be so happy?"
But Jiang's mother, who was closest to Jiang's father, heard what Jiang's father said. The cheerful expression on her face just now disappeared in an instant. She was like an outsider isolated from this bustling world, and there was silence in her ears.
She couldn't help but scold, "Why are you making such a big fuss if Songzi isn't back?"
Happy Dad Jiang didn't bother with Mom Jiang. At this time, Uncle Jiang, Aunt Jiang, Jiang Hongjun, Jiang Hongbing and others all ran to the Jiang family. Even Jiang Guoliang, who lived in the second room, heard the noise here and thought that Jiang Song had brought his wife back, so he ran downstairs to watch the fun.
He is now dating a girl, who is a teacher in their elementary school. However, she is a city dweller and does not want to live in the countryside, so Jiang Guoliang has not taken her back to his hometown to meet his family.
Jiang Guoliang, who is not married, still has the mentality of a young man and runs away to watch the fun faster than anyone else.
The sixteen-shot and other firecrackers that lasted for such a long time caused many people who heard the noise to come out of their houses and run to the high platform in front of the Jiang family's gate to watch the fun.
The platform in front of the Jiang family's door was only 20 to 30 square meters and could not accommodate so many people. Many people stood on the road below, eating melon seeds and peanuts while watching the fun.
It was the first time that so many people gathered at the door of the Jiang family's small house, all coming to ask what was going on.
Father Jiang was very excited. He threw wedding candies to everyone who came to watch the fun. He didn't spread out the candies in the red bag until all the candies were spread out. Then he smiled and said, "Didn't Ningning come back for the New Year this year? She went to participate in the National Olympic Competition, won the gold medal, and was admitted to Beijing University in advance! She has to continue training tomorrow and will continue to compete with foreigners for our country and participate in the International Olympic Competition!"
"What Olympic Games?"
"Ningning can still participate in the Olympic Games?"
"What lucky competition did you win the gold medal in?"
Jiang's father corrected him with a smile, "It's not an Olympic Games, it's an Olympic Competition, but it's similar to the Olympics. The Olympics is the Olympic Games, and the Olympic Competition tests your brain. One is a competition of sports, the other is a competition of brains!"
After Jiang's father explained it this way, the villagers understood: "Wow, Ning Ning is so successful? She actually won the gold medal in the Olympic poker!"
Father Jiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and corrected him again: "It's the Olympics!"
He was speaking in dialect, and the pronunciation was indeed similar to Olin Poker. Uncle Jiang said impatiently, "Isn't it just Olympic Poker? It's like no one understands." He asked Father Jiang, "Are you talking about Ningning playing poker at the Olympics? I've never seen her play poker before?"
"I know! I've seen God of Gamblers! It was still showing in the cinema two days ago. There's also the 'King of Sparrows'!" Every New Year, the village would show two open-air movies, usually old movies, such as Invincible in the East, God of Gamblers, and Crane Needle. New movies would be shown in cinemas and they would charge money. Someone asked, "Ningning won the gold medal, so did she become the King of Sparrows?"
"Since it's called the Olympic Poker Tournament, it must be 'God of Gamblers'!"
They also heard these words from movies and believed them firmly.
Jiang Guoliang couldn't listen any longer, so he squeezed out of the crowd and said, "Isn't it that the point is that Ning Ning was admitted to Jingcheng University in advance?"
Even if the villagers were ignorant, they knew about Peking University, one of the two most famous universities in the country. After all, when all the children first went to school, the bold words they made were that they would get into Tsinghua University or Peking University in the future!
This was originally just a child's dream, but unexpectedly it was realized by Jiang Ning.
"Your Ningning just went to high school last year, right? I remember your Ailian chased Ningning for two miles because she wanted to go to high school!"
When Jiang's mother heard this, she was angry and said, "When did I chase her for two miles and beat her because of her schooling? I chased her because she instigated her father to use the farmland to raise crayfish. And where did I beat her?"
"Why didn't he hit me? We all saw him chasing and hitting me with a broomstick as thick as a wrist!"
"That's right. You didn't let her go to school last year. Who would have thought that she would be such a genius and get admitted to Peking University! Wow!" At this time, no one in the village said that Jiang's father should not send his daughter to school.
"Oh my goodness, what's going on in the big guy's family? They have four college students all at once, and now there's one from Beijing University. They'll have to become officials when they graduate, right?"
For rural people, there is nothing more powerful than being an official.
"It must be that your grandfather's ancestral grave was well buried!"
"I said his grandfather's grave is good. Our mountain is full of dragons and tigers, and his grandfather's grave is right on the tiger's front paw! Isn't it like he is rising step by step with the tiger?"
"That's not right. Daguo is also his grandfather's grandson. It doesn't make sense to only bless the two of Guoan Guoliang and Guoping, but not the three of Daguo!"
"Didn't Dada prevent Hongjun and his friends from continuing their studies? Hongjun even went to junior high school. Hongbing and Jiangjun became apprentices with their father after graduating from elementary school. If they don't study, even if their grandfather wants to bless them, he can't!"
Jiang Daguo, who was originally embarrassed, felt so upset after hearing this and looking at his three eldest sons.
The more he thought about it, the more that seemed to be the case.
He and Guoping had limited conditions when they were young. Born in that era, their uncle was a college student at Nankai University, so what? Aren't they sent to their farms for forced labor? After ten whole years of struggling, how can you still be a human being? Didn't he end up marrying their aunt? Jiang Daguo has believed since he was a child that studying is useless and it is better to learn a skill.
So when he was a child, he attended literacy classes and learned a few words. In order to become a blind man, he stopped going to school. His younger brother was willing to study, but what was the use? The more I studied, the poorer I became, and in the end I was even worse than him.
This deep-rooted concept of his also applies to his treatment of his three sons. After they learned to read a few words, he let them drop out of school and follow him to become bricklayers. Now think about it, both of his uncle's sons have become college students, and all of his younger brother's three children have been admitted to college. It's not that Jiang Song couldn't get in, but he didn't want to go to a bad school. He didn't want to repeat a grade if he didn't get into a good school. If he was willing to go, he would definitely have been admitted.
Does that mean that if his three sons take the exam, their ancestors will bless them and help them get into university?
He looked at his three sons. The more he looked at them, the more he felt that they had the potential to become officials. It didn't matter how high a position they would become. After graduating from university, they could just be the secretary of a brigade or, like the fourth son, a town mayor.
As the mayor's father, why should he go out in the wind and rain like this, facing the earth and back to the sky?
It is understandable that Uncle Jiang was filled with regret, and he couldn't help but cast his gaze on his only grandchild, his little granddaughter.
As a girl, Jiang Ning was blessed by her ancestors to be admitted to such a good university so that she can become an official in the future. It doesn't make sense that the ancestors only bless Guoan Guoliang from her uncle's family and Jiang Bai Jiang Ning from her brother's family, and not bless his grandchildren?
I haven’t seen my grandson yet, but isn’t my granddaughter already here?
Uncle Jiang, who had always said that it was useless to educate girls, now had the idea of sending his granddaughter to school so that she could go to university and become an official in the future.
Although your granddaughter will still belong to someone else after she gets married, others will look at you differently because you have a daughter who is an official. If Jiang Song and Jiang Bai have any problems in the future and ask their sister for help, won’t Jiang Ning help?
Thinking of this, Uncle Jiang, who had never held his granddaughter before, quickly took his infant granddaughter out of Aunt Jiang's arms, held her above his head and admired her. That was not enough, he also poked the baby's face with his stubble, making the baby giggle.
Uncle Jiang teased her while saying, "Our little Tangyuan should study hard and go to college to become a high-ranking official in the future." He suddenly wanted Jiang Ning to hug his granddaughter, so that his granddaughter could get a taste of Jiang Ning's elegance and happiness so that she could go to college in the future. He asked Jiang's father, "Where's Ningning? Come on, let Ningning hug her niece!"
Jiang's father smiled and said, "She has to participate in the Olympic international competition for the country. How can she have time to come back? She is training in the training team! Otherwise, why didn't she come back for the New Year? She is locked up in the training team for training, just like athletes preparing for the Olympics. There are special coaches to teach them how to practice. Ningning is the same. What kind of winter camp is this? This is the first time I have heard of the existence of a winter camp. If she hadn't won the gold medal in the national competition, how would I know there is such a thing as a winter camp?"
Everyone nodded and said yes: "If you haven't taken the test, you won't know. The big guy, who is a high school student, doesn't know, so we don't know either."
"No wonder your children haven't come back yet."
Someone else asked, "Then why didn't your Jiang Bai come back?"
Father Jiang sighed, "Well, it's because my family owed too much debt a few years ago, and the kids saw it and remembered it. In the past, they were in high school and couldn't help us share the burden, but now they've been admitted to college, right? School isn't as busy as it was in high school, so Baizi bought some clothes from the city and sold them in town. This kid is honest, earning one dollar for each piece of clothing. He and his classmates ran around all over the winter vacation, and they went to all the towns and villages in Wucheng, just to make more money to help the family."
For a moment, everyone felt sympathetic after hearing this, and they were all very envious of Jiang's father and mother for having these three good children. Each of them was either admitted to university or was working to earn money to share the family burden. Now, they would no longer laugh at Jiang's father and mother for not having their children around them during the New Year.
One of them went to win glory for the country, and the other went to earn money for the family and share the burden for parents. It is really hard to find such sensible children even with a lantern!
It was not until all the excitement faded away and the Jiang family became deserted again, with only him and Jiang's mother left at home, that he sat at the table, resting his arms on the table, with his head lowered in silence.
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