Chapter 51 [Update 1]
This was the time when everyone came down to have dinner and then go to evening self-study. There were a lot of people on the road to the school, all walking from the dormitory and cafeteria to the teaching building.
Jiang Ning was going in the opposite direction from them, she was returning to the dormitory. So you pass by people face to face.
However, everyone who walked past her couldn't help but look back at her clothes.
Not only girls watch it, boys watch it too.
The boys didn't think that a classmate who was several years younger than them was so pretty. They just thought that the dress she wore was so eye-catching and special. There were so many people at the entrance of the cafeteria, and she was like a spotlight in the crowd, attracting everyone's attention at once, and people couldn't help but look at her.
Because the director of the political and educational department of No. 1 Middle School has very strict management, girls are not allowed to wear hair ornaments at school. They can only tie their hair up with rubber bands. The most they can choose is the color of the rubber bands. In addition, it is an old school and an old school district, and the walls of the school are covered with ivy, so the color of the entire school is dark.
The brightest clothes are probably the blue and white school uniforms issued by the school, and the youthful smiles of my classmates.
In such a plain crowd, the sudden appearance of such a bright color, or the contrast of bright yellow sweaters and jeans, made two words immediately emerge in their minds - good-looking.
After looking at the clothes, they thought of looking at the person, and were shocked by the combination of the face and short hair.
Jiang Ning silently zipped up her coat, queued up to get some water, and went upstairs.
There was still a steady stream of people coming down from upstairs and heading towards the cafeteria. Whenever they saw Jiang Ning, they would turn their heads to look.
Jiang Ning was so shocked that she wondered if she was wearing strange clothes. When she arrived at the dormitory, she saw that her roommates were still there. She turned around in front of Xu Xiuli and said, "Xiuli, help me see what's on my clothes?"
Xu Xiuli was stunned for a moment when she saw Jiang Ning, and then after hearing what she said, she really helped her check if there was anything on her clothes: "Nothing? Where did you buy this dress? It's really beautiful!"
Xu Xiuli's family lived in the town and was relatively well-off, so she had relatively ample pocket money. Seeing that Jiang Ning's clothes looked nice, she also wanted to buy her some.
The others heard the conversation between Jiang Ning and Xu Xiuli. They all looked up or turned their heads to look at Jiang Ning. Their eyes lit up after seeing her: "Your outfit is nice, isn't it? Did you buy new clothes? How much?"
Jiang Ning and Xu Xiuli were about the same height, and seeing that she liked it, he took off his coat and gave it to Xu Xiuli: "Would you like to try it?"
But after Jiang Ning took off her coat, the people in the dormitory stared at Jiang Ning in a daze again.
Lu Xuehua, who was sitting opposite Xu Xiuli's bed, stood up with her eyes brightened, walked to Jiang Ning, then took two steps back to look at the clothes Jiang Ning was wearing: "Isn't this too beautiful?"
"Jiang Ning, why didn't I realize you're so pretty before?"
Jiang Ning's previous clothes didn't fit her. They were either too big or too small. When the school started, she had just experienced the double harvest and a week of military training. Even if she applied sunscreen, she would inevitably get tanned. In addition, she shaved her head into a short haircut like boys when she first entered school, and wore baggy school uniforms or camouflage clothes all day long. She didn't talk to them in the dormitory. She went jogging before they woke up in the morning, and crawled into the mosquito net to write after evening self-study. For a long time, they didn't really look at Jiang Ning's appearance. Their impression of her was that she was a thin little girl with boyish hair.
She lives with them every day, so even if there are changes, they are unlikely to notice.
After half a semester, Jiang Ning not only grew a lot taller, but her naturally fair skin also returned to its former whiteness. Her facial features became truly straight with a straight nose and eyes like cold stars. She didn't feel anything before because she wore a loose school uniform all day, but now that she has taken off the school uniform and is wearing fitted clothes, she looks completely different.
Only then did they realize that this little girl with short hair who looked like a boy was actually so pretty.
"Where did you buy this dress? I want to buy it too!"
They all felt that it was this dress that brought about the change in Jiang Ning.
"I want one, I want one too!" They had just returned to school from home and had some pocket money given to them by their parents.
"How much is it? Let me see if I have enough money!"
Jiang Ning said: "The sweater and pants are twenty-nine, and the coat is thirty-nine."
Several people counted the money in their wallets and lay on the bed wailing, "I can't afford it!"
"Jiang Ning, you are so rich. You bought three pieces of clothing at once! These three pieces of clothing cost almost a hundred yuan!"
"Jiang Ning, do you still have money? Lend me twenty and I'll pay you back next week after next!"
In her previous life, before she knew how to say no to others, Jiang Ning was really scared of being asked to borrow money from others. Later, she stopped having financial dealings with people over 500 yuan. If people didn't pay back the money below 500 yuan, she would just consider it as a lesson learned and forget about it.
So Jiang Ning, who was asked to borrow money, spread his hands in a very lonely manner: "You know how poor I am. My clothes are all patched up."
The fact that Jiang Ning's clothes were worn out and patched was secretly discussed by the people in the dormitory. Jiang Ning knew about it, but she didn't care and didn't take it to heart at all, because she was very open about her poverty. After that, they never talked about the patched clothes on her clothes behind her back.
When they heard Jiang Ning talking about this, they felt a little uncomfortable for a moment and were too embarrassed to ask for money again.
Only Xu Xiuli pulled her and said, "Come with me to buy it after school on Friday~"
She and Jiang Ning are about the same height. She used to be taller than Jiang Ning, but after half a semester, Jiang Ning's height had grown to the same level as her.
She wondered if Jiang Ning and she were wearing the same clothes and walking on the street, would people think they were twins.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled.
He Xiaofang, who was on the upper bunk, felt a little disappointed when she saw this. She also said to Jiang Ning, "Ningning, you are so pretty. I think you look like the big star on the calendar at home!"
For once, Xu Xiuli agreed with He Xiaofang: "I think so too."
"Is it that exaggerated?" Jiang Ning asked Xu Xiuli, "Do you want to try it?"
Xu Xiuli put on Jiang Ning's coat, turned left and right in front of her, tilted her head slightly and asked Jiang Ning: "Does it look good?"
"Try it for me too. Try it for me too." The girl on the upper bunk opposite Xu Xiuli also climbed down quickly, but was avoided by Xu Xiuli who stepped back.
"No."
She glanced at Liu Ping's voluptuous body and snorted, "With your physique, won't you break Ningning's clothes?"
Liu Ping is a little over one meter tall, but her breasts are well developed. When she wears Jiang Ning's clothes, she really looks like an adult wearing children's clothes.
Jiang Ning's smallest size clothes were too big for the waist, so she had to tie a belt to make it fit.
Liu Ping should at least wear a medium size, which is two sizes short.
Liu Ping was unhappy: "It's not your clothes. What's wrong with me trying on Jiang Ning's clothes? Jiang Ning hasn't even said anything yet, and you've refused."
"I just refused." Xu Xiuli pulled Jiang Ning and asked, "Ningning, tell me, will you let her try your clothes?"
Jiang Ning smiled and said to Liu Ping, "This is the only new dress I have. Let me make a deal first. If it gets damaged, you have to compensate me for the original price, which is thirty-nine yuan."
When Liu Ping mentioned such a large sum of money, she became silent and muttered, "If you don't want to try, then don't try."
Eight girls living in a small dormitory, each with a different personality, friction is inevitable over time.
Now that everyone is familiar with each other and has passed the initial trial period, we have a pretty good understanding of each person's personality, and each person's true and original personality has been exposed.
For example, they found out that Jiang Ning, the skinny and small girl in the dormitory who always smiled and looked the easiest to bully, was actually not someone who was easy to bully.
On the contrary, He Xiaofang, who looks dark and strong and has a large build, is actually a person who is easy to bully. She will not refuse when others ask her to do something. After a few times, everyone starts to order her around as a matter of course.
For example, when it comes to tasks like mopping the floor and fetching water in the dormitory, if anyone is lazy and doesn't want to do it, they would ask He Xiaofang to fetch water and bring food, and they would also ask other people to help occasionally. Anyway, no one would ask Jiang Ning and Xu Xiuli.
If you call Xu Xiuli, she will roll her eyes and say, "Don't you have hands? I'm dying of exhaustion carrying my own thermos all the way to the sixth floor. How can I carry yours?"
When Jiang Ning was called out, she just said, "Sorry, I haven't finished my homework yet." She also asked in return, "Have you finished your homework?"
Students who want to be lazy: ...I'm just being lazy. I asked you to bring a bottle of water. Why are you making personal attacks on me?
Xu Xiuli didn't like Liu Ping, so she took Jiang Ning's hand and said, "Don't pay attention to her! Oh, by the way." She took out a can of braised pork feet with soybeans from her cabinet and stuffed it into Jiang Ning's hand: "My mother heard me saying that I always eat your braised pork, so when she cooked for me, she also filled a bottle for you."
It was a canning jar as tall as a palm, and it was full.
Jiang Ning was a little surprised: "Thank auntie for me."
Xu Xiuli smiled and said, "If you want to thank someone, thank me."
Seeing how nice Xu Xiuli was to Jiang Ning, the other people in the dormitory also shouted, "You only brought it to Jiang Ning and not to me, Xiuli, you are so biased!"
"So what if I'm biased? Ningning didn't even get to eat a single bite of the braised chicken with soybeans I brought last time. You guys ate it all!"
The food they brought from home was usually placed in the drawer of the cafeteria table. There were buttons on the outside of the drawer, so it could be locked or unlocked.
What's even more outrageous is that the soybean braised chicken she brought last time was placed in a drawer, and no one knew who ate it all. Only a soybean was left in it, and all the chicken pieces were gone. She was almost mad.
Moreover, she brought them delicious food every week, but when they had the delicious food, they would hide and eat it secretly.
Xu Xiuli felt that this was boring and didn't want to bring them food anymore.
Another thing that bothered her was that every time they used chopsticks to pick up food, after licking the food in their mouths, they would go to her food bottle to pick up food. After seeing this several times, she didn't want either the food or the bottle anymore, and just gave the parts that others had picked up to He Xiaofang to eat.
Xu Xiuli cared about other people's gossip, but He Xiaofang didn't mind at all, and she didn't even notice it at all. This moved He Xiaofang several times. She felt that Xu Xiuli was as good to her as Jiang Ning, and her impression of Xu Xiuli changed a little. The relationship between the three of them became harmonious.
At this time, Xu Xiuli had completely forgotten about He Xiaofang. Seeing Jiang Ning accept the food she brought, she happily took her arm and said, "Ningning, shall we go downstairs to eat?"
Seeing Xu Xiuli pulling Jiang Ning to leave her behind, He Xiaofang quickly climbed down from the bed and said, "I'll go too!"
He hurriedly took the rice bowl and water bottle and followed the two of them, fearing that they would be left behind.
Jiang Ning temporarily put her old clothes under the bed, planning to wash them after returning from evening self-study. She then went downstairs with her rice bowl and the clothes for Jiang Bai.
The other people in the dormitory also got used to them working in groups of three. In fact, over time, the people in the dormitory naturally formed their own small groups, some of which were close to each other and some were far away.
Others also packed up their things and went downstairs in twos and threes.
They came down quite late, and there was no need to queue at the cafeteria window as many people had already finished their meals and left.
Jiang Ning glanced around the boys' seats in the cafeteria, but didn't see Jiang Bai. Thinking of Jiang Bai's enthusiasm for eating every day, she guessed that he had finished eating and left, so she thought of sending him to his class later.
Jiang Ning hasn't eaten pig's trotters for a long time. Pig's trotters have a lot of fat, which is perfect for people like Jiang Ning who are currently lacking in oil and water.
She still ordered two meals in the evening, one with meat, and the dish was the pig's trotter that Xu Xiuli gave her.
She didn't want to share the dish Xu Xiuli gave her with others, so she opened the meat she had cut and let Xu Xiuli and He Xiaofang take two pieces each.
Xu Xiuli always ate Jiang Ning's braised pork very calmly. He Xiaofang would take a piece of it embarrassedly and wave her hand to say she didn't want to eat it anymore. Jiang Ning didn't force her.
Seeing that Jiang Ning didn't eat meat, they knew that Jiang Ning was going to give it to her second brother. Xu Xiuli was very happy that Jiang Ning didn't give the dish she gave to her to her second brother. She felt happy all the way back to the class.
He Xiaofang, on the other hand, felt empty inside after Jiang Ning stopped attending evening self-study with them. She looked at Jiang Ning's empty seat, feeling very lost.
Among the three of them, only when Jiang Ning was around did they form a complete little group. When Jiang Ning was not around, Xu Xiuli and He Xiaofang didn't talk much, mainly because they didn't know what to talk about.
Xu Xiuli felt that she and He Xiaofang had been talking for a long time but it was like talking to a deaf person, and she had no idea what she was talking about.
He Xiaofang felt that Xu Xiuli was very easily angered. She would be fine one second, but suddenly become angry the next.
She no longer got close to Xu Xiuli.
Ever since Jiang Ning joined the competition class, she no longer went to their place to ask them math questions.
Jiang Ning didn't know what was on He Xiaofang's mind yet, so he went to the fifth floor and called out from the back door, "Second brother."
Tong Jingang, who was sitting in the last row of the first group, heard it immediately and reached out to push Jiang Bai, who was across the aisle from him: "Our sister is calling you, she must be here to bring you some delicious food!"
Jiang Ning had come to bring food to Jiang Bai several times before, so they naturally thought that Jiang Ning was here to bring midnight snacks again.
"Didn't we just have dinner? Why are you delivering midnight snacks now? Isn't it too early?" Tong Jingang muttered softly. Jiang Bai had already opened the door and walked out.
As soon as I walked out, a big bag and a rice bowl were stuffed into my arms.
When Tong Jingang saw the rice jar, he said excitedly, "I knew our sister sent food!" When he opened it, it was indeed braised pork.
Seeing that Jiang Bai still had a bag in his hand, he couldn't help but lean over curiously and asked, "What is this?" He took it quickly and took out a bag from it that looked like a shoe box.
He took out another brand new bag containing something that looked like clothes, and there was another bag inside the bag.
He tore open the transparent packaging bag, took out the flattened clothes inside, shook them in the air, and the clothes that were originally flattened gradually returned to their original appearance.
Tong Jingang put on the clothes and put on the down jacket Jiang Ning gave him. He zipped it up, stood up straight, and asked Jiang Bai: "How is it? Am I handsome?"
But Jiang Bai was standing there in a daze.
"What are you standing there for?"
Tong Jingang is about the same height as Jiang Bai, but he is much stronger than Jiang Bai. He was born strong when he was a child, so his family members called him by his nickname "Jingang, Jingang". When he was old enough to go to school, his parents wanted to change his full name to Jingang, but he didn't want to and wanted to be called Jingang, so he was named Tong Jingang.
His elementary school teacher even laughed at him and said, "Your Vajra is not real, it is made of copper, so it is a child Vajra."
He didn't understand what the teacher meant, so he just smiled happily.
He took out the last cotton coat and shook it out, "Is your sister good? She brings you food and clothes."
He suddenly thought of Jiang Bai's embarrassing financial situation, and suddenly felt something was wrong: "No, where does our sister get the money? Your parents don't give money only to your sister and not to you, do they?" He cried out in surprise, "Fuck, your parents are not so partial, are they?"
Love the eldest, love the youngest, and the oldest/middle one is a weed.
"No, don't think about it!"
Jiang Bai quickly folded his clothes, picked them up and ran downstairs to find Jiang Ning, but Jiang Ning was gone.
He carried his clothes and shoes to find Jiang Ning in her class.
He remembered that she was in the third shift.
The teacher of Class 3 hadn't arrived yet. He looked around the door, but couldn't find Jiang Ning. So he knocked on the window and called a girl by the window of the first group, asking, "Excuse me, is Jiang Ning in your class?"
Seeing Jiang Bai wearing the uniform of No. 1 Middle School, the girl thought he was a senior and nodded, "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Can you call her for me?"
The girl said: "Jiang Ning is not in our class for evening self-study. She was selected to the competition class."
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