Chapter 22
It was already dusk when we arrived at the school. Cao Hongyao parked her bike and asked, "Would you like to go eat together?"
Chen Lanjun smiled and shook her head. She got off the back seat of the bicycle, holding her travel bag, and said, "Forget it. My parents asked me to bring something to someone. I'll go get it for her first."
The mimeographed papers she had worked so hard to print were still in her bag. If she put them in the dormitory, there would be too many people around and she was afraid of causing trouble.
Chen Lanjun carried her bag and walked slowly towards the small bungalow where the uncle in the cafeteria was.
During these few days, because she had to review under the lights outside the cafeteria, Chen Lanjun had become much closer to the uncle working in the cafeteria.
This uncle's surname was Ge. He also had a daughter who was a little younger than Chen Lanjun, and now she was studying in a technical secondary school in another city. Therefore, Uncle Ge looked at Chen Lanjun like his own daughter, and was very kind to her.
Chen Lanjun found her and said that it was something important she brought from home and she was afraid of losing it if she left it in the dormitory, so she politely asked her if she could borrow it for a while.
Uncle Ge nodded readily. "It's okay, little sister, just leave your stuff with me. I promise I won't touch it, and it won't be lost."
Put the small package containing the mimeographed materials away. Chen Lanjun went to the canteen to get food. Tonight's meal was still the classic combination - fried winter melon with rice. Chen Lanjun felt that the taste was a bit bland, so she only got half a catty of rice.
After a quick meal, she was still not full and didn't want to eat winter melon anymore. At this time, Chen Lanjun remembered the bag of dried sweet potatoes that Zheng Mei had stuffed into her before she left.
She took out the dried sweet potatoes and ate one.
The slight sweetness of the sweet potatoes soothed her stomach very well. They were just the right amount of soft and hard. Zheng Mei must have carefully selected them from a basket of sweet potatoes and then dried them in the sun on the rooftop platform.
After dinner, she returned to the dormitory.
It was completely dark, the two light bulbs in the dormitory were on, and there were many people around.
After the exams, many students choose to go home and relax for two days. The time to return to school is about the same. At this moment, everyone is here. Several roommates are surrounding Cao Hongyao, chattering, very lively.
Seeing Chen Lanjun coming back, Xiaonian, the girl who had always been good friends with Cao Hongyao, caught up with her and asked, "Lanjun, when the test results are announced tomorrow, who will be first between Hongyao and that girl?"
"Xiao Nian——" Cao Hongyao tried to stop her with a smile.
"Okay, I'm just asking, Lanjun, please tell me quickly." Xiaomi urged.
Since they were all roommates, Chen Lanjun naturally had to give her some face and praised her a little. Without saying anything final, she said with a smile, "That's right. Look at who Hongyao is. She definitely has the ability to take first place."
"Yes! Our Hongyao is the well-deserved number one! We are the pride of the students in our village." Xiaonian was very happy to hear that. He jumped off the bed, took out a small piece of broken ginger candy from his bag, and stuffed it into Chen Lanjun's pocket: "I brought it from home, you try it."
Chen Lanjun actually doesn’t like ginger, but this was the first time her roommate Xiaonian gave her some candy, so she ate it as it was a thoughtful gesture.
Hmm, she still doesn't like the taste of ginger.
Monday was the day for the results. When the flag was raised, the students stood in a row in the dusty playground. Everyone had different expressions, some were nervous, and some were completely indifferent.
After the flag-raising ceremony, the students who were originally standing in a line walked away in groups of two or three. Chen Lanjun followed slowly behind because she was thinking about how to sell the mimeographed materials. When she looked up, she found that her classmates had quietly formed two groups. One group was obviously centered around Cao Hongyao, and the other group was slightly looser, but also surrounded Liu Li.
Chen Lanjun thought it was funny, but after thinking about it, she also found it a little cute.
As we got closer to the teaching building and approached the corridor, the students in front of us suddenly became agitated.
One by one, people stopped and the crowd formed a jam like the one in the city center during the morning rush hour, with people surrounding the building in three circles inside and outside.
Chen Lanjun was on the periphery, standing on tiptoe to take a look from a distance.
I saw two or three school teachers, holding red paper, paste, and brushes, standing in front of the empty wall in the middle of the corridor of the teaching building. One of them held a large brush and dipped it in paste, while the other two held the two ends of the red paper and gently pasted it on the pasted wall. Their movements were very skillful - after all, they had posted many big-character posters in the past few years.
This time, what was posted was the score list of this quiz.
The score list was posted from the back to the front, so the students who saw their names first couldn't help but feel a little depressed. The later they saw their names, the bigger the smile on their faces.
Chen Lanjun stood on tiptoe until her feet were sore and her eyes were sore from staring, but she couldn't see clearly whether her name was on the red papers. She did see that the boy in front of her had a few white hairs on the back of his head.
Never mind, the results are posted there anyway, it won’t be too late to look at them after everyone leaves, Chen Lanjun thought.
She simply stayed further away from them. While the students were looking at their grades, she looked at the students looking at their grades. It was quite relaxing.
The last piece of red paper was pasted up, and it was still halfway to the wall when a loud voice sounded from the crowd.
"I told you, our class monitor is still number one."
It’s the voice of Xiaonian.
The students from rural areas who were surrounding her applauded and cheered for Cao Hongyao.
Such a big scene attracted the attention of other students.
Liu Li, who was standing not far away, had a bad look on his face.
In this exam, her score was higher than the previous one, but she still ranked second because she was two points behind in English.
It would be fine if it was far off, but it was just two points.
Liu Li felt nauseous, as if he had eaten a fly.
But Xiaonian's group of peasants started to make a fuss and kept looking at her.
Is this a provocation?
This group of people is really speechless.
Liu Li looked at the scoreboard with big red and black words again, and this time he made a new discovery.
The third place is actually... Chen Lanjun?
She took two steps forward and uttered a soft "eh".
"Chen Lanjun, you ranked third in the exam this time? Chen Lanjun? Where is she?"
Liu Li looked at the people around him, but didn't see Chen Lanjun.
Xiao Nian heard it: "What? Alan is the third?"
When Xiaonian heard this, he looked around the crowd and finally saw Chen Lanjun at the periphery.
"Alan, why are you standing so far away? Come over and take a look, you are third!"
The voice was so loud and clear that the students turned their heads to look back. Many people were still unfamiliar with the name Chen Lanjun. They only knew that she was a transfer student who was repeating a grade. It seemed that her entrance test score was above average. How did she suddenly become third?
Chen Lanjun, who was called by Liu Li and Xiaonian's people, squeezed through the crowd with great difficulty.
"Excuse me for letting me pass."
"Feel sorry."
Good thing, I don't know who stepped on her foot in the chaos. Fortunately, she was wearing black cloth shoes, so it couldn't be seen. If she was wearing white shoes, it would be terrible. Chen Lanjun complained in her heart while trying to squeeze forward and finally squeezed to the front.
Looking closely, the three words "Chen Lanjun" were ranked third.
Chen Lanjun finally felt relieved and a smile appeared on her face.
It was worth it for her to get up early and study day and night these days, and finally got the third place. This advertising effect should be maximized.
As expected, when Teacher Qin summarized the results of this exam, he emphasized the praise for Chen Lanjun.
"Classmates, we should learn from Chen Lanjun. Learn from her hardworking spirit, her unyielding will, her ever-upward revolutionary spirit... Oh no, it's her passion for learning!"
Teacher Qin said passionately.
"Our classmate Lanjun took a baseline test when she came here to register. Her score at that time was only average. But through her hard work over this period of time, her score in this quiz improved by a full 30 points! 30 points."
"In terms of individual subjects, she ranked first in our class in English this time. Her English handwriting is very beautiful. You can go and take a look at her paper after class. This kind of handwriting can be seen at a glance as a high-scoring English paper!"
“I hope everyone will take Chen Lanjun as an example and study hard. As long as you work hard, you will definitely make progress!”
For the classmates, Chen Lanjun's third place this time shocked them much more than Cao Hongyao's first place or Liu Li's second place. After all, these two were already frequent visitors to the first and second places, and everyone had been watching the fights between the top students for a long time. But Chen Lanjun was different. Her grades were just average before, but in a short period of time, she rose rapidly.
This immediately aroused the interest of many students with average academic performance.
I don’t know if she has taken any magical medicine.
It would be great if I could improve my score by 30 points in the next exam!
Therefore, after class, a large number of students gathered around Chen Lanjun's seat. Suddenly, Chen Lanjun became more popular than Cao Hongyao and Liu Li.
Xiao Nian claimed that she and Chen Lanjun were sisters from the same camp, and felt that they had a special bond. Therefore, she was the first to squeeze next to Chen Lanjun, with a face full of smiles, and asked her about something.
"Alan, you've made great progress this time!"
"Thank you, it's also good luck."
"Two or three points might be luck, but thirty minutes is definitely not just luck, it also requires strength!" Xiaonian asked carelessly, "I seem to have heard before that you used some new learning method, is that right?"
This sentence actually reflects the thoughts of the students around him. As soon as Xiaonian finished speaking, the people around him became strangely quiet.
After two seconds of silence, Chen Lanjun smiled softly and began to fool around. She deliberately said, "Ah, actually there is no new way to study. Just study hard."
This person always has a certain mentality.
The more you don't let her know, the more she wants to know. On the contrary, if you tell her openly that you have a secret book and you can improve yourself by X after learning it, this kind of talk will make people suspicious and unwilling to believe it.
So Chen Lanjun deliberately said the opposite.
Xiaonian was aroused and asked repeatedly: "But I heard Hongyao say before that you have..."
Before she finished, Cao Hongyao beside her interrupted her: "Oh, don't ask. Why should her study method be the biggest credit? Isn't it?"
"But..." Xiaonian wanted to say something else, but was glared at by Cao Hongyao, and finally changed the subject belatedly.
"Forget it. I still want to learn from you. From now on, I will get up half an hour earlier every morning and read with you in the morning."
"Sure, my English pronunciation is pretty good, if you don't mind, you can practice with me."
Chen Lanjun said with a smile.
She also shared some learning experiences, such as reading the textbook table of contents carefully and understanding the organizational structure of the entire book; and summarizing the wrong questions in this exam.
Today's students may have thought about these viewpoints, but have never heard a systematic summary. When they first hear them, they find them fresh, and when they think about them, they feel they benefit a lot.
Some clever ones just started writing it down with their pens.
When the bell rang, the students dispersed. Before the teacher entered the classroom, Chen Lanjun grabbed Xiaonian's arm and said softly, "Let's talk about the information in private."
Xiaonian widened his eyes, and after three seconds, he put on an expression of "I understand" and returned to his seat with a mysterious smile.
She understood. It must be because there were too many people here and Alan was embarrassed to talk to them.
She said that they were all good sisters. If Alanruo really had good information, why would she hide it from her and Hongyao?
I finally made it to the end of get out of class.
Xiaonian looked eagerly in the direction of Chen Lanjun, just as she usually looked at Cao Hongyao. She had been friends with Cao Hongyao for a long time and knew her to some extent. In terms of study, Cao Hongyao's good grades were really due to her natural talent. She was smart and learned quickly no matter what subject she studied. This kind of learning talent could not be learned.
Xiaonian had seen too many genius students like this, and she was a little discouraged. But then Chen Lanjun suddenly appeared. This gave her new hope. After all, compared to Cao Hongyao, Chen Lanjun's progress seemed to be more achievable.
Cao Hongyao had long been accustomed to Xiaonian coming to see her as soon as he got out of class. But today, after waiting for a long time, she didn't see Xiaonian coming to see her. This made her feel a little strange.
Cao Hongyao packed her schoolbag, took the initiative to walk towards Xiaonian, and asked with a smile: "Shall we go? To the cafeteria."
"Xiao Nian? What are you looking at?"
Cao Hongyao followed her gaze and saw Chen Lanjun surrounded by many people.
Xiaonian came back to his senses and explained, "I want to ask. What study methods can I learn from Alan? Why are there so many classmates surrounding her now? It's so annoying. I don't know how long we have to wait. How about Hongyao, why don't you go to the cafeteria to eat first? Or we can wait together?"
After hearing this, Cao Hongyao's smile faded a little. She turned her head, looked at Chen Lanjun who was surrounded by the crowd, and said softly, "Okay, then I'll go by myself."
After waiting for a long time, Xiaonian finally waited until everyone dispersed.
Seeing the last student leave Chen Lanjun's seat, she took two or three steps forward and approached Chen Lanjun. "Alan, about the study materials."
Chen Lanjun looked around and lowered her voice. "Wait, let's talk outside."
Chen Lanjun had already picked out the place. There was a ginkgo forest in the southwest corner of the school, with two stone tables and chairs installed in it. Because it was a bit far from the teaching building and the dormitory, there were not many people going there on weekdays, so it was a quiet place suitable for self-study.
The stone bench was covered with a few fallen leaves and fine stamens.
Chen Lanjun gently brushed it away with her hand and asked Xiaonian to come and sit down.
The first thing she did was to take out the water bottle from her schoolbag and drink it down guzzlingly. She must be very thirsty after talking to so many people just now.
After drinking a lot of water in one breath and putting down the kettle, Chen Lanjun put on a hesitant expression, which was very consistent with the state of a student who treasures his own learning materials but has to share them due to the relationship with classmates.
Xiaonian was an impatient person, and seeing her hesitating like this, he became more and more certain that Chen Lanjun must have some very valuable and effective learning materials.
She said, "Oh! We are both from the countryside and we are good sisters. If you are willing to lend me the study materials, I will definitely remember your kindness. If you have any problems in the future, just call me and I will definitely come to help."
"But……"
Chen Lanjun hesitated and shook her head.
"But what?" Xiaonian was so anxious that he was about to jump up and down, saying, "As long as I can get the study materials, it's fine no matter what."
"It's not that serious." Chen Lanjun smiled, with a kind of joy seeing a fish take the bait.
The speech was already prepared.
"Didn't I stay in Suicheng for a long time during the summer vacation? There, I had the honor of meeting a university professor. This set of review materials was produced by her personally. Now that we have reform and opening up, the professor's ideas have also kept pace with the times. She didn't lend it to me, but sold it to me. Of course, this was also for my sake, otherwise I would have nowhere to buy it if I wanted to."
"When I bought it, they warned me a lot, saying, 'You can only read this copy by yourself. If I find out, you can give it to other students. If you don't respect my work, you will never be able to ask me for study materials again.'"
Xiaonian thought about it, nodded and said, "So that's how it is. You bought it..."
"Yes. Actually, a professor doesn't work for money. It's just that if something comes for free, it's easy not to cherish it."
Xiaonian nodded thoughtfully: "Yes, if it is really good review material, it is indeed worth it."
"Yeah, I thought so too, so I gritted my teeth and bought it."
Chen Lanjun's words would sound ridiculous to later generations. However, they are still credible now. In the first few years after the resumption of the college entrance examination, the biggest worry was actually the review materials. Since the review system for the college entrance examination had not yet been fully established, some local schools, especially those in counties and townships, were not sure what the content of the college entrance examination was.
I heard that in a rural school, students were surprised to find out that the geography test was not only about Chinese geography, but also about world geography.
Wouldn't you be dumbfounded when you enter the examination room? No matter how hard you study, if you haven't reviewed world geography, you will not be able to answer the questions worth tens of points.
This kind of information gap is very common in this era. Sometimes, poor grades may not be due to the lack of ability to answer the question, but the fact that you don’t even know that such a question will be asked. Therefore, a reliable study material is very important.
However, there are very few reliable study materials like this. Unless you are a student like Liu Li, whose family is rich and powerful, you can collect a few study materials. For students from ordinary families, it is a blessing to be able to get a copy. On weekdays, this study material is also hidden well, and it is not easily shown to outsiders.
Even Cao Hongyao, who Xiaonian had always been close to, was usually happy to help classmates solve a few questions, but she was unwilling to show the review materials in her hand to other friends.
Xiaonian had asked tentatively several times if it was possible to borrow it to have a look, but Cao Hongyao politely refused every time, so he stopped asking.
But from what Chen Lanjun said, is she actually willing to share these learning materials?
Xiaonian was excited. The thoughts in his mind had gone through a triple leap, from "I got this study material" to "I got a good grade" and then to "I got into a good university".
No, I must get this review material.
Xiao Nian said quickly, "I don't think it's a big deal. Money is not a problem as long as it can be bought. I'd like to trouble Sister Lan to introduce me to someone."
Quietly, "Alan" was promoted to "Sister Lan".
Chen Lanjun smiled and said, "If you really want it, I can ask someone."
"Really? Thank you so much, Sister Lan."
Xiaonian raised his arms and cheered.
"But I have to tell you in advance that this information is not cheap. You have to factor in the shipping fee and so on. If you don't accept it, forget it. It will save me some trouble."
"How much will it cost?"
Chen Lanjun raised her index finger: "It's one yuan a piece."
"Ah? That's a bit expensive." Xiaonian frowned.
This pricing is at a very delicate point.
It's expensive, but not so expensive that these students can't afford it. It's the kind of thing that they can afford if they save up a little.
Xiaonian was very conflicted. If she spent the money, her pocket money would be completely gone.
She asked hesitantly, "Is this set of information really effective?"
"I can't guarantee that. At least I was able to improve my score so much this time because of this." Chen Lanjun saw her hesitation and changed her words, "To be honest, I also think it's very expensive. Why don't you just forget about it? Maybe it won't have such an obvious effect on a student like you who is good at studying? Why don't you just forget about it?"
Chen Lanjun muttered quietly, "I'm too lazy to find something for myself. I have to ask for favors from others, which is a thankless task."
This retreat made Xiaonian determined. Chen Lanjun could be promoted, so why couldn't she? If she got good grades in the exam, she could ask for a red envelope from her family, and the money would be returned, right?
Thinking of this, she made up her mind and said, "I want one!"
Fearing that things might get worse, Chen Lanjun didn't bother to deal with the matter. Xiaonian handed over the one dollar to her that night.
Chen Lanjun frowned and took the money. She looked like she couldn't refuse and said reluctantly, "Okay, I'll help you make this trip. But don't tell anyone about this unless they are very close classmates."
"Of course, I won't tell you."
Xiaonian repeatedly assured.
A week later, Chen Lanjun handed a set of study materials to Xiaonian.
Since it was my first customer, she generously offered me a private interpretation service. In the ginkgo forest, she explained how to use the learning materials and how to coordinate with the teaching progress.
Some of the learning concepts she talked about are at least ten years ahead of today.
Since I paid the money, I have been in a state of anxiety. At one time, I thought that I would be able to do well in the exam if I got the review materials, but at another time, I was worried that the money would be wasted and might be useless. I was torn between these two for a long time.
At this time, listening to Chen Lanjun explain in detail the usage and highlights of this learning material, the more she listened, the more at ease she felt.
This dollar is well spent. Of course, whether it is worth it depends on the learning results. Xiaonian thought.
In the next few days, except for the official class time, Xiaonian spent almost all his time studying this learning material.
In the math class, the teacher was talking about a new problem. When asking the students to come to the stage to explain, Xiaonian took a closer look. She had seen this problem before in the learning materials and knew two solutions, so she raised her hand confidently.
The teacher was a little surprised. In the past, Xiaonian would not raise his hand to answer this kind of new question. He didn't have the ability!
In order to encourage this student, he skipped Cao Hongyao and Liu Li who also raised their hands.
"Xiao Nian, come up and try to do this question."
All the classmates in the room stared at her.
Being stared at like this, Xiaonian's legs felt a little weak when she walked up to the podium. She subconsciously glanced at Chen Lanjun. The latter gave her a smile, and her pair of sharp eyes seemed to say "it will be fine".
Xiaonian then calmed himself down, took the chalk from the teacher, and started to do the questions step by step.
According to the learning materials, you should first analyze the known conditions and then draw auxiliary lines.
Xiaonian took a deep breath and raised the chalk in his hand.
The chalk fell on the rough blackboard with a slight "crunching" sound. When the chalk drew the first auxiliary line on the geometric shape on the blackboard, the teacher nodded secretly.
Xiaonian caught a glimpse of the teacher's expression from the corner of his eye, and his heart became calmer. He wrote out the answer to the entire problem in one breath, neatly written.
After finishing, the teacher asked with a smile: "How do you think you answered?"
Xiao Nian was confused and said anxiously, "Well, it should be OK."
The teacher looked at the students in the classroom and asked, "What do you think?"
After a moment's silence, Chen Lanjun started to applaud first, followed by Cao Hongyao and Liu Li, and then a round of applause broke out.
Xiaonian's face turned red with excitement.
The teacher smiled and clapped his hands twice, saying, "Not bad. When you haven't seen someone for three days, you should look at him with new eyes. Our young student has finally gotten his bearings."
This incident immediately attracted the attention of the classmates. When the class was over, the classmates who had a good relationship with Xiaonian came to ask her.
"Xiao Nian, you are amazing. You can actually think of this method of making auxiliary lines."
"I said that Xiaonian has always been good."
"Xiao Nian, do you have any new methods of studying recently? During the evening self-study, I saw that the materials you were working on didn't seem to be issued by our school."
"Yes, if possible, you can teach us too."
It was my first time to experience being popular among the public during the New Year and I felt so happy.
At first, she still remembered her promise to Chen Lanjun and didn't tell anyone.
But……
Xiaonian stood in front of Chen Lanjun with an uneasy and apologetic look on his face.
"I'm sorry, Alan. Those are my most trusted friends, so I accidentally told them out." She cautiously probed, "Look, can you get a few more copies of that information?"
Chen Lanjun frowned, folding her hands across her chest and saying, "I brought so many here, what if you guys turn around and report me? Who can I tell?"
"Impossible!" Xiaonian wanted to point at the sun and swear, "We will never do such a thing! We are classmates, we don't think it will happen."
Chen Lanjun still frowned.
Xiaonian's heart was beating fast, and he said tentatively: "How about five more? If that doesn't work, three will do!"
Chen Lanjun sighed: "Forget it, there's really nothing I can do about you."
She took out a piece of paper and said, "Write down the names of the people who need to learn the materials, and be sure to tell them. Don't tell anyone else."
Xiaonian was overjoyed and quickly took the pen, and as he wrote he promised: "I will never tell anyone else."
Chen Lanjun turned her head, her eyes full of smiles.
If Xiaonian was really the kind of person who kept her mouth shut, she wouldn't have chosen her.
After thanking Chen Lanjun profusely, Xiaonian left the ginkgo forest and returned to the classroom.
In front of the teaching building, she was stopped by other students.
A classmate who got along well with her asked anxiously, "How is it? Did she agree to help?"
Xiaonian sighed.
"She didn't agree?" Several classmates were anxious, "How about we talk to her again?" "Yes, yes."
Xiaonian cleared his throat and said, "Sister Lan, it's very difficult. After all, I had to ask for favors to get it! They only agreed because we are close classmates. I persuaded them a lot and finally they agreed."
Those classmates laughed and said, "Xiao Nian, you are still proud."
"That's right, thank you Xiaolan, and thank you Sister Lan."
“When can I get the study materials?”
…
After everyone talked at once, Xiaonian waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about this later. But there is one thing, Sister Lan specifically reminded me that if anyone wants to cause trouble, such as reporting someone, then..."
"Who would do this?" a classmate shouted, "Whoever dares to do this will not have it easy!"
"Yes! At least he can forget about getting close to the No. 1 Middle School in the county."
Xiaonian nodded in satisfaction after hearing these words of loyalty, and then said, "Also, don't tell anyone about these study materials anymore."
One by one, they patted their chests and promised not to talk nonsense.
But is it really impossible?
No way.
In less than two weeks, all the stock of Chen Lanjun's prints had been sold out, and she also received a lot of additional pre-sale deposits in full.
She quietly calculated and collected a total of 57 yuan.
Although I can’t earn as much as I did before by setting up a stall, this doesn’t take up much study time and doesn’t require exposure to wind and rain, so it’s not bad.
It seems that the review materials for English, Chinese and other subjects can be prepared. When printing the materials, Chen Lanjun was careful to keep sustainable development in mind and printed the review materials by stage and subject. One copy only contains the key content of one subject for this semester.
As long as the company gets off to a good start, such a strategy can effectively increase the repurchase rate.
Chen Lanjun put the money away, thought for a while, and took out another five yuan to give to Uncle Ge in the cafeteria. Although they had a good relationship, it was best not to save the money that should be shared, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Uncle Ge was reluctant to accept it at first, saying, "I didn't do anything, how can I charge you?"
Chen Lanjun insisted: "I must collect it. Just consider it as my rent."
She said pitifully, "If I don't accept it, I won't feel at ease."
"You kid." Uncle Ge had no choice but to accept it and said, "I'll help you keep an eye on it. If there's any other movement in the school, I'll tell you the first time."
On Friday afternoon, Chen Lanjun prepared to go home. She hadn't been home for a month, and as the weather was getting colder, it was time to go home and bring back autumn and winter clothes.
I would take out a few dollars from the money I earned and send the cotton quilts at home to a cotton grower to be fluffed, and also get some more cotton so that my parents could sleep warmer on winter nights.
Thinking of this, Chen Lanjun couldn't help laughing. When she brought back the fluffy quilt, Zheng Mei would probably be surprised again, wondering how she could maintain good academic performance and make money at the same time.
After the last class, Chen Lanjun returned to the dormitory to pack her things.
Before I finished packing, a roommate came over excitedly and said, "Sister Lan, your mother is here to pick you up. She's at the school gate."
Zheng Mei is here?
It's such a long way. Zheng Mei is busy with work in the brigade and has a lot of housework. She can only come to school twice a year. Today, the sun came out from the west.
Could something have happened at home?
Chen Lanjun quickened the pace of packing, hastily zipped up her bag, and trotted all the way to the school gate.
Before I saw anyone, I heard a series of "ding-ling-ling" bicycle bells ringing for a long time.
I don’t know which kid is trying to be cool by ringing his bicycle bell.
Chen Lanjun frowned, looked up, and was startled——
As the sun sets, Ms. Zheng Mei rides a bicycle, her long legs stepping on the ground in a chic manner, and she is full of energy and says: "Second sister, this is the bicycle that mom bought for you."
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