Chapter 106106

Jiang Hehua had a smooth life and was praised by others. When she was unhappy, it was easy for her to show it on her face. When she was unhappy, her whole face drooped. Her deskmate Ruan Hong didn't dare to talk to her. She ran to talk to another girl in the class. She was talking about Jiang Xi, who made her curious.

She whispered to her classmate: "Do you think that Jiang Xi in No. 1 Middle School is pretty?"

Her classmate recalled Jiang Xi's appearance, remembered her short hair, and the cold and distant temperament when she was smiling. She was confused and asked Ruan Hong: "She is pretty, but I think she looks like a boy."

First, her hair was too short, and second, Jiang Xi's eyes and nose.

Unlike Jiang Song and Jiang Bai's obvious double eyelids and round eyes, Jiang Xi's eyes are double-lidded, narrow and long, with upturned eye ends and long eyelashes that are not curled. This makes her temperament not only look cold but also sharp when she is not smiling. When her eyes look at you indifferently, it seems that they can see through people's hearts.

In her previous life, in order to make herself look more friendly and stable, Jiang Xi not only kept her hair short, but also deliberately styled her hair in the direction of a female anchor of the news broadcast. Her temperament was also friendly and capable.

Of course, this is when she smiles.

Ruan Hong saw Jiang Xi smiling, but when the classmates in the restaurant focused on Xu Xiuli and her daughter, she was secretly looking at Jiang Xi.

She was just a little curious about this girl who suppressed Song Peifeng, and then she saw the coldness between Jiang Xi's eyebrows, especially when she looked up and looked at Song Peifeng, her eyes were too sharp, so sharp that it seemed to be hidden in it, shooting straight at her. Even though he was not looking at her, her heart still skipped a beat. In less than a second, her eyes were full of smiles, her eyebrows curved, so fast that it seemed that the sharpness at that moment was just her illusion. She

couldn't describe that feeling, anyway, she felt that Jiang Xi was quite like a boy.

Traditional aesthetics made her prefer cute and non-aggressive girls who were childish, like Ruan Hong.

Her words surprised Ruan Hong: "Jiang Xi looks like a boy?"

Jiang Hehua was also surprised. She didn't know why, but when she heard her classmates say this about Jiang Xi, she actually felt secretly happy.

Ruan Hong touched her face and said: "If she looks like a man, then what do I look like?" She looked at her classmate in horror: "I am not a man in your eyes, am I?"

The classmates present burst into laughter, and several boys were especially touched by Ruan Hong's cuteness and laughed loudly.

The two girls who were whispering in each other's ears blushed with embarrassment.

The student who spoke earlier also blushed and explained, "It's the feeling, I mean the feeling! It's not that she really looks like a boy!" Seeing that everyone was looking at her, she couldn't help but say, "Don't you think her nose is too high? I think girls look better with smaller noses." She took Ruan Hong's hand and said, "I think Ruan Hong looks good like this."

The others looked at Ruan Hong and nodded, thinking that Ruan Hong's soft and non-aggressive cute appearance was indeed more beautiful and more lovely.

Ruan Hong blushed and pinched the waist of the girl who was speaking. The itchy girl laughed happily like a silver bell.

I don't know when Jiang Hehua became expressionless again, and she couldn't stop feeling sad and lost in her heart.

She looked at Ruan Hong's cute and pretty face, and thought of the outstanding looks of the three Jiang siblings, and herself in the mirror, and her eyes could not help but fall on Song Peifeng's tall and straight back.

"Did you hear what the dark-skinned girl said? Jiang Xi and another girl seem to have also participated in the school competition selection. I wonder if Jiang Xi will also go to the training team."

"She should go, right? After all, she is the top student in the grade of No. 1 Middle School. If she doesn't go, then no one in No. 1 Middle School can go, right?"

"The other girl probably won't go."

Not everyone who participates in the school selection team will join the training team. At least according to what the two girls said, the other girl who took the exam probably won't go.

Jiang Hehua, who had been walking in front of them with a gloomy face, suddenly said: "Just because you have good grades, you can't participate in the competition, okay?"

Ruan Hong was just chatting with her classmates normally, and was suddenly confronted with a little surprised: "We didn't say anything to you? Why are you mad at me?"

Jiang Hehua relaxed her expression and explained: "I'm not mad at you, I'm just stating a fact." She sighed: "I took the exam today, how could I not know? The competition papers are much harder than the papers we usually take. "

She usually has good grades, hovering around 50 or 60 in the grade, and even in the top 20 in the grade when she is doing well. She only wants to get in touch with Song Peifeng at a close distance when she participates in this competition selection. But after seeing the test papers, she was shocked like Xu Xiuli, which made her clearly see the gap between her and Song Peifeng, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

"Besides, the competition results of No. 1 Middle School have always been poor. Good results in school exams do not mean that they will be good in competitions. What I said is also the truth." She spread her hands in a calm tone.

She was explaining, but Ruan Hong didn't know why, but she still saw some dissatisfaction and hostility towards her in her eyes.

Even the girls who talked to Ruan Hong came to ask Ruan Hong privately afterwards: "What's wrong with Jiang Hehua? Did you offend her? She was fine when we went to eat together before, why did she look so long after the meal? And she suddenly lost her temper?"

Although Jiang Hehua is not a joker, she has never suddenly spoken to people in a bad tone.

The main thing is that nothing else happened during the meal. If there is anything special, it was just the three girls from No. 1 Middle School.

She suddenly thought of something and asked Ruan Hong in a low voice: "Does she like Song Peifeng?"

It is normal to like Song Peifeng, but most girls will not show it, and their main focus is on studying.

Jiang Hehua was too obvious that day, and everyone with eyes could see it.

Ruan Hong actually noticed it, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she shook her head and said, "I don't know."

She suddenly remembered something. Jiang Hehua had said before that she and Jiang Wu were from the same village and they knew each other. She also saw Jiang Wu and Jiang Hehua nodding and greeting each other, but for some reason, Jiang Hehua had a sullen face throughout the meal, and her expression didn't look very good during the two conversations.

She might not have noticed it herself, but Ruan Hong, who was sitting next to her, saw it clearly.

At that time, she was standing in front of the joint entrance examination score ranking list, and when she talked about Jiang Wu, whom she knew, her tone was a little arrogant and contemptuous that she might not even notice.

Ruan Hong was embarrassed to talk about others behind their backs, so she pointed to No. 1 Middle School across the street and silently said a word to the girl: "Jiang."

The classmate understood immediately. She also saw Jiang Xi smiling and nodding to Jiang Hehua when he saw her when they entered the restaurant. "Are they on bad terms?"

Ruan Hong shook her head: "I don't know either."

The classmate's eyes were shining with gossip. She came closer and whispered: "I also saw..." She pointed in the direction of No. 1 Middle School: "He also greeted Song Peifeng from our class. Do you think they know each other?" A light bulb suddenly lit up in her mind, and she exclaimed with bright eyes: "Is Jiang Hehua unhappy because of this?"

Ruan Hong thought so in her heart, but she still shook her head: "I don't know either."

When Jiang Xi and her classmates were taking the exam, Jiang Bai and his test answers were also out.

Although Jiang Bai took the college entrance examination in Shanghai, he still went back to the classroom with Tong Jingang. The head teacher handed out the answers to the college entrance examination papers.

Even though he knew that the college entrance examination papers here might be different from those in Shanghai, he still gave Jiang Bai a copy. Jiang Bai looked through all of them. Since there was no identical question, he stopped looking at them and looked at Tong Jingang's estimated score.

Tong Jingang was sure that he got some questions right or wrong, but he couldn't remember some questions clearly, or didn't know how the teacher would score them. In the end, he estimated that he got a score of about 480 points.

Asked Jiang Bai: "You don't have this estimated score, is it okay? Do you still have to go to Shanghai to check the results? Then will you come back? If you pass the exam, where should the admission letter be sent?" He said: "Why don't you call Shanghai to ask? Do you remember the number of the Shanghai Education Bureau?"

Thinking of these questions, Tong Jingang was more worried than Jiang Bai.

Jiang Bai looked at such a good friend, and a smile appeared on his face. He said: "Don't worry, there is a phone number and the address of the store."

Thinking of those questions, Tong Jingang couldn't sit still: "Let's go, let's go to your store and call the school in Shanghai to ask if they have an answer."

The head teacher also came over to ask Jiang Bai which school he volunteered for.

After knowing that it was Shanghai Polytechnic, he didn't say anything. Like many teachers nowadays, he hoped that students could be more stable and would rather apply to schools that they could get into safely, and not overestimate themselves. This would be good for both students and the school's admission rate.

He didn't know what to say to this student he had taught for three years, so he just patted his upper arm and said, "I wish you a bright future!" Then he looked at Tong Jingang and said, "I wish you all get into your ideal school!" At

this moment, looking at the head teacher, Jiang Bai didn't know why his eyes were a little warm, and Tong Jingang was the same.

After estimating the scores, no one left. Instead, they hugged the head teacher and said they wanted to have a group meal. Everyone chipped in two dollars. The class monitor called on other teachers to come along, "And Director Zhang, call Director Zhang too!"

When we were in school, we complained that Director Zhang was too strict. Now that we have graduated, everyone has learned from Director Zhang and respects him from the bottom of their hearts.

Tong Jingang suddenly said, "There's no need to call the physics teacher, right?"

The physics teacher's nephew was also in the class. He could

n't help but sneer and said, "I think some people are no longer in our class. He's the one who shouldn't go, right?" Tong Jingang patted the basketball in his hand and said with a smile, "Then you guys go eat. Bozi and I won't go." He then said to the head teacher, "Teacher, next time Bozi and I will invite you alone." He raised his hand and greeted the classmates in the class, "Classmates, let's play basketball together again if we have the chance!"

Then he put his arm around Jiang Bai's arm, patted the basketball with one hand, and walked away.

The class was silent for a while, looking at the physics teacher's nephew.

The physics teacher's nephew looked a little unhappy, and threw his score estimate book on the table: "Why are you all looking at me? He has already graduated, so if he doesn't want to go, then he doesn't have to go. Who cares if he goes? What did I say wrong?"

This farewell dinner was not so perfect in the end because of the absence of Jiang Bai and Tong Jingang, but these newly graduated students still cried their hearts out at the farewell dinner.

There were only about sixty test papers for the competition class, and the two competition class teachers graded them in one Sunday. The scores of the top twenty students who were determined to participate in the competition were also posted on the bulletin board, and their test papers were also handed to them.

Looking at the horrible scores on the test papers, they were glad that their test scores were not posted together, otherwise they would be really embarrassed. They couldn't believe it. Those were their test scores. From childhood to adulthood, they had never scored such low scores.

Xu Xiuli, who had already returned to school, saw the three test papers she took on Saturday. Her face could be described in two words: unlucky.

She lifted the test papers away in disgust, wanting to say that she didn't recognize them and they had nothing to do with her: "Why did you give me this thing? You don't have to give it to me."

She folded it quickly and stuffed the papers to the bottom of the drawer, intending to let them never see the light of day.

Jiang Xi's evening self-study is still in the competition class. Teacher Ji of the competition class mainly told them that they have to stay in school for intensive training during the summer vacation. In July, they will first conduct preliminary competitions in Wucheng. Twenty students will be selected from the competition students provided by various schools for intensive training. After the intensive training, they will go to the city to participate in the preliminary competition in August. Then, fifty students will be selected from the schools in the city to participate in the re-examination in the province.

In order not to affect the students' normal studies, such intensive training schools try to do it during the summer vacation.

But there is one thing, summer vacation is the busy farming season, some students have to go home to participate in the double snatch, this matter must be told to them in advance, so that they can communicate with their families, "If you have any inconvenience, you can also tell the teacher, the teacher will call your home and communicate with your parents."

Teacher Ji has taught competition classes for several years and has learned some experience. It is okay for those who value the academic performance of their family students. Students who are kept in school to study will be encouraged. There are students whose families are particularly poor or have insufficient labor. They have to go back to participate in the double snatch during the summer vacation.

He looked at the five girls in the class.

It's not that there are no parents who value girls' grades, but every year he would meet a few parents who don't care that much about girls' grades and want them to go back home to work and share the labor at home. At this time, their teachers need to go to their homes and talk to their parents, telling them how good their grades are and that they will definitely be able to go to college in the future and are college seedlings. If they encounter a family that is very reluctant to let their girls go to school, the teachers of No. 1 Middle School will not only go to talk to them one by one, but also give students certain exemptions and subsidies.

Jiang Gui received such subsidies in his previous life.

"If it's inconvenient to tell me in class, you can also come and tell me after class." Seeing that no one was talking, Teacher Ji suddenly smiled on his young face and said in a relaxed tone: "You don't have to worry too much. Generally speaking, it won't affect your normal academic performance. If you are lucky, you may go back after the county preliminaries in July. If you are even better, you can finish in August. Of course, if your grades are better and you can go to the provincial competition, you will have to stay in the training class for the entire summer vacation. If you really enter the provincial competition, even if you don't get a score, you will still get a reward of 100 yuan. If you enter the city competition, there will also be rewards."

Wucheng's main force in the competition has always been Wuzhong. In previous years, No. 1 Middle School was eliminated in the first round of the competition. After Principal Sun came, he recruited two competition teachers and began to pay attention to it. In the past two years, it has started to be eliminated in the second round, that is, it is over after taking the city exam.

There is another reason for such mediocre results, in addition to No. 1 Middle School's competition has never been its strong point, which is the scholarship system of No. 1 Middle School.

There are scholarships for those who are in the top ten of the grade, but they have spent a lot of energy on the competition. There is no prize for the county preliminary competition. Only 50 yuan is awarded for entering the city competition. This prize will increase with the improvement of the ranking. If you enter the provincial competition, it is 100 yuan. If you win the third prize in the provincial competition, you will get 500 yuan, the second prize will be 800 yuan, and the first prize will be 1,000 yuan.

The prize is very high, but the problem is that no one in No. 1 Middle School has won a prize in the provincial competition, let alone a scholarship. No matter

how high the scholarship is, it is just a castle in the air for them. They can only see it but not touch it.

But the school's scholarships are different. The top ten students in the grade will receive scholarships. In addition to the first place student who receives a scholarship of 1,000 yuan, the second and third place students will receive second-class scholarships of 800 yuan, the fourth, fifth and sixth place students will receive third-class scholarships of 500 yuan, and the last seven to tenth place students will also receive excellent scholarships of 300 yuan each. In addition, there is one scholarship quota for ordinary classes. If you cannot make it into the top ten in the grade, then the scholarship will only be the lowest 150 yuan.

Competition scholarships are invisible to students, but school scholarships are definitely available to them as long as they work hard. In this case, it is easy to imagine whether they will focus on school rankings or competition results.

But there is nothing they can do about it. The preliminary results in the county are not called results at all. The school cannot give money as a reward at this stage.

Few students in the competition class put all their energy into the competition class. They study when the school asks them to study and take exams when the school asks them to take exams.

Teacher Ji looked at these students who were not interested in the competition at all, and felt helpless. Under such circumstances, it was too difficult for him to expect the competition class to perform well. He could not help but look at Jiang Xi.

Seeing that no one was talking, Teacher Ji looked around and said with a helpless smile: "Since there are no problems, let's continue the class."

Zhang Wenxue looked at Cheng Yufeng who was sitting in front of him, and then looked at Xing Hongyu and Jiang Xi who were sitting on his left.

In this school selection, Jiang Xi, Xing Hongyu, Zhang Wenxue, and Cheng Yufeng had the best grades. There were only five girls in the competition class, including Jiang Xi, and two of them had very good grades.

He didn't know what they would choose. He was definitely focusing on his grades in school right now. As for after the final exams, whether the school asked them to stay in school for classes or intensive training, that would be a matter for the summer vacation.

If their grades in school were delayed because of the competition class, and they didn't get the scholarships for the school or the competition, then it would be a loss.

Cheng Yufeng and the others all thought so.

These scholarships were too important for them who came from poor families. No one wanted to give up, and they would only work harder to get them.

Seeing that these students were not focused on the competition, Teacher Ji simply gave them a holiday for the last few days so that they could concentrate on reviewing and work hard for the upcoming final exams.

No. 1 Middle School was already very competitive, and everyone was even more competitive in order to win scholarships. Everyone worked very hard to get better grades in the final exam.

Teacher Wang also wanted a first-class scholarship winner from his class, so he personally came to chastise Jiang Xi every day. It was not until the end of the final exam that Jiang Xi finally breathed a sigh of relief and had time to go to the store to write.

If he didn't write, he would miss the next exam.

Now that "White Snake" has been serialized for three issues, Director Li Ang and his colleagues were prepared for a sharp drop in the monthly sales. The first print run had already dropped to 800,000, but they were still observing carefully. Once they noticed that the magazines in the market were not selling well, they would quickly adjust the first print run. Unexpectedly, "White Snake's Cultivation of Immortality" actually took over the market after the completion of "The Song Dynasty". Although the sales of "Martial Arts" in the market have declined to a certain extent, it has not dropped to the level that Director Li Ang and his colleagues thought, and the market feedback has been very stable.

Some readers are used to following "Da Song" and now continue to follow the new works of Xiao Meng. Although Xiao Meng's new works are indeed somewhat different from traditional martial arts, once they get into it, they find that this new novel is completely different from other novels on the market and is very exciting to read. The only thing that makes them dissatisfied is that when they follow "Da Song", although there are no similar novels on the market, they can still follow other martial arts novels in "Wu Xia" or "Judge Bao" to relieve it. When they follow "White Snake", because this novel is too alternative and too unpopular, there is no novel on the market that wants to replace it. They are anxious and can only wait for the magazine to release a new one every week.

This feeling of following a serial is really too tiring, and every issue feels not enough.

Some people even called the publishing house to ask when Jiang Meng's new book would be published and released, so that they could buy a copy and read it to their heart's content.

The readers' feedback also made the publishing house see the potential of this new book, so they called to discuss the publishing rights of the new book with Jiang Meng.

Because it is a new book, there is no trend like "The Great Song" to directly promote a magazine. The publishing house did not dare to print too many copies for the first time. The contract only stipulates a first print of 100,000 copies, which is still 12%. If the subsequent sales are good, it will be the same as "The Great Song", and it will be printed slowly to see the market situation.

As before, after receiving the contract, 30% of the royalties will be paid first, and the remaining 70% will be paid after the book is released.

This article has just started serializing more than 60,000 words. It is still too early to be published, but the cover and illustrations can be planned based on the content of the book and the characters of "The Legend of the New White Snake".

Jiang Xi went to Shanghai once during the May Day holiday and signed a contract with Manager Qian for the decoration of the villa. Manager Qian has already laid the floor heating in the villa.

Even Manager Qian had to sigh at the generosity of this girl. She actually spent so much money on laying the floor heating for the villa. With this money, she could pay the down payment for another house.

In the eyes of Manager Qian, the money for decorating this villa alone is a huge expense. It is better to use it to buy a house.

Of course, he would not say this to Jiang Xi. After all, Jiang Xi handed the renovation work to him and he was the one making the money. As

soon as the final exams were over, the students in the school began to pack their bags and leave the school one by one.

Including Jiang Bo and his friends who were still able to live in the old dormitory of the senior year, they also had to leave.

He Xiaofang saw that Jiang Xi had to stay in the school for intensive training and knew that he could continue to live in the dormitory. She actually didn't want to go back, but when she thought about how busy Shuangchao was, there were only three laborers in the family, He's father, He's mother and He Dahua, and her younger brother was still young. If she didn't go back, the family might not be able to handle it, so she went back.

Jiang Hehua also went back. Before leaving, she came to No. 1 Middle School and asked Jiang Xi to go back together.

While waiting for Jiang Xi, she saw a store not far from No. 1 Middle School doing good business. She followed the crowd to see what was being shouted out on the loud speaker, and she saw Jiang Bai and Grandpa Jiang. She then realized that this store was actually opened by Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Bai.

Jiang Bai was so handsome and dazzling in the crowd, with a faint smile on his face. Perhaps because he was very happy to make money from selling clothes, his eyes were full of smiles, and he looked quite lively.

In the past, he always had a cold expression, but how could he still be cold now? All of them were enthusiastic smiles. When customers bargained with him, he praised him for his handsomeness and asked him to give him a lower price. He was embarrassed by the compliments and smiled and said to the customers: "I can't be any cheaper even if you praise me for being handsome? We are small-scale business, so we don't bargain." She

had heard from her roommates that someone in No. 1 Middle School was very handsome, and she also knew that there was a clothing store with very cheap prices at the gate of the school, but she had never been there. Every weekend, others either went home or made appointments to go out for a walk, but she either went home or read books in school, and rarely went out.

Of course, it was not that she didn't want to go shopping, but that she had no money.

Although her father was the brigade secretary, he had a high social status in the village and his salary was not much. Her mother did not have a job and liked to play mahjong when she had nothing to do. The whole family's income depended on her father's salary. Even though her father had some unknown extra income, he did not spend the money recklessly. Instead, he took advantage of the fact that every family in the village built a big house and built a house of medium size. They

had to build a house. Her brother was two years older than Jiang Song and his sister-in-law had brought him home to see him. They had to have a house to get married.

Therefore, although she always held her head high and showed a very proud look, Wu Zhong, who had good conditions in most families, felt a little inferior in her heart.

She didn't want to show her embarrassment of being poor, so she stayed in school to study. When others talked about these topics, she never participated, pretending to be uninterested in them and only interested in studying.

She didn't have many friends except her deskmate Ruan Hong, and she kept to herself.

Because of her usual behavior in public, the dormitory would not tell her about the gossip they occasionally talked about. She never knew that the handsome guy who sold clothes at the school gate was actually Jiang Bai.

She thought he was a member of society.

Seeing Grandpa Jiang, she was also stunned for a moment, and called out politely: "Grandpa, aren't you patrolling the mountains? Why are you in Wucheng?"

"Is it Hehua?" Grandpa Jiang sat up from the recliner and said with a smile: "I'm retired. I'm an old man and can't patrol the mountains anymore. I retired before the New Year."

It was still the brigade secretary who handled the procedures.

But Jiang Hehua was studying in Wuzhong at that time, and she didn't know. When she went home, her father would not tell her about what happened outside, and she was not interested.

Grandpa Jiang stood up to get a stool for Jiang Hehua and poured her tea.

Local people like to drink tea, and they are used to making tea for guests to show respect.

Jiang Hehua is the daughter of the brigade secretary, and Grandpa Jiang specially made her the Mingqian tea with tender buds.

Jiang Hehua was used to being treated like this in the village and didn't think it was a big deal. She sat on a small chair and took the tea that Grandpa Jiang made for her. Grandpa Jiang even reminded her, "Be careful of the burns."

She held the rim of the cup and blew on the tender tea buds floating on the rim. She raised her face and asked Jiang Bai curiously, "Second brother, aren't you studying? Don't you want to study anymore?" No matter

how little she interacted with the people in the village and how much she turned a deaf ear to what was happening outside, she knew that the three brothers and sisters of Jiang He's family were all studying.

They were from the same village. Even though Jiang Bai and Jiang Hehua had never spoken to each other, they were familiar with each other. While taking the money from the customer and giving the change, Jiang Hehua smiled and answered her: "Graduated."

"Oh." Jiang Hehua didn't know which class Jiang Bai was from.

She was actually one year older than Jiang Bai, but she didn't know if it was because the Jiang family was tall or because she and Jiang Xing were elementary school classmates. In Jiang Hehua's heart, Jiang Song and Jiang Bai were both her brothers, and she didn't know that Jiang Bai was actually younger than her.

Jiang Bai thought he was older than her because she called him "Second Brother" and responded very straightforwardly. He didn't even pay attention to her because he was busy selling clothes.

The arrival of summer vacation did not affect the business in the store, but made it better.

Previous customers have become regulars, knowing that he sells cheap clothes here, and would rather spend an extra fifty cents to ride a tricycle to buy clothes in his store.

The surrounding junior high schools, No. 3 Middle School, No. 4 Middle School, Normal School, and Technical School are all on vacation, and many students living in Wucheng like to go out for a stroll when they have nothing to do. They can't afford to buy clothes in other stores because they are too expensive, so they come to Jianghui's store. There are

also some gangsters in society. When they go out to hang out, they always have to have a few decent clothes to show off, right? This year, because of "Young and Dangerous", gangsters are not only popular with tattoos, but also popular with leather jackets and leather pants.

They didn't know how to bargain, because it was so embarrassing. It just so happened that the leather jackets and pants in Jiangxi's shop were the cheapest in Wucheng, and the prices were clearly marked, so they all came to Jiangxi's shop to buy clothes. They could sell at least ten pieces every day, and when it was busy, it was normal to sell twenty or thirty pieces a day.

Jiang Bai was so busy that he had no time to care about her.

Jiang Hehua waited for a long time, but no one spoke to her, which made her feel a little embarrassed. After Jiang Bai sold another piece of clothing, there were no customers at the moment, so she went to iron clothes. Qianqian took a sip of boiling tea and asked Jiang Bai: "Where is Jiang Liu? Is she on vacation too? I came here today to find her to go home together. When will she go home?"

Jiang Bai ironed the clothes skillfully and quickly, and took the time to tell her: "She is not going back. She has to stay in school for intensive training during the summer vacation."

"Ouch!" The quilt in Jiang Hehua's hand suddenly spilled out of the water she squeezed. This was the freshly brewed tea from the school water room, and it was still hot. She was pinching the rim of a disposable cup before, and suddenly she squeezed the rim flat, and the hot water burned her hand, causing her to jump up. The tea and tea leaves spilled all over the floor, and the boiling water also spilled on her legs, causing her to jump up.

Grandpa Jiang and Jiang Bai were also startled, "Ouch, are you okay?"

Jiang Bai also quickly opened the back door: "There is running water here, come and rinse yourself."

Jiang Hehua's hands were all red from the burn, and she quickly reached her hand under the faucet to rinse herself with cool water, causing her tears to fall down in pain.

Jiang Bai saw this but didn't say anything. He just took a bucket and put it under the tap to collect the water she used to wash her hands. He then used a broom to sweep up the tea leaves and a mop to mop up the water on the floor.

Grandpa Jiang looked at Jiang Hehua with some worry. Jiang Hehua's face was not only white, but her hands were also white. After a while, her hands turned red.

Grandpa Jiang saw this and said to Jiang Bai, "You stay in the store. I'll go buy some sheep oil."

There is a kind of sheep oil in their area that is very effective in treating burns. Locals are used to using sheep oil to apply burns.

It was so hot, why would Jiang Bai let Grandpa Jiang go to buy sheep oil? He said, "I'll go." Then he ran out with his long legs. Not long after, he came back with a small bottle of sheep oil.

Jiang Hehua's hands had been washed by cold water for a while, and they had already felt much better, but as soon as they were taken out of the water from the faucet, they were burning again.

Jiang Bai felt a little sorry for the wasted water, so he handed the sheep oil to her and asked her to apply it on her hands. Jiang Hehua was afraid that her hands would get blisters, so she quickly applied the sheep oil on herself.

When she left, Grandpa Jiang let her take the whole bottle of sheep oil away. Jiang Bai was a little reluctant to let her go, because it was obviously her own burn, and they had to give up a bottle of sheep oil. Sheep oil is not cheap.

The problem is that Jiang Hehua accepted his sheep oil without even saying thank you.

Jiang Hehua didn't see Jiang Xi, and her hands and legs were all red from being burned. She returned to school and sat quietly on the bed, not knowing what she was thinking.

The next morning, she packed her luggage and returned to Shuibu Town. On the boat from Shuibu Town to Jiangjia Village, she met Jiang Gangqin, who was also back from vacation.

Jiang Gangqin was so excited about going home. She sat on the boat, feeling the humid river breeze and sang affectionately: "You are always too soft-hearted~ too soft-hearted~"

Jiang Hehua suddenly asked her: "Do you know Jiang Liu is in No. 1 Middle School?"

Jiang Gangqin, whose affectionate singing was interrupted, turned to look at her: "I know, what's wrong?"

Looking at Jiang Gangqin's clear and stupid look, Jiang Hehua suddenly lost interest in chatting with her and turned to look at the sparkling river: "Nothing."

"Hey, why didn't Xiaoxiao come back? Aren't No. 1 Middle School and your Wuzhong together? You two don't come to play with me during holidays. I haven't seen you and Xiaoxiao for a long time!" Jiang Gangqin usually plays more with Jiang Xiao. She went home without friends during the summer vacation, so she especially wanted to play with Jiang Xiao.

At this time, Jiang Xiao was not at home, so she chatted with Jiang Hehua with great interest: "Hehua, can you sing Ren Xianqi's latest song "Heart is too soft"? "

Jiang Hehua: "No."

"Listen to me singing it for you! I tell you, I can sing this song very well."

Jiang Hehua: - - Don't bother me, I don't want to listen at all.

It was an hour-long boat ride, and she listened to Jiang Gangqin singing in her ear for an hour. Fortunately, because the water level of the river rose, they did not need to get off at the ferry, but had to get off at the embankment at the entrance of the village. Before reaching the shore, she saw Jiang Gangqin beside her cupping her hands into a big trumpet shape, shouting to the shore from a distance: "Mom~~~Mom~~~~~" and then waving her hands vigorously.

Jiang Gangqin's mother did not know that her daughter would come back today. She estimated that the old baby should be on vacation these few days, so she came here every day to wait. Finally, the old baby arrived. As soon as the boat docked happily, she got on the boat first without waiting for others to get off, and went to carry Jiang Gangqin's luggage.

The old baby is the name given by the locals to old women, which almost means "baby".

The villagers had complained before that Jiang Gangqin was still being called "old baby" all day long. But Jiang Gangqin's family had been used to calling her that since she was a child. Not to mention that she was 17 or 18 years old now, her whole family still called her that until she was in her 30s.

After everyone in the school had left, Jiang Xi was the only one left in the dormitory. There were only four girls in the next-door room, three of whom were from Class 1 and one from Class 2. The dormitory was very clean, and there was no longer a situation of queuing to take a shower in the bathroom in the evening or after evening self-study.

Several people were a little uncomfortable and came to ask Jiang Xi if he wanted to live with them.

Jiang Xi naturally refused.

Jiang Bai, whose scores have been estimated, can no longer live in the old dormitory building. All the senior high school students who have graduated have to move out.

Jiang Bai also has to move out. Tong Jingang comes to help him move his things and invites him to live in his house. Jiang Bai doesn't go, but moves all his things to Jiang Xi's store. During the day, he rolls up the mats, ties them with ropes and puts them against the wall. At night, he spreads the mats on the ground and makes a mat. Jiang

Xi asks Jiang Bai if he wants to go to Shanghai first, so he can live in her house first. Although the surrounding area is a bit desolate and noisy, it is at least closer to the school. Whether it is checking scores or waiting for the admission notice, it is more convenient in Shanghai than in Wucheng.

One of Jiang Xi's apartments in Shanghai has been installed. It also has bedding and home appliances given by the developer. Because it is currently used as another model house in this community, it is decorated very beautifully and luxuriously. Jiang

Bai thought she was talking about her rough-finished villa, and shook his head and said, "I just have a floor plan in the store, which is good. The floor is cool and I don't feel hot when I sleep at night."

Only when he sees the clothes being sold one by one and the money coming in every day, he feels at ease and comfortable, and he doesn't feel the urgency of floating in the air as if he will fall down at any time.

Like before the college entrance examination, he couldn't do anything every day, and took his sister's money for nothing, which made him feel unmotivated.

After the Qingming Festival this year, the rainfall returned to normal. The rising river water was blocked by the river embankments and river dikes that Grandpa Jiang and his father and mother built inch by inch on their shoulders. It did not affect the farmland on the dike side, so this year is still a bumper year. Boys and girls studying outside still have to go home to participate in the summer vacation.

This year, all the farmland of the Jiang family was given to Uncle Jiang's family for planting. Jiang Xi and Jiang Bai did not have to go back to harvest rice and plant rice during the summer vacation this year, and he could stay in the store to sell clothes to his heart's content.

Seeing Jiang Bai's insistence, Jiang Xi said, "Then you should pay attention to the store's phone calls and letters sent to the store every day."

Jiang Bai looked at his sister who was worried like an adult, and couldn't help but laugh and rubbed her head: "Don't worry, I know everything."

His sister's hair was short and soft, and he suddenly got naughty and messed up her hair before running away with a laugh, fearing that his sister would jump up and hit him in anger.

Jiang Xi just watched him running away with a laugh, and his eyes were full of gentle smiles.