Chapter 58 [Second update]

On Saturday, Jiang Wu and He Xiaofang were the only ones left in the dormitory.

Ever since Jiang Wu's evening self-study class was held in the competition class, He Xiaofang felt that she and Jiang Wu had less time together. Originally, she could still eat together with Jiang Wu and Xu Xiuli in the morning, noon and evening, but now Jiang Wu was not even there for dinner.

Without Jiang Wu, she and Xu Xiuli had nothing to talk about, and the two of them often sat opposite each other in silence while eating. Sometimes He Xiaofang could not help but say sadly, "Alas, I wonder what Wu has been doing these days? I can't see him all day."

Jiang Wu seemed to be very busy every day.

At the weekend, she thought that she and Jiang Xi were the only ones left in the dormitory, and they finally had some time to be alone. However, Jiang Xi ran to the cafeteria to get food after class, and then disappeared.

Fortunately, she still had the magazines that Jiang Xi brought back every week to read, so she was not too bored.

When Jiang Xi returned to the dormitory, it was not too late. Hearing the sound of the door opening, He Xiaofang said in a low voice: "Xi Xi, you are back?"

"Yeah." Jiang Xi was a little tired.

Jiang Bai, Jiang Yeye and the three of them were in the store unpacking packages and hanging clothes until 6:55, and then they left the store to catch the 7:00 pm curfew of No. 1 Middle School, and then went to the cafeteria to eat something.

Jiang Bai said that he would go to the store to help tomorrow.

He used to study in the dormitory, but when he saw his sister and grandfather not knowing how to do business, he was really worried about them.

Just like in his previous life, when he watched Jiang Xi cooking, holding a spatula in one hand and a pot lid in the other as a shield, he felt helpless now: Forget it, forget it, you don’t know how to do it, let me do it.

He is like this now, forget it, neither of you know how to do business, let me do it.

Jiang Xi took her own clothes and her own hot water kettle to take a shower. He Xiaofang also got off the bed quickly and caught up with Jiang Xi with the hot water kettle: "Xing Xi, I'll go with you!"

Jiang Xi was a little surprised: "You haven't taken a shower yet?"

He Xiaofang was a little embarrassed: "I'm so tired alone, so I just want to wait for you to join me."

Jiang Xi actually didn't quite understand He Xiaofang's dependent behavior. She had been used to being independent since she was a child. Whether psychologically or materially, she seemed to have never relied on anyone and grew up alone.

But she didn't say anything and went into the bathroom.

There are two types of bathrooms, a large open bathroom on the left and a small bathroom with a partition on the right.

Taking a shower in the small bathroom in summer is dark and a little hot, but in winter, the small bathroom is very suitable.

At this moment, Jiang Xi and He Xiaofang were each occupying a bathroom, and no one spoke.

After a long time, He Xiaofang's voice came from the misty water vapor: "Xing Xi, do you not like me anymore?"

Huh? ? ?

Jiang Xi, whose mind was completely immersed in the content of "The Great Song" to be written tomorrow morning, did not react immediately: "What?"

He Xiaofang's voice became three points darker: "Do you not like me anymore? You haven't eaten with me for a long time."

Because He Xiaofang snored loudly at night, people in the dormitory didn't like her very much, including Xu Xiuli.

She could clearly feel this dislike. The three dormitory heads went in and out together every day, and Liu Ping followed Lu Xuehua every day.

After Jiang Xi got busy, she seemed to be walking with Xu Xiuli, but in fact, she seemed to be alone and isolated there. She couldn't fit in anywhere. But Xu Xiuli could talk anywhere as long as she wanted. Jiang Xi

then realized that she seemed to be in a low mood, and comforted her, saying, "My grandfather came to Wucheng a few days ago. I was afraid that my grandfather couldn't adapt to the life in Wucheng, so I have been accompanying him these days."

The professional habits of the previous life made Jiang Xi look stable on the surface no matter how tired she was.

He Xiaofang realized that Jiang Xi had not been seen these days, not because he didn't like her, but because he went to accompany her grandfather.

"Your grandfather came to Wucheng?" She was surprised.

"Yeah." Jiang Xi didn't say much: "He runs a small business here and has been busy with these things these days."

He Xiaofang felt a little guilty, "Is there anything I can do to help?"

Jiang Xi's laughter came from next door, and there was a kind of pleasant warmth in the mist: "I hope that classmate He Xiaofang can be better to herself and not worry about other people's behavior."

He Xiaofang blushed.

She didn't want to, but she couldn't help but pay attention to other people's feelings, and felt sad because others ignored her.

Just like Jiang Xi's treatment of her these days, she always fell into self-doubt, wondering if she had done something wrong to make Jiang Xi unhappy, so she ignored her.

How did Jiang Xi ignore her? She was just busy with her own things and didn't think so much.

He Xiaofang also knew that she had misunderstood, and her originally depressed mood immediately recovered. After taking a shower, she stuck together with Jiang Xi to wash clothes.

They were the only two people left in the entire bathroom area, which felt particularly good. He Xiaofang was very happy and kept smiling.

When Jiang Xi got up in the morning, He Xiaofang also got up, smiled embarrassedly and said that she wanted to run with her.

Jiang Xi had maintained the habit of morning jogging for many years, and He Xiaofang was willing to join. She also smiled and encouraged her, took her to do warm-up exercises, and then started running, reciting in a low voice while running.

He Xiaofang, who was following her and was already exhausted just running, was still listening to her reciting:...

He Xiaofang's face was full of tears at this moment. She wanted to run with Jiang Xi again, but she also regretted not bringing a book with her. She couldn't review while running like Jiang Xi.

How come Xi has such a good memory? She memorized so much content word for word.

And she is so amazing and still works so hard!

He Xiaofang looked at Jiang Xi's back while she was running, and her eyes were full of admiration.

She was like chasing the light, and she kept trying to catch up with Jiang Xi.

After running five laps, He Xiaofang was almost exhausted and could only follow behind, saying: "I can't run anymore, I can't run anymore, Xing Xing you are too amazing, how can you run so fast?"

Jiang Xing finished running, feeling refreshed, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel, stood in front of the double bars, and stretched his legs.

"I feel that I have grown a lot taller during this period of time." The trouser legs are a little shorter, so I have to roll them down.

He Xiaofang met Jiang Xi every day, and her feelings were not obvious. She said, "Your brother is so tall, you will definitely grow tall too!"

At this time, there were basically no people in the cafeteria, and breakfast was just ready. Jiang Xi made his own soy milk, eggs and fried dough sticks. Knowing that Grandpa Jiang didn't like soy milk, he brought him a portion of salted tofu pudding and a big meat bun.

This time, when she waved goodbye to He Xiaofang, she also encouraged her: "Study hard and make progress every day!"

He Xiaofang, who had just been swept up by Jiang Xi: ...

She clenched her fists, made a cheering gesture, and watched Jiang Xi leave with tears in her eyes.

Jiang Xi was so smart and worked so hard, and she was so stupid. If she didn't work harder, she would be embarrassed to be friends with Jiang Xi.

This time she didn't have time to indulge in her depressed mood. She went back to the dormitory and quickly took out a book to read.

Grandpa Jiang liked the tofu pudding very much.

His teeth were not good, so he liked to eat soft and chewy food. This salty tofu pudding was good. After knowing that it was 2 taels per serving, he said, "Bring this for my breakfast in the future."

The big meat buns were delicious, 2 taels and 50 cents each, and Grandpa Jiang was reluctant to give them up.

The eldest granddaughter said that tofu pudding was nutritious and good for the body, so he ate it.

Jiang Xi would not listen to him. After giving him breakfast, he re-dressed the two models and stood them on both sides of the door. He also matched a few more sets of clothes and hung them on the wall for display. Then he taught Grandpa Jiang how to use the recorder and the loudspeaker.

Grandpa Jiang had seen the booming business after Jiang Xi's store played the loudspeaker that day. If there was no stock in the store yesterday, they would have played it long ago.

He couldn't wait to play this thing, but Jiang Xi told him that he had to wait until after nine o'clock to turn on the loudspeaker.

Grandpa Jiang was so anxious that he wished it would be nine o'clock in the next second.

Not long after Jiang Xi left, Jiang Bai came to the store. In order to prevent the store from having no business, he sat in the store and waited. He also brought his counseling books and counseling homework and the iron he borrowed from Tong Jingang's house early in the morning, so that if there was no business, he could read books in the store. When he got tired of reading, he would iron his clothes.

The wrinkles on the clothes really hurt his eyes if he didn't iron them out.

As soon as he arrived at the store, he started to clean up.

He dragged all the packages that were originally piled in front to the wall behind the curtain and stacked them neatly. Grandpa Jiang's bed was also tidied up. The pots, bowls, and pans that were not used were placed in a mess in the corner, and he also stuffed them under the bed.

It's a pity that there is no bookshelf for dishes and chopsticks, otherwise they would all be placed on the shelf.

The white floor was dirty, so he waved the new mop that Jiang Xi bought and mopped the entire store carefully, and then placed all the shoes on the shoe racks at the same angle and direction.

After he had cleaned up everything, Jiang Bai finally felt more comfortable, and turned on the ironing table, ready to iron the clothes. He

started with the clothes on the two models. Then came the clothes that were displayed on the outermost perimeter and on the wall.

Finally, the clothes hung inside.

He is the most diligent of the three Jiang siblings. In the words of Jiang's mother, he has a lively eye.

Perhaps it was because he lacked love since he was a child. He was coaxed by Jiang's mother and has been very diligent and hardworking since he was a child. He is the only one among the three Jiang siblings who is truly down-to-earth and has no frivolous guts.

His motto in life is: Self-discipline is the cornerstone of success.

He always adheres to it.

One of the most memorable moments was when they were harvesting rice in the field. Jiang Song was lively and quick-witted. He relied on being spoiled at home and refused to harvest rice for less than three minutes. He threw away his sickle and ran away to play. It was useless for Jiang's father and mother to call him. He didn't listen at all. You couldn't just abandon the rice and run after him.

In the rice field, only Jiang's father, Jiang's mother, Jiang Bo and Jiang Xiao were left to harvest rice. Jiang Bo harvested for a while and suddenly stood up and asked Jiang's mother: "Why doesn't my elder brother harvest rice, but my sister and I have to harvest rice?" He stood there motionless: "If my elder brother doesn't harvest rice, I won't harvest rice either."

He didn't leave, just stood in the field, letting Jiang's mother talk him into words. He was determined that if my elder brother didn't come back to harvest rice, I wouldn't harvest rice either.

Jiang's mother couldn't treat Jiang Bo like she did to Jiang Xiao, beating him or scolding him whenever she wanted, and she mostly used soft methods.

He was so stubborn when he was a child, and he was still the kind of person who would run towards a goal without looking back when he grew up.

Grandpa Jiang just looked at his grandson. As soon as he arrived at the store, he was like a snail girl. In a short time, the whole store went from being chaotic yesterday to being orderly now. He only needed to lie on the rocking chair and rock slowly.

At seven or eight o'clock in the morning, Jiang Bai originally thought that there would be no business, but unexpectedly, after a while, customers came to the store with fresh vegetables just bought in the morning to see their new clothes.

They were all neighbors who went out to eat breakfast and buy vegetables in the morning.

They heard last night that this clothing store had new goods, but the old man who was in charge of the store wanted to benefit them, the country people, and brought this batch of low-priced and high-quality clothes from the Jiangnan Garment Factory to the market in their Shuibu Town to sell.

When they heard the news, they wanted to see if it was open. When they saw it was open, they hurried to see if there was anything they or their family could wear.

I don’t know if it was because the clothes had been ironed, but the difference was too big. After seeing the clothes on the models, these neighbors thought they looked better than the previous batch of clothes. They

went over to feel the material. It was good material, no problem.

So what are you waiting for? Buy it.

They all knew that this store does not bargain, so they didn’t say anything. If they liked something, they tried it on, asked Jiang Bai to pack it up, and paid for it.

Jiang Bai originally planned to haggle with them. After all, even when he went to the market to sell eels and loaches, people would pick and choose. Sometimes they complained that this loach was too small, and sometimes they complained that that eel was too thin, and asked him to get a discount.

Who knew that the people here would not bargain at all when selling things, and they were so straightforward that Jiang Bai was stunned for a moment before he took the money.

Because the clothes in the store were all 29 or 39, Jiang Liu prepared a lot of one-dollar bills for change.

Generally, they would give whole numbers, but there were also many people who gave small amounts, and there were quite a few who deliberately gave less than 30 or 50 cents.

But Jiang Bai was a serious person, and he did things in a very strict way. If he said 39, it was 39, not a cent less.

Moreover, he insisted that the clothes in the store were sold at low prices and in large quantities, and he only made about one dollar for each piece of clothing. So when he found out that others were shortchanged by a few cents and accused him of being too calculative, Jiang Bai would frown and say seriously, "After deducting the labor and rent, I can only make a few cents from you, and you still shortchanged me by 30 or 50 cents. So I am not making money, but losing money?"

The tone and attitude were so righteous that the people who lost money felt embarrassed and said, "You are too honest in doing business, how can you do business like this? How can you make money doing business like this?"

The neighbors wanted to teach Jiang Bo how to do business.

Which clothing store on the street would not quote high prices and make money even if people cut the price in half? How could they be so honest?

Grandpa Jiang saw it from the rocking chair nearby and laughed, "He is still a student, how can he do business? He just makes some money to live."

Then, somehow, the word got out, saying that this store only made one dollar per piece of clothing, so he couldn't pay back a penny.

When the shop owners in Wucheng heard the news, they were shocked. How can you do business like this? Why would you open a shop if you don't want to make money? I won't go to Shenzhen to buy goods if the price is so low. Can I buy directly from your shop? It also saves me two trips of travel expenses.

In the mid-1990s, although there were a large number of unemployed workers and unemployed youths in the market, there were a lot of gangsters fighting and fighting, but there was a public security bureau opposite the T-shaped intersection at the end of the two streets in the area of ​​No. 1 Middle School and Wuzhong, so no matter how much trouble the gangsters made, they never came to the street of No. 1 Middle School and Wuzhong. If they really affected the college entrance examination and school enrollment rate of the students of the two key high schools, the county leaders would not let them go.

So no one thought of asking the gangsters to cause trouble in the store.

The public security bureau was not far away.

And which of the principals of No. 1 Middle School and Wuzhong did not have some connection with the higher-ups? You went to their school gates to cause trouble?

It was almost nine o'clock, and customers kept coming to buy clothes. Although there seemed to be not many people, Jiang Bai never seemed to be idle.

Every time he ironed two pieces of clothes, another customer came.

Later, he simply didn't care about it and concentrated on ironing clothes, letting Grandpa Jiang collect the money.

Finally, at nine o'clock as the granddaughter said, Grandpa Jiang suddenly stood up from the rocking chair and took out the tape recorder and loud speaker that Jiang Xi had taught him before.

Jiang Bai found these things when he was cleaning the house before, and thought that the tape recorder was used by Jiang Xi to learn English, so he didn't even touch it.

At this time, he saw his grandfather took out these two things, tied the loudspeaker to the door, and tied the recorder to the back of the loudspeaker, pointing it at the place where the loudspeaker was speaking.

He was still curious about what his grandfather was doing, and then he saw Grandpa Jiang turn on the loudspeaker and press the play button of the recorder.