Ruan Xi thought that it was probably because she and Ruan Jie didn't tell tales or get involved, no one was watching Ye Qiuwen to sabotage her or cause trouble, so Ye Qiuwen slowly and completely relaxed without any pressure and fell completely in love.
Ruan Changfu was thousands of miles away and couldn't control her, and Feng Xiuying couldn't control her at all, which meant that she was always indulging her. Without anyone else to hinder her, she naturally let down her guard and stopped being careful, concentrating on enjoying the sweetness of love.
Ruan Xi didn't have time to pay much attention to her. He didn't go out for the remaining ten days of summer vacation. He stayed at home studying with Ruan Jie every day. When they are tired, they will go to the square to watch a movie on Sunday night. This is the only entertainment in their lives.
Every time I went to the movies, I would meet Xu Zhuo and Chen Weidong. They would either save seats for Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie, or move stools for them. They did not distance themselves from them just because they were rejected. If we don't talk about that kind of thing, we will just be ordinary friends.
The weather did not get cooler after the beginning of autumn. After school started, a fierce autumn heat came and the weather was hot for a while. Autumn cicadas call in the woods every day, and the "cicada" and "cicada" sounds are particularly uniform.
Three months passed quickly, and school started again. Ruan Changfu did not come back, so Ruan Hongjun threw his schoolbag into the sky and cheered for a long time - his fifth grade was destined to be the happiest and freest fifth grade!
However, too much freedom will lead to a loss of control, especially for a combative boy like Ruan Hongjun.
Ever since Ruan Changfu went to another place, he has been fighting and causing trouble, but they have always been minor.
Then, just half a month into the new semester, he got into a fight again.
This time, he was beaten by the crowd and had a bump on his forehead. He couldn't beat them and had to cry and point at them, saying, "Wait for me, no one is allowed to leave after school tomorrow. I'm going to find Xu Zhuo and beat you to death!"
People ridiculed him: "Crybaby! Go find him! Do you think we are afraid of you? Does Xu Zhuo know you?"
At dinner time in the evening, everyone in the family stared at the bump on Ruan Hongjun's forehead.
Feng Xiuying reached out to touch it, "What happened to you? Who beat you up like this?"
Ruan Hongjun directly pushed her hand away and didn't let her touch it. "It has nothing to do with you. It's none of your business."
He never told Feng Xiuying about anything, because it was no use telling her and Feng Xiuying would only be a nuisance.
Feng Xiuying didn't care about Ruan Hongjun's attitude towards her, and still asked with concern: "What do you mean it has nothing to do with me? If something happens to you, how can I explain to your father when he comes back? Come with me to the health room to wash after dinner."
Ruan Hongjun said directly: "I'm not going!"
Going to the clinic and putting a bandage on the forehead is so embarrassing, he won’t do it!
Feng Xiuying nagged him a few more times, and he slammed his chopsticks down and said, "You're too noisy! I won't eat anymore!"
After saying that, he immediately stood up, kicked the stool away and left.
Sitting at the desk in the room after dinner, Ruan Qiuyue shook her head and sighed, "Our mother is really useless. Her brain is full of mud. She can't obey or control people. No wonder she is led by Ye Qiuwen. If Dad was at home, he would have beaten Ruan Hongjun a long time ago."
Ruan Xi opened the exercise book and said, "It's your mother, not our mother."
Ruan Qiuyue looked at Ruan Xi, "Do you really plan to never call her mom in this life?"
Ruan Xi laughed, "I don't even know how to call you dad, do you think I can call you mom?"
As soon as Ruan Xi finished speaking and Ruan Qiuyue hadn't said anything else, there was a knock on the door.
Ruan Xi did not get up to open the door, but turned to look at the door and said, "The door is not locked."
The round door handle turned with a click, and the door opened. Ruan Hongjun stuck his head in through the crack in the door.
Ruan Xi looked at him for a moment without saying anything.
He pushed the door open, closed it behind him, and then stood against the wall beside the door, looking at Ruan Xi like a wounded puppy. It was obvious that he came to see her for something, and he wanted to ask her something.
Ruan Xi didn't say anything. Ruan Qiuyue looked at him and asked, "What are you doing?"
Ruan Hongjun pursed his lips and spoke after a long while: "Sister, can you help me find Xu Zhuo? I was beaten by several people today, otherwise I wouldn't be beaten like this..."
Ruan Xi understood, and he wanted to find Xu Zhuo to help him get revenge.
Ruan Qiuyue added, "If Dad was at home, he would have beaten you to death. How dare you ask Big Sister to go find Xu Zhuo? I think you just need to be taught a lesson. You just need to be beaten a few more times. You will be scared after being beaten and won't dare to cause trouble anymore."
Ruan Hongjun looked at Ruan Qiuyue and said, "Sixth Brother, shut up!"
After saying that, he looked at Ruan Xi again, "Sister, can you just help me this time?"
Ruan Xi looked at him in silence for a moment, then said, "I can help you this time, but you have to agree to a few conditions."
Ruan Hongjun asked: "What are the conditions?"
Ruan Xi said: "First, you are not allowed to fight or cause trouble anymore, and you are not allowed to use Xu Zhuo's name to get around in school. Second, study hard, listen carefully in class and do your homework. Third, get 60 points on the midterm exam."
"Sixty points??"
Ruan Hongjun's eyes widened, "You might as well just kill me."
Ruan Xi lowered her head and continued to work on the questions. "Then you can go find Xu Zhuo yourself. I wonder if he will help you without my consent. Or you can just swallow your anger and be a bastard."
Ruan Hongjun leaned against the wall, looking at the curtains blown by the wind, and fell into a dilemma in life.
The second hand on the alarm clock moves one tick at a time, and time passes in silence.
When the minute hand turned a large space, he took a deep breath and said, "Sister, I promise you!"
Ruan Xi continued writing without looking up, "Okay, I'll go tell Xu Zhuo later."
Ruan Hongjun was happy, "Thank you, sister!"
More than half an hour later, Ruan Xi put down the pen in his hand, pulled Ruan Jie downstairs and asked Ruan Hongjun to go out together. When he went out the door, he said to Ruan Hongjun: "Let's go to the canteen first. You go find Xu Zhuo and call him to the square."
Ruan Hongjun responded and ran away.
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie went to the store to buy a pack of cigarettes first.
They went to the square with cigarettes. Xu Zhuo and Ruan Hongjun had not arrived yet, so they sat down and relaxed for a while.
Ruan Jie asked Ruan Xi: "You want Xu Zhuo to beat up a bunch of elementary school students?"
Ruan Xi laughed and said, "How can Xu Zhuo have the nerve to let a high school student beat up an elementary school student? Just let him scare them so that they won't dare to bully the Red Army again. It would be best if this kid keeps his word and doesn't cause trouble again."
Ruan Jie also laughed, "I saw him leaning against the wall and thinking about it for a long time."
Ruan Xi: "That shows that he made the decision very carefully after a fierce ideological struggle."
…
The two sat and talked for a while, and then Ruan Hongjun called Xu Zhuo and Chen Weidong over.
Seeing Ruan Hongjun leading them approaching, Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie stood up from the steps. When they came to the front, Ruan Xi looked at Xu Zhuo and said with a smile: "I'm really a little embarrassed, I want to ask you for a small favor."
Ruan Hongjun couldn't help but speak. Xu Zhuo and Chen Weidong already knew the whole story.
Xu Zhuo said, "You are so polite."
"Being polite is a must."
Ruan Xi took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it directly to Xu Zhuo.
Xu Zhuo glanced at it and didn't take it. He just said, "It's not a big deal. Return it quickly. Don't buy random things in the future."
He knew her family situation and her circumstances at home. Money was not something she could squander.
Ruan Xi looked at him: "If you don't want it, I would be embarrassed to ask you for help."
Xu Zhuo looked at her for a moment, but still did not reach out to take it.
Ruan Hongjun was very sensible and immediately took the cigarette and put it into Xu Zhuo's trouser pocket.
Xu Zhuo: “…”
It would be too awkward to take it out again and push it back, so he just accepted it.
Ruan Xi told him, "They are all children. Don't really hit them. Just scare them."
Xu Zhuo smiled, "Don't worry, I don't hit children either."
The matter was settled in just a few words. Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie did not plan to stay outside any longer, so they prepared to go back.
Xu Zhuo and Chen Weidong didn't mind keeping them outside any longer. They just patted Ruan Hongjun on the back and said, "Come on, kid, I'll take you to the store to buy some food. Buy whatever you want."
Ruan Hongjun's eyes lit up, "Really?"
He was not interested in the things in the store, but in Xu Zhuo and Chen Weidong.
I'd love to be able to go to the convenience store with them to buy things! It’s so honorable!
Before Ruan Xi could even call out to Ruan Hongjun, he followed Xu Zhuo and Chen Weidong away happily.
Ruan Xi looked at the two adults and the young one: "..."
Ruan Xi knew that Xu Zhuo was a sensible man, so she didn't worry too much about this matter.
She and Ruan Jie put the matter aside when they got home, and did not think much about it when they went to school the next day. After a day of school, she came back home in the evening and listened to Ruan Hongjun's talk, and then she knew what had happened.
Ruan Hongjun was so happy that his front teeth almost fell out. After dinner, he ran to Ruan Xi's room and gestured while saying, "Sister, you don't know how proud I was at school today. I was so awesome! Those who beat me up were scared to death by Xu Zhuo and the others. Hahahaha... let's see if they dare to mess with me again in the future!"
Ruan Xi was not interested in the elementary school student being scared to the point of peeing his pants. He directly took out the paper with three conditions written on it and showed it to Ruan Hongjun. He smiled and said to him, "Don't forget to agree to my conditions, or I will ask Xu Zhuo to beat you up and make you pee your pants."
Ruan Hongjun: “…”
After a moment, he lowered his head, took the paper from Ruan Xi, and pouted sadly - 60 points, ugh...
Ruan Hongjun kept his word. After Xu Zhuo helped him avenge the beating he suffered, he started putting textbooks in his school bag from the next day. Although I still get distracted during class, at least I can listen for about ten minutes.
After school in the evening, he does his homework in his room.
Ye Fan was like seeing a ghost. He even touched his head and asked him in a low voice: "Are you possessed?"
Ruan Hongjun opened his hand directly, "I'm not possessed, I'm just learning, but damn, I can't do it..."
Ye Fan took the book and sat down on the bed, leaning against the pillow. "During your five years in elementary school, you hardly ever put textbooks in your schoolbag. It's impossible for you to do it. Have you memorized the multiplication formula?"
Ruan Hongjun's eyes widened. "Don't look down on me! Of course I know the multiplication formula!"
Ye Fan looked at him for a while, then stood up and said, "Come on, if you don't know how to do it, Third Brother will teach you for free."
Ruan Hongjun handed him the homework and pursed his lips, "I don't know any of them."
Ye Fan: “…”
You are so confident.
In November, the autumn wind changes the scenery.
The plane trees and ginkgo trees on the street are dyed by the season, and when the wind blows, they cover the ground with golden color.
In the fifth grade classroom of elementary school, Ruan Hongjun held a pen and answered questions. For the first time, he did not fall asleep in the examination room.
After answering the questions and finishing the exam, he patiently waited a day for the test results.
This was also the first time in his life that he cared about his test scores.
In the past, he thought that only fools would study hard and care about useless grades.
After receiving the graded test paper, he didn't speak for a long time.
Ruan Xi also had to take exams herself. She treated each exam as a test to assess her own abilities and asked Ruan Jie to use every exam to practice her on-the-spot performance, because she had basically no experience in taking exams and her psychological qualities needed to be improved.
Because Ruan Jie had just started school last semester, she was nervous during every exam. When she was nervous, her mind became fuzzy and she only got 45 points. After training for a semester, I can now answer questions calmly and get more than 90 points on the exam.
Ruan Xi has always felt that there is no problem with Ruan Jie's IQ. Although she is not very smart, as long as she works hard and is down-to-earth, her academic performance will not be bad. The test results this time naturally confirmed Ruan Jie's level.
Looking at Ruan Jie's test scores, Ruan Xi felt that she should have no problem coping with the college entrance examination next year.
In the first year after the resumption of the college entrance examination, although there were many people who signed up, there were actually not many people who had the actual knowledge reserves. Among these people, the more competitive ones are the three older classes, namely the junior and senior high school graduates of 1966, 1967, and 1968.
Because the Great Revolution had not yet begun at that time, they completed their studies. But they graduated early, and it has been ten years since the college entrance examination was resumed. They have not touched textbooks for ten years, and only reviewed for one month after the college entrance examination was resumed.
The rest of those who attended junior high school and high school during the ten years basically just lived a lazy life. The schools did not focus on teaching knowledge, and not many students studied hard. Even fewer of these people were able to get into college.
For those who have no basic knowledge at all, it is useless to review for a month, and they will just be cannon fodder.
Moreover, Ruan Xi knew that the first year's college entrance examination papers were very simple. For people like her and Ruan Jie who studied day and night, as long as they did not perform poorly or miss the exam, going to university would be no problem at all.
What reassures Ruan Xi the most is that Ruan Jie herself is very willing to learn. Perhaps because there was really nothing else that could make her feel present, and she found a sense of accomplishment in studying, she became more and more obsessed with it.
Because Ruan Jie did well in the exam today, Ruan Xi took her to the store after school and bought her some candies as a reward. Then when she was buying them, she thought of Ruan Hongjun, so she bought a few more pieces to be prepared.
Ruan Jie was so happy to receive the reward that she said to Ruan Xi, "Next time I want to get a perfect score!"
After returning home with the candies, Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie were stopped at the door by Ruan Hongjun before they could even enter.
Ruan Hongjun started to make a fool of himself again. He stole Ruan Changfu's old military uniform and put it on. He wore a liberation cap on his head and loafers on his feet. He supported the door with one hand and stood on one foot. He put the other leg on the leg that had fallen to the ground, with his toes touching the ground.
There are only two words to describe him - cool!
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie stood at the door and looked at him speechlessly for a while.
Then he didn't say anything, and suddenly took out his other hand from behind his back.
He held a few red test papers in his hand, looked at Ruan Xi proudly and said, "I passed all of them!"
Hearing this, Ruan Xi's eyes lit up, "Really?"
As she spoke, she reached out to take the test paper from his hand, took it and took a look, and sure enough, all of them passed, although each subject was just above the passing line, with only two points more than that at most.
Ruan Xi laughed after reading it, and took out a candy from his pocket and put it in front of Ruan Hongjun, "I knew you could do it, so I bought it for you as a reward this time. If you do well in the exam next time, there will be a better reward."
Ruan Hongjun's eyes lit up when he saw the food and he reached out to take it.
At this time Ye Qiuwen and Ruan Qiuyang came back. Ruan Qiuyang secretly glanced at Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Hongjun, and walked straight past them into the house. Ruan Hongjun secretly stretched out his foot and almost tripped Ruan Qiuyang to the ground.
Ruan Qiuyang staggered to his feet, turned around and cursed him: "Ruan Hongjun, you want to die! I think you are itching for a beating again, wearing dad's clothes secretly, wait and see when dad comes back, I will tell him to beat you!"
Ruan Hongjun made a face at her, "As if I'm afraid of you."
Seeing that the two were about to fight again, Ye Qiuwen pulled Ruan Qiuyang away.
Ruan Xi ignored Ye Qiuwen and Ruan Qiuyang, returned the test paper to Ruan Hongjun, and still said to him: "Keep up the good work."
After talking, the three of them went into the house together and returned to their respective rooms, waiting to eat when dinner was ready.
Ruan Hongjun himself did not think that the test results were something worth bragging about. On the contrary, it would affect his reputation as a troublemaker. So, apart from showing off to Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie, he did not tell anyone else.
Of course, because only Ruan Xi cares.
Ruan Changfu has been assigned abroad for five months. Everyone else in the family is very happy and hopes that he can stay there for a few more months. Only Feng Xiuying is looking forward to his return soon. Because he is not around, she has to take care of everything at home, which is really tiring.
Especially since Ruan Hongjun, Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue just didn't obey her at all, they treated her like air and ignored what she said, not taking her seriously at all, she felt very aggrieved and uncomfortable.
After waiting for another half a month, Ruan Changfu finally came back as she wished.
Ruan Changfu arrived home at around three or four in the afternoon and the jeep was parked at the door. Feng Xiuying welcomed him in, then immediately went to the grocery store to buy some fish and meat. In the evening, she cooked a large table full of dishes at home to welcome him.
Ruan Hongjun was originally very happy today, but when he got home and saw Ruan Changfu, he instantly became depressed again.
Ruan Changfu glared at him when he saw him, "What? You don't welcome me back?"
I haven't seen him for such a long time. Not only is he not excited to see him, but he also looks depressed. He's asking for a fight!
Ruan Hongjun heard this and immediately grinned, his smile was so ugly, he said to Ruan Changfu: "I'm so happy, I miss you so much, I ask my mom every day why dad hasn't come back yet!"
Ruan Changfu snorted and rolled his eyes at him, "You think I'm stupid, don't you?"
Ruan Hongjun stopped smiling immediately and muttered, "You are so hard to please. It doesn't matter if you are unhappy or happy."
Ruan Changfu didn't bother him any more. When the family sat down for dinner, he asked all the children in the family directly: "Did you make your mother angry when I was away for the past few months?"
Ruan Qiuyang said as soon as he opened his mouth: "Ruan Hongjun had a fight with someone and broke his head."
Ruan Hongjun immediately explained: "It was a long time ago. I have been very well behaved in the past two months."
Ruan Changfu didn't believe it, "Tell me how honest you have been in the past two months."
Ruan Hongjun said: "If you don't believe me, ask my third brother. I do my homework every night when I get home. I passed every subject in the previous midterm exam."
Ruan Changfu couldn't believe it anymore. "Is it true?"
Ye Fan nodded beside him and said, "Really, I taught him a lot."
In order to prove that he had really behaved well and not caused any trouble in the past two months, Ruan Hongjun immediately got up and went back to the house. When he came back, he held a few test papers in his hand and slapped them in front of Ruan Changfu and said, "Look, this is ironclad evidence!"
Ruan Changfu picked up the test paper with a half-believing look. After reading the paper and the score, he smiled and said, "Not bad, how come you suddenly got it? You did a really good job this time and you should be praised."
Ruan Hongjun sat down proudly and made another face at Ruan Qiuyang.
Ruan Qiuyang sneered: "What's the use?"
Ruan Changfu was unhappy to hear this, and looked at her and said, "At least it shows that your fifth brother really spent his time and energy on other things, and didn't go out to fool around and cause trouble. Tell me, how many points did you get in the midterm exam?"
Ruan Qiuyang lowered his head and stopped talking.
Ruan Hongjun added: "Dad, your question is very particular. You are not asking about a dozen points, nor a few tens of points, but a few points. Although the score is really useless and can't be eaten or drunk, it can also explain something from the side. For example, if a person with a high IQ is stupid, she can only get a few points in the exam."
After hearing this, Ruan Qiuyang gritted his teeth in anger and shouted at Ruan Hongjun: "Ruan! Hong! Jun! Shut up!"
Ruan Hongjun boasted, "Hit me if you dare!"
"Stop it."
Ruan Changfu's words made Ruan Qiuyang swallow back all the words in his mouth.
The others had nothing to do and didn't say much.
Ruan Changfu was very tired after the long journey. After dinner, he didn't do anything else and went back to his room to sleep.
The next day was Sunday, but instead of making up for his sleep, he got up very early and left after having breakfast.
Feng Xiuying asked him, "Why are you so busy right after you got back? Today is Sunday, don't you want to rest at home for a day?"
Ruan Changfu said, "What can I do if I have something to deal with?"
Who doesn’t want to rest more at home? But you have to have time to rest.
Ruan Changfu didn't say much to her, just packed up and left.
Because I was busy, I didn't come back for lunch.
After lunch, Ruan Qiuyue took a nap in her room. After getting up, she went to Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie's room, stood in front of the sunny window, basked in the sun and did some stretching exercises to stretch her muscles.
While doing this, I saw Ye Qiuwen walking downstairs through the window.
So she turned around and whispered, "Ye Qiuwen went out alone again."
Unless there is something special, she usually takes Ruan Qiuyang with her when she goes out. Every time she goes out alone, she dresses up carefully, and it is obvious that she looks different from usual.
Ruan Jie said: "She is really brave. Her uncle has come back."
Ruan Xi looked at the book and said, "Ruan Changfu has been gone for five and a half months. No one at home takes care of her, which makes her bold. Ruan Changfu was not at home today. He went to work overtime at the company, so of course she had to go out. During the period of passionate love, one day of absence feels like three years."
Ruan Qiuyue finished her stretching exercises and returned to sit down at the desk.
She opened her homework book and said, "I didn't expect she would be so reckless about something like this. I don't understand."
Ruan Xi smiled and said, "That's because you are still young and don't understand love."
Ruan Qiuyue snorted, "When I grow up, I won't do this for a man."
Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue did not envy Ye Qiuwen for having such a passionate love. They said a few words and then stopped talking. They focused their attention on reading and studying, burning themselves with knowledge.
The room became quiet and the sound of wind could be heard outside the window.
The hands of the alarm clock are ticking.
When it was almost four o'clock, Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue put down their pens and closed their books, planning to go out for a walk to relax. I’ve been studying for too long and my neck hurts and my brain is tired. I need to go out and take a breath and rest.
However, just as the three of them got downstairs and were about to go out, they suddenly saw Ruan Hongjun running back from outside in a hurry. Not only was he stumbling as he ran, he kept yelling, "Mom, mom... Oh no, oh no, oh no... It's over, it's over, it's over..."
It seemed that something serious had happened, so Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue were a little confused, so they did not go out again. Instead, they turned back and followed Ruan Hongjun and went to the kitchen with him.
Feng Xiuying was making dumplings in the kitchen. Seeing Ruan Hongjun like this, she just asked, "What's wrong?"
Ruan Hongjun held onto the door frame, gasping for breath. "I heard someone say that elder sister... wasn't... Ye Qiuwen. Ye Qiuwen was caught by the old lady with bound feet from the neighborhood committee... They called the school and my dad's workplace!"
When Feng Xiuying heard this, she was startled and the half-wrapped dumpling in her hand fell onto the panel.
The neighborhood committees of this era are made up of old men and women. They have unprecedented power and can control anything. Their power is even wider than that of the police. Even if you see a man or a woman walking alone on the street, you can go up and question them.
These old ladies have nothing else to do every day, so they wear red armbands and walk around to catch those who do bad things.
Ruan Hongjun said anxiously: "What are you staring at? Go and have a look!"
Feng Xiuying reacted quickly and without even taking off her apron, she hurriedly pushed her bicycle out the door.
Ruan Hongjun ran after her bicycle, "Do you know which neighborhood committee we are in? Take me with you!"
Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue followed to the gate and watched Ruan Hongjun jump into Feng Xiuying's car. After a long time, they turned back and looked at each other.
Blinking, Ruan Qiuyue said hesitantly: "Could it be... that he was caught?"
Ruan Jie also blinked, "If you often walk by the river, you will get your shoes wet..."
Ruan Xi: "It seems like I'm really going to lose face..."
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