These days, the women of the Jiang family seem to be particularly busy. They have to make clothes for all the family before the New Year, which is not an easy task. Old Mrs. Miao and Gu Dongmei have almost no spare time to do laundry and cooking. Fortunately, there are Erni and Jiang Aiguo, and the other children are also very motivated because they have to make new clothes, and they almost take care of all the housework.
"It's my turn, it's my turn!"
It was still daybreak, and a cold wind was blowing on the country road, so much so that even a breath could form fog. Si Ni ran quickly after the bicycle, shouting at the back.
Jiang Yilu touched his sore buttocks from sitting on the back seat of the bicycle, jumped off, and let his fourth sister sit on the back seat instead.
"Why is it Fourth Sister again? It's obviously my turn." Sanni muttered as she approached.
"Just a moment, just a moment." Si Ni said to San Ni coquettishly. San Ni pouted and reluctantly agreed: "Just a moment, remember it will be my turn soon."
Si Ni responded casually, hugged her second sister's waist tightly while she was riding a bicycle, and giggled.
"Si Ni, please let me sit for a while." The little bald man carrying a military green cross-body bag trotted up to Si Ni and said in a flattering tone.
"Call me Fourth Sister, not Si Ni." Si Ni glared at him angrily and said with a stern face. Si Ni was three months older than Guang Piao, but according to age, she was one year older, so what Si Ni said was not wrong.
What Fourth Sister? She's just a little girl. Guangpiao glanced at the little girl who was shorter than him and looked at the majestic bicycle with envy, but he just couldn't say the name Fourth Sister.
Jiang Yilu was jogging behind, watching the group of people joking around. This had almost become their normal routine on their way to school every day.
After discussing with his family, Old Man Jiang sent several children to Hongqi Primary School at the beginning of the year. Ruan Ruan was also sent there by Old Man Ruan. Guangpiao and Tiezhu simply didn't want to be separated from their good brothers, and after a lot of arguing at home, they finally got what they wanted and became a glorious primary school student.
"I also want to ride a bike, but my dad won't let me, as if I might break the bike." Mo Xiangfang, dressed tightly in a large red scarf, said in a muffled voice.
After the Jiang family, two more families in the village had bicycles, one was the Mo Dashuan family, and the other was the Cheng family, the village accountant. The Jiang family's bicycle was no longer the only one in the village, but only the Jiang family was willing to give this precious bicycle to several children to ride to school, while other families wanted to keep their bicycles and oil them twice a day.
Jiang Yilu listened to Mo Xiangfang's complaints and looked at her short legs. It was really not because Uncle Dashuan was being careful. With Xiangfang's current height, she probably couldn't even step over the bicycle pole.
The bicycle seats of this era are very high, and shorter people can't step on the pedals, so among the siblings, only Jiang Erni and Jiang Aiguo can ride, and the others can only look at the horizontal bar in front and the seat in the back. In order to be fair, everyone takes turns, which is why the scene at the beginning appears.
"Ruan Ruan, hurry up and put your scarf on." Er Ni rode the bicycle very hard, her head wrapped tightly in the scarf, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed. She looked down at the little girl sitting on the horizontal bar, whose face was red from the cold, and told her to put on her scarf.
Ruan Ruan stuck out her tongue and obediently covered her face with a scarf. This way, she was warm, but the hot air she exhaled was blocked by the scarf. The wet hot air filled her face, making her feel a little uncomfortable. However, being stared at by her second sister, Ruan Ruan did not dare to take off the scarf. She only dared to lift the scarf a little when her second sister was not paying attention, to feel the dry and cold air, and then put the scarf on again.
This kind of lip service would have been absolutely impossible for the previous Ruan Ruan, but the past few years of getting along with each other made her much more lively, and she trusted the Jiang brothers and sisters more and more, so her daily behavior was no longer so restrained.
Yu Xiaocao followed behind them, listening to their laughter but not interrupting them, silently watching them with a hint of envy in her eyes. Yu Xiaocao also started school this year, and her aunt paid for her tuition. It is said that on the day she was sent to school, Dazhu's wife had a fight with her mother-in-law, and it was Mo Dashuan and several village cadres who intervened.
I don’t know the final result of the discussion, but Yu Xiaocao came to school with them.
The children were making a lot of noise, and Erni and Jiang Aiguo took turns riding their bicycles to take the children to school, and they finally arrived at the school.
Hongqi Primary School is the only primary school among several nearby villages. The school has only a few bungalows. Apart from the teachers for the three classes, there is only one office for the staff, which is very simple.
The school covers a large area. Except for an open space that serves as a place for students to play, the rest is farmland. The vegetables, fruits and melons grown here are provided for the school staff. In addition to attending classes on weekdays, all students have to help teachers with farming and pest control. This is also the norm in primary schools nowadays.
Jiang Aiguo pushed the bicycle to the front of the staff lounge, locked it carefully, and then the children went to their respective classrooms.
Erni and Jiang Aiguo are in the big class, Jiang Aidang and Sanni are in the middle class, and the others are in the small class.
They came very early today and didn't see anyone outside the classroom. When they were about to go in, they suddenly heard conversation in the classroom. Jiang Yilu paused, and the people following him naturally stopped as well.
"Xiangdong, your family has already defaulted on tuition for two semesters. Tell your mother to come and pay the tuition another day. If you really have no money, food or anything else can be used to pay the tuition."
A gentle and warm male voice came from the classroom. Jiang Yilu knew it was Rong Jing's voice, that is, Mr. Rong who once taught his older sister.
There was silence in the room for a while, and no sound was heard.
"Xiangdong, you are a good student. The teacher hopes that you can continue to study. If your family is really in financial difficulty, the teacher will help you pay the tuition first and wait for you—"
In the end, it was Rong Jing who spoke, his attitude still gentle, but also a little cautious, as if he was afraid of hurting the child's self-esteem.
"No, I'll find a way to make up the money." A cold and clean voice interrupted Rong Jing's words. Even if Jiang Yiliu didn't see it, he could imagine Rong Jing's embarrassed expression at this time.
Mo Xiangdong was still the same as in his previous life, and Jiang Yilu was a little dazed.
"Xiaobao, why don't you go in?" Guangpiao didn't understand why Jiang Yi was standing at the door, so he urged him. Now both people in the classroom knew that someone was eavesdropping outside.
Jiang Yilu coughed and walked in as if nothing had happened. He put his schoolbag on his seat, took out a red book and began to read it carefully with his head down.
The others didn't even listen to the conversation in the classroom carefully. They rushed into the classroom cheering, bowed to Rong Jing, and returned to their seats to play.
"Xiangdong, if you have any difficulties, come to the teacher and the teacher will help you." Rong Jing looked calm. He pushed the golden glasses frame on his nose, smiled warmly, patted the tall and thin boy on the shoulder, and turned to leave.
Jiang Yilu had been keeping an eye on the two of them, and couldn't help but admire Rong Jing's self-control. In fact, from the two years of getting along with each other, Rong Jing really didn't seem to be a bad person. He was warm-hearted and kind, willing to help anyone in need, and didn't look down on others because of his city dweller identity. He was also very patient in teaching students.
During the half year when his eldest sister was still in school, he didn't notice any difference in how Rong Jing treated his eldest sister.
Logically, Jiang Yilu should like such a good teacher, but for some reason, maybe he was still thinking about the scene he saw at the beginning. He always felt something was weird when he saw Rong Jing. Sometimes when he saw him smile, he couldn't help but think of him as a smiling tiger and a hypocrite in his mind. Therefore, he could never like Rong Jing, a teacher who was loved by students.
As soon as Rong Jing's figure disappeared in the classroom, Mo Xiangdong walked down from the podium. When he passed by Jiang Yilu, he looked at him deeply. Jiang Yilu couldn't help but straighten his back until the other person walked past and then relaxed.
"Xiaobao, didn't Xiangdong's mother pay his tuition?" Mo Xiangfang was sitting in front of Jiang Yilu. She turned around, poked Jiang Yilu's hand, and asked in a low voice.
"I don't know. Why do you care so much about other people's affairs? Do you want to be a nagging woman like Third Aunt?"
Third Aunt is the most gossipy woman in Qingshan Village. Almost anything that happens in anyone’s home, as long as Third Aunt knows it, the whole village, young and old, men and women, will know it clearly without even the next day.
When Mo Xiangfang heard Jiang Yiliu comparing her to her third aunt, she was furious. She picked up the book in her hand and was about to throw it at him, having already forgotten the question she had just asked.
Jiang Yilu was dodging Mo Xiangfang's attack with a giggle, but he was still remembering the conversation he had just heard.
In his previous life, he had never attended Hongqi Primary School, so naturally he didn't know what happened to Mo Xiangdong. As the only boy from Qingshan Village who was admitted to university after the resumption of the college entrance examination, and the top scorer in the college entrance examination in Yuchuan County, Mo Xiangdong has always been the pride and topic of conversation of the villagers for more than ten years.
While dodging Mo Xiangfang's attack, Jiang Yilu secretly looked behind him. Mo Xiangdong was the same height as his mother Yao Fang, tall and thin. He was only nine years old, but unusually silent. He almost never left his seat on weekdays. Except for going to the staff classroom to ask questions to the teacher, he would hold a few books and study hard every day.
He was also a child from Qingshan Village who went to school, but he never went to school with the others and never talked to them. Most of the time, everyone forgot that there was such a person as Mo Xiangdong in the classroom.
Jiang Yilu could not forget Mo Xiangdong, but he was the only boy Jiang Laidie liked when she was young and ignorant in her previous life.
It can't really be said that he liked her. At most, it was just the hormonal impulse of adolescence. But even so, for Jiang Laidie, who had never had a relationship in her previous life, Mo Xiangdong was already special enough.
When Jiang Yilu saw Mo Xiangdong again in this life, the excitement he had in his memory was gone, only a sense of disappointment.
Since the day she learned about her gender transition, Jiang Yilu has been thinking about her sexual orientation in this life. As a woman who has lived for decades, her sexual orientation is definitely male, but as Jiang Yilu in this life, she cannot and must not continue with this choice.
Life is not a game. Jiang Yilu, who has been reborn, cherishes this hard-earned happiness more than anyone else. He also cannot accept that he continues to be with a man in a man's body. If he really does this, there will definitely be an uproar in the Jiang family. Perhaps this decision will ruin the current situation that he is satisfied with and push everything back to the time before his rebirth.
He is just an ordinary person. He prefers a simple and peaceful life to a life full of storms. Perhaps in a dozen years, he will marry a gentle and kind wife. He may not be able to fall in love with her, but he will do his best to respect and love her. They will have several children and live a warm but peaceful life. This is the choice Jiang Yiliu will make.
Jiang Yiliu glanced at the boy sitting at the last table, then retracted his gaze, putting aside the secret thoughts of his previous life. Mo Xiangdong was indeed a talented person, resolute and patient, and decisive. If they could get along well, he would be a help and a network in the future. Jiang Yiliu decided to observe and see what Mo Xiangdong would do. According to the development of his previous life, he had stayed in school steadily until graduation, but he didn't know whether he finally accepted Rong Jing's financial support.
As a result, before Jiang Yiluo could take any action, Mo Xiangdong paid the tuition fees for two semesters in arrears the next day, and he gave it to Rong Jing in the presence of Jiang Yiluo and others.
Rong Jing was stunned for a moment, then he regained his amiable expression, accepted the tuition, and said a few words to Mo Xiangdong, which were nothing more than telling him not to hold on and to contact him in time if he had any problems. Mo Xiangdong had a stiff face from beginning to end, until the end, even Rong Jing felt a little embarrassed, and let him go with a stiff smile.
At this time, Jiang Yilu's mind was no longer on Mo Xiangdong. It was near the end of the year and the school courses were about to end. Jiang Dazhen suddenly sent a message saying that she had found a partner for Dani, which made Jiang Yilu's nerves tense instantly.
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