Chapter 29
The bell for the last class in the afternoon rang, and the classroom immediately became noisy. Jiang Jiang carried his schoolbag and walked out of the classroom with the crowd. As soon as he walked out, a cold wind blew in his face, and Jiang Jiang couldn't help shivering.
When she looked up, she saw He Guijuan waving at her not far away.
"Ginger."
Jiang Jiang trotted towards her.
He Guijuan cupped her daughter's face and asked, "How do you feel about your first day of school today? Are you adapting? Are you tired?"
He Guijuan's hands were very warm, and Jiang Jiang felt comfortable all of a sudden. "I've gotten used to it. I don't feel tired at all."
"Just get used to it. Let's go. I won't go home to cook tonight. Mom will take you to eat shepherd's purse wontons."
The business hours of the state-owned canteen are from 6:00 to 8:00 in the morning, from 10:00 to 1:00 in the afternoon, and from 16:00 to 20:00 in the afternoon. Today is the first day of school for the county primary school. There are many people on the road, many of whom are parents with their children. There are also many people eating in the state-owned canteen. A large area of seats that are usually empty are now full of people.
He Guijuan took Jiang Jiang to find a seat in a corner, let Jiang Jiang sit down first, and then went to queue up to buy tickets.
In addition to two bowls of shepherd's purse wontons, He Guijuan also bought two bowls of soy milk, which was still hot, a plate of pork head and three fried cakes. They couldn't eat so much, and mainly wanted to pack some food for Lin Youqing to take back.
Jiang Jiang took a sip of the soy milk first, and after the first sip, he couldn't help but drink a big gulp.
This is so delicious.
The soy milk is light yellow and tastes sweet, with the fragrance of soybeans, and the taste is mellow and sweet. Jiang Jiang held the bowl and couldn't help but sigh, "It tastes so good."
He Guijuan smiled and said, "It's delicious. Mom will bring you here next time."
This was Jiang Jiang's second time eating shepherd's purse wontons. The last time, Lin Youqing and He Guijuan took her to the state-owned canteen on the commune street. The taste of the state-owned canteen in the county town was almost the same as that in the commune canteen. The shepherd's purse wontons were sprinkled with a few chopped green onions and two slices of crispy blanched vegetables. The fillings of the big wontons included lean meat, green onions, ginger, and of course fresh shepherd's purse. The addition of shepherd's purse gave the filling a distinct shepherd's purse fragrance, which tasted refreshing and fragrant, and would not make you feel sick even if you ate too much.
After returning home, He Guijuan found a lunch box from the cupboard, washed it clean, scalded it with boiling water, and placed it on the table next to the stove to dry.
The school cafeteria does not provide lunch. Students bring their own meals to the school cafeteria when they go to school. At noon, the chef in the cafeteria’s big stove steams the rice in a steamer. Students then go to get it after the fourth class in the morning.
The next morning, Jiang Jiang got up early and He Guijuan was already busy in the kitchen.
He Guijuan steamed sweet potatoes and cooked rice porridge. The rice porridge in the pot exuded the mouth-watering sweet aroma of white rice and was bubbling. He Guijuan served out three bowls of porridge.
Lin Youqing picked up the chopsticks and took out the pickles to go with the porridge from the cupboard.
He Guijuan peeled a sweet potato and placed it in front of Jiang Jiang. "Mom put two pieces of peach cake in your schoolbag, wrapped in paper. If you are hungry, take them out and eat them during the break, okay?"
The sweet potato was sweet and sticky. Jiang Jiang swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "I understand."
White rice porridge is fragrant and sweet. I can drink a bowl of thick rice porridge in the morning, looking at the lush green leaves in the yard, the morning light dispelling the darkness, and when the bowl of rice porridge is finished, I feel like I have endless energy all over my body.
After breakfast, Jiang Jiang carried his schoolbag and a net bag containing his lunch box and left the house. The county primary school was not far from the county party committee compound. Jiang Jiang walked at a normal pace and arrived there in about ten minutes.
After arriving at school, Jiang Jiang first put the lunch box in the school cafeteria.
When she arrived at the classroom, her deskmate Chen Qiannan had not arrived yet, but two girls sitting in the back row had already arrived. Jiang Jiang remembered their names: one was Liu Weihong, and she heard that her brother was a worker at a food station; the other was Sun Zhaodi, who had thick bangs and hardly looked at people when she talked to them.
There were two boys in the front row, one named Li Yanhong and the other named Tian Weimin. However, Jiang Jiang didn't have much contact with them and had never spoken to them. She just knew their names.
Jiang Jiang took out the Chinese textbook from her schoolbag and first reviewed the new words at the end of the first lesson.
The first class started at 7:30 and Teacher Tian came in.
Teacher Tian is their first-grade homeroom teacher. In addition to teaching first grade, she also teaches Chinese to third graders. Because it was the first class, Teacher Tian deliberately slowed down the pace, but a few students still found it difficult.
When the teacher asked questions in class, Jiang Jiang knew the answers but did not dare to raise her hand. She was an introvert by nature and was afraid that everyone's eyes would be on her. In addition, she had just arrived in a new environment and was not familiar with the people and things around her, so she did not dare to raise her hand rashly.
Although Jiang Jiang did not raise her hand to answer during class, after class, when Sun Zhaodi in the back row didn't understand something, Jiang Jiang told her everything she knew.
After the bell rang for the fourth class, the students stood up collectively and said goodbye to the teacher. The classroom immediately became noisy. They crowded out of the door and ran towards the cafeteria.
Jiang Jiang also followed the crowd to the cafeteria to get his own food.
There was no place for students to sit and eat in the cafeteria, so most students chose to go back to the classroom to eat after getting their meals.
Students from well-off families will have eggs or pork in their lunch boxes, while most of them will have just cabbage and potatoes in their lunch boxes. Those from less well-off families will have just pickles and steamed cornbread, or corn cob grits pancakes.
He Guijuan prepared the meal for Jiang Jiang in the morning. She didn't know what He Guijuan had prepared for her. As soon as Jiang Jiang opened the lid of the aluminum lunch box, a gust of steam blew towards her and hit her in the face. The meal had just been taken out of the big steamer and was still hot. In the lunch box were white flour buns and potato chips, with thick slices of meat inside the potatoes.
The potatoes taste smooth, the meat slices are very fragrant, dry and fragrant, without any excess fat, not greasy at all, the aroma of meat and sauce mixed together, very delicious and goes well with rice.
She ate very quietly, unlike other students who scraped the bottom of their lunch boxes with their spoons making clanging sounds. She took a bite of steamed bun and a bite of vegetable and quickly finished her lunch.
"Here, this is for you."
Two fruit candies suddenly appeared on the table.
Jiang Jiang looked up and saw that her deskmate Chen Qiannan had already finished her meal with a candy in her mouth.
"Thank you. I also brought some peach cakes. Let's eat them together." He took out the paper bag containing peach cakes from his schoolbag.
The peach pastry was bought by He Guijuan when she took Jiang Jiang to the department store last time. It is more expensive than egg cake. I heard that it is made of flour, eggs and milk. There are cracks and sesame seeds on the surface. Jiang Jiang has eaten it twice at home. It is crispy and melts in the mouth.
This small gesture made the two people more familiar with each other.
After yesterday afternoon, the classmates in the class were playing and playing, and they quickly got to know each other. In this environment, Jiang Jiang and Chen Qiannan seemed particularly out of place. However, Jiang Jiang is introverted. When someone talks to her, Jiang Jiang will answer patiently. Chen Qiannan simply doesn't like to talk to people.
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