Ruan Xi thought that it was probably because she and Ruan Jie did not report the affair. No one was watching Ye Qiuwen to see if she was causing trouble. Ye Qiuwen was not under any pressure and she gradually relaxed completely and fell in love.
Ruan Changfu was thousands of miles away and could not control her. Feng Xiuying could not control her at all, which meant that she was always indulging her. There was no one else to get in the way, so she naturally relaxed her vigilance and stopped being careful, and concentrated on enjoying the sweetness of love.
Ruan Xi did not have time to pay more attention to her. She did not go out for the remaining ten days of summer vacation. She and Ruan Jie stayed at home to study every day. When they were tired, they would go to the square to watch a movie on Sunday night. This was the only entertainment in their lives.
Every time I went to the movies, I would meet Xu Zhuo and Chen Weidong. They either took seats for Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie, or moved stools for them. They did not distance themselves from them because they were rejected. Without mentioning that, they were just ordinary friends.
The weather did not get cooler after the beginning of autumn. After the start of school, there was a fierce autumn heat wave, and the weather was hot for a while. Autumn cicadas called in the woods every day, and the sounds of "cicada" and "cicada" were 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 would lead to loss of control, especially for a combative boy like Ruan Hongjun.
Since Ruan Changfu went to another place, he has been fighting and causing trouble, but they were always minor.
Then, just half a month after the new semester started, he fought with others again.
This time, he was beaten by the crowd and got a bump on his forehead. He couldn't beat them, so he cried and pointed at them and said, "You all wait for me. No one is allowed to leave after school tomorrow. I will find Xu Zhuo to beat you to death!"
People ridiculed him, "Crybaby! Go find us! 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 stretched out her hand to touch it, "What happened to you? Who beat you 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 anything, because it was useless to tell her, Feng Xiuying would only nag and make trouble.
Feng Xiuying didn't care about Ruan Hongjun's attitude towards her, and still cared: "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 bathroom to wash after dinner."
Ruan Hongjun said directly: "I'm not going!"
Going to the bathroom with a gauze on your forehead is so embarrassing, he won't do it!
Feng Xiuying nagged him a few more times, and he slapped down his chopsticks and said, "You're too noisy! I won't eat anymore!" He immediately
stood up, kicked the stool away and left.
After dinner, sitting at the desk in the room, Ruan Qiuyue shook her head and sighed, "Our mother is really useless. Her brain is full of mud, she can't convince or control people, no wonder Ye Qiuwen leads her by the nose. 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, "Are you really going to never call her mother in your life?"
Ruan Xi smiled, "I can't even call Dad, do you think I can call Mom?"
Ruan Xi had just finished speaking, and Ruan Qiuyue hadn't said anything else, when there was a sudden 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 after the door opened, Ruan Hongjun stuck his head in through the crack.
Ruan Xi looked at him for a moment without saying a word.
He pushed the door open, closed it with his backhand, and then stood against the wall beside the door, looking at Ruan Xi like a wounded puppy. It was obvious that he came to her for something, and he wanted to ask her for something.
Ruan Xi did not speak, Ruan Qiuyue looked at him and asked, "What are you doing?"
Ruan Hongjun pursed his lips and spoke after a long time: "Sister, can you help me find Xu Zhuo? I was beaten by several people today, otherwise I would not be beaten like this..."
Ruan Xi understood that he wanted to find Xu Zhuo to help him get revenge.
Ruan Qiuyue said again, "If dad had beaten you to death at home, how dare you ask your elder sister to go find Xu Zhuo? I think you just need to be taught a lesson. Just get beaten a few more times. You will be scared and won't dare to cause trouble in the future."
Ruan Hongjun looked at Ruan Qiuyue and said, "Sixth brother, shut up and don't say anything!"
After that, he looked at Ruan Xi, "Eldest sister, can you help me this time?"
Ruan Xi looked at him and was silent 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 in the future, and you are not allowed to use Xu Zhuo's name to get around in school. Second, study hard in school, listen to the lectures and do your homework seriously. Third, get 60 points in the midterm exam."
"Sixty points?"
Ruan Hongjun's eyes widened, "You might as well just kill me."
Ruan Xi lowered his head and continued to do 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 turtle grandson."
Ruan Hongjun pressed against the wall, looking at the window curtains blown by the wind, and fell into a dilemma in life.
The second hand on the alarm clock turned one by one, and time passed in silence.
When the minute hand turned a large space, he took a deep breath and said, "Sister, I promise you!"
Ruan Xi continued to write 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, took Ruan Jie downstairs and asked Ruan Hongjun to go out together. When he went out, 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 said and ran away.
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie went to the canteen first to buy a pack of cigarettes. They
went to the square with the cigarettes, but Xu Zhuo and Ruan Hongjun had not come yet, so they sat down and relaxed for a while.
Ruan Jie asked Ruan Xi: "Are you going to let Xu Zhuo beat up a bunch of elementary school students?"
Ruan Xi laughed and said: "Would Xu Zhuo be embarrassed to let a high school student beat up elementary school students? 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 in the future."
Ruan Jie also laughed, "I saw him leaning against the wall and thinking for a long time."
Ruan Xi: "That means he has gone through a fierce ideological struggle and made a very careful decision."
...
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 walked in front of them, 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 say it, and Xu Zhuo and Chen Weidong already knew the whole story.
Xu Zhuo said: "See how polite you are."
"Politeness is a must."
Ruan Xi took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it directly to Xu Zhuo.
Xu Zhuo took a look at it and didn't take it. He just said, "It's no big deal. Take it back and don't buy things randomly in the future."
He knew the situation of her family and her situation at home. Money was not something she could squander.
Ruan Xi looked at him and said, "If you don't want it, I'm embarrassed to ask you for help."
Xu Zhuo looked at her for a moment and still didn't reach out to take it.
Ruan Hongjun was very sensible. He immediately took the cigarette and put it in Xu Zhuo's trouser pocket.
Xu Zhuo: "..."
It was a bit hesitant to take it out and push it back and forth, so he accepted it.
Ruan Xi said to 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 two sentences. Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie didn't plan to stay outside for long. They said that they were ready to go back.
Xu Zhuo and Chen Weidong didn't bother to keep them outside any longer. They just patted Ruan Hongjun on the back and said, "Come on, kid, I'll take you to the grocery store to buy food. Buy whatever you want."
Ruan Hongjun's eyes lit up, "Really?"
He didn't care about the things in the grocery store, but Xu Zhuo and Chen Weidong.
It's so honorable to be able to go to the grocery store with them!
Ruan Xi didn't even have time to call Ruan Hongjun, he followed Xu Zhuo and Chen Weidong and left happily.
Ruan Xi looked at the two adults and the child: "..."
Ruan Xi knew that Xu Zhuo was a sensible person, so he didn't worry too much about it.
She and Ruan Jie put the matter aside when they got home. She didn't think much about it the next day when she went to school. After a day of school, she came back to Ruan Hongjun's talk at night, and then she knew what happened.
Ruan Hongjun was so happy that his front teeth were about to fall out. After dinner, he ran to Ruan Xi's room and gestured while saying, "Sister, you don't know how much face I had in school today. I was so awesome! Those who beat me were scared to pee by Xu Zhuo and the others. Hahaha... Let's see if they dare to mess with me in the future!"
Ruan Xi was not interested in the elementary school students being scared to pee, and directly handed over the paper with three conditions written on it. He picked it up and showed it to Ruan Hongjun, smiling and saying to him: "Don't forget the conditions you promised me, otherwise I will ask Xu Zhuo to beat you up and make you pee your pants."
Ruan Hongjun: "..."
After a moment, his head drooped, and he took the paper from Ruan Xi's hand, pouting sadly - 60 points, huh...
Ruan Hongjun kept his word. After Xu Zhuo helped him avenge the beating, he started to put textbooks in his schoolbag from the next day. Although he would still be distracted in class, at least he could listen for ten minutes.
In the evening, he would do his homework in his room after school.
Ye Fan was like seeing a ghost, and he even touched his head and whispered to him, "Are you possessed?"
Ruan Hongjun opened his hand directly, "No, I'm studying, but damn, I can't do it..."
Ye Fan took the book and sat down on the bed, leaning against the pillow, "In the five years of elementary school, you almost never put textbooks in your schoolbag. It would be a miracle if you can do it. Can you recite 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, straightened up, "Come on, of course you don't know it, Third Brother, I will teach you for free."
Ruan Hongjun handed him the homework, pursed his lips, "I don't know it."
Ye Fan: "..."
You are so straightforward.
In November, the autumn wind changes the scenery.
The sycamores and ginkgo trees on the street were dyed by the season, and the wind blew and covered the ground with golden color.
In the fifth grade classroom of elementary school, Ruan Hongjun held a pen to answer questions. For the first time, he did not fall asleep in the examination room.
After answering the questions and taking the exam, he waited patiently for a day for the test results.
This was also the first time he cared about his test results since he grew up.
In the past, he thought that only fools would study hard and care about useless scores.
After getting the graded test paper, he didn't speak for a long time.
Ruan Xi also had to take an exam herself. She treated every exam as a self-test and asked Ruan Jie to use every exam to practice and perform on the spot, because she had basically not experienced any exams and her psychological quality needed to be trained.
Last semester, Ruan Jie was nervous every time she took an exam because she had just started school. She was confused and only scored 45 points. After a semester of training, she can now answer questions calmly and score more than 90 points. 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, her academic performance will not be bad. The results of this exam 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 of the resumption of the college entrance examination, although there were many people who registered, there were actually not many people who had real knowledge reserves. Among these people, the most competitive ones are the old three classes, that is, the junior and senior high school graduates in 1966, 1967, and 1968.
Because the Great Revolution had not yet begun at that time, they completed their studies completely. But they graduated early, and it had been ten years since the college entrance examination was resumed. They did not touch the textbooks for ten years, and only reviewed for one month after the college entrance examination was resumed.
The rest of those who went to junior high school and high school during the ten years were basically just wasting their time. The school did not focus on knowledge teaching, and few students studied. Even fewer of these people were able to get into college. For
those who had no foundation, reviewing for a month was useless, and they could only 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 exams, it would be no problem for them to go to college.
What made Ruan Xi most relieved was that Ruan Jie herself was willing to learn. Probably because there was really nothing else that could make her feel present, and she found a sense of accomplishment in studying, so she became more and more fascinated.
Because Ruan Jie did well in the exam today, Ruan Xi took her to the grocery store after school and bought her a few pieces of toffee as a reward. Then when she bought 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 he said to Ruan Xi, "Next time I will get 100 points!"
After returning home with the candies, Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie were stopped by Ruan Hongjun before they even entered the house.
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 held the door with one hand and stood on one foot. His other leg was on the ground, with his toes on the ground.
There were only two words to describe him - being cool!
Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie stood at the door and looked at him speechlessly for a while.
Then he didn't say anything either, and suddenly took out his other hand from behind.
He held several red test papers in his hand, looked at Ruan Xi proudly and said, "I! I passed all of them!"
Hearing this, Ruan Xi's eyes lit up, "Really?"
She reached out to take the test papers from his hand, took them over and took a look, and sure enough, all of them passed, although each subject was stuck at the passing line, with at most two points more. After reading it,
Ruan Xi laughed, took out a candy from her pocket and put it in front of Ruan Hongjun, "I knew you could do it, 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 saw the food and his eyes lit up, 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 past them and went into the house. Ruan Hongjun sneaked over and almost tripped Ruan Qiuyang.
Ruan Qiuyang stumbled and stood up, turned around and scolded him: "Ruan Hongjun, you want to die! I see you are itching for a beating again, wearing dad's clothes secretly, I will tell dad to beat you when he comes back!"
Ruan Hongjun made a face at her, "As if I am 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 said to him: "Keep it up."
After that, the three of them went into the house together, each returned to their own room, and waited for dinner to be ready.
Ruan Hongjun himself did not think that the test results were something worth showing off. On the contrary, it would affect his reputation as a troublemaker. Therefore, he did not tell anyone else except Ruan Xi and Ruan Jie about it.
Of course, because only Ruan Xi cared.
Ruan Changfu had been sent abroad for five months. Everyone else in the family was very happy and hoped that he would stay abroad for a few more months. Only Feng Xiuying was looking forward to his return as soon as possible. Because he was away, she had to take care of everything at home, which was really tiring.
Especially when Ruan Hongjun and Ruan Xi took Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue with them, they did not obey her at all. They treated her as air and ignored her words. They did not take her seriously at all. She felt very depressed and uncomfortable.
After waiting for another half a month, Ruan Changfu finally came back as she wished.
Ruan Changfu arrived home at around 3 or 4 in the afternoon, and the jeep stopped at the door. Feng Xiuying welcomed him in, then immediately went to the grocery store to buy some fish and meat, and cooked a table full of dishes at home in the evening to welcome him.
Ruan Hongjun was very happy today, but when he got home and saw Ruan Changfu, he immediately became depressed.
Ruan Changfu glared at him when he saw him, "What? Don't you welcome me back?"
He hadn't been seen for such a long time, and it was fine if he was not excited, but he was also gloomy, asking for trouble!
Upon hearing this, Ruan Hongjun immediately grinned, his smile was so ugly, and he said to Ruan Changfu: "I'm so happy, I miss you so much, I ask my mother 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 and muttered: "You're really hard to please. You can't be unhappy, and you can't be happy."
Ruan Changfu didn't bother him anymore. When the family sat down for dinner, he asked all the children in the family directly: "I was away for the past few months. Did you make your mother angry when you were at home?"
Ruan Qiuyang said: "Ruan Hongjun got into a fight with someone and broke his head."
Ruan Hongjun immediately explained: "That was a long time ago. I've 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 come back. I passed every subject in the previous midterm exam."
Ruan Changfu couldn't believe it anymore, "Is it true?"
Ye Fan nodded and said, "Really, I taught him a lot."
In order to prove that he had really performed 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 papers with some belief and some doubt. After reading the papers and the scores, he laughed and said, "Not bad. How come you suddenly got it? You did really well this time and you should be praised."
Ruan Hongjun sat down proudly and made a face at Ruan Qiuyang again.
Ruan Qiuyang sneered and said, "What's the use?"
Ruan Changfu was unhappy to hear this. He looked at her and said, "At least it proves that your fifth brother really spends his time and energy on other things, and doesn't go out to fool around and cause trouble. Tell me, how many points did you get in the midterm exam?"
Ruan Qiuyang lowered her head and said nothing.
Ruan Hongjun added: "Dad, your question is very particular. It's not about ten points, nor about ten points, but about a few points. Although the scores are really useless and can't be eaten or drunk, they can also explain something from the side. For example, if a person has a low IQ or a stupid person, she can only get a few points in the test."
Ruan Qiuyang gritted his teeth after hearing this and said to Ruan Hongjun: "Ruan! Hong! Jun! Shut up!"
Ruan Hongjun said proudly, "If you have the guts, hit me!"
"Stop making trouble."
Ruan Changfu's words made Ruan Qiuyang swallow all the words in his mouth.
The others didn't have much to do, and they didn't say much.
Ruan Changfu was very tired after all the hard work. After dinner, he didn't do anything else and went back to sleep soon.
The next day was Sunday, but he did not catch up on sleep. Instead
, he got up very early and left after having breakfast. Feng Xiuying asked him, "Why are you so busy right after you come back? Today is Sunday, don't you take a day off at home?"
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, packed up and left.
Because he was busy, he 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 the sunny window to bask in the sun and did some stretching exercises to stretch her muscles.
While doing it, she saw Ye Qiuwen going downstairs from the window.
So she turned around and whispered, "Ye Qiuwen went out alone again."
If there was nothing special, she would usually take Ruan Qiuyang with her when she went out. And every time she went out alone, she would dress up carefully, and it was obvious that she was different from usual.
Ruan Jie said, "She is really brave, even her uncle is back." Ruan Xi
looked at the book and said, "Ruan Changfu has been gone for five and a half months, and no one at home took care of her, which made her brave. Ruan Changfu was not at home today, he went to work overtime at the company, so of course she had to go out. In the period of passionate love, not seeing each other for a day feels like a long time."
Ruan Qiuyue finished her stretching exercises and came back to sit down at the desk.
She opened her homework book and said, "I didn't expect her to be so desperate in such a matter. 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 put their minds aside to read and study, burning themselves with knowledge.
The room was quiet, and the sound of the wind could be heard outside the window.
The hands of the alarm clock were turning.
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. Studying for too long made their necks hurt and their heads tired. They needed to go out for a breath and rest.
However, just when the three of them got downstairs and were about to go out, they suddenly saw Ruan Hongjun running back in a hurry from outside. Not only was he stumbling while running, but he also kept yelling, "Mom... Oh no, oh no, oh no... It's over, it's over, it's over..."
It seemed that something serious had happened. Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie, and Ruan Qiuyue were a little confused, so they did not go out again. Instead, they turned around and followed Ruan Hongjun and went to the kitchen with him.
Feng Xiuying was making dumplings in the kitchen. When she saw Ruan Hongjun like this, she just asked, "What's wrong?"
Ruan Hongjun held on to the door frame and gasped for breath, "I heard that my elder sister...not...Ye Qiuwen, Ye Qiuwen was caught by the old ladies with bound feet from the neighborhood committee...They called the school and my dad's unit!"
Feng Xiuying was startled when she heard this, and the half-made dumpling in her hand fell on the panel.
The neighborhood committees of this era are all composed of old men and women. They have unprecedented power and can say anything. Their power is wider than that of the police. Even if they see men and women walking alone on the street, they 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, and without even taking off her apron, she hurried to push her bicycle out of the door.
Ruan Hongjun ran after her bicycle, "Do you know which neighborhood committee it is? Take me with you!"
Ruan Xi, Ruan Jie and Ruan Qiuyue followed to the gate, watched Ruan Hongjun jump on Feng Xiuying's car, and turned back to look at each other after a long time. Blinking
, Ruan Qiuyue said hesitantly: "Could it be... that he was caught?"
Ruan Jie also blinked, "If you often walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet..."
Ruan Xi: "It seems that I really have to humiliate myself..."
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