January 28th is the day to return to school to receive the grade report. Jiangnan got up early and had breakfast with his parents.

Just after breakfast, Wang Sihai, Xu Xiaofen and Jin Beibei had already arrived at their doorstep, so Jiangnan hurriedly put on his coat and went out with them.

Along the way, Jin Beibei chattered, talking about the fact that her parents would take her to the county to buy New Year's clothes before the New Year.

Xu Xiaofen talked to her without a word.

Jiangnan was a little curious and excited about going to school and didn't speak much along the way.

Wang Sihai didn't say a word, obviously because he was worried about his achievements.

"Jiangnan, why don't you talk? Did you fail this exam this time?" Jin Beibei asked carelessly, regardless of whether others were heartbroken or not.

"You also know that I don't care so much about my grades. If I don't get well in the exam, I will work harder next time." Jiang Nan glanced at her and said lightly.

"Yes, let's not talk about the exam, I will go to the county in a few days, will your house go?" Jin Beibei asked expectantly.

Xu Xiaofen also looked at Jiangnan with anticipation.

"If our parents don't go, I will go by myself if I want to go." Jiang Nan thought for a while and said.

Jiangnan really planned to go to the county town to see it. After all, he also wanted to see what the county town looked like in 1996. Although he was admitted to the No. 1 Middle School in his previous life, the No. 1 Middle School moved to the suburbs when he was in high school, so he didn't go to the county town much.

"Go to yourself? How do you go by yourself?" Jin Beibei said again.

"Let's go by bus, can you walk?" Jiang Nan said angrily when he was interrupted.

"Oh. It seems that it's not impossible to go by yourself." Jin Beibei didn't care, thinking about what Jiang Nan said.

The second grade of junior high school is on the second floor, Classes 1, 2 and 3 are on the left side of the stairs, Class 4 and Class 5 are on the right side.

Jin Beibei is in Class 1, Wang Sihai is in Class 3, Xu Xiaofen and Jiangnan are in Class 5.

Up to the second floor, Jiangnan said to Wang Sihai and Jin Beibei: "Will you go back together after school?"

Wang Sihai shook his head: "I see the situation. I guess I want to play outside for a while. You guys go back first."

Jin Beibei said: "I want to go back with you, but your class teacher is too stubborn. I guess I can't leave school if I don't say it for an hour. I'm afraid I can't wait."

Jiang Nan nodded and said, "Then let's talk about it later."

Jin Beibei nodded and turned around and left with Wang Sihai.

Before the head teacher Lu Zongren came, the classroom was in chaos and everyone was chatting excitedly. When Jiangnan and Xu Xiaofen came in, no one noticed it.

Xu Xiaofen was in the first row. After she sat down, she found that Jiang Nan was still in a daze in front of the blackboard.

Jiang Nan really doesn't remember where he is and who his deskmate is, and he is now confused.

He thought for a long time, but couldn't remember it, so he simply put his heart on his mind and sat down next to Xu Xiaofen.

When Xu Xiaofen saw Jiang Nan sitting beside her, she looked at her strangely.

Jiang Nan pretended to be nothing and said lightly: "I'll sit here for you. I offended my deskmate before. I'm afraid he will beat me up."

Xu Xiaofen looked back at the last table in the classroom and said strangely: "Where do you have a deskmate?"

"Ah?" Jiang Nan then remembered that in the second year of junior high school, he was sitting in the last row of the classroom. The extra desk was not only without a colleague, but also without anyone on the left.

"Haha, I'm talking about Li Jing in front." Jiang Nan said casually and left with his schoolbag.

The desks in rural middle schools are for two people, and Jiangnan alone owns a large desk. This is why he chose this position. After a few days, a thin layer of gray had fallen on the black table.

"I'm here so late, I'm sleeping in? Look at my newly bought napkin, does it smell good?" Li Jing turned around and looked at Jiangnan, took out a tissue and handed it to Jiangnan.

"No, I'm walking slowly on the road." Jiang Nan answered casually, took the napkin, wiped the table clean, and threw the paper into the trash can.

Li Jing was stunned. That was the same thing she had spent 50 cents to buy in the morning. She just wanted to give one to Jiangnan and ask him if it was fragrant.

"What's wrong, are you stupid?" Jiang Nan waved his hand in front of Li Jing's eyes.

"You are such a prodigal son. Use such a good facial tissue to wipe the table." Li Jing's deskmate Zhu Lijun said angrily, and after that, she sniffed it with a brand new napkin, with an intoxicated look on her face.

Jiangnan then remembered that it was in 1996, and napkins were not so popular, and they were only found in a slightly higher-end restaurant. Napkins had just entered the countryside and the price was indeed relatively expensive. A small pack of ten pieces is worth 50 cents.

In my memory, only a few female students in the class would buy it, and they wouldn’t be willing to use it even if they bought it.

"I'm really sorry, I thought you handed me to the table to wipe it, hehe..." Jiang Nan scratched his head awkwardly.

The head teacher Lu Zongren walked in and the classroom slowly calmed down.

Teacher Lu glanced at the whole class and confirmed that no one was absent. Then he said: "The first semester of the second year of junior high school has passed like this. In general, most of the students are making positive progress. Three students in our class have gloriously joined the Communist Youth League this semester..."

Teacher Lu summarized the study situation of this semester in a stern manner. Everyone whispered and whispered. Jiang Nan was not interested in listening, quietly lowering his head, thinking about the changes that his father's unit was about to face.

"Hey, Jiangnan, is that girl outside looking for you?" Li Jing turned around and said in a low voice.

Jiangnan looked out the window and saw Jin Beibei standing outside the window. Seeing Jiangnan looking over, he glanced at his wrist.

Jiang Nan glanced at Lao Lu on the podium and rolled his eyes upwards.

Jin Beibei gave a helpless expression and glanced at the side.

Jiangnan nodded, and Jin Beibei left.

Li Jing watched the performance of the two of them throughout the whole process, and only realized after the person left, "What are you fighting for a puzzle?"

"We are talking, we are talking." Jiang Nan said inexplicably.

"Can you understand each other?" Li Jing asked in surprise.

"Oh, she asked me how long it would take to end, and I said, I don't know, our teacher is very long-winded.

She said she expressed sympathy and she went back first, and I said OK. It's that simple." Jiang Nan said.

"Wow, you really have a good understanding of each other, and the communication level is quite in-depth." Li Jing said with envy.

"That means they are calling." Zhu Lijun interrupted.

"This does not mean that they are calling, it only means that they are very familiar with each other and must have a tacit understanding." Li Jing argued.

These two guys argued like crosstalk. Jiang Nan felt bored and didn't say anything anymore.

Teacher Lu talked for an hour, and during this period he praised the students who had made great progress in their studies, criticized the students who had regressed, and explained some precautions for the winter vacation. Only then did he distribute the transcripts and announced the holiday.

After Lao Lu left, everyone scattered, and there was no time to greet each other, and there was no one in the classroom soon.

Jiang Ruijin waited for everyone to leave, then walked to the back of the classroom and said to Jiangnan: "Jiangnan, did you go back to the countryside before the New Year?"

Jiang Nan was stunned for a moment and remembered that this thin boy was his distant cousin Jiang Ruijin. He looked at a girl sitting in front of the classroom. The girl nodded to him with a smile. She was Jiang Ruijin's twin sister Jiang Ruiyin.

Jiang Nan also smiled and nodded at her. Jiang Nan still had a particularly good impression of these twin siblings.

When he was a child, Jiangnan was always chased by dogs. Jiang Ruijin always stood up and drove the dog away with stones. He knew that Jiangnan liked to eat lobsters, and often took Jiangnan to catch lobsters with net bags.

The brother and sister went to elementary school in the countryside, and only came to the town at junior high school. In the second grade of junior high school, they were assigned to the same class with Jiangnan, and the number of interactions gradually increased.

"I'm not sure, I should have to go back in New Year's Eve." Jiang Nan thought for a while before saying.

"Then if you go back before the New Year, remember to find me. If you catch up with my uncle's house, Qingtang, I will catch a turtle and give it to you." Jiang Ruijin said with a smile.

"Okay, I will definitely find you when I go back." Jiang Nan laughed and hammered him.

Jiang Ruijin happily took his sister away.

Seeing the brother and sister away, Jiangnan saw Xu Xiaofen waiting for him, so he took his schoolbag and walked towards her. The two of them went home together.

"Jiangnan, which one are you ranked this time?" Xu Xiaofen asked on the way.

"Fifth, where are you?" Jiang Nan also asked.

"Eighth." Xu Xiaofen replied.

"We all work hard to get admitted to the No. 1 Middle School in the County," Jiangnan encouraged.

A surprise flashed in Xu Xiaofen's dull eyes, and she replied with a smile: "Well, I will work hard."

"Jiangnan, I'm not good at physics. Can you help me replenish physics?" Xu Xiaofen said again.

"Yeah, no problem." Jiang Nan replied, but thought to himself, how could he make some money during the winter vacation? He also wanted to make some money to go to the county town during the winter vacation.

The town is just one street, the school is at the east end, and the supply and marketing cooperative is at the west end, which is only seven or eight hundred meters away. There are private houses on both sides of the road. Jiangnan saw that the Spring Festival couplets and Fu characters from last year were pasted on the doors of every household, which had faded. Some had been blown away by the wind, leaving only a glue mark on the door.
Chapter completed!