Zeng Qing has been living on campus for three or four days. Ever since she moved out from her aunt's house, she has been eating steamed rice every day.
Since everyone is on the same page, Xiang Jin felt that it was necessary for her to take some time to visit her in the dormitory.
The fourth period of the day happened to be a physical education class. After finishing his class, Teacher Zhang asked everyone to move around freely.
Xiang Jin felt that this was just an opportunity, but seeing that Yan Chen wanted to go play basketball, Xiang Jin told him, "I plan to visit Zeng Qing in the girls' dormitory later, so I won't
I went to have dinner with you.
I wanted to order some stir-fries for her in the cafeteria, so I thought of going to eat in advance so that the stir-fries I ordered could just keep up with her lunch, otherwise she would have eaten all the food by then."
Yan Chen nodded, "Okay!"
Xiang Jin then said, "How about I bring your lunch back to you later? By the time you finish playing and go back to wash up, the food in the cafeteria will have been cold."
Yan Chen's lips curled up slightly, "Aren't you going to the girls' dormitory?"
Xiang Jin said, "I still have to go back and put away the dishes first?"
"Yan Chen, throw the ball over first?!" A classmate shouted in their direction.
"Okay," Yan Chen directly threw the basketball hard towards the students waiting over there.
"Huh?" Xiang Jin didn't know whether his answer was for himself or those classmates.
Yan Chen looked at her confused look, and the smile in the corners of his mouth and eyes grew stronger, "I agreed, bring the food back for me."
"Let's go, go play your basketball," Xiang Jin nodded, then turned and left.
Watching her walk away, Yan Chen also turned and walked towards the boys who were playing basketball.
"Xiang Jin, are you going back to the dormitory?" Luo Qiuyan asked after catching up with her.
Xiang Jin nodded, "Well, I'm going back to get a bowl for rice."
Luo Qiuyan raised her head and looked at the sun in the sky, "It's still early, why are you going to eat so early?"
Xiang Jin said, "I'm hungry. It's okay anyway, so I'll eat early."
Luo Qiuyan nodded immediately, "That's right. Oh, how about I go to the cafeteria to get some food today?"
Xiang Jin said, "This is up to you."
Luo Qiuyan said, "Oh, just get one. I haven't gone to the cafeteria to get food for a long time. I just have enough time today."
"Okay," Xiang Jin said.
Luo Qiuyan said, "Then let's meet in the cafeteria later?"
Xiang Jin nodded, and then the two of them walked away.
When Luo Qiuyan arrived at the cafeteria, Xiang Jin was already serving food there. When she saw that she had brought a thermos bucket, she said, "Why are you still serving two portions?"
"Bring it to Yan Chen!" Xiang Jin took his vegetable box from the cook, and then handed over the thermos bucket in his hand.
"Two chefs, please put the rice and vegetables in the two small bowls inside, and put the soup in the thermos bucket."
"Don't worry, don't worry, we've been cooking for you for so long, we already know the habits of you two children," the male master said.
Xiang Jin smiled.
Then Luo Qiuyan asked, "Why doesn't he come here to eat?"
Xiang Jin said, "He is playing ball. When he comes, the food will be cold by then."
"Oh, that's true," Luo Qiuyan nodded, and then patted her forehead again, looking anxious, "Oh, I remembered to tell you something? How could I forget it?"
The couple who were preparing the meal prepared the meal for her, and then covered the lid of the thermos bucket for her. Xiang Jin reached out to take it and said, "It's okay, don't be in a hurry. It's not too late to tell me if I remember. I'll go there."
Are you ready to eat?" Xiang Jin followed and walked towards an empty seat not far away, holding the dishes, chopsticks, lunch box and thermos bucket.
Luo Qiuyan nodded, "Okay, you go ahead. I'll tell you when I remember it."
Xiang Jin finished the meal as quickly as possible, washed the dishes and chopsticks again, and went to the canteen owner again to get some cooking.
During the process of serving dishes, the landlady asked her, "You are serving dishes now, did you come to the cafeteria to eat in the afternoon?"
Xiang Jin said, "No, I brought this dish to a friend who lives in the same yard."
"Oh, okay, the uncle will give you two more slices of fat." As he said, the uncle actually scooped a few more slices of fat into her lunch box, and at the same time, he scooped another half a spoon into her dish.
That vegetable soup made Xiang Jin dumbfounded.
She was about to walk downstairs to the teachers' dormitory building when the school bell rang. She hurriedly climbed upstairs to put down the thermos bucket and bowls and chopsticks, and then hurried downstairs.
Halfway down the stairs, they met Yan Chen who had just returned from playing ball. Both of them were startled. Xiang Jin was the first to explain, "The food is in the thermos bucket on the dining table. I'm going to the girls' dormitory."
"Well, go downstairs slowly, don't be impatient. School has just ended. There is still some time before they get their meals. If you go so early, there may not be anyone in the dormitory," Yan Chen nodded and then reminded.
Xiang Jin also nodded, "What you said makes sense, then I will wait below the girls' dormitory for a while."
But Xiang Jin waited and waited down there. After waiting for a long time, she didn't see Zeng Qing appear, so she wondered if she had returned to the dormitory, so she went directly to the girls' dormitory, but the girls' dormitory also
Those who didn't like her asked a few of her roommates, and they all said that Zeng Qing hadn't come back yet.
Xiang Jin decided to go to the elementary school to check with her. Just as she was about to take action, Zeng Qing came back with a lunch box.
As soon as he saw her, Zeng Qing was very happy and walked to her in a few quick steps, "Hey, Xiang Jin, why are you here?"
Xiang Jin said angrily, "I came to see you. Why did you come back just now? I've been waiting for you for a long time."
Zeng Qing said apologetically, "Oh, I'm sorry, the teacher had a detention in class today, so I was a little late."
Xiang Jin nodded, "Here, I brought you a dish. Eat it quickly before it gets cold." After saying that, Xiang Jin opened the lunch box in his hand and handed it to her.
When Zeng Qing saw it, his eyes suddenly burst into laughter. He scooped out a piece of fat meat with a spoon and ate it, "Well, it's delicious. Have you eaten it? Do you want some more? I steamed the rice a lot."
Xiang Jin shook his head, "I've already eaten. The last period of our class this morning is physical education, so I went to eat early."
Zeng Qing nodded, "Then I'll eat it?"
"Eat it, I brought it for you."
"Hey, why did you come to see me?" Zeng Qing asked her while eating.
"It's nothing, I just came to see you. Are you used to living here?"
Zeng Qing was about to answer when he heard He Guizhi joke, "Are you looking to see if she is being bullied here?"
Then she followed Liu Ying and said, "Don't worry, no one here dares to bully her."
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "How angry are you? I'm not afraid of her being bullied. Is she tougher than me?"
Zeng Qing glared at her, "Don't destroy my image in their minds. Why am I so tough?" It's obviously you who is tough, right?
Xiang Jin winked at her, and then they both looked at each other and smiled. Then Zeng Qing said to her seriously, "I live well here," and then he moved closer to her.
, and then the voice became smaller again, "Better than in
My aunt's family is much more comfortable, and let me tell you, I can eat pure white rice every day, and I no longer have to eat the sweet potato, polenta, pickled cabbage porridge that my aunt's family has. I feel like my life now is nothing special.
How comfortable and satisfying.”
The corners of Xiang Jin's lips curled up, "That's good!"
"Thank you. If it weren't for you, I would still be living in my aunt's house. Let me tell you, after steaming rice these past few days, I discovered that our family gives my aunt's house the twelve or three kilograms every week.
The rice is so interesting.
You see, with my fists, I can only grab three handfuls of rice in one meal. Even if I eat white rice by myself every day, I can’t eat a pound of rice.”
Xiang Jin rolled his eyes to the sky speechlessly, "Do you think you are a pig, you can eat so much, and you still get a pound of rice? Let me tell you, your family can't even eat a pound of rice every day.
, do you know?"
Zeng Qing nodded vigorously, "Yeah, let me tell you, it's been more than half this week, and I haven't even eaten half of the rice my mother brought me. I don't have to get food at home next week."
.
I heard my mother say that she only brought me seven or eight kilograms of grain this week. What do you mean, our family used to bring twelve or three kilograms of grain to my aunt’s family every week?
They don't have to collect food themselves. No wonder my aunt and my cousin both had dark faces and looked unhappy when I moved out from my aunt's house."
Xiang Jin smiled and said, "Understand, it's human nature."
Zeng Qing curled his lips, and then said, "I moved to the school, how much food do you think our family has to save every year? So, beat me to death, I will never live in other people's houses anymore, I will eat by myself."
I still feel angry after losing money."
Xiang Jin nodded in agreement, "That's true, that's why I say that a golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as my own straw nest. Oh, you go eat quickly, don't just talk, you have to wash the boxes and steam rice later."
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Zeng Qing said, "I have steamed dinner. I have two lunch boxes and use them in turn. Many students in our class are like this. Alas, the dish you brought me today is a bit too much. I will
If you can’t finish the meal, you may have to save it for the next meal.”
Xiang Jin said, "It's better to finish it in one meal. If you save it for the next meal, it might go bad."
"No, I think they let it go last time," Zeng Qing said.
Xiang Jin nodded, and then Zeng Qing whispered to her, "I'll tell you something later."
"good!"
After eating, Zeng Qing went to get a lunch box for her to wash, but Xiang Jin stopped her and said, "No need, you can give it to me after you have eaten in the afternoon. Anyway, I have noodles for dinner. I have a bowl there, so there is no rush."
.”
"Oh, okay, then just wait for me a little longer, huh? I'll wash the lunch box and talk to you outside."
"Yeah," Xiang Jin nodded.
Zeng Qing re-covered the lunch box, put it in the box under her bed and locked it, then got up to wash the lunch box.
Zeng Qing quickly washed the lunch box, then grabbed three handfuls of rice into the lunch box, and then hugged and pulled Xiang Jin out of the dormitory.
Xiang Jin asked her, "You won't take a break at noon?"
Zeng Qing said, "I go to the classroom to rest. It's like this every day."
"Then what do you want to say to me?" Xiang Jin asked.
Zeng Qing pulled her to a shady open space and said, "Let me tell you, the girls in your class are very mean-spirited, and they all look kind and friendly on the surface, but in fact they may not all like you?"
"
Xiang Jin laughed, "How could you say that? What happened?"
Zeng Qing glared at her, "Are you still laughing? Everything I said is true!
Let me tell you, they have been asking me about your family's affairs recently, both subtly and subtly. They asked me whether your mother and sister were really abandoned by your father, and they also asked me about you and Yan.
Is Chen really related? If so, what kind of relationship is it?"
"Who is so boring?" Xiang Jin asked.
Zeng Qing muttered, "The one who asked about your family was Liu Ying, the one who inquired about your relationship with Yan Chen was Zhao Xiaomei, and although the other people didn't ask me explicitly, they were all very jealous.
The ears are eager to know.
I knew they didn't have good intentions, so I told them directly that it's not your father and your grandparents who don't want your mother, it's your mother who doesn't want them first, and told them not to talk nonsense in the future!
I also told them directly that although you and Yan Chen are cousins, your family has a very good relationship with theirs! The two families feel like they are one family.
Then Zhao Xiaomei said, since your family is in such trouble with your father and your grandparents, how come you and Yan Chen’s family are still so good?
I told her directly that not all people in a big family in this world are bad people. There are always good people and reasonable people. Then she fell silent. I know they are all jealous of you, jealous of you.
Your grades are better than theirs. I heard them often say that your grades were almost the same as theirs before, but now you are suddenly much better than them. Naturally, they feel uneasy.
I also heard that Yan Chen, apart from being good friends with you, treats every girl in your class without speaking politely and ignoring them. I guess this also makes them jealous, right?"
Xiang Jin said, "Yan Chen has that kind of temper. Not to mention ignoring the girls, he rarely takes the initiative to pay attention to the boys in the class, and the teachers are like that too."
"Wow, he is so cool?" Zeng Qing said in surprise.
Xiang Jin said, "Actually, it's not that he's cool, it's just his nature. Some people are just indifferent by nature. Except for a few people and things, they don't seem to be interested in anything else."
"Well, if you put it like that, I think Yan Chen is really that kind of person. You see, he is like that in Baytou. Apart from your family, or you to be precise, he doesn't seem to be close or familiar with anyone.
.”
Xiang Jin said, "That's because I'm not a noisy person and won't bother him. Maybe it suits his temper."
Zeng Qing nodded, "Well, that makes sense. Oh, by the way, in two days, we will go home for vacation again. If you have anything to bring, can I bring it to you?"
Xiang Jin shook his head, "I don't have anything to bring."
"Oh, okay then."
"Oh, by the way, how do you get along with the students in your class? Are they getting along well?" Xiang Jin then asked about her situation.
Zeng Qing said, "Well, that's it. It feels the same everywhere. Some are easy to get along with, and some are difficult to get along with. Oh, by the way, our Chinese teacher is a snobbery."
"What's wrong?"
"Aren't there a few in our class who have good grades? They are often dragged by him to correct test papers and homework. But among those few who have good grades, two of them have good family conditions. One of the girls' father is a township cadre in the countryside.
, the parents of another girl worked in a supply and marketing cooperative, and those two girls were often asked by him to correct test papers and homework, so he would leave lunch for them. He also often gave them stewed meat and stewed ribs, and those two girls' family conditions
If the bad ones see that the time is almost up, just ask them to go back to the classroom."
Xiang Jin felt dumbfounded after hearing this, "Is that really true?"
Zeng Qing curled his lips and said, "Isn't that right? He's not the mayor's secretary or the child of some great person. What's the use of trying to please him? I can't stand his flattery and flattery.
look like.”
Xiang Jin said, "Zeng Qing, whether you admit it or not, society is like this, so you'd better get used to it as soon as possible."
Zeng Qing said, "I know, I'm just talking in front of you. I definitely won't say it in front of outsiders. Oh, by the way, I suddenly remembered that your class had a teacher like this before?"
Xiang Jin nodded slightly, "Well, I made him run away."
"I know, I've heard that, but Xiang Jin, you are so awesome. I heard that the teacher in your class is a tyrant."
"He? Still calls him a tyrant?" Xiang Jin's lips curled up with a touch of sarcasm, "He can't bear the title of 'king' yet. He can only be called a 'thug'!"
"Isn't it? How do you evaluate your teacher like this?" Zeng Qing had an expression of disbelief.
Xiang Jin glanced at her sideways, "I've always been rude to him no matter where I am, even in front of him."
Zeng Qing gave her a thumbs up, "You are awesome!"
Xiang Jin then said, "It's not that I'm great, but that I'm wise, you know?"
"Yeah, yeah, I know, I know!"
"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. You should go back to the classroom and take a rest. I will also go back to the classroom and lie down for a while. Otherwise, I won't be able to cheer up for class in the afternoon." She always used to take lunch breaks.
Yes, even at home.
"Well, okay, I'll wash the lunch box in the afternoon and bring it to you."
"good!"
Just when Xiang Jin was lying on the table taking a nap, Luo Qiuyan rushed into the classroom and shook her awake, "Xiang Jin, Xiang Jin, I finally remembered what I wanted to say to you before."
Xiang Jin squinted his eyes and still felt sleepy, so he lay on the table and continued to talk to Duke Zhou.
Luo Qiuyan kept shaking her, "Oh, wake up, wake up, don't sleep, be careful, I will forget again later."
Xiang Jin was a little speechless, "What's going on? Just tell me and I'm listening?" But she was still lying down.
Luo Qiuyan continued to push her, "Oh, oh, oh, raise your head and look at me. Let me tell you, this is definitely an exciting thing."
Xiang Jin was still lying on the table, but his eyes were looking at her, "Well, you tell me!"
Luo Qiuyan looked disgusted and excited and said, "Oh, you know, Yang Cheng is now reduced to teaching elementary school, and he is still teaching a village elementary school."
"He didn't teach the first and second grades of junior high school anymore?" Xiang Jin was a little surprised. After hearing the news, he felt much better.
Luo Qiuyan shook her head and said, "No more teaching. It is said that he later scolded and scolded a few students in the second grade of junior high school. Later, he scolded those students so much that they did not dare to come to school. Then the class teacher
I went directly to the school leaders to report the situation and asked for a replacement math teacher for their class.
Then after the head teacher of another class heard about this incident, he was afraid that the students in his class would be treated like that by him in the future, so he went directly to the teaching office and told him by name that he did not want him to teach their class's math class.
, requesting a new teacher.
Therefore, Yang Cheng was transferred to the primary school to teach primary school students. I thought he would change, but he didn't expect that he would get worse. He would always hit the students there with corporal punishment and use all kinds of obscene words.
, and then he also provoked a lot of people there who were very unimpressed with him, so later the school directly transferred him to teach in the village primary school."
Xiang Jin frowned slightly, then relaxed it, and then sighed lazily without any emotion, "A person like him won't be able to live peacefully anywhere, and people with his temperament are not suitable for me."
Teach and educate people.”
Luo Qiuyan nodded in agreement, "That's right, that's right. It's just a lunatic. He curses and hits people at every turn."
"Hey, where has he been transferred to teach in a village primary school now?" She was more interested in this, but she must not be transferred to the school where her sisters went.
Luo Qiuyan said, "It seems to be Dongkuangwan Primary School."
"Dongkuangwan Primary School? Where?" Xiang Jin frowned slightly again.
Luo Qiuyan said, "It seems to be over there with the 15th Brigade."
"Oh," that's not the case, and Xiang Jin breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's what he brought upon himself!" Luo Qiuyan then added.
Xiang Jin nodded slightly, "That's right, well, how did you know about this?"
"There is a girl in our yard who is from the second class of junior high school. Yang Cheng was teaching them before. I met her on the way to the bathroom this morning. She told me that Yang Cheng happened to be in
The elementary school taught her cousins, saying that Yang
Cheng stopped teaching her cousins last week. Her cousins changed their math teachers last week. Then when a few of them with good grades in the class were called to the homeroom teacher's dormitory to help correct students' homework, a few of them
Teachers were talking in the hallways about what they heard."
Xiang Jin said, "Oh, this is a little twisty?"
Luo Qiuyan nodded, "Isn't it? How long has it been since Yang Cheng changed from teaching the third grade of junior high school to teaching only the first and second grades of junior high school, and then changed from teaching the first and second grade of junior high school to teaching elementary school?
In the middle school, he was later assigned to the elementary school, and now he has been transferred from the elementary school to the village primary school. His job is in decline?
But when I heard about it at the time, I was really relieved. You said how harshly he scolded us before. He simply didn’t treat us as human beings, and he didn’t treat us as animals. Did you hear that?
Isn’t it also very relaxing?”
Xiang Jin shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter whether he is relieved or not. I think it would be best as long as he stops teaching us. I am not interested in his results or ending, but people with his temperament should go wherever they go."
You won’t be liked by anyone, right?”
Luo Qiuyan nodded, "That's right."
Then more students walked into the classroom one after another, and soon the school bell rang.
After the second self-study class in the evening, a classmate next to the window shouted to Xiang Jin, "Xiang Jin, is there someone looking for you outside?!"
Xiang Jin looked out the window and found that there were just a few classmates there who were having fun. She didn't find anyone else there. They were probably blocked by the wall. She thought it was her cousin Yang Hui who was looking for her.
What happened, so I walked out anyway.
As soon as she stepped outside the teacher, she was called by someone, "Xiang Jin?!"
She tilted her head and looked towards the source of the sound, and found that it was the black boy from Class 2. Xiang Jin nodded slightly at him, "Are you looking for me?"
Song Kaiyan nodded, "Well, that's it. Many of our classmates are going home tonight after evening self-study. Will you come back? If you do, we can go together together?"
Xiang Jin shook his head, "I won't reply!"
Then Song Kaiyan asked, "Why, don't you even miss home?"
Xiang Jin shook her head again, "I don't want to go home." She had only been at school for a few days? It hadn't even been a week.
Besides, why is she going back? There is nothing important to do. Although her shell is an underage shell, her core is a genuine core with a completely independent personality. She is not so attached to home.
The look in Song Kaiyan's eyes suddenly turned lonely, and he said to Xiang Jin, "Have I entered the classroom?"
"Oh, good!"
Xiang Jin turned around and entered the classroom. Song Kaiyan watched her enter the classroom and left after a while. Yan Chen, who was standing on the balcony not far away, saw his expression just now, so after the evening self-study,
He then asked Xiang Jin, "Well, recently many students living on campus have gone home after evening self-study. Have you ever thought about going home too?"
Xiang Jin shook his head, "No, I'm not the kind of child who hasn't been weaned yet. How can I just go home? We are all grown up now, and we must learn to be independent when we grow up."
Besides, I eat well and sleep well at school every day, and I don’t expect my mother to cook a delicious meal for me when I go home. Why should I go back? There’s no need to run around all the time.
It's troublesome, tell me how much time I have to waste this time. If I have those few hours to waste, I might as well sleep for a few more hours to grow taller."
Yan Chen laughed, and then stretched out his hand to indicate the height between her and him, "Well, don't worry, you won't be a dwarf!"
Xiang Jin suddenly stood still, pulled him, and then raised his hand to gesture with him, "Of course I won't be a dwarf. Look, I'm up to your neck now. If I grow a few more years, maybe I'll be a dwarf."
It’s right up to your ears.”
Yan Chen reminded, "You are growing and I am growing too."
Xiang Jin glanced at him angrily, "I hate it, can't you give me some confidence and hope?"
Yan Chen said, "Seek truth from facts, but don't worry, according to your current momentum, you may be able to reach 1.7 meters when you become an adult in the future."
Xiang Jin's eyes suddenly widened with a smile, "Although 1.7 meters is my ideal value, if I can't reach it, I won't be disappointed if I can grow to 1.6768 meters."
"It shouldn't be a problem, but why are you so keen on growing taller?"
"Of course," she was tall in her previous life. There is no reason for her to yearn for a short person in this life. Then she would feel like a compressed biscuit and feel uncomfortable all over.