8. Three thousand miles to the southeast

Yao Shunze is right, now this matter has become a storm in the city, and the whole class knows about it, if Jiang Shuiyuan still goes to school normally, he will definitely be isolated by the classmates who don't know the truth, which will affect his performance in the high school entrance examination, and at worst become a psychological shadow for his life, completely changing his value orientation. But now that the high school entrance examination is approaching and he is at a critical moment of review preparation, will his temporary change of learning environment affect the high school entrance examination?

After thinking about it for a long time, Jiang Youzhi felt that he should choose the lesser of two evils, and would rather lose the high school entrance examination and repeat his studies for a year than affect his son's lifelong happiness, so he immediately decided: "What Teacher Yao said is very true! It just so happened that Jiang Shuiyuan's grandfather had an asthma attack recently, and his condition was a little strict, and I really wanted to take Jiang Shuiyuan back to see it, but I have not been free. Since things are happening now, I will take him to his hometown in Jiangxi for a while, and then come back to take the exam when the high school entrance examination is in June. Here, I will ask you for a leave of absence on behalf of Jiang Shuiyuan!"

Yao Shunze also thought this idea was good: "Well, I will say in class that Jiang Shuiyuan was ordered by the school to think about it at home for beating his classmates, and his tablemate Zhao Kangfu was also ordered to go home and think about it for a week because of his words and deeds." I hope Mr. Jiang can understand!"

When Jiang Shuiyuan came home in the evening, Jiang Youzhi obviously found that he was a little depressed, and he was like two people when he went out in the morning, obviously he had become an alternative in the eyes of his classmates, and he had been excluded and hit by either explicitly or covertly. And that's just the beginning. With the passage of time, this isolation, exclusion, and attack may become more and more severe, until it destroys the mental world of the teenager.

"Shui Yuan, hurry up and pack up your things, including the books to read in various subjects recently, the exercises to be done, and the clothes to wear in the summer, we will go back to our hometown in Jiangxi tomorrow to see your grandfather." Jiang You commanded.

Since the second and third grades of primary school, basically every summer vacation, Jiang Shuiyuan will go back to his hometown in Jiangxi for ten days and half a month. At this time, he suddenly heard that he was going back to Jiangxi, and Jiang Shuiyuan immediately asked: "What happened to Grandpa when I went to Jiangxi tomorrow?"

"Your grandfather's asthma has happened again, this time it's quite strict, it is estimated that we will have to live for a while when we go back, so you have to keep everything you can use in the near future, especially the study materials you need to use to prepare for the high school entrance examination!" Jiang Youzhi explained.

Hearing his father mention the "high school entrance examination", Jiang Shuiyuan also reacted: "How long do you want to stay in Jiangxi?

Jiang You said straightly: "How long will you stay in Jiangxi, wait until Jiangxi, anyway, you can come back to take the high school entrance examination before the high school entrance examination." ”

"But I still have to review!"

"I haven't seen you take the initiative to learn before, why are you so active now?" Jiang You said with a straight smile, "Don't worry, what you should learn has already been learned, and now it's just a matter of picking up the missing pieces and making up for the gaps, it doesn't matter." If you really want to study, I will find a way to handle the short-term loan procedures for you in Linjiang Mansion!"

Seeing that his father had already planned well, Jiang Shuiyuan had no choice but to obediently pack his things. Before that, Jiang Youzhi had persuaded his wife Chen Fangyi without revealing the situation of the river water source.

Early the next morning, under Chen Fangyi's tearful eyes, the Jiang family father and son embarked on a three-thousand-mile journey south.

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Not only did the old couple wonder about Jiang Youzhi and Jiang Shuiyuan's sudden return home, but even Jiang Youzhi's younger brothers also muttered: Could it be that the father and mother said that we didn't take good care of them, and complained to the eldest brother in private? After receiving the father and son at the station, the third brother Jiang Youwen couldn't help but ask: "Big brother, why did you come back suddenly?"

Jiang You replied directly: "Didn't I hear that my father had asthma again? I heard that it was quite strict, so I will come back with the water source to take a look!"

"Just because of this?" Jiang Youwen obviously didn't believe it, but he didn't get to the bottom of it: "You don't know, my father's asthma is the root of an old disease for many years, sometimes light and sometimes serious, and it will be worse at the turn of spring and summer, but in fact, there is no big problem." Why did you go all the way back? By the way, isn't the water source going to take the high school entrance examination this year? Why did you come back with you?"

Jiang You said straightly: "Yes, the water source high school entrance examination will be held in June this year." But now he has finished learning what he should learn, the so-called 'master leads the door, and the practice depends on the individual', and the rest is all up to him to review, and it doesn't matter if he has a teacher or not. It just so happened that he hadn't seen his grandfather for a long time, so he brought him over by the way. Water source, do you still recognize your third uncle?"

"Hello Third Uncle!" Jiang Shuiyuan hurriedly came over and said hello.

Jiang Youwen is not tall, only one meter and six. Because of his bad grades, he dropped out of junior high school to work in the family farm, and he came and went in the wind and rain every day, but he seemed to be older than his eldest brother Jiang Youzhi. At this time, he touched Jiang Shuiyuan's head with a smile: "Okay! How is the eldest nephew's academic performance now? Of course, no matter what his grades are, he must study hard like your father, strive to be admitted to a prestigious university in the future, and find a good job after graduation." In the future, if your younger brothers don't make it, let them show you the door and feed the horses!"

Jiang You replied directly for Jiang Shuiyuan: "The results of the water source are okay now, and I ranked about twenty in the class in the exam a few days ago. As long as you are not lazy in the recent period, it should not be a problem to be admitted to the national key Huai'an Mansion in the high school entrance examination!"

Jiang Youwen complained a little: "Big brother, you are really, the water source is now a critical moment, why are you still dragging him back to his hometown?"

Jiang You said straightly: If it weren't for him, do you think I would come back at this time?

In April and May, the warblers and swallows dance everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, the flowers are red and willow green, it is the most beautiful season of the year, and the Jiangjiawan between the mountains and the clear water is even more picturesque. Grandparents, uncles and aunts and brothers and sisters are also very welcome to the river water source from afar, although they can not help much in their studies, but in eating, playing everywhere to the river water source as the center, mugwort rice crackers, cold bracken, quinoa bacon, boiled tobacco shoots and other special dishes emerge in an endless stream, simply make the river water source happy.

Seeing Jiang Shuiyuan and his brothers and sisters laughing and playing, and completely leaving the unpleasant things that happened in the class out of the clouds, Jiang Youzhi also secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Afraid that after being sent to Linjiang Fuzhong, Jiang Shuiyuan would regain his old ways and give up his previous efforts, Jiang Youzhi simply supervised Jiang Shuiyuan to review various homework every day, but went to Linjiang Fuzhong every few days and asked someone to borrow the mock test papers for Jiang Shuiyuan to sharpen his gun.

However, the green mountains and green waters are full of poetry and picturesqueness at first glance, but they also feel annoying when they see too much, not to mention that sitting in them every day will delay the handsome guy cultivation plan of the river source?

One day in mid-May, Jiang Youzhi went to Linjiang Fuzhong to borrow test papers and review materials, and most of Jiang Shuiyuan's brothers and sisters also went to school, while those who did not go to school followed their uncles and aunts to work in the fields, and the only people at home were Jiang Shuiyuan and his grandfather, who suffered from asthma. After reading the book for a while, Jiang Shuiyuan felt uninterested, so he went to the courtyard to chat with his grandfather. The older generation is well-informed, and more superstitious, and often tells some rumors about demons and monsters in the countryside.

Listening to Grandpa snort and finish telling a story, Jiang Shuiyuan couldn't help but ask: "Grandpa, you just said that there are seventy and two great gods and more than 36,000 small gods in this world, and as for the countless scattered immortals who have not been gifted, are there any immortals who make people beautiful all of a sudden?"

In fact, Jiang Shuiyuan also knew that he was a fool's dream, and he didn't expect his grandfather to give any answer. Unexpectedly, the grandfather stroked his beard and replied firmly: "Of course there is! How could it not be? There is a Niangniang Temple in Shuibei Market, not far northwest of our Jiangjiawan, and the Shuibei Niangniang in it can make people beautiful all of a sudden!"

"Oh, is it really smart?" Jiang Shuiyuan suddenly became interested.

Grandpa gasped a few times: "It was said to be very effective in the past, so many girls from near and far went to burn incense and worship, and there were also many princesses before and after our Linjiang Mansion, and now the sisters are still more beautiful than the other." But now I don't believe in this anymore, I'm afraid it's not easy to say if that Niangniang Temple is still there!"

"Then, can Shuibei Niangniang make a man handsome?" Jiang Shuiyuan asked.

Grandpa's tone was a little hesitant: "Man, I haven't heard of this." But since you can make a girl look good, it should be no problem to come to the man, right?"

"That's it!" Although Jiang Shuiyuan didn't get a conclusive answer, his grandfather didn't deny it, which made him quite happy: "How far is that Niangniang Temple from here?"

"How far is it? It's about thirteen or fourteen miles, right? Like when I was younger, this little mountain road could be walked in an hour. Now the old man, it is estimated that he will not be able to move for three or four hours. What, you want to go?" Grandpa asked.

"No, no, I'm just asking!" Jiang Shuiyuan immediately denied it, but subconsciously looked up at the sky, and then began to secretly calculate in his heart: It is now two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still four or five hours before dark, and grandpa said that it will only take about two hours to go back and forth on this mountain road, and it will be completely too late to go now!