Chapter 15: Crystal Balls, Concentric Knots, and Diamond Sutras (1)

Ansu and Jingming stepped into the fifth middle school as they wished and began their middle school life. There are only two students admitted to the fifth middle school in Fucheng Primary School, that is, she and Jingming. But the two of them were not placed in the same class, she was placed in class seven, and Jingming was placed in class two. Xiang Hui was assigned to the same class as Jingming, while Peng Dongjun and Ge Yuhong were placed in Class 5.

The junior high school teaching building of No. 5 Middle School has three floors, the first floor is the first floor, the second floor is the second floor, and the third floor is the third floor. The entire school building is U-shaped. Classes 1 and 2 have a vertical corridor on the left, and the two places that intersect horizontally and vertically are stairs, and the middle corridor is lined up with classes 3, 4, 5, and 6 and the teacher's office in order, while classes 7 and 8 have a vertical corridor on the right. In this way, the eight classes are like being in a big courtyard, and the people in the other classes will soon know which class has something to do. In the exaggerated description of the students, it is that a certain political teacher with a very loud voice is in the first class, and the students in the eighth class can also hear it. Therefore, these five people can be said to look up and not look down.

An Suben and Xiang Hui knew each other first, but later they often greeted Peng Dongjun, and became strangers with Xiang Hui. Since the meeting in the mountains, the two have not spoken, and they have not even greeted each other. Actually, the two don't know each other very well, but Ansu later knew that he was looking for him, and after being yelled away by himself, he always felt sorry in his heart. After all, since she was a child, everyone avoided her. It can be said that apart from Jingming, she has almost no friends. And Xiang Hui is the first person who is willing to take the initiative to approach him except for Jingming. Although his pranks did not make a good impression on him at the beginning of the acquaintance, it is actually harmless to think about it. If you think about it, you are too stingy. Whatever the reason, it is really not polite for someone to come to you to play and shout them back with hurtful words.

At the beginning of the school year, when An Su met Xiang Hui, he wanted to take the initiative to greet him, but every time he didn't wait for her to speak, he walked away, as if he didn't know her. After a few times like this, Ansu gave up. After a long time, occasionally the two passed by, and they directly ignored each other. To be honest, she also regretted in her heart that she had missed a friend like this. As for Ge Yuhong, she can only think that the two have no sisterhood. Even if there is a nominal sisterhood, the two are just meeting and saying hello at school. Knowing that this titular sister didn't want to see her, An Su avoided her with interest.

The classroom of the second class is directly opposite the seventh class, and Ansu still likes it, because when he looks up at the window, he can occasionally see Jingming. Jingming is the most recognizable person, even if he stands in a crowd of people, he can be recognized at the first time. This is all because of his little bald head, so even if he is not assigned to the same class as Jingming, Ansu is very happy to see him every day. The two are far from home and both choose to board, which allows them to spend more time together. For example, you can eat together, take a walk around campus, sit and chat on the grass.

I don't know if it's because the life circle in junior high school is bigger than when I was in elementary school, or because I wasn't assigned to the same class as Jingming, Ansu gradually has her own friends. She also gets along well with the girls in the dormitory, and one of the girls named Liu Xiaoxia is the best with her. Maybe both of them came from the countryside, or maybe they were both from poor families, so the two quickly became good friends.

Jingming is still the same as in elementary school, except for Ansu, he has no other good friends. Because of the communication barrier with everyone, he was unable to talk freely with everyone. The communication between him and his classmates is only to meet, smile and nod to say hello, and even when his classmates ask him for advice when they encounter something they don't understand, he can't give people an answer. Classmates asked him to borrow notes, and found that he never took notes, so he had fewer opportunities to interact with everyone. Communicating with the people around you in such a silent way makes it easy to ignore that there is such a person's existence. The teacher would never ask him by name, and he was not in the group activities that needed to be opened up in the class. If it weren't for the fact that no matter how big or small the exam, the comprehensive and single subjects were the first, everyone would really doubt whether the school had Shi Jingming. For Shi Jingming, everyone always has a sense of inquiry, and he is difficult to describe in words.

When he first entered the fifth middle school and everyone knew him, everyone was very curious about him. He was the only student in the school who wore his uniform every day. Except for Mondays and important activities, students are not required to wear school uniforms during the rest of the year. The school uniform of No. 5 Middle School is a blue and white sportswear, which students don't like because of its poor texture and old-fashioned style. Because of the small number of times they wear it, after three years, most of the school uniforms are still brand new, while the Jingming ones only wear them for one semester and turn yellow. Everyone thinks that Shi Jingming is "school uniform control", but only An Su knows that it is because most of the clothes he only has do not fit well. For Jingming, clothes are just a thing to cover his shame, and he is not particular, and when he returns to the temple, he will habitually wear back monk's clothes.

In an era when everyone is keen to follow the hairstyles of Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities, Shi Jingming has a bald head. Gradually, everyone knew his origins. At this time, everyone felt that a bald head was the most suitable style for him, and in addition, it seemed that any kind of hairstyle was incompatible with him. He stayed in the corner forever quietly, as if he was standing ten zhang away, looking at the earthly world peacefully. Those who have carefully observed him will notice that the boy standing there quietly has a beautiful posture, but he is slightly thin. With a smile, those eyes are like a pool of crystal clear spring water, revealing extraordinary wisdom.

For this genius student to be mute, all the teachers in the school regretted it. Some people even wonder if it is because he is so good that even God is jealous that he will lose his voice. The mind is extremely smart, the memory is amazing, the personality is tranquil, gentle and elegant, Xu is growing up in the temple since childhood, and there is a calm and unhurried master style in his gestures. Although he is young, he is already glorious. Such a noble person seems to be able to only look at it from afar, but not to get close. Gradually, in the lively campus, such a quiet and windy boy was ignored by his classmates.

On the morning of the first autumn rain in the city, Ansu ran into Xiang Hui outside the school building. She was surprised to notice that his left eye socket was black and he also had obvious bruises on his face.

An Su was strange, as far as she knew, although Xiang Hui was proud, he was still quite polite to people, and he never said foul language, which was different from other boys. So where did the wound on his face come from? It couldn't have been repaired by his father, right?

On that day, Xiang Hui happened to be wearing a black T-shirt and jeans, and a white thin cotton vest over it. If she didn't look at that face, she felt quite refreshed, but when she saw that black eye socket, she couldn't help but think of the giant panda. She thought that if his right eye was also black, he would look like a panda.

An Su thought about whether to open his mouth to care, but Xiang Hui raised his chin and walked away without saying a word, looking quite proud. An Su muttered in his heart: He is still a proud giant panda.

Later, she heard from her roommate in the dormitory that Xiang Hui was blackmailed by thugs outside the school and had a fight with others. An Su didn't expect it to be rumored later, which was an important reason for changing Xiang Hui's image as a good student.

That winter, Ansu learned that the people in the city were now celebrating Christmas. To be honest, Christmas was not popular in that small and medium-sized city at that time, at least there was not even a Christmas tree on the street. Unlike now, before Christmas, shopping malls, hotels and other consumer entertainment venues have long been decorated with Christmas trees and various holiday decorations, that is, some young people are fashionable and have a Christmas that is not foreign, and middle school students are not far behind, and they send Christmas cards to each other a day or two before Christmas. Of course, this is only for students who can afford it, and those who are stretched thin like Ansu will definitely not participate.

Liu Xiaoxia said that these people are just dogs eating wheat seedlings -- pretending to be sheep.

For this sentence, when Ansu was studying at night, he remembered to laugh once. In the end, the boy in the front row couldn't stand it anymore and turned around and said, "Is it a Christmas when the mental hospital is closed?" ”

On this Christmas, which has nothing to do with Ansu, she receives a mysterious gift.

After school on the afternoon before Christmas, the life committee member went to the communication room to collect the letters from the classmates and came back, telling SΓΉ that she had her package and asked her to collect it with her student ID. Hearing the news, An Su was stunned for a long time, and still couldn't believe it until he came back from the communication room. The package does not have a sender address, and the postmark is local. She doesn't have any relatives in her family, and she has no friends except Jingming since she was a child. Who will send her a package?

Ansu returns to the dormitory and unwraps the package, revealing a Christmas crystal ball inside. Under the fluttering snowflakes, the pine trees have been wrapped in a silvery white, white little house, with a snowman and two fawns at the door of the house, and the snowman and the fawn wear a Santa hat on their heads. Ansu turned the whole box upside down again, trying to find out if there was a card and whether there was a giver written on it, but he couldn't find it after opening the box.

The roommates said it must have been sent by a boy and asked her if she had a suitor.

Ansu shook her head.

Liu Xiaoxia said that since she is pursuing a girl, she should leave a name, so that the person receiving the gift will know who is chasing her. It's so sneaky, and there's no point in being so mysterious.

Such a beautiful crystal ball is an expensive gift for Ansule. She first ruled out the possibility of clear sight. One is that Jingming can't afford it, and the other is that if he sent it, he doesn't need to send it, just give it to her. Who gave it to her? Who would give her such a gift? She couldn't help but think of the bag of things that she had left at her door in the first half of the year. Could it be the same person? Ansu thought about it all night but didn't come up with it.