Chapter Seventy-Seven, Charcoal in the Snow
After learning that Wu Lu's uncle was Deputy Director Wu of the County Education Bureau, along the way, the leading teachers were much more polite to Wu Lu, and the topics after that revolved around Wu Lu and Xiyue, because although Xiyue's father was described, he was still the mayor of Wutong Town.
Jin Zhu kept her eyes closed and pretended to sleep, deaf to these topics. After arriving in the county seat, they didn't go to the restaurant recommended by Cheng Wu Lu to eat, because it was a high-end restaurant, which was not something that their poor middle school in the countryside could afford.
In the end, at the suggestion of Mr. Wen, I went to a small restaurant opposite No. 1 Middle School to eat, and after the meal, Sun Quan left first, and Zhou Chuanying took everyone to Chengguan Middle School.
What Jin Zhu didn't know was that when she was immersed in writing, Li Xiang entered her house in a hurry.
After returning from the provincial capital, he was supposed to go home on that rest day at the end of October, but that day just in time for a reporter to interview him, plus he missed a lot of homework because of this math league, and was about to take the midterm exam, he wanted to find teachers and classmates to make up for the missing homework, and there were several reasons together, so he didn't go home.
Since they only had two days off at the end of the month, the delay was delayed until the end of November, when the Miao year began.
"Brother Xiang, why did you come back? I love the stationery box you sent. The golden bull saw Li Xiang pounce first.
Since sleeping separately from Jin Zhu, in order to show his manly side in front of his three sisters, and at the same time to reassure his sisters, he tried his best to restrain himself from being coquettish in front of his sisters.
In the end, it will be said. After all, he is only a six-year-old child, and he also longs to be loved and loved by adults, so so. Seeing Li Xiang, he was a little forgetful. Because in his cognition, Li Xiang is an adult and a man, and he unconsciously transferred his admiration for his elders to Li Xiang.
Li Xiang did not live up to the golden bull and lifted the golden bull. For when he was young, he longed for a pair of powerful men's hands to lift him up, just as an ordinary father lifted his own child. But he was disappointed countless times.
Therefore, he especially understands the actions of the Taurus and sympathizes with the Taurus's plight. That's why he lifted the golden bull and asked with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a few months, our little golden bull has really become a calf, and it is fatter than in the summer." I've grown a lot taller, too. ”
"Brother Xiang. What about me, have I grown taller too? Jin Liu also came to Ah Xiang when he heard this.
Li Xiang touched Jin Liu's head and nodded with a smile, "Our Jin Liu has not only grown taller, but also beautiful." ”
Jin Yang saw that Li Xiang was searching with his eyes while talking, and without waiting for him to ask, he told him that Jin Zhu had gone to the county seat to participate in an essay competition.
"Brother Xiang, congratulations. I heard that you won the first place in the province in the math league, can you ask? Is there a bonus? Jin Yang said with a smile.
"There is no prize money in the competition itself, but the school awarded me 10,000 yuan because I have participated in the competition outside and achieved the best results since the establishment of Shangshan No. 1 Middle School."
is not only famous for Li Xiang, but also for the entire Shangshan No. 1 Middle School.
In fact, with Li Xiang's results after the high school entrance examination, he could have entered Qiandong City No. 1 Middle School, but the urban area is too far away from Wutong Town, and the cost of going to the city to study must be much higher than that of the county seat, so Li Xiang chose Shangshan No. 1 Middle School.
Now that Li Xiang is famous, Shangshan No. 1 Middle School has naturally become famous, and a poor child from a poor county middle school who is not well-known actually won the first prize in the province in the national league, which immediately caused a sensation.
Coincidentally, the person who interviewed Li Xiang was Liu Ping, Liu Ping had heard the name Li Xiang from Liu Wenwen's mouth several times, and also remembered that Li Xiang was the life-saving benefactor of the four Jinzhu sisters and brothers. In this interview with Li Xiang, in order to attract everyone's attention, and at the same time, in order to enrich the character of Li Xiang, Liu Ping disclosed the last rescue incident.
After the news report came out, such a very positive person with excellent moral character immediately entered the eyes of some leaders, who said that the current social trend is not ancient? Who said that there is a lack of good young people who are brave and courageous in today's society?
Therefore, the leaders of the county saw the report sent by the county education bureau that Shangshan No. 1 Middle School gave Li Xiang a tuition waiver and rewarded Li Xiang with 10,000 yuan, and signed it with a wave of the pen.
Of course, Li Xiang is not clear about the process, but the 10,000 yuan was indeed sent into Li Xiang's purse.
"Brother Xiang, are you so powerful? You got a 10,000-dollar bonus? Jin Yang's mouth opened wide and his eyes widened.
She originally wanted to show off to Li Xiang that Jin Zhu won a first prize again, with a bonus of 1,000 yuan; and Jin Liu went to record the ending song of a TV series, and it took a day to get a reward of 1,000 yuan, but these were not enough to watch in front of Li Xiang.
"Not as good as your sister, your sister is the first prize in the national essay competition." Li Xiang smiled.
Tian Fangzhou and his father went to the county to see Li Xiang, so he already knew a lot about Jinzhu from Tian Fangzhou, and he was really proud of Jinzhu.
"Brother Xiang, you are as powerful as my eldest sister, and I will be like you in the future." Jin Liu saw that Li thought that she could make money by being good at math, Jin Zhu could make money by writing well, and she could also make money by singing well, so she must also use singing to earn more money in the future.
As for how to earn it, Jin Liu doesn't understand it now, but Jin Zhu told her that when she grows up, she can learn to sing, and she will understand it at that time.
"What about me, what are my strengths?" Jin Yang was confused.
"Don't worry, you're still young, wait until you're in high school to think about this problem." Li wanted to persuade her.
"Brother Xiang, tell me what the provincial city looks like. Why are the stationery boxes in the provincial capital much better than those in the village? The golden bull asked by wrapping his arms around Li Xiang's neck.
Li Xiang listened and put the golden bull down, accompanied the three Jin Yang sisters and brothers to talk about the provincial capital for a while, and then took the initiative to go downstairs to clean up the chicken coop and duck pen, and after doing this, he said goodbye and went home.
And at this time. Jin Zhu and his entourage also came out of Chengguan Middle School, and when Sun Quan's kung fu was done, Mr. Wen suggested going to the supermarket a few times. The supermarket in the county is huge. There are almost all kinds of food and clothing, dazzling, Jin Zhu picked a few sets of cotton underwear of better quality, after menarche, she began to develop, but this era is not popular to use bandeau, she is afraid of exposure. I had to follow Yang Qin and buy something called a bra.
Who knew that when the bill was paid, it was Xiyue and two other boys standing behind Jin Zhu. Where was Jin Zhu embarrassed to take out what he bought in front of them? had to let Xiyue come first, but this Xiyue was also a humble gentleman, he thought that Jinzhu was humbling to him, and he refused to come first if he said anything.
The two were about to resign. Wu Lu said impatiently in the back: "If you don't tie the knot, I'll tie it first." ”
Who knew when Wu Lu squeezed over. While Jin Zhu didn't care, he reached out and lifted the towel on the top of Jin Zhu's shopping basket and pulled out the ** below.
Seeing the things in the basket, Wu Lu's face also turned a little red, she thought that Jinzhu was buying something for boys and was embarrassed to take it out in front of everyone, so she lifted it curiously.
"Jin Zhu, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." Wu Lu reacted quickly.
Seeing this, Xiyue hurriedly pulled the other two boys and turned away. Went to another exit.
Because there are still Teacher Zhou, Teacher Wen and several other teachers waiting behind, Jin Zhu is not good at quarreling with Wu Lu in this public place. With a black face, he delivered the things to the cashier.
Back in the car, Jin Zhu'an sat quietly in the corner, still with his eyes closed, and didn't say a word, Zhou Chuanying shook his head when he saw it, sighed, and didn't say anything.
Because of the delay in the supermarket, it was almost eight o'clock when I returned to the town, and it was raining again, Mr. Zhou still asked the driver to send Jin Zhu back to the village.
"It's so late, it's raining again, and you're not cold standing here?" Jin Zhu said that he was not moved, which was false.
At this time, it is already winter, and the temperature difference between morning and evening is large, especially when it rains, it is cold and cold, Jin Zhu noticed that Li Xiang was wearing the yellow corduroy jacket she made, which seemed to be a little thinner, and it seemed that his body was thin and thin.
"It's not cold, Jin Yang, they're coming, I'm afraid they're getting wet and catching a cold."
Li Xiang didn't forget that last year was because of a cold and fever in the Taurus that led to the tragedy of the family jumping into the river, the children of poor families can't afford to get sick, and the general cold and fever are treated at home by themselves with some local methods, and the effect is good, but if the effect is not good, they will carry it for two more days, and they will go to the hospital if they can't stand it.
After Li Xiang finished speaking, he opened the other umbrella in his hand and handed it to Jin Zhu, and asked about Jin Zhu's current situation as he walked, he already knew from Tian Fangzhou's mouth that the matter between him and Jin Zhu was spreading, and a boy named Xiyue was added to it.
He wasn't worried that Jin Zhu had anything else in mind, but he was afraid that these rumors would affect Jin Zhu's studies, so he asked Jin Zhu about his midterm exam ranking as soon as he opened his mouth.
"There is no improvement this time, I am still the tenth in the class and the twelfth in the grade."
This semester, a new course called "Physics" was opened, and Jin Zhu felt that it was much more difficult to understand than mathematics, so he just scored more than 60 points and dragged his feet.
"No regression means that your grades are stable and worthy of rewards."
Jin Zhu sneered and laughed when he heard this, "It seems that this is said by the master, and it is old-fashioned." ”
"Is there one? But this old-fashioned Hengqiu made you laugh, what's not going to be happy today? Li Xiang noticed that Jin Zhu's face was full of anxiety when he got out of the car just now, and he dared to ask when he saw Jin Zhu smile.
"Nothing."
Li Xiang stood up when he heard this, "Jin Zhu, I said, no matter what difficulties you have, as long as I can help you, I will definitely help." ”
"Actually, it's not a difficult thing, it's Wu Lu, although it's not good to say bad things about people behind her back, but I really hate her more and more."
Jin Zhu has been here for more than a year, whether it is with her classmates or relatives and friends, she likes to put it on the bright side, rarely says bad things about others behind her back, and will not spread bad things about others, except for that time when Yang Xiaolan needed to come forward to persuade Yang Dashan, she said some rumors about Sun Xiaoyan in front of Yang Xiaolan.
"Poof." This time it was Li Xiang's turn to laugh, "I thought it was a big deal, if you like it, if you like it, if you don't like it, you don't like it, and it's not something bad about saying bad things about others behind your back." ”
In the past, Li Xiang saw that Jinzhu was very mature and sophisticated in speaking and doing things, unlike the emotions that a child of this age should have, and he felt very sorry for Jinzhu's young man, just like himself, which was forced by the environment.
However, this will be relieved to listen to Jin Zhu's childish words, which shows that Jin Zhu is becoming more and more relaxed in front of him, and more and more recovering her nature.
"Okay, I've decided, I'll break off my friendship with her in the future, if I don't like it, I don't like it." After Jin Zhu finished speaking, he felt a lot more relaxed.
"That's right, okay, when you get home, don't think about it, go back and rest early." As they spoke, the two of them had already ascended the steps.
"You should go back early, take a hot bath, don't catch a cold." Jin Zhu didn't know how long Li Xiang had been waiting in the rain, but this time she came home more than an hour later than the last time, so she guessed that Li Xiang would definitely not be less than an hour and a half.
Standing in the rain for an hour and a half on such a cold day, even wearing a padded jacket is definitely not good, not to mention that Li Xiang only wears a thin coat.
"Okay." Li Xiang didn't talk to Jin Zhu anymore, smiled and waved his hand, and strode away in a few steps.
"Eldest sister, eldest sister, are you back?" Jin Yang and the others had been waiting for Jin Zhu, and when they heard a voice at the door, they opened the door.
"Where's Brother Xiang? Didn't he pick you up? Taurus didn't see Li Xiang and asked.
"He's gone, is there anything to eat at home? I am hungry. ”
Jin Yang and Jin Liu listened and went to give Jin Zhu a hot meal, and Jin Niu pulled Jin Zhu to learn what Li Xiang had seen and heard in the provincial capital, saying that Li Xiang had won a bonus of 10,000 yuan, that Li Xiang had helped them clean up the poultry pen downstairs and so on.
"Not only that, Brother Ah Xiang bought a new set of books and sent them to us, saying that it is good for improving writing." Jin Yang came out with a plate of dishes.
When the golden bull heard this, he quickly ran upstairs and came down with four or five books in his arms.
It turned out that Li wanted to see that Jinzhu's article was well written, so in order to expand Jinzhu's horizons, he bought a set of selected ancient and modern Chinese and foreign famous articles from the bookstore and sent it over.
"Eldest sister, this book is very valuable, it costs more than 200 yuan." Jin Yang pouted.
Jin Zhu glanced at the price of the book behind him and did not speak.
Quite anciently, this set of books is already very cheap. But the problem is that Li Xiang's economy is not rich, this set of books was bought when he was in the provincial capital, at that time Li Xiang didn't know that he could get the bonus of 10,000 yuan, so this set of books is a big burden for him, no wonder Jin Zhu saw that he seemed to lose weight again, if she didn't guess wrong, this set of books may have been saved by him from between his teeth.
Thinking of this, Jin Zhu felt quite uncomfortable, and accepted this set of books, she felt that the two of them were teaching each other privately; If you don't accept it, I'm afraid that I will disappoint Li Xiang's heart. (To be continued......)
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