Chapter 5: Enrollment
On the fifth day of the first month of March, today the two of them packed up their things and went to Mr. Wu's house in the town. Originally, they said that they would come to school tomorrow, but the two of them were afraid that it would be bad to be late by then, so they decided to go a day earlier.
Before she went, she also specially picked up a piece of cured meat of about five catties from her home, and went to the town to buy two packs of dim sum. What I brought from home were some bedding and sheets, as well as two sets of clothes and a few pairs of shoes, as well as the books and pen, ink, paper and inkstone I bought before. It's not much, but it's still a total of two baskets, and some home-grown vegetables and dried vegetables are also installed.
When I arrived at Mr. Wu's house, Mr. Wu was going to go out to meet friends, but because they didn't go when they arrived, she was quite embarrassed. Speaking of which, Mr. Wu had just arrived at the door when they arrived, and Mr. Wu was uncomfortable for a moment when he saw her, and she also saw it, and knew that it was the reason last time, but she didn't care much. Seeing that she didn't care, Mr. Wu quickly adjusted, first took them to the room arranged for Li Bokang, and then left.
After they had cleaned up the room, they went to Mr. Wu with the gifts and bundles for Mr. Wu, and they didn't want to wander around to find them, but fortunately they saw Mr. Wu in the hall. They went in and bowed to the teacher, and then gave the things to Mr. Wu along with the bundles, and from now on Mr. Wu would be Li Bokang's master. After everything was done, she said to Mr. Wu: "Mr. has something to do, let's go and get busy first, I'll go out with Bokang to buy some things." After that, I wanted to go out, but Gu Lishu still waited for him to speak. Mr. Wu shook his head and smiled when he heard what she said and then looked at her actions, "Okay, then you can go." As soon as Mr. Wu agreed, the two went out.
When she came to the street, she first took a walk, and on the way to shop, she told Li Bokang some things, such as taking good care of herself, not being too tired to study, but studying hard. Although she knew that she had said these words several times before, she still couldn't help but talk to him again. For these, Li Bokang only promised her repeatedly, and he also knew that she was worried about him for his good.
Later, I went to the grain store to buy some rice, flour, grain and snacks, and when I bought food, I also said something to Ah Fu, to the effect that Li Bokang is now studying in the town and helps take care of him when he is fine. Although she also knew that there was nothing wrong, but she was still worried, as for Li Bokang's study, Ah Fu was still a little surprised, but when she thought of their previous purchase of land, she felt nothing, but she was inevitably a little curious about where they got so much money. But although he was curious, he didn't ask much, Yang Xue was willing to associate with him because he didn't like to inquire, otherwise she wouldn't have eaten his wedding wine before, and she knew that his wife was pregnant and went to visit. Although she did have other things to do later, she also went to visit sincerely.
When I returned to Mr. Wu's house again, I first asked Grandma Wang if Mr. Wu was still at home, and after hearing that Mr. Wu was still at home, I asked the location of the kitchen. Grandma Wang took her to the kitchen, and then she started cooking in the kitchen, although it was still early, but she wanted to cook more food, and the dishes she wanted to cook were indeed more time-consuming, so it was just right to start doing it now. By noon, the meal had already been prepared, and Grandma Wang helped her a little during this period. At noon, she made a total of five dishes, a winter melon pork rib soup, and the winter melon was still the dried winter melon she brought from the mountain. The others also have a braised pork with bamboo shoots, a steamed pumpkin, a fried bacon with chili peppers, and finally crispy peanuts.
After bringing the dishes to the hall with Grandma Wang, she went to call Li Bokang and Mr. Wu to eat, and she went to call Li Bokang and Grandma Wang to call Mr. Wu. As for her and Grandma Wang, they ate in the kitchen, and the dishes were specially set aside when they were prepared before. After eating and cleaning up, she said to Li Bokang and left, and asked him to talk to Mr. Wu by the way, after all, this is also a courtesy.
Back in the mountains, she suddenly got a little unused to it, so she found some work to do. This year, because of the purchase of land rent and Li Bokang's study, the family's land was not planted, but it was turned over and put there, and only a little bit of vegetables were planted for self-consumption. So she took a hoe and seeds and started to grow vegetables, the dried vegetables in the past two years were not very good, and she didn't want to plant so many vegetables, so she just planted some to eat by herself. So it took half a day to plant almost everything, planting two ridges of green beans, one ridge of tomatoes and two ridges of cabbage, and a small piece of pepper was sprinkled before transplanting when it grows up. The others also planted a ridge of cucumbers, a ridge of eggplant, and a ridge of bitter gourd, all of which were only planted this year, and I don't know if they can be harvested in the mountains. In addition, I still planted some pumpkins and winter melons, which were planted in the same places before.
These can be planted quickly, plus the ground is also turned over and can be planted directly by dividing the ridges, so it doesn't take too much time, and the seeds can be watered after they are planted. But it's quick and easy, but it's still dark when you're done planting them. After that, she simply made some food and rested, probably tired in the afternoon, she thought it would take a long time to fall asleep, but she didn't expect to fall asleep not long after lying in bed.
Li Bokang on the other side hasn't been able to fall asleep for a long time, this is the first time he has left home to sleep outside alone, and he doesn't know how Sister Xue is now, whether she has slept or not. There are so many things at home, he can't help her, and he doesn't know how long she has to do it, so he slowly fell asleep thinking about it.
Li Bokang got up early the next morning, and today was his first day of class, and he had to get up early. After getting up and washing, he went to the kitchen to start making breakfast, he also went to the kitchen yesterday to know where the kitchen was, and breakfast was simply cooked with a bowl of porridge. When he was cooking porridge, Grandma Wang was also cooking breakfast, and Grandma Wang made it more sumptuous, and there were vegetables stir-fried, and Grandma Wang also said that he should eat with them or give him some dishes, but he refused. After breakfast, he went to the place where he went to class and waited for the class to start for a while, and then many students came to the school one after another, but they were not as old as him, most of them were children of six or seven years old, eight or nine years old. The children were a little curious when they saw him, but no one spoke to him to say hello, maybe it was because he was older than them, in short, the children sat down separately or played with several people, in short, no one approached him.
When Mr. Wu came, there was still some noise in the school, and after Mr. Wu coughed twice, the sound slowly disappeared, and Mr. Wu was still very satisfied. After that, Mr. Wu said: "Students, there is a new classmate here today, his name is Li Bokang. Li Bokang, come up and introduce yourself to your classmates first. Li Bokang walked up to Mr. Wu and said, "Hello everyone, my name is Li Bokang, I am thirteen years old this year, I hope everyone will encourage each other in the future." After that, Mr. Wu asked him to sit down and start lecturing. After this class, there were a few children who went to talk to him, one of them called Qian Laicai talked the most, and another named Sun Sheng studied very well, both children were nine years old.
The first day of school passed in listening to lectures and getting to know new classmates, and in the evening, Li Bokang cooked and ate by himself, and this time he did it after Grandma Wang finished cooking. He wanted to steam some steamed buns, which would be more convenient in the morning and at noon.