Chapter Twenty-Four: Jeton
The sky was blue, like a poisonous mushroom covering Derry's elementary school, and the icy air currents swayed some of the abandoned masts, and slapped them against Jeton's little face along the classroom window, making him shiver with cold.
Along with him was Nevia, who was at the same table.
Nevia is only 8 years old, a full year younger than Jetton. She was small and short, the lowest in her class, about the same height as a freshman in her class.
Nevia's face was always flushed, and her long hair was tied with a ribbon. The ribbon is slightly thicker and is made of a kind of hemp rope that naturally gives off a minty flavor...... Nevia begged for a long time before her parents finally agreed to buy it for her.
Jetton felt a poke in his left arm, and when he turned his face to the side, a note with small print was handed over from his left-hand side, along with the gaze of Mrs. Lauren on the podium.
Biting into the coconut candy in his mouth, Jeton pretended not to realize it, avoiding Nevia's note, and he quickly wrote and drew on a test paper, filling in random words in the blank space of the remaining questions.
It's a small exam!
Thanksgiving is still four days away, and the holiday itself has two days off, plus a collision with Saturday and Sunday, which is equivalent to a four-day holiday.
Today is the day before the holiday, Jetton's class is very loosely arranged, only three classes in the morning, and you don't even have to go to class in the afternoon, you just need to answer a front and back exam paper and leave school directly!
The common enemy of Jeton and Nevia is this exam paper, most of the students in the classroom are gone, and a few are packing up their things, and Jetton is only finishing it, and Nevia hasn't even started to write on the back.
"Smack~"
With a snap of the cap, Jetton grabbed a corner of the test paper and walked to the podium nonchalantly, and secretly stuffed the test paper a little further down while Mrs. Lauren looked down at the book.
He didn't want to put the test paper directly on top, in case Lauren glanced at it a few times and found that he had written a few questions blindly, he would definitely have to erase and rewrite them! In this way, there will be a minimum delay of half an hour.
Please, smart Jetton won't let this happen.
He arranged his stationery with both hands and packed all kinds of books into his schoolbag in an orderly manner, including his diary. The biting cold wind outside the window seemed to be affected by the bright rhythm and became a little warmer.
"I'll be waiting for you at the old place, little ...... Nevia! ”
Jayton, with his bag on his back, leaned over and whispered something in Nevia's ear, then walked out of the classroom step by step. Like the other students, Jetton erupted in a few cheers, then put on gloves and a small scarf and dressed himself up as a simple version of the Winter Knight.
After leaving school, Jetton was going to go home and put down his bag, and he hadn't thought about the rest yet, but he would definitely go to Jackson Street first, where he and Nevia's mysterious base were!
Ten minutes later.
"Mom, I'm out of the house."
Yelling at the bedroom, Jetton took off his bag and threw it on the couch, folded his hands on the radiator and baked it to get rid of the cold, and he took another two dollars and put it in his pocket.
Stepping out the door, Jetton followed the sidewalk north until he reached an intersection.
This is the intersection of Jackson Street and Sunset Boulevard, and if you turn right here and walk for a while, you will be on Jackson Street.
The color of the clear blue sky began to change, and a touch of crimson gradually added to the sky, and after a while, a few snowflakes fell down.
It's snowing,
The cold wind was still howling into Jeton's collar. He hurriedly wrapped the scarf around his neck and quickened his pace a little.
In the winter in Weil Town, the weather is mostly clear and cloudless, with clear skies, and at most a few days of snow. But the temperature often reaches more than ten degrees below zero, coupled with the pervasive cold air......
That's a bit of a torture!
The wind turned, and Jetton walked a short distance against the wind, his face was chilled by the cold wind blowing in his face, and he decided to stop and rest for a while.
Across the street on the left, there is a beautifully decorated gift shop. From the narrow window, there are so many things inside!
The headless horseman's doll left over from the last Halloween, the crystal ball that sparkles when the electricity is turned on, the bouquet of delicate flowers, the cactus ball...... And Jeton's favorite guinea pig. This little thing is kept in a cage the size of a football, and the plush figure is very cute.
Ay~
The thought that he had only brought two dollars with him forced Jeton to look away, feeling melancholy. However, he was quickly distracted by the snowflakes that slapped him in the face.
"Oh, it's snowing~~"
Benton tilted his head and giggled, the exhaled currents blowing a few snowflakes past his eyes.
There are a few blocked alleys on Jackson Street that used to be passable, but have since been completely blocked for some reason.
Now it's a gathering place for some discarded rubbish and a secret base for Jeton.
It's very different from the usual garbage dumps, at least there is no awe-inspiring smell, and more garbage is scrap paper, small appliances (such as razors), and old toys.
"Bang Bang~"
A pair of small black-gloved hands rummaged through the garbage heap, and Jetton's immature face had a silly smile, and he felt as if he was going to dig out a piece of gold from here in the next second......
Wait, yellow, gold? Does it have a deluxe version of Transformers?
Jetton suddenly remembered this question, Mom likes gold, if she finds a gold nugget, she can bring it back to her, maybe she will buy the latest Transformers for him......
This "expedition" was destined to disappoint him.
There are no small toys to expect, and no glittering gold nuggets. The only new additions on the ground were a few newspapers, broken test tubes and beakers, and a few pits.
With a kick to the pit, Jeton sat on the snow-covered steps in a daze as he waited for Nevia.
"Hey, meat bun."
A lazy voice rang out behind Jetton.
"Hey. Hello Jenny. ”
As soon as he heard this voice, he immediately knew that it was Sister Jenny who was coming, and quickly turned his head and hugged her excitedly.
Jenny is 12 years old, just in the first year of junior high school, and her height of 1.55 meters is a little short compared to her peers, but she is a little thorny, the only problem girl in the class.
She loves skiing, she loves to play baseball, and she loves to skip class!
Now, for example, she's skipping class again.
The junior high school curriculum is much tighter than the primary school schedule, and there are three main classes in the afternoon, but she only took one class and then flashed. The reason was that Jenny didn't want to endure the next two math lessons in a row, and she didn't want to see Mr. Edward's dead skin.
She would rather be punished.
Besides, in the afternoon, even if it is a holiday, the punishment will have to wait until the school year returns...... Anyway, the ski slopes are much more fun than the classroom.
"You're so enthusiastic today? Tell me quickly, and you want to ask me for something. ”
Jenny cupped Jeton's little face and pinched his nose, which was red from the cold.