High school life was simple and busy. Sometimes I felt that each class lasted very long, but after getting used to the routine of going to school, going home, and returning home, I felt like I was running forward and time passed in the blink of an eye.
Bai Luochuan has never had a break since high school. He worked in his family's company until his second year of high school, and sometimes he would make a special trip to Beijing.
Mi Yang went with him twice. Mi Hong's health had gradually deteriorated in the past two years and he was not as strong as before. He mailed him a letter with an address in Beijing, asking Mi Yang to find his former fellow apprentices and learn more skills from them. He had almost taught everything he could in the past few years.
Mi Hong learned a variety of skills, mostly to make a living, and he learned a little bit of various trades. However, the junior brother he mentioned in the letter was a little different. When Mi Hong finally left the capital, the other party already controlled two or three bookstores and had established a firm foothold in the capital.
Mi Yang went to the capital with Bai Luochuan, but failed to find it after searching twice.
Mi Yang searched for several old addresses according to the letter. They were all old courtyard houses in the alleys. Some had been converted into other things, while the door of another one was closed. He knocked several times but no one came out. It seemed that no one lived there anymore.
He had no choice but to ask around nearby, but there weren't many elderly people living there and he couldn't find out anything.
Bai Luochuan also tried to find out, but didn't get anything. There was too much turnover in the capital, so it was normal for a craftsman like this to move to other places. The only people who remembered him were some old book friends, so it was not easy to find him.
Although Mi Yang didn't find anyone after going there twice, he did buy some books that he liked before and went back with a little regret.
The winter vacation for the second year of high school was short, with only more than two weeks, but there was still a lot of homework assigned.
Teachers of various subjects tried their best to help students improve their scores in the subject, and they gave out questions like in a competition. After the classes were divided into science and arts classes, Class 1 and Class 2 were still next to each other. Mr. Dai's class was science Class 1, and the class monitor was still Bai Luochuan. Class 2 was just a coincidence, it was Mr. Wen's class, and most of the students were the original ones. There were mostly girls in their class, and more of them chose arts. Mi Yang was still the league secretary of Class 2.
The two brother classes still have a very good relationship. Lao Dai has reflected deeply on himself during the past year or so. He feels that he is too selfish. He only wants to get back the trophy of the long-distance race, the green radish that was distributed, the prizes of the New Year's Eve party, and the first place in the joint competition... He is so greedy!
Teacher Wen always expresses his gratitude sincerely, but he just wants these material rewards!
Seeing his classmates helping Class 2 enthusiastically and selflessly every time, Lao Dai would reflect on the selfishness of human nature when it was late at night and decided to turn over a new leaf and work hard with his classmates to be a good person. Sometimes when Teacher Wen was busy, he would go to help teach two self-study classes, as seriously as he taught his own class. I don't know if it was an illusion, but when he did this, not only the students in Class 2, but also the little brats in their class were obviously more excited!
Monitor Bai set an example by taking action himself and caring for Class 2 in every possible way. The students in the two classes also loved each other. They were even included on the school's honor roll several times and were repeatedly praised as role models by the school radio station.
Bai Luochuan didn't react much to this. He heard about it from Mi Yang. He was a little shocked when he first heard it, but he soon calmed down: "Old Dai has a crush on your class teacher Wen? I knew it, he keeps staring at me like that, there must be something wrong. He's not afraid that I'll fall in love with the girls in your class, he's the one who falls in love with your teacher."
Mi Yang said: "I heard that he wrote a lot of poems. He started writing when he just started his freshman year in high school."
Bai Luochuan sighed and said, "Sure enough, I said that time that he wrote poems like love letters, and he started so early, Old Dai is really good."
The two of them sat in the dormitory and sighed for a while, neither of them thought that they were the culprit.
Bai Luochuan was quite strict with Mi Yang's emotional issues. He asked, "Are there any other girls who gave you discount coupons?"
Mi Yang was drinking water and almost choked: "No more, just that time."
Bai Luochuan said dissatisfiedly: "You should also pay attention, there are several campus beauties here, Wang Yiyi, Yang Liuqing, Ningning..."
He counted more clearly than Mi Yang, who couldn't help laughing as he listened, and gently kicked his leg with his foot: "Hey, how do you remember so clearly? You didn't fall in love with any of them, did you?"
The weather was a bit cold, and Mi Yang was barefoot without socks. Bai Luochuan didn't mind him and just touched his instep. When he felt his feet were cold, he stuffed them into the quilt and sneered, "Why would I like them? Why do I like them? They're not even as pretty as me."
Mi Yang was still smiling, thinking that the narcissistic young master was particularly cute.
Bai Luochuan was still holding his feet in the quilt, and after they were warmer, he put on socks for him and reminded him: "Be careful not to catch a cold. You will catch a cold in winter. Be good this year. If you don't catch a cold, I will give you a reward."
Mi Yang felt a little itchy when he touched her, so he pulled back a little and smiled, "What's the reward?"
Bai Luochuan thought for a moment and said, "I'll give you a thousand dollars as a reward."
Mi Yang cooperated with the wow and nodded, "Okay."
Young Master Bai felt satisfied and gently hooked the soles of his feet with his fingers. Seeing the man laughing and dodging on the bed and begging for mercy, he also laughed.
Bai Luochuan was not idle during the winter vacation and went to his family's company.
Luo Jiangjing wanted him to participate in the company's affairs in advance. Seeing that there was no plan for him to go abroad for gilding, she called him to the company during all her rest time and asked Mi Zehai and others to take care of him. This family business was created by her own hands, and it was normal for her to want to give it to her son. She even joked with Bai Luochuan with a smile a few times: "If you go to college earlier, you can help me share some of the work after graduation, and I can also be lazy and travel around the world."
Bai Luochuan only inherited Luo Jiangjing's beauty in appearance. When he spoke with his eyes raised, he was not annoying. Instead, he was arrogant and spoiled like a teenager. He said with a smile, "Who are you going with? My dad can't do it. He can't be counted on to go abroad in this lifetime unless he submits an application for special military affairs."
Luo Jiangjing spoke in a hoarse voice, and soon poked his forehead again and said, "How annoying, just like your father, always trying to discourage others."
Bai Luochuan said: "That's to help you face reality. You can just go to the grassland with my dad. You can choose Nei Korqin or Nalati."
Luo Jiangjing said: "Who wants to go there? But since you mentioned it, there is a project there. If you make me angry again, I will let you go to Xinjiang during the winter vacation."
Bai Luochuan: “…”
Luo Jiangjing has taken good care of herself over the years. Sitting there, she still looks like a beautiful woman in her thirties, mature and elegant. Time has been very kind to her, leaving almost no trace of her. She has been fighting in the business world all these years, but it has only tired her brain. The men in the Bai family protected her very well. Even when she had to go to some banquets, she had never been forced to drink - it's not that no one had this idea, but anyone who did so was carried out with a cold face by the accompanying guards.
The men of the Bai family always dote on their wives. Even Bai Luochuan didn't dare to easily make his mother angry. If he was said to be exiled, it would really be exiled. It would not be easy for him to sneak back across half of China.
Luo Jiangjing asked him again: "Winter vacation is coming soon, do you have any plans?"
Bai Luochuan said: "Whatever plans I have, I'll leave it to you to order."
Luo Jiangjing smiled, looked at his son who had grown taller, nodded approvingly and said, "You've grown into a big boy now. I can assign you some physical work."
Bai Luochuan added: "Whatever you do, I won't leave Shanghai."
Luo Jiangjing said, "You are nostalgic, kid. When I wanted to take you away from Border Town, I put in so much effort. I even got Bai An here, but you still refused to give in. Now that you have come to Shanghai, you are unwilling to leave. I have heard from other people that their children at home are eager to grow wings and fly away!"
Bai Luochuan said: "I just miss the old times."
Luo Jiangjing joked, "Don't tell me there's a kid you like? How's he? Is he from your school?"
Bai Luochuan said, "If you have time to ask me here, why don't you ask Ji Baian? My aunt sent him abroad, so far away, be careful to find you a bunch of girlfriends."
There was a knock on the door. Luo Jiangyuan came in and saw them all laughing. She asked, "What are you talking about? Why is it so lively?"
Luo Jiangjing waved his sister over to sit down. "I just asked him if he knew any female classmates, but he went straight to Bai An. He didn't suffer any loss at all. How come you have time to come here today?"
Luo Jiangyuan also smiled: "Bai An didn't look for him. He has been very stressed out by the exams recently. He just called me and said he wanted to come back a few days early to relax." She turned to look at Bai Luochuan and said softly, "Luochuan, when your cousin comes back, can you bring Mi Yang to play at home?"
Bai Luochuan asked: "Why bring him here?"
Luo Jiangyuan was a little embarrassed, but still said: "Bai An said that he hasn't seen him for a long time, and he missed his old friends. You know, he is alone abroad and has few friends, so it's inevitable that he thinks of his old friends. By the way, he also wants you to help ask why he can't get through to Mi Yang on the phone?"
Bai Luochuan wanted to refuse at first, but when he heard her say this, he rolled his eyes and said, "Oh, Mi Yang doesn't use his cell phone very often. Our high school has strict regulations."
Luo Jiangyuan said: "There has been no response to the mailed items and letters..."
Bai Luochuan said: "For international mail, there must be some errors when it is so far away."
Luo Jiangyuan wanted to ask more, but Bai Luochuan stood up, stretched and said, "Aunt, I have nothing else to do, so I'll leave first. You can talk to my mother about business, I won't disturb you anymore."
Luo Jiangyuan said quickly: "Luochuan, wait a minute, this is a pretty good cake shop I saw when I came here just now, I bought two boxes and you can take them to eat with Mi Yang. Bai An has always said that Mi Yang used to like eating small cakes the most, the sweeter the better."
Bai Luochuan couldn't refuse such a gift personally delivered, so he took it and said politely: "Thank you, auntie."
Luo Jiangyuan smiled and said, "We are a family, why should we be polite? Bai An will be back for the New Year this year, and you must come to visit. He has mentioned you many times." She also reminded, "Bring Mi Yang with you, remember."
Bai Luochuan raised the corner of his lips and said, "I'll ask him for you, but he's very busy and has to help with family matters, so we'll see when the time comes."
Luo Jiangyuan was quite satisfied with such a reply. She nodded and let him go. She stayed and talked to her sister about the new department store building in her family. The Ji family has done well in the past few years, and their business is booming, and the scale has expanded a lot compared to before.