"Light the fire!"
Xue Yuantong was starving and urgently needed Jiang Ning's help.
Even though there were strangers around, she remained open and honest. Jiang Ning had performed magic in class before, so it wasn't a shameful skill.
"Yeah." Jiang Ning walked to the iron pot. Xue Yuantong considerately brought a small stool over and asked him to sit down so that he could give full play to his skills.
Xue Chuchu, who was standing next to him, stared even more closely, as she was curious about Jiang Ning's magic.
She had never seen the magic of lighting fire.
The little girl eating seaweed opened her eyes wide. The picnic of these people was different from that of others on the grassland.
Jiang Ning reached his hand under the pot to cover the wood. He activated his spiritual power and a red flame suddenly burned from the palm of his hand. The next second, it covered the bottom of the pot.
"Be careful, it's hot!" Xue Chuchu reminded quickly. Jiang Ning's hand was burned by the fire.
"It's okay, he knows magic." Xue Yuantong was not worried about Jiang Ning at all. Jiang Ning had performed magic for her many times in places that others didn't know.
Jiang Ning withdrew his hand calmly, only to see the branches under the iron pot burning fiercely.
The little girl was so shocked that she forgot to eat the seaweed slices. Her father was also very surprised.
"Brother, how did you light the fire? Did you put fuel on your hands?"
Xue Chuchu stared at Jiang Ning's hand. It was the same color as a normal hand, with long, slender fingers that looked particularly beautiful.
Jiang Ning said: "Practice makes perfect."
After lighting the fire, Xue Yuantong had no time to talk and started cooking.
In order to cook, she brought an apron and tied it around her waist.
Xue Chuchu took the initiative to say, "Let me light the fire."
She used to live in the village and often cooked with earthen pots. Making fire was easy for her. She was responsible for making the fire by herself and could also cook on the stove.
This is almost a necessary skill for many rural girls from poor families.
Even if she has to work in the fields, Xue Chuchu can do it. She can pull peanuts all day long under the scorching sun.
"You burn it."
Jiang Ning did not refuse. If he lit the fire, the fire would be more even and cooking would be faster.
But it wouldn't hurt to keep Xue Chuchu busy for a while.
Jiang Ning gave the seat of the small stool to Xue Chuchu.
Xue Chuchu found a longer branch and used it as a fire stick to stir the firewood at the bottom of the pot and control the flames.
Xue Yuantong opened the lid of the pot, picked up half a bucket of oil, and poured it into the pot.
When the little girl's father saw this, although he wanted to continue watching, he knew that the other person had started cooking, so it would not be appropriate for him to stay any longer. Would he be able to share the food with him after the other person finished cooking
So he took the little girl away. The little girl was reluctant to leave and turned back to look at him from time to time on the way back.
At the riverside, three people recovered again.
While Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu were cooking, Jiang Ning used his spiritual power to divert the smoke from the burning wood to the side to avoid it from suffocating the two of them.
Ingredients such as green onions and ginger were put into the pot. Xue Yuantong sat on a stone and cooked with a spatula.
Seeing that the heat was almost right, Jiang Ning poured a pot of rabbit meat into the pot.
Xue Yuantong used all his strength to stir-fry the rabbit with a spatula.
She felt that her cooking skills could be even better, but her weak strength limited her path to becoming a top chef.
Xue Yuantong believes that she should keep exercising to get stronger.
She thought about asking Jiang Ning in the evening how to exercise scientifically.
Jiang Ning is very strong and must know a lot.
It would be best to have an exercise that does not require any suffering and can still exercise the body.
Xue Yuantong worked hard to stir-fry the rabbit meat. The aroma of the meat filled the air. Xue Yuantong, who was already hungry, swallowed his saliva secretly.
She swallowed it very secretly, thinking she had hidden it from Jiang Ning and Chu Chu.
After a while, she poured the incense into the pot and continued cooking.
"You can pour the water now." She looked at Jiang Ning and said.
Jiang Ning picked up the bucket of purified water and added water to the pot, and Xue Yuantong threw the bamboo shoots into the pot.
Next you need to wait for the pot to boil.
The waiting time is always exceptionally long.
"Let's play poker." Xue Yuantong suggested, and she took out a deck of cards from the box.
The three of them are just right for playing Landlord.
After hearing this, Xue Chuchu looked at the burning firewood.
Jiang Ning saw her worry and said:
"Just pay more attention while we play cards. The pot still needs to boil for a while. You can't just sit there and wait."
"That's right, the sun is so bright, of course we can't waste it."
While playing cards, she took the opportunity to secretly eat some fruits. The mangoes, mulberries and mangosteens that Jiang Ning brought were especially delicious. She really didn't know where he bought them from.
Especially mangoes, eating some can relieve hunger.
Xue Yuantong had just cooked, which had consumed a lot of energy. He could barely lift the spatula and was in urgent need of nutrition.
Xue Chuchu still occupied the small stool, while the other two sat on mats on the grass.
The sun is warm and a gentle spring breeze is blowing.
Jiang Ning played cards for a while when his phone suddenly vibrated. He took out his phone and saw a message from Geng Lu:
"Are you here? I'm playing. They're going to play Truth or Dare later, and I'm thinking about joining in."
Jiang Ning held the cards in one hand and used the other hand to tap the screen to reply:
"Already here, I'm playing cards."
Xue Chuchu suppressed a little king.
Jiang Ning shook his hand and the king fell down.
Xue Yuantong stared at Jiang Ning's movements and thought they were so cool.
Unlike her, she can't hold the cards with one hand and needs the help of the other hand.
Compared with Jiang Ning, he's so lame.
…
Small grassland, south side.
The grass was covered with neat and clean mats, and a group of men and women were gathered in groups of three or five, making it very lively.
At the door of the makeshift tent, He Qingtang nudged Geng Lu and took a look at her chat page. Their relationship was extremely good, and there was nothing wrong with them looking at each other's chat records.
He Qingtang whispered: "Ask him where he is."
"Well, I'll ask now." Geng Lu nodded.
Jiang Ning quickly responded: "Where the smoke is coming from."
Geng Lu received the message, glanced across the small plain, and soon spotted the smoke.
"Turns out it's them." He Qingtang had already noticed it, but because they were some distance away, he couldn't see the people over there clearly.
“It’s really unique.”
"We came for a picnic and he came for a camping." He Qingtang said with emotion.
"What picnic?" asked a handsome boy wearing trendy brand clothes.
Geng Lu looked up and saw that it was her junior high school classmate Ye Mengchen, who had good academic performance and was currently studying at Yuzhou No. 1 Middle School.
Yuzhou No. 1 Middle School is slightly worse than Yuzhou No. 2 Middle School, but not by much.
Compared with No. 4 Middle School, the conditions at No. 1 Middle School are much better.
Today's picnic was organized by Ye Mengchen and others.
When Geng Lu was in junior high school, her homeroom teacher had just graduated from college. He liked to organize classmates into study groups to help each other.
Every time there was a school assembly, we were always very united and attached great importance to class honor. We won countless blackboard newspaper awards and hygiene duty awards.
The class atmosphere is quite good, and the junior high school class group is still very active.
It's really a weird class.
Of course, Geng Lu’s current Class 8 is equally weird.
Although everyone had to pay for a picnic on Qingming Festival, many students were still willing to participate.
Fifteen people came in total.
For many classmates, this was the first time they met since the high school entrance examination.
So we had a pretty pleasant chat, talking about our junior high school days and the changes that happened after entering high school.
However, perhaps because they are in high school, many classmates have changed, especially those in No. 2 Middle School and No. 1 Middle School, who always speak with a tone of instruction.
This made Geng Lu feel disappointed.
He Qingtang looked at Ye Mengchen. She still remembered him. When they were in the second grade of junior high school, she had a good impression of Ye Mengchen. However, when he started dating in the third grade and his grades dropped drastically, she lost his impression of him.
"I'm talking about the classmates in our class." Geng Lu answered briefly.
"Junior high school classmate?"
"No, my current high school classmate."
Ye Mengchen said in a tone: "You are classmates from No. 4 Middle School."
Geng Lu always felt that he looked down on No. 4 Middle School, so she said indifferently:
"Yes, they came for a picnic."
Ye Mengchen: "Yes, coming for a picnic in this weather shows that you know how to live."
He looked at Geng Lu and He Qingtang twice more.
There is a huge gap between middle school students. Some students concentrate on studying and have no interest in anything else. The only big goal in their minds is the college entrance examination, and they are eager to get into a good university.
Some middle school students are addicted to playing games. What are girls? Are the games fun
However, some high school students are quick-witted and once they set their sights on girls, they can have several relationships during their high school career and even succeed in getting them early.
Girls in high school are simple-minded. You don’t need to spend too much money or give them many gifts on holidays. Just be nice to them.
Ye Mengchen belongs to the latter. Now he looks at He Qingtang and Geng Lu with a sense of amazement.
He Qingtang is a little taller and quite pretty. Geng Lu is not as tall as her, but is also pretty, especially with a great figure.
Ye Mengchen wondered in his heart why he hadn't noticed these two girls in junior high school.
But it's not too late now. He is a middle school student, and psychologically, he is superior to the other party.
A man may not be handsome or have no money, but he must be confident.
Besides, Ye Mengchen is quite handsome, has a good family, and is very confident.
What do you call this? This is called a lore!
Ye Mengchen sat down in front of the tent. He looked at Geng Lu and sighed:
"The weather is great today, not too hot or too cold, perfect for sunbathing."
He Qingtang: "That's right."
Ye Mengchen took the initiative to find a topic:
"How is the study atmosphere in your class? Is it as good as the one we had in junior high school?"
After listening to this, Geng Lu thought carefully, what is the learning atmosphere like in Class 8
It can probably be best described in one sentence, that is, 'half is sea water, and half is magma'.
"It's just so-so." Geng Lu answered truthfully.
After hearing this, Ye Mengchen felt that it made sense, and he smiled confidently:
"Compared to your class, the environment in our class should be much better."
"I've discovered that high school is different from junior high school. My classmates who used to be lazy have also started to work hard."
Geng Lu really wanted to deny what he said, but she felt that Class 8 was an exception.
"High school knowledge is much more difficult than junior high school knowledge. I have to ask questions to others in order to keep up with the progress." Geng Lu said. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look in the direction of Jiang Ning.
She wanted to leave her classmates behind and go see him.
Ye Mengchen realized that this was an opportunity, and he said:
"Problem? I'm good at this. I often help my classmates in class. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."
Geng Lu said: "No need, I can just ask my classmates in class."
Ye Mengchen heard this and said with a little pride:
"I remember you were in the regular class. I'm not exaggerating, but the overall performance of No. 1 Middle School is much better than that of No. 4 Middle School."
He is in an ordinary class in No. 1 Middle School and is now in the top ten in the class.
Geng Lu didn't want to argue when he mentioned school again. She agreed:
“No. 1 Middle School is indeed better than No. 4 Middle School.”
Ye Mengchen felt recognized and thought Geng Lu was praising him sincerely, which made him more confident.
"Let's compare." He thought of the final exam of last semester, which was a city-wide exam. It had been a few months, so it might as well be compared.
"What was your class's highest ranking in the entire city in the final exam last semester?"
Ye Mengchen planned to wait for Geng Lu to reveal the highest ranking in their class, and then he would reveal his own ranking. If nothing unexpected happened, it would most likely be higher than the first place in their class.
Geng Lu didn’t think too much about it. High school girls are more mature than boys, but she can’t completely see through each other’s minds.
Geng Lu thought for a moment and said:
“No. 1 in the city.”
"What?" Ye Mengchen didn't react for a moment.
"Geng Lu is first in the class and first in the city." He Qingtang thought he didn't hear clearly, so he repeated it.
Ye Mengchen couldn't believe it at all. What a joke! He was in an ordinary class in No. 4 Middle School, but he could get the first place in the city. Was he dreaming
"It must be fake!" he denied.
He Qingtang said, "I'm drunk. Are you so out of touch with the news? Think carefully. Does the name Xue Yuantong sound familiar to you? She is from our No. 4 Middle School, and is in the same class as Geng Lu."
After saying this, He Qingtang felt a little relieved.
When these "high school entrance exam losers" meet other key high school students and mention Xue Yuantong, they can at least hold their heads up high and eliminate the feeling of being inferior.
"Xue Yuantong... sounds familiar." Ye Mengchen thought about it carefully and it seemed that there was real news, and Geng Lu had no reason to lie to him.
Ye Mengchen felt as if he had been hit by a stick, and his arrogance dropped a little. He then said:
"The one who tutors you is the top student in the city?"
Ye Mengchen thought it was impossible. As the number one in the city, he must be focused on studying and would not have any time for tutoring. In this way, he still had an advantage over other students in Geng Lu's class.
"It's not Xue Yuantong, it's someone else. He's ranked 15th in the city." Geng Lu said truthfully.
Ye Mengchen: 'It's boring, really boring.'
He stopped discussing the results, and Ye Mengchen changed the subject:
"I have a relative from the prairie. He sent beef over. I'll give it to you to try later."
Geng Lu declined: "No, we brought food, you can share it with other students."
"It's okay, I brought a lot." Ye Mengchen was one of the organizers of the picnic, so he was naturally fully prepared.
He found a topic to talk about for a while, and the conversation turned out to be quite harmonious.
"Do you use WeChat?" Ye Mengchen took the opportunity to figure out his purpose during the conversation.
He Qingtang said: "Yes."
"Let me add you guys. I seldom use QQ now." Ye Mengchen said that he had his girlfriend's posts on QQ and it was not easy to add girls.
He Qingtang said: "Did your girlfriend break up?"
Ye Mengchen said: "It's okay to add friends and girlfriends, right?"
He Qingtang said depressedly: "It does matter. Last time I added a boy, he deleted all the opposite sex after he got a girlfriend."
Ye Mengchen: "I broke up a long time ago. I didn't plan to have a relationship during my three years of high school."
"Okay." He Qingtang didn't refuse.
"We'll play a big adventure later. In this weather, it's nice to eat some beef and drink some wine." Ye Mengchen said familiarly:
"There are sandwiches over there, you can take whatever you want."
Geng Lu said, "I plan to go and see my classmate."
Ye Mengchen: "High school classmates?"
"Yes, they are here too, over there." Geng Lu's expression changed instantly when Jiang Ning was mentioned, from being indifferent just now to becoming bright.
Ye Mengchen noticed Geng Lu's transformation, and thought that classmate must be important. His heart sank, and he said:
"Haha, I was just planning to take a look around."
He Qingtang was puzzled and thought:
"They're having a reunion with their high school classmates, why are you joining in the fun?"