Time flies like a galloping horse, the sun and the moon are like falling flowers and flowing water, and another circle of time has passed.
It’s Saturday, June 21st, and summer vacation is about to start.
The setting sun was hanging in the sky, emitting golden light. When it fell on passers-by, it made them look like they were coated with a layer of gold. When it shone on the surface of the Huishui River, it made it sparkle with gold.
River dam, the air in the bedroom is fresh, without any heat from outside.
Jiang Ning leaned on the sofa and watched a movie. He had a lot of free time.
Holding a glass with orange juice in it, the juice was not too cold, so Jiang Ning used magic to make cold air come out of his palm, freezing it.
If Xue Yuantong saw this, he would definitely think that he could save a lot of electricity, right
Jiang Ning had a plate of cold spicy beef next to him. It was the beef bought by Aunt Gu and specially made for her daughter.
Xue Yuantong claimed that he gave him half of it and left it for him to eat as a snack.
According to her, the food her mother cooks is especially delicious, but beef is expensive and her mother was busy with work and didn’t have much time.
Jiang Ning waved his hand in the air, and the shredded beef on the plate flew into the air and landed in his mouth.
It's very easy without having to use your hands or use any speed.
Aunt Gu’s cooking skills are as good as ever, fragrant and spicy.
Jiang Ning drank a sip of ice orange juice and enjoyed the movie.
Suddenly, there was a sound of slippers outside the door. Jiang Ning knew who was coming just by listening without using his spiritual sense.
He was too familiar with Xue Yuantong's footsteps.
With a hurried and chaotic conversation, Xue Yuantong pushed open the door and said, "Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, I'm done!"
Her face was pale and her eyes were filled with fear, as if a disaster was about to happen.
Jiang Ning took a sip of orange juice slowly and said, "Sit down."
Xue Yuantong had never seen his expression like this, so he quickly grabbed him and said, "Help me think of a solution!"
She hugged Jiang Ning's arm and pulled him out.
Jiang Ning did not resist and followed her back to her room.
Xue Yuantong pointed at the blue gauze on the door. There are many mosquitoes in Yuzhou in summer. If a door curtain gauze is installed on the door, it can effectively prevent mosquitoes.
This is the most common magnet curtain on the market.
Jiang Ning glanced around and found something unusual about the gauze curtain.
Xue Yuantong's face was filled with anxiety, her bright eyes flickered, she held Jiang Ning's hand, and kept saying in a panic:
"I just burned a hole in the screen curtain! My mom will be home soon!"
Jiang Ning was stunned and asked in confusion: "That's it?"
Xue Yuantong opened her mouth: "Isn't this scary?"
Jiang Ning thought about it carefully and said, "It's quite scary."
"My mother will be off work soon, and I have to make up for it." Xue Yuantong sought a way to make up for it.
Jiang Ning didn't say anything at first. He walked into the room, opened the drawer, took out a book clip, and clipped it on the hole in the gauze curtain.
He looked around and said, "Okay."
What Xue Yuantong regarded as a matter of life and death was resolved by Jiang Ning in the blink of an eye. She looked at Jiang Ning with brighter eyes and was extremely happy.
Subconsciously, she wanted to praise him, but she was embarrassed because it made her look so incompetent!
But I have to give something back, wouldn't that make Jiang Ning feel cold
She secretly decided that the next time her mother made shredded beef, she would give him more, increasing it from one-quarter to two-fifths.
Then he boasted about it in front of Jiang Ning and gave him most of it.
After deciding on the reward, Xue Yuantong began to complain: "It can fool my mother in the short term, but it's not a long-term solution."
Jiang Ning added, "I heard the city is very lively at night. Hongxing Street is holding a small temple fair. Let's go and have some fun. We can also buy a repair allowance and stick it on. Your mother will definitely not tear it off."
Xue Yuantong thought this was a good idea and was immediately excited: "Okay, okay, let's do it together tonight and call Chuchu along."
"She may not be, right? Isn't she always studying?"
Xue Yuantong: "Chu Chu will definitely go. We used to have temple fairs in our town, and she loved them the most."
"Okay." Jiang Ning agreed.
After resolving his biggest worry, Xue Yuantong felt much more relieved.
"Why was the gauze burned?" Jiang Ning asked.
"Yang Sheng gave me a lighter, a kerosene lighter," she said.
Jiang Ning recalled that Yang Sheng looked very cool when playing with the lighter. Xue Yuantong stared at her, and then Yang Sheng generously gave it to her.
"The lighter wouldn't light up, so I kept rubbing it for fun. Who knew it would suddenly light up when I opened the door, and then..." Xue Yuantong looked innocent.
"Remember this time, don't do this again next time." Jiang Ning reminded.
"Yeah." Xue Yuantong was frightened and would definitely never do it again.
She left home with Jiang Ning and went to her other home.
On the way, she suddenly asked, "How did you know the book clip was in the drawer?"
She had the impression that Jiang Ning seldom came to her room, and it was always she who went to play with Jiang Ning.
Even she might not be able to find the clamp in a short time, so how could Jiang Ning do that? There must be something fishy!
Jiang Ning paused and said in a calm tone, "I called you to get up in the morning before, but you were late. I wanted to find a clip to clip your ears."
Xue Yuantong was shocked, all his doubts disappeared, and he said angrily:
"Jiang Ning, you are so mean!"
…
Brickwork site.
Workers covered in mud gathered in the shade, waiting for the boss to pay them.
Zhang Chi patted the cement dust off his pants, and the dust that was stirred up flew all over his face.
The young boss called out, "Zhang Chi, come here!"
Zhang Chi immediately got up and forced a smile.
The neatly dressed young boss took out two large red bills from his black leather bag and said, "It's been hot lately, so I'll increase your salary by fifty."
Zhang Chi and a group of workers had simple smiles on their faces.
50 yuan. They used to make only 150 yuan a day.
After receiving his daily wages, the young boss drove his newly-purchased BMW 5 Series, started the engine, drew an elegant curve, and left the brick and stone factory.
When Zhang Chi saw the BMW logo, something called ambition emerged in his heart.
One day, he will drive a BMW, and by then, all those who look down on him will regret it.
Zhang Chi took heavy steps. He did not go home on weekends, but stayed in the city to work on construction sites to earn money.
By working hard, he paid off all his debts. With the two hundred he received today, he had saved four hundred. His next goal was to replace the broken-screen phone in his hand.
After a tiring day, Zhang Chi staggered northward, clutching the banknotes tightly. This was the money he earned through hard work, and he felt at ease.
At the same time, a Bentley luxury car worth millions was speeding south and passed by in an instant.
Qi Tianheng, dressed in high-end clothes, sat in the spacious back seat, enjoying the comfortable air conditioning and holding a bottle of 100-yuan drink.
He looked away, a cynical smile on his face: "I just saw my classmate."
The suited driver in the front seat replied: "Do you need to say hello?"
"No need. It looks like he is working at a construction site." Qi Tianheng was in a good mood when he saw Zhang Chi's embarrassment.
…
Zhang Chi knew nothing about this. He turned on his phone and saw his classmates talking about the small temple fair.
Dong Qingfeng @ed people in the group, "Chen Qing'e, Jiang Yanan, Bai Yuxia... Let's watch the temple fair together tonight."
He @ed almost all the slightly pretty girls in the class.
Shen Qing'e: "I'm afraid not. I'm with my sister tonight."
Yu Wen took the initiative to @ the class monitor.
But the squad leader declined.
Since Dong Qingfeng has a good reputation among the girls in the class, some girls responded, such as Jiang Yanan: "Are you the only Dong Qingfeng? Are there others?"
Cui Yu: "Yes, and me too."
Duan Shigang: "I am your humble self."
Dong Qingfeng frowned and felt nauseous.
He chatted with Chen Qian privately, and for some unknown reason, he actually persuaded Chen Qian.
Zhang Chi: "Does anyone know about mobile phones? What kind of mobile phone can I buy with 800 yuan?"
He has 400 in savings, but if he works for two more days, he can save enough money. As the saying goes, it is better to be prepared.
Wang Longlong originally wanted to recommend Zhang Chi, but suddenly remembered Zhang Chi's character and resisted the urge to type.
Dong Qingfeng is a mobile phone enthusiast, otherwise he would not have chosen a niche brand like OnePlus. He thought about it and recommended:
"If you have 800 yuan, just buy Redmi 1s. Choose between the China Telecom and China Unicom versions. These two models use Qualcomm 400 processors, which have great performance, and the MIUI5 system, which is very easy to use."
Zhang Chi: "Last time I went to a sales hall, the salesperson recommended me to buy vivo."
Dong Qingfeng: "Vivo is a typical high-priced, low-spec phone. At the price of 800 yuan, the screen resolution of the phone they give you is 100% 854×480."
Zhang Chi: "It looks good, and the vivo brand is much better than Redmi. There are stores everywhere and they advertise on TV, unlike Xiaomi, which is a no-name brand."
Dong Qingfeng: "The mobile phone seller is cheating you. Who will bear all the advertising and marketing costs? Aren't they consumers?"
Wang Longlong saw a familiar scene and made an expression.
The next second, Zhang Chi asked: "Don't the people who sell mobile phones know more than you?"
…
7:30 in the evening.
Xue Chuchu pushed the heavy black electric bike out of her house, and Xue Yuantong called from behind:
"Let's go!"
In order to eat, drink and have fun in the evening, she skipped dinner and insisted on waiting until the temple fair to eat.
Jiang Ning patted the back seat of the mountain bike. Xue Yuantong gave up the spacious large electric bike and chose Jiang Ning's bicycle.
As we went forward and got closer to Hongxing Street, we saw more and more pedestrians on the road, and it was filled with a peaceful and joyful atmosphere.
The night breeze was gentle and made people feel comfortable all over. Jiang Ning didn't even use any cooling spell.
Jiang Ning stopped his mountain bike outside Hongxing Street.
The street ahead was flashing with lights, bustling with people, and so crowded that bicycles couldn't enter.
Jiang Ning locked the car and Xue Chuchu took out the key to the electric bike. Her car was so broken that no one could steal it.
The streets are bustling with people, and stalls extend outside the streets, selling drinks, grilled lamb kebabs, trinkets, handicrafts, toys, and all kinds of street games. The dazzling array of goods is dazzling.
The hawkers' cries rose and fell, attracting the crowds and splitting into countless branches.
Xue Yuantong sniffed the scent, grabbed Jiang Ning, and gave him a serious and earnest admonition:
"Be sure to follow me wherever you go, and don't get lost."
"Don't worry."
Jiang Ning took the lead and stepped into the crowded crowd.
Xue Chuchu and Tongtong followed. She originally thought it would be crowded, but Jiang Ning led the way, and the pedestrians wisely made room for her, so she walked smoothly.
They followed the flow of people, moving slowly forward and looking at the stalls on both sides. Xue Chuchu was slightly taller, while Xue Yuantong was too short, so they always had to squeeze to the outside to watch.
After watching for a while, Xue Yuantong bought a roll of cold noodles and lemonade.
There were too many people in the center of the street. Although it was strangely not crowded, it was still a bit boring being in the center.
Hongxing Street is very long, and as you follow the flow of people further back, the crowd becomes slightly thinner.
There are more amusement facilities here, such as water parks, carousels, pirate ships, etc.
Xue Yuantong really wanted to try it, especially the carousel, but unfortunately it was full of elementary school students and she didn't want to join them.
"There are people playing on the horizontal bar over there, Jiang Ning!" She stood on tiptoe and pointed at the crowd in the southwest.
Jiang Ning swept his spiritual sense and saw several horizontal bars set up on the street, with a sign saying that one should hang for 100 seconds, 20 seconds each time. A successful challenge would be rewarded with 100 yuan!
There were a lot of people gathered around, both men and women. At a glance, there were also familiar faces Ma Shicheng, Cui Yu, and Meng Gui standing nearby.
Jiang Ning stepped forward, and Xue Yuantong, holding Chu Chu's hand, trotted after him.
Xue Chuchu sipped the juice, her eyes thoughtful. Was Jiang Ning planning to play games
"Tongtong, these games are all scams. The stall owners are cunning and ordinary people will be cheated out of their money."
Xue Yuantong looked at Jiang Ning's slender back, his beautiful eyes full of joy, as if he was looking at his own child.
"But he is not an ordinary person?"
Helplessness emerged in Xue Chuchu's cold eyes, diluting her elegant temperament: "...Tongtong is possessed."
"Let's take a look." She moved to the stall.
There was a young man hanging on the horizontal bar with both hands, and all the eyes of the passers-by around him were on him.
The music from the amusement facilities in the distance mixed together and resounded, as did the flashing neon signs, which shone on the ground and on the onlookers.
The stall owner was counting: "5 seconds, 5 seconds!"
After a while, he shouted again: "10 seconds!"
Then he shouted 20 seconds. The young man who challenged him showed a struggling expression and then fell down weakly.
The boss smiled brightly: "23 seconds in total, next one, next one."
Then another man in a vest challenged her, and Meng Gui said, "This man is strong!"
The result was 60 seconds.
Cui Yu was puzzled: "What's so difficult about this? I can do 5 pull-ups. Isn't 100 seconds easy?"
Suddenly, a girl's voice came from outside: "If you can do it, go ahead?"
Cui Yu turned around and saw the girl in the short skirt. She looked a little sarcastic and a little arrogant.
"You are from Class 5, right?" Cui Yu recognized Cao Kun and Meng Ziyun behind the girl.
Tang Jing was wearing a short skirt: "Yes, from Class 5."
Today, the small temple fair held by Hongxing Street has spread far and wide. This place is not far from No. 4 Middle School and many students gathered here.
Cui Yu took pictures of many beauties’ backs along the way and sent them to the group, which made Guo Kunnan so excited that he wished he could jump out of the screen.
Cui Yu glanced at Tang Jing unscrupulously: "Who are you?"
Tang Jing wanted to dig out his eyes, but on the surface she still looked admiring: "If you can do 5 pull-ups, you can definitely hold on for 100 seconds, right?"
Cui Yu felt good after hearing the nice words. "100 seconds is nothing. I can stay on the hook as long as I want."
Ma Shicheng advised: "It's not easy, don't try it."
Tang Jing: "Oh, the opportunity to make money is gone once it's missed."
"Brother Ma, no need to say more. When I make 100 yuan, I will invite you to play ring toss." After that, Cui Yu paid 20 yuan and challenged the game.
When the boss counted to 50 seconds, Cui Yu looked painful. He gripped the horizontal bar tightly and pulled up to adjust his balance, but he fell down due to exhaustion.
Lost 20 yuan.
Cui Yu went to find Meng Gui and complained to her in a swearing manner.
Tang Jing sneered, "Oh, no?"
Cui Yu was so angry that he was puzzled. He thought carefully and made sure that he had never offended this woman before.
Why did the other party suddenly target him? Was he being a jerk
"If you can do it, go ahead. Women who last 80 seconds will get money. Why don't you go?" Cui Yu said bluntly.
Ma Shicheng noticed Jiang Ning. He glanced at Xue Yuantong and then turned his gaze to Xue Chuchu.
My first reaction was, "Wow, she's so beautiful, even more stunning than Bai Yuxia!"
"Brother Ning, do you want to play?"
Jiang Ning: "No, 100 seconds is too slow to make money, and the bonus is not much."
The main thing is, hanging on it isn't cool enough.
If there were no special circumstances, Jiang Ning would not bother to challenge.
Cui Yu was mocked by the nasty woman Tang Jing and was in a very bad mood. However, he didn't know her well and couldn't fight back for a while, so he had to take Meng Gui to avoid the limelight for a while.
When she found Jiang Ning and the others, Meng Gui immediately asked, "Xue Chuchu, where is your deskmate?"
The two had met before when the second phase of Lanma Shopping Mall opened, and Xue Chuchu was deeply impressed by Meng Gui's hairstyle.
She didn't remember Meng Gui's face, but she remembered his hairstyle.
"Mu Ying is at home," she replied.
As they chatted, the shouts from the single pole gradually grew louder, "80 seconds, 80 seconds!"
Not only the boss, but everyone else was making loud noises.
“85 seconds!”
Cui Yu looked over and saw that it was Cao Kun, the accomplice of the shrew. Cao Kun used forehand and backhand grips, which was more conducive to maintaining balance.
“90, 90!”
Seeing that Cao Kun was about to succeed in his challenge, Cui Yu had a bad impression of him and cursed him viciously, "Get down, you bastard!"
Then his curse took effect and Cao Kun fell down instantly.
After Cao Kun fell, he rubbed his wrist and said regretfully, "7 seconds short."
Someone next to me said, "That's amazing! I've been watching here for an hour, and you've been the longest."
Seeing being praised like that, Cao Kun's expression changed. It turned out that he was so outstanding.
Cui Yu couldn't stand seeing the grandson pretending to be a grandson, so he quietly moved his stall.
Jiang Ning looked for a while and then turned his attention elsewhere.
Xue Chuchu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Jiang Ning did not challenge her, otherwise it would be very uncomfortable to lose money. She had lost money before and knew how uncomfortable that feeling was.
Jiang Ning slid forward and Cui Yu stopped in front of the ring-tossing stall. The stall was surrounded by a fence. Unlike other ring-tossing stalls, the stall used small bicycle tires.
The boss is a short and strong man in his early fifties, with short hair and a tough look.
Jiang Junlong, Shen Qing'e, Jiang Yanan, Dong Qingfeng, Chen Qian and others were standing in front of the stall.
Jiang Yanan threw the tire and hit the square cardboard with 10 yuan on it. She was so excited that Cui Yu congratulated her.
The boss said, "It doesn't count. You can only get out."
Jiang Yanan stretched out his hand and shouted: "Then give me the circle back and I'll put it on again!"
The boss said in a very clear and natural manner: "The rules clearly state that once the circle is sold, it will not count and there is no refund."
Jiang Yanan was speechless: "Oh okay."
Xue Chuchu on the outside said: "It's a bit overbearing."
The rules state that one circle costs 5 yuan, so doing this is equivalent to throwing 5 yuan away.
Xue Yuantong looked around the stalls. There were many upside-down basins with cigarettes of various brands placed on top of the basins, as well as many hard-shell cards with prize amounts written on them: 20, 50, 100. One of the largest cards had 500 marked on it.
Xue Yuantong was surprised: "Jiang Ning Jiang Ning, so much money!"
Before Jiang Ning could answer, he heard Tang Jing next to him, "A lot of money? Oh, do you have the ability to take it?"