Just after the new year in the countryside, the smell of the new year is still strong, and the small bookstore next to the station has already opened.
The old man had nothing to do, so he got up early in the morning to shovel the snow and sweep the road, and exercise his muscles and bones by the way. After finishing these tasks, the children who got up early and went to pay New Year's greetings to collect red envelopes also came to him one after another.
"Grandpa! Grandpa!" The seven or eight-year-old children are full of energy, and they are rarely as quiet as Jiang Shen was when he was a child. The old man let them in, afraid of the cold, so he burned a charcoal fire basin.
"Do you want some candy?" the old man asked.
The children were all wearing padded jackets, swollen like balls: "Yes!"
The old man brought out the nougat and shared it among them. The children who had eaten the candy all went inside to read comics.
There are too many photos stored on the smartphone, and the old man opened Weibo slowly, but he was not in a hurry. He put on his glasses and squinted to find the Chaochao he was following. He: "Grandpa! Where is the cartoon of the little hero?"
The old man said impatiently: "Where did you put it yourself last time?" That being said, he went in and found it for the child.
Weibo Chaochao finally opened, and the old man saw the most popular one on the top.
"The results of this year's Lausanne are out! Everyone, come and find our little swans!!"
The old man blinked, not understanding what "Lausanne" was. When he went to look through the comments, he saw someone posted a comment below.
"International Ballet Competition of Lausanne: [link], this is the address of the results published on the official website, but it's in French, I beg the boss of the French department!"
The old man let out a "huh" and stood up abruptly.
The child reading a book not far from him was startled, raised his head and asked him in a daze, "What's the matter, grandpa?"
The old man didn't answer, and tremblingly ran inside to rummage through the box, only to find an English dictionary, and let out a discouraged "ah".
He ran out again, put on his scarf and hat, thought of something before going out, turned around and threatened fiercely: "Read books obediently, don't make trouble, or I won't pay back your book rental money!"
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The asphalt road to the village usually doesn't look long, but when there is an emergency, it feels delayed. The old man is old and struggles to walk fast. He held the willow tree beside the road for a while, and was about to continue walking. Suddenly there was a car horn.
Chen Maoxiu lowered the car window, sat in the driver's seat and called him, "Grandpa, why are you here?!"
Seeing him, the old man seemed to have caught a savior: "Quick, take me to Jiang's house!"
Shen Shubao got off the co-pilot to help him, and hurriedly asked, "What happened?"
The old man got into the car and urged Chen Maoxiu to drive quickly. He squeezed between the two front seats and took out his mobile phone to show Shen Shubao: "Lausanne International Ballet Competition, Shen Zi went to the competition, and the results came out. I don't understand French, so I can't read it." I understand, Shubao, you are smart at reading, do you understand?"
It was the first time for Shen Shubao to know the news. This year, Jiang Shen said that he would not come back for the New Year. They were already used to it. The other party didn't say what competition he was going to participate in on the phone. They didn't expect it to be such a big event.
He took the old man's mobile phone and opened the link to the official website. There was indeed a long list in it. Because he couldn't understand it, Shen Shubao could only use his mobile phone to translate word by word.
Chen Maoxiu asked anxiously while driving: "How's the grade?"
Shen Shubao translated for a long time before saying: "This is the list for the preliminary round. There are a total of 80 people from 19 countries participating." He continued to scroll up and saw a list with a relatively small number of people, "The final list, only 20 people. "
The old man said nervously, "Is there a deep son?"
Shen Shubao looked at them one by one. Chen Maoxiu didn't know how to drive. Before reaching the place, he braked suddenly. The old man said "Ouch!" Shen Shubao almost hit the windshield. Where's the car! I haven't found anyone yet!"
Chen Maoxiu yelled: "I'm in a hurry too! Didn't you see the duck crossing the road in front of you!"
In the middle of the asphalt road, a big duck was followed by a group of ducklings, flapping its wings and passing in front of Chen Maoxiu's car.
A car full of three people, old and young, could only watch, not even honking the horn to urge them.
"Did you find it?" the old man asked while waiting for the duck.
Shen Shubao stared at the phone and shouted when he saw the ninth name: "I found it! Jiang Shen! It must be him!"
Chen Maoxiu squeezed his head: "Is it in the top 20?! Entered the final?!"
Shen Shubao nodded. He took a deep breath and opened the last finals webpage with shaking hands: "I just checked, the finals are ranked. I only look at the top eight. I don't know where the deep ones are."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Gou Mao was anxious to death, "Look at Shen Zi's number!"
As a result, I don't know what's going on, and I can't open the external network.
"It's over..." Shen Shubao murmured, "It's stuck."
The old man suddenly got up halfway, pointed to the front and said loudly: "The duck is gone! The duck is gone!"
Chen Maoxiu restarted the car and stepped on the accelerator: "Sit tight! Let's go back and connect to wifi!"
Because of the Chinese New Year just yesterday, many people in the village closed their courtyards and closed their homes to prepare for a late sleep. Shen Shubao and Gou Mao had to get up early because they went to meet friends in the city. Chen Qingling was still confused when she heard the sound of the car. Lying on the bed in a daze, she had just been admitted to Chuanmei in September last year, and this year can be regarded as her first year as a freshman.
"My brother is back?" Miao Hua'er asked as she hugged the quilt when she entered the room.
Miao Hua'er was surprised and said, "Why are you awake?" She laughed, "I came back, I don't know what's going on, so I just went to Jiang's house, do you want to go and see?"
Chen Qingling frowned and thought for a while, then struggled to get up from the bed: "I'll go and have a look."
Miao Hua'er said "Ouch", "You put on your socks, it's freezing outside."
Chen Qingling didn't change her pajamas, she just put on a big padded jacket, and ran to Jiang's house next door with disheveled hair. Tony Chicken was walking in the yard with his head held high, and saw her cooing twice.
"Tony~" Qing Lingzi blew a kiss to it, "You are so beautiful today."
After boasting about the chicken, Chen Qingling entered Jiang's living room. Chen Maoxiu happened to be by the door, and when she looked up she was startled: "Why are you here?"
Chen Qingling stared at him: "I can't come?"
Chen Maoxiu looked down at her slippers subconsciously: "Have you worn your socks yet?"
Chen Qingling couldn't stand her mother, so she stretched out her foot to show him. Chen Maoxiu hurriedly squatted down and stuffed her foot back: "I know, I know, hide it well, girls can't freeze."
The two were talking at the door, when Shen Shubao in the room suddenly yelled: "Jiang Shen! We found it! The final Jiang Shen!"
Chen Qingling only felt that she was pulled in by the dog's hair like a gust of wind, and the old man who rented the bookstore was also there, unable to utter a word of excitement. Tan Lingling also looked dumbfounded, staring blankly at the webpage on the laptop.
Gou Mao and Qing Lingzi squeezed behind Shen Shubao, Shen Shubao's hand holding the mouse was shaking all the time, and it took him several times to slide to the top of the page.
I saw a golden dance logo hanging in front of the name "Shen Jiang", ranking first among the eight dancers.
Tan Lingling pointed at the computer and stammered, "What do you mean?"
Chen Qingling covered his mouth, tears came out of his eyes in an instant, Shen Shubao turned his head, he was a little choked up with excitement, took several deep breaths, and finally calmed down and said: "Auntie, Jiang Shen won the gold prize, the first prize in the Lausanne International Ballet Competition, Chinese dancers!"
Tan Lingling obviously still couldn't believe it, she opened her mouth a few times, but before she could say anything, the phone in the living room rang suddenly.
"Go and pick it up!" the old man urged her, "Maybe it's Shen Zi?!"
Tan Lingling glanced at a few people, then stumbled to the living room to answer the phone, Shen Shubao, Chen Maoxiu and Qing Lingzi also surrounded the old man and followed.
Everyone surrounded a telephone in a funny way, staring at Tan Lingling on the phone.
The person on the other side didn't know if it was Jiang Shen, Tan Lingling's eyes turned red when she heard the words, her tears seemed to be unstoppable, but she was very happy with her smile, she turned to Shen Shubao and Chen Maoxiu and said, "Go! Firecrackers! We are having dinner at Auntie’s house tonight to celebrate winning the gold medal!"
Chen Qingling couldn't hold back anymore, hugged her brother and cried loudly, wiping her tears while crying, Tan Lingling put the phone in her hand, Jiang Shen was on the other end of the phone, calling her with a smile: "Qing Lingzi, don't cry Ah, you should be happy, I won a prize!"
Chen Qingling cried even more when she heard his voice.
Shen Shubao couldn't help but answer the phone and asked, "When are you coming back?"
In order to be able to hear, Chen Maoxiu yelled anxiously: "Turn on the hands-free! Turn on the hands-free! Are you stupid!"
The old man hurriedly pressed the speakerphone beside him, only to hear Jiang Shen say: "I'll be back next month, Bai Jinyi will come back with me!"
"There is another great news." Jiang Shen said on the phone, his tone seemed to be more happy than he won the award, "Bai Jinyi has officially joined the American professional boxing league, and he is going to win the gold belt!"