After that night, Jiang Cheng felt that he suddenly became calm.
He has not inquired about Li Hui's situation, but in a place like a steel mill, the dissemination of everything is efficient and comprehensive.
Gu Fei's small shop and the nearby community hospital were all information transfer stations.
The news at the beginning was that the eldest son of the Li family was beaten to death. Later, someone refuted the rumor, saying that no, the child did not die, and then someone corrected it, saying that Li Hui died.
There are various theories about the cause of death. He was beaten to death by debt collectors who owed usurious loans, and beaten to death by his daughter-in-law's adulterer. These two are the mainstream.
But less than a week later, the truth surfaced again.
Not dead, Li Hui was beaten into a plant, and the person who beat him is not caught now.
Jiang Cheng was not fully aware of these discussions, Gu Fei would not tell him, he just swiped a few ears while he was staying in the store, and every time they saw him, the sources of information would pay attention to avoid them.
For Jiang Cheng, no matter what kind of news it was, it was no longer important. This person who was his closest relative by blood would not have any interaction with him in the days to come.
He changed the phone number he had used for a long time, and the person who disappeared from his life with this number was not just Li Hui.
As the temperature drops day by day, the leaves on the trees decrease day by day. In the days when the cold and dry air makes the nose itchy and it is difficult to control the sleepiness forever, the senior year of No. 4 Middle School finally has the atmosphere that it should have before the college entrance examination. .
In the corridors and classrooms, there were all kinds of inspirational slogans, black characters on a red background, black characters on a white background, and huge exclamation marks. Every time Jiang Cheng saw it, he couldn't help but shout in his heart, except for In addition, there are various reminders that time is running out.
No time for students!
The college entrance examination is coming!
what! It's just ahead!
… terrifying.
Time passes very slowly most of the time, and only when I look back, will I be surprised that "it's been so long".
Jiang Cheng was half-prostrate on the table, with a pen in his hand, looking at the math teacher from the ear of Zhou Jing, who was sitting upright for some reason today.
For these people in the classroom, time flies very slowly at this moment. Maybe at this time next year, they will only find out when they look back that the year of the third year of high school has passed so quickly that they can't even leave any memories.
Jiang Cheng didn't feel that time was slow at this moment, he felt that time passed too fast and it was completely insufficient.
Not enough time to endorse.
Not enough time to do questions.
Not enough time for lectures.
Not enough time to go out for a walk with your boyfriend.
Not enough time to look at your boyfriend's new photos.
Not enough time to see... Sister-in-law's new hairstyle.
…
When he looks back at this time next year, no, no matter what time, next year, the year after, five years later, ten years later, when he looks back, the memories of this year will always be full and full.
"You changed the profile picture of the green rabbit, isn't Gu Miao in a hurry with you?" Jiang Cheng asked while sorting out the notes from the previous class after class.
Gu Fei's avatar was changed from a green rabbit to a picture of Gu Miao.
The little girl's new head shape, after her hair was long, Li Yan made a short BOBO hairstyle for her. The bangs were more than 3,000 miles away from her eyebrows. In the photo, she was in a good mood with one eyebrow raised, looking quite arrogant and individual.
"It's okay, she replaced it for me," Gu Fei said, "Go pee?"
"Ah, I..." Jiang Cheng paused.
"You don't know, do you?" Gu Fei sighed and stood up, "Let's go and pee."
"I want to say that there seems to be no such demand," Jiang Cheng tutted, then stood up, "Just tell me to let me accompany you and let the toilet get it."
"I don't need to accompany you," Gu Fei said immediately, "Really, I don't need to accompany you, you can go back to the classroom."
Jiang Cheng narrowed his eyes.
"Go back, please," Gu Fei said, "Let me go to the toilet alone, and let me bravely walk to the toilet alone."
"I'm sick," Jiang Cheng walked downstairs with him, "I'm a little hungry. I'll go to the canteen to buy something to eat in a while? Zhou Jing said that they are now selling oden."
"Okay." Gu Fei nodded.
"I think Fourth Middle School is particularly good," Jiang Cheng swallowed, "We used to cancel the school's canteen when it opened for half an elementary semester, and the cafeteria doesn't sell food until lunchtime, so you don't have to bring some yourself. If you eat, you have to starve to death before dinner."
"The commissary of No. 4 Middle School makes a lot of money every month," Gu Fei said with a smile, "a lot more than my store."
"No one has time to take care of that store in your house, or it won't," Jiang Cheng sighed, "The first time I went there, it was because it looked cleaner than other stores."
"If you didn't go to my place, you would have to lie on the ground for at least an extra hour that day." Gu Fei said.
"Fart." Jiang Cheng replied simply.
"Really, even if I want to bring you into the house, Liu Fan and the others are still against it," Gu Fei smiled, "It's such a mess, many people are afraid of causing trouble."
"Then why did you let me in?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"You helped Gu Miao," Gu Fei said, "and in front of Gu Miao, I can't let her watch her brother die."
"I just fainted for a while, and I'm not going to die!" Jiang Cheng corrected him.
"Actually, the main reason is that you look good," Gu Fei gave him a thumbs up, "You're handsome."
Jiang Cheng clicked his tongue.
The Oden in the school canteen tastes very good, but unfortunately it is almost cold from the canteen to the classroom.
Jiang Cheng is now able to listen to the class and eat as the locals do, and he is a little envious of someone from Class 7 next door who brought an electric cup to the classroom to cook and eat... Of course, the guy who brought the cup did a school-wide review, it is said that It was reported by a classmate who couldn't eat hot food during class.
"Jiang Cheng!" Lao Lu shouted from the podium.
Jiang Cheng was bowing his head and poking the last fish ball into his mouth, when Lao Lu roared, his hand shook, and even the fish ball and the bamboo stick fell to the ground.
"Ah..." He whispered painfully, and he felt very depressed that he had only one fish ball left before he was full and not satisfied, but the last one didn't even go into his mouth. .
He just wanted to pick it up and put it in the soup before anyone was ready to eat it.
"I didn't tell you! You guys are very tired of studying now. I won't say anything if you want to steal something in class!" Lao Lu pointed at him, "but are you eating too slowly! What about this food class? I don't know, I thought you bought a table full of Chinese! Come up! Translate this paragraph!"
Jiang Cheng carefully put the paper bowl into the table bucket, there was still some soup in it, and he could drink it later to satisfy his cravings.
When he stepped onto the podium, he just picked up a piece of chalk, and Lao Lu had already handed over the half in his hand: "Use this! You don't need to press it hard! I've sharpened it for you!"
"...Oh." Jiang Cheng took the chalk and started writing on the blackboard.
Usually at this time, teachers of other subjects will not ask people to come up to do any questions, and they will pay close attention to every minute and keep talking, or they will make the paper, and then talk about the paper, emphasizing the key points over and over again.
Here is the point, there is the point, these are the points, those are the exams! After listening for a while, I feel that there is no such thing as non-point in the textbook.
Only Lao Lu persisted in calling names in every class. He felt that this was the reason why students were relatively focused during his class, and he might be picked up at some point.
"The character has improved," Lao Lu looked at the translation question Jiang Cheng wrote on the blackboard. "There has been progress, not bad, not bad. If I judge the paper, I will not deduct your paper points for this word."
"Thank you, Teacher Lu." Jiang Cheng said.
It is true that the characters have improved. He knows it in his heart. Every day when he endorses, he will write down the key points on the draft paper to deepen his impression, and also practice calligraphy by the way.
According to Gu Fei, it was finally understood.
"Da Fei!" After school, Wang Xu pushed Zhou Jing aside and took a seat at the front table, "Jiang Cheng!"
"Huh?" Jiang Cheng responded, bowing his head and continuing to write the unfinished papers for the last class.
"I'll be fine for a while," Wang Xu said. "Let's go eat pie, my dad made a new flavor, go try it?"
"What new flavor?" Gu Fei asked.
"Corn stuffing," Wang Xu said, "I don't really want to say how special it is, but it tastes good, really, should you eat it?"
Gu Fei glanced at Jiang Cheng.
"Hey! I've accepted it," Wang Xu waved his hand, "I shouldn't have asked you in the first place... Jiang Cheng?"
"Okay." Jiang Cheng smiled and nodded.
Sooner or later, Wang Xu and Zhou Jing will be silenced. Wang Xu can stay for a few more days, after all, he can provide delicious pies.
"Call me Ermiao?" Wang Xu said.
"Stop calling," Gu Fei said, "Today my mother made her wontons."
"Okay," Wang Xu stood up, "walk around."
Jiang Cheng’s daily schedule was very tight. After school, he went back to the rental house and didn’t go to the store. Because the time he waited for dinner was not very efficient, he was a little distracted, so Gu Fei asked him to directly Back at the rental house, he prepared food and brought it over.
After dinner, there are basically no other activities that night, just read books and do some questions.
Of course, there is still time for entertainment and relaxation. Although the activities in bed are exhausting, they are very refreshing...
Today, I went to Wang Xu's house to eat pies, which was the first popular leisure entertainment in two months.
"I used to think that Yi Jing was enough to be a scholar," Wang Xu sighed while riding a bicycle, "I only knew when I saw Jiang Cheng that I didn't know anything."
"Isn't Yi Jing really struggling?" Gu Fei said.
"It doesn't feel the same," Wang Xu glanced at Jiang Cheng, "I have noticed during this time that Jiang Cheng is much thinner than Yi Jing."
"...Shut up." Jiang Cheng said.
But I can’t say that I’m losing weight. Gu Fei’s daily meals are all aimed at raising high-quality pigs in terms of ingredients and quantity. Wang Xu’s words are thin, and Gu Fei is estimated to be able to open his mouth and fill it with food. .
"Hey," Wang Xu rode to Jiang Cheng's side, "Jiang Xueba, have you thought about which school to go to? Have you thought about your major?"
"No." Jiang Cheng said.
"Fuck me?" Wang Xu was stunned. "Everyone said that Xueba was determined to not go to a certain university since he was a child, and finally got admitted. It's very inspirational. Why haven't you thought about it until now?"
"I," Jiang Cheng turned his head to look at him, "I can go wherever I want, you don't need to be determined from a young age."
"...Fuck you, uncle," Wang Xu glared at him, "I can't see a poor and showy scholar like you!"
"I'm not showing off," Jiang Cheng smiled, "I'm just showing off."
"I'm mad at you." Gu Fei said from the side.
"Damn it!" Wang Xu shouted, "Can you two correct your attitude, and now you are going to my house for a meal! Can you show some kindness to the provider of this meal?"
Wang Xu’s father, Wang Er… It didn’t seem like his name was Wang Er, but Jiang Cheng never asked what it was called. In short, Father Wang’s pie was indeed the best pie he had ever eaten when he grew up.
This corn-filled pie without a few diced meat is actually delicious.
Of course, after eating a bunch of tortillas, he added three more big ones.
"My God," Wang Xu's mother looked at the empty basket on the table when she brought them snacks, "how do you eat so fast?"
"He's putting on autumn fat," Wang Xu pointed at Jiang Cheng, "Xueba is different from us. Xueba eats like this, and still loses weight every day."
"You're too embarrassed to say," Wang Xu's mother slapped him on the back of the head, "you eat it all on your body, it's useless for your brain!"
"Hey!" Wang Xu gave his mother a shameless look, "Don't do anything in front of my classmates!"
"What's wrong with you! What's wrong with you!" Wang Xu's mother slapped him on the head again.
"It would be stupid." Gu Fei said.
"Yo, it's too late. I've been filming like this since I was a child, maybe I'm stupid," Wang Xu's mother put two plates of beef jerky on the table, "Try it, it's fragrant, spicy, and not hard."
Jiang Cheng took one and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Does Jiang Cheng really like to eat our pies?" Wang Xu's mother asked with a smile.
"Yes," Jiang Cheng nodded, "It's very delicious."
"We have new varieties coming out during Chinese New Year," she said. "If you think your family's food is too greasy for Chinese New Year, come here for pie!"
Jiang Cheng was stunned for a while before he nodded: "Okay."
"You talk too much," Wang Xu pushed his mother, "Go ahead, let's chat for a while."
After Wang Xu's mother went out, Wang Xu went over and closed the box door: "Jiang Cheng, I'm sorry, my mother doesn't know..."
"It's okay," Jiang Cheng smiled, "It's really okay."
New Year approached.
Wang Xu's mother didn't say this, he didn't even notice that it was almost New Year's Eve.
I only know that the winter vacation is coming, but the winter vacation will make up the class, and the people in the class have expressed that they cannot accept this cruel reality.
But Jiang Cheng never linked the winter vacation with the Chinese New Year.
Maybe he didn't even dare to think about it.
Peace of mind as water does not mean that you can be still for the New Year.
After all, it is a day when all families are reunited, and they are prosperous and in a trance hahahaha...
The Chinese people's attachment to the Chinese New Year and the unresolved sadness of not being able to go home for the New Year seem to be engraved in their bones. No matter whether they care or not, their mood during this time will always be accompanied by the increasingly red scene around them. changed.
Children wearing red cotton jackets running and setting off firecrackers, the smell of gunpowder smoke in the cold air, people rushing home, people shopping for New Year’s goods in the market, various reports on the Spring Festival travel on TV, the streets and alleys will never end. The changed "New Year's Songs"... Everything seems to be shouting in unison, it's New Year's Eve!
It was only now that Jiang Cheng suddenly came to his senses, it was New Year's Eve.
In the past, I didn’t feel that much about the New Year. I ate, drank, visited relatives, and went out to play with my classmates every day. The only experience was that the school started before I had enough fun.
But now he is a little confused.
New Year's Eve.
How's it going
Where have you been
... do you want to go
"We usually spend the Chinese New Year in the store," Gu Fei said when he finished eating the pie and walked back, "Er Miao likes to spend the Chinese New Year in the store, and it is convenient for her to set off firecrackers in and out."
"Isn't she afraid of the sound of setting off firecrackers?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"Don't be afraid, I quite like it. When someone sets off firecrackers, she will fly down on a skateboard," Gu Fei smiled. "Last year, she blew up a bunch of her hair."
Jiang Cheng laughed for a long time.
"Let's spend it with me this year," Gu Fei said. "Come and eat when the meal is ready, and then we'll go set off the cannons together, and go back to study after finishing it."
"En." Jiang Cheng nodded.
"If you don't think it's lively enough, ask Li Yan, Liu Fan and the others to come over," Gu Fei said. "Anyway, they can't stay at home after eating."
"Do you like to be lively?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"It doesn't matter to me," Gu Fei said. "Before the New Year's Eve at my house... It was me and Ermiao, and my mother usually went out after dinner."
"Oh," Jiang Cheng thought for a while, "Then let them come over and make trouble together, Ermiao should be happy?"
"Then talk about it first," Gu Fei looked at him with a smile, "if they come over, you can go back and study by yourself at night, and I will definitely be dragged and played all night."
"No problem." Jiang Cheng approached him on a bicycle and patted him on the shoulder.
Gu Fei basically didn't hang out with Li Yan and the others this semester, and he was just around him every day. Jiang Cheng felt that if Pan Zhi had a girlfriend someday, he would be unhappy.
Regarding the Chinese New Year, Jiang Cheng pondered this evening, and then returned to his usual review track. He didn’t feel that the winter vacation was coming, and he didn’t feel that the make-up class during the winter vacation was followed by the end of the semester. He admired himself for being a firm-willed man. good boy.
Gu Fei stayed with him for almost four or five days a week. He went to bed after memorizing books and eating supper with him, but for the past two days he had been leaning on the bedside and playing with his mobile phone.
"Playing with the mentally handicapped?" Jiang Cheng asked.
"No, there's no time to play, Li Yan has already passed me by more than 20 levels, and he's getting better every day. Just send me a screenshot if you have nothing to do." Gu Fei said.
"Are you busy?" Jiang Cheng glanced at him.
"Yeah," Gu Fei nodded solemnly, "I accompany my boyfriend to review every day, and I have made more than 50 progress in the final exam this time, and Lao Xu still pulled me into tears that day."
"Actually, you..." Jiang Cheng continued to lower his head and write the papers before he could finish his sentence.
In fact, your grades won't be bad if you put in a little effort, but saying this might make Gu Fei think, he forcibly swallowed it.
"Actually, you can go to bed first, you don't have to wait for me." Jiang Cheng said.
"I didn't wait for you," Gu Fei held the phone in front of him, "I'm looking for the recipe."
"New Year's Eve dinner?" Jiang Cheng looked at it.
"Yeah," Gu Fei continued to look at his phone, "In the past for the New Year, my mother just made a pot and boiled it, and then made some dumplings. Sometimes I just get some quick-frozen dumplings from the store if I'm too lazy to make them. Let's officially order them this year. Our first year together."
Jiang Cheng smiled: "Are you in charge?"
"You don't have confidence in me?" Gu Fei asked.
"Ah," Jiang Cheng glanced at the empty bowl of supper that was still on the table. Today's supper was four hi balls, five the size of a fist, "It's alright, just... Can you see some vegetarian recipes?"
"What's so delicious about vegetarian dishes, don't you like meat?" Gu Fei said.
"Student Xiao Gu," Jiang Cheng sighed, "I've been a little fond of vegetables recently, green leafy vegetables, not green ones are fine, Chinese cabbage is fine too."
"Okay," Gu Fei said, "Let's stew Chinese cabbage for supper tomorrow."
"...I wouldn't dislike it if I put some meat on it properly." Jiang Cheng sighed.
"Didn't you say you want to eat vegetarian food?" Gu Fei said.
"Do you only have meat and vegetarian options?" Jiang Cheng was speechless, "Okay, I want to eat meat dishes!"
"That's called the combination of meat and vegetables." Gu Fei corrected him.
Jiang Cheng pointed at him, without speaking, he lowered his head and continued to endorse.
The winter vacation supplementary classes have been made up until the twenty-eighth day of the new year, leaving everyone a day off. According to Lao Xu, this is the time for everyone to go home and clean up the house to accompany their parents to buy New Year's goods.
Early in the morning, Jiang Cheng was called by Gu Fei.
"Why are you going?" Jiang Cheng asked in confusion.
"Buying vegetables." Gu Fei lifted his quilt while putting on his clothes.
"No," Jiang Cheng pulled the quilt back and covered it, "Didn't you run to the supermarket a few days ago when you had time? I'm worried that you'll empty the supermarket, and you haven't bought it yet?"
"That's different," Gu Fei smiled while propping up the head of the bed, "Don't you want to experience the pleasant process of shopping for New Year's goods with your boyfriend?"
"... crazy," Jiang Cheng laughed, "Okay, let's get up."
The twenty-eighth year was already full of flavor. When Jiang Cheng got up to take a shower, he could hear the voices and laughter outside, as well as... The quarrels were louder and more lively than usual.
He brushed his teeth as he walked to the window and looked down.
There are several snowmen with ugly buckets on their heads on the snow. A group of little kids are running wildly and making trouble. One child is crying and screaming and doesn't know who to scold. There are two others on the side of the road. The people who yelled at him were an old man and an old lady.
It's been a year.
Jiang Cheng suddenly felt a little emotional. Looking at the chaotic scenes downstairs, for the first time, he didn't feel upset because of the chaos.
It was also the first time that he felt a completely different feeling for the New Year. He was actually looking forward to the annoying activity of crowding people in the supermarket to grab the New Year's goods and then lining up to pay.