Jiang Xiao smelled the aroma of roasted chestnuts in a daze. He seemed to be asleep in the dark, and was suddenly pulled out by the aroma. It smelled sweet, and it lingered around his nose.
Then, he heard the cries of selling, which were recorded and played repeatedly with that kind of loudspeaker. It was sharp and very brainwashing.
"Chestnuts, fried chestnuts, fragrant and sweet, cheap and delicious, five yuan a catty!"
Jiang Xiao's mind was originally in chaos, but he was also awakened by the high-pitched cries. He gradually regained his sanity. His first thought was that there are still chestnuts that are so fragrant and sweet at five yuan a catty, and they are so cheap.
Hiss, I want to eat a little bit.
And the cries sounded familiar to him for a long time. It was the dialect of Houlin County, his hometown, a small county in the middle of Huaguo. Since he dropped out of school at the age of sixteen and left here to work in Liujiang City along the coast, he has never been back, let alone heard the cries of this dialect.
His head was dizzy, and then the cries of fried chestnuts mixed with other noises from the street poured into his ears. Jiang Xiao was so annoyed that he covered his ears with his hands, tried to open his eyelids, and woke up , the rest of the feelings will gradually come back.
The bed board lying on the body is very hard. As soon as I lie down, I know that this is the sleeping feeling of a blanket cushion on the wooden bed board. In order not to be so stuffy, the pad is not too thick, and the Xingfushu Private Hospital is very expensive and soft. There is no way to compare the niche luxury brand mattresses.
Next to the bed is a desk, which is a bit messy. There are several foreign language textbooks and blank test papers. Half of the ballpoint pen is hanging beside the desk. The fan slowly shakes its head to send air to the bed. There is a wooden wardrobe in the corner. A red jersey is hung crookedly on the handle of the wardrobe. There are a few good student awards pasted on the wall. It looks old and dusty. .
The room is not big, and there are only a few things in total, but Jiang Xiao looked at it with indescribable shock on his face.
He knows where this is, this is his room, he is in junior high school, his room.
How can this be
Jiang Xiao sat up with dizziness and difficulty, he just looked down and saw his hand, which was still immature and not opened, then he got up and searched around, and soon saw his current hand in the mirror of the room look.
He really couldn't be more sober at this moment.
It is indeed his youthful appearance. Jiang Xiao grew very tall when he was in junior high school. At this time, he was already about 1.75 meters, but when he was sixteen years old, he stopped suddenly, and only grew four to five centimeters. Mi Ba is around Mi Ba, but his face is very immature, because he just woke up, his hair is messed up like a chicken coop, his eyes are widened because of surprise, and his mouth is slightly opened to reveal sharp canine teeth, making him look full of youthful air.
Jiang Xiao was both familiar and unfamiliar with his young face, he jumped on the spot, and then pinched his face vigorously with his hands.
It hurts, not in a dream.
Height is not the point, the point is... Reborn
Before he died, he had too many regrets, and he really wanted to do it all over again, but he didn't expect that God really made it happen for him!
Jiang Xiao was stunned in front of the mirror. At this moment, someone knocked on the door of his room and called him by his nickname in a soft voice: "Niannian, Niannian, are you up? Have breakfast."
It was mother's voice.
This voice gave Jiang Xiao, who was awake, a real sense of going back in time.
There was a calendar on the desk, Jiang Xiao glanced at it. In the year 2002 in the Huaguo calendar, he is only fifteen years old now, and he is in the third grade of Houlin No. 3 Middle School.
Jiang Xiao put the calendar aside, wiped his face vigorously with his hands, and there was a complex expression of pain and happiness on his face. The timing of his rebirth was very coincidental, which can be called the biggest turning point in Jiang Xiao's life.
Jiang Xiao's father is a long-distance truck driver. He works very hard and has a bad temper. But in fact they make up for each other and are very suitable. Probably the two parties really love each other and really think about each other, so the so-called external incompatibility is really not important.
Jiang Xiao has lived in a very happy family since he was a child. Although his father is often away, he will prepare gifts for him every time he comes back. The driver of the big car earns a lot at this time. When he was young, he had very expensive toys. There are branded sneakers and jerseys. My mother always has a smile on her face, as if she will never be angry. Together, my parents take good care of the home and the outside world. The family is not rich, but they are also well-off. They have never been short of ginger. night what.
He was spoiled by his family and grew up until his father got into a car accident half a year ago and couldn't be rescued.
Dad's unit has given some pensions, and my mother is still working, and the two of them can support their lives. But my mother couldn't bear this kind of blow. She wasn't in very good health at first, and her whole body became depressed. After her father left, his messy relatives couldn't hold back, and they came here from time to time to ask for money. Ruan, Jiang Xiao is young, more than half of the pension has been scammed, if Jiang Xiao hadn't noticed it in time and blown his hair, the other half would not have been kept.
But when the family changed suddenly, Jiang Xiao was only fourteen years old. He couldn't control his emotional changes. He had nightmares for more than a year, and he was in adolescence. After stabbing, he stabbed not only outside, but also inside.
The first change was that he had no intention of going to class, and his grades plummeted. His mother couldn't accept it, but she couldn't control him. She saw Jiang Xiao, a good student who was in the top three grades and both excellent in academics, fell all the way to the bottom.
The educational resources in Houlin County are mediocre. The best or only good public high school in the county is Houlin No. 1 High School. Jiang Xiao sneaked out to play games after taking the high school entrance examination. In the first high school, he failed to pass the other ordinary high schools in the county, so he had to go to the private high school in the south of the city. It was a school where a second-year student had to post a three-year happy report. Jiang Xiao mixed there, After making a group of unmotivated friends, the whole person is getting worse and worse.
The mother is the one who cares about him, but she herself is already in extreme pain, and her son's depravity makes her heart feel like a knife. Jiang Xiao was only called to wake up when he couldn't hold on any longer.
The fact that his mother fell on the hospital bed seemed like a blow to the head, Jiang Xiao finally got out of the two or three years of being confused, her illness made Jiang Xiao emptied all the money in the family, but he couldn't save it, he had no money to go to school I don't want to stay in that school anymore, and leave Houlin, my hometown, to work in Liujiang City with my schoolbag on my back, and I dare not look back here again.
The turbulent period of his junior high school was the most immature and chaotic period for him, and he had a lot of regrets. Maybe because he lost too much at that time, he met someone he liked and cherished later, so he clung to him and refused to let go.
Now, the time of his rebirth is exactly in the middle of this period. He has just entered the third year of junior high school at the age of fifteen. Looking at the calendar, today is the first day of the new semester.
Dad can't come back, but his mother is still there. He still has the opportunity to change his grades and pass the high school entrance examination, and he has enough time to really make up for the regrets of his previous life.
It seemed that because there was no reply for a long time, the voice outside sounded again.
"Niannian, I can't stay in bed anymore, I'm really going to be late for school."
Niannian was his nickname, and they didn't quarrel every moment. His mother was gentle by nature, and she spoke softly to him most of the time.
"...I'm here," Jiang Xiao said the first words after his rebirth, his voice was a little hoarse, "Wait for me for a while."
He found the blue and white school uniform from the hanger. Huaguo's school uniform is wide and has no shape. The students always dislike this kind of ugly school uniform. When Jiang Xiao puts on the school uniform at this time, he feels comfortable and beautiful no matter how he wears it. , he touched his neckline cherishingly, feeling unspeakably grateful in his heart.
But at this time, he has a tall face and a good face. His shoulders are broad and his legs are long, which is indeed different from other people's appearance in school uniform.
The old house with three bedrooms and two living rooms before him came back after a long absence, and he always had an indescribable feeling that it was far less luxurious than the small villa he bought later, but it was still alive. The mother is very diligent, she tidied up everything properly, the house is popular and warm, the aroma of the green onion noodles cooked in the kitchen is rich and delicious, Jiang Xiao smelled the smell of fried eggs when she was brushing her teeth The taste, he remembered the taste of his mother's fried eggs, was better than anything he had eaten since.
He smoothed his feather-duster-like hair, washed his face with a towel, rinsed it with cold water, and wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes. All the chaos in his mind had dissipated, and all that was left was sobriety.
I'm back and I'm starting over.
Jiang Xiao thought.
He smiled at the mirror.
After he tidied himself up, his mother had already put breakfast on the table, her eyes were still a little swollen, she glanced at Jiang Xiao, then lowered her head.
Jiang Xiao guessed at a glance that they probably quarreled again last night.
"Let's eat."
Jiang Xiao sat opposite her, picked up the chopsticks, and said, "I'm sorry."
Mom was visibly taken aback.
When she was young, she was a very beautiful woman with a nice name, Xia Wanwan. When she first got married, her husband pampered her life without worry, and she looked like a girl after giving birth. Jiang Xiao still remembers her mother at that time, wearing a small county dress She walked out in a beautiful dress that she had never seen before, and the whole street was looking at her.
But now she has been tempered by life, and she has no intention of dressing up, but it has only been more than a year, and her whole person has lost her luster.
"Mom, I'm sorry," Jiang Xiao said again seriously, with a sore nose, "I should have said this earlier, I shouldn't have quarreled with you yesterday and made you angry."
His apology was more than ten years late.
"...It's okay," he saw his mother laughing, "I forgot about the little things, eat quickly, I'm really going to be late for school."
Mother urged Jiang Xiao to watch him lower his head and quickly and earnestly ate a bowl of noodles. She felt that he was very well-behaved today. When Jiang Xiao went to school, she even stuffed him with twenty yuan.
Twenty yuan is a lot for junior high school students these days. Even if the father who can earn money leaves, his mother does not owe him anything. Buy something delicious, good boy, don't wrong yourself."
Jiang Xiao's eyes were sour, and he couldn't help hugging her.
The woman who cared most about him didn't know how many times she said to him "don't wrong yourself every year" before she was alive, but she didn't know how much wronged her beloved child really made a mistake and suffered alone.
"I made you worry before, but I won't be like that in the future," Jiang Xiao sniffed, "I will study hard in school."
Mother was a little surprised when he heard his sudden promise, but she was still very happy. She stroked Jiang Xiao's hairy head, wondering why her son's appearance changed when he woke up.
Jiang Xiao won't say anything more at this time. I'm afraid she won't understand the matter of rebirth at this time. He can only think about it for nothing. He also wants to say that you don't have to worry about it. Father is gone but you still have yourself, and you will Became her reliance, but he was more willing to use actions to prove his change than to say what was there or what was not.
At least, change your grades first and show her.
He obediently went to school with his schoolbag on his back. Although it has been a long time, Jiang Xiao still remembers the road to Houlin No. 3 Middle School. It is not far from home, and it takes only five minutes to walk there. After all, Jiang Xiao was confused when he got up today. Suddenly, a jingling sound was heard.
He hasn't been a student for a long time, and he hasn't reacted yet. His eyes have been looking at the surrounding scenes. The stationery store at the breakfast stand next to the school gate is dazzled, and it feels real and unreal.
At this moment, a gust of wind came from behind, grabbing Jiang Xiao by the collar and running forward.
"Brother Xiao, don't stand still, run! Didn't you hear the bell?" Running over from him was a boy, about his height, with a flat-shaved head and hairy like a hedgehog. The pancake was desperately stuffed into his mouth, "Today is the first day of school, the dean is guarding the door, the thief is fierce, don't mess with him, if you're late, it's over!"
Jiang Xiao was caught off guard and dragged forward by him, and stepped into the school gate at the last second after the bell rang, and then the boys beside him relaxed, and under the glaring eyes of the bald dean, happily took the last bite of pancake fruit Finished.
The boy's name is Ye Yingying, and Jiang Xiao remembers it deeply. He is his deskmate in junior high school, and he doesn't like reading, but the family has a little money.
In her previous life, when she was about 30 years old, the two met once by chance. Ye Yingying was already a mediocre ordinary office worker at that time. She came to Liujiang on a business trip and met Jiang Xiao. The two of them ate at a street stall. After a meal of barbecue, the other party could not finish talking about bitter things, his brows were full of exhaustion, and he was no longer the boy he was then.
The deskmate in front of me is obviously in the second stage of middle school, stupid and bright, the school uniform is not good to wear, and the collar is forced up, which feels so cool, wearing a pendant in the shape of a wolf's tooth around his neck, and Ye Yingying Turning around, Jiang Xiao saw that the school uniform he was wearing was not a pure school uniform. The large white area behind was painted with the shape of a devil with wings and a crown. In all fairness, the painting was really good, if the eight big characters were not added.
—In the sky and on the earth, I am the only one.
If you look carefully, you can also find some icing on the cake small words on the sleeves of the school uniform, probably written down when the heart feels free to play.
For example, there are sad and lyrical ones such as "I can't learn to love", and "Wait for me to perish" which is very inconsistent with the core values of socialism, and others such as "Hey, I'm just living passionately in this ruthless world." Jiang Xiao couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
After all, he is a man in his thirties at heart, and he still can't get used to it for a while when he sees the seriousness of the second disease.
But along the way, he saw that there were four Chinese characters on Ye Yingying's collar, and after careful identification, he found that it was "young and promising".
Young and promising.
I hope so.
While he was observing Ye Yingying, Ye Yingying was also observing him, and she was very dissatisfied with the way he wore the school uniform.
He forcibly stretched out his hand and turned up the collar of Jiang Xiao's school uniform, just like himself, because it looked cooler, then looked at Jiang Xiao's bare school uniform regretfully, and said, "Did your mother make it all prettier for you? See if you look at it today." I’m not happy anymore, it’s okay, I’ll draw a new one for you today, the cool one.”
"No, no, no," Jiang Xiao recovered from his stupefaction, politely repeated on the spot, and pushed back his collar, "I'm not, I don't, I really don't need to."
It was only then that he realized that the color of his school uniform seemed to be a little lighter, and if he looked carefully, he could see some traces. The Zhonger Jin that he had when he was in the third year of junior high school was comparable to Ye Yingying's, which was about to destroy the world. It wasn't until he was beaten by life again that he returned to normal.
Thank mom for floating the school uniform, otherwise he would be embarrassed and unable to come out today.
Ye Yingying looked at him strangely. He felt that something was wrong with Jiang Xiao today, and he couldn't tell. He felt that this person looked different from before, and he felt an indescribable depression.
In the next class, Jiang Xiao was even more wrong.
He was actually listening to the class seriously! Is Jiang Xiao's brain trapped by the door!