Jiang Xun

Chapter 6 A Call From Afar

Young people always have a feeling that time is too slow. Jiang Xun also looks forward to growing up day by day. Occasionally looking at the blue sky outside the window, he will miss his mother and his father who doesn't even know his uncle and aunt. What are his parents? What kind of person?

He has completely lost interest in the life of teenagers. He no longer likes to run with his peers on the playground, play cards, sing the most popular songs on the Internet, or tell jokes about other classmates. He has become the kind of top student that the teacher likes most , clean, tidy, polite to the teacher most of the time, homework is completed quickly and well, full of enthusiasm and fun for learning.He would rather practice writing with a pen in front of the copybook. He likes the change of the font after time accumulates, and even writes with his left hand curiously, so that his left hand can be as flexible as his right hand.

It's more fun for him.

The teacher would take the initiative to give him more difficult questions, which belonged to top students, and Jiang Xun was also interested in solving difficult questions.

The kind of joy after overcoming difficulties fascinated him.

He got more freedom, and even the teacher turned a blind eye to reading extracurricular books in class, and didn't care much.

It's an unexpected freedom.

When Jiang Xun and Meng Chun talked about it, Meng Chun looked mature, "The teacher knows that you have no problem with your studies, so of course he doesn't care about it. The teacher only cares about the problems with your studies."

"really interesting."

"What's interesting?"

"Rules and freedom." Jiang Xun sat on the horizontal bar and looked up at the clear sky. The rules and freedom in the adult world are really interesting.

Meng Chun asked him, "Which school did you go to in junior high school?"

"Uncle told Binbin and I to take the Yuying exam."

"My dad also told me to take the exam. Yuying will take the entrance exam next month. Let's go together. My dad will drive, and I will ask him to pick you and Jiang Bin up at your house." Meng Chun leaned on the horizontal bar, "Yuying is not Great test, is Jiang Bin okay? I heard that he didn't do well in class tests these few times."

"Binbin reads until eleven or twelve o'clock every night. I told him not to work too hard, but he didn't listen." Jiang Xun also liked reading, but unless the book fascinated him too much, he would go to bed early at night.This person is a big smug, worried about myopia if he uses his eyes too much.

"We will continue to be at the same table in Yuying."

"Okay." Jiang Xun responded with a smile.

Back in the classroom, Meng Chun took out this extra-curricular book from Jiang Xun and read it carelessly in class, but it was confiscated by the teacher. The teacher's reason was justified, "Are you No. 1? When you get No. 1 in the exam, I will And don't care about you."

Meng Chun was dizzy, No.2 is not human!

Sure enough, what Jiang Xun said was correct, the teachers are all snobbish.

Jiang Xun barely burst out laughing.

The Meng family drove the children to the examination room. Uncle and aunt were very happy and made breakfast for the children early in the morning. After Meng's father arrived, the uncle took his two children to the car and sent him to the examination.

Since the results came up, Jiang Xun rarely failed the exam. After leaving the exam room, he thought he answered well. When the three of them checked the answers together at lunch, Jiang Bin's face was not very good.

Meng's father has rich experience as a teacher, "This is the first test, don't be too nervous, nervousness will affect your performance."

Uncle also advised Jiang Bin in the same way.

Jiang Xun stretched his waist, "I've finished all the exams, why are you still nervous. It's hard to come out, and I have to give my uncle a good meal for this opportunity! Uncle, I want to eat croquettes!"

Meng Chun also called out, "Uncle, I want to eat fried chicken drumsticks!"

Father Meng laughed, "We can eat whatever you say to eat today. What do you like, Binbin?"

"I can do anything, let's just be plain." Jiang Bin also recovered, his expression improved a lot.

When the test results came out, Jiang Xun got almost full marks, only two points were deducted for Chinese, he was still the first, Meng Chun was second, Jiang Bin's grades were also good, Yuying only took three subjects other than Chinese and Mathematics, and Jiang Bin's average was [-] If the score is above, the admission notice will be sent home together with the transcript.

The news of early admission made the Jiang family full of joy and helplessness. The quality of teaching in the public junior high schools in the township is not high, so many parents prefer strict private middle schools.But the tuition fees of private middle schools are really expensive for ordinary farmers like Jiang's family. Jiang Xun and Jiang Bin went to private middle schools for two people to study in private middle schools.

And that's just junior high.

High school costs no less than junior high.

Jiang Xun could hear his uncle and aunt sighing every night. Neither uncle nor aunt could say that one would go to a private middle school and the other would go to an ordinary middle school.Uncle has already started calling relatives to borrow money to prepare tuition fees. Jiang Xun knew in his heart that the tuition fees for the first year were squeezed together, so should he still borrow the tuition fees for the second year?

Besides, the family usually needs money to live.

Jiang Xun usually likes to solve difficult problems. He likes to use different methods to solve the same problem. Moreover, he is never a child who will hold back when faced with difficult problems.

He has been observing the world of adults with alienated eyes, and he thinks he has a certain understanding of the world of adults.He then wrote a polite letter to the principal of Yuying Secondary School.

Jiang Xun said in the letter:

What reasons do I have to ask the school to waive my tuition and miscellaneous fees?Except good enough grades.If your school is eager for the top students, I hope the principal can give me a chance to study in your school.I hope that the school can achieve me, and my future achievements can also achieve the school.

Many years later, Jiang Xun couldn't help but blush when he thought of this letter. The scene of Long Aotian in the novel did not happen.It is estimated that the private middle school regarded him as too arrogant and too mentally ill to be disciplined, so it didn't make any sense at all.

After hearing the sigh from his uncle's room again, Jiang Xun took the initiative to knock on the door and went in, and said to his uncle, "Don't borrow money, it's the same when I go to the township junior high school."

He didn't want to see his uncle begging everywhere for a loan.

Without even thinking about it, the uncle scolded directly, "Nonsense! Why don't you go if you pass the exam! If you don't pass the exam, ask someone to spend money to go!"

"Yeah, Xiao Xun, don't think too much. You and Binbin go together! It's only been a few years since we went to school, and we're going to pass quickly. There are so many people in our village who go out to work, and we can go out, why? I didn’t go, we made money once we left, but no one at home took care of the children, so it delayed you. Adults live the lives of children. Don’t worry about this matter, no matter how difficult it is, I don’t care how much money is spent on studies I'm happy." My aunt also hurriedly said.

Jiang Xun knew that his aunt went to borrow money from her natal family yesterday and came back empty-handed.He would know that it was his aunt's brother, Uncle Li, who took the initiative to tell him.

Yesterday evening, on his way to the canteen to buy fresh noodles, he met his aunt's younger brother, Li Yang's father, and Jiang Bin's uncle—Uncle Li.Uncle Li was smoking a cigarette, baring his smoky yellow teeth from time to time. He stopped Jiang Xun and said, "Yesterday your aunt came to me to borrow money for you to go to school. It's hard for me, Jiang Xun. If Uncle Yes, I will lend you as much as you want. You are not young now, so you have to be considerate of your uncle and aunt. It is not easy for them to raise you. They brought you back from City A back then, but they didn’t bring back any money. It’s because your uncle and aunt are too human. He raised you up like this. Jiang Xun, we need to be more sensible, don't you think?"

Jiang Xun thought for a moment, his aunt was not a lowly person who played tricks behind his back, so it was definitely not her aunt who ordered Uncle Li to say this.Uncle Li's words were ugly, but Jiang Xun had learned to restrain his temper.He squeezed the coin in his hand, and said to Uncle Li who stood in front of him, "Do you know, Uncle, that there is a kind of wit in the world that tells a good dog not to block the way."

Uncle Li suddenly became angry, pointing at Jiang Xun and scolding, "Little bastard! How dare you scold me!"

Jiang Xun looked at Uncle Li's groggy and ugly face, and became more calm, "You scold me again, and I'll go home and tell my aunt what you said!"

"I'm afraid you will say it!"

"You must be scared when you say that." Jiang Xun bypassed Uncle Li and said, "Sometimes dogs don't know how to give way, and people can only give way to dogs."

Uncle Li's kindness made Jiang Xun feel disgusted, but this kind of person couldn't affect Jiang Xun's decision.This was something he had already decided. He pulled a plastic chair and sat by the bed and said, “Uncle, listen to me. In the high schools in the city, that is the time to spend money. I knew it in my heart, so I decided."

Jiang Xun took the initiative to say this, which seemed to be a good step. When my uncle discussed this matter with my grandfather, my grandfather was silent for a while and said, "At that time, your sister was also an ordinary junior high school, and finally got into a good university."

"Everyone in the three villages and five miles knows about this! Your sister's cleverness in studying back then was passed on to us Xiao Xun!" Grandpa was a little excited, or used this excitement to cover up his inner guilt. Grandson, grandson, It was the same in his heart, how much he wanted a bowl of water to be level, but he smashed his bones, and he couldn't afford the two children to go to a private junior high school together.

Uncles and aunts relieved half of their burdens, and suddenly felt relieved.My aunt generously bought meat for my grandma to make croquettes. Jiang Xun had a very strange sense of taste.

It was obviously the same croquette, and grandma didn't put much salt, so the croquette was just right, but it didn't taste as delicious as I remembered.

Obviously it was his own choice and decision, and he didn't mean to be wronged or dissatisfied, but there was still an indescribable loss in his heart.

Jiang Xun repeatedly disassembled his inner emotions, trying to find out the reason for the loss. In the end, Jiang Xun only came to one conclusion: Although he is not a person who does not agree with his heart, the right choice is not necessarily a comfortable choice.However, according to the relaxed faces of uncle and aunt, we can know that the right choice is the best choice.

However, the strange thing is that the uncle received a strange phone call afterwards, asking if he was Jiang Yi’s younger brother Jiang Qing. After confirming the hometown address and uncle’s mobile phone number, not long after, the family received a remittance from the post office, which was 2 yuan. .

The whole family was shocked.

My aunt secretly wondered if it was Jiang Xun's unknown father who sent it, and asked my uncle to call back and ask.Grandpa and grandpa also meant the same thing. After calling back, the person only said that he was a friend of Jiang Yi's classmate, and that the money was for Jiang Xun's study.

The Jiang family simply didn't know what to do with the money. My aunt meant to give it to Jiang Xun to go to a private junior high school. At first, the money was not enough, but now I have enough money. That's right.

But Jiang Xun is such a freak, he refuses to go to a private junior high school now, and he will go to a rural junior high school.

Uncles, aunts, grandparents, and grandparents tried to persuade and scold him one by one, but it was useless. He was determined to go to the township junior high school.In the past, when Jiang Xun's grades were not good, he could still be beaten twice if he was disobedient.Since Jiang Xun became the best boy in the back-to-back exam, he couldn't fight anymore.According to his grandmother, Jiang Xun's stubborn temper was just like his mother's. If he made up his own mind about some stupid things, he wouldn't be able to pull back even eight cows.

Since Jiang Xun refused to go to a private junior high school, the money was useless.As far as going back, the Jiang family doesn't have such a high character, but they can't let them send money anymore, after all, the child doesn't need so much money.We are decent people, not good at taking advantage of people.

So, my uncle called the remitter to explain the current situation. The remitter said that if he didn't need it, he could just keep it for Jiang Xun and hand it over to him when Jiang Xun became an adult.

My aunt firmly believed that the remitter was Jiang Xun's father, but he didn't show up, and the remittance address was in Jiangxi, and there was no way for the old and young in the family to find him.

However, my aunt was still very shrewd and kept the remittance slip, thinking that when Jiang Xun grew up, she would hand over the clue to Jiang Xun, and whether she could find this person or not would depend on Jiang Xun's own will.

No one mentioned this matter to Jiang Xun. The elders thought they kept it a secret, but they didn't know that there were no secrets where there were children.

First, Wenwen overheard a few words, and immediately ran to tell her elder brother loyally.Then, Jiang Xun, who was good at finding things, turned out the money order without much effort.The remitter's surname is Fang, but it's not Fang Heng as grandma said, but Fang Hang.The address was in Xunyang, Jiangxi, and Jiang Xun immediately thought of his own name. Jiang Xun was not exactly Xun of Xunyang River.

Could this man really be his father?

Jiang Xun was very skeptical. He was a man of action. He secretly used his uncle's cell phone to dial the number for the remittance slip. On the other end of the phone was a male voice as clear as the sky, "Hi, hello, Jiang Qing."

"I'm Jiang Xun." There was a moment of surprise on the other end of the phone, and Jiang Xun asked directly without pausing, "Are you my father?"

"No." The voice was still steady, and he told Jiang Xun frankly, "I am the husband of your mother's friend, and my wife is your mother's friend. I was entrusted by her to send you the money."

"who is it?"

"She cares about you very much, but she can't contact you directly yet, please understand that I can't reveal more to you for the time being." The voice of this person is very earnest.

Not dad.

It is impossible to say that there is no loss.

However, it is not my father, so I can't ask for more from others.Jiang Xun said very restrainedly, "It's okay. Thank you Uncle and Auntie for sending the money, I have received it. You don't need to send so much, we don't need so much money to go to school here."

"It's just helping within your ability, please don't refuse." This man didn't mean to treat Jiang Xun as a child at all, and talked with him on an equal footing, "If you have extra, you can save it or spend it on a daily basis. If you have difficulties, It's okay to make this call and I'll do my best to help you."

Jiang Xun twirled on the ground with his toes. The summer sun was scorching hot at noon, and Jiang Xun was sweating while making phone calls at the entrance of the courtyard.He gritted his teeth and asked what he wanted to ask the most, "Uncle, do you know any clues about my father?"

"I don't know, and I've never heard my wife mention it."

"Nothing else." Jiang Xun sighed quietly in his heart, "Thank you uncle, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

This was the first time that Jiang Xun met his mother's life back then. He kept that phone number in his heart, deleted the call records in his uncle's phone, and quietly put the phone back on the bedside table for his uncle who was taking a nap.

Jiang Xun thought a lot, and he first ruled out the possibility that this man was his father.If it was his father, even if he pretended to be wrong, he would at least ask him about his recent situation. This man didn't ask a single word, which shows that he cares about him a little bit, but he also said that he can call this number if he has something to do in the future. All his words and deeds are in line with his mother's friend The identity of the husband.

Even, this man could not be his relative.

Grandma said that his father's name was Fang Heng or something, and she really made it up to lie to him.

However, his mother gave him the name Jiang Xun. Does it really have nothing to do with Xunyang?

The word Xun, unlike Bin and Wen, has many meanings.The word Xun has two interpretations in the dictionary, one is the waterside, which has no auspicious meaning.The other is Xunyang, another name representing Jiujiang, Jiangxi.

It is impossible for his mother to name him a name beside the water, and it is more likely to represent this place, Xunyang.

Jiang Xun was sure that his name was probably related to the place of Xunyang, but where or who this connection came from was unclear for a while.

With this phone call, Jiang Xun still gained a lot!

Someone still remembers Mom!

Mom's friend remembers Mom!

Although Jiang Xun didn't understand why this friend of his mother who hadn't been in touch with him suddenly started to contact him?Moreover, since she contacted herself, why didn't the aunt contact herself, but asked her husband to send the money?

Many things can't be figured out, but Jiang Xun still feels extremely happy to get a clue about his mother back then.

Mom must be a very attractive person!

Jiang Xun firmly believed in this.

Only attractive people have such good friends. Even if the mother has passed away for more than ten years, the friend will still think about the mother's child.

Jiang Xun took out his mother's photo album and looked through it again. Is that mother's friend in the photo album?

Which aunt is it?

I really miss my mother.

I really want to know what happened to my mother back then.

What kind of person was my mother back then?

Jiang Xun put his face on his mother's face in the photo to imagine the warmth of hugging his mother's skin. However, only the photo is too cold and empty, and he can't even deceive himself in fantasy.

作者有话要说:感谢在2020-10-0509:23:49~2020-10-0610:19:30期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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