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Nguyen Gai starts school in September.

In the second half of this year, she will be in the second year of junior high school. On the day when she went to report to the school, the weather was fine.

She woke up early, cleaned up the room first, then changed into her school uniform, put on her schoolbag and went downstairs.

At this time, grandma usually cooks breakfast at home.

Grandpa went to work in the field.

Breakfast is usually more firewood porridge.

Most of the households in Lin Town used firewood pots to cook. At that time, the conditions of the family were relatively good, so they used gas stoves.

To burn firewood for hot pot, you have to go up the mountain to cut firewood.

Firewood is also firewood for ignition, firewood for cooking and firewood for steaming rice.

Kindling firewood grows on the surface of the mountain, and it burns as soon as it is ignited; cooking firewood is mostly twigs, which burn a little longer than lighting firewood; the most resistant to burning is the big tree firewood for steaming rice.

Ruan Gai is usually responsible for helping to cook the pot when grandma cooks.It means to control the temperature of the fire.

After going downstairs, she consciously sat in front of the firewood pot and was responsible for lighting the fire.

Nguyen Gai's grandma is a rather secular woman.

She believes that girls should obey the three virtues and be able to wash and cook.

So when Ruan Gai was very young, she began to train Ruan Gai to do these trivial things.In fact, Ruan Gai didn't like to do these things at all, but she knew that if she didn't do them, she would not have a good life in this family.

She simply grew up in the way adults like.

This is also one of the reasons why she doesn't like the classmates in the class and comes to play at home.She doesn't want to be seen by others, such a humble her.

Although it seems sensible and well-behaved to others.

This kind of her was seen by the little dirty boy alone.

At that time, the little dirty boy praised her for being amazing.

"Do you really think it's great to be able to do this?" she asked her.

The little dirty boy nodded sincerely: "Yes. It's really super powerful."

"Look at me, I don't know these things, and I've never seen them before."

Naturally, a dirty kid who had lived in the city never saw such a firewood pot, and when she returned to Lin Town, her grandparents were all on retirement wages, so they had never done farm work.There are also gas stoves in the house.

But you have a life I never imagined.

Ruan Gai replied to her in his heart.

But also because of her praise, Ruan Gai would always think of her smiling face when doing these things.

She is like the first ray of dawn jumping out of the horizon.

It makes people feel warm.

Grandma didn't say a few words to Nguyen Gai before leaving for school.She is a woman who doesn't talk much and only knows how to work hard.The house is kept very clean by her, and she is very diligent.

Apart from this, Nguyen Gai couldn't think of any other adjectives.

On normal days, she doesn't smile much.

Only during holidays, when there are guests at home, or when the younger brothers come home.When she saw her grandson alive and kicking, her eyebrows and eyes would open.

Ruan Gai actually noticed all these things, but she never said anything.

Over time, she also became a person who observed people more than talked to them.

Even though she learned to express herself from Brother Zhou in the small shop, and she clearly knew what other people wanted to hear, she just deliberately sang a different tune.It is the kind of heart that is clearly willing, but the words that come out of the mouth must be the opposite.

But actions don't lie.

The start of school process is the same as usual.

The classmates and teachers are still familiar faces, but they just changed to a new classroom.

Everyone still sat in the same seats as before, and beside Ruan Gai was the immortal who was crossing the sea.

"Sister Gai!" Since I asked how to go to the city to say goodbye last time, I haven't seen her for several days, and He Lele thinks about it very much.When I saw her, I greeted her excitedly, and naturally I couldn't forget to ask her about the little dirty boy.

"You won't really send that little girl back to the city!"

What to send back to town?

When the surrounding students heard about this, they hurriedly gathered to ask He Lele what happened.

He Lele first glanced lightly at Ruan Gai.

Although she loves to talk, she is not so bold in front of Ruan Gai.

Ruan Gai looked at her expressionlessly.

She knew it couldn't—

Say it to your face.

He Lele gave the students around him a meaningful look, and everyone retreated consciously.

After everyone dispersed, He Lele approached Ruan Gai in a low voice, and asked, "Sister Gai, you shouldn't be able to send that little girl away, she's so cute, and she speaks nicely."

Ruan Gai glanced at her: "You just saw that child once, and you like her so much?"

He Lele didn't realize that there were other meanings hidden in her words, she nodded and said, "The little girl is very cute, can you take her with you when you go out to play in the future."

Ruan Gai: "..."

Obviously what she said is not the problem.

Ugh.

I have been at the same table for a year, and I find it quite difficult to communicate.

If you say east, she can go west for you.

If you say this, she can think of other places.

But Ruan Gai was not angry either.

She knew that He Lele was such a nervous and single-minded girl.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been with her for so long.

Students of Linzhen Middle School usually eat lunch at school.

Ruan Gai was going back to school, she told the little dirty boy earlier.I don't know if she remembers it or not, or else I won't see her when I go to her house and run around again.

While eating lunch in the cafeteria, Ruan Gai suddenly thought of it.

Suddenly, it seemed that besides studying, I had other concerns in my heart.

It's probably because there has never been such a clingy little guy around her, and she can still cry for you if she doesn't like her a little bit.

But you don't feel bothered when she cries.

I can only think in my heart how to coax her well.

Ruan Gai, who entered the second year of junior high school, suddenly felt a ray of light in her dark life.The light made her smile and want to move forward.

Soon, the day's class will be over.

On the first day of school, there is no need to go to evening self-study, and dinner is usually eaten at home.

When it's time for evening self-study, I will eat at school.

Ruan Gai tidied up his desk and distributed a new book today.

She wrapped the textbooks in old newspapers from Brother Zhou, and wrote her name on the inside pages.

He Lele is very envious of Ruan Gai's carefulness.

She can always use her own method to protect everything around her very carefully, even though some seem out of place.But it also feels very novel.

"Sister Gai, you can wrap a book cover for me too. I'll exchange the book cover I bought with you."

The small shop near the school will sell a lot of school supplies.

Ballpoint pens, pencils, erasers, book covers, these are the most basic and common.

Girls like He Lele, whose family conditions are relatively good and who are more nervous, basically go to small shops to buy bags of books.

But the book covers are all the same.

Even if new models are released every year, there are only those types that come and go.

Where is the novelty of old newspapers.

The old newspapers that Ruan Gai scoured from Brother Zhou were different from other places, with his paintings on them.Every newspaper is different.

He Lele likes the above painting very much.

But she can't tell.

She knew that Ruan Gai bought it from the owner of the small shop at Laojiekou, and she had asked her about it in the first year of junior high school.

But she has never been to the small shop in Laojiekou.

Don't know why.

Maybe it's because the adults in the family often talk about the owner of the small shop in the old street. He is so old and unmarried, so he is bored in the small shop all day long.There must be something wrong.

But it's also strange to say.

Even though everyone loves to talk about how he is different from others, he will always be the first to think of him when encountering something that requires physical work.

For example, the circuit at home is broken and the fan does not turn.

Will go to him for help.

This was something He Lele had never figured out.

She was young and didn't know how to express it.

So I have a little shyness towards that person.

Ruan Gai was different from her.

She likes to go to the store at Laojiekou, and she will go to his house to buy things as small as erasers.

She doesn't care what others say about him, what she cares about is what she saw with her own eyes and her own feelings.

When He Lele asked her if he could wrap a book cover for her, and she exchanged it with the book cover she bought, she handed her an old newspaper and said, "You don't need a new one, I'll give you the newspaper, you Pack it yourself."

The so-called teaching a man to fish is not as good as teaching a man to fish.

When Ruan Gai went to Brother Zhou for the first time, he taught himself the same way.

He Lele shook her head like a rattle, "How can I do this?"

Ruan Gai put the newspaper on her desk, looked at her and said, "If you don't try it, how will you know it won't work?"

"Or, if you don't see it with your own eyes, how will you know what other people are like?"

Ruan Gai could actually feel her entanglement.

Long before that, she would lean her head over to ask about something novel that she bought several times.But when she asked that she bought it at the store in Laojiekou, she kept silent.

On weekdays, he talks like a loudspeaker, but when he mentions the small shop at Laojiekou, he becomes speechless.

If Ruan Gai couldn't even notice this, she really couldn't justify it.

"Okay." He Lele took the book cover.

I was a bit overwhelmed at first, but with Nguyen Gai's guidance, I quickly found the knack.She was very happy, and showed Ruan Gai the wrapped book, "Sister Gai, read it quickly, I've wrapped it!"

Nguyen Gai nodded.

Continue to tidy up your desk.

When she got up to leave, He Lele suddenly came up to her and said, "Sister Gai, when you go back to the small shop in Laojiekou next time, can you call me along?"

Ruan Gai was taken aback: "What did you say?"

He Lele repeated: "I said, when you go back to the small shop in Laojiekou next time, can you take me with you, I want to go too."

Ruan Gai put his schoolbag on his back, touched his nose, and said calmly, "Isn't it very close to your home, you can walk there by yourself within a few steps."

He Lele acted cute: "But, I dare not go by myself."

Ruan Gai shrugged: "Then there is no way."

He Lele continued to act coquettishly with her, "Oh, sister Gai, let's go together."

Ruan Gai pretended not to hear.

The two dragged each other all the way to the school gate, but Ruan Gai still didn't agree to her.

He Lele also felt bored, so she stopped talking.

Just after she stopped talking for a while, she saw the child she saw at Ruan's house last time across from the school.

When the child saw Ruan Gai, he ran towards her excitedly, shouting, "Gai Gai!"

Ruan Gai didn't seem to expect to see her at the school gate, and when she realized it, the child had already run up to her and wanted her to hug her.

Ruan Gai picked her up and asked her, "Why are you here?"

The little dirty boy smiled happily: "Come to pick you up after school."

After finishing speaking, he noticed He Lele standing aside, and she greeted her: "I remember you, you are Gai Gai's classmate, how are you?"

Her little hands were chubby and waved in mid-air.

It's so cute.

He Lele also raised his hand and greeted her with a smile.

Ruan Gai nodded at He Lele, "Then let's go home first."

He Lele hummed.

Then watch them turn and leave.

After turning around, she heard the child ask, "Gai Gai, I want to eat the white sugar popsicles from the small shop in Laojiekou again, let's buy them there again, okay?"

A certain Ruan answered two words very readily: "Okay."

He Lele standing behind the two of them:? ? ?

There is a feeling of cold icy rain hitting the face.