On the way ho in the evening, Xu Qianqian suddenly asked.
"Don’t you think tonight’s essay topic is weird?"
Jiang Nian hesitated, "You an... patina?"
"Yeah, writing an 800-word essay with patina as the topic." Xu Qianqian touched her chin, her brows furrowing, "I want to know what you wrote?"
After hesitating for a while, Jiang Nian said, "Alright, I wrote that beautiful things, even when old, still carry their charm."
Xu Qianqian was stunned and quickened her pace to get away from soone.
....
After washing up, Jiang Nian lay on the bed and checked the balance of his bank card.
Over 171,300.
For a high school student, it’s definitely enough if you want to show off. For an adult, seventeen grand can also achieve many goals.
However, for Jiang Nian, this seventeen grand is his ga points.
In addition to studying, he needs to consider how to allocate this money. The system tasks occasionally require spending money, needing to use the system’s money to earn more money.
Thus, he must reserve enough money to avoid being unable to complete the tasks.
Secondly, so money is always ant to be spent. Just saving it without spending or spending a little doesn’t align with Jiang Nian’s consumption philosophy.
He’s figured out how to spend it—first beco rich and then help others beco rich.
He’ll first get rich, play with the system, and then take Old Jiang and Comrade Li Hongi along to get rich.
Comrade Li Hongi is quite frugal, always wanting to move to a big house. If everything goes well, maybe the whole family could live in a high-end apartnt in the provincial capital.
Old Jiang has always been indifferent to fa and fortune, Jiang Nian wants to see if he’ll still be that detached when driving an Audi A8, handing out cigarettes without a smile.
Jiang Nian is more pragmatic, looking at the task line of that b system, his whole being just relaxes. Spending money is inevitable, better to spend on family for fun.
The fault isn’t his, but this stupid place called Zhen Nan.
No, this place with high bride prices and low wages, where even a county native like him can’t get ahead. Aren’t the folks in the towns worse off? Who else to bla but Zhen Nan?
Grudges, wanting to punch this stupid hotown to pieces!
After calming down.
Jiang Nian took out a blank notebook and began sorting out the gold coins for the family. This was to precisely allocate finances for further improvent of the family.
At first, he settled the utility bills and then bought shoes for the family. The next fifty thousand were spent on a washing machine, a fridge... clothes, mobile phones...
Currently, two grand can be taken out to improve the family’s quality of life. It’s been almost a week since he last spent money, and his parents have gotten used to his gold coins.
This rhythm can’t stop, gotta desensitize them. Otherwise, when he suddenly drives out an Audi A8, Comrade Li Hongi would worry all night.
Thinking it over, Jiang Nian first pre-paid five hundred into the utilities account.
Computers... currently unnecessary, talk about it after the college entrance exam. Gas... who still spends on those? There’s almost no ti for gas during holidays, plus the original skins are quite nice.
Right, wardrobe, let’s change the bed and wardrobe. And the range hood, pressure cooker in the kitchen...
He noted them all down, in case he can’t live in a big house in the future. Or if the system fails to even afford an A8’s wheel, then what he’s doing now will accompany his parents for twenty years.
Compared to an epheral future, Jiang Nian thinks he’s no saint. Having these thoughts in senior high doesn’t guarantee the filial piety won’t fade by college, engrossed in fun that he forgets.
He understands himself too well, just an... ordinary person, with a personality neither especially good nor bad. Can’t manage pure gold, can’t handle pure love, almost turned into a bootlicker.
Plenty of virtues, but flaws are glaring.
If relying on future filial piety, it may be put off year after year. Amid countless trivialities and pressures of relationships, even the smallest deeds may go undone.
Biting his nails, pondering, and making comparisons online for selected products. Not short of money, but unwilling to waste it.
No rush, he plans to spend a week completing his purchase plan.
The next day.
Continuing exams on Monday.
Nothing special in the morning, the class president had a new hairband again.
Jiang Nian finished the English paper early, noticing it while staring at Qianbao. Qianbao always stared at the class president’s hair when passing by, only to realize it’s for the little bear hairband.
Great, got a Teacher’s Day gift now.
Nope, we’ll be graduating next year, no celebrating Teacher’s Day with Qianbao. It’ll be a New Year gift then, often taking snacks from Qianbao, it’s only fair to reciprocate.
Cao Cao likes other people’s wives, he doesn’t like them, not even a bit.
Midway, Qianbao stood by Jiang Nian’s desk for a while. Seeing that Jiang Nian had finished, she scanned and nodded, about to leave.
Suddenly, her arm was poked by a pen cap.
"Hmm?" She looked down.
Jiang Nian was boldly propping his head, pointing at a multiple-choice question to ask the proctor for an answer. Finger on option B, seemingly waiting for her to respond.
Qianbao sneered, chuckled, shook her head, and walked away.
Jiang Nian gave an "oh", filled in a different answer.
Thanks, Qianbao.
The English exam ended, due to the exam, there was no need for gym class. Most left their seats, either to relax or discuss answers.
Jiang Nian planned to leave too, heading downstairs to the canteen for a served greens pancake snack.
Turning his head, he noticed the class president still checking the English paper at the exam desk. The answer sheet was handed in, what was there left to check on the paper?
That serious?
Call Qianbao over, she’d cry with emotion seeing this, and teach everything.
Before leaving, he felt sothing odd about the class president, but couldn’t pinpoint it.
Did she not perform well in the English exam? Better not provoke her then.
Thinking it through, Jiang Nian greeted Li Qingrong before leaving.
"President, I’m leaving now."
Li Qingrong glanced at him, nodded, and turned back.
It wasn’t until he completely left the classroom that Li Qingrong raised her head, staring blankly at the desk.
Then she took out a black hair tie from her pocket, replacing the little bear hairband.
Jiang Nian encountered Le Zhi in the canteen, both feeling a bit awkward.
Actually, they used to be close, gradually drifting apart after a sumr incident. After Le Zhi helped with the desk during the class upgrade, this was their first eting.
"Haha, what a coincidence." Jiang Nian holding a served greens pancake, spoke the second sentence, "Oh, you bought this pancake too, let’s pay together."
Beep, he covered Le Zhi’s bill.
Le Zhi felt flustered and couldn’t even find words. Jiang Nian’s words created three thick barriers, as if a language arts class had co to life.
... Old Jiang!
Jiang Nian also noticed Le Zhi had beco much more reserved, whereas in Le Zhi’s eyes, Jiang Nian seed much more cheerful.
Damn, this is not Jinjiang!
To avoid turning the atmosphere into a Nantong one, they walked out together.
Maintaining sowhat a distance between them, after a few seconds of silence, Le Zhi asked if the Olympic competition was tough.
Jiang Nian responded with a haha, stilling the conversation.
Le Zhi paused, "Over there with Zhou Yuting I..."
"Did you manage to date her?" Jiang Nian asked with a grin.
Le Zhi didn’t know what to say, he used to think Zhou Yuting was the prettiest in the parallel class.
Maybe she wasn’t really the most beautiful, perhaps it’s like even an average buffet becos a feast when brothers compete for it.
After Jiang Nian moved up a class, Le Zhi fancied a short-haired, high-performing girl from the neighboring class.
She stayed at her seat doing howork after school, smiled with little tiger teeth showing.
He planned to ask for her QQ, not wanting a romance, just wanted to get close to her.
She’s the settled kind of girl with an aura of sunshine.
"Not pursuing anymore, plan to focus on studies." Le Zhi smiled wryly, scratching his head, "I won’t join Zhou Yuting’s circle anymore, it’s rather boring."
"Oh, study hard, Le Shao," Jiang Nian instinctively replied.
Two girls approached, one recognized Jiang Nian, pulling the other forward to pat his shoulder.
"Hi, Jiang Nian!"
"Chen Yunyun, where are you guys headed?" Jiang Nian asked curiously, "Snack bar?"
"Canteen, didn’t have breakfast, starved," Chen Yunyun seemingly having forgotten about last night’s event, spoke candidly, "Your friend?"
"Yeah, good friend," Jiang Nian smiled.
"Oh, alright, we’re off then, gotta take a math test later, fearing lack of ti," Chen Yunyun greeted Le Zhi, tugging Wang Yuhe away.
Le Zhi chuckled, glancing at Jiang Nian.
"Wow, that quick, got a girlfriend already?"
"No, just a regular classmate."
"Haha, you’re even shy about it."
"Really not."
Jiang Nian didn’t mind, the more anxious one is, the more it looks like concealing.
Nibbling on the pancake while heading towards the teaching building, in front of the senior high teaching building was a small lawn, many students gathered there for sunbathing.
Both he and Le Zhi planned to finish eating before going upstairs, chatting along the way.
While chatting, a pair of girls walked towards them.
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