Geng Lu: "Didn’t you carry it during the holiday?"
Chen Siyu: "Just took a day off, and I went to the mall with my sister."
After saying that, she nudged Jiang Ning.
If it were before, sitting next to Bai Yuxia, she could just turn around to ask Jiang Ning.
"Jiang Ning, do you understand smartphones?" Chen Siyu asked.
"Sort of." At this stage, smartphones were flourishing, various flashing forums were lively, quite interesting actually.
Hearing this, Chen Siyu felt relieved, as she knew Jiang Ning was reliable. She earnestly sought advice:
"I want to ask you, if I want to buy a smartphone for about two thousand yuan, how much would it cost?"
Jiang Ning: "About two thousand yuan."
Chen Siyu: "Oh, oh, got it, thank you."
Jiang Ning: "No worries."
The conversation between the two was so smooth that Geng Lu almost thought she heard it wrong. Was there sothing wrong with her table mate’s head?
After asking about the price, Chen Siyu said, "Is izu a good phone?"
Jiang Ning thought for a mont, then said: "It’s decent, the design is quite nice, with the small round button. It’s elegant if you can get used to it."
Currently, Android phones have the three mighty keys, while izu adopts the small round button, making it much more elegant in comparison.
"Which one should I choose, Xiaomi 4 or izu MX4?" Chen Siyu inquired.
"If you value performance, go for Xiaomi 4, for looks, MX4," said Jiang Ning.
"But, I saw online that Xiaomi 4 only has four cores, while izu has eight." Chen Siyu was puzzled.
"More cores don’t necessarily an better performance."
In two years, a brand called LeTV will release a LeTV 2 phone, claiming it has a ten-core processor. It turned out ’one core was in distress, nine cores watched,’ and the performance was utterly disappointing.
...
After school in the afternoon break.
Xue Yuantong rarely left the throne and went out with Jiang Ning, while Geng Lu, seeing this, left with her good friend He Qingtang.
Jiang Ning found it curious: "Why not let pack it up?"
Xue Yuantong gazed at Geng Lu’s departing figure and said: "Packing up is too unhygienic. Didn’t you see on TV that we should use fewer plastic bags?"
"Quite environntally conscious."
"Of course." Xue Yuantong hadn’t taken a stroll in the afternoon for a long ti and felt a bit out of place.
"What shall we eat?" she asked.
Jiang Ning spread his divine sense, absorbing an influx of information: "There’s a newly opened restaurant that’s pretty good, feels quite holy."
He led the way, threading through a bustling crowd, continuously heading south until a sign ca into view, marked as ’Red Yam Porridge.’
"Let’s go with this one." Jiang Ning gazed up at the familiar sign.
In a past life, he had co to this place many tis. A bowl of red yam porridge, a big bun for one yuan, with a side of soybeans in sauce and pickled vegetables to go with it, could solve dinner for just 3 yuan, quite a bargain.
He once invited Shen Qing’e to co with him; unfortunately, until graduation, she never ca with him.
Later, after graduating from college, when Jiang Ning returned to this shop, the owners looked much older. He casually said, "Boss, give a bowl of one-yuan porridge," and the boss accurately replied, "And a fifty-cent side of soybeans and vegetables, right? I’ll add so extra sesa oil for you."
After so many years, Jiang Ning didn’t expect anyone to rember him.
Later, Jiang Ning found out that the bowl of porridge had risen to one yuan and fifty cents, with soybeans at one yuan per serving.
At this mont, standing in front of the shop, Jiang Ning felt as if he were in a different era.
His return had changed many things, yet so things, like the ’Red Yam Porridge’ shop, remained unchanged, once again appearing before him.
Jiang Ning pushed the door open, and the Boss Lady, wearing an apron, imdiately greeted him warmly: "What would you like to eat? We mainly have Red Yam Porridge, and..."
She was just about to introduce more.
Stepping ahead, Jiang Ning skillfully said: "Two bowls of red yam porridge, one-yuan thin pancake, one-yuan big bun, a serving of soybeans, and a serving of pickled vegetables."
The Boss Lady was taken aback, carefully scrutinized Jiang Ning twice, confirming she had never seen this student, and that their restaurant had only just opened today, how peculiar.
Xue Yuantong, noticing he seed in quite a good mood, let him order.
After sitting down, they chose a secluded table. The al was pre-cooked and brought right over.
Jiang Ning scooped a spoonful of red yam porridge, tasted it, found the yam cooked very soft, with a sweet aroma in the porridge, still the taste of old tis.
He picked up a stead bun, took another bite of soy sauce bean mixed with sesa oil, its salty and rich aroma made it perfect with rice.
He looked up at Xue Yuantong across from him and asked, "Are you used to it? How about we add so more at and vegetables, like their braised beef trio?"
Xue Yuantong licked the oil off her lips, "No need, I used to eat like this at ho, I can eat several stead buns!"
As she spoke, she took another sip of porridge, "It’s pretty good."
Xue Yuantong was eating the sa set al Jiang Ning had once eaten, without any complaints.
During this, other custors entered the shop, and their classmate Huang Yuzhu asked about the price, then surprisingly ca in and greeted Jiang Ning and the others.
Of course, there were also so lavish students who would spend money on expensive braised dishes, like the 18 yuan per serving beef trio or the 17 yuan roasted chicken.
Jiang Ning and Xue Yuantong finished their al, spending only 6 yuan, and the owner even gave them a cake, which went into Xue Yuantong’s stomach.
After eating, Xue Yuantong followed Jiang Ning back to school.
Walking along the street, Xue Yuantong saw a tricycle by the roadside with a glass display cabinet filled with colorful candied haws.
She suddenly stopped in her tracks.
She tugged at Jiang Ning, indicating for him to look quickly:
"Jiang Ning, do you want to eat candied haws?"
"Not really."
"Hmm." Despite recently receiving red envelopes, Xue Yuantong had given half of her money to her mom and half to Jiang Ning, leaving her with none.
Xue Yuantong asked again, "Jiang Ning, are you sure you don’t want to eat candied haws? They’re really tasty, sweet and sour."
"Not really."
Jiang Ning was secretly delighted, wanting to see how long the pretentious Tongtong could hold out.
Xue Yuantong looked down at her toes, "Alas."
"But I want to eat..."
Jiang Ning lifted his foot to walk forward.
"Are you about to leave?" Xue Yuantong asked nervously.
"No, I’m buying you candied haws."
Xue Yuantong’s head snapped up in surprise, "Huh?"
...
Close to evening self-study.
Lu Qiqi returned with her ears pierced, and Yu Wen and Jiang Yanan found her at the back row.
Lu Qiqi complained, "I can’t believe it, when I went to get my ears pierced today, do you know how the owner did it?"
Yu Wen: "How else would they, with that gun thing, right?"
She also wanted to get her ears pierced, but her parents wouldn’t allow it, so she was planning to try it after graduating high school.
"No gun, the owner just pressed the earring directly into my ear!" Lu Qiqi cursed.
Jiang Yanan was shocked, "Didn’t it hurt?"
Lu Qiqi: "The pain was alright, but it was just too brutal!"
Wang Longlong joined the conversation, "Definitely brutal."
Lu Qiqi sighed, "The store in Blue Horse Mall was much better last ti, the guy who pierced my ears was so handso and gentle."
Jiang Yanan: "Last ti when I got a haircut, there was a hairdresser who was handso too, when he smiled at , it felt like love.
Yu Wen: "After he finished cutting your hair, he asked for your WeChat, right?"
Jiang Yanan: "Yeah, he said if I liked his monts he’d give a discount."
Yu Wen covered her mouth, "I think he wants to date you, but since he’s so handso, you’ve got nothing to lose."
Lu Qiqi: "Actually, there are quite a few good-looking guys in these professions, I’ve even seen soone dating a military training instructor!"
Jiang Yanan was dreamy, "Wow, an instructor! They must be very romantic, right?"
Ma Shicheng said, "It is quite romantic, I’ve also heard of a military training instructor dating a student, and that instructor even stayed in her city for her."
Jiang Yanan was expectant, "And then?"
Ma Shicheng took a sip of goji tea, "Later, the instructor got a job as a security guard at the university the girl attended, less than a week later, they broke up."
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