Chapter 20
On the right side of the Sanchakou, the old city is still noisy. Among the bustling crowds, there are many elderly people, toddlers, and a group of unkempt homeless people.
There is no urban management in the old city, and the streets are full of stalls and vendors. The afternoon is the bustling time, and the vegetable prices are cheaper than in the morning. Many customers come together, making the streets full of bargaining sounds, which are drowned in the trivial and trivial hustle and bustle.
Xia Linxi dragged her suitcase with her left hand and her shoulder bag with her right hand. She walked alone on the sidewalk in the old city. Judging from her clothes and out of place, she was out of place with the entire shabby neighborhood.
Jiang Zhenghan asked her to wait for him at the intersection, but she did not listen to him. She felt that she could not remember the road and could have walked to his home smoothly.
A homeless man looked at her on the road and smiled in a scattered manner.
Xia Linxi thought in her mind that when she started walking from the intersection, her walking speed would be slower than Jiang Zhenghan, 20% or 30% slower. So in what minute can she meet him?
For Xia Linxi, this was a relatively simple physics question. She immediately came up with a result and looked down at her watch.
It's almost there, at most two or three minutes.
So she simply raised her head, looked into the distance, and found him.
He had a faster result than she expected, and obviously he did not come over, but ran over from home.
Xia Linxi suddenly remembered the autumn sports meeting in his second year of high school. At that time, Jiang Zhenghan took on the heavy responsibility. He participated in the 3,000-meter long-distance running, a 5,000-meter long-distance running, and a back-to-win high jump because no one in the class was willing to sign up.
She felt that he had many advantages, but few people paid attention to it in the class, and most people were concerned about exams and grades. Against this backdrop of score first, many highlights and specialties were downplayed.
But here in Xia Linxi, it seems to be becoming more conspicuous.
She stood there waiting for him with the box.
Jiang Zhenghan was getting closer, and the first thing he did was to hold her hand, probably because he was standing in the wind, her hand was a little colder than usual.
Xia Linxila crossed the box and said, "How is your laptop?"
"It's almost done," Jiang Zhenghan replied, "It's time to use it."
Xia Linxi nodded and followed his footsteps: "Why don't you ask what is in my suitcase?"
Jiang Zhenghan smiled and asked in a cooperative manner: "So what did you pretend?"
Xia Linxi lied: "Snacks and drinks."
Of course she couldn't say it directly and needed to find a suitable opportunity. If Jiang Zhenghan's parents were at home, she wouldn't know how to explain it.
Until now, Xia Linxi has not noticed that what she did when she was hot was no different from the girl who was in her first love in one breath.
Xia Linxi didn't have time to origami, but she had a lot of money. The two computers combined together just happened to be worth the scholarship she earned in the past three years.
Jiang Zhenghan mentioned her suitcase and half-jokingly said, "It's a little heavier than snacks and drinks."
At this moment, Xia Linxi even thought he had guessed it.
But he then said, "It seems you bought a lot."
The suitcase was already in Jiang Zhenghan's hands. He helped her carry it all the way. There was an undry water stain on the street, which stretched across the entire avenue. Jiang Zhenghan held the box in one hand and held her with the other hand to detour.
He said: "If there is no box, I can carry you over."
Xia Linxi replied casually: "You have never hugged me."
Jiang Zhenghan paused, turned his face to look at her, but saw that her ears were slightly red, and she was probably a little shy.
So he naturally said, "It's okay, let me hug you now."
They walked in the alley and stepped into the yard in a few steps. Perhaps his parents were inside the door... Thinking of this, Xia Linxi realized that she should keep a distance from him and pretend to be an ordinary classmate.
At this point, they were not as sympathetic as they did math problems.
Xia Linxi let go of his hand and happened to give him a chance. He thought it was a sign of agreement, so he put his left hand on her back.
"Don't do this," Xia Linxi said, "Your home..."
"I am the only one at home." Jiang Zhenghan replied.
That being said, he still let her go, the streets outside were extremely noisy, but the alleys were extremely quiet.
Xia Linxi thought to himself, it's great, he is the only one in his family, and he won't be too embarrassed when he opens the box and gives him a computer later.
"Actually, the box is not filled with snacks and drinks..." Xia Linxi followed him over the threshold, and saw that he was still carrying the box, and almost confessed.
Jiang Zhenghan asked with a smile: "What is that, are your clothes and luggage?"
Before he finished speaking, someone at the main entrance rang a bell. Xia Linxi was shocked and looked around and planned to find a place to hide.
She felt like a snail girl, and the meaning of appearing here was to give something, but she couldn't stand it.
There was an apricot tree in the corner of the yard. The branches were lush and leaves were nearly three meters high. She ran to the tree and stood and hid behind the open wooden door.
Xia Linxi watched from behind the door, and through the yellowed leaves in autumn, he saw the person entering the door. It was indeed Jiang Zhenghan's father... She actually didn't remember his appearance very much, but she still remembered his empty sleeves.
There was another person beside Jiang’s father. He probably pushed a bicycle in to repair the car, and talked to them with a smile. The person responsible for repairing the tires was of course Jiang Zhenghan.
He raised the wheels, removed and washed the tires, and his technique was very skillful.
Xia Linxi felt that she might not find a suitable opportunity to give him two notebooks at once today.
Until Jiang Zhenghan's father asked, "Are you finished your business?"
Before Jiang Zhenghan answered, the old customer said, "What are you busy with? Xiao Zheng is about to graduate from high school... If you want to be busy, you have to study. Isn't it better to get into a good school next year than to repair a car here?"
"No matter what school it is, you can just go to college," Jiang's father was still gentle, laughed and said, "I don't count. The child has grown up and can make decisions on everything by himself."
The old customer pushed the repaired bicycle and raised his hand to ring the bell: "That's different. Lao Jiang, why can't you have a diploma now? You see, we are suffering from uneducated losses. I have lived here for more than ten years, and are old neighbors with you..."
He said: "But I, I just want to move out. It's not that I want to move to a very high-end community, such as Hausen Manor and the houses in Jiuxi Rose. I saved up my whole life and couldn't afford a toilet. However, the small house in Nanpu District is about 40 or 50 square meters, and I'm buying one is enough to support my old age."
Father Jiang continued, "Are you going to move?"
"Yes, the deposit has been paid," the man replied, "but I have to wait for a year or two as the house is just starting to be built. One or two years or two will be fast. If we are older people, if we don't know anything else, we know that time passes quickly."
While they were talking, Jiang Zhenghan washed his hands silently.
Xia Linxi stood under the shade of the tree and watched the old customer push the cart away.
Jiang's father said a few words to his son, but the conversation was low and Xia Linxi couldn't understand.
She waited less than two minutes before Jiang Zhenghan came to find her. The wooden door was slowly opened by him. She, the snail girl who could not see the light, had nowhere to escape this time.
Jiang's father was still sitting in the yard and asked with a smile: "Is this your classmate?"
Xia Linxi immediately replied: "Hello uncle."
Such a dialogue seemed familiar, and Xia Linxi immediately thought, yes, it was true that the first meeting with Jiang Zhenghan's mother was also in the same situation.
Father Jiang asked again: "Is the box yours also belong to?"
"There are some test papers and tutoring books in it," Xia Linxi knew that it was wrong, but still couldn't tell the truth. In order to make up for the lie, she even made up a new statement, "I'm here... to give tutoring for classmate Jiang."
If she were Pinocchio, how tall would her nose be today.
Jiang's father held a roll of newspaper and looked at them silently for a moment. He seemed to understand something, but he did not point it out. He just said to Jiang Zhenghan: "Helping others well, don't treat such good classmates unfairly."
Jiang Zhenghan agreed immediately.
He brought Xia Linxi into the room, but opened the door, looking very positive.
Not long after, his mother also came back. When she saw Xia Linxi through the window, she also laughed and said, "I met this little girl last time."
The apricot trees swayed in the wind outside the window, and the shade covered the glass window, reflecting a swaying reflection. Xia Linxi stood in the room, feeling unspeakable, but heard Jiang Zhenghan's mother say, "I'll wash some fruit for you."
Xia Linxi immediately said, "No need, thank you aunt."
However, this sentence failed to stop her.
Jiang Zhenghan looked at Xia Linxi's suitcase and stood in another direction. He did not hear the sound of the tutoring book ramming, but only the muffled sound of the cardboard box rubbing.
He never doubted her words, and he would believe whatever she said, but it seemed that none of them was correct to contact the snacks and drinks she just mentioned, or the tutoring books and test papers.
There was no sound in the room. Xia Linxi stood beside the desk, took a book with a cover, and opened it to see the title page name "Programming Zhuji".
She immediately put the book back and changed it randomly, and saw the title page that read "Haskell Interesting Learning Guide".
What are these?
Xia Linxi dared not turn it over again.
Almost all of those books were second-hand, because the owner of the signature changed a few times, and when he arrived at Jiang Zhenghan, the covers were a little damaged, so he wrapped the book case in hard crust paper.
Jiang Zhenghan didn't ask her what was in her suitcase, but Xia Linxi said straight to the point: "I want to give the things in the box to you. No matter what is contained in it, please agree to me to accept it first?"
She rarely is so straightforward. To her, speaking in such an open and honest manner is more tiring than striking around the bush.
Before the box was opened, her mind had nowhere to hide, and it was almost revealed in the sun.
Jiang Zhenghan thought for a while and still smiled, "What are you going to give me..."
Before she finished speaking, Xia Linxi bent down and opened the suitcase. She carried out the cardboard box of the apple from it, carried the packaging box of alienware, then opened the seal and tore the return certificate to pieces.
"I'll give you two notebooks," she pretended to be calm and held the abandoned cardboard box, "It's not my parents' money, but my scholarship for three years."
Chapter completed!