Chapter 3 Section 3

This Xinsheng South Road is straight and long, and it was recently renovated into an asphalt road. A row of cypress trees was planted on the side of the drainage ditch, and some concrete benches were placed for pedestrians to rest, but few people would rest on this roadside.This is the road that Jiang Yanrong and Zhou Ya'an must walk when going to and from school.Every evening, they always walk home hand in hand, because there is no need to rush after school, both of them would rather walk than squeeze the bus.The scenery at dusk is charming, the scorching sun has set, and the sunset glow makes the whole sky red, and people's faces and clothes are also pink.There is a paddy field from the fence of the technical college. Once, Jiang Yanrong saw a white egret flying up from the paddy field. The colorful clouds dyed the egret's wings red, and he couldn't help blurting out:

"Luoxia and the lone duck fly together!" From then on, they called this street "Luoxia Road", and Jiang Yanrong sometimes jokingly called Zhou Ya'an "a friend on Luoxia Road".In fact, they only have a relatively relaxed period of time on the Luoxia Road. During this period of time, they always naturally avoid talking about homework and college entrance examinations, and find some easy topics to talk about. "Jiang Yanrong, do you know that many people are talking about us?" Zhou Ya'an said, holding Jiang Yanrong's hand.It was an evening after the first week of school.

"You mean those nonsense words that say we're having sex?" Jiang Yanrong asked. "Yeah." "Don't mention it, it's so boring!" "But," Zhou Ya'an looked at Jiang Yanrong's face with a smile: "If I were a man, I would definitely fall in love with you!" "I'm a man, and I'll fall in love with you too!" Jiang Yanrong said, her face flushed slightly, reflecting the sun's rays, the red color became deeper, and the pale little face became healthy and vivid. "Then, we really should have a man," Zhou Ya'an said with a smile, looking at the blush on Jiang Yanrong's face with admiration. "You are very feminine, so you probably have to be a woman. Let me be your boyfriend in the next life, okay?"

"Not good," Jiang Yanrong shook his head, "In the next life, you should become a man and let Xiao Xu become a woman, and then you find some weird questions to torture him, that's only fair." "Then Xiao Xu and I are not going to do it How many lifetimes have you been friends?" Zhou Ya'an said, and as soon as the words came out of his mouth, he suddenly realized that he had said too much, and couldn't help but blush.Jiang Yanrong said with a smile: "For generations to be enemies, okay? Zhou Ya'an, don't be ashamed!" "It's time to give you something to laugh at me again."

"As long as there is nothing to talk about in Cheng Xinwen's hands! Oh, let me tell you, Cheng Xinwen and I went to the Academic Affairs Office today, and we met a piece of fifty cents at the entrance of the library, and we wore a hat on our heads. Look, it's such a hot day. Wouldn’t it be funny to wear a hat? When Cheng Xinwen saw him, she immediately said, “Teacher, is the hair tonic from the beautician doctor useless?” I went to the beauty doctor to treat his baldness. The doctor said that he would shave off the remaining few hairs, and he shaved it off as promised. Who knows that not only the bald part before can’t grow any hair. , even the shaved ones don’t grow anymore. He was afraid of looking bad, so he wore a hat all day long. Cheng Xinwen said that the nickname of one dollar and fifty cents should be changed to two dollars and eighty cents!”

"Two yuan and eight cents, what do you mean?" Zhou Ya'an asked. "You don't even understand this? It used to be hairless in one piece, but now it's plucked in two pieces!" Jiang Yan said with a smile. "Ah," Zhou Ya'an laughed loudly: "Cheng Xinwen's mouth is really terrible! Why is it so wicked!" We all know that there is nothing we can do when we meet her. Now that I sit with her, I don’t want to rest or study at noon every day, but I can only listen to her jokes.” “Is Ye Xiaozhen talking to her every day now? Cheng Xinwen fighting?" Zhou Ya'an asked. "I heard Ye Xiaozhen swearing solemnly this morning, saying, 'God knows, God knows, I, Ye Xiaozhen, will be a bastard if I talk to Cheng Xinwen again!'"

"Don't listen to Ye Xiaozhen's swearing, because Cai Xiuhua didn't have time to tell her the algebra question the day before yesterday, she just passed the test, and she made a mistake, so she ran to Cai Xiuhua angrily to swear, that's what she said. Cai Xiuhua is rigid and serious about everything, and she doesn't know Ye Xiaozhen as well as we do, so she just believes it is true. In the afternoon, Ye Xiaozhen forgot about it, and chased after others to ask physics questions. Cai Xiuhua ignored her, and she still Pouting his mouth in wonder, he said: "Who offended you, you tell me and let me judge for you!" It made us laugh to death!"

Zhou Ya'an laughed again for a while, then suddenly remembered something, pushed Jiang Yanrong and said, "Oh, I forgot to ask you, how many points did you score in the algebra quiz the day before yesterday?" Jiang Yanrong's smile disappeared in an instant. She stomped her foot, pouted and said, "Zhou Ya'an, why are you bringing it up again?" Stepping forward, the steps immediately became much heavier.Zhou Ya'an hurriedly patted the back of her hand, and said comfortingly: "It's okay, just do better in the exam next time!" "Next time! There will be a next time!" Jiang Yanrong said angrily, and she didn't know who she was angry with. "Okay, let's not talk about this. Guess what composition topic Kang Nan will have in the composition class tomorrow? I hope it won't be 'Memories of Summer Vacation Life' or 'Welcome to the New Semester'!" Zhou Ya'an said, trying her best I want to talk about a topic that can arouse Jiang Yanrong's interest, so as to reverse the slump caused by my own words.But it was no use, the sun had disappeared, and the clouds had piled up.Jiang Yanrong remained silent, and held Zhou Ya'an's hand tightly after a long time and said:

"Zhou Ya'an, what do you think I can do? It's not that I don't study hard. I try my best to listen to the books in class. I do algebra, physics, and analytic geometry at home every day. I always do it at one o'clock in the night! But I don't do well in the exam. , if only mathematics and science could be understood as easily as poetry!" "However, I still envy your literary genius!" Zhou Ya'an said, "Show me an ancient poem, and I can't even break a sentence!" "What's the use of punctuation? You don't take the punctuation test for poetry in college! Like you, you do well in math and science every time. How can you do so well? Zhou Ya'an!" Jiang Yanrong asked sadly. "I don't know," Zhou Ya'an said, "You are talented, Jiang Yanrong, don't worry about your score, you will become a great writer!"

"Genius! Fuck his genius! Since I was a child, everyone said I was a genius, but I didn't miss a make-up exam for a single semester! There was never a time when I didn't worry about going to college. I think there is no hope for this exam!" "It doesn't matter if you don't pass the college entrance examination, you can write, not every writer is a college graduate!" "Don't talk so lightly, if I fail the college entrance examination, my parents will be mad!" Kicking a stone far away: "I hate this kind of cramming education method. I don't know what I want to learn those big algebra, analytic geometry, and physics? I will never rely on them for food in the future!"

Just as Zhou Yaan was about to speak, a bicycle bell rang behind her. She and Jiang Yanrong turned their heads at the same time. A young male student was pushing a bicycle station behind them, grinning at them with a big mouth.Zhou Ya'an was a little surprised and surprised, and said, "Xiao Xu, it's you?" Sad?" Xiao Xu said, he is not handsome, but he has a high nose, bright eyes, and regular facial features.Just a bit of a son-in-law attitude.He is not tall, standing next to the tall Zhou Ya'an, they are almost the same height. "It looks like I'm going to take a step first!" Jiang Yanrong said, nodding to Xiao Xu. "No!" Zhou Ya'an said, but her tone was not sincere. "Let's talk about it. I really want to go first and go home. I still have a lot of exercises to do!" Jiang Yanrong said, and said to Zhou Ya'an: "Zhou Ya'an, goodbye! If you arrive earlier than me tomorrow School, help me get the classroom diary from the Academic Affairs Office, okay?" "Okay!" Zhou Ya'an said, and added: "Goodbye!" Jiang Yanrong walked forward alone, thinking about Zhou Ya'an and Xiao Xu vaguely in her heart, that's it, how mysterious love is, no matter how good Zhou Ya'an and her relationship are, as soon as Xiao Xu appears, she only has Xiao Xu in her eyes!At the intersection of Xinyi Road, she turned a corner, and then turned into a small alley.Her family lived on Heping East Road, she could have walked along the main road, but she liked the quietness of this alley. On both sides of the alley, there were many dilapidated wooden houses and a small dilapidated temple. The temple was full of incense.Jiang Yanrong couldn't imagine the lives of the people in these dilapidated houses.Life (no matter whose life it is) seems to be full of troubles, busyness, and struggles. However, there are thousands of people in this world who love their lives. Isn't this world contradictory? Under the fixed pole, she found the boy who was waiting for her every day.A tall and thin man, dressed in a yellow khaki uniform, leaning on a bicycle, this is all the impression he gave her, because she never dared to look him in the eye.Since the middle of last semester, this child has been waiting for her, but only once, he mustered up the courage to come up to talk to her, as if he had announced his name, and said something like asking for friends, but she didn't say a word Listen clearly, just remember his dark and childish face that was swollen and red.She fled hastily, and he also stepped back blushing.From then on, he always waited for her here every day, but he didn't follow her or talk to her, he just watched her go by silently.Every time Jiang Yanrong walked by here, she couldn't help blushing and her heart beating. She didn't dare to look at him, so she could only walk over quickly without squinting. telephone pole.She always wondered what kind of insanity this boy had. He neither knew her nor understood her, so of course he couldn't talk about the word "love". So, what is the reason for this stupidity?At the door of the house, she met Mrs. Liu who lived next door, a standard woman of the three aunts and six wives. The main job every day was to visit everyone's house, and then gossip.Jiang Yanrong saluted her, then rang the doorbell. It was her younger brother Jiang Lin who came to open the door. She has three brothers and sisters in total. She is the eldest, Jiang Lin is the second, and the youngest is Jiang Yanruo.Yan Ruo is five years younger than her, and she is in the second year of junior high school in another province.Jiang Lin is two years younger than Jiang Yanrong, and is the only boy in the family.Jiang Yanrong often called him the treasure of Jiang's family. In fact, he was really a treasure in his father's eyes, not only because he was a boy, but also because he was born to take tricks to please.But his mother didn't like him the most.It is said that he was the lifeblood of his grandfather when he was young, and his grandfather hung his photo on the wall. Whenever he encountered any unpleasant things in his heart, he would go to his photo and say to himself: "There is such a good grandson, What else is there to worry about!" When his grandfather was dying, he still touched Jiang Lin's head and said to Jiang Yanrong's father, Jiang Yangzhi: "This son will become a great weapon in the future, but unfortunately I can't see it!" Now, this must be Boys who have become great talents can't see any characteristics, except naughty and tricky.But in school, his homework was very good. Although he didn't work hard at all, he never got below five in the exam.Now he is sixteen years old, a student in the first year of Jianzhong High School. He is tall, half a head taller than Jiang Yanrong. He often stands beside Jiang Yanrong to compare her height, and measures his hand from the top of Jiang Yanrong's head to his chin, and then proudly Some call her "little dwarf".He likes painting, and he is indeed talented. Jiang Yangzhi thought that his son might become a great painter. Since Jiang Lin was twelve years old, he asked him to study painting under the famous Taiwanese painter Ms. Sun. Looks good.He was originally a good-hearted and emotional child, but at home, he also had a sense of masculine superiority. He knew that his father liked him the most, so he would bully his elder sisters and sisters.However, outside, if anyone speaks ill of his sister, he will immediately clap his hands. Seeing her outside the door, Jiang Lin made a face and said: "Miss is back!" Jiang Yanrong walked in and closed the door behind her back.Jiang Yangzhi is a professor at X University, which is the dormitory of X University.There was a garden in the front that couldn't be smaller. Although they had cultivated flowers and trees again and again, the most lush ones were still palm trees and cannas.Walking through the small yard is the second door, which is the place to take off your shoes.This is a standard Japanese-style house, with a total of four rooms, each of which cannot be separated.The eight-seater room in the front is the living room and Jiang Yangzhi's study, the back is the bedroom of Jiang Yangzhi and his wife Zhao Yiru, the next one is Jiang Lin's room and dining room, and the last room is the room of Jiang Yanrong and Yanruo sisters. It is the only way to go to the kitchen.Jiang Yanrong took off his shoes, stepped onto the tatami, and immediately found that the air in the house was not right. He didn't smell the aroma of vegetables and rice, nor heard the sound of cooking.She looked back at Jiang Lin, Jiang Lin shrugged and said in a low voice: "Mom is still angry with Dad, so you have to cook dinner tonight!" "I'll do it?" Jiang Yanrong said: "I still have a lot of homework, and I have to take the English test tomorrow!" "Then what can I do, unless everyone doesn't eat!" Jiang Lin said. In the living room, Jiang Yangzhi was walking around the room with his hands behind his back.He is not tall, and he was a standard Chinese handsome man when he was young, with delicate features, red lips and white teeth. He has been habitually wearing a long gown since he was studying, and it has not changed until now.Now, of course, the "beautiful" when he was young can't be talked about. After middle age, he has gained weight, but he is still chic. Wearing a pair of myopia glasses, he is more bookish than when he was young.There will always be chalk dust and cat hair on the gown. Even if his wife Zhao Yiru changes his clothes twice a day (he never remembers changing clothes himself), there will still be chalk dust and cat hair. Yes, never a shot after the fact.Cats are his favorite thing. There are seven cats at most in the family all year round. Due to Mrs. Jiang's serious protest, there is only one white cat left.Jiang Yangzhi's lap is the white cat's bed, as soon as Jiang Yangzhi sits down, the cat will jump on him and sleep soundly.These make Jiang Yangzhi become his special symbol no matter where he goes.In the past two years, due to the success of one of Jiang Yangzhi's books and lectures, he has earned a small reputation. He has been busy writing books, giving lectures in various places, and broadcasting on the radio all day long.However, being busy can't change him, he is still calm and at ease.He has two hobbies, one is traveling and the other is playing Go.The former seldom goes to the former now, and Go is indispensable. He always goes to Yiyuan two or three times a week. This is also the reason why he and Mrs. Jiang quarrel every time. , It takes four or five hours at a time, which is detrimental to health.Secondly, Jiang Yangzhi must gamble every time he gambles, and every gamble must lose. Mrs. Jiang saves money, and feels really sad for this expenditure.In the past three years, Jiang Yangzhi's work has piled up like a mountain, and Mrs. Jiang thinks it is the biggest wrong to spend time on entertainment instead of working.Therefore, every time Jiang Yangzhi came back from playing chess, Mrs. Jiang would always be sullen for a day. Whenever Mrs. Jiang got angry, the order in the house would be chaotic, and the kitchen smoke would not be lifted.Seeing Jiang Yanrong come back, Jiang Yangzhi stopped pacing and said: "Yanrong, go make dinner!" Jiang Yanrong glanced at his father, Jiang Yangzhi looked helpless and at a loss.Jiang Yanrong pouted and said in a low voice: "I'm the busiest today!" "Go, the eldest daughter should help the family!" The eldest daughter, being the eldest daughter is unlucky anyway, the eldest daughter is always the first to do things, and the eldest daughter should be the last to eat and play.Jiang Yanrong was about to go to the back, when the doorbell rang again, Jiang Yangzhi raised his head, and said as if he was saved: "This time, Yanruo must be back, right?" Jiang Yanrong went to open the door, and it was indeed Jiang Yanruo.Jiang Yanruo is thirteen years old this year, and she is already as tall as Jiang Yanrong. It seems that she can grow a lot taller.Her personality is completely different from her sister's. Jiang Yanrong is melancholy, but she is optimistic and lively, can act like a baby, and can please.She also looks better than Yan Yan, with the same clear eyebrows and delicate eyes, but she has a pair of dimples on her cheeks, which makes her look sweeter than her sister.She is Mrs. Jiang's darling, and Mrs. Jiang loves this little daughter more than her son.And Jiang Yanruo is indeed worthy of people's love. From elementary school to junior high school, she has never been second in the exam, and she is the first every year. The various awards she has won can be bound into a thick volume.And her little mouth can really talk, and she speaks so sweetly that you can't do it if you don't like her.But her temper is very similar to that of her mother, she is extremely strong. If her goal is 100 points, she will cry a lot if she gets 99 points in the test.She will try her best to please the people she likes, and she will curse at the people she doesn't like.She is an all-rounder. In terms of homework, she is proficient in all subjects, regardless of science subjects, major and minor subjects, music art, sports and housework. No wonder Mrs. Jiang loves her so much.Before Jiang Yanruo reached the porch, Jiang Yangzhi came to welcome the door, raised his eyebrows at Jiang Yanruo, smiled awkwardly, and said in a low voice: "Yan Ruo, hurry up and coax your mother, she is still angry, only you can do it, hurry up!" "Father, who asked you to stay down until twelve o'clock last night!" Jiang Yanruo complained, completely standing still Speaking from the mother's side, she sympathizes with the mother.She also liked her father, though, especially when he told jokes. Jiang Yangzhi smiled and pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose. Sometimes he was really afraid that this little daughter could speak better than a knife. This ability was all her mother's inheritance.Jiang Yanruo took off his shoes and said, "Mom would be happy to come back sooner, and you should lose less. That Uncle Wang has long since taken a liking to Dad's weakness, and when he provoked Dad with words, Dad kept playing with him. All the money went into his pocket!" Jiang Yangzhi coughed, and said with both laughter and laughter: "Nonsense! How about this, I will teach you in the future, you go to Yiyuan to avenge me!" "Hmph! It's not enough to destroy yourself, do you want to destroy the child?" Mrs. Jiang's voice came from the bedroom , obviously she has heard this conversation between father and daughter. Jiang Yangzhi stopped talking, but felt a little disgusted in his heart. It doesn't matter if the couple is angry, he should save some face in front of the children. Now he has no dignity in front of the children, and the children have no respect for him. , It cannot be said that Mrs. Jiang was not responsible for this.Moreover, how can playing chess be said to be "ruined", these two words are used too heavily.Jiang Yanruo went into Mrs. Jiang's bedroom with her schoolbag on her back. Mrs. Jiang was lying on the bed with a pile of books next to her pillow, including several Chinese painting and drawing books, an English idiom exercise book, and an anthology of Tang poetry and Song poetry.Although Mrs. Jiang is over 40 years old, she holds the belief that "people live and learn" and refuse to relax at any time.She is a unique woman, she was competitive and strong since she was a child, she was born in a wealthy family, but she married the impoverished Jiang Yangzhi freely and in love.She was not satisfied after marriage, she always thought that Jiang Yangzhi didn't love her enough and was sorry for her, but she never admitted that her marriage failed.At first, she wanted to help Jiang Yangzhi become famous and establish a great career, but Jiang Yangzhi was indifferent by nature and didn't care about fame and fortune.After 20 years of marriage, Jiang Yangzhi is still penniless. He is just a professor with a slight reputation. She is not satisfied with this.So, she regretted that she married too early, and even regretted getting married. She thought that with her hard work, if she didn't get married, she would definitely achieve a lot.This is also the fact that she is willing to endure hardships and work hard. From a rich family to Jiang's family, she took off her fine clothes, put on an apron, cooked herself, cut her fingers with a knife, smoked her eyes, and never complained.During the Anti-Japanese War, she took her children and escaped from the enemy-occupied area with Jiang Yangzhi. She walked 30 miles a day, but she didn't complain.In the difficult days after the Anti-Japanese War, she learned to tie the soles of the shoes, and the hemp rope made her fingers bleed, but she didn't let go. All the shoes in the family came from her white and thin hands.Following Jiang Yangzhi, she has suffered enough, she only expects him to achieve great achievements, but he always spends the most precious and essential time on Go.The child was her second disappointment. Jiang Yanrong made her feel disheartened, her homework was not good, and her mind was full of strange thoughts.Sometimes she is gentle and quiet, sometimes she is stubborn and willful. Once, she scolded Jiang Yanrong for a few words, because Jiang Yanrong always failed in mathematics, Jiang Yanrong actually said to her: "Mom, don't be so dissatisfied with me. I didn’t ask you for this life, you should be responsible for creating me, for me, life is full of pain, if you are not satisfied with me, you’d better take my life back!” Is this what the daughter said to the mother?These few words broke Mrs. Jiang's heart. What's the point of having children?The child is not grateful to you, but resents you for creating her!Yan Rong was born less than a month old, weighing only three and a half pounds. She had to suffer a lot when she was brought up, but she said, "You'd better take my life back!" But, isn't what Yan Rong said right? ?Originally, she should be responsible for this life, and the child really didn't ask her for life!In fact, this child is like her in many ways, such as her sentimental personality, her love of literature... Even those fantasies, she also had many fantasies when she was young, but long-term real life and experience broke those fantasies long ago.However, Jiang Yanrong could not meet her inner expectations.Jiang Lin is a good boy, but he has inherited his father's sloppy and unwillingness to work hard, and his future is completely out of his sight. Doing well in homework is all about cleverness. In fact, what he passed yesterday will be forgotten today.He is a little Jiang Yangzhi, and Mrs. Jiang sees through him that he will not have great achievements in the future.The remaining Jiang Yanruo became the focus of all Mrs. Jiang's hopes. He was the only one who did not let her down. His homework, temper, and appearance were all bad.This child was born at the end of the Anti-Japanese War. Mrs. Jiang often said: "Probably God took pity on me for being too miserable, so he gave me a Yanruo!" She said this, full of joy, as if there was only one Yanruo in the whole world, She never thought it would break the hearts of the other two children.Especially Jiang Yanrong, she was an overly sensitive child.And Mrs. Jiang also ignored Jiang Yanrong's sensitive heart, yearning for maternal love.Mrs. Jiang always thinks she is a failed woman, although people outside are envious of her, saying that she has a good husband and a good family.She thought that the whole world did not understand her distress, including Jiang Yangzhi.In the past two years, she has begun to enrich herself. She has studied painting, and is encouraged by the fact that the old lady Moses learned painting at the age of ninety. She also studied poetry, which is her interest.In order to keep up with the trend, she also read English.And she does it all with her heart and meticulously. She hopes that her efforts will not be too late, and she is eager for success.The more Jiang Yangzhi discouraged her, the more she urged herself to work harder. "Don't rely on your husband, don't rely on your children, you have to be self-reliant." These are the words she repeated in her heart. Mrs. Jiang was a beauty when she was young, but she was a little shorter. Now she has gained weight, but she is still beautiful.Her eyebrows are picturesque, thick and slender, she has a pair of big eyes, and a small mouth.The Jiang Yanrong sisters all look like their father, quiet and delicate, without the overwhelming beauty of their mother.Mrs. Jiang usually pays attention to makeup. Although she is forty years old, she still does not leave makeup. She thinks that a woman without makeup is as indecent as a disheveled dress.However, today she didn't put on any makeup, so the face leaning against the pillow looked particularly pale.Jiang Yanruo ran over, threw his schoolbag on the ground, threw himself on the bed, and rolled into Mrs. Jiang's arms, yelling, "Mom, I got 100 points in the algebra quiz. This is the first exam, and I will maintain a 100% every time in the future!" Mrs. Jiang fondled Jiang Yanruo's chin and asked: "Are you full for lunch?" "I'm full, but now I'm hungry again!" "It must be because I haven't eaten enough. The food in your welfare agency is too simple. What do you have for lunch?" This morning, because Mrs. Jiang was angry, she didn't make breakfast!They didn't make bentos for the children either, so they all brought money to the school welfare agency to eat. "I ate a bowl of noodles and two pieces of bread." "How much did you spend?" "Five yuan." "Why only eat five yuan? Then how can you be full? I didn't ask you to save money, why didn't you eat more?" "Enough!" Jiang Yan Ruo said, leaning on the bed to look at Mrs. Jiang, and said coquettishly: "Mom, don't be angry anymore. When mom is angry, the whole family will be miserable and miserable. It's so sad!" "Mom won't be angry when she sees you, Yan Ruo , Work hard, and give mother credit!" "Mom, don't tell me, I will definitely work hard!" Jiang Yanruo said, bending her head down and kissing Mrs. Jiang loudly on the cheek. Jiang Yanrong walked through Mrs. Jiang's bedroom and said to Mrs. Jiang: "Mom, I'm back!" Mrs. Jiang glanced at Jiang Yanrong, said nothing, and went to talk to Jiang Yanruo again.Jiang Yanrong walked to her room silently, threw her schoolbag on the bed, and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.She was surprised that when she was thirteen years old, she seemed to be an adult, and she would never roll in her mother's arms and act like a baby again.At that time, the family environment was worse than it is now. Their travel expenses to Taiwan were borrowed. At that time, my father was not as famous as he is now, and my mother went to night school to teach every day to raise money to pay off the debt.After school, she has to take care of her younger siblings and cook dinner. She has no time to act like a baby, and she never does. "Little sister is lucky," she thought, "she has everything; the love of her parents, the love of her teachers, and she is endowed with a good mind, bright, cheerful, and beautiful! And I, I am poor, small, Lonely, never being noticed by others. I have nothing." She smiled to herself, a confused and helpless smile. The briquettes stove is cold, and the briquettes have been extinguished long ago. She doesn't know what mom and dad are eating for lunch.She didn't know how to start a coal fire, so she stood there for two minutes, finally sighed, determined to face the reality, found some wood, and she chopped it with a kitchen knife. Just after she finished, Mrs. Jiang appeared at the kitchen door.She glanced at Jiang Yanrong and said, "Put it down, I'll do it! Go and do my homework for me, don't come to see me if you don't get into college!" Jiang Yanrong washed her hands, went back to her room, and sat in front of the desk feeling bored daze.A puff of smoke poured into the room from the kitchen, and she opened the window wide, and carried her schoolbag to the desk.Outside the window, the setting sun has already set, and the sky is still full of gorgeous sunset glow. A few thin and long coconut trees stand like black silhouettes, with the pink sky behind them. "Beautiful!" she thought.The world outside the window is much cuter than inside.She pulled out the books one by one from her schoolbag, and a test paper fell out. She picked it up and saw that it was the damn algebra test paper.If Yan Ruo said just now that she got 100 points in the algebra test, she could get 100 points in the test, but Jiang Yanrong couldn't pass the test, never could!She folded the test paper and was about to tear it up when Jiang Lin who just walked in saw her, and he yelled: "What?" Jiang Yanrong was about to hide this test paper, but Jiang Lin had already snatched it, and then there was a strange cry: "Aha, you did well in the test, and you are a big duck!" This ironic and mocking tone hurt Jiang Yanrong's self-esteem, and the strange cry made her even more embarrassed. She wanted to take back the test paper, but Jiang Lin held it up high and read the test questions. not with him.Then, Jiang Lin said proudly again: "Oh, oh, I can't do such an easy problem. This is the simplest factorization. Even I can do it! I see you, what is the square of a+b equal to? I don't even know!" Mrs. Jiang's head stuck out from the kitchen: "What's the matter? Whose exam paper?" "Sister's exam paper!" Jiang Lin said. "Show it to me!" Mrs. Jiang ordered, guessing that the score was not very good. Jiang Lin made a funny face at Jiang Yanrong, and handed the test paper to Mrs. Jiang.Jiang Yanrong's head drooped, helplessly biting the fingernail of her thumb.Mrs. Jiang looked at the score, threw the test paper at Jiang Yanrong's feet, and said coldly: "Yan Rong, what are you going to do?" Jiang Yanrong lowered her head even lower, and the shameful examination paper lay glaringly at her feet.Suddenly, she felt an indescribable grievance and sadness, and tears quickly poured into her eyes, and another drop fell on the folds of her skirt.Once the tears were opened, they flooded uncontrollably. In an instant, all the troubles, sorrows, and depressions in her heart came together, and even she herself couldn't understand how she could be so sad.In fact, when she got the test paper, she wanted to cry, and she kept holding her breath to bear it. Later, she added a lot of feelings and troubles. At this time, she was troubled by her younger brother and scolded by her mother, so she couldn't bear it anymore. , Tears gushed out in clusters, more and more, sobbing uncontrollably in the throat, and a large area was wet with tears on the skirt. Mrs. Jiang looked at Jiang Yanrong, who was crying, and felt even more angry. She didn't do well in the exam and didn't scold her, but she cried like an abused daughter-in-law.Even though she was angry in her heart, she couldn't bear to scold her anymore, so she said angrily: "If you don't do well in the exam, just work hard. What's the use of crying?" Jiang Yanrong sobbed even harder, "The whole world doesn't understand me," she thought, that's it, she failed the exam, and everyone told her to "work hard" and "be better in the exam next time", so no one understood that she worked hard and did well. If you can't do well in the exam, those numbers can't be put into your mind at all.The thick book of algebra, physics, and analytic geometry was like a heavenly book to her, and the teacher's explanation was like a Lamaist chanting scriptures, and she didn't know what it meant at all.Although these mathematics and science teachers are all well-known and good teachers, but for some reason, her mind has nothing to do with mathematics and science.The next time, the next time, and countless next times, she will not pass the exam. She knows this, so she is desperate and helpless.She really hoped that her mother could understand and sympathize with her difficulties, but her mother would only scold her, and her siblings would only laugh at her.Both Yanruo and Xiaolin are good boys and good students, but she is the worst and the most disappointing.She couldn't stop her tears, crying until her throat was blocked. "You still don't go to school, and crying can't solve the problem!" Mrs. Jiang said holding back her anger. When she was studying, she was never as worrying as Yan Rong. Don't say that she didn't pass the test with a zero score, but it was below 80. I didn't pass the exam either.Could it be that Yan Rong's talent is bad?But she can recite all the brilliant dialogues in the novels she has read once. She can explain Li Bai's poems at the age of seven and write her first novel at the age of nine.It's not that she's low-talented, it's just that she doesn't care, and Mrs. Jiang can't forgive her for not caring.Back in the kitchen, she was angry while cooking, why the children are not like their mother (except for Yanruo), Xiaolin is still a child, and he has learned all the artist's idleness, these two children are like their father, Don't work hard, don't make progress, and put "hobbies" first.What a frustrating home! Jiang Yangzhi had heard what was going on in the back room, and he didn't particularly like or dislike Jiang Yanrong.Girl, you can't have too high hopes for her, even if you get a master's degree, you will cook food and hold children in the future, leaving books aside.However, admission to university is a must, and he can't let others say "Jiang Yangzhi's daughter won't be admitted to university"!He let his wife scold Yan Rong. He hid in front and didn't want to show his face. At this moment, when he heard Yan Rong crying hard, he walked into Yan Rong's room with his hands behind his back. Yan Ruo and Jiang Lin were also in the room. Yan Ruo She was saying: "Okay, sister, don't cry!" But Yanrong cried even more sadly, Jiang Yangzhi patted Yanrong's shoulder, and said slowly: "Don't cry. For such a big girl, it doesn't matter if you let others hear the joke. You fail the exam once. Okay, go wash your face!" Jiang Yanrong slowly calmed down. At this moment, she suddenly had a glimmer of hope. She hoped that her father would understand her. She wanted to talk to her father. She raised her head and looked at Jiang Yangzhi, but Jiang Yangzhi didn't notice. He was looking at Jiang Lin who was sitting in a chair, holding a pencil and scribbling behind a book.At this time Jiang Lin jumped up, handed the book to his father, and said triumphantly: "Dad, does it look like it?" Jiang Yangzhi looked at it, smiled and said, "Naughty!" But his voice was full of connivance and praise. Jiang Lin put the book in front of Jiang Yanrong again, and said: "Look!" Jiang Yanrong took a look, it was a sketch of her, with disheveled hair, criss-crossed tears, hands twisted in the skirt, it really resembled the painting, and there was a line of words flying around beside it. : "When my sister is sad".Jiang Yanrong turned the book over to see that it was her English textbook, and said angrily: "You scribbled on my English book." As he spoke, he angrily tore off the entire bottom page, and Jiang Lin said regretfully: “哎呀，你把一张名画撕掉了，将来我成名之后，这张画起码可以值一万块美金。可惜可惜！” 江仰止用得意而怜爱的眼光望着江麟，用手摸摸江麟的满头乱发，说：“小麟，该理发了！”江麟把自己的头发乱揉了一阵，说： “爸，你让我画张像！” “不行，我还有好多工作！”江仰止说。 “只要一小时！”“一小时也不行！”“半小时！”江麟叫着说。 “好吧，到客厅里来画，不许超过半小时！” “ＯＫ！”江麟跳跃着去取画板和画笔，江仰止缓缓的向客厅走，一面又说：“不可以把爸爸画成怪样子！” “你放心好了，我的技术是绝无问题的！”江麟骄傲的嚷着，冲到客厅里去了。江雁容目送他们父子二人走开，心底涌起了一股难言的空虚和寂寞感。窗外，天空已由粉红色变成绛紫色，黑暗渐渐的近了。