Doing It Over Again - Chapter 17

The Chinese New Year is approaching, and since he will not be going back to his hometown, the New Year gifts that Shen Shao bought for his relatives can only be sent to them at the post office.

In this era when there was no express delivery, he had to contribute a large amount of postage to the post office.

After sending things, Shen Shao rode his bicycle home, but it started to drizzle halfway through the ride, and by the time he rode home, his hair was soaked.

“Xiao Shao is back?” Grandma Yang, who was opposite the door, saw that Shen Shao was wet, and suddenly asked worriedly, “What’s wrong, the clothes are soaked outside!”

Shen Shao took out the key to open the door, and said to Grandma Yang, “It’s okay, it’s just a little rain on the way, just go back and take a shower and change your clothes.”

“Then go and change your clothes, don’t think that you don’t take your body seriously when you are young, and you will be troublesome if you are sick.” Grandma Yang didn’t tell Shen Shaoduo when she heard the words, and urged him to go home and change clothes. Grandma Yang likes Shen Shao very much. In her eyes, Shen Shao is a child with good grades, good manners, and respect for the elderly.

Not only her, but many old people in the community were full of praise when they mentioned Shen Shao, because Shen Shao usually met elderly people like them when they were running gymnastics. If they saw something in their hands, they would be eager to help. In addition to Shen Shao’s sweet mouth, they heard from the Liang family that Shen Shao was the first in the experimental class of No. 3 Middle School, so in just a few months, Shen Shao was loved by a large number of grandparents.

Shen Shao took a shower and changed his clothes. He just sat down for a while when he heard someone knocking on the door. When he opened the door, he saw Grandma Yang standing outside with a bowl of pig’s feet and seaweed soup. Seeing him open the door, the old lady had a bright smile on her face, “Xiao Shao, try the kelp and pig’s feet soup made by grandma, and see if it’s the same as what you made last time?”

“Thank you, Grandma Yang.” Shen Shao didn’t refuse, and quickly took the soup from Grandma Yang. Because the two of them live opposite each other, they usually make a bowl of soup or steamed meat for each other to taste, so he won’t be polite at this time.

Taking a mouthful of steaming soup in front of Grandma Yang, Shen Shao said with admiration, “This soup is much better than what I made. When Xiao Lan comes back, she will definitely be able to drink two big bowls.”

“How can you be such an exaggerated child? Our little Lan always said at home that your brother’s cooking is better than my mother’s cooking.” Grandma Yang was so excited by his actions, she told Shen Shao again. After saying a few words about how to cook the soup, I went back to my house.

Shen Shao looked at the pig’s foot soup in his hand, smiled helplessly, and turned to close the door. With this big bowl of stewed pig’s feet, he can fry a vegetarian dish at noon.

The living atmosphere in this community is better than he imagined, and the neighbors are very harmonious. If anyone has any difficulties, it is common for each other to help each other. So now he is very fortunate that he rented this one-bedroom apartment. After all, a good living atmosphere is very important to people.

After an hour’s rest in the afternoon, Shen Shao practiced ten more calligraphy. Because the new year was approaching, he didn’t bother the master, and it was quite comfortable to stay in the room to practice calligraphy quietly.

In the evening, he heard from the neighbor next door that he had his own package, so he went to the guard with an umbrella to pick it up, but he was a little puzzled. Who would know that he lived here and send him something?

When I went to the doorman to pick up the package, I saw that my name was actually written on it, and the address I filled in was also the information of the house where I lived now. After thanking the doorman, he took the package back into the house. After envisioning countless blockbuster plots in his mind, he cut open the package with a knife. Very good, there are no time bombs, no poison needle darts, and no threatening letters.

Inside the package were several thick books and a small box three fingers wide. Taking these books out, it turned out to be some content about calligraphy and other traditional literature, as well as two books about solving problems in mathematics and physics.

Shen Shao’s doubts deepened, who would make a special trip to send him this?

I glanced at the postmark on the parcel list, and the mailing address was Beijing. He held his chin and thought about it for a long time, but he couldn’t think of anyone he knew in his life who lived in the capital.

He heard that Shen Jianbing and the woman went to the capital to settle down, but thinking with his toes, Shen Jianbing would not be able to send him anything, not to mention that this person would not even know where he was, let alone spend money to send him something. .

Suddenly remembering that there was a small box just now, he picked up the box and opened the lid, and was stunned.

The contents of the box are nothing special, but they are a little surprising. It was a jade Guanyin, only the size of a thumb, but even if he was a person who didn’t like to play with jade, he could see that this jade Guanyin was made of high-quality jade.

There is a saying that men wear Guanyin and women wear Buddha, so many parents will ask for amulets for their children, some are zodiac signs, some are transfer beads, some are Guanyin or Buddha. Shen Shao also had a talisman when he was a child, but he didn’t ask for it, but sewed it by his mother. The method is very simple, just need a small half piece of red cloth, put rice and matches, sew into a triangle, and tie a rope around the neck.

Later, because he was naughty and dropped the amulet into the water, my mother thought that he could run and jump, so he didn’t need to wear such a thing, so she didn’t make a amulet for him, and she didn’t spend any money to ask for the amulet to go home. Later, he didn’t wear such things on his body, and now he can’t react to seeing this thumb-sized jade Guanyin.

So, who actually sent him these things?

Shen Shao went through all of these things again, but couldn’t find much useful information, even the mailing address was vague, so in the end he just found a sentence on the title page of a traditional literature book.

Happy New Year.

“Forget it,” Shen Shao openly closed the book in his hand. No matter who this person is or what purpose he has, he feels that he doesn’t need to care too much.

Maybe this person is the legendary Daddy with Long Legs.

Shen Shao optimistically put the book on the bookshelf. As for the jade Guanyin, he didn’t wear it, but locked the thing and the box in the cabinet.

On New Year’s Eve, fireworks and firecrackers kept going off. Shen Shao lay on the bed and heard the hilarity outside. However, although the fireworks are beautiful, they are a bit boring after watching them for a long time.

On the TV, the host of the Spring Festival Gala was counting down the time. As soon as Shen Shao heard the number 3, he heard the sound of firecrackers everywhere. The sound was so loud that he could not hear what the host said on the TV.

As the new century approached, he yawned while looking at the fireworks that kept exploding outside the window.

The year 2000 has finally officially arrived.

If his memory is correct, after 2000, China’s economy will develop rapidly, and prices will rise along with it. Soon the currency issued in October last year will replace the original old currency, and it will also make countless people With emotion, more and more money is spent, but the older and fewer things are bought.

After the new year, the 21st century seems to have become a new term. If such a sentence is not included in many articles and newspapers, it seems that it cannot keep up with the times and the rhythm. It was not until the end of 2000 that the usage of this term gradually decreased. However, this kind of brainwashing vocabulary usage has an advantage, that is, everyone gradually understands that they are already living in the new century, and the 20th century can be turned over.

Time is often the least trace of things, as if in the blink of an eye, a year or two has passed. Shen Shao was the top three in the grade, and finally embarked on the journey of the third year of high school with his classmates.

After the division of arts and sciences at the end of the first year of high school, class 15 became a science class. Although the students in the class did not change much, after being divided into classes, the students realized that the mountain of the college entrance examination was finally approaching them.

“Shen Shao, the monthly test results are out this time, and you are the first place again!” Zhou Zeyu rushed into the classroom with excitement, ran to Shen Shao’s desk and said, “I heard that the top three in the monthly science test this time, The school will arrange to participate in the National Mathematics League, have you heard the news?”

“Mathematics league?” Shen Shao knew that the school also sent high school seniors to participate in this competition in previous years, but I heard that the best result was the runner-up.

“Yes, you must be on the list this time,” Zhou Zeyu said excitedly at first, then a little depressed, “but as long as there are students from Jingcheng No. 1 Middle School and Yanghe No. 3 Middle School competing, it would be good for our school to take the third place. “

Shen Shao didn’t know much about the grievances and grievances between the school and the school, so Zhou Zeyu’s remarks did not have much effect on him, so that after the school list confirmed that he was there, he was not too nervous.

Anyway, in his opinion, the competition is all about participation, and it is not so important to be able to take the first place.

However, it was obvious that the school attached great importance to this competition. In order to ensure that the three participating students had enough energy to take the test, they even bought plane tickets and sent the vice-principal and two teachers to accompany them to the capital to participate in the competition.

Before boarding the plane, the principal and the head teachers of the three students personally came to see off the plane, which was like a warm farewell to the heroes on the battlefield.

Compared with the other two classmates, Shen Shao’s calmness left the Zhang family and the head teacher full of encouragement and comfort. In the end, they could only pat Shen Shao on the shoulder and ask him to pay more attention to rest.

Watching Shen Shao and other teachers and classmates enter the boarding gate, Zhang Jiahe sighed. It is really contradictory that there are such students as teachers who feel both proud and unfulfilled.

“Mr. Zhang, the psychological quality of this student in your class is really good.”

“A stunned young boy, what kind of psychological quality is good.”

“Don’t be humble, this Shen Shao seems to be the first in the admission test for non-local students?”

Zhang Jiahe laughed twice and avoided the topic with a haha. He didn’t want to be envied, jealous and hated by his colleagues anymore.

When the principal saw several teachers talking and laughing, he didn’t feel his heavy heart at all, and simply said, “I have already heard the news that both Jingcheng No. 1 Middle School and Yanghe No. 3 Middle School have students participating in this national league.”

Most of the smiles on the faces of the three head teachers faded, and they all sighed in their hearts. It seems that this time they have nothing to sing in No. 3 Middle School.