hope for redemption

Jiang Xi pushed the suitcase into the master bedroom. There was only an unopened Simmons mattress, a few quilts and two silk pillows in the master bedroom.Iron hangers, desks, etc. were also placed in the living room.

It was too late to buy things yesterday, and when the furniture was delivered, it was already very late, so I and Lin Wang stuffed things into the room and finished.Originally, Lin Wang wanted to ask for another day off to help Jiang Xi put up the furniture, but Jiang Xi thought it was too troublesome and Lin Wang refused.

The more others help you, the more favors you have to pay back.

Jiang Xi is a person who doesn't like to owe favors to others, because if you owe others a favor, it means that you have to keep in touch with this person until you repay the favor.But Jiang Xi didn't intend to have any contact with anyone in Lin County.

I know very well in my heart that I will only stay in this place for two years. Once the college entrance examination is over, I will leave here and go to another city to start another life.In the future, I may only transfer money to a certain bank account in Lin County, but it is very likely that I will never come back.

This is indeed the place where my new life begins, but it also marks the place where the old one ends.

This kind of place full of old and new intertwined memories is the place Jiang Xi is most unwilling to face in his heart, because Jiang Xi understands that there will be pain in transformation, and no one wants to recall the pain again and again.

In the master bedroom, there is a four-piece bed set and a toolbox left by Lin Wang.

Jiang Xi put the suitcase by the wall, first closed the window tightly, and then took the remote control placed above the air conditioner to turn on the air conditioner and lower the temperature.Jiang Xi bought two wall-mounted air conditioners, one for the living room and one for the master bedroom.

Fortunately, the workers who moved the furniture paid for the air conditioner after moving the furniture yesterday, otherwise it would be hot to death today.Jiang Xi secretly praised himself for being so witty.Then he picked up the toolbox and walked towards the living room.

Close the doors and windows in the living room, turn on the air conditioner and start working.

Jiang Xi didn't buy a wardrobe, but only bought an iron white floor-to-ceiling drying rack.

Open the toolbox, and there are basic tools such as screwdrivers and wrenches inside.

Then he took out his mobile phone from his belt, opened NetEase Cloud, clicked on a song list, put the mobile phone on the cooking table, sat down and tore off the outer packaging of the clothes hanger, pulled out the iron rods, found the instruction manual and followed the above steps The drying rack is assembled.

Because when Noah's Ark was in school, there was a special course on mechanical assembly, so Jiang Xi seemed to be proficient in assembling furniture.

Time flew by quietly at the fingertips, and Jiang Xi also installed the clothes hanger, round coffee table, simple desk, and low bookcase set in sequence.

Jiang Xi rubbed his wrists, twisted his neck, and stood up slowly.He was not in a hurry to put all the furniture into the master bedroom, but took the phone to check the time.

16:20

The playlist I randomly ordered has been repeated twice. In fact, I didn't listen to the song carefully, and the playlist was only played to create an atmosphere.Just like the protagonists in TV dramas will have their own background music every time they do important things.

Jiang Xi changed the playlist, opened the gallery and took a closer look at the design drawings of the master bedroom he had made a few days ago.

While picking up the picture, he walked into the master bedroom.

Looking at the location where the mattress was placed, Jiang Xi changed the playlist again, turned off the phone, and put the phone on the bay window.

Bend down and grit your teeth, mobilize the muscles of your arms to pull the mattress against the wall, and when you pull it to the corner, go around the other side of the mattress and push it out of the door.Then put the four-piece suit, a few quilts and two pillows on the cooking table in the living room.

The master bedroom was emptied.

I was too lazy to tear off the plastic film on the handle of the newly purchased broom, so I just grabbed the broom to clean the room. After cleaning the room, I disassembled the newly purchased mop, lifted the mop to the bathroom, turned on the faucet, and soaked it.Break off the plastic handle on the iron handle to squeeze out all the water in the mop.The footsteps happily mopped the room clean.

Leaning against the wall to rest for a while, wait until almost all the moisture on the floor of the room has evaporated, and then push the assembled desk from the living room to the room. The iron corners of the desk collide with the ceramic floor and make a sharp "squeak" sound.This kind of sound is like the sound made when a student on duty accidentally scratches his fingernails across the blackboard when cleaning the blackboard, causing extremely uncomfortable physiological reactions.

Enduring the discomfort, Jiang Xi quickly pushed the two desks to the bay window and lined them up.What Jiang Xi likes most about this room is the bay window that has the entire wall. Generally, few families in Lin County would do this kind of decoration, because such a bay window would cost a lot of money.At that time, when I saw this bay window, I felt as if I had won the 500 million lottery, so I specially bought two desks to match this bay window. I arranged the two desks in a row, and used the bay window as a chair. When you are tired from studying, you can rest while looking at the scenery outside the window by lying on your side. This design is convenient and cost-effective.

This is why Jiang Xi needs to measure the size of the room. The height and length of the table must match the bay window to buy.Jiang Xi was a little worried at first, but now it seems that everything is just right.

This Lin Wang really has two brushes.Jiang Xi secretly sighed in his heart.

When buying furniture, Lin Wang directly measured the height directly, and judged it directly without measuring it. At that time, Jiang Xi was still a little uncertain, thinking that if the height was not suitable, he would go to the Internet to buy some table corner height increasers.Unexpectedly, Lin Wang was quite accurate.

Jiang Xi secretly clicked his tongue.I thought it would be great when I have such a skill.

After placing the desk, Jiang Xi pushed the mattress back in the same way, and put the mattress down when it was in the middle of the room.

"Bang"!

The mattress fell to the ground with a loud noise, and the entire floor shook slightly.

"Fortunately, there is no one living downstairs." Jiang Xi breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said.

Then move in the bed cotton under the pad and lay it out.Jiang Xi bought two beds of thickened bed cotton from the hand-made cotton shop at the intersection of Qingnian Road. This place was recommended by Lin Wang. The cotton wool is indeed very soft and thick, and the price is very affordable.

Jiang Xifei does not sleep on a soft bed. When he was in Australia, he had a conflict with the teacher in charge of Noah’s Ark’s training camp because of this issue. Later, An Sheng called his superiors and applied for two silk quilts for the bed cover. .

Jiang Xi spread the soft quilt on the mattress while humming.

Suddenly, a slender figure flashed in front of his eyes, with his back facing him indistinctly, with his legs kneeling on the white and soft silk quilt, the man spread the quilt from inside to outside with soft palms, and then pulled it over. Light gray sheets complete the bed.

I seem to have returned to the day of the training camp again, and the sharp mocking voice of the training teacher can still be heard clearly next to my ears: "The little prince of the languages ​​sense department is really finicky and pampered! (The little prince of the language sense department is really proud and expensive!)"

The man smoothed the wrinkled bed sheet with his hands, sneered at the training teacher, raised the corner of his mouth and said contemptuously: "I'mgladthatyouknowthistruth. islowerseverallevelsthanme. Whatrighthaveyoutositinjudgementonmylittleprince (I'm glad you realized this fact, but you have to know that I am the queen of this organization, no matter how squeamish he is, as long as I am willing to spoil him, he can always be like this. As for you, a lower than me I have trained several levels of training teachers, what right do I have to dictate to my little prince?)”

Memories ran out inadvertently in life again, setting off majestic waves in my mind.

It was as if a huge boulder weighing a thousand catties was pressing on his chest, making Jiang Xi unable to breathe.The tip of the nose was acidic, the sockets of the eyes were red, and the big tears came out so suddenly, one after another hitting the pure white cotton wool.

I really wanted to pierce that woman's heart to see if there was me in it, why could I do such a cruel thing while saying love to myself.

You saved me from the darkness, but you put me in to another darkness.

Jiang Xi clenched her panting teeth, panted heavily, touched the tears with the back of her hand, straightened her body with red eyes, and smiled lightly into the air: "I said, An Sheng, you underestimate me."

After saying this, Jiang Xi's eyes suddenly became firm, and the light in his eyes shone with a strange color.

While calming down, he made the bed methodically, and then put on the four-piece bed set given by Lin Wang.

When changing the sheets, Jiang Xi saw the letters embroidered on the corners of the sheets. It was an Australian local brand that Jiang Xi liked very much.Jiang Xi was a little puzzled, had Lin Wang been to Australia?Or does he have family members working in Australia?Why there are supplies of this brand? Generally speaking, few people in China know this brand.

I am becoming more and more curious about Lin Wang.

Jiang Xi made the bed with doubts, thinking about asking him insinuatingly in the future.But then the conversation between himself and Lin Wang in the mall suddenly flashed in his mind.At that time, Jiang Xi had asked Lin Wang why, but Lin Wang seemed to change the topic quickly.This shows that he doesn't want to say more.

Forget it, Jiang Xi thought, since he doesn't want to talk about it, don't ask, but he still has to pay what he should pay, after all, the supplies of this brand are not cheap.

After making the bed, Jiang Xi unpacked the full-length mirror, and pushed the full-length mirror to the corner by the bay window.Then move the floor-to-ceiling drying rack into the room and place it on the opposite side of the bed.Then he took out a light gray rectangular rug from the shopping bag in the living room, and Jiang Xi bought two rugs.

Not happy because the carpet is not all cashmere.But it's still barely working, the hair is still relatively soft.I also realize that it is impossible to buy all cashmere in Lin County, so try to get used to it.

Unfold the carpet and spread it beside the bed. When the two carpets were finished, they just filled up the remaining space in the room. Jiang Xi couldn't help but sigh again for Lin Wang's precise data sensitivity.

Then put the floor table lamp beside the bed, plugged the plug into the socket, pulled the sling to try it out, the table lamp turned on with a "snap", and the orange light softened the lines of Jiang Xi's face. Zhong Jiangxi's face looked strangely soft.

Jiang Xi also bought two floor-to-ceiling low bookcases, one leaning against the wall opposite the drying rack, the length is just from the desk lamp to the corner, and the other leaning against the wall opposite the bay window, extending from the corner to the distance from the door About 30cm left.Originally, Jiang Xi wanted to place the two cabinets side by side so that a pot of green plants could be placed in the vacated space in the corner, but Jiang Xi suddenly had the idea to push a cabinet completely in, so that the pushed bookcase would have a The cabinets will be hidden behind another bookcase, so that Jiang Xi can put some personal items inside without being seen by visitors.

Finally, place the seat cushions and wooden small round table randomly in the remaining space, and the master bedroom is finished.

Jiang Xi stood up, clapped his hands, looked around in satisfaction, and suddenly saw something frowning, and then patted his forehead annoyed.

"Tsk, I forgot to buy curtains!"

Jiang Xi habitually wanted to ask Lin Wang for help, but suddenly remembered that Lin Wang had gone to school.But I don't know where to buy curtains. Is the curtain I want to buy available in Lin County? After thinking for a while, I decided not to bother Lin Wang, so I called my mother-in-law.

Jiang Xi turned to the address book from a few days ago, where there was still a call record with Granny Du.

After a few rings, it was connected.

"Hello, which one? (Which one?)" The pedal sound of the sewing machine, the "chug" sound of the knitting needles and the soft voice of the mother-in-law speaking her native dialect came from the phone.

"Hello, is that mother-in-law? I'm your new tenant, Jiang Xi." Jiang Xi sat on the floor with legs apart and said to her mother-in-law with a smile.

"Oh oh oh, Jiang Xi? Then tick (what's the matter)? Is there any question (is there any question)?" The mother-in-law stopped moving, and the soft voice of the mother-in-law was left on the other end of the phone .

"I want to ask where there is a place in Lin County that sells blackout curtains. I forgot to buy curtains."

"Blackout curtains? You don't need to buy them. I have fabrics in my pocket and I can make them for you (I have fabrics here and I can make them for you)!"

"Really? That's great, mother-in-law." Jiang Xi immediately became happy when she heard that. She thought that Lin County probably didn't have any, and she was ready to buy online. ?”

"Hey, it's a big deal. (It's all about the money the family said. It's a big deal.)" The mother-in-law raised her voice a little unhappy when she heard Jiang Xi say this .

"No, no, you still have to pay, mother-in-law, just give me a discount!" Jiang Xi quickly declined.

"Oh, that's great, Hong Kong can't beat you kids. (Well, I can't say you kids.)" The mother-in-law smacked her lips a little disappointed: "But I don't know that I have lost a lot of money, and it is hopeless." Wang bought it, I made the curtains myself and left over. (But I don’t know how much it costs, this was bought by Wang Wang, and I made the curtains myself.)”

Jiang Xi was a little taken aback when her mother-in-law said that. Lin Wang's living habits seemed to be similar to his own in many ways.

"Okay, I'll ask him the price then."

"Are you in the house now (are you home now)? I'll come and take your measurements."

"I'm here."

"Yes, I'll come right away, you wait a little bit haha ​​(wait a minute)"

After speaking, the mother-in-law hung up the phone.

Jiang Xi twisted his neck thoughtfully, went to the bay window, took his mobile phone and clicked on WeChat, looking at Lin Wang's dialog box, a little lost in thought.

What kind of person is this?

Then he shook his head with a laugh, forget it, it doesn't matter.Then the slender fingers flew across the screen.

J: My mother-in-law said that the leftover fabric from her blackout curtains is yours. I plan to ask my mother-in-law to make me a curtain. What is the price of your fabric?

The message was sent out but no reply was received immediately, Jiang Xi glanced at the time, it was 18:12.Guessing that it was time for self-study last night, and Lin Wang wouldn't come back so soon, Jiang Xi turned off the phone screen.

The master bedroom is finished but there is still a living room.

In the living room, Jiang Xi did not add too many things, so he bought a three-layer refrigerator, a water dispenser, a non-stick pan, a frying pan, an induction cooker, an oven, and a set of knives, cutting boards and other odds and ends for the kitchen supplies.

After a while, Jiang Xi cleaned up the living room.

When Jiang Xi was picking up miscellaneous plastic bags on the ground, there was a knock on the door, and the voice of her mother-in-law came from outside the door: "Jiang Xi, are you going?"

"Here! Here we come!" Jiang Xi put down the plastic film in his hand, kicked the wrapped plastic film on the ground to clear a path, and responded loudly.

Opening the door, there was an old woman wearing a white button-up top and navy blue wide-leg pants standing outside the door. From the old woman's eyebrows and eyes, she could still vaguely see her beautiful face when she was young.

"Mother-in-law, come in quickly." Seeing her mother-in-law's benevolent look, Jiang Xi couldn't help but feel close to her.

The mother-in-law watched Jiang Xi walk into the room with a smile on her face, and asked, "Is that the bay window in the room?"

"Yes." Jiang Xi smiled and nodded.

The mother-in-law looked Jiang Xi up and down again, and said with a smile, "What a cute young man!" Then she turned around and walked into the room. When she saw the carpet in the room, she took off her shoes by the edge of the door and left. go in.

Jiang Xi smiled embarrassedly upon hearing this.

Jiang Xi had already taken off her shoes when she was laying the carpet, but she forgot to put on her shoes when she was tidying up outside. At this time, the socks on her feet had changed color, so Jiang Xi took off the socks and walked into the room.

The soft touch on the carpet spread from the soles of his feet to his heart. Looking at the busy figure of his mother-in-law in front of the window in the setting sun, Jiang Xi's heart was instantly filled with softness.

The mother-in-law took the tape measure to measure the size and muttered something in her mouth.

"I heard from Wanggang (talk) that you are also from No. [-] Middle School?" the mother-in-law asked Jiang Xi with her back turned.

"Yes, I'm going to transfer to No. [-] Middle School." Jiang Xi immediately stood up straight and replied.

"Yeah, transfer to another school, beep, which class do you go to?" The mother-in-law was a little surprised when she heard that, and her hands paused.

"I don't know yet."

"Oh, study literature and science?" After measuring the size, the mother-in-law turned around and slowly got down from the bay window.

"School text"

"Oh, Wangwang is also learning literature!" The mother-in-law said in surprise while writing something on the paper, the ending sound slightly raised with a hint of joy: "Xixi, are your grades good?"

"Uh, it's okay." Jiang Xi heard her mother-in-law ask this question, but she didn't know how to answer it. The main reason was that she didn't know the level here, so she couldn't say what level her grades were.

"That's definitely better than Wang Wang, hope, when you have time, you can take more of the Du Wang system (when you have time, you can learn more with Wang Wang), how about it?" The mother-in-law took the paper, Walking towards Jiang Xi with a brisk smile, she asked softly.

"Well, good." Jiang Xi didn't refuse, mainly because he couldn't refuse.

The mother-in-law made Jiang Xi think of his grandmother, the relative who was always careless but who was kind to him with all his heart.

The mother-in-law was obviously happier when she heard that Jiang Xi had agreed, and hurried forward to hold Jiang Xi's hand and said, "They are all good children."

Jiang Xi didn't react to her mother-in-law's sudden touch, and subconsciously wanted to escape, but she didn't expect that her mother-in-law just patted Jiang Xi's hand and let go. The soft touch disappeared too quickly, and Jiang Xi doubted it for a moment. its authenticity.

When I realized it, my mother-in-law had already put on her shoes and walked to the door, Jiang Xi followed immediately, and hurriedly stepped on her shoes without socks.

The mother-in-law stood at the door and looked around, looked at Jiang Xi and asked, "Live alone?"

Jiang Xi nodded hastily, and replied vaguely: "Mm, um..." Just as he was thinking of making up some reason to fool around, he heard his mother-in-law change the subject and said, "Did Wangwang give you the water delivery phone?"

Jiang Xi was a little stunned by the jumpiness of the topic, and then he responded immediately and replied: "Yes."

"Well, you have to be careful living with a child. If you have anything to do, you can find your mother-in-law. The mother-in-law is in the shop in front. Don't be afraid of trouble. I'm sorry." The mother-in-law walked downstairs while talking.

Seeing this, Jiang Xi hurriedly agreed and said, "I'll take you down, mother-in-law."

"A few steps, no need to send it off." While pushing Jiang Xi back, he waved his hand and refused: "You can get rich if you tidy up the house. (Just tidy up the room.)"

Jiang Xi thanked her mother-in-law politely, watched her figure disappear around the corner and closed the door, leaning her back behind the door.

Do you live alone?

Yes, live alone.

Jiang Xi regained his composure, got out of his emotions, and continued to devote himself to the great cause of fighting against the plastic film all over the floor.

After Jiang Xi threw all the garbage into the garbage dump downstairs, the phone rang while cleaning the living room.

Jiang Xi glanced at the screen that lit up, the caller: Mom.

Jiang Xi put down the mop in his hand, took the mobile phone, looked at the mobile phone with the corner of his mouth pursed, and just looked at it without connecting it, and slid the answer button just before the phone was about to hang up automatically.

"Hello? Xixi? Are you sleeping?" Mom's pretendingly gentle voice rang from the phone.

Jiang Xi immediately understood that his stepfather's family must be nearby, and only under such circumstances would his mother talk to him like this every time, four years ago, and now.

Jiang Xi frowned impatiently, moved the receiver away from his ear and said in a cold voice, "No, what's the matter?"

"You, Uncle Xiao, have already done the transfer for you. It's just a matter of this class. Do you want to study literature or theory?"

"Wen." The word "Ya" from his mother made Jiang Xi feel sick in his stomach, and he gritted his teeth before barely uttering a syllable.

"Study literature, yes, no matter what you choose, my mother will support your idea, so which class do you think of?" My mother squeezed her voice on the phone and said, "Your Uncle Xiao thinks that you are not familiar with Linxian No. [-] Middle School. I need the secretary to make a class analysis form, why don't we have a meal together tomorrow to discuss it?"

Jiang Xi subconsciously wanted to refuse, but she also considered that this was a matter related to her future. Jiang Xi clearly knew the situation of the key middle schools in Changde City, and good resources would be inclined to certain classes. These classes have different characteristics in different schools. There are different names: Rocket Class, Top Class, Advancement Class, etc., but they are all the same in essence: a breeding ground for top students.With an attitude of being responsible for his own future, Jiang Xi endured his nausea and complied.

"Okay, send me the address and time."

"Okay, then Xixi should go to bed early, late..."

Jiang Xi hung up the phone before his mother finished speaking.

Supporting the cooking table with both hands, the cold feeling of marble directly hits the heart through the veins on the skin of the palm of the hand, and the blood in the blood vessels is radiant with coolness.

Aren't you tired of pretending like this all the time?Mother.

The author has something to say:

Every chapter will bury some foreshadowing, pay attention to the details, it doesn’t matter if you don’t read it, and mention it in detail as much as possible in the future.The rhythm is really slow, because it is the first book, I want to dig out the details carefully, don't spray if you don't like it.