Doing It Over Again

Chapter 17 Gifts

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, because he won't go back to his hometown, so Shen Shao can only go to the post office to send them back the New Year gifts he bought for his relatives.

In this era without express delivery, he had to contribute a lot of postage to the post office.

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

"Xiao Shao is back?" Grandma Yang, who was at the opposite door, saw that Shen Shao's whole body was wet, and immediately asked worriedly, "What's the matter, the clothes outside are all soaked!"

Shen Shao took out the key and opened the door, and said to Grandma Yang, "It's okay, it just rained a little on the way, just go back and take a shower and change clothes."

"Then go and change your clothes quickly. Don't think that you don't take your body seriously when you're young. If you're sick, you'll be in trouble." 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 are full of praise when they mention Shen Shao, because Shen Shao usually meets elderly people like them when he runs and exercises, and if he sees them carrying things in their hands, he will enthusiastically help them.In addition to Shen Shao's sweet mouth, they also heard from Liang's family that Shen Shao was No. 1 in the experimental class of No. [-] Middle School, so in just a few months, Shen Shao won the love of a large number of grandparents.

Shen Shao took a shower and changed his clothes. Not long after he sat down, he heard someone knock on the door. When he opened the door, he saw Grandma Yang standing outside with a bowl of pig's feet kelp soup.Seeing him open the door, the old lady had a bright smile on her face, "Xiao Shao, try the seaweed and pig's feet soup made by grandma, 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 that Grandma Yang brought.Because the two of them lived opposite each other, they usually made a bowl of soup or steamed meat for each other to taste, so he wouldn't be polite at this moment.

Taking a sip of the steaming soup in front of Grandma Yang, Shen Shaoyu said with admiration: "This soup tastes much better than what I make. When Xiaolan comes back, she will definitely be able to drink two big bowls."

"Where is your kid talking so exaggeratedly? Our Xiaolan always said at home that your brother's cooking is better than that of my mother and me." Grandma Yang was amused by his actions, and she told Shen Shao After talking a few words about how to stew the soup, I went back to my home.

Shen Shao looked at the pig's knuckle soup in his hand, smiled helplessly, and turned to close the door.With this big bowl full of stewed pork knuckles, it is enough for him to stir-fry a vegetarian dish at noon.

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

After resting for an hour in the afternoon, Shen Shao practiced ten more calligraphy.Because the end of the year was approaching, he didn't bother the master, and stayed in the room to practice calligraphy quietly, which was quite comfortable.

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

When I went to the doorman and took the package, I saw that my name was indeed written on it, and the address I filled in was also the information of the house I was currently living in.After thanking the guard, he returned to the house with the package, and after envisioning countless plots in his mind, he opened the package with a knife.Very good, there are no time bombs, poison needles and darts, and no threatening letters.

Inside the package were several thick books and a small box three fingers wide.When I took out these books, I found that there were some contents about calligraphy and other traditional literature, and two books were about answers to difficult problems in mathematics and physics.

Shen Shao's doubts deepened, who would send him this specially?

Looking at the postmark on the package slip, the mailing address is Beijing.He held his chin and thought for a long time, but he couldn't think of anyone he knew in his life who lived in the capital.

He had heard that Shen Jianbing went to live in the capital with that woman, but thinking about it with his toes, it was impossible for Shen Jianbing to send him something, let alone this one who didn't even know where he was, let alone spend money to send him something. up.

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

What's inside the box is nothing special, but it's a little surprising.It was a Jade Guanyin, only the size of a thumb, but even if he didn't like playing with jade, he could tell 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, and some are Guanyin or Buddha.Shen Shao also had an amulet when he was a child, but he didn't ask for it, but his mother sewed it.The method is very simple, you only need half a piece of red cloth, put rice and matches, sew it into a triangle, and tie it around your neck with a rope.

Later, because he was naughty, he dropped the amulet into the water. My mother thought that he could run and jump, and he didn't need to wear such things, so she didn't make him any more amulets, let alone spent money to ask for them to go home.Afterwards, he never wore such things on his body, and seeing this thumb-sized Jade Guanyin in a daze now made him a little overwhelmed.

So, who exactly sent him these things?

Shen Shao sorted out all these things again, but he didn't find much useful information. Even the mailing address was vague, so in the end he only found a sentence on the title page of a traditional literature book.

happy New Year.

"Forget it," Shen Shao open-mindedly closed the book in his hand, no matter who this person was or what his purpose was, he felt that he didn't have to care too much about it.

Maybe this person is the legendary Daddy-Long-Legs.

Shen Shao optimistically put the book on the shelf. As for the Jade Guanyin, he didn't wear it, but locked the things and the box in the cabinet.

On New Year's Eve, fireworks and firecrackers blared all the time. Shen Shao lay on the bed and heard the commotion outside. He couldn't sleep, so he just lay on the window and watched the fireworks outside.However, although the fireworks are beautiful, watching them alone for a long time can be boring.

The host of the Spring Festival Gala on TV 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 couldn't hear what the host said on the TV.

With the advent of the new century, he watched the fireworks exploding outside the window and yawned.

The year 2000 has finally officially arrived.

If his memory is not wrong, after 2000, Huaguo's economy will develop rapidly, and prices will also rise accordingly. Soon the currency issued in October last year will replace the original old currency, and it will also make countless people With emotion, I spend more and more money, but the things I buy get older and less.

After the new year, the 21st century seems to have become a new term. If such a sentence is not carried in many articles and newspapers, it seems that they cannot keep up with the times and the rhythm.Until the end of 2000, the use of this vocabulary gradually decreased.However, there is still an advantage of this brainwashing vocabulary usage, that is, everyone gradually understands that they are already living in the new century, and that the 20th century can turn the page.

Time is often the least traceable thing, as if a year or two has passed in the blink of an eye.With the name of the top three in his grade, Shen Shao 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 [-] became a science class. Although the students in the class did not change much, after the division into classes, the students realized that the mountain of the college entrance examination was finally approaching them gradually.

"Shen Shao, the results of this monthly exam are out, and you are No.1 again!" Zhou Zeyu rushed into the classroom excitedly, ran to Shen Shao's desk and said, "I heard that the top three in this monthly science exam, The school will arrange to participate in the National Mathematical League, have you heard the news?"

"Mathematics league?" Shen Shao knew that the school had 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 was excited at first, and then a little downcast, "But as long as there are students from Jingcheng No. 3 Middle School and Yanghe No. [-] Middle School competing, our school will be considered No.[-]. "

Shen Shao didn't know much about the grievances and grievances between schools, so Zhou Zeyu's words didn't have much effect on him, so that after the school list confirmed that he was included, he didn't feel much nervous.

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

But obviously the school attaches great importance to this competition. In order to ensure that the three participating students have enough energy to take the exam, they even specially bought air 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 class teachers of the three students came to see off the plane in person, which felt like a warm welcome to the heroes on the battlefield.

Compared with the other two students, Shen Shao's calm made the Zhang family and the head teacher have nowhere to say words of encouragement and comfort. In the end, they could only pat Shen Shao on the shoulder, telling him to pay more attention to rest.

Seeing Shen Shao and other teachers and classmates entering the boarding gate, Zhang Jiahe sighed. It is really contradictory to have such a student as a teacher who feels proud and lacks a sense of accomplishment.

"Mr. Zhang, the psychological quality of the students in your class is really good."

"It's a young boy with a stunned head, how can he have a good psychological quality."

"Don't be modest, this Shen Shao seems to be No.1 in the entrance examination for foreign students?"

Zhang Jiahe laughed dryly, and hilariously avoided the topic. He didn't want to be envied and hated by his colleagues anymore.

Seeing the teachers chatting and laughing, the principal didn't feel his heavy heart at all, so he just said directly: "I have already heard the news that there are students from Jingcheng No. [-] Middle School and Yanghe No. [-] Middle School participating in this national league."

Most of the smiles on the faces of the three class teachers faded away, and they all sighed in their hearts. It seems that they have nothing to sing this time.

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