Make a Fortune and Become Well-off [90] - Chapter 108

But every time Teacher Ji was talking and looked back at the class, he accidentally saw Jiang Ning, the newcomer, and couldn’t help but pause and ask her, “Do you understand?”

Jiang Ning nodded.

That made Teacher Ji unable to tell whether Jiang Ning really understood or was pretending to understand. He was afraid she was pretending.

He had no choice but to stop teaching and said, “It doesn’t matter if some students don’t understand. Just tell me what you don’t understand, and I’ll continue teaching.”

He looked at Jiang Ning, who blinked and looked at the teacher.

Jiang Ning really understood. After all, she had studied high school mathematics and advanced mathematics. Even though she had graduated many years ago, she had learned the knowledge before. After a period of review, a lot of the knowledge she had learned was recalled. At that time, in the competition class, even if it was more profound, listening to Teacher Ji’s lectures, the more and deeper knowledge she had learned made it easier for her to understand what Teacher Ji taught.

Jiang Ning didn’t ask questions, and Teacher Ji had no choice but to continue teaching.

As a young teacher, he paid great attention to the distance between him and his students, especially female students.

If he was too close to them, it would lack authority, so he basically didn’t have much communication with the students after class, let alone asking a female student in private if she understood.

Anyway, whether she understood or not, she could take a test to find out.

Everyone else also noticed that Teacher Ji always asked Jiang Ning if she understood. Every time Teacher Ji looked at Jiang Ning, they saw that she nodded calmly each time.

Maybe Jiang Ning’s expression was too calm. After class, students from key classes gathered together and whispered, “Do you think she understood?”

“It should be, right?”

Those who could be selected into the competition class were all the top students who ranked in the top twenty in their grade, but they didn’t need to be the top students to join the Mathematical Olympiad.

Being in a competitive class made them doubt their IQ.

“I don’t know if she understood or not. Anyway, I didn’t understand.” Judging from others, he felt that Jiang Ning probably didn’t understand either.

Their main purpose was to observe whether Jiang Ning was studying after class as their teacher said.

After Jiang Ning returned to the dormitory, He Xiaofang and the others asked Jiang Ning if the class was difficult.

Jiang Ning had adjusted her mentality and calmly nodded, “difficult.”

Xu Xiuli complained at the side, “But your expression tells me that it is not difficult for you at all.”

“I’m already in the competition class. Even if it’s difficult, I have to overcome it. Otherwise, it’s useless to be depressed.”

But her performance, in the eyes of others in the class, was undoubtedly that of a true academic master.

The next day was still rainy. As soon as Jiang Ning’s morning reading class ended, she told the guard that she had taken her grandfather to Shanghai to see a doctor and that he was alone in the guest house nearby.

Seeing that she really had something to do, the guard told her, “Then you should come back quickly.”

Otherwise, if something happened to the students when they were not supposed to be out of school, he would also be responsible. Generally, he would not let them go out casually unless there was something special.

The guest house was not far away. When Jiang Ning arrived at the guest house, Grandpa Jiang had already packed his things and was ready to go back. Seeing Jiang Ning coming over, he couldn’t help but smile, “You are in school at this time; why did you come out?” 

Because he had two grandsons who attended No. 1 High School, he knew that students were not allowed to leave school during class hours.

“I told the guard that you were at the guest house, and he let me come out. Grandpa, it’s raining outside. Why don’t you stay in Wucheng for two more days? No one will go to the mountains to cut trees and hunt on rainy days, so there’s no need for you to go back to patrol the mountains.”

Grandpa Jiang couldn’t wait any longer. “I want to go back. What’s the point of staying? I’ve been out for several days. What if someone takes advantage of my absence to cut down trees?”

The trees on the mountain couldn’t be cut down at will. Even if there were so many trees that the leaders couldn’t count them, the tree stumps were left behind. Every New Year’s Eve and Qingming Festival, all migrant workers and leaders would go to the mountains to visit their graves. The leaders would also take advantage of that time to patrol the mountains.

Even if he was not patrolling the mountains, if others found that trees had been cut down, they would report it to their leaders.

Jiang Ning thought for a moment and brought Grandpa Jiang to the shop she had rented.

The clothes rails on the wall in the shop had been installed. There was also a second-hand 1.2-meter wooden bed at the back of the shop. The top of the wooden bed was still empty, with a curtain drawn in the middle.

A large cardboard box of clothes hangers was scattered in the corner, and there were two racks of clothing models next to it.

Grandpa Jiang didn’t understand why Jiang Ning brought him to that place. Jiang Ning held his arm, sat on the wooden bed, and said to Grandpa Jiang, “Grandpa, I used the 1,000 yuan bonus from my essay competition to rent this shop. I also ordered clothes and shoes from a factory in Guang City. Now the clothes and shoes have been ordered and are on the way. They will arrive in two days.”

Grandpa Jiang was stunned by the bomb Jiang Ning suddenly dropped.

“Aren’t you going to school? Why did you rent this shop?” Then he realized belatedly that his granddaughter had spent her one thousand yuan bonus.

Fortunately, he still had a salary and he could still afford the tuition for the next semester.

Jiang Ning cried, “Grandpa, you are old, and you live alone in the mountains. I worry about you. I have nightmares every day. I dream that you fell in the mountains and there was no one around to help. I wake up from nightmares every night, scared.” 

She cried, holding Grandpa Jiang’s hand, “Grandpa, please stop patrolling the mountains. Can you come to Wucheng to accompany me? If you are not with me, I can’t eat well or sleep well. My grades are declining. I’m afraid that if my grades continue to decline, my mother will really not let me go to school next semester.”

Grandpa Jiang was stunned by Jiang Ning’s words but now felt uncomfortable seeing her cry.

He cried too. He wiped away his tears and said, “But I don’t know how to do business. I have been patrolling mountains for half my life, and now I know nothing else but being a ranger.”

He was unhappy and very resistant to losing his job of patrolling mountains. He also had a fear of the unknown future and felt unsure.

But his granddaughter had already rented this shop and brought back a lot of clothes and shoes. If he didn’t come to help her, who would?

His eldest daughter-in-law’s face flashed in his mind, and he said, “Why don’t you let your eldest aunt come over?”