Xue Yuantong was starving and urgently needed Jiang Ning's help.
Even though there were strangers next to her, she was still open-minded. Jiang Ning had performed magic in the class before, and it was not a shameful skill.
"Yeah." Jiang Ning walked to the iron pot, and Xue Yuantong thoughtfully moved the little horse over and asked him to sit down so that he could give full play.
Xue Chuchu beside her was watching even more closely. She was curious about Jiang Ning's magic.
She had never seen the magic of lighting a fire.
The little girl eating seaweed opened her eyes wide. The picnic of these people was different from the others in the small prairie.
Jiang Ning put his hand under the pot and covered the wood. He activated his spiritual power, and a red flame suddenly burned from the palm of his hand. The next second, it covered the bottom of the pot.
"Be careful!" Xue Chuchu quickly warned, Jiang Ning's hand was burned by the fire.
"It's okay, he can do magic." Xue Yuantong was not worried about Jiang Ning at all. Jiang Ning had performed for her several times that others didn't know.
Jiang Ning calmly retracted her hand, only to see the branches under the iron pot burning.
The little girl forgot to eat the seaweed slices she watched, and her father was equally shocked.
"Brother, how did you light the fire? Did you apply fuel on your hands?"
Xue Chuchu stared at Jiang Ning's hand. It was the same color as a normal hand. The fingers were slender and particularly beautiful.
Jiang Ning said: "Practice makes perfect."
After lighting the fire, Xue Yuantong had no time to talk and started cooking.
In order to cook, she specially brought an apron and tied it around her waist.
Xue Chuchu took the initiative and said, "I'll light the fire."
She used to live in the village and often used earthen pots to cook. It was easy for her to make a fire. She was responsible for lighting the fire alone and could still cook on the stove.
This is almost a necessary skill for many rural girls from poor families.
Even if she had to work in the fields, Xue Chuchu could do it. She could brave the scorching sun and collect peanuts for a day.
"You burn it."
Jiang Ning did not refuse. If he started the fire, it would make the fire more even and cook faster.
But it doesn't hurt to ask Xue Chuchu to be busy for a while.
Xiao Mazha's throne was given to Xue Chuchu by Jiang Ning.
Xue Chuchu found a longer branch and used it as a fire stick to stir up the firewood at the bottom of the pot to control the flame.
Xue Yuantong opened the lid of the pot, lifted half a barrel of oil, and poured oil into the pot.
When the father of the little girl who was watching saw this, he still wanted to watch, but they were starting to cook, and it would not be good to stay any longer. Shouldn't he be able to share it with him when the food was ready?
So, he took the little girl and left. The little girl was reluctant to leave. On the way back, she looked back from time to time.
In the riverside area, three people were restored again.
Xue Yuantong and Xue Chuchu were cooking, while Jiang Ning used her spiritual power to divert the smoke from burning wood to avoid inhaling the two of them.
There were auxiliary ingredients such as onions and ginger in the pot, and Xue Yuantong sat on the stone, holding the spatula while cooking.
Seeing that the heat was almost done, Jiang Ning poured a pot of rabbit meat into the pot.
Xue Yuantong used all his strength to fry the rabbit with a spatula.
She feels that her cooking skills can become stronger, but her weak strength limits her path to becoming a top chef.
Xue Yuantong believes that she should keep exercising to become stronger.
She thought about it and asked Jiang Ning that night how to exercise scientifically.
Jiang Ning is very strong and must know a lot.
It would be better to have a kind of exercise that does not require suffering and can also exercise the body.
Xue Yuantong worked hard to stir-fry rabbit meat, and the aroma of the meat filled the air. Xue Yuantong, who was already hungry, secretly swallowed his saliva.
She kept it very secretive, thinking she could hide it from Jiang Ning and Chu Chu.
After a while, she poured Xianggu into the pot and continued cooking.
"You can pour the water." She looked at Jiang Ning and said.
Jiang Ning picked up the pure water bucket and added water to the pot. Xue Yuantong threw the bamboo shoots into the pot.
Next you need to wait for the pot to boil.
The waiting time is always extremely long.
"Let's play poker." Xue Yuantong suggested, and she took out a deck of playing cards from the box.
The three of them were just there to play Landlords.
After Xue Chuchu heard this, she looked at the burning firewood.
Jiang Ning saw her worry and said:
"When we play cards later, just pay more attention. The pot will still be burning for a while, so we can't just wait around."
"That's right, the sun is so good, of course it can't be wasted."
While she was playing cards, she took the opportunity to sneak some fruit. The mangoes, mulberries, and mangosteens brought by Jiang Ning were particularly delicious. I really don’t know where he bought them.
Especially mangoes, eat some to satisfy your hunger.
Xue Yuantong was cooking just now, which consumed a lot of energy and could hardly lift the shovel. He was in urgent need of nutritional supplements.
Xue Chuchu still occupied the small maza, while the other two people sat on mats on the grass.
The sun is warm and a gentle spring breeze blows.
Jiang Ning was playing cards, and his phone suddenly vibrated. He took it out, and Geng Lu sent a message:
"Are you here? I'm playing. They will play Truth or Dare later. I'm thinking about whether to join them."
Jiang Ning held the cards with one hand and tapped the screen with the other hand to reply:
"We're already here, I'm playing cards."
Xue Chuchu crushed a little king.
Jiang Ning shook one hand, and the king fell down.
Xue Yuantong stared at Jiang Ning's movements and felt they were so cool.
Unlike her, she can't hold the cards at all with one hand and needs the help of the other hand.
Compared with Jiang Ning, he is inferior.
…
Small grassland, south.
The grass was covered with neat and clean mats, and a group of men and women were in small groups, making it very lively.
At the door of the simple tent, He Qingtang touched Geng Lu and took a look at her chat page. The relationship between the two of them was extremely good, and there was nothing wrong with looking at each other's chat records.
He Qingtang whispered: "Ask him where he is."
"Well, I'll ask now." Geng Lu nodded.
Jiang Ning quickly replied: "The place where the smoke is coming from."
Geng Lu received the news, her eyes swept across the small plain, and she quickly spotted the smoke.
"It turns out it's them." He Qingtang had noticed it a long time ago because he couldn't see the people over there clearly due to the distance.
“It’s so unique.”
"We came to have a picnic, and he came to have a picnic." He Qingtang said with emotion.
"What kind of picnic?" asked a somewhat handsome boy wearing fashionable brands.
Geng Lu looked up and saw that this was Ye Mengchen, her junior high school classmate. She had good academic performance and was now studying at Yuzhou No. 1 Middle School.
Yuzhou No. 1 Middle School is worse than No. 2 Middle School, but not far behind.
Compared with the fourth middle school, the conditions of the first middle school are much better.
Today's picnic was organized by Ye Mengchen and others.
When Geng Lu was in junior high school, her class teacher had just graduated from college. She liked to organize classmates and set up study groups to help each other.
At every school assembly, we are always very united and pay special attention to class honors. We have won countless blackboard awards and health duty awards.
The class atmosphere is quite good, and the junior high school class group is still very active to this day.
It's simply a weird class.
Of course, Geng Lu's current Class 8 is equally weird.
This Qingming Festival organized a picnic. Although everyone had to pay for it at their own expense, many students were still willing to participate.
A total of fifteen people came.
Many classmates met for the first time since the high school entrance examination.
So we had a pretty harmonious chat, talking about our time in junior high school and the changes after entering high school.
However, perhaps because of going to high school, many classmates have changed, especially those in No. 2 Middle School and No. 1 Middle School, who always have a hint of guidance when they speak.
Geng Lu couldn't help but feel disappointed.
He Qingtang looked at Ye Mengchen. She still remembered him. She had a good impression of Ye Mengchen in the second grade of junior high school. However, when he fell in love in the third grade of junior high school and his grades dropped significantly, she lost her favor.
"I'm talking about the classmates in our class." Geng Lu answered briefly.
"A junior high school classmate?"
"No, current high school classmates."
Ye Mengchen said in a low tone: "You are a classmate of No. 4 Middle School."
Geng Lu always felt that he looked down on No. 4 Middle School, so she said calmly:
"Yes, they came to have a picnic."
Ye Mengchen: "Yes, if you come to have a picnic in this weather, you will know how to live."
He glanced at Geng Lu and He Qingtang twice.
There is a huge gap between middle school students. Some students focus on their studies and are closed off to love. They only have one big goal in mind: the college entrance examination, and they aspire to get into a good university.
Some middle school students are addicted to playing games. What are girls? Are games fun?
Some high school students are quick-thinking and have their sights set on girls. During their high school career, they can fall in love several times and even succeed early.
Girls in high school are simple, they don’t need to spend too much money, and they don’t need to give many gifts on holidays, just be nice to them.
Ye Mengchen belongs to the latter group. He is now looking at He Qingtang and Geng Lu with surprise.
He Qingtang is slightly taller and quite pretty. Geng Lu is not as tall as her, but equally good-looking, especially in great shape.
Ye Mengchen wondered in his heart, why hadn't these two girls been discovered in junior high school before?
But it's not too late now. He is a middle school student, so psychologically, he is one step ahead of the other party.
A man doesn't have to be handsome or have money, but he must be confident.
Besides, Ye Mengchen is a bit handsome, has a good family, and is very confident.
What is this called? This is called a decisive blow!
Ye Mengchen sat down in front of the tent. He looked at Geng Lu and sighed:
"The weather is really nice today, neither hot nor cold, just perfect for basking in the sun."
He Qingtang: "That's right."
Ye Mengchen took the initiative to find a topic:
"What's the usual learning atmosphere like in your class? Is it as good as the learning atmosphere in our previous junior high school?"
Geng Lu listened and thought carefully, what is the learning atmosphere like in Class 8?
It can be described in one sentence very appropriately, that is, 'generally sea water, half magma'.
"Just so so." Geng Lu answered truthfully.
After hearing this, Ye Mengchen felt that it was reasonable, and he showed a confident smile:
"Compared to your class, the environment in our class should be much better."
"I discovered that now that I'm in high school, it's different from junior high school. My classmates who used to be idle are starting to work hard."
Geng Lu wanted to deny what he said, but she felt that Class 8 should be an exception.
"High school knowledge is much more difficult than junior high school. I have to find people to ask questions to keep up with the progress." Geng Lu said, thinking of this, she couldn't help but look in the direction of Jiang Ning.
She wanted to leave her classmates here and go over to see him.
Ye Mengchen realized this was an opportunity and said:
"Question? I'm good at this. I often help my classmates in class. If you have any questions you don't know, ask me anytime."
Geng Lu said: "No need, I can just ask my classmates in class."
Ye Mengchen heard this and said slightly proudly:
"I remember you were in the regular class. I'm not bragging. The overall results of No. 1 Middle School are much better than those of No. 4 Middle School."
He is in the ordinary class of No. 1 Middle School and is now among the top ten in the class.
Geng Lu heard him mention school again and didn't want to argue. She agreed:
"No. 1 Middle School is indeed better than No. 4 Middle School."
Ye Mengchen gained recognition and felt that Geng Lu sincerely praised him, which made him more confident.
"Let's compare." He thought of the final unified examination last semester, which was the city's unified examination. It had been a few months, so it was okay to compare.
"How many students ranked highest in your class in the unified examination at the end of last semester in the city?"
Ye Mengchen planned to wait for Geng Lu to reveal the highest ranking in their class, and then he would reveal his own ranking. As expected, it would most likely be higher than the first place in their class.
Geng Lu didn't think too much about it. High school girls are more mature than boys, but they can't completely understand each other's thoughts.
Geng Lu thought for a moment and said:
“No. 1 in the city.”
"What?" Ye Mengchen didn't react for a while.
"Geng Lu is first in the class and first in the city." He Qingtang thought he didn't hear clearly, so he said it again.
Ye Mengchen couldn't believe it at all. Are you kidding? The ordinary class of No. 4 Middle School could be ranked first in the city. Is he dreaming?
"It's fake!" he denied.
He Qingtang said: "Drunk, are you so behind on information? Think carefully. Is the name Xue Yuantong very familiar? She is from our No. 4 Middle School and is in the same class as Geng Lu."
After saying this, He Qingtang felt a little more relaxed.
When they, 'losers in the high school entrance examination', meet other key high school students, mentioning Xue Yuantong can at least raise their heads and eliminate the feeling of being inferior.
"Xue Yuantong... seems familiar." Ye Mengchen recalled it carefully, and it seemed that the news was true, and there was no need for Geng Lu to lie to him.
Ye Mengchen felt as if someone had hit him with a stick, his arrogance dropped a bit, and he said again:
"The one who helps you with your homework is the one who is number one in the city?"
Ye Mengchen thought it was impossible. He was number one in the city. He would definitely concentrate on studying and not have any time for tutoring. From this point of view, he still had an advantage compared to other students in Geng Lu's class.
"It's not Xue Yuantong, it's another person. He ranks fifteenth in the city." Geng Lu said truthfully.
Ye Mengchen: 'It's boring, it's really boring.'
He stopped discussing his grades, and Ye Mengchen changed the topic:
"I have a relative from the prairie. He sent beef over and will give it to you to try later."
Geng Lu declined: "No, we brought food, you can share it with other students."
"It's okay, I brought a lot." Ye Mengchen was one of the organizers of the picnic, so he was naturally well prepared.
He found a topic to talk about for a while, and the conversation became quite harmonious afterwards.
"Do you use WeChat?" Ye Mengchen figured out his purpose through conversation.
He Qingtang said: "Yes."
"Let me add you, I rarely play QQ now." Ye Mengchen said, he has his girlfriend on QQ, so it's not easy to add girls.
He Qingtang said: "Has your girlfriend broken up?"
Ye Mengchen said: "Does it have nothing to do with adding friends and having a girlfriend?"
He Qingtang said depressedly: "It doesn't matter. Last time I added a boy. After he got a girlfriend, I deleted all members of the opposite sex."
Ye Mengchen: "I broke up a long time ago. I don't plan to fall in love during my three years of high school."
"Okay." He Qingtang did not refuse.
"Let's go on an adventure later. In this weather, it would be great to eat some beef and drink some wine." Ye Mengchen said familiarly:
"There are also sandwiches prepared over there. You can take whatever you want."
Geng Lu proposed: "I plan to visit my classmates."
Ye Mengchen: "Are you a high school classmate?"
"Yes, they are here too, right over there." When Jiang Ning was mentioned, Geng Lu's expression changed instantly, from being lukewarm just now, to brightening.
Ye Mengchen discovered Geng Lu's change. That classmate must be important. His heart sank and he said:
"Haha, I was just planning to take a walk."
He Qingtang was puzzled and thought:
'They are getting together with high school classmates, why are you just joining in the fun?'
