Chapter 4 Morning Run
At night, Jiang Nian took a shower, went back to the room, turned on the air conditioner and lay on the bed.
Click on the panel and smile first as a sign of respect.
Although Jiang Nian's grades were average, as one of the main players of the school basketball team, he silently ran five kilometers continuously for a semester in order to show off for the whole game.
5 kilometers in one breath, like drinking water.
His plan is to get up early tomorrow, run 5 kilometers first, then 3 kilometers, and finally complete 2 kilometers. After all, he still understands the principle of working hard and then losing strength.
After reading the task, he took out his mobile phone and looked at his bank card balance.
Money is a man's courage. The conditions of the Jiang family are not very good. In the past few years, my grandfather was not in good health. He borrowed a lot of money and just paid off his debt this year.
Also, Jiang Nian's pocket money doesn't come much, about three to four hundred a month.
It's just that after just one afternoon, there is an extra thousand yuan in the card. If I finish running ten kilometers tomorrow, another two thousand yuan will fall into my pocket, which is equal to three thousand.
If you don’t spend the money, it will be in vain if you earn it. He opened the shopping website Moudong.
It was my senior year in high school, and even though the game company was covering it up, the money came from a regular source. But to my parents, making money by playing games and delaying my studies was putting the cart before the horse.
Although it is possible that there will be another round of family trials, Jiang Nian is thick-skinned and does not care. He has already said it, so he might as well take this opportunity to make a purchase.
The most intuitive way for ordinary people to save money is to use two combinations: buy less clothes and less shoes. Save water, electricity, home appliances, mobile phones, and electronic products, and don’t buy them if they are not broken.
The Jiang family is no exception. Lao Jiang and his mother have not changed their mobile phones, clothes, and shoes for two or three years. The TV and air conditioner at home are rarely turned on, and the water from rice washing is used to flush the toilet.
Frugality is a virtue, but this kind of frugality is obviously just to save money. There is no quality of life at all, it can only be said to tighten the belt and lead a life.
Clothes are hard to buy, and he can’t afford mobile phones and home appliances, so he can only buy shoes.
Shoes are one of those necessities that can be worn for tens of dollars, but they are expensive for a reason. When walking every day, a good pair of shoes is very important.
Jiang Nian first bought Lao Jiang a pair of leather shoes worth more than 500 yuan, and then bought his mother a pair of soft-soled sports shoes worth more than 300 yuan. By the way, he bought himself two pairs of shoes worth about 200 yuan.
After a set of combinations, one thousand three will hit the bottom immediately.
I looked at the balance, it was one hundred yuan.
Come on, go to sleep.
On the other side, the Jiang family couple could not sleep.
The master bedroom was dark, and the couple talked the night before going to bed. There were some things that were difficult to say in front of the children during the day, but they could talk at night when the lights were turned off.
"Oh, I only realized how big my child has grown in the blink of an eye." Jiang Weizheng said with his hands on the back of his head, lying on the bed and looking at the dark ceiling.
"You can make money and even cook for us."
"It's not a good idea for Jiang Nian to be sensible. You're just moaning and groaning here." Li Hongmei rolled her eyes at her husband in the dark, "If I didn't fight for the past three days, I would have to go to the house and lay the roof."
"I wish he would be more sensible and I would worry less about it in the future. Now I'm worried that his money will come from a shady way and he will end up going astray at such a young age."
"That's not the case. I know Xiaonian and he has a sense of proportion." Jiang Weizheng retracted his hand and frowned, "I checked that game company and it's pretty big."
"I guess it's okay to make some money a month, as long as he doesn't get too addicted."
The couple chatted for a while, but in the end there was no result. Feeling sleepy, they went to bed immediately thinking about having to go to work tomorrow.
The next day.
It was September, and the sky was bright at five o'clock in the small southern county.
Jiang Nian got up early and changed into his sneakers. He subconsciously glanced at Xu Qianqian's house across the street. The door was closed. Uncle Xu was on a business trip and she was the only one at home.
Forget it, be kind and bring her breakfast.
It was a bit cold in the morning. Wearing short-sleeved quick-drying clothes, he went downstairs and felt goosebumps on his arms facing the wind. What he saw was a not-so-busy street with old self-built buildings.
"Grass."
Nancheng Middle School, on the playground track, a figure was stretched infinitely in the morning light.
Jiang Nian was sweating profusely, and his chest and back were soaked with sweat. It was not strenuous to run, and it was not too hot in the morning. After running for a long time, he would definitely sweat.
After running five kilometers, Jiang Nian's phone buzzed. He raised his phone and saw that the reward had arrived.
"Hey! We're here."
When one thousand yuan arrived, he unscrewed a bottle of water from his backpack and took a few sips. He stood in the shade of a sycamore tree in the southwest corner to rest, preparing to sprint another 3 kilometers.
Not long after, the three kilometers and two kilometers were completed.
"xx bank received transfer 700RMB300RMB."
At this time, Jiang Nian was also out of breath. He looked as if he had just crawled out of the water. The hair on his forehead was parted, but his eyes were unusually clear.
A conservative estimate is that if you take a rest, you can still run five kilometers. Apart from being unable to get out of bed the next day, there are almost no sequelae.
For some reason, Jiang Nian didn't resist leg training at all.
He doesn't have any big ambitions. As a single and strong male, he has the same idea as Mr. Ji Xianlin when he was young: he only wants more in this life.
The wind is high and crisp in autumn, the sun has just risen, and the sunlight on the street is warm and clear. The early morning light passes through the gaps between the branches and leaves of the trees, and the Tyndall phenomenon imitates the shape of the light.
Jiang Nian held on to his bicycle and bought four breakfasts before eight o'clock.
Prices in the county are relatively cheap. Shredded radish and vegetable buns cost one yuan each, soy milk costs one yuan a cup, fried dough sticks cost one yuan and a half, and meat buns cost one yuan and a half.
"Thirty in total, take it."
Ding! “Paid.”
"good."
The breakfast cost a total of thirty, and it was a big bag full. Jiang Nian could eat four meat buns, two fried dough sticks with soy milk, and two or three vegetarian buns by himself.
The two thousand I just received, plus the remaining 161 yesterday, and after deducting the 30 yuan for breakfast, there is a total of 2131 yuan left.
There are many people like Jiang Nian carrying big breakfast bags, but they are all elderly people. They go to bed early and get up early to buy breakfast for their children and grandchildren who are working and going to school at home.
The wheels of the bicycle rolled over the dry road, and the young man's flying back was printed in the golden morning light.
With a creak and a sharp brake, Jiang Nian jumped out of the car.
Carrying a large bag of breakfast home, I happened to see my mother Li Hongmei getting up. Her hair was disheveled and her eyes looked tired from getting up early, as if she was planning to make breakfast.
Although prices in Zhennan County are already very cheap, cooking breakfast at home is still more cost-effective.
Four yuan of rice noodles, chopped millet, spicy green peppers, garlic and shallots, mixed with some chili oil, peanuts, coriander, pickled beans, and the sauce is full.
The curtains in the living room were drawn and the light was dim.
Li Hongmei was wearing her mother's pajamas that looked like curtains, with slippers on her feet, looking at her son who came in with a smell of sweat and a large bag of breakfast in his hand.
"You went to buy breakfast?"
"Well, I bought it while running in the morning." Jiang Nian nodded and put a big bag of breakfast on the table, "Mom, you don't have to work so hard. I'll make breakfast from now on."
Chapter completed!