After school in the afternoon, Zhou Li lowered his head slightly and followed Li Nan straight to the school gate.

The school gate is only open with a small door, guarded by two middle-aged security guards, one on the left and one on the right. Due to school policies, the color of the high school sign for Grade 3 is different from that of Grade 1 and Grade 2, making it easy to identify. If there were many people, there might still be a slight chance to get by, but now there are still two or three minutes left until the bell rings and the school gate is empty.

Zhou Li hasn't left the school halfway since he entered his senior year of high school, and he hasn't even tried, but this time under the leadership of Nan Ge, he went out very easily.

A security guard warned, "The college entrance examination is coming up in a few days. Don't eat randomly when you go out

Nan didn't reply, he just raised his hand and waved back.

How did you do it? "Zhou Li was curious.

It's very simple! "Nan stopped and waited for the traffic lights." At first, when they stopped me, I came over every day, once at noon and once in the afternoon, and was stopped by them every time. Then half an hour later, I walked in in front of them from outside. When they found out that no one was paying attention to reporting it, I brought them a pack of cigarettes to build a relationship with them. Later, I also occasionally brought them some food and drinks

Oh, that's right. "Zhou Li seemed to imagine the scene of Nan Ge walking in from outside and openly greeting the security guard.

Don't learn from me

Of course not

Zhou Li knew that he couldn't compare to Nan Ge. There are many reasons why Nan Ge acts so recklessly.

On the one hand, Nan Ge rarely makes big mistakes, they are just insignificant small mistakes, and she is not a completely ignorant person. She has to learn and can often do well in exams.

But hasn't she ever made a big mistake? Previously committed.

She had quite a few fights inside the school during her first year of high school, but as she matured in her second year, she started fighting outside the school. It wasn't until her third year that she completely restrained herself.

Nan Ge's fighting is just fighting, it doesn't involve bullying or bullying. It's mostly about arguing or not liking each other. Both sides are at fault. Some people get into a fight and play basketball together in just a few days, which is just immature. For this situation, the school's emphasis is generally average, and the homeroom teacher handles it.

Fighting outside of school is much more serious.

However, Nan Ge's noodle shop is very close to the school, and almost all the school teachers, whether they have taught Nan Ge or not, have gone to Li Ji Noodle Shop to eat noodles. Every time Nan Ge sees her, he fills her with meat and even gives her fried eggs. Although they are not valuable, even some teachers who have only eaten one meal still have a great impression of this girl.

Soft hands when holding people, short mouth when eating people.

If your hands are not soft and your mouth is not short, then a teacher will kindly remind you that the principal is her uncle.

And don't look at Nan Ge like this, she is already the best of her generation, and the rest are all scoundrels. This includes her lobby brother, who is also her uncle's son, who was personally expelled from school by her uncle.

The burden of the new generation of the Li family taking the college entrance exam is entirely on her shoulders.

And if a teacher feels embarrassed and insists on educating Lao Li's family and dragging her into the office——

She knew she was wrong, really, but she didn't change it.

The green light is on, let's go

That restaurant is also an old brand. It's cheap and delicious. As long as I don't cook at home, I always eat there

Nan took Zhou Li for two streets and entered a bustling commercial alley. Zhou Li had been here many times, but he didn't realize there was still a stir fry restaurant next to him.

I only found out when I arrived that this restaurant was relatively sunken compared to the entire alley. There were small stalls selling octopus balls and grilled wings outside, as well as some miscellaneous things blocking the way. It was easy to overlook them if you didn't look closely, but the business was very good. When Zhou Li and Li Nan arrived, the occupancy rate of the restaurant was at least 80%.

Nan Ge is a regular customer. He greeted the boss and found a seat to sit down.

The two of them discussed and ordered a boiled pork belly, a boiled sliced pork belly, and a mouthed chicken. Of course, it was basically Nan Ge's suggestion, and Zhou Li nodded in response.

The waiter brought bitter buckwheat tea, which soaked in a glass cup looked like rat droppings.

Being awkward with Nan Ge is a very luxurious thing. After she picked up her cup and took a sip of tea, she started chatting with Zhou Li unilaterally——

She often brings friends here, both male and female;

There are students from our own class and those from other classes;

Everything I have eaten is good;

Especially the pork belly, it is very distinctive.

Zhou Li was thinking about inviting Nan Ge to treat him, and he made it so flashy that he didn't dare to say anything wrong, did he?

The dishes were served very quickly, which happened to be what Nan Ge just said about returning to the pot.

Zhou Li put down his cup, and this time the pork in the pot was indeed quite special. At first glance, it was full of meat.

Most of them are crystal clear, which makes him a bit confused.

Nange smiled and handed him a pair of chopsticks, saying, "What are you looking at? Haven't you ever eaten sweet potato skin and pork belly

Sweet potatoes, sweet potato skin and pork belly? Thank you

Ang, try it. This semi transparent one, like fatty meat, is made of sweet potato skin

Okay

Zhou Li has eaten garlic sprouts, green pepper, lotus white, and even potatoes and cabbage, but it's really his first time eating sweet potato skin.

He first picked up a piece of sweet potato skin, cut it very thin, and the small pieces were shiny with oil. They trembled on the chopsticks, but upon closer inspection, it was clear that it was not fat meat.

The entrance is soft and chewy, with a particularly good taste and no greasiness.

Pick up another piece of meat.

It's not pork belly, but two cuts of pork belly, half fat and half lean. First, add ginger and Sichuan peppercorns and cook until 70-80% cooked, then cut into thin slices. Stir fry over low heat to create a lamp pit, and the fat part becomes translucent, rolling up like sweet potato skin.

Nan Ge explained beside him, "This thing is very delicious. In our rural areas, about ten years ago, when we worked in the village and stir fried dishes, we had to add sweet potato skin to the cooked meat because it looked very similar to meat. It looked like a lot of meat and tasted like meat. Those who didn't have the confidence at home and wanted to maintain their appearance on a big day all did it this way

She paused for a moment and said, "But now I also think it's very delicious. It's also very delicious to use for grilling and barbecuing

Zhou Li nodded and said, "It's very delicious

Nan Ge suddenly smiled, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

The other two dishes also have a great taste. The boiled pork slices are particularly tender, topped with a layer of chili and Sichuan pepper noodles. The oil soup of the drool chicken is rosy and translucent, but the spiciness is just right.

The recognition from Zhou Li made Nan feel even better.

On the way back, the two of them walked slowly, but Nan Ge seemed to have some melancholy and let out long and short sighs, which was not common in her.

Oh... so sad! "Nan Ge kicked a small stone.

What's wrong? "Zhou Li asked.

Have you made up your mind to fill out the application? "Nan turned to look at him.

After getting a rough idea, no one has already decided what preferences to fill in, right? "Zhou Li said." It's not too late to think about it when the scores are out

How much can you probably take? Let's estimate

「enmm……」

Zhou Li fell into contemplation.

Their class's grades are not the best in the school. Even excluding the direct class above, their class always lags behind the neighboring class in average scores on exams. Fortunately, Zhao's mother doesn't pay much attention to this and probably lost many classes. Zhou Li's grades usually make him into the 15th place in the class, and he has been making progress recently. Preliminary estimates suggest that even if he performs poorly, he can still make it to the second tier university entrance exam.

Zhou Li wants to go online.

So he said, "I'll try to get into 211

Upon hearing these words, Nan Ge's sorrow grew even stronger. After more than a decade of carefree life, she was finally forced to sigh and say, "I envy you all. You all know your grades. I rely on luck to take many exams. If I'm unlucky, even a second tier university can be tough. If I'm lucky... what if I get the top scorer in Yizhou, do I go to Tsinghua or Peking University

Zhou Li glanced at her, you're dreaming!

However, Nan Ge kept muttering to him, "I have a problem with making choices. I'm so tired of checking schools and majors. It's best to do very well in exams, but with fewer options

Zhou Li calmly quickened his pace.

Nan continued to kick the little stone forward, as if he wanted to bring it into the school and contribute to the construction of socialist talents.

Returning to school, the evening self-study passed in the blink of an eye, and the countdown numbers for the college entrance examination on the two blackboards were getting smaller and smaller, emitting a suffocating sense of oppression.

Fortunately, Zhao's mother entrusted the miscellaneous task of changing numbers to Nan Ge, and she was carefree and not nervous.

She can only look forward to the day when she tears the paper.