Chapter 1125: Chapter 1125 Conjoined Twins (3)
“Sure.” Jiaojiao nodded.
After watching Shu Jiao leave the classroom, the two girls sitting next to them glanced over. The shorter, slimmer one took the initiative to greet Jiaojiao: “Hey, what’s your name? We didn’t seem to see you two yesterday.”
There were no assigned seats yet; they were just placed randomly. Jiaojiao and Xiu Xi were sitting right in the middle of groups three and four, while the two girls were sitting inside the last two groups, parallel to them.
“My name is Ruan Jiaojiao.” Jiaojiao introduced herself.
Beside her, Xiu Xi sat quietly, showing no intention of speaking. The girl’s main purpose was to start a conversation with Xiu Xi, but since he didn’t say a word, she felt a bit disappointed.
She was rather petite; her skin wasn’t as fair as Jiaojiao’s, but still quite fair. She had a cute appearance, and now, with a disappointed expression, she looked somewhat pitiful, making people feel sorry for her.
She glanced at Xiu Xi again, seeing that he still showed no intention of speaking, not even looking their way, feeling a bit awkward but unwilling to give up, she continued the conversation: “Ruan Jiaojiao, that’s a really nice name. My name is Xu Jie, and this is my deskmate, Yang Xiaona.”
The girl next to her, taller and sturdier, maybe used to working on the farm, had a darker complexion and a shy nature. She remained silent the entire time, only casting timid glances at Jiaojiao.
“Hello.” Jiaojiao thought that since they’d be classmates until the division at the end of grade two, she should build a good relationship. So she took out a handful of fruit candies prepared by the Ruanlin Family from her backpack: “Here, have some.”
After the incident with Qi Weixin, the Ruanlin Family became more focused on ensuring Jiaojiao got along well with classmates, so before school started, they prepared a lot of candies for her to give to whoever she liked.
The fruit candy Jiaojiao grabbed was quite popular, with many flavors—banana, orange, and apple, all available. They cost ten cents for two pieces. Jiaojiao’s hands were small, so she held them, gauging about ten to twenty pieces. Xu Jie and Yang Xiaona stared at her, astonished by her generosity.
Xu Jie’s family ran a grocery store and were fairly well-off, often using snacks to win over friends, but never had she been this generous, usually offering two or three pieces at most. Yet Jiaojiao grabbed ten to twenty in one go?
After accepting the candies, Xu Jie couldn’t help but start observing Jiaojiao.
These years were better than the past, but most people were still just above a subsistence level, not paying much attention to clothing. Many still bought fabric to sew their own clothes, with garments passed down from the eldest sibling to the second, then the third, worn until they couldn’t be worn anymore, never thrown away.
Though nowadays, those who could attend high school weren’t likely to be very poor, there truly weren’t many dressed as well as Jiaojiao.
Upon closer inspection, Xu Jie realized the pair of sneakers on Jiaojiao’s feet were ones she had seen in a big mall but couldn’t bring herself to buy, costing more than two hundred bucks.
The dress she wore was an off-white piece, a style Xu Jie hadn’t even seen in city clothing stores, obviously high-end stuff.