The next morning, Lu Ting prepared breakfast in the space and pulled Su Yan up. "Yan Yan, take me out of the space first."

Su Yan looked at the alarm clock on the bedside table. It was almost seven o'clock. "Have you had breakfast?"

"Breakfast is ready, I've already eaten. Yanyan, don't go back to the courtyard today, stay at home for two more days!"

"No, I have to go back and look after them. I'll leave you some food before I leave. Come back to the city when you have time!"

"I'll be back during the Lantern Festival. I've already called the elementary school principal. On the 16th day of the first lunar month, we can bring the transfer documents and register the children. When Yiming is old enough, let him go to the school to register himself."

Lu Yiming himself said that he would go to the school to register, but Su Yan still wanted to visit the First Academy to find out which class her son was in and which building he lived in, so that it would be convenient to send him clothes and food next time.

"Yiming registered later than An'an and the others. I can accompany him to register and visit their school at the same time."

"Yan Yan wants to visit Beijing University. I can accompany you next time when I'm free."

"Forget it. You're going to be even busier at work after your promotion. Okay, go to work. I'll get some sleep."

Su Yan sent Lu Ting out of the space and continued to sleep without even having breakfast. She had been making a fuss for half the night before and was feeling sleepy now.

He woke up at ten o'clock, took out two chickens and two ducks from the space, tied them up with ropes and threw them on the ground. He then used a fishing net to catch some fish and shrimp from the pond and kept them in a bucket, so that Lu Ting could eat some whenever he wanted.

Since there was some cured meat at home, I didn't take more. I took fifty chicken and duck eggs, and several radishes, cabbages, kohlrabi, cauliflower, and lettuce. I also prepared a few pounds of each of green onions, ginger, garlic, and cilantro.

I also prepared a lot of candies, biscuits, melon seeds, peanuts, and fried dough twists, as well as a basket of apples, pears, oranges...

Since I can't take care of him at home, I must find a way to make sure he has enough to eat and eat well. I have given birth to children for him, and it is impossible for me to change men in this life. If I don't treat him well, who else should I treat well?

When I returned to the city, I found that Yiming was not at home. Did he go to visit his classmates?

Su Yan took out 200 kilograms of washed beets and 500 kilograms of sweet potatoes from the space, planning to help make some brown sugar and sweet potato flour while Lu Yiming was at home.

Last fall, she specially planted half an acre of beets just to experience making brown sugar with beets. People in the south use sugarcane to make brown sugar, and the brown sugar stored in the space before was actually boiled from sugarcane juice.

Su Yan cooked the meal and ate a little, then started cutting beets. She had only cut a basin of beets when Lu Yiming came back.

"Mom, are you back?"

Su Yan nodded, "Yeah, I'm back. Where have you been?" "Have you eaten?"

"My friend asked me if I had any supplies. I made dinner at 11 o'clock and delivered it to my younger siblings. Mom, what are you cutting? Is this mustard greens?"

"These are beets. I'm going to make my own brown sugar."

"Where are the beets?"

"I asked a friend to deliver it to me. I bought 200 kilograms at one cent a kilogram to see if it would be more cost-effective to make brown sugar myself."

Lu Yiming took a small stool and sat down, "Mom, let me help you cut it."

Su Yan stood up and took another knife and a wooden basin, and the two of them cut much faster.

One acre of beets produces ten tons of beets. She planted half an acre and produced at least five tons of beets. If the brown sugar made outside is successful, she will continue to make brown sugar with beets in the space.

There are machines for processing fruits in the space. Just pour the washed beets in and hundreds of kilograms of beets can be cut in a few minutes. There is absolutely no problem in processing 500 kilograms of beets a day, and a large batch of brown sugar can be made in ten days.

However, making brown sugar is also a physical job. The beets need to be cut into thin slices and then soaked in water to dissolve the sugar.

The beet juice is then poured into a large pot and boiled. During the boiling process, the water gradually evaporates and the sugar concentration gradually increases. During this process, it is necessary to stir constantly to prevent the syrup in the pot from gelatinizing. At the same time, impurities and foam in the pot must be constantly skimmed off.

When the syrup becomes thick, add wood ash water and stir evenly. When big bubbles appear, pour the syrup into the mold and wait for it to cool before cutting into pieces.

When Lu Yiming saw Su Yan pouring wood ash water into the pot, he opened his mouth in surprise and said, "Mom, why are you adding wood ash water when making brown sugar?"

"Wood ash creates an alkali when it comes into contact with water, and that alkali has the effect of coagulating proteins. Adding ash water to syrup makes it easier for the syrup to clump. Look at those who make rice tofu, konjac tofu, and fairy tofu. Don't they all add ash water during the process?"

Lu Yiming blushed. "Mom, did I study for nothing? You're asking such a stupid question. No wonder the teacher said if you master math, physics, and chemistry, you won't be afraid of traveling the world."

"Yiming, you're not stupid, you just lack life experience. Look, the ancients didn't know what alkali was. They only knew that adding wood ash to water would make syrup easier to solidify."

Lu Yiming was comforted. He looked at Su Yan with a smile and said, "Mom is right. Learning cannot be separated from practice. I should learn by watching and not just rote memorizing."

"Yiming, Mom wants to ask you, do you want to study abroad?"

"Mom, how can I study abroad when I haven't even started college yet?"

"There are exchange student places at Kyoto University. You can strive for it when the time comes."

“There can’t be many people going to one school, right?”

"If you work hard, there's still hope. Find a way to stay abroad for both your master's and doctoral studies. You'll know from the news that foreign countries are a hundred years more advanced than China, and it's easier to make money abroad than in China. You can earn money while studying there."

Before her son went to school, Su Yan started to paint a rosy picture for him about studying abroad and making a lot of money. Lu Yiming was so excited after hearing this that he really wanted to go to Manhattan's financial street to take a look.

Su Yan knew that there were 500 places available for studying abroad in the country in 1978, and the graduate school application system was also restored that year. If her son went abroad to study, would she apply for graduate school and buy some treasures abroad to sell?

After thinking about it, it was unrealistic. She had more than one child, and Yiming already had triplets. There would definitely be opportunities to go abroad and shop online in the future. Forget about studying for a master's degree. Why would she study so hard when she could just lie back and relax? She's already old.

After making brown sugar, Su Yan took Lu Yiming to make sweet potato flour with sweet potatoes the next day and the day after. After making sweet potato flour, she helped him pickle mustard greens. It wasn't until the Lantern Festival, when Lu Ting came to spend the holiday with the children, that she stopped to rest.

After the Lantern Festival, he took the triplets to register for the new school. Although Lu Ting had called the school before, the children still took the exam for their school when they went there.

The test paper was the final exam for the first semester of grades four and five. The results were released in the afternoon. The three children performed very well, so the principal put them all in the top class.

In this way, Lu Yining and Lu Yiru were in the same class, and Lu Yian was assigned to Class 1, Grade 5.

The primary school is not far from the courtyard, and it only takes about ten minutes to walk to school. If Su Yan can't make it in the morning, she will ride her tricycle to take them there.