On the morning of the 6th, Wu Tong got up early as usual, did his usual morning exercises on the balcony, and then came out to have breakfast with his parents who were at home on their day off.
There was no rule in their family about not talking while eating or sleeping. While eating breakfast, Jin Yu and Wu Jingzhong talked about their daily life and about going downstairs to celebrate the festival in the evening.
"It's a nice day today. Let's take the quilts out to dry in the sun!" In winter, when the sun comes out, Jin Yu likes to dry the quilts diligently. He did not change this habit after coming to Shangjing.
Back home, I had to go upstairs and carry them to the drying line on the roof. Now that my balcony is big, I don’t have to worry about the space for drying.
A warm quilt with the warmth and scent of the sun will help you sleep more soundly all night.
"I'll help you later!" Setting up the drying rack and carrying the quilt, Wu Jingzhong prepared to lend a hand to his wife. The home was well heated, and while the quilt wasn't thick, it was light and soft. However, the quilts at home were large, making them more convenient for multiple people.
Anyway, he has nothing to do at home on weekends, so he can do more work that requires attention. This is the essence of a couple's increasingly strong love. No lover likes a considerate and discerning husband.
"My younger brother suggested that we spend the New Year at our house and go to their place on the 15th!" This was something that had been arranged in advance, and Jin Yu was just repeating it as a reminder.
"Tongtong, are you still going to school this Saturday? Do you have anything important to do tonight? If not, come home early to celebrate the Lantern Festival!" It is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, a family reunion festival. Xinxin is thousands of miles away and cannot come back. It is a happy comfort for Tongtong to come home early to accompany the two elders.
"I'm not going to school today. I've been invited to attend a meeting at the Great Hall. I'll try to come back early this afternoon!" After estimating the meeting time, she thought it should be finished in the morning. If she could talk to her teachers and seniors, she should be able to get home as soon as possible before two or three in the afternoon.
Wu Tong put down her dishes and prepared to wait for her parents to finish eating. She helped clean up and took the food to the kitchen before returning to her room to change into formal attire. The conference was to begin at nine o'clock and officially begin at ten, so there was still plenty of time.
"Attending a meeting at the Great Hall?" Jin Yu and Wu Jingzhong were stunned. Their surprise wasn't the fact that their daughter could attend a meeting at the Great Hall. After all, Wu Tong had already held academic conferences there twice. However, that didn't mean any meeting could be held there. Any meeting that could be held at the Great Hall was truly extraordinary.
When they have a meeting, they would at most go to the unit's conference room. Tongtong was invited to attend the meeting in the Great Hall. Such a meeting place and this feeling made Wu Jingzhong and Jin Yu feel naturally proud.
The Great Hall! Who knows what kind of meeting it was. They were already quite content to have been able to enter it twice in their lifetime thanks to Tongtong's significant achievements.
"The National Science and Technology Awards Conference, on the tenth day of the first lunar month, was an invitation from Minister Chu to me!" Unsure of his eligibility, Wu Tong hadn't mentioned it to his family since he'd been deeply studying. However, it wasn't something to be kept secret, and seeing his parents' curiosity, Wu Tong spoke frankly.
"Oh... I remember now. It's true. I think a colleague mentioned it!" Wu Jingzhong suddenly remembered something he'd heard before, but hadn't taken it seriously. It was rumored that another meeting was going to be held at the Great Hall. But at the time, it wasn't related to the Two Sessions, so he hadn't paid much attention.
"Yes, today's main event is the awards ceremony, so I don't think it'll take too long. I'll be back early!" Seeing her parents finish breakfast, Wu Tong prepared to clean up the dishes. Her parents never let her do any housework, so Wu Tong helped out with these small things. Wu Tong had previously asked her family about hiring a nanny, but her parents had rejected the idea.
Wu Jingzhong and Jin Yu felt that there were not too many houseworks at home, and their work was not particularly heavy, so they could just lend a hand and do it. There was no need to have an extra outsider at home. Moreover, considering Wu Tong's safety, they firmly disagreed to hire more people.
"Tongtong, we have important business to attend to. Go and do your own thing. Your dad and I will take care of these few bowls!" When they heard that they were going to the Great Hall to attend a meeting, Jin Yu quickly urged Wu Tong to make preparations. Even if Tongtong was not going to receive the award, they were all looking forward to Tongtong and going to the meeting in high spirits.
They were both experienced people and understood that being able to participate in such a meeting was already a great affirmation. Tongtong was still young, but to be invited to such a meeting was already impressive!
Well, Wu Tong knew that he could not outsmart his parents and there was no room for him to intervene, so he did not insist any longer. He spread his hands helplessly to his parents, turned back to the room, washed up, packed up and changed into formal clothes.
At eight o'clock, Wu Tong packed up and met up with Cai Yi, An Wenshu who were already waiting upstairs. He said goodbye to his parents, went downstairs, got in the car and went out.
Yanyuan was less than a forty-minute drive from the Great Hall, and the journey was smooth. Wu Tong arrived at the Great Hall at just before 8:40. She had initially thought she wasn't too late, but when she passed through security and followed the concierge into the conference hall, she discovered it was already packed with people, a truly spectacular occasion.
"Wu Tong, this way!" Dean Pan, Professor Cheng, and several other invited experts from Peking University were already in the group. Professor Cheng spotted Wu Tong from afar and greeted him with a smile.
They arrived earlier and didn't see Wu Tong, so they waited for a while chatting in a vacant place near the entrance. It was also a good opportunity to say hello to old acquaintances who had arrived one after another.
Seeing Wu Tong enter, everyone couldn't help but smile even more. Everyone with a discerning eye knew that Wu Tong would be one of the absolute protagonists of today's meeting. The combined weight of the Goldbach conjecture and the NS-proof was truly immense.
"Teacher, Dean Pan, Teacher Zhou, Academician Tian..." Wu Tong addressed them one by one, greeting them one by one. When Wu Tong's eyes finally caught sight of the mature and steady middle-aged man beside Elder Cheng, she couldn't help but smile and call him again, "Big Brother!" It was Teacher's founding disciple, Academician Zhang Shaoming. Addressing him as Academician Zhang was too unfamiliar, so Wu Tong simply addressed him as Big Brother.
"I'm late!" She felt really embarrassed to make all the teachers wait for her. She should have left earlier.
"Not late, not late, we arrived early. Arriving before the meeting is never late! It's just that, for meetings like this, everyone usually arrives an hour or two early, taking this opportunity to connect with their domestic counterparts! We came early to chat with old friends, so you can just come as usual!"
Elder Cheng pointed out the reason for the grand occasion in the field. He knew that Wu Tong was not very keen on socializing with others, so he added a special instruction at the end.
With Wu Tong's current achievements, no one has the right to force her to do something she doesn't like. In this venue, countless people wanted to make friends with Wu Tong.
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