Chapter 73 Sigh... Why do humans make things so difficult for each other?
Normally, there are only two people in Wenmin's office who are very worried about not being able to do their homework, but there has been an additional one in the past two days.
An Fusheng sat upright in front of a desktop computer, his back straight, his hands resting on the mahogany desk. His face was stern, his brows slightly furrowed, and his sharp eyes would occasionally glance at the keyboard and sometimes stare intently at the computer screen.
If a stranger walked in from outside, they would probably assume that this was a young and successful person looking at an important economic analysis report, or perhaps one about a bad economic situation. But if they got closer, they would see that this promising young man was mechanically tapping the keyboard with his two index fingers outstretched like a crab with its pincers out.
"Can't the letters on this keyboard be arranged in order?" An Fusheng complained, frowning.
“All the keyboards are in that order,” Bai Mangmang said.
“But its alphabet order is different from the one we memorized in school,” An Fusheng protested. “Why can’t it be the same? Are you making me learn it that way but not use it? Are you afraid I’ll find the letters too quickly?”
Bai Mangmang shook his head helplessly: "I don't know either. Anyway, there are always many differences. It's like Chinese sentences and English sentences. In Chinese, the sentence is arranged according to subject, verb, and object, but in English, they insist on using an inverted sentence."
An Fusheng nodded.
Bai Mangmang said angrily, "When I become powerful, I'm going to make all the rules the same!"
An Fusheng: "Okay, then you should study hard first."
Bai Mangmang deflated in an instant, "Sigh..."
An Fusheng searched for a long time before finally finding the letter he was looking for. He pressed it down with great force. A word is made up of many letters. He continued to search for the next one with great difficulty. "Sigh... why do humans have to make things so difficult for each other!"
"well…"
"well…"
"Why are you two sighing?" An Fusheng poked his head out from above the computer screen.
"The homework is too hard..." Bai Mangmang said weakly, "I have to do homework every day, and I can never finish it."
Wen Xinglin nodded vigorously.
An Fusheng also expressed his strong agreement.
"There's no ü on this keyboard at all?" An Fusheng frowned.
“Yes, I’ll help you find it.” Bai Mangmang immediately leaned over and pressed the V key with a “snap.” “This is it.”
"Isn't this a V?" An Fusheng stared at the key and confirmed it again and again.
Bai Mangmang nodded, "Yes."
An Fusheng: "Why don't you just write ü on the keyboard?"
Bai Mangmang: "I don't know either. There are just a lot of rules that we don't know about but have to follow."
"Okay." An Fusheng compromised with the diversity of rules and obediently wrote it down in his notebook: V=ü. He continued typing like a sloth.
"Brother, I have a math problem I can't solve. Can you teach me?" Wen Xinglin asked.
An Fusheng decisively threw down the keyboard. "Okay, let me take a look."
Wen Xinglin handed the homework to An Fusheng.
Bai Mangmang, not wanting to work on her own assignment, came over to join in the fun, saying, "Let me take a look too."
She can't do fourth-grade problems, but she can definitely do second-grade problems.
An Fusheng read the following homework question: "In PE class, the teacher asked the students who could jump rope. Xiaohua said, 'I can.' Xiaoming said, 'I can't.' Lili said, 'Xiaohua can't.' If only one of the three students is telling the truth, then which student can jump rope?"
After reading the question aloud, the three of them looked at each other and fell into deep thought.
After a long silence, An Fusheng slowly said, "There are only three people, and each of them only said one sentence, so why does it feel so convoluted?"
Wen Xinglin and Bai Mangmang nodded in agreement.
An Fusheng said, "Shouldn't second graders be doing addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems?"
Wen Xinglin: I've finished all of those; they were word problems.
An Fusheng: "..." This is a terrible word problem; he has never solved it correctly before!
Furthermore, this question is fundamentally flawed; elementary school students shouldn't lie!
Xu Sannian strolled into the office and saw the three of them looking worried. He asked, "What's wrong with you three? Why do you look like you've suffered some great humiliation?"
Wen Xinglin said seriously, "We are thinking about math word problems."
"What kind of question is so profound?" Xu Sannian walked over curiously, glanced at it, and said, "It's very simple."
The three of them looked at Xu Sannian.
Xu Sannian asked, "Don't any of you know how?"
The three blinked their clear, innocent eyes.
"..." Xu Sannian: "Actually, it's very simple."
Three people: You've already said that, so let's get straight to the point!
Xu Sannian cleared his throat and asked, "Xiaohua said she can jump rope, but Lili said Xiaohua can't. Aren't their statements contradictory?"
The three nodded in unison.
Xu Sannian: "Does that mean that one of these two people is telling the truth and the other is lying?"
The three nodded in unison again.
Xu Sannian: "The question says that only one of the three people told the truth, and one of Xiaohua and Lili has already told the truth. Does that mean that Xiaoming must have lied?"
The three thought for a moment and nodded.
Xu Sannian: "What did Xiaoming say?"
Bai Mangmang said, "Xiao Ming said he doesn't know how."
Xu Sannian: "But he was lying."
Bai Mangmang said, "Xiao Ming can actually jump rope."
Seeing that the three of them hadn't reacted yet, Xu Sannian asked, "What question did the question ask you?"
The three finally realized what was happening and exclaimed in unison, "Which of you knows how to jump rope?!"
Xu Sannian raised an eyebrow, looking at the three who seemed to have just woken up from a dream, "So?"
"Wow! Sister Niannian, you're amazing! I still have so many questions I don't know how to answer. Can you teach me?" Bai Mangmang exclaimed in surprise.
Xu Sannian was in a good mood: "Let me take a look."
Half an hour later.
Wen Xinglin hugged his workbook and said, "Sister Niannian, I don't know either."
Xu Sannian: "Let me see."
Another half hour passed.
An Fusheng hesitated and said, "Niannian, I don't know how either."
Xu Sannian looked at An Fusheng: "What's there to not know how to type? You'll get used to it once you've practiced."
An Fusheng: "..."
...
Since learning to type and do accounting, An Fusheng has found cooking to be a real pleasure. He looks forward to cooking time every day. Physical fatigue is nothing compared to mental fatigue!
Given the relatively optimistic sales situation on the first day of business, An Fusheng got up early today to go to the market to buy groceries. Compared to yesterday, he not only increased the quantity of ingredients but also added several new dishes.
Actually, another reason for adding new dishes is that he doesn't have time to cook for the welfare home anymore. He has to cook the dishes from home while he's processing customer orders, so that he can make different dishes every day and prevent his family from eating the same thing every day.
After buying groceries, I wash and prepare them, and then open the ordering system promptly at 10:00 AM.
"Ding!", "Ding!", "Ding!"...
As soon as the system was turned on, orders started popping up one after another.
An Fusheng and Xu Sannian were both stunned.
An Fusheng: "Is business so good today?"
Xu Sannian: "Is there a bug in the system?"
After checking several times and confirming that it was a normal order, the two immediately started the cooking process.
"Niannian, could you please bring over some of that jar of ginger slices that you soaked earlier?"
"OK."
"Niannian, could you please bring the celery over here?"
"OK."
"Nian Nian..."
"Wait a minute, there's a new order. Let me check it first."
...
Soon, the deliverymen arrived one by one.
Today, a large pot of chrysanthemum tea and disposable cups were placed outside for delivery drivers to drink during their breaks. The delivery drivers who came yesterday had already poured themselves some.
Seeing this, the others also poured themselves a glass.
"The boss is so kind; he even prepared hot tea for us."
"That's right. I just finished delivering breakfast and then immediately switched to delivering lunch. I didn't even have time to drink water this morning. I didn't expect to be able to have a cup of hot tea here."
"Yesterday when I came here, I even had sugarcane and pear syrup, which was especially sweet and refreshing."
"The boss is really thoughtful."
"Yes, the key is that the food here looks very clean and smells especially good. I was planning to buy some after my delivery yesterday, but the door was already closed when I got there."
"It's true! I smelled the aroma as soon as I came in. I haven't had breakfast yet, and I suddenly feel really hungry."
"Then why don't you buy one?"
"It's still early, and there aren't many orders yet. You can order one, and it will be ready for you to eat when you get back after your deliveries. You can also have some hot tea while you eat here."
"Good idea." The deliveryman immediately leaned over the counter and asked Xu Sannian to place an order for him.
"Okay." Xu Sannian quickly placed his order.
...
The meals were packed up one by one, and the deliverymen picked up their food and left. Then new deliverymen arrived, and the rest area outside the restaurant remained lively.
An Fusheng and Xu Sannian were so busy in the kitchen that they barely had time to breathe.
...
Shen Xinan finally got to order the delicious food that had been on his mind for a day and a night.
Some things you might only want a little bit, but if you suddenly lose them, they become indispensable. Besides, the food Shen Xinan wanted to eat yesterday but couldn't wasn't just something she wanted a little bit; it was a delicacy He Xi had strongly recommended! She really wanted it!
Last night, Shen Xinan chatted with He Xi and mentioned that she overslept and missed the shop He Xi recommended. He Xi felt sorry for her for a long time and vividly described how delicious the dishes she had for lunch were, which made Shen Xinan so hungry that she couldn't sleep at all last night.
The store's homepage stated that it would open at 10:00 AM, so Shen Xinan set his alarm for 9:59 AM.
Shen Xinan, who usually needs at least three alarms to wake up, opened her eyes the moment the alarm went off today. She quickly grabbed her phone, opened the food delivery app, placed an order, and did it all in one smooth motion.
After ordering his meal, Shen Xinan slept for a while before slowly getting up to wash up. Just as he finished washing up, lunch was delivered.
Shen Xinan's overly enthusiastic welcome to the takeout made the delivery driver feel that his work was very meaningful, and seeing the satisfied look on the customer's face when receiving the food also gave him a great sense of accomplishment.
"I thought the price was higher because of the good taste, but I didn't expect the packaging to be so thoughtful!" Shen Xinan exclaimed as he unwrapped the packaging layer by layer. Even before seeing the food, Shen Xinan was already feeling satisfied.
"Wow! It smells so good!" Shen Xinan smelled the delicious aroma as soon as he opened the lunchbox. "The colors are so pretty too!"
Shen Xinan ordered the braised chicken with soybeans that He Xi strongly recommended, and also ordered her favorite shredded radish with fish and braised beef with tomatoes and potatoes. Three dishes were a bit too much for one person, but what could she do? She wanted to eat them all. However, even if she couldn't finish dinner, she could still eat more. Otherwise, what would she do if the restaurant closed for dinner?
The dishes were still steaming hot, and the rice hadn't even been opened yet, but Shen Xinan had already taken apart the chopsticks and eagerly picked up a piece of beef and put it in his mouth. "Mmm, delicious."
The beef is tender and flavorful yet still has a slight chewiness. The meat fibers are soaked with the sweet and sour tomato broth, and with each bite, your mouth is filled with a rich sweet, sour, and savory flavor.
After eating a piece of beef, the delicious flavor lingered on her lips and teeth. Shen Xinan then picked up a piece of potato and ate it. "Wow, the potato has absorbed the broth from the beef and tomatoes. It's soft, fluffy, and delicious!"
Shen Xinan started eating like that.
"Ah, that's all?" She reached into the food container again with her chopsticks, but couldn't find any pieces of food. She had unknowingly finished a whole plate of tomato, potato, and beef stew.
Shen Xinan opened the lunchbox, scooped half of the rice into the tomato beef stew with potatoes container, mixed the rice and the remaining broth in the container evenly, then used a spoon to scoop a large spoonful of broth to mix with the rice and put it in his mouth. "Ah, so satisfying!"
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Author's note: Let's pretend I never said what I said last night...
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