Chapter 221 Lost weight!
During this period, schools and units only have one day off per week, Sunday.
In the busy study, a week passed quickly.
On Saturday, Su Mei bought some fruit, cigarettes and alcohol, found the note Qin Zhengting left for her, found a tricycle, and took her to the address written on the note.
She had always known that her master was of some importance, but when she arrived at Qin Zhengting's house, Su Mei still stared at the imposing gate for a long time.
Qin Zhengting's home is located near the Forbidden City, and the two adjacent courtyards are his houses.
The area of the courtyard house is much larger than Su Mei's yard.
On the vermilion door, there were two copper rings painted black. Su Mei walked up the steps, grabbed the door rings, and knocked three times gently.
Soon the door was opened from inside the yard. A woman with a slender figure, soft features, and a gentle and noble look stood in the yard. She glanced at Su Mei and found that the person was unfamiliar, so she asked:
"Girl, who are you looking for?"
"Hello, I'm looking for Doctor Qin. My name is Su Mei, and I'm Doctor Qin's apprentice." Su Mei answered while guessing in her heart that the person in front of her was her master's wife.
However, she had never met Qin Zhengting's wife, so in order to avoid making a mistake, she did not rashly express her guess.
When the noble lady heard that the visitor was Su Mei, she immediately laughed:
"It's Su Mei. Hello, I'm your master's lover Dai Yin. I heard Lao Qin mention you. He said that you would come to visit me when you came to the capital, so he asked me to entertain you well!
Come in and sit down quickly. I'm alone at home and I'm almost bored! You come here if you want, but why buy so many things?"
"This is my first visit, I can't come empty-handed. Master's wife, why are you alone? Master and senior brother are not here?" Su Mei followed Master's wife into the yard, asking about Qin Zhengting and Qin Fang.
Dai Yin led Su Mei to the living room and sat her down. After pouring her a cup of tea, she said:
"Qin Fang has already started working. He is a teaching assistant at Yenching University... You haven't met him? I heard from your teacher that you applied to Yenching University."
"I'm at Yanda University. Maybe it's because the university is so big and has so many departments, so I haven't met my senior yet." Su Mei first answered Dai Yin's question, and then asked her, "It's Sunday today, and students and teachers are on holiday. Why is my senior still working?"
"He was supposed to rest, but he had just returned to Yanjing and was not familiar with the studio. He also wanted to be promoted as soon as possible, so he went to school to research projects on weekends.
Originally, when he was in the frontier, he was already a professor in the university. When he came back, his uncle wanted to arrange for him to be a professor directly.
His uncle is the dean of the Chemistry Department of Yenching University, so it would be easy for him to arrange for someone to get in. But your senior brother is stubborn and afraid that others will say that he became a professor through the backdoor, so he insisted on getting in step by step on his own.
If you rely on yourself, you have to work harder." Although Dai Yin said that Qin Fang was stubborn, her eyes were full of smiles, and it can be seen that she is very satisfied with her son.
However, when Su Mei heard Dai Yin say that Qin Wang's uncle was the dean of the School of Chemistry, she seemed to suddenly remember something:
"Master's Wife, my senior brother's uncle, could it be Professor Qin Zhengfeng?"
"Why, do you know him?" Dai Yin said while glancing at Su Mei.
Su Mei nodded: "Yes, Professor Qin Zhengfeng is my current class teacher."
"Ah?" Dai Yin was obviously a little surprised. "He is a professor in the Department of Chemistry. How can a girl like you study chemistry? It's very difficult to learn, and the job you will do in the future will be very hard!"
"I originally studied management." Su Mei said, and told Dai Yin about how she was forced to change her major by the school.
"So that's how it is." Dai Yin nodded after listening to the story of Su Mei's change of major. "That's understandable. The college entrance examination has been cancelled in recent years, and universities have adopted a system of recommendation admission.
Only children with good backgrounds and a good pedigree have the opportunity to be admitted. Students with really good grades are eliminated. This is the case with your senior's school in the border area. Many of the students they recruited have poor grades.
The country is in great need of talent. The college entrance examination was restored because the country has realized that there is a gap in young talent.
With such good grades like yours, you will naturally become a hot commodity that all professors will fight for once you arrive at school. You will definitely not have the opportunity to study unpopular majors."
"That's right, that's why I was forced to choose chemistry as my major." Su Mei smiled helplessly.
Thinking that they had been chatting for a long time but still hadn't talked about where the master had gone, Su Mei brought the topic back to this matter:
"By the way, Master's Wife, you haven't told me where the Master is?"
"I don't even want to mention him. He's still at the border and hasn't come back yet!"
"Why haven't you come back yet?" A month had passed, and Su Mei thought that Qin Zhengting would arrive in Yanjing before her.
Dai Yin said: "Because the clinic has not yet found all the doctors, he has been supporting the clinic alone for so many years. Now that he has recruited three people, he still feels that it is not enough.
He said he would recruit five talents and come back. I don't know how long it will take. I am too lazy to ask him, so I let him stay alone. Your brother and I will go back to Yanjing first."
"Not enough people have been recruited yet!" Su Mei was not surprised. "Oh, I should have guessed it earlier. He is very strict in recruiting people."
"Let's ignore her. Su Mei, you sit here for a while. If you're bored, read the newspaper or watch TV. I'll go see what's in the kitchen and make some lunch for you." Dai Yin said as he stood up.
Su Mei also stood up quickly: "Master's wife, let me cook with you! Just eat a simple meal. My sister-in-law made steamed bread when I came here. I ate one. I'm not too hungry."
It’s the first time here, so you have to eat. It’s polite. Su Mei can’t refuse, nor does she want to refuse.
The master has given her a lot of help in getting to where she is today. It is only natural for her to have a meal with the master's wife during her first visit.
But she was of the younger generation, and there was no reason for her to sit here and let the master's wife cook for her.
Dai Yin was probably really bored being alone, so she didn't reject Su Mei. She brought Su Mei to the kitchen and assigned her some tasks like washing and picking vegetables.
The two chatted while cooking, and soon they finished two dishes and a soup. Dai Yin wanted to make some more, but Su Mei didn't let her do any more:
"Master's wife, this is enough. The two of us can't eat much. The leftovers are not tasty, and it would be a waste to throw them away."
"Okay, you'll have plenty of time to come over in the future, and Master's wife will cook for you then." Dai Yin said as she picked up the plate and walked towards the restaurant.
While eating, Dai Yin asked Su Mei about Li Shufen again:
"By the way, Su Mei, before we started cooking, I heard you say that when you came here, you ate the steamed buns made by your sister-in-law?
As far as I know, you are from the south, how come you have a sister-in-law in the north?"
"She is my husband's sister-in-law. I brought her here." Su Mei said, and then told Dai Yin about Li Shufen, how she took Li Shufen away, and how she bought a yard in Yanjing for Li Shufen to live in.
Dai Yin sighed when she heard this:
"Most women have miserable lives, and many of them never find redemption in their entire lives. Your sister-in-law is very lucky. She met you."
Su Mei smiled when she heard this. She did not deny that her appearance gave Li Shufen an opportunity.
But Su Mei felt that the one who truly saved Li Shufen was herself. If she had not made Su Mei see her value, she probably would not have been able to do this.
After finishing her meal with Dai Yin and clearing away the dishes, Su Mei said goodbye to Dai Yin and left the Qin family.
It was still early when she left, so Su Mei went shopping in a nearby department store. She bought some daily necessities, paper and pens, and some cloth, then hailed a taxi to go home.
After a few days, vegetables had been planted in the open space in the yard, and the vegetable rows were neatly arranged.
Li Shufen covered the walls of the house with old newspapers that Su Mei brought back from school, and she tidied up every corner of the house.
When she got home, Su Mei took out a pen and paper, called Qiuqiu over, and said to her:
"From today on, Auntie will teach you how to read."
When Qiuqiu heard about learning to read, she danced with joy. She knew that her two older brothers from her second uncle's family were learning to read, but she had no chance to go to school due to her poor health.
She didn't expect that her aunt would teach her to read.
Qiuqiu quickly moved a small stool with her short legs and sat next to Su Mei, sitting upright with an expression like a serious little adult.
Su Mei had no teaching experience, so she could only teach Qiuqiu based on the basics she remembered, starting with numbers and pinyin, and also teaching her to recite 300 Tang poems.
Li Shufen, who was standing by, looked at her daughter's childish voice and her learning in great detail, and couldn't help but reveal a rare smile on her face.
Li Shufen did not thank Su Mei because she knew that at this point, it was meaningless to say those polite words.
Seeing Qiuqiu studying, Li Shufen watched from a distance at first, then she walked closer and stood next to Qiuqiu, secretly remembering the knowledge that Su Mei taught Qiuqiu.
Su Mei saw this action and she simply handed Li Shufen a pen:
"Sister-in-law, I will give Qiuqiu lessons in the future, and you can learn along with me."
At first, Li Shufen was a little embarrassed, but with Su Mei's encouragement, she followed Qiu Qiu and read out the pinyin aloud:
"ā á ǎ à: the first tone is flat, the second tone is rising, the third tone is curved, and the fourth tone is falling."
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On the first day, Su Mei only taught the four syllables of a. After teaching Li Shufen, she asked Li Shufen to practice with Qiuqiu when she had nothing to do at home.
After teaching pinyin, Su Mei took out a pencil and drew some modern-style skirts.
In modern times, when she was a doctor, she learned sketching in order to draw bones with appropriate proportions, so her painting skills are good and those modern skirts look very realistic in her drawings.
After drawing the skirt, Su Mei handed the drawing, fabric, needle and thread, ruler and scissors to Li Shufen, and communicated the general details of the skirt to Li Shufen.
Let Li Shufen try to recreate those modern skirts according to the patterns in the pictures.
For Li Shufen, needlework was obviously easier than reading. She held the cloth and drawing paper and pondered for a while. She already had an idea of the general shape of the skirt in her mind.
"Su Mei, I have never made a skirt like the one you mentioned, but I think the steps for sewing are similar, it's just cutting first and then sewing.
I will make the simplest pattern first, and if you are satisfied with it, I will make other ones...try not to waste your fabrics."
"I believe you won't misunderstand, sister-in-law. The cloth shoes and pillowcases you made are so beautiful. I am very optimistic about your craftsmanship. Please do your best." Since Su Mei dared to spend money to buy expensive fabrics, she never worried that the fabrics would be ruined in Li Shufen's hands.
In the following days, Li Shufen had something to do. During the day, she made clothes at home and took care of Qiuqiu. When Su Mei came home at night, she studied with Qiuqiu.
In this way, Li Shufen has a fulfilling life.
In such a busy time, half a month passed quickly.
Li Shufen's skirt was finally finished. When Su Mei got the finished product after get off work, she was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
The picture she drew only showed the general style of the skirt.
But the finished product made by Li Shufen was made of fabric with patterns, and embroidered with delicate patterns with needle and thread. Every detail of the skirt was so beautiful that Su Mei was amazed:
"Sister-in-law, this skirt of yours is a hand-made high-end custom-made item. You really surprise me!"
These days, Li Shufen has been praised by Su Mei more than once. She praised her for the delicious food she cooked, and for being smart and learning to read quickly... Li Shufen has become accustomed to such compliments, and has become more confident in the face of such compliments.
The next day, Su Mei went to school wearing the skirt made by Li Shufen.
From the time she left home to the time she walked to school, people turned their heads all the way. Su Mei put on light makeup, and the clothes made by Li Shufen perfectly outlined the advantages of her body. This made her, after the time travel, become a beauty that attracted the attention of passers-by for the first time.
On the street, people just stared at Su Mei's clothes.
When they arrived at the classroom, several girls in the class surrounded Su Mei and asked her where she bought her clothes.
There were even girls from the next class who came over and wanted to buy the same clothes as Su Mei.
Su Mei told them directly that the skirt was designed by herself and handmade by her sister-in-law. Although the classmates were envious, they could only envy with red eyes.
Because at that time, private transactions were not allowed. Even if they liked the skirt Su Mei was wearing, they could not spend money to buy it from Su Mei's sister-in-law.
Originally, Su Mei asked Li Shufen to make a skirt just to give her something to do so that she wouldn't have any random thoughts all day.
Unexpectedly, she attracted attention and praise after wearing it, which made Su Mei more confident in opening a high-end custom clothing store within a year.
Su Mei spent the whole day under the watchful eyes of her students.
Finally, it was time to go home after school. Su Mei packed up her things and prepared to go home. This was the first time that she was noticed as a beauty since she traveled through time.
This made her feel that all the hard work she had put in to lose weight over the past year was worth it.
After going out, Su Mei held her head high and chest out, confidently accepting the gazes of passers-by. She walked all the way to the school gate and was suddenly locked by a pair of burning gazes.
Those burning eyes, through the layers of people, scanned Su Mei from head to toe. Finally, his eyes deepened slightly, and he said in a hoarse voice:
“You’ve lost weight!”