Just as Li Shishi was about to say something, she saw a rather handsome young man standing at the door. She patted Pang Tao, who was still asking her for wine, and said, "We have guests. Why didn't you tell me in advance? I didn't prepare any dishes!"
Pang Tao immediately turned around and said, "Xiao Yuan, sit down first. I have something to discuss with your master's wife." After saying that, he pushed Li Shishi into the bedroom and then said with a smile, "Wife, well, since someone's here, I'll have a drink with him tonight."
Li Shishi asked, "Who is this young man?"
Pang Tao's eyes were still on the wine bottle in Li Shishi's hand when he casually said, "You know, Lu Yuan, he was a college student in 1978 when the college entrance examination was first reinstated. The key point is that he is very good at mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and he is very sensitive to numbers. This is exactly what I need."
Seeing the way Pang Tao's eyes lit up when he mentioned the young men outside, Li Shishi smiled, placed the wine bottle in her hand in Pang Tao's hand, and said, "Go ahead, I'll go prepare two more snacks to go with the wine."
Pang Tao looked at the extra wine bottle in his hand with some disbelief, chuckled, kissed Li Shishi on the cheek, and said, "You know, it has to be your own wife. She can think of what I want right away."
Li Shishi rolled her eyes at him, but she was also very happy that he had taken the initiative to kiss her, as if they had returned to the time when they had just gotten married more than 20 years ago.
Pang Tao smiled and took the wine out the door, but not seeing that Lu Yuan was far away, he wondered, "Where did that kid run off to?"
When Li Shishi came out, she saw Pang Tao standing there muttering to himself, so she asked, "What about the long road you mentioned?"
Pang Tao shook his head and said, "How would I know? I just went inside to discuss a bottle of wine, and that kid just disappeared."
Hearing a sound coming from the kitchen, Li Shishi went over and saw Lu Yuan wearing an apron and cooking two dishes. When he saw Li Shishi standing at the door in surprise, he smiled and said, "Teacher's wife, I have a big appetite, hehe, so I went out to buy some things and cooked two dishes with the fire at home to have with my teacher."
Li Shishi thought about it and realized that she and Pang Tao hadn't been in the bedroom for long, and yet they had already gone to buy groceries and started cooking. Wasn't that a bit too fast?
Pang Tao heard the sound of conversation coming from the kitchen, so he went over. He saw that Lu Yuan had already cooked a dish and plated it. He didn't say anything and just took it out. Li Shishi looked at Pang Tao and wondered if this was really okay.
Lu Yuan quickly cooked the second dish, and Li Shishi brought it out. Lu Yuan then tidied up the kitchen very quickly, took off his apron, and went outside.
Seeing Lu Yuan come out, Li Shishi went into the kitchen to tidy it up. However, the kitchen was already very tidy, the countertops were spotless, and even the floor had been swept. She couldn't help but turn her head to look at the young man who was chatting with Pang Tao. This young man was quite capable. Were there any eligible young women around her area? This young man was definitely a master at managing a household.
When Pang Tao saw Li Shishi standing at the kitchen door, he called out, "Shishi, come over here quickly, let's eat, I'm starving."
Li Shishi agreed and turned to walk back. She looked at Lu Yuan as if she had discovered a treasure. After sitting down, she first picked up a bite of the dish Lu Yuan had cooked. It tasted good, and her eyes brightened even more. Her mind was already thinking about the young women of marriageable age in her husband's family and her own family.
Lu Yuan and Pang Tao were chatting. Li Shishi was listening at first, but gradually she started to bring up some personal topics. When she learned that Lu Yuan's family was in Beijing, she hesitated. She wondered if Nana and Xiaofei could accept marrying so far away.
When Lu Yuan first asked Li Shishi about his personal life, he simply assumed that since he had become Professor Pang's student and been brought into his research team, she wanted to get to know him better. So he briefly explained his situation. However, when Li Shishi mentioned that she didn't have anyone she liked, he had a sudden realization that things weren't as simple as he thought.
Li Shishi smiled and said, "Lu Yuan, your family is in Beijing, why would they let you take the exam for a university here?"
Lu Yuan said, "Master's wife, I passed the college entrance exam through the military."
Li Shishi was taken aback: "You were a soldier?"
Lu Yuan nodded.
Looking at Lu Yuan's upright posture and the cleanliness of the kitchen, Li Shishi felt that everything made sense. Soldiers were always very tidy. She asked, "Will you go back to the army after you graduate from university?"
Lu Yuan: "My superiors in the army naturally hope that I will stay, but since I already have family members in the army, they don't need me to continue in the army. They would prefer me to do what I like."
Li Shishi wanted to ask more questions, but then she heard Pang Tao say, "Lu Yuan, our country is lagging behind in many aspects right now, and we need young people like you to strengthen our country's defense capabilities and make it a military power!"
Li Shishi nodded to Lu Yuan and said, "Teacher, our country needs selfless people like you to lead us beginners forward."
These words suddenly took on a higher level and were no longer suitable for the previous topic, so Li Shishi had no choice but to back down for the time being.
After finishing their meal, Pang Tao went to the kitchen to wash the dishes with practiced ease, which prompted Li Shishi to bring up the topic again: "Xiao Lu, are you planning to stay at the university in the future?"
Lu Yuan shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about it yet. I plan to go straight to graduate school, so I won't be leaving Harbin anytime soon."
Li Shishi's eyes lit up: "You're over twenty this year, do you have a girl you like at school?"
Lu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, they had reached this topic. He smiled and said, "I do have a girl I like, but she's not a student at our school."
Li Shishi was taken aback, thinking that maybe he was from his hometown, so she said, "Aren't you a college student from around here? That's okay, are you working now?"
Lu Yuan laughed and said, "She's not from Harbin Institute of Technology, she's a student at Northeast Agricultural University. We've known each other for many years, we're practically childhood sweethearts!" Well, you could say that, after all, Duo Duo was a beautiful young girl back then.
Li Shishi was a little depressed when she heard this. They were childhood sweethearts, had known each other for many years, and were college students. It seemed that neither Nana nor Xiaofei had a chance with any of these qualities.
After seeing Li Shishi fall silent, Lu Yuan knew that the matter should be over.
Pang Tao came out of the kitchen and saw the two people staring at each other in silence. He then said to Lu Yuan, "Lu, come with me for a moment."
Li Shishi watched the two people enter the study and breathed a sigh of relief. Oh well, they weren't interested, and she couldn't force them to agree!
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