Chapter 197 A Great River
The cafeteria at Xinghuo University of Science and Technology.
Gu Ai'ai looked at the table full of dishes and swallowed hard.
"Auntie, the meat smells so good!"
Lin Shanshan picked up a piece of spare rib for Gu Ai'ai: "It smells so good, then eat more."
Gu Yiye filled a large bowl with rice and served one bowl each to Gu Xiang and Gu Ai'ai. After thinking for a moment, he also added a bowl for himself.
My eldest sister is new here, and I'd feel bad if I didn't eat with them.
He then asked Lin Shanshan, "Wife, do you eat rice?"
Lin Shanshan understood Gu Yiye's thoughts and said, "Give me some."
Lin Shanshan didn't have the habit of not talking while eating or sleeping. After Gu Xiang had eaten most of her rice, she said, "Big sister, I'll give you 30 yuan a month if you come all this way to take care of me. How about that?"
Gu Xiang hurriedly said, "Shanshan, that's too much. In the countryside, you can't even earn 30 in half a year. Just make sure you can feed me and Ai Ai enough."
Gu Ai'ai had already heard her mother say on the train that they were coming to take care of her aunt and younger siblings, and she nodded in agreement.
"Yes, Auntie, I love my younger brothers and sisters too. My mom and I will take care of them. We don't need money, just enough to feed them."
Gu Yiye laughed: "Food is plentiful, big sister. Shanshan is pregnant with quadruplets. You'll definitely be tired taking care of the babies. Also, you need to save some money for Ai'ai."
Lin Shanshan: "Yes, big sister, Ai'ai can go to preschool now. There happens to be a primary school in Changde Brigade, so we'll let her go there. It's only a six or seven-minute walk away."
Thinking of her daughter, Gu Xiangcai nodded and accepted the monthly salary of 30 yuan.
She silently vowed to take good care of Lin Shanshan and the babies.
After lunch, I took Gu Xiang and her daughter for a walk around the school so she could familiarize herself with the location of the vegetable garden, which she could then use to pick vegetables for Lin Shanshan in the future.
Gu Ai'ai was only a 5-6 year old child. After traveling for two or three days and having just eaten a full meal, she was sleepy. After wandering around for a while, Gu Xiang carried her to the dormitory to rest.
Gu Yiye and Lin Shanshan went to the laboratory building to see how the research on the robot vacuum cleaner was going.
When they entered, the professors and Yang Qiwen were all focused on their work and didn't see the two of them come in.
Lin Shanshan looked at it for a while and said, "Yang, let's add a speaker to the functionality."
Yang Qiwen then looked up, adjusted his glasses, and asked somewhat confusedly, "Principal Lin, do we need music while sweeping?"
Lin Shanshan: "We're going to the Canton Fair to promote our products. This is a new kind of thing that nobody knows about. We'll use some music to attract everyone's attention."
A younger professor looked up and said, "Yes, we'll listen to Principal Lin."
The professors then stopped what they were doing and began to share their opinions.
"How about we choose Guo Lanying's 'My Motherland'?"
After saying that, she started singing a cappella.
"A wide river flows, its waves surging; the wind carries the fragrance of rice blossoms to both banks..."
The others hummed along softly, and even Gu Yiye started singing.
"This is my beautiful motherland, the place where I grew up."
"Beautiful scenery is everywhere on this vast land..."
Gu Yiye came from the military, so naturally he had an extraordinary love for his country. The professors, having all experienced the darkness before dawn, sang the entire song with tears in their eyes.
Lin Shanshan hummed along in her heart, her eyes brimming with glistening tears.
After everyone finished singing and calmed down, Lin Shanshan spoke up: "Yes, this song represents our China, and I believe overseas Chinese will feel a sense of familiarity when they hear it."
"However, we should add a nursery rhyme."
"Nursery rhymes? What nursery rhymes?" the professors asked.
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