Chapter 237 Jade Shatters and Three Disasters
This was the first time Lin Shanshan had ever lost her temper like this. Normally, Gu Yiye would have given in and coaxed his wife long ago.
But this time it won't work. My wife is pregnant with four babies. How can she go to the battlefield with me?
"Wife, don't cry. I promise you, I will come back safe and sound."
Gu Yiye gently wiped away Lin Shanshan's tears and whispered a promise.
With her husband's reassurance, Lin Shanshan gradually calmed down and realized that going to the turbulent border with her big belly would only cause more trouble.
"I can choose not to go, but I'll have to ask the faculty and students in the communications department if they'd like to go."
Gu Yiye was about to stop her when Lin Shanshan spoke first: "The rise and fall of a nation is the responsibility of every citizen. Moreover, I believe that you and your comrades can guarantee the safety of the teachers and students."
“Husband, as a patriotic Chinese, I will not stand idly by when the country needs help.”
"Just let me ask, okay? Honey."
Lin Shanshan pleaded softly with red eyes, and Gu Yiye couldn't bring himself to refuse.
Moreover, if unmanned combat aircraft can be deployed, the casualties among soldiers can be minimized.
Gu Yiye nodded and said, "Let's go back to the dormitory to eat first, and then go to the classroom to ask after evening self-study."
"Okay." At this time, the teachers and students are all eating, and the classroom is nowhere to be found. Even though Lin Shanshan was anxious, she couldn't let others go hungry.
In the snow, Gu Yiye held Lin Shanshan's hand with one hand and held an umbrella with the other to shield his wife from the falling snowflakes.
Gu Xiang had already prepared four dishes and a soup, and the rice was also cooked.
"Uncle, Aunt, you're back!" Gu Ai'ai was practicing her pinyin. Seeing Gu Yiye and Lin Shanshan return, she greeted them happily.
"Mom, can we eat now?" Gu Xiang had said that she would have to wait for her uncle and aunt to come back before eating. Now that they were back, they should be able to eat.
Gu Xiang was tidying up in the kitchen when she heard Gu Ai'ai's words. She came out and said, "We have to wait a little while. We can eat when Uncle makes the Jade Year Three Eliminations."
"Jade Shatters Three Eliminations" is a dish where a knife fish is placed on rice with its back pressed against the rice and steamed until cooked. After cooking, the fish scales, bones, and internal organs disappear. This is the origin of the name "Jade Shatters Three Eliminations".
The scales of the knife fish contain a lot of fat, which dissolves when heated—that's easy. The internal organs, of course, won't dissolve due to the high temperature. Gu Yiye is carefully inserting chopsticks into the fish's belly to remove the internal organs.
Finally, there were the fish bones. Gu Yiye used small nails to fix the knife fish to the pot lid. Under high temperature steaming, the fish meat would automatically fall onto the rice, while the fish bones would remain on the pot lid.
In this way, the fish scales, bones, and internal organs all disappear.
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As the aroma wafted out, Gu Yiye lifted the lid of the pot.
The fish meat, like broken pieces of white jade, is scattered on the rice. This unique cooking method preserves the freshness of the ribbonfish to the maximum extent.
Grandpa Ren gave a lot of fish, enough for four people. Gu Xiang knew that such a person was precious, so she used the excuse that she didn't like fish to avoid serving Suiyu Suisanxiao. This good stuff had to be saved for her sister-in-law.
"Shanshan, you're pregnant, eat more."
"Thank you, big sister."
Lin Shanshan was preoccupied with something on her mind, and barely spoke at the dinner table, eating her rice numbly like a machine.
When it was finally time for evening self-study, Lin Shanshan dragged Gu Yiye to the Department of Communications.
In the 1970s, telecommunications engineering was a relatively unpopular field, and not many students chose to study it; there was just one class.
There were only four teachers in the Communications Engineering major. When Lin Shanshan arrived, she called out to all the teachers in the dormitory building and brought them to the classroom.
Once all the teachers and students had arrived, Lin Shanshan, standing on the podium, got straight to the point: "Dear teachers and students, I have something to tell you today."
"Now, the border is unstable and the enemy has repeatedly provoked us. The country has now decided to prepare for war."
"If we can build a communications tower on the border now and operate unmanned combat aircraft, our chances of a major victory will be much greater."
Before Lin Shanshan could even ask who was willing to go, almost every teacher and student below raised their hand and shouted in unison, "I'll go, I'll go!"
Gu Yiye's eyes were a little moist as he walked up to the podium and said, "Dear teachers and students, although you don't have to go directly to the battlefield, there are still dangers involved. You must think it through carefully."
Not one of the people below backed down; they remained steadfast in their stance: "I'll go..."
It's impossible for the whole class to go, so Gu Yiye said, "Those with babies or elderly people at home who need care can't go, and those under 20 years old can't go."
No one lowered their hands, which were still raised high.
One student exclaimed, "At the opening ceremony, Principal Lin said that dignity lies only on the edge of a sword, and truth lies only within the range of a cannon. As university students, we have knowledge and should serve our country, extending the range of our artillery."
Lin Shanshan said, "Everyone, I know you all want to serve the country, but we don't need so many people this time. Listen to Platoon Leader Gu, those who don't meet the requirements should put down their hands."
“The school has records, so there’s no need to hide anything,” Lin Shanshan emphasized.
Upon hearing this, some of the teachers and students, some of whom were under 20 and had elderly or young children at home, regretfully put down their hands.
Even so, there are still more than 20.
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