Before they knew it, they were back at the forest farm. Grandma Xu had already prepared a large pot of pork stew with vermicelli and steamed hot white flour buns.
"The kids have been taking exams for two days, they must be exhausted. Let them eat their fill tonight!"
Shen Jingyan felt that Xu Honglin was a guest, so she invited Gu Zhiyun and Yang Zinuo to set up a table of food in her dormitory to entertain Xu Honglin.
During the meal, Gu Zhiyun, who was usually quiet, couldn't help but ask all sorts of questions.
When the Academy of Aerospace Sciences was mentioned, a calm expression appeared on his face that I had never seen before, an expression of barely suppressed excitement, longing and yearning.
Xu Honglin didn't hold back and answered every question.
"When my father was young, he studied in five countries and traveled to more than 30 countries. He earned five doctoral degrees. After returning to China, he was entrusted with important responsibilities and formed the first batch of aerospace research teams in my country. He founded the Academy of Aerospace Sciences. He is now an academician and enjoys special government allowances."
Ten years ago, during a test flight, he suffered a brain injury in an accident and had to retire from frontline work. Unwilling to waste his life lying in bed, he volunteered to become a middle school teacher, where he discovered many promising young researchers. Later, for various reasons, he was sent to the countryside. Now, after his rehabilitation, he was taking the train back to the capital, but he got off at the wrong station and ended up here by accident.
After hearing Old Man Xu's resume, Gu Zhiyun and Yang Zinuo were so impressed that they couldn't say any more words of praise.
No wonder when Gu Zhiyun asked Old Man Xu to be his teacher, Old Man Xu arrogantly demanded tuition.
Such a top-tier expert, let alone fifty yuan for a class, even five hundred or five thousand yuan might not be enough to persuade him!
Everyone was amazed by Old Man Xu's status and achievements, but Old Man Xu seemed like an outsider, only concerned with eating and drinking.
Xu Honglin smiled helplessly and said, "Everyone in the world knows my dad is amazing, but he doesn't realize it himself."
After finishing his meal, Old Xu yawned and was about to go to sleep.
Xu Honglin said, "Dad, pack your things and come back with me tomorrow."
Old Xu looked puzzled: "Go back? Go where?"
"Of course, I'm going home!"
Old Xu frowned and said, "Home? I'm at home. What home do you mean, 'go back'?"
Xu Honglin was speechless again.
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"Dad, your home is in the capital. A few days ago, the Ministry of Education sent you a letter inviting you to teach at Beijing University. With the resumption of college entrance examinations, the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Beijing University is short of a discipline leader. They have invited you three or four times."
Upon hearing these words, Gu Zhiyun's eyes lit up instantly, like two burning torches.
His goal is to get into the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Imperial Capital University. If he is successfully admitted, it will mean that Old Man Xu will be his mentor!
Old Xu muttered, "I see."
Xu Honglin coaxed him like a child, saying, "Dad, we need to go back as soon as possible. School starts after the New Year, so you need to prepare in advance, right?"
Old Xu glanced at Shen Jingyan with reluctance: "If I leave, what will happen to my granddaughter?"
Yang Zinuo blurted out the truth: "You're afraid that if you go back to the capital, you won't be able to eat Jingya's cooking, right?"
Old Xu, whose secret had been exposed, said angrily, "I love my granddaughter's cooking, so what? You eat it every day too!"
Shen Jingyan smiled and said, "Grandpa, I'm going to go to university in the capital in the future, so I'll have plenty of opportunities to cook for you."
"Yes, yes, otherwise I'll bring Jingya to the capital too, and I'll recognize her as my goddaughter!"
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Xu Honglin quickly expressed his opinion.
Old Man Xu glared at Xu Honglin with displeasure: "What are you saying! You are his biological father, why would you acknowledge him as a goddaughter!"
Xu Honglin wore a bewildered expression again: "Dad, I have a daughter, Feifei. Don't you remember Feifei?"
Old Xu looked bewildered: "Who is Feifei?"
Xu Honglin: "..."
I'm so tired, but I still have to keep smiling and patient.
Old Xu sat down on the kang (a heated brick bed), looking as if he wanted to stick his buttocks to the headboard.
"Well, isn't school starting after the New Year? There's no rush to leave now! I still need to guide the students on choosing their universities. I can go back and prepare after the students receive their acceptance letters!"
Xu Honglin knew Old Man Xu's temperament. Even if his mind was unclear and he didn't even remember who he was, he still had to see things through to the end.
"But Dad, I have work to do and can't stay here with you all the time."
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Xu Honglin wanted to offer one last word of advice.
Old Xu looked at Jingya and said, "You go about your business. I have Jingya to take care of you."
Xu Honglin had no choice but to compromise.
She said calmly, "Uncle, don't worry, I will take good care of Grandpa."
The next day, Xu Honglin had to rush back to the capital.
Before leaving, he took out the only eighty yuan he had left and said to Shen Jingyan with some guilt, "Jingya, I know this money is not enough for you to take care of my dad for more than half a year, but it is a small token of my appreciation. Please take it."
Shen Jingyan pushed his hand aside and said with a smile, "Uncle, you're being too polite. Grandpa treats me like his own granddaughter, and I treat him like my own grandfather. Besides, he taught us for more than half a year and helped us review day and night. We can never repay this kindness."
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