Gu Chengfeng folded the political review report into a small square, shoved it into his breast pocket, and touched it carefully.
"Let's go eat in the cafeteria."
He invited Feng Yanzhou to come along, but Feng Yanzhou frowned and said unhappily, "What? I went all the way to the countryside to help you with something, and you can't even afford to treat me to a meal?"
Gu Chengfeng couldn't do anything about him. Feng Yanzhou played a crucial role in making his relationship with Shen Sisi possible.
"Alright, let's go!"
Feng Yanzhou's lips curled up slightly, his eyes crinkling with laughter: "That's more like it... I'm definitely going to make you pay today."
The two brothers went to the state-run restaurant arm in arm and ordered a table full of dishes, but Gu Chengfeng didn't even look at the other dishes, only opening the lunchbox that Chen Sisi had prepared.
The aroma wafted out, and the box was filled with a thick, milky-white broth. The tender pig's trotters piled up to the brim. Gu Chengfeng's Adam's apple bobbed, and his pupils widened in surprise.
This was specially made for him by Shen Sisi!
"Oh, that's great, you even brought your own pig's trotters." Feng Yanzhou reached out with his chopsticks to pick up some meat, but was slapped away by a strong force.
"This was made by Sisi for me, there's no share for you."
"Oh my, so this is Sisi? Things are progressing well..." Feng Yanzhou was so jealous he felt like his teeth were going to fall out.
Gu Chengfeng, protecting his lunchbox with one hand, picked up a piece of twice-cooked pork with the other and stuffed it into Feng Yanzhou's bowl: "Eat your food, stop talking..."
After returning home, Chen Sisi and Niu Niu enjoyed a hearty and delicious meal.
After dinner, Niu Niu read some children's books and then pestered Chen Sisi to tell her a story.
The story of "Chang'e Flying to the Moon" was only half told when Niu Niu fell asleep leaning against the headboard.
Shen Sisi gently covered her with the blanket and yawned as well.
But she couldn't sleep; the medicinal herbs on the stove were waiting for her to process.
Steamed or boiled Chinese herbs are crushed into juice according to a certain ratio, and once a certain concentration is reached, they can be mixed into edible oil.
It still needs to go through several complicated processes before it can finally be made into her Golden Phoenix brand medicinal oil.
After completing the batch ordered by Cao Hua, she also made more than a dozen extra bottles as stock.
The remaining soybean oil was then used by Shen Sisi in a traditional soaking method to allow it to slowly absorb the essence of the herbs, and then stored separately in a sealed cabinet.
Both oils have similar effects, but the former has a more complicated process, while the latter is much easier.
A few hours later, Niu Niu woke up from her dream and saw her mother sitting under the lamp, writing and drawing.
Chen Sisi was carefully calculating the cost of the medicinal oil.
She had already selected a batch of small brown glass medicine bottles. They were a bit pricey, costing 50 cents each, but they were of good quality and had a large capacity, with each bottle holding 50 milliliters of medicine oil.
Ten bottles equal one pound of medicinal oil.
As for the cost of gas... she couldn't use the cheap price that Brother Dao gave her, so she had to calculate it based on the market price.
Soybean oil costs 74 cents a pound, so if you divide it into ten portions, it's 74 cents a pound. Then there's the cost of the glass bottle, the medicinal herbs, the firewood for boiling, labor, and so on…
The cost price of each bottle is at least 1.2 yuan, while the price of medicated oil on the market ranges from a few cents to 2 yuan, but the effect is... less than satisfactory.
She has great confidence in her medicated oil. It's no exaggeration to say that this small bottle of medicated oil is equivalent to several bottles of ordinary medicated oil.
After much deliberation, she made up her mind and set the price at three yuan.
Three yuan is not a small amount, and this price will scare away a lot of people, but you get what you pay for, and I believe that anyone who has used the medicated oil will feel that it is worth the money.
That same day, she bought thirty glass bottles and funnels and began filling them.
Because she uses a small amount, the stickers on the bottles are all hand-drawn.
It looks quite decent.
She put the medicated oil into the basket, and gave an extra bottle to Cao Hua, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the next day.
After a long day, she was covered in the strong smell of medicinal oil, which made Niu Niu cough uncontrollably.
Since Niu Niu fell ill, she has become extremely sensitive to smells, and many smells can irritate her.
After carefully settling Niu Niu in, Chen Sisi turned around and went to the kitchen to boil a pot of water, carrying the large bucket into the bathroom.
Soon, the sound of flowing water could be heard from inside...
Gu Chengfeng went to the recruit training camp that evening and returned quite late.
But he insisted on going back, eager to tell her the good news: she had passed the political background check!
He pushed open the courtyard gate, and as soon as he reached the entrance, his keen ears heard the sound of water dripping inside, exceptionally clear in the night.
The sound of rushing water poured down from above, crashing against his heart.
One after another.
Gu Chengfeng suddenly couldn't walk anymore; his mouth was inexplicably dry tonight.
I felt a bit warmer than usual.
He stood at the doorway, letting the cold wind blow on him for a long time, but it couldn't dispel the turmoil in his heart...
It's rare for me to relax and contemplate, and my mind and body feel refreshed.
The child was already asleep, and there were no outsiders in the room, so she simply wore only a shirt that barely reached her thighs.
The thin white shirt couldn't hide her curvaceous figure at all; the glimpses of her body were incredibly alluring.
She bent down to wipe the water droplets from her hair, and with a slight twist of her waist, her half-dry hair was tossed behind her.
When Gu Chengfeng entered the room, he looked down and saw two legs that were so white they seemed to glow, as well as her terrified face.
He swallowed, his throat becoming even drier!
For a moment, Shen Sisi didn't know whether to cover her chest or her face with her hand.
Gu Chengfeng quickly turned around, his fingers gripping the door lock tightly: "I'm sorry, I didn't know you weren't dressed properly..."
Chen Sisi felt so hot she was about to catch fire. She grabbed her clothes from the stool and rushed into the room.
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