"This is Jun Yan's childhood friend Gao Caixue, and this is Su Jinghui, a classmate of Jun Yan and me, and Mrs. Su, Chu Qingqing."
"The person next to me is Jun Yan's patient, Huang Wanzhen."
Huang Wanzhen showed her eight-toothed smile, extended her right hand, and stepped forward to shake hands with everyone. "Hello, Mr. Gao. This is just a small gift, my humble opinion."
"Hello, Mr. Su. This is the soap we make at Jixiangtang. Please accept it."
"Mrs. Su, nice to meet you. I didn't expect to meet such a beautiful lady today. This is the floral soap I made myself. Please try it. If you like it, feel free to come to Jixiangtang on Dengshikou Street. We have many other women's cosmetics that I guarantee you will like."
After giving out the soaps, Huang Wanzhen smiled and took out her business cards and distributed them one by one.
"Why is there no phone number on your business card?" Mrs. Su said as she flipped the business card back and forth.
Huang Wanzhen smiled and replied, "Our shop has just opened and we haven't had time to install a phone yet. I'll let you know when it's installed."
Mrs. Su smiled and looked up at Huang Wanzhen. "Yes! Now, from applying for a phone to having it installed, it takes at least three months."
Mrs. Su had an oval face, thin eyebrows, and a small mouth, which made her look very delicate. Her hair was the most popular spring curls at the time. She wore a yellow dress and looked like a delicate flower raised by a wealthy family.
"Yes! It's really difficult to install a phone." Huang Wanzhen agreed with a smile.
Chu Yanzhi sat down on the sofa, crossed his legs, and let everyone's eyes fall on him. "Then you should try to curry favor with Mrs. Su today. She works at the telephone bureau. If you want to install a phone, isn't it just a matter of her saying a word?!"
Mrs. Su leaned on Su Jinghui like a little bird, and whispered softly, "Look at what Yanzhi said, as if I have to flatter him before he will help me. Miss Huang, please don't misunderstand me, I'm not that kind of person."
Huang Wanzhen ignored the deeper meaning of Mrs. Su's words and flattered her directly,
"Mrs. Su is such a gentle and beautiful woman. Even if I misunderstood her, I would still be willing to get close to her."
"As for the telephone installation, if you're willing to help, it's a favor. If you're not, it's my duty. Anyway, I can't find fault with a person as dazzling as Mrs. Su."
"Haha, Miss Huang really has a clever mouth." Mrs. Su covered her mouth and fell on Su Jinghui with her hands, laughing.
Su Jinghui quickly put his arm around her waist and said, "Okay, let's sit down and try the snacks that Jun Yan prepared."
When Shen Junyan brought out the pizza, everyone praised him again.
"We haven't gotten together for a long time. What books have you read recently?" Shen Junyan said as he distributed pizza to everyone.
"I thought you had changed, but you're still a nerd." Gao Caixue picked up the pizza he had just received from the plate, took a big bite, and half of it disappeared.
"Yes! Jun Yan, when you invited me, you didn't say that today's gathering was a reading salon." Chu Yanzhi took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands carefully. He even wiped his little finger back and forth twice.
When Huang Wanzhen saw this, she kept saying to herself that Chu Yanzhi must have mysophobia.
"Well, I didn't say it was a book salon. I just wanted to find a topic for everyone." Shen Junyan took a piece of pizza and sat on the sofa.
As if thinking of something, he turned his head to look at Huang Wanzhen, "By the way, Wanzhen, Jinghui's sister also attends Beiman Girls' High School. What's her name?"
The last sentence was obviously asking Su Jinghui.
Su Jinghui had just finished a bite of pizza and couldn't move his mouth. Mrs. Su answered for him, "It's my fifth sister, Jingyi, Su Jingyi. She was admitted this year."
Huang Wanzhen was mentally prepared as soon as she heard Su Jinghui's name. After all, in this era, family names were all connected.
"Yeah, we're in the same class."
Su Jinghui swallowed his pizza and just uttered an "Oh?!" when he was interrupted by Gao Caixue beside him, "I remember now, Huang Wanzhen! I was wondering why this name sounds familiar. I was the one who graded your Chinese paper during the exam!"
"Your last article, 'Knowledge Changes Destiny,' was so well written! Oh my! I was thinking of visiting you at Beiman sometime. It's fate! Meeting you here at Junyan today is truly fate. That article is especially suitable for publication in the Vernacular Newspaper."
Shen Junyan leaned closer to Huang Wanzhen and whispered, "Gao Caixue is a professor of Chinese literature at Yenching University. The women's department at Yenching University was originally called Union Women's University, which was separated from Beiman."
"Yes, yes," Gao Caixue nodded continuously, "Are you interested in coming to our Yenching University? If you apply to our School of Arts, you will definitely be admitted."
No one would miss such a good opportunity. Everyone thought that Huang Wanzhen would agree immediately.
"Thank you. I feel that my knowledge reserves are insufficient and I should study for two more years in high school." Huang Wanzhen's voice was light but steady, and there was no sign of exaggeration on her face.
"No way? Sister, you don't have anything to hide, do you?" Shen Junyan looked at Huang Wanzhen in surprise. If he hadn't known her for a long time, he would have thought she was being modest and polite.
"Classmate, you don't have to refuse so quickly. You can go home and think about it carefully. I will write down my office phone number for you later. You can call me when you have made up your mind. I have all the registration and test materials. You don't have to bother looking for them elsewhere." Gao Caixue pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said with an extremely serious look.
Huang Wanzhen was not surprised this time and immediately nodded and agreed.
She is not really a fool. Although she doesn't want to go to Yenching University, she really wants a call from a university professor.
Huang Wanzhen had just entered Beiman Girls' High School not long before she realized that in this era, not many girls went to high school, and even fewer went to college. Many female students at Beiman Girls' High School would drop out of school and return home halfway through their studies due to marriage or other reasons, and less than one-third of those who enrolled could obtain a diploma.
Those female students who dropped out of school would also receive a certificate of incompleteness to prove that they had attended Beiman Girls' High School. This was enough for them to show off, and others would call them "high school students" when they mentioned them.
The reason why Huang Wanzhen doesn't go to Yenching University now is not because of "lack of knowledge reserves", but "lack of financial reserves".
She hadn't gotten to know those powerful ladies yet, and hadn't benefited from them yet. How could she possibly give up a large "fruit forest" waiting to be picked just to go to college?
Huang Wanzhen knew that universities nowadays are full of male students, with very few female students, and the few that are there are not even enough to fill the gaps between the universities!
In the second half of the banquet, Gao Caixue asked Huang Wanzhen to recite the article "Knowledge Changes Destiny" silently. Fortunately, Huang Wanzhen had a good memory. Although she could not repeat it 100%, she still recited 90% of the original manuscript.
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