Mashed Potato Shrimp Balls

Before the college entrance examination, Song Shixia only filled in Yenching University when she applied for admission. To be on the safe side, Teacher Meng asked her to fill in National University. Although the scores of the two schools were similar, it was still a safe bet.

As the time for the due date was getting closer, Ji Yanran was absent-minded the whole day.

Song Shixia saw it all, but there was nothing she could do about it. She did not ask Yanran which school she had applied to.

Principal Hu came to visit her and when he learned that she had applied to our school, the smile on his face became even bigger.

Song Shixia has decided what major she wants to study. She wants to study pharmacy. In the future, whether she is making medicinal liquor or working in the pharmaceutical industry, her expertise will be convincing. She originally wanted to take the English major. Her spoken English is good and she has a strong talent for languages. It would be nice to be a translator or a college English teacher.

But after careful consideration, she decided that she didn't want to work from 9 to 5 after graduation, and it seemed that she had to start her own business. But this time she didn't want to do it herself. If she could be a hands-off manager, she wouldn't focus all her energy on making money. She wanted to do everything she liked.

Ji Yanran came to her sister-in-law's side.

"Sister-in-law, what's your estimate?"

Song Shixia was stirring mashed potatoes in her hands, looking at her with a half-smile.

"Why are you asking me about my score? Aren't you scared?"

Ji Yanran looked ready to die.

"I was full of confidence a few days ago, but the closer I got, the more nervous I became. I applied for Renmin University, what if I don't pass the exam?"

Song Shixia wrapped the dried shrimp in mashed potatoes.

"I can't do anything if I don't pass the exam. I'll just leave it to fate. We'll know the final result in two days. Don't scare yourself."

Ji Yanran felt uneasy. Song Shixia was surprised that she chose the National People's Congress. She asked one more question,

"What do you want to study?"

Ji Yanran acted like a shy little girl, she was shy and timid.

"Journalism Department. I want to be a TV host."

She did not receive the expected ridicule, but her sister-in-law supported her aspirations.

"It's a good major. You're a suitable height and speak standard Mandarin. Once you finish your studies and become more stable, you'll be more like a news anchor."

Ji Yanran's eyes lit up, she was very excited.

"Really? Sister-in-law, do you think I'm suitable? My sister said that I can be easily fooled by a few words and can't be a host. My mother thinks I should study medicine, but I'm afraid of injections. I don't want to study medicine at all."

Song Shixia made a dozen mashed potato shrimp balls and chuckled.

"It's not unsuitable. What's most important is that you like it. I think you are a good match. Although what the elder sister said is right, I believe you will grow up. When you go to college and start to get in touch with society, you will understand a lot of things. Take it slow."

The Journalism Department of Renmin University is really good. If Yanran is successfully admitted and graduates, she will definitely work within the system. Maybe in ten or twenty years, we will be able to see her on TV.

Ji Yanran was comforted by her sister-in-law's few words. She finally felt reassured and was no longer afraid. Her sister-in-law's words made the most sense, so she worked even harder to help.

She helped to knead the shrimp balls and couldn't help muttering, "Sister-in-law, you are too pampering to Yangyang and Yuanyuan. It would be better if you could make snacks for them yourself and buy two bags of shrimp noodles."

Song Shixia silenced Ji Yanran with just one sentence, "Then don't compete with them later."

After frying the mashed potato shrimp balls, Ji Yanran went to the door to get a letter.

"Sister-in-law, there's a letter from your family."

Song Shixia took a look at the envelope and saw Song Dongdong's handwriting.

She opened the letter. Song Dongdong wrote a reply on behalf of her mother. The content was that the short-sleeved shirts and shirts were sold at a good price in the county town, so the family bought four more pigs, leaving one for each of the brothers and sisters, and one for the Ji family. The dog in the farm grew up and was just as fierce as Song Dongdong's calf. Fewer people came to the door of the house.

After reading the letter, Song Shixia caught Ji Yanran eating secretly. She found it funny that she was stuffing shrimp balls into her mouth even though her teeth were grimacing due to the scalding.

"Yanran, you look a bit like a little girl. If you continue like this, will you still be able to fall in love in the future?"

Ji Yanran blushed, "I...it's too delicious, don't blame me."

The college entrance examination scores came out, and they were similar to what Song Shixia had estimated. Teacher Meng called to congratulate her in advance and told her to stay at home and wait for the admission letter.

Not many people came to congratulate her, probably because they were waiting for her to announce the good news.

Song Shixia received an unexpected call.

"I, I, I..." Liu Zhaodi choked up on the other end of the phone. "I applied to the China University of Political Science and Law. Thank you, Song!"

Song Shixia understood what he meant and called to explain that everything was stable. At least his score had definitely exceeded the admission line by the deadline.

She comforted him softly, "Congratulations, Liu Zhaodi. From now on, you are the master of your own life."

Liu Zhaodi sniffed and said firmly, "No, my character is still too weak. Once I can change my name, I will be able to truly control my own life."

Ever since she knew about Song Shixia's grades, Aunt Feng was happier than she was when she got into university, and she showed off to everyone she met. Principal Hu and Zhang Wanqing came to visit every now and then, fearing that the national university next door would snatch her away.

The admissions office of the National University would like to snatch this year's top female student, but her husband teaches at Yenching University and is the youngest professor there. How can they stand a chance of winning?

However, they still felt lucky and asked Su Aimin to be their lobbyist. Su Aimin came to the house several times to discuss business with Ji Weiqing in the study, but never mentioned this matter.

After seeing Su Aimin off, Song Shixia removed the guests' teacups for Professor Ji.

"What did you talk about?"

Ji Weiqing rubbed his brows.

"It's still about work. They say they want to develop a giant high-speed computer."

Song Shixia understood.

"What do you mean?"

Ji Weiqing looked into her eyes and said, "I will obey the organization's arrangements, but if I'm busy, I may not be able to come back until Saturday or Sunday."

Song Shixia didn't find it surprising. After all, they could see each other every week and there was no need for them to stick together every day. It was good for both of them to have their own careers to strive for.

She smiled up at him, "I support your decision. I will buy a house nearby once your work location is determined. I know you have a dormitory, but if I bring the children to visit their father, I can't go to your workplace. I also don't want to know about your work content, so as not to accidentally leak secrets."

Ji Weiqing pulled her into his arms and sat with her.

"Don't worry, you won't leak."

Song Shixia put her hands on his shoulders and said, "If I don't go to your company, I will come into contact with more and more people in society, and I don't know if they are spies behind my back. I can only reduce contact with your work to avoid getting in trouble with you."

It's hard to guard against spies, and no matter how careful she is, she can't see through everyone. It's better to eliminate them at the source. As long as she doesn't have any contact with him during work, she won't be able to get any useful information.

Ji Weiqing was silent for a while, but finally had no choice but to compromise.

"It may not be possible to buy a house. The surrounding environment is not good and you may not be used to living there."

Song Shixia refuted him.

"We all come from the countryside, so why should we be uncomfortable with this?"

Ji Weiqing had no choice but to take her to investigate. The old and dilapidated village in the city was not beyond her expectations, and the other side closer was a wasteland.

She pointed to the empty lot and said, "What do you say if I buy this piece?"

Ji Weiqing laughed: "Are you going to build a factory here?"

Song Shixia said seriously, "Build a house here, build it like a foreign apartment building and sell it, and sell the first floor as a store."

Ji Weiqing sighed: "This area is not competitive at all. If you want to sell a house, you shouldn't choose here."

Song Shixia insisted on staying here. Ji Weiqing agreed with her on the surface, but he still kept persuading her.

"Why not build a Western-style building, like the one in our school?"

Song Shixia understood his concerns, but unfortunately she couldn't tell him clearly that there would be a subway station here in the future and that the house price would be 150,000 per square meter.

She pretended to agree, but secretly prepared to hand over the project to her brother. After all, building a house in the Fourth Ring Road is a sure win. Many colleges and universities are in or outside the Fourth Ring Road. The housing prices in the area of ​​the Academy of Sciences will only become more and more expensive. In the future, there will be elementary, middle and high schools attached to it. It is definitely the first generation of school district housing.

Ji Weiqing knew that she was not giving up, but he was helpless, and the two of them remained in a stalemate, saying one thing and doing another.

Soon the day came when the admission letter arrived. She was probably the first one to receive her admission letter, and it was delivered to her personally by Principal Hu.

"I didn't expect you to choose pharmacy. Our school's medical department is very good. You will definitely not regret applying to Yanda."

Song Shixia held the hot acceptance letter in her hand, and Han Rong ran out of the yard without even having time to wipe her hands, which were still stained with detergent foam.

"It's delivered now? My daughter-in-law is so amazing. This time, you and Yanran's graduation parties will be held together, and it must be a big one!" Han Rong glanced at the notice and hurried back to the house to look at the calendar to choose a date.

Song Shixia couldn't stop her mother-in-law and smiled helplessly at Principal Hu.

Principal Hu smiled, his beard twitching. "Good things should be celebrated in a big way. Your school has hung banners. I guess your villagers have gone to your house to celebrate with drums and gongs."

Han Rong picked a recent auspicious date. She had wanted to celebrate her daughter-in-law's college entrance examination results, which were 690 points! Yanran scored 595, a full 100 points lower than her sister-in-law. Both children are the pride of the family.

If it weren't for her daughter-in-law's help, Yanran's score would have been only 480. Her class teacher had reminded her at the parents' meeting that if Yanran didn't perform stably, she would have to repeat another year before being admitted to university. Of course, it would be best if she could be admitted in one go.

There were two college entrance examination candidates in the family at the same time. Han Rong never left the sofa as a child and called relatives and friends one by one to inform them.

Song Shixia Fu'e, he had to get out of the limelight this time.

A team from the county town came to Songjia Village with gongs and drums. The whole village came out to watch the fun, wondering what good thing had happened.

Song's father and mother were cleaning the factory when they were inexplicably invited by the village cadres to sit in the team, and the couple were specially asked to change their clothes.

"Uncle, what happened?" Father Song asked his uncle in a low voice.

The captain's face was wrinkled with smile: "This is great news, your Song Shixia is the first-place college student in our county this year, the capital's top female student!"

Logically speaking, Song Shixia did not take the college entrance examination locally and her student status was transferred to another place, but she had studied in the town before, so she can also be considered a part of the family.

This year, no one from the county college entrance examination was admitted to university. Only a few were admitted to a technical secondary school during the screening and can go to a teacher training school for free.

That is why we should promote Song Shixia, the female top scorer who scored 690 points in the college entrance examination.

Song Shixia was admitted to the university, and the county rewarded the Song family with 200 yuan, a banner, and arranged for a local newspaper to interview Song's parents. The two honest farmers didn't know how to answer, so they just answered whatever was asked. Fortunately, Song Dongdong returned home in time to prevent his parents from digging out all the secrets.

He held his head high and praised, "My sister has been smart since she was young. If my family hadn't been poor before, she would have been admitted to university long ago. She was able to be admitted to university entirely because of her own efforts. I want to be as smart as my sister in the future!"

The reporter got the interview result he wanted and left satisfied. Song's mother chased after him and stuffed a few apples into his mouth.

Song Dongdong held the banner in his hands lovingly. His sister was admitted to Yenching University. He was happier than if he had scored 100 points. On the way back, he ran into Wu Tianlei, who was living off his wife. His face was livid because he must have heard about it. What's so great about a normal school? It's just a technical secondary school. His sister is a real college student!

The information said that there would be an advance test and screening before the college entrance examination, and those who did not meet the requirements would be diverted to secondary technical schools and technical colleges. I changed to a mock joint examination and will supplement it later.

You should also apply for a volunteer position before taking the college entrance examination.