Mashed potatoes

Song Shixia was worrying about what to do with so many chickens and ducks at home, when someone came to her door the next day to buy ducks.

Zhang Wanqing felt embarrassed to visit, but her daughter finally got pregnant. The doctor said that her daughter had missed the best childbearing age and needed to improve her nutrition to avoid suffering during childbirth.

When Zhang Wanqing came back, she thought of how popular the chickens raised at Comrade Xiaoxia's home were.

Song Shixia was worried about the problem, so she took the opportunity to sell Zhang Wanqing two old hens and two old ducks, and also some dried goods, red dates, white fungus, longan, etc. These were all treasures taken out from her own private storehouse, and these things were good for the body even if they were just soaked in water and drunk.

"My mother wanted to nourish me, so she collected some from my relatives. I don't have much, so I can only give you half of it."

Zhang Wanqing was overjoyed.

"I feel safe eating your food. I have to thank you for selling it to me. I don't think it's too little."

Zhang Wanqing thought that it was probably Comrade Xiao Xia's mother who wanted her to get well and prepare for pregnancy, so she bought the dried goods. These blood-replenishing things were a bargain for her. She thought she had seen through it, so she hummed a song and carried the chicken and duck home.

A few days after the start of school, Song Shixia received bad news.

Ji Weiqing is going on a business trip again.

She almost forgot that he was a frequent business traveler in the original novel, and he had not been on a business trip since he came back from the Mid-Autumn Festival last year.

"I've already talked to the teacher. He'll help you mark your homework every week. Don't worry."

Song Shixia's eyes were filled with resentment, and the brewing feeling of parting was completely destroyed by his words.

She whispered, "You only care about my studies and don't miss me at all."

Her head was rubbed, and she heard his smiling voice.

"Don't go out alone. If you need help, ask Xiao Li to drive you out."

Song Shixia took the opportunity to hold his hand.

"No, that's too much trouble. I'll go out with my brother or Aunt Feng."

Professor Ji held her hand and said, "Be obedient and don't make me worry."

The notice was issued quickly, and Song Shixia didn't have time to prepare medicinal wine for him. She only put iodine and disinfectant alcohol in the box.

"You should need tea. I put two boxes of new tea for you, but I don't recommend staying up late often. You can't drink too much tea to refresh yourself."

He said in a low voice, "I'll try my best."

Song Shixia knew that scientific researchers were busy day and night, and this box of tea could lower blood pressure without putting a burden on the cardiovascular system, thus avoiding the risk of sudden death from staying up late for a long time.

She didn't know how late they stayed up, so she could only fill a new bottle of tea for him just in case.

Professor Ji looked hesitant: "Will the tea leaves be snatched away by others?" He was worried that the wild tea would be targeted by his predecessors again like before.

Song Shixia glanced at him and said, "So I packed two boxes for you. There are two cans in one box. You keep one box for yourself and distribute the other box among yourself. This time it should be your predecessors too, right?" She didn't mind using tea leaves to do favors for the big guys, because they were national treasures.

"Well, only Professor Su and I are young professors, the rest are seniors."

Song Shixia thought thoughtfully, "Professor Su is popular with people. With him around, there will definitely not be a problem of uneven distribution, and it will be a good opportunity for you to avoid dealing with people." Professor Su is Su Aimin. Maybe the two of them will go on the same business trip in the future.

Ji Weiqing wanted to explain that he was no longer just doing experiments in silence, and that his seniors would show him some confidential information to help him write his paper, and that they valued his advice. But he couldn't mention this matter, so he swallowed his words silently.

Professor Ji also had good news on her business trip. She could now drink medicinal liquor at home without restraint to recover her health. She spent 50,000 yuan to buy the courtyard house, and she had to make up for this expense, otherwise she would feel insecure.

What is this called? Risk resistance.

Although it is free to go to the hospital for medical treatment within the system, if you come across a house you like next time but have no money, you will miss it in vain.

She has no pursuit of houses. She has lived in empty mansions of several thousand square meters, but she likes the family courtyard she lives in now more. It is not so spacious but feels like home. For her, the bigger the house, the happier she is. The meaning of buying a house is not to have family around her.

She plans to buy two or three houses for herself, and then buy a few houses near where he works in the future. When the children grow up, she will buy them a house as a birthday gift every year.

While the children were in class, Song Shixia filled the attic with medicinal herbs and dried goods, all of which were stock taken out from the space.

She suddenly had an idea: why not use the space to grow medicinal herbs? The ginseng she planted had grown to the size of a thumb, and she could produce and sell some of the older medicinal herbs herself.

She did what she said. She made a count of the medicinal herbs that needed to be planted and went to collect them when the time came, and she would plant them herself in the future.

This time, several large barrels of medicinal wine were brewed, and several boxes of more expensive tea cakes were taken out, which were of the quality that my father-in-law would not even be willing to drink if given to him.

In order to make the medicinal wine take effect faster, she put it directly in the space and sold it after a week. Alas, who would have thought that she would be short of money one day.

In the evening, the kids brought stools to her room to wash up.

"What's the matter?"

Ji Yang whispered, "Dad is not at home, you must be scared to be alone, we are here to accompany you."

Song Shixia laughed: "Okay, thank you young men for protecting me."

She squeezed toothpaste for them. The brand of toothpaste was called Little White Rabbit, which sounded cute.

Hu Yu returned home to take care of her baby. Her mother was more concerned and nervous about the baby in her belly than she was about herself.

"Mom, don't be so surprised. I'm already over 30 years old. Can't I take care of myself?"

Zhang Wanqing disagreed: "This is your first time as a mother. If you don't keep up with the nutrition now, be careful that your child will be born malnourished."

Hu Yu didn't quite believe it.

"Not really."

"Of course not, otherwise why are the second twins so skinny and small?"

Zhang Wanqing learned a lot of knowledge on the spot. Pregnant women must keep up with their nutrition and exercise and walk regularly to avoid difficult labor.

"I'm not being alarmed. I'm just worried that you're so old and it's hard to give birth. Your father and I only have you. How can I be at ease with you?"

Seeing her mother in tears, Hu Yu had to change the subject.

"When can I go meet Comrade Xia next door? I've always heard you praise her, and I'm quite curious about her."

"Let's talk about it later. Professor Ji just went on a business trip. Xiao Xia has a lot of things to do at home. She also has to take the college entrance examination. Don't disturb her."

Hu Yu became interested.

"Studying for college? Ji Ran's brother is an old man trying to get a young girl?"

Zhang Wanqing glared at her daughter.

"Don't talk nonsense. Xiao Xia has reached the legal age for marriage. Her family didn't have the conditions before, but now that she has the chance, of course she has to catch up with her studies."

Hu Yu chewed an apple and said, "This girl is quite smart. She has been able to catch up with her studies after falling behind for so long. She might be a good student."

"Xiao Xia's family is not well off. She and her brother are both very capable."

Hu Yu becomes more and more interested in Song Shixia and wishes she could meet him.

Song Shixia always felt that someone was watching her in the yard these two days, but she couldn't find the source.

She told Aunt Feng about this, and Feng Lian smiled.

"It must be Hu Yu watching you. Secretary Zhang has locked her up at home to take care of her baby, and Secretary Zhang won't let her disturb your class."

It turns out she is Principal Hu's daughter, but why does she always stare at her?

She smiled nonchalantly, "I thought I was just being paranoid."

"Don't worry about it. Hu Yu may be a little blunt in her words, but she has a good heart."

Song Shixia nodded and put down Aunt Feng's homework.

"Auntie, you are good at this. I think you can go to school and study again. It should be no problem for you to go back to high school."

Aunt Feng quickly declined: "I can't do it, I'm just a show-off. Don't look at me as amazing, this is all taught to me by old Xie."

Song Shixia chuckled and stopped suggesting that Aunt Feng go to class.

"It's not bad to take the adult college entrance examination. It's another option after all."

"Yeah, you don't know that when I calculated the bill in front of them, Cang Ku looked at me with admiration."

Aunt Feng became more and more excited as she talked. She had only wanted to learn some words, but she hadn't expected to learn them. Old Xie and the children were all guiding her. She hadn't been to school for a long time and had forgotten everything she knew. It was all thanks to the children who gave her extra lessons.

Mr. Xie didn't mind her being stupid and gave her lessons whenever he had time. She could recite all the ancient poems and lyrics, and now she could translate the classical Chinese texts that she once found unfamiliar.

"So learning never ends. It's never too late to learn. Auntie's education level is already at the level of a freshman in high school. When are you going to go to night school?"

Aunt Feng lowered her voice.

"Mr. Xie said that the school is willing to open a night class for teachers to teach the teachers' families. It will be voluntary and there will be no need to waste time going outside."

It is very inconvenient for the school to go outside. If Aunt Feng goes to night school, she can only go on Friday afternoon and go home on Sunday afternoon. The child has to be taken care of by Professor Xie for two days.

"I'm worried about leaving Mr. Xie at home to take care of the kids. He even forgets to eat. I don't want the kids to be hungry."

Feng Lian was waiting for the school's night class, and it would be much more convenient for her to go to class every night.

"Are you going?"

Song Shixia hesitated: "If I go home, the children will be alone at home, and I will be worried." Children don't understand anything and still need adults to take care of them at home.

"What's the big deal? My daughter Nini will look after the children for you. Your two children are sensible and will definitely not blame you."

Song Shixia really wanted to see what night school was like. "I'll go if I get a chance, but I'm sure I won't be able to stay there for long."

"It's okay. It's not mandatory. You can go whenever you want."

Ji Weiqing is not at home, so she always chooses light and convenient dishes. Today's dinner is mashed potatoes and milk-flavored steamed buns, served with oatmeal milk.

The little guys are not picky about food, they are willing to eat anything as long as it is delicious.

Seeing them eating mashed potatoes with their heads buried, Song Shixia held her face in her hands.

"If Mommy goes to school and has classes from 6 to 8 p.m., would you like to go to Grandma Feng's house to play?"

Ji Yang grabbed the spoon and looked up: "Can we go together?"

The little cat Ji Yuan nodded.

"We want to go too!"

Song Shixia raised her index finger and shook it: "No, you can't understand the lessons of adults."

Ji Yuan was not convinced.

"Yes! We can!" They are better than their cousin and want to go to class with their mother.

Song Shixia's persuasion was in vain. It seemed that he decided not to go to night school after all, as it was not good to bring the child with him.

She knew that her own children were not noisy, and if everyone brought their own children to class like she did and disturbed others, she could already imagine that the classroom would be as noisy as the train.

Night school started not long after. Song Shixia did not go. Aunt Feng went to class happily, but became depressed within two days.

"You don't know, the classroom is as noisy as a vegetable market, you can't hear the teacher at all. Especially when a man goes up to give a lecture, there will be people making noises in the audience, and his wife and children will join in the fun in the audience. It's not clean."

Song Shixia was lucky.

"The school had a good idea, but unfortunately they underestimated the power of children and the gossip ability of adults. Unless the teacher is a stranger, people will not make a fuss in class."

Aunt Feng said in a muffled voice: "You are right. Anyway, I don't want to go there anymore. I would rather study on my own in Old Xie's study."