Steamed Crucian Carp

The launch of the company's first product coincided with Song Shixia's final semester. Sister Yao Xue asked her to concentrate on reviewing and not worry about the company's affairs.

Song Shixia felt like she was in another world when she came out of the examination room. She had to memorize lessons at home every day at the end of the semester. Not only did she have to memorize the pharmacy content of her major, but she also had to memorize the Chinese medicine textbook. The professional textbooks, which were thicker than bricks, were full of key knowledge. The pharmacy teachers were almost all old professors, so it was impossible for them to highlight the key points.

No matter how smart she was, she still felt dizzy from memorizing so much that her head was buzzing. Song Shixia rubbed her temples tiredly.

The lotion was advertised in newspapers before it was launched. Song Shixia hasn't gone to the company to check the sales volume yet, but it shouldn't be too bad, after all, the price is about the same as that of vanishing cream.

Song Shixia decided to go home and eat first. Man is iron and food is steel. No matter how anxious he was, he had to fill his stomach first.

There are exams in the next few days. My mother-in-law heard Aunt Feng next door say that fish soup is good for the brain, so we drank crucian carp and tofu soup for several days in a row.

Song Shixia went home with her textbooks, and sure enough, there was a bowl of steaming crucian carp soup on the table.

"Mom, I've finished my exams. We don't have to drink fish soup every day."

Han Rong poked her head out of the kitchen and said, "Look at you, you're holding such a thick book and reading it every day. What if you don't replenish your brain and get a headache?"

Song Shixia put down the book and rubbed Ji Yuan who was playing with toys: "No one in the family likes to eat fish except us two. The two little guys' eyebrows wrinkled into small hills when they smelled the smell of fish soup."

Han Rong didn't mind: "The children are still young. When they grow up, they will know that fish soup can nourish their brains."

Song Shixia remembered that when she first came, the two kids didn't mind the fish soup and could even eat two pieces of the fish with the least bones. The fish soup cooked by her mother-in-law was fine, but the kids didn't like it. They preferred to eat fish balls made into meatballs.

She went to the kitchen and took a look, and saw two fish swimming in the bucket.

Song Shixia rolled up her sleeves and said, "Why don't I make a steamed fish dish? I've finished my exams anyway."

Han Rong was a little unsure: "This fish is not big, will it taste good if steamed?"

"Well, I think we can make do. Let's finish eating the fish at home. The two little guys look so sullen while eating."

Han Rong glanced at the living room.

"Just spoil them. It's hard to please a spoiled child."

Song Shixia smiled and said, "Our child is so sensible that he won't do that."

The amazing thing is that the two little guys didn't even touch the fish soup cooked by mother-in-law, but they were fighting over the steamed fish made by Song Shixia.

Han Rong pretended to be angry and slammed her chopsticks.

"Is my cooking bad?"

Ji Yang and Ji Yuan shook their heads at the same time: "Fish bones will get stuck in our throats. Mom, please pick them out for us."

Song Shixia took an exam a few days ago and couldn't take care of the children during meals, so her mother-in-law took care of them.

Han Rong helplessly taught them: "You are already five years old. You must learn to eat by yourself and don't bother your mother."

Ji Yuan shrunk his neck and said, "I wouldn't dare eat it unless mommy found fault with it."

Ji Yang added: "A fish bone stuck in the throat is very painful and will make you mute."

Han Rong was both amused and confused: "How can you become mute so easily? The fish bones are so small, it will be fine if you don't talk while eating." She also blamed herself for always scaring the children to concentrate on eating fish, which frightened the two brothers and made them afraid to eat fish.

She thought the child was just picky about food, but she didn't realize he was just afraid of getting a thorn stuck in his throat.

"Mom, let's make fish balls next time we eat fish. They love fish but are afraid of it. Fish and shrimp are rich in nutrients."

Han Rong shook her head: "Fish is hard to buy, let's finish this meal and wait until the New Year to eat it again."

During the Song Dynasty, the children of Xia Dynasty were helpless. The right to buy vegetables was in the hands of their mother-in-law, and she could do nothing to help.

"If you like it, eat more. Eat slowly so that you don't get stuck. If I wasn't at home, would you dare not eat it even if you like it?"

Ji Yang and his brother held the bowls and nodded cautiously, for they were afraid of becoming mute.

"Grandma and I are here. Eat the fish carefully. If you find fish bones, spit them out into the small plate beside you."

The two brothers mustered up the courage to eat the fish under their mother's encouraging eyes. They were lucky that their mother had removed very few bones from the fish, and after they finished the fish in the bowl, a thin layer of sweat appeared on their foreheads.

Song Shixia wiped their mouths and said, "Aren't you done eating now? If grandma takes you out to eat, wouldn't you be anxious looking at the fish?"

The two little guys listened to the instruction and learned to eat fish by themselves today. Next time they can pick out fish bones for their mother.

Ji Yanran covered her chin with a scarf and moved stealthily for fear that others would recognize her.

A small jeep stopped in front of her. Ji Yanran opened the door in a flash and got in the car in less than three seconds, patting her chest in shock.

The man driving the car couldn't help but smile.

“Is it that scary?”

Ji Yanran puffed up her face and glared at him.

"Of course it's scary. Who knows if you might run into someone you know?"

Zhou Yue held the steering wheel with both hands, smiling helplessly.

"There's a military compound nearby, so it's impossible to run into your relatives."

Ji Yanran looked away guiltily. Because it was a military compound, she was more likely to run into her uncles.

Many of her father's comrades-in-arms moved here, and she met them all during the Chinese New Year.

"What if? The capital is so small, and I'm a native of the capital. My relatives might work in the cafeteria."

Zhou Yue no longer had any doubts.

"Okay, next time I'll pick you up from your school so you don't get scared."

Ji Yanran avoided her eyes. What if she met her sister-in-law on the way to school?

"Oh, I'm about to go on winter vacation, and you won't be able to find me at school. Let's go to the cinema. When did you buy the ticket?"

Zhou Yue didn't suspect anything. Ji Yanran was usually carefree, but she was extremely timid. She was afraid of running into relatives wherever she went, as if everyone on the streets of the capital knew her.

When they arrived at the cinema, Ji Yanran wrapped the scarf around her face again, leaving only her eyes exposed.

Zhou Yue looked at her with a half-smile.

"How about I pretend I don't know you?"

Ji Yanran quickly shook her head, her eyes curved into crescents and she hooked his finger with her little finger.

Zhou Yue raised his eyebrows.

"I find you very strange. You are sometimes brave and sometimes timid."

Ji Yanran smiled at him guiltily.

"No one recognizes me when I hide my face, so what's wrong with holding my boyfriend for a while?"

Zhou Yue agreed.

"Okay, I'll buy you a mask later. I want to walk side by side with my girlfriend and talk to her. Is that okay with you?"

Ji Yanran stretched out her foot and kicked him lightly.

"Then go buy it, hum!"

Zhou Yue quickly followed behind her.

"Are you so afraid of your relatives?"

Ji Yanran had already thought of what to say.

"My parents didn't let me date in college, saying I was young and easy to be cheated."

It's not that she didn't believe Zhou Yue, but Zhou Yue was five years older than her and a soldier, so she could easily think of the little glasses who had pursued her before. Little glasses had only had a few contacts with her at school, and at the age of 20, he was thinking of using his life event to exchange for benefits, which really scared her.

Zhou Yue was a good man, and he was good to her, but what if? You can't know a person's heart by looking at his face, so I should wait until I get to know him more before asking my sister-in-law, so as to avoid making a fool of myself again.

Just as Ji Yanran sat down with Zhou Yue, she saw a familiar high school classmate sitting behind her.

Zhang Jinfeng finally made an appointment with Chen Weidong and Liu Jianguo to watch a movie together during the winter vacation, and also brought two sisters from her dormitory. As soon as she sat down, she felt that the person in front of her looked familiar.

Zhang Jinfeng deliberately raised her glasses.

"Do you think Little Mirror will go abroad? He will definitely become a diplomat like his father in the future."

Chen Weidong continued: "I know that their school has to go abroad for exchange in their sophomore year. I really envy those who major in foreign languages ​​and can see foreign countries."

Liu Jianguo said enviously: "I heard that the school will reimburse the tuition fees, but foreign things are not cheap, and ordinary people like us don't have that kind of money."

Zhang Jinfeng tried it out, but the person sitting in front of him didn't move at all, and his surprise was immediately dispelled.

"Little Mirror comes from a family of diplomats. Maybe he can go abroad with his father. Do you think Ji Yanran and Little Mirror are together?"

Ji Yanran sat there on pins and needles, while Zhou Yue beside her had his chest trembling slightly.

She felt her hand being placed in a warm place, the palm of his hand.

Zhou Yue didn't say anything, apparently he was listening carefully to the conversation in the back row.

Liu Jianguo said quickly: "Ji Yanran has become so beautiful and has no shortage of suitors. Don't you think her small eyes make her look a little dull? Ji Yanran definitely doesn't like small glasses."

Zhang Jinfeng said with disdain: "Not necessarily. Ji Yanran comes from an ordinary working-class family. Does it matter to her whether her brother and sister-in-law are rich? She is marrying above her station by being with Xiao Yanjing."

Chen Weidong said with emotion: "You can't say that. Ji Yanran is the best student in our class. She is pretty and has good grades. She has a bright future. Little Glasses' family conditions are not good enough for college."

Zhang Jinfeng curled her lips. Diplomats' families are so powerful. They can go abroad whenever they want. These two country bumpkins are so ignorant.

The roommates brought by Zhang Jinfeng were very interested in Ji Yanran mentioned by Chen Weidong and Liu Jianguo.

"Is the Ji Yanran you are talking about very beautiful?"

Zhang Jinfeng rushed to answer, "Ji Yanran was more manly than the men in high school. She was a head taller than Chen Weidong. She was either playing basketball or football with the boys on the playground. She didn't look like a girl at all. If she didn't have long hair, you couldn't tell she was a girl."

My roommate exclaimed in exaggeration: "Why is she being pursued by the diplomat's child?"

Liu Jianguo glanced at Zhang Jinfeng.

"Ji Yanran has become prettier. At our class reunion after the college entrance exam, Ji Yanran looked prettier, as if she had undergone a makeover. She looked just like Song Shixia in today's movie poster. She was so pretty."

Zhang Jinfeng curled her lips in dissatisfaction: "I don't know what method she used, she became so beautiful after not seeing her for a month."

Ji Yanran felt her scalp tingling after listening to this. She wanted to turn around and interrupt them several times, but she didn't want to have too much contact with the loud-mouthed Zhang Jinfeng.

If Zhang Jinfeng saw her watching a movie with a grown man, he would probably make fun of her everywhere.

Ji Yanran bit her lip. Suddenly Zhou Yue turned around and said to the young people, "The movie has already started. Please be quiet."

The aura he exuded frightened several college students who had not yet left the campus. Zhang Jinfeng and others sat quietly and did not dare to say a word until the end of the movie.

Whether the girl in front was Ji Yanran became the answer that Zhang Jinfeng wanted to know desperately.

But the man was too fierce. The look in his eyes scared her so much that she dared not move. It was impossible for Ji Yanran to know such a fierce person.

Song Shixia went to the old professor's office to hand in his thesis. The old professor was the dean of the college. Almost all the teachers in the entire School of Pharmacy were teachers, and there were no young teachers.

Before leaving, the old professor called Song Shixia,

"If you want to study pharmaceutical manufacturing, my suggestion is to finish your master's and doctoral studies. With your grades, you will have no problem being recommended for a master's degree at our school."

Song Shixia thanked the teacher: "Thank you, teacher. I will consider it seriously."

"I heard that you are still studying Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine emphasizes inheritance. Since there is no old Chinese medicine practitioner to guide you at home, it is better to improve your knowledge in pharmacy."

"The skin cream in the newspaper recently is the sunburn cream you made earlier, right?"

Song Shixia nodded modestly: "Yes, it was something I made by chance. I didn't expect it to be effective in moisturizing the skin."

"Your report is very professional. Sun protection is a term I have never heard of. But it says that the sun's ultraviolet rays can cause damage to the skin. Is there any scientific basis for this?"

Song Shixia recalled the knowledge in his mind and came up with a fairly reasonable answer.

The old professor nodded and said, "Okay, you are very talented, don't let Chinese medicine hold you back."

After dealing with the teacher, Song Shixia ran into Ge Qing, who was looking very proud, as soon as he walked out of the office.

Ge Qing has been planning a big move. She will report Song Shixia after the exam and make him fail all the courses this semester.

She knew that Song Shixia was the freshman representative at the opening ceremony. If Song Shixia was affected and failed the course, it meant that she would not be considered as a priority for scholarships or admission to graduate school in the future.

As long as he gets passing grades, he can get a national scholarship with his father's help, and take Song Shixia's place in graduate school.

Ge Qing had already inquired about it. If Song Shixia wanted to pursue further studies in pharmacy, he had to pass the postgraduate entrance examination and then complete his doctorate. If a pharmacy major wanted to make medicines, he had to obtain a master's or doctoral degree.

She wanted to let Song Shixia know that offending her would lead to terrible consequences. The only university in the country that could stand shoulder to shoulder with Yenching University was the National University next door. The National University did not have a pharmacy major. Unless Song Shixia's grades were exceptional and he could take the postgraduate entrance examination in a different major, the National University would generally give priority to recruiting its own postgraduate students.

Ge Qing sneered in front of Song Shixia, but Song Shixia walked away as if she didn't hear anything.

Ge Qing walked into the old professor's office with her head held high.

"Teacher, I want to report Song Shixia from the School of Pharmacy for violating drug regulations. This is my evidence."

The old professor refused to accept the application.

"If you want to report this matter, please report it to the school leaders. I have investigated and found that Song has not violated any regulations."

Ge Qing's facial expression was distorted with anger.

"You are a teacher, but you don't punish students for illegally dispensing medicine?"

The old professor looked up unhappily.

"Which college are you from? What is your purpose in doing this?"

The process of Ge Qing and Bai Qiurui entering the school was exactly the same. Both were sent to the unpopular history department because of their "specialties".

"I'm Ge Qing from the History Department, and Principal Ge is my father."

The old professor didn't buy her trick.

"It's no use for you to report to me. If you have evidence, go and take it to the school leaders. I'm just a teacher."

Ge Qing was unwilling to give in, so she stomped her feet and left.

This was different from what she had imagined. She had heard that the old professor of the Department of Pharmacy was very strict and would not tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes, and would never allow students to illegally dispense medicine in private.

Because it is a pharmacy course, there is strict control over drug preparation. Unless the teacher allows, students are not allowed to prepare drugs privately. If the circumstances are serious, they will be punished. Who knows if the drugs prepared by students are poisonous?

Ge Qing had heard that the old professors in the Department of Pharmacy were particularly strict, and thought that if Song Shixia was punished, it would not look good in the future.

Ge Qing took the evidence and ran to her boyfriend, hoping that he would go with her to report to the school.

Just as she reached the door of her boyfriend's dormitory, she heard a familiar voice and gradually slowed down her pace.

Several of Bai Qiurui's younger brothers came to the school to find him after their final exams, and several of his roommates from other places went to the train station to buy tickets to go home.

Li Jianan shouted loudly: "Brother Bai, you said you had a girlfriend and we thought you had found a transfer student. How come you are dating a young lady with such a bad temper?"

Zheng Shengli followed with confusion: "Yeah, Li Jianan's sister has a better temper than your girlfriend? This is not like you at all."

Wen Changhua joked, "Brother Bai must have some unknown difficulties. When have you ever met someone that Brother Bai has been talking to for so long?"

Bai Qiurui was very worried: "Okay, I saw her at school. I looked for her for so long and didn't expect that she was just across the teaching building. If I had known, I would have asked my father to transfer me to pharmacy. The history department is nothing but memorizing books. It's too much of a headache."

Li Jianan sat there shaking his legs: "Brother Bai's family's conditions mean I can change my major with just one word, right?"

Bai Qiurui covered his head with a headache.

"It's not easy. No matter how powerful my family is, they can't extend their influence to the school. Otherwise, why do you think I would date someone? His father is the principal. Don't you know your brother Bai's temper?"

Zheng Shengli followed up and agreed: "That's right, this Bai sister has such a fierce temper, Brother Bai doesn't like her. Our Brother Bai likes gentle, beautiful and virtuous girls."

Wen Changhua looked obscene: "Brother Bai, you have been together for half a year, did you have that?" He said while putting his two thumbs together.

Bai Qiurui was helpless: "How can I say anything to her? It's not like I'm not picky, but she's not as good as the girl from the Wei School, Li Jianan's sister."

Ge Qing kicked the door open, tears streaming down her face.

"So you've been lying to me all along. The marriage you talked about was also fake, right?"

No one in the room expected that a girl would run into the boys' dormitory.

Ge Qing never took rules seriously, and even the head of the boys' dormitory didn't dare to say anything when she entered.

Bai Qiurui answered bravely, "Since you heard me, I won't lie to you. I didn't like you from the beginning. It was my father's idea that I was with you."

Anyway, he went to college and broke up with Ge Qing, saying that they were incompatible in personality.

Ge Qinge glared at him fiercely.

"Don't even think about breaking up. You have to marry me if I don't agree. You've already touched me. If you don't agree, I'll tell your dad about it."

Several people in the dormitory looked at each other. Bai Qiurui had not expected Ge Qing to have such a crazy personality that she could even say such words.

He explained in panic: "Don't talk nonsense, when did I touch you?"

Ge Qing didn't care about the falling out.

"Last month you were drunk and hugged me and told me you loved me while you kissed me. You forgot everything but I remember it clearly."

After Ge Qing finished speaking, she felt disgusted and nauseous. It turned out that he had someone else in his heart, and when he touched her when he was drunk he thought she was someone else.

She held onto the door and gasped, and Bai Qiurui's lackeys were all stunned.

What should they do? They were talking badly behind the person's back and the person concerned heard them.

Several lackeys quickly stood up to say goodbye, but Bai Qiurui stopped them.

"You don't have to leave. I'm a man, and it's not shameful for me to tell others about this."

Ge Qing held onto the door and vomited even more violently.

I find that I still don't have enough time to write too much, otherwise it will be too watery. I can only write more words every day to catch up. I owe you too much.

As for the blind date, I had been in a relationship before the blind date, and it was an online romance, and we only met in person once. Even though I am a novelist, I have no knowledge of relationships.

My friends all advised me to have a relationship and give it a try. I actually have a natural distrust of men. It's not feminism, it's just plain distrust. I finally convinced myself to let down my guard. I felt that the guy was pursuing me sincerely. He actively asked me out for dinner and hang out. I didn't expect that you can pretend to like someone. He can flirt with you and get back together with his ex-girlfriend. I became the bastard instead.

Finally, I calculated the timeline. He went on a blind date with me right after he broke up with his ex-girlfriend. I can only say it was too outrageous. (His cousin and my sister were close friends. I didn’t want to make things too ugly. In the end, he got back together with his ex-girlfriend and I deleted him and pretended he didn’t exist.)