A big golden medal said Silver Medal.
Xu Shuang was already very content. After all, the chefs who came to the competition this time were all from famous restaurants in the city.
Winning awards is secondary; what matters most is competing and learning in the competition.
Before she finished, Xu Shuang took out a few brand new banknotes.
"This is the prize money for this time, the prize money for the competition and the prize money for the hotel, a total of five hundred."
The prize money for the competition is not much, but the hotel gives a lot!
Xu Shuang's boss had been very angry at being suppressed by several old brands in recent years. Now that his own family finally had a capable chef, he wanted to pay a bonus for Xu Shuang out of his own pocket.
Wang Ying happily accepted the money and said, "I was just about to tell you that I'm going back to my hometown this summer vacation."
"Didn't I receive a letter from the team leader some time ago? He told me that the teams around here are all learning to grow herbs recently. I thought that besides honeysuckle, there are several other herbs that are also suitable for planting in our area, so I led a few senior professors from the school to accompany us to investigate."
Although it is only the middle of the year and the real decision to relax the restrictions will not be made until the end of the year, it is not a hassle for Wang Ying to start doing some preliminary work now.
Anyone with a discerning eye has already seen that policy change is only a matter of time.
Only Wang Ying and Cheng Yu returned home this time, as Xu Shuang could not leave due to work.
Oh no, there are also wheat seedlings.
Mai Miao, who has been studying in Sijiucheng for half a year, has broadened his horizons and is now a well-rounded person.
When she met Cheng Yu, Wang Ying couldn't help but ask her how her family affairs were going.
"You have already been admitted to the Peking Opera Theater. Don't let these things hinder you."
Yes, Cheng Yu entered the Peking Opera Theater. Not only did he enter, he also entered by stepping on the faces of his fellow brothers and sisters.
Cheng Shufen did not participate in the scoring to avoid suspicion, but she cried inconsolably backstage.
All her life's efforts were devoted to Cheng Yu. Even though she would never have the opportunity to perform on stage again, at least a spark of hers had been preserved.
Cheng Yu: "They did come, but what could they do? My master's guards stopped them, so they didn't dare to force their way in. They came to the Peking Opera House to look for me several times, and I couldn't let them get away with it. It's even easier to get my household registration. I've already contacted the street office and the Women's Federation and moved out."
Wang Ying thought about it and realized that it was true.
Cheng Yu is now protected by Lan Yue and Cheng Shufen. Her biological parents want to make trouble, but they can't get into the house, and Cheng Shufen is in the Peking Opera Theater. Cheng Yu herself has martial arts skills, so she is naturally not afraid.
Cheng Yu was a little embarrassed: "The teacher said that she would register my household registration during the Chinese New Year and make me her daughter. Then she would set up a few tables at Shuang's place and you all should come. Bring the wheat ears and malt as well."
She has been called teacher for many years, but everyone knows that Cheng Shufen treats Cheng Yu as her own daughter.
This time, Lan Yue and Cheng Shufen are probably preparing to officially make up for the situation.
Wang Ying: "Okay, I'll tell Mai Sui and Mai Ya about this when I get back."
Mai Miao nodded slightly, looking out the window with a look of longing on her face.
After being away from home for several months, she had already begun to miss her mother and sister.
This trip was very fruitful. The professors who followed Wang Ying were originally led here by Wang Ying. They also thought that the climate and soil here were not that good and planned to come here to find nothing.
But after testing and searching, the eyes of several old professors lit up.
“The soil level here is so good!”
“There is actually ginseng under the forest!”
"It's a bit of a waste to use it to grow honeysuckle! Especially the area at the foot of the back mountain, we should plant some more rare medicinal herbs."
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A group of professors took notes and claimed that the origin here must be protected so as to have a greater promoting effect on traditional Chinese medicine.
Wang Ying's family came and went in a hurry, but they didn't see Wang Yongshun and Wang Yaozong, father and son.
Even Tian Dazhu and his wife didn't seem to join the crowd.
Wang Ying understood that both herself and Mai Miao had reached a place that these people could not reach.
Tian Youfu now treats Wang Ying not only as a promising younger generation. Let us ask ourselves, who can always care about the villagers, especially since Wang Ying's family no longer lives in the village.
But she was still willing to bring the professor here to check the soil on the mountain and find a better way for everyone.
Wang Ying stayed in her hometown for about a week, and returned to Beijing after finishing her work. In fact, after Yinhua had her daughter, she had never been away from Taotao for such a long time.
Mai Miao stayed at home for the summer vacation. Although only one student from the Seventh Brigade passed the college entrance examination this year, it still stood out among the surrounding brigades.
Mai Miao, who had been taking care of her younger sisters' academic performance step by step, now has a direction. She wants both of her younger sisters to go to college!
So the wheat ears that were on vacation at home suffered the most and were forced to make up lessons by the wheat seedlings by their ears.
Qian**: "Listen to your elder sister!"
Qian** is now living a happy life. After the brigade allowed pig raising, she stopped raising pigs for the brigade and raised a few pigs at home. There is less work, but the money is not less because of the income from the honeysuckle medicinal material.
I thought that Mai Miao's college expenses were the biggest, but I didn't expect that Mai Miao started working part-time as soon as she entered college, and in the second month she started writing letters asking her family not to send money.
The school provides subsidies and she has extra income.
Qian** felt that her life was worth it. Her eldest daughter was so considerate to her, which was better than having a hundred sons.
Mai Miao whispered to Qian **, "In two years, our whole family will go to Beijing. It doesn't matter if Mai Sui's grades aren't particularly good. I heard there's a film and television academy, just like Cheng Yu's Peking Opera House, where you can learn skills. Now it's also a university. Mai Sui can give it a try."
As she got older, Mai Sui became more and more beautiful, and she was also very vain. Mai Miao used to worry that her sister couldn't go to college, but after seeing the world, Mai Miao felt that there were many choices for college.
Qian** said the same thing: "I'll listen to you!"
She now walks in the commune with her back straight. Who doesn’t know that she has raised a daughter who is a college student
She was also open-minded. From childhood to adulthood, the farthest place she had ever been to was the county town. When it came to important matters in life, she would naturally listen to people who knew more.
Mai Miao held her mother's hand and said, "I will let you live a good life!"
This time when he returned home, Tian Dazhu didn't say anything. Once or twice, Mai Miao saw Tian Dazhu's figure flash by in the village.
Whether you regret it or not, it’s all in the past.
All Mai Miao is thinking about now is how to give his mother and sisters a better life.
At the end of this year, in the cold winter, all kinds of news came like thunder.
First, demonstration villages with household contract responsibility systems appeared, then private trading was liberalized, and finally, big-bowl tea shops started by educated youth who returned to the city appeared in Beijing.
Even though it's a small business, with hundreds of bowls a day, it's still a good income.
Wang Ying bought a house and lived in a large courtyard with three entrances and exits as she wished.
Qian** and his group, who came to Beijing to celebrate the New Year, attended the family recognition banquet of Cheng Shufen and Lan Yue together with Wang Ying's family, and officially recognized Cheng Yu.
However, the planned trip back home was delayed, mainly because the policy had just been issued and Tian Youfu told him that the commune had not yet reached a conclusion.
So Wang Ying waited another year before returning home with a few staff members from the pharmaceutical factory and Xu Shuang, who had taken a rare leave.
While inspecting the back mountain, Wang Ying looked at the fish pond not far away that had been expanded several times and said with emotion: "Time flies by so fast."
The days when I used to fish here with Xu Shuang seem like just yesterday.
Xu Shuang touched and held her hand: "Not fast."
During every day and night they spend together, he wants to press the slow-down button so that the happy moments can stay.
Not far away, Taotao was chasing a pheasant on the mountain, shouting.
"Dad! Come and help me catch the chicken!"
"I want pheasant stewed with mushrooms!"
Maybe the story will always come to an end, but at this moment, what Xu Shuang was thinking in her heart was, thank you for coming into my life.