After 4 hours of traveling along the way, the group arrived at Jiangcheng.
A prosperous city like this is a strange and novel place for Lin Youxi. Along the way, she kept leaning against the window to look at the city scenery.
Seeing this, Xia Yuan gently patted Lin Youxi's shoulder and said, "Is this your first time in Jiangcheng, Youxi?"
Lin Youxi nodded, "It's the first time."
After all, because her father was very busy with work, he only took her to Xunyang City in the neighboring province a few times on weekdays.
One can deeply feel her longing and anxiety in her words.
Xia Yuan leaned towards Lin Youxi and whispered to her for a while. Although no one knew what they discussed, Lin Youxi nodded in the end.
Xia Xun booked three adjacent double rooms in a motel near Jiangcheng Normal University No. 1 Middle School, with each family member in one room.
Mei Lijun got in the car and came to the room he shared with Mei Fang. After putting down his luggage, he began to complain, "I should have taken Lao Xia's car. His SUV has seven seats, so it can accommodate a lot of people. The back seats are not installed, right?"
"And then you'll have a chance to see it, right, Dad?"
"Well... it's not that tiring if two people take turns driving!"
"If you like this car so much, ask your mother to buy you one later."
"Ahem, ahem... What are you thinking about? We just bought this Dazhong recently. We don't have the money to buy a luxury car."
"Dad, if you can't afford it, that's the best!"
Mei Lijun has been in the unit for many years and his emotional intelligence must be very high. He naturally knew what Mei Fang meant by his words, and he immediately smiled and tapped Mei Fang on the head.
"You kid... just hint to your father."
Compared to when I first met him after his rebirth, after working hard in Baizhou City for several years, Dad Meilijun's hair has become much thinner, but he has also become much more mature and stable.
Although he would occasionally be criticized by his family, he was a deputy director after all, and everyone was willing to give him this face.
After packing his luggage, Meilijun fell headfirst onto a bed and lay down, looking dazed.
"In order to accompany you to take the exam here, your father has been busy for a long time. I have been working overtime for several days to finish the work."
"The second-in-command is still working so hard!"
"It's because you're the second-in-command that you need to work so hard. When you go out to work and become a small leader or a mid-level cadre, sooner or later you will understand the responsibility and hard work."
"Well... I don't want to. I want to be the top boss in the future."
"Then you should study hard now and help your father get admitted to the First Affiliated Normal School of Jiangcheng City. This way, I will have more face in the company."
"Do you still need me to save face for you? Except for the director, everyone in the unit treats you badly—"
As Mei Fang was talking, Mei Lijun began to snore deeply.
He has been really working hard recently...
However, I am so tired after working overtime until 9 o'clock every night. My son, who worked overtime until 2 o'clock in the morning every day in his previous life, would have something to say about this.
There was a knock on Mei Fang's door. When he opened it, he saw Lin Youxi and Xia Yuan. They had already packed up. "Ah Fang, tell Uncle Mei that we'll go downstairs to eat roast duck later."
"My dad is too tired and needs to rest first."
"Then...wait for Uncle Mei to rest, okay?"
"That's not necessary. We'll eat first and then pack some food for him."
Xia Xun, who was almost the host of this trip, invited the group to eat roast duck, and he booked a private room in advance.
Although people now think that roast duck is nothing special, after all, you can eat it everywhere, but in the early years it was a rare delicacy in Chubei Province. The Quanjude in the imperial capital was famous enough to make people salivate.
Not to mention Baimei County, there is not a single roast duck restaurant in the entire Baizhou City. Only in Jiangcheng can one have the opportunity to taste this unique northern delicacy. It was with this in mind that Xia Xun decided to have roast duck as his first meal after arriving in Jiangcheng.
Although he was very worried about the concept of super energy, Xia Xun did not want to interfere with his daughter's preparation for the exam, so he would ask about it after the exam.
"Uncle has already ordered some dishes before he came. Children, do you want to add anything else?"
"Give it to me first!"
After Xia Yuan asked for the menu, she skillfully ordered her favorite golden and silver steamed buns and some snacks, then handed the menu to Lin Youxi, "Youxi, what else do you want to add?"
"I don't mind...anything is fine." Lin Youxi waved her hand, "Order more if you're not full."
"I don't need it, let Aunt Liang take a look."
Liang Meijuan waved her hands frantically after hearing this, "It's such a high-end restaurant, how would I know what to order? You just order and see."
"It's okay, Sister Liang. This isn't a high-end store. It's just a little closer."
"Then it's good to have some, as long as the children can enjoy the meal."
Lin Youxi seemed a little uneasy while waiting for the roast duck to be served. Uncle Xia Xun, who had a high EQ, knew that some people had never eaten roast duck, so he introduced how to eat it after the roast duck was served.
"Let's hold the lotus leaf pancake with our left hand, put a few slices of roast duck in it and dip it in some sweet noodle sauce. This is shredded green onion and cucumber. You can also add other ingredients as you like. Then put them all on the pancake and roll it up to eat. You can wrap the two sides first, then the bottom. It doesn't matter if you start with your hands. You can eat it right after wrapping it."
After listening to Xia Xun's introduction, Lin Youxi began to try to do it on her own. However, she was a little unskilled in the step of rolling the pancake, and things often leaked out.
So Mei Fang at the side taught her again step by step, and Lin Youxi was finally able to eat well with greater ease.
However, Liang Meijuan beside her also seemed quite awkward and clumsy. She tried several times but still couldn't roll it well, so she just picked up the roast duck and ate it with the sauce.
"Auntie, let me teach you."
Lin Youxi took Liang Meijuan through the process of making a roll. After Aunt Liang rolled a piece, she handed it to Lin Youxi's bowl.
"No, no, Auntie, you eat it yourself."
"Auntie has just eaten a piece, just try it, you eat it..."
Liang Meijuan finally couldn't resist Lin Youxi's insistence. Lin Youxi even made roast duck rolls for Liang Meijuan. Xia Xun at the side also said:
"You two are welcome. If it's not enough, I can order more."
At this time, Xia Yuan leaned close to Mei Fang's ear and said, "Have you noticed that Youxi and Aunt Liang's relationship is getting better and better?"
"Yeah, after all, we are a family now..."
Lin Youxi was a very stubborn child. No matter how considerate Liang Meijuan had been to her over the past year or so, to her, "Mom" would always be a name that belonged only to the person on the third tombstone on the right side of the third row of fallen stone lion pillars in the Heaven Cemetery.
But there is no need to force her to change and call her mother instead.
Just let it be.
After eating the roast duck, everyone packed a portion of Beijing-style pork shreds for Mei Fang's father, Mei Lijun. When Mei Fang brought it to her father, he had just woken up. After Mei Lijun finished eating, everyone rested in the room for a while, and then set out to visit the campus together.
After obtaining permission from the school, they wandered around the high school campus of Jiangcheng Normal University No. 1. The school's complete facilities, large campus area and beautiful environment were all scenes that Xia Yuan, Lin Youxi and even Mei Fang in Baimei County could never imagine.
In addition to teaching buildings in the conventional sense, Jiangcheng Normal University No. 1 also has a science and education building specifically used for experiments. The sports venues are described as a "cluster", after all, they include outdoor ball games, track and field stadiums, as well as indoor ball game halls, swimming pools, tennis courts, and badminton courts.
The library collection of Jiangcheng Normal University No. 1 is comparable to that of some smaller universities. In addition, an art center has been established, which houses a school history exhibition hall, a science and technology exhibition hall, an auditorium that can accommodate 1,500 people, and four lecture halls. Students with artistic specialties such as fine arts and music also have their own special activity areas and style displays in the art center.
"This, this, this... is this really a high school... Why does it feel like those universities on TV? There's even a swimming pool. It's amazing!" Xia Yuan's tone was full of envy. "It feels like the school atmosphere here is great! What do you think, Youxi?"
Lin Youxi's determination also became stronger, "We must be admitted here."
"Then, let's cheer each other on!"
Xia Yuan and Lin Youxi stretched out their hands and put them together, waiting for Mei Fang to stretch out her hand.
"Okay, I'll come too."
As soon as Mei Fang stretched out his hand, Xia Yuan grabbed him.
"Wait, Ah Fang, you put it in the middle layer."
"So there is such a thing..."
"Come on! Come on! Come on! You must pass the exam!"
The independent enrollment examination for county students with special cultural subjects will start tomorrow. After Xia Yuan finishes the cultural subjects, he will also have to take an art test the next day.
Although the entire Jiangcheng itinerary is quite tight, they have already made a lot of efforts for it and it will definitely live up to the sweat and hard work of the past six months.
Damn it, how come it’s past the time limit again! This is yesterday’s update, and normal updates will resume at 12:00 and 18:30 today.
(End of this chapter)