Without Hao Jian's harassment, Xia Mian listened to the class with great interest.
The tutorial classes are all run by experienced teachers and the lessons are really good.
Sun Yuexin and Li Lizhen also showed a rare interest in learning.
Since both of them were able to get into the High School Affiliated to Yanda University, their IQ must be no problem.
Tutoring classes are meant to improve basic knowledge, and after they listened carefully, they were able to follow along.
The key point is that Xia Mian is also helping them demonstrate how a top student can confess his love:
"Come, let's see how to express love with chemistry. Just look at the periodic table: OS (osmium), AT (astatine), NB (niobium). Do you see it? Memorize it. Isn't it more interesting than any love poem?"
"Physics, physics is fine too. Look at how many letters there are in the physics formula. Come on, write out for me all the formulas that lead to the letters in "I love you". Don't say you don't have them. I have them all. If you can't write them out, it means you haven't learned them well!"
"… "
Before they knew it, the whole afternoon had passed. When they heard the teacher announce the end of get out of class, Sun Yuexin and Li Lizhen were still reluctant to leave.
"It turns out that learning is so fun. No wonder Gu Zhou always likes solving problems." Li Lizhen sighed as she packed her schoolbag.
"Isn't that right?" Xia Mian squinted, "There are hidden codes in every question. It's really a sense of accomplishment to solve them."
The two nodded vigorously.
The three of them came out of the classroom, and Sun Yuexin suddenly realized, "That's not right, Xia Mian, I found that you know everything the teacher taught and didn't teach you, why do you still need to come to the cram school?"
Because my second aunt is afraid that I will cause trouble at home, is this an acceptable reason
Of course not, so Xia Mian said modestly, "I have to take the entrance exam after the New Year. I'm from another province and don't know much about the learning progress here, so I came here to make up for the lessons."
"Transfer to a new class?" Li Lizhen was stunned for a moment. "I thought you were from No. 5 Middle School. So you are transferring to another school? Which school do you plan to apply to?"
Before Xia Mian could even open her mouth, Sun Yuexin clapped her hands and said excitedly, "Come to the Affiliated High School. The Affiliated High School has the best teachers. You will definitely pass the exam."
Li Lizhen also said, "Yes, why don't you come to the affiliated high school? Maybe we can be in the same class."
She suddenly thought of something and clapped her hands, "You are so pretty and good at studying, you will definitely piss off Tian Xueya to death."
"Yes!" Sun Yuexin agreed very much.
Xia Mian shook his head in frustration, "How did I offend you?"
"I didn't provoke her, I just find her annoying. You'll know when you see her." Sun Yuexin had just finished speaking when she suddenly touched Xia Mian's arm and said, "Hey, hey, if you mention the devil, he'll appear. Look, that's Tian Xueya."
Xia Mian knew who Tian Xueya was without them needing to identify her carefully.
The little girl was very, very eye-catching, with a pure first love face. She wore a white turtleneck sweater and a camel-colored woolen coat, which made her look slender and elegant. She walked out of the piano training class holding a notebook, and people around her were 100% attracted by her.
To be honest, Xia Mian also thinks it's beautiful.
"You're wearing so little, aren't you afraid of freezing to death?" Sun Yuexin snorted.
Xia Mian turned her head and glanced at her leather jacket, her eyes fell on her nose that had turned red from the cold since she left the house, and said, "I don't think you have the right to criticize others."
Sun Yuexin covered her nose and snorted.
As he was speaking, Xia Mian saw Tian Xueya being bumped by a girl who suddenly appeared at the corner.
The girl apologized immediately. Xia Mian couldn't hear what Tian Xueya said, she just saw her frowning and seemed very unhappy.
"Ah, Gu Zhou is out too!" Li Lizhen exclaimed in surprise.
Before Xia Mian had time to notice the school hunk, she was attracted by Tian Xueya's change of expression. The moment she saw Gu Zhou appear, her unhappy expression almost immediately turned into a pitiful one, and she also changed to an understanding expression towards the girl who bumped into her.
When Gu Zhou walked up to her, she already had a sweet smile on her face.
Well, she saw it.
There are actually quite a few people who have double standards in treating men and women. She has seen them in her previous life, both girls and boys.
Sun Yuexin said angrily, "I can't stand her two-faced behavior. Look, isn't she quite noble? Why does she become a clingy puppy when it comes to Gu Zhou?"
Xia Mian then focused her attention on Gu Zhou. The tall boy was wearing a blue down jacket and sweatpants, which made him stand out among the bulky military coats. Needless to say, his appearance was not good enough, and the Lei Feng hat with big ears could not hide his handsome face.
At this moment, the boy turned his head and showed a gentle expression to the girl who was chasing after him and talking.
Sun Yuexin glanced at Li Lizhen and suddenly said, "Zhenzhen, let's study hard during this winter vacation. When school starts, we must impress them."
Xia Mian immediately took advantage of the opportunity to say, "Isn't that right? If a beautiful girl dresses up, people will be slightly surprised and that will pass. They will think that this is how it should be."
"But if an ugly girl suddenly becomes very beautiful, people will not only be amazed, but also curious, and even annoyed: Oh, how could I be so blind before that I didn't discover this dusty pearl next to me."
"You think that's not the truth."
Sun Yuexin clapped her hands and said, "You're right!"
"..." She hesitated for a moment, "Did you just mean that we are ugly?"
Xia Mian coughed lightly and said confidently, "I'm talking about your grades, grades! Aren't your grades ugly? If they were pretty, they wouldn't be here."
Sun Yuexin & Li Lizhen:…
This is a damn irrefutable fact.
"So, study hard." Xia Mian encouraged them, "Work hard secretly and try to surprise everyone when school starts."
"Think about the exam at the beginning of the semester, when you suddenly jumped from the last place to the first place, and the incredulous looks on the faces of your teachers and classmates, and the way Gu Zhou looked at you with eyes wide open, isn't that touching?"
Sun Yuexin clapped her hands, "It feels so good!"
"But we are not the last one." Sun Yuexin corrected stubbornly, "We are at most in the middle and lower reaches."
"Yes, even if we can't win, we still have you!"
Li Lizhen didn't know what she was thinking of. Her eyes, which had been dim just now, suddenly brightened up. "Xia Mian, you must come to our school and crush Gu Zhou when the time comes! Then I will bring you to him and tell him that it was my sister who crushed him!"
aestivation:…
Girl, if that happens, it will be me that you will always remember, not you.
"Damn, Hao Jian's grandson is actually waiting here." Sun Yuexin suddenly frowned.
Xia Mian followed her gaze and saw a tall boy leaning against a telephone pole not far away. He was talking to the girl next to him with his head tilted to the side, with a frivolous expression, and he would look up towards the room from time to time.
When he looked up for the last time, he met Xia Mian's gaze, and immediately put on a look that he thought was evil, charming and arrogant.
Xia Mian shuddered, turned around and asked Sun Yuexin, "Where did this guy come from?"
"You don't know?" Sun Yuexin said in surprise, "When I saw you smiling at that time, I thought you knew and didn't want to provoke him."
"No, I was just laughing at the name Hao Jian. What kind of parents would give their child such a name?"
Li Lizhen said with disgust, "Who made him have the last name Hao? Hao sounds bad, but I think the name is quite appropriate."
"It's really disgusting and cheap."
"This guy especially likes to harass female classmates. He is just a stinky hooligan."
This was obvious. Xia Mian was puzzled, "Doesn't the school care?"
"The teacher can't do anything about it even if he just touches her. The key is that even if we call the parents, it won't help."
Sun Yuexin also looked annoyed, "I guess he takes after his father."
"My father used to be a worker in a textile factory. He went to the south to do business a few years ago. Last year, my family opened a clothing factory. I heard that he made a lot of money. He was so proud of it that he wanted to spread the news to the whole Longcheng District."
"Hao Jian's father spent a lot of money to buy points to get into the affiliated middle school. If he gets into a fight at school or violates discipline, and the teacher calls his parents, and his parents don't have time to come, they can just ask the nanny to come and pay the compensation directly."
"The school has never caught any serious mistakes, and the teachers can't do anything about it. The school can't handle it, so most people can't afford to offend them and just hide away."
Xia Mian immediately understood, "When a poor person suddenly becomes rich, his chest and belly become protruding."
Li Lizhen immediately laughed out loud, "Yes, that's an accurate description."
"I believe that the rich are the masters. No, not the masters, but the emperors. Girls from all over the world can be chosen by me as concubines."
Sun Yuexin sneered, "Except for people like Wang Yanyan who are shameless for money, who cares about decent girls?"
Xia Mian thought that this kind of person's self-awareness must be corrected after being beaten by society, otherwise there is no hope.
She was a little worried about Sun Yuexin and Li Lizhen, "Are you two okay?"
"He doesn't look like he would be polite to a girl."
"Don't worry," Li Lizhen snorted coldly, "No matter how arrogant you are, you won't dare to touch us."
"We are not easy to mess with in the government compound." Sun Yuexin puffed out her chest proudly, "Last year, she didn't believe in evil and harassed Zhenzhen for a while. The next day, our boss directly beat her up."
"My dad didn't dare to say a word, and he had to take money to apologize to our boss and Zhenzhen's family."
It turned out to be a child from the nearby government compound. The rich are indeed no match for the powerful, and Xia Mian was relieved immediately.
"Is your home far away?" Sun Yuexin asked, "Let us take you there."
Xia Mian said, "It's okay. Do you dare to block the road in broad daylight?"
"Who knows? It's not a good thing. I'll give you one," Sun Yuexin said, "You have to make that grandson afraid."
That’s not all. Sun Yuexin put her arm around Xia Mian’s shoulder and walked in front of Hao Jian, pointing at her nose and warning him, “Bitch, Xia Mian is under the protection of our agency. If you dare to touch her, be careful that we will send you to the hospital again.”
Hao Jian's face froze, and he sneered and threatened, "Sun Yuexin, aren't you just relying on Zhao Cheng? Just wait for me!"
It's obvious that he's just bluffing because he's afraid of losing face in front of a beautiful woman.
Xia Mian felt relieved. With Sun Yuexin and Li Lizhen protecting her, she could continue to be her little fairy happily.
After that, life in the cram school was very pleasant. Sun Yuexin and Li Lizhen didn’t know whether they wanted to impress certain people or they really found the joy of learning, and gradually they became more and more serious.
Neither of them reacted until the cram school was closed for the Chinese New Year.
Sun Yuexin said, "It's vacation time already? Time flies."
Xia Mian didn't think it was fast. She looked at the streets full of red and bustling, and she was already full of anticipation, "The New Year is coming soon!"
The New Year in my life no longer has the same flavor. It’s more of an anticipation for the holidays than an anticipation for the New Year.
But in this era, looking at the red lanterns hanging all over the streets, the pedestrians wearing red hats carrying their hands full of New Year's goods, and the children happily playing with firecrackers.
Suddenly I feel that the Chinese New Year is something worth being happy about.
Xia Wenyue, who was supposed to be home yesterday, did not come back on time. She called and said that she had some important matters to deal with and might have to stay for a few more days.
He told Mao Huimei to take Xia Mian and Mao Huilan and follow Aunt Wei to prepare New Year's goods.
In fact, Mao Huimei had been preparing New Year's goods with Aunt Wei a few days ago, including peanuts, melon seeds, and candied melons and fruits. Aunt Wei would buy them all for them;
Or after get off work, Mao Huimei would go shopping with her colleagues. Xiaofeng and Huizhu were taken along and they bought new clothes.
However, you still have to go buy food like meat and vegetables early in the morning. If you go after get off work, they will be leftovers, and the quality and freshness will not be very good.
After Xia Mian and Mao Huilan went on vacation, this task fell on them.
Xia Mian, who had been holding back for many days, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Sister Huimei, just focus on your work and leave the rest to us."
Mao Huimei handed Xia Mian a list, "It's all written down, just buy according to this. Aunt Wei is going too, so let her help you choose when the time comes."
Xia Mian made an OK gesture.
The next day, Xiaofeng and Huizhu were left in the care of Ning Shaoyun, and Xia Mian and Mao Huilan went to the market with Aunt Wei. When they were leaving, Ning Shaobai appeared in front of them driving a car.
Ning Shaoyun smiled and said, "I asked him to come. After all, he needs to eat too. He can't eat ready-made food. I'll let him do the hard labor today."
Xia Mian imagined Ning Shaobai following them with his hands full of plastic bags and a frown on his face, and she couldn't help laughing.
Ning Shaobai knew she was up to no good when he saw her malicious look, "What?"
Xia Mian showed an encouraging expression, "Doctor Ning, thank you for your hard work today!"
Ning Shaobai chuckled and said nothing.
Then Xia Mian realized that she was too naive.
When they arrived at the market, they split up. Aunt Wei went to buy the largest quantity of pork, while Xia Mian and Mao Huilan went together to pick fish.
There were a lot of people in front of the fish stall. Xia Mian and Mao Huilan finally squeezed in. Before they had time to choose, Aunt Wei came over, followed by Ning Shaobai with empty hands.
"What's wrong?" Xia Mian was puzzled, "Didn't buy it?"
Aunt Wei said, "They've already bought it. Xiaobai bought half a pork loin, along with the lard and pork skin. We'll have the store deliver it to the car outside later."
Even in a crowded market, this is definitely a big deal.
Coolies and the like can be solved with money.
Looking at Xia Mian's eyes wide open, Ning Shaobai smiled slightly.
Xia Mian squatted down angrily to pick the fish.
Then she heard Ning Shaobai asking her something from outside the crowd. The voices around her were too noisy, so Xia Mian couldn't hear clearly. She stood up and looked at the person not far away and asked, "What did you say?"
Ning Shaobai simply walked closer to her, leaned towards her, and whispered in her ear, "Do you know how to cook beef?"
Xia Mian raised his chin proudly, "Chicken, duck, fish, beef, mutton, there is nothing I can't cook!"
Ning Shaobai smiled slightly and gave her a thumbs up.
Xia Mian didn't take this matter seriously at first, but when she arrived at the car outside the market, she looked at all kinds of meat being delivered one after another, and her eyes widened, "Doctor Ning, you don't want me to do all of this, do you? Do you want to tire me to death?"
Ning Shaobai smiled and said gently, "Xiao Feng said that there is a lot of meat that he hasn't eaten yet."
"Besides, this is your first year in Yan City, so you should have a good feast."
aestivation:…
Revenge, this is definitely the revenge of this petty-minded man!
"you are vicious!"
The car stopped at the door. Xia Mian looked at the three children who were happily surrounding him and said, "All this meat was bought by Dr. Ning. He said he would make delicious food for you personally. Are you happy?"
The three little ones jumped up and down and said, "Happy! Happy!"
Chenchen: "Uncle, I want to eat braised beef with soy sauce! And fish!"
Huizhu: "I want to eat braised pig's trotters! And meatballs!"
Xiao Feng pursed her lips and said shyly, "Uncle Ning, I want to eat roast chicken and braised pork."
Ning Shaobai: …
Xia Mian laughed out loud.
After buying all the ingredients, the next step is to process them into semi-finished products without stopping.
Fortunately, the three families worked together, and with the help of Uncle Li and Aunt Li, there was not much panic.
This time, Xia Mian was determined to arrest Ning Shaobai and make him do hard labor, and left all the work of cutting open the stomachs to him, so that he would not know how hard it was to cook if he was not in charge of the household.
Xia Mian came out after chopping carrots and couldn't help laughing when he saw Ning Shaobai struggling with the chicken and duck with a big kitchen knife.
"Doctor Ning, there are dozens of small animals waiting for surgery. Your unfamiliar techniques won't work!"
Ning Shaobai snorted and ignored her.
When Xia Mian finished chopping the meat, he saw coming over with a scalpel without him noticing.
The three children looked at 嫯's technique and exclaimed in amazement.
The scalpel was really easy to use in Ning Shaobai's hand, and the places where he gutted the chickens and ducks were almost perfect.
The pork that Aunt Wei had just brought over for me to cut into pieces was also placed next to it. Each piece was cut neatly and all looked the same size.
Ning Shaobai looked up at her with a smug look in his eyes.
Xia Mian gave a thumbs up, "As expected of Doctor Ning, this technique is amazing."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and took out the beef and fish and placed them next to him. "Come on, I believe that Dr. Yining's superb medical skills will be able to finish it before today."
Ning Shaobai immediately hissed and put down the scalpel.
Chenchen asked worriedly, "Uncle, what's wrong with you?"
Ning Shaobai rubbed his wrist and said, "I cut too much, my wrist hurts."
"Let me help you massage it." Chenchen immediately stretched out his little fleshy hands and started to massage it in an expert manner.
Mao Huizhu saw Chenchen rubbing his wrist, so she rubbed her arm, and Xiaofeng helped massage her fingers. Then she looked up at Xia Mian and said, "Aunt, Aunt Wei said we can do the rest tomorrow. We can't finish frying."
aestivation:…
Ning Shaobai touched the heads of the three little guys one by one with his other hand, "You are really sensible."
Xia Mian rolled his eyes.
The busier the adults are, the happier the children are.
After all kinds of meat were marinated and processed, the Xia family set up a large oil pan to fry food every day.
The air was filled with rich aromas all day long:
Fried tofu, meatballs, sashimi, lotus root, sweet potato, sesame balls;
Roast pork, roast ribs, roast chicken, roast duck...
Every time the food came out of the pot for the hibernating children, the three children would rush in like little swallows, opening their mouths and crying for food.
Mao Huimei fed each of them a mouthful of the slightly cool food, then stuffed another piece into their hands. The three little ones then turned around and left happily.
When you smell a new scent, repeat the above process.
Then there are all kinds of stews and smoked ones.
In short, for three whole days, the three children's mouths hardly stopped talking.
After everything was done, Xia Mian was almost exhausted.
She lay on the sofa in the main room, looking at the three little ones, each holding a piece of braised beef in soy sauce and chewing it with relish.
Suddenly I understood where the festive atmosphere of this era comes from.
There weren’t many ready-made foods, so friends and family got together and worked together to make home-cooked food.
Every link was hard, but interesting things happened in every link, and every link has different memories.
At last, looking at the satisfied faces of the children, no matter how tired I am, it cannot cover up the fulfillment and happiness in my heart.
Xia Mian turned his head to look at Ning Shaobai who was also exhausted beside him, and couldn't help but smile with gloating, "How does it feel to suffer the consequences of your own actions, Doctor Ning?"
Ning Shaobai glanced at her and didn't want to talk.
Xia Mian couldn't help laughing when she thought of the neatly arranged pieces of meat this year. If she hadn't taken a look, she would have taken the pig's trotters completely to the bone.
"When I go to work after the New Year, the doctors in the department will be amazed at your more sophisticated surgical skills, Dr. Ning."
Ning Shaobai reached out and pinched Xia Mian's arm, exactly where she felt the most sore from being tired.
"Ah!" Xia Mian couldn't help but scream in pain.
Xiao Feng ran over immediately after hearing the voice, "Aunt, what's wrong with you?"
Seeing Xia Mian rubbing his arm, his little brows furrowed, "Is your arm hurting again?"
As he spoke, he stuffed the remaining braised beef into his mouth, then stretched out his hand towards Ning Shaobai, blinking his big eyes.
Ning Shaobai shook his head helplessly and took the wet towel beside him to wipe it.
After wiping it clean, the child climbed onto the sofa and stood next to Xia Mian, still chewing beef in his mouth, but he did not stop using his two little hands to massage her.
This is what I did when my arms were sore from hibernation these two days.
Xia Mian looked very happy, "Wow, it feels so good, Xiao Feng's massage is really great!"
Xiao Feng smiled with her eyes curved.
Chenchen took a look and said to Ning Shaobai, "Uncle, does your wrist hurt?"
Ning Shaobai then wiped Chenchen's hands and lay on the sofa to enjoy his nephew's massage.
Seeing this, Huizhu opened the door and ran out to find Mao Huilan, "Sister, where does it hurt?"
Xia Mian couldn't help laughing.
Over there, Chenchen was giving his uncle a massage while he asked Xia Mian expectantly, "Aunt Mian, what delicious food are you going to make tomorrow?"
"It's all done," Xia Mian reached out and tapped his little head, "This much is still not enough for you to eat. Have you eaten different things these days?"
Xiao Feng seemed to think of the happiness of the past few days, and squinted his eyes happily and nodded.
"Next, prepare the dumpling fillings and wait for your aunt and uncle to come back to make dumplings together and prepare for the New Year!"