Xu Wanning never thought that Yuan Yuqing would have such a revelation.
After listening to her words, Xu Wanning felt very educated.
"So, you focus on learning from the teacher, and I won't need you to cook."
"That's not possible!" Yuan Yuqing refused again: "I have zero understanding of the knowledge points of the agricultural major. I don't even understand some of the most basic common sense. I still need to learn the basic knowledge. How can I follow it as soon as it comes up? Grandpa is doing experiments? On the contrary, Sister Wan Ning, you must be doing experiments with grandpa this time, right?"
"Every time grandpa is busy, he forgets to sleep and eat, and I guess you will be the same, sister Wanning. It's okay once or twice, but in the long run, none of your bodies can bear it. So at this time, I can step in and take the place. You’re cooking!”
After saying that, Yuan Yuqing did not forget to urge Xu Wanning: "Sister Wanning, hurry up and cook, I still have to learn!"
"Okay, then I'll move slower and teach you better."
Yuan Yuqing's talent in cooking is not bad. After she read it once and Xu Wanning taught it herself, she was basically able to get started.
Although the vegetables she cut didn't look good and she could shred potatoes into bench legs, I have to say that it was much better than someone who was cooking for the first time.
As for cooking, Yuan Yuqing failed once, so Xu Wanning didn't let her try again.
"The experimental base is far away from the city, and the food delivered each time is rationed. If we take too much, there will be less for other people to eat. So I still do the cooking step. And you, just do it for me. I washed the vegetables, cut them, and made all the preparations. I can start cooking them directly when I come back. Do you think this is okay?"
"Okay, that's great!" Yuan Yuqing said, "Then let's divide the work like this."
By the time Xu Wanning had prepared four nutritious meals, it was just half past five.
At that time, Mr. Yuan had already written today's diary and invited Lin Maoqing to eat in the cafeteria.
"Sister Wan Ning, I see that grandpa and Comrade Mao Qing have arrived. Let's bring the food over now."
"good."
Xu Wanning and Yuan Yuqing each brought two dishes and walked towards Mr. Yuan and Lin Maoqing.
Yuan Yuqing placed the relatively good-looking ones in front of Mr. Yuan and Lin Maoqing, and she and Xu Wanning ate the ordinary-looking ones.
And the very ordinary ones were made by her.
Yuan Yuqing wanted to throw away the burnt vegetables, but Xu Wanning refused because she could not waste food.
After that, Xu Wanning processed the dish that Yuan Yuqing failed to fry. Although it didn't taste very delicious, it was at least not difficult to swallow.
"I heard from Teacher Yuan that today's dinner was prepared by Aning?"
"To be precise, Yuqing and I prepared it together."
Lin Maoqing looked at the potato shreds as thick as bench legs and didn't have any hope for the taste of the food.
But when he took it into his mouth, he realized that it was very delicious.
Adhering to the principle of not saying anything after eating, he quickly finished the bowl of rice.
Xu Wanning has long been accustomed to this kind of behavior. Everyone who eats her food for the first time basically behaves like this.
She handed a bowl of tomato and egg drop soup to Lin Maoqing: "Comrade Maoqing, please take a sip of the soup first, be careful of choking."
After Lin Maoqing drank the soup, he asked: "Can you tell me, how do you manage to be so poor at knife skills but so good at cooking? Just looking at the appearance, it is impossible to connect the knife skills with the taste."
Yuan Yuqing put down the chopsticks in her hands and asked weakly: "Is it possible that the person cutting the vegetables and the person cooking the vegetables are not the same person?"
Lin Maoqing remembered in a daze that Xu Wanning had just said that today's dinner was prepared by her and Yuan Yuqing together. He suddenly realized that no wonder it looked uncoordinated. It turned out that the person who cut the vegetables was Yuan Yuqing, and the person who cooked the vegetables was Xu Wanning.
"Sorry, I...I don't know..."
"It doesn't matter!" Yuan Yuqing generously chose to forgive: "Sister Wan Ning said, it's not easy for me to cut vegetables like this for the first time."
"It is indeed not easy, and it deserves encouragement. Yuqing, you still have a lot of room for improvement. Remember to guard against arrogance and impetuosity, you know?"
"I understand, Grandpa, when you and Sister Wan Ning are busy, I will prepare three meals a day for you."
The granddaughter suddenly became sensible, and Mr. Yuan was also very happy.
After dinner, several people went out for a walk together.
Mr. Yuan took Xu Wanning and Yuan Yuqing directly to the laboratory.
"This is my exclusive laboratory. Have you seen those petri dishes? They are all my hard work over the years."
Xu Wanning walked over and looked at the petri dishes one by one.
Under each petri dish, there is a small piece of paper, which clearly and concisely records the characteristics and cultivation process of each type of seedling.
Walking all the way, Xu Wanning seemed to have seen half of Mr. Yuan's life.
"Teacher, when can I join the experiment?"
"Tomorrow. At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, you come to the door of my laboratory on time, and I will take you to do experiments together."
There was not much time left for him. Mr. Yuan wanted to teach Xu Wanning all he had learned in his life while his body could still hold on.
He has no intention of hiding his secrets, because it is not easy for Mr. Yuan to meet a satisfactory student, and this student will most likely bring his long-cherished wish to develop hybrid rice and let the whole country The people can have food and enough to eat.
…
Time flies by and a week has passed.
During this week, Xu Wanning appeared in the laboratory on time at eight o'clock every morning. Under the leadership of Mr. Yuan, he thoroughly understood the characteristics of all the seedlings.
"Wan Ning, when you go back tonight, write a report to me, clearly describing your achievements in the past week."
"I understand, teacher, can I continue to come to the laboratory tomorrow morning?"
Mr. Yuan waved his hand: "You have basically understood everything in the laboratory, and there is no need to come again. From tomorrow on, you have to follow me to the ground."
"Only by going to the ground can we personally feel the growth of the seedlings and further improve our data. Wan Ning, are you afraid?"
"I'm not afraid."
After dinner, Xu Wanning rushed back to the dormitory to complete the report assigned by the teacher, so she did not go for a walk with the teacher and returned to the dormitory alone.
When she walked downstairs to the dormitory, she found Ishihara Sha pacing back and forth at the door of their dormitory.
"Comrade Xu Wanning, you're back!" Shi Yuansha saw Xu Wanning coming from a distance, ran towards her, and took her arm regardless of Xu Wanning's wishes.
