Chapter 214 That day won’t be long

Professor Zhong looked at Su Qian sadly, "Such calligraphy and painting has been passed down for thousands of years and is already very fragile."

"How could you just touch it without gloves?"

"We must know that our hands contain oil and sweat, which will affect the paper."

"It's not like porcelain. If you touch porcelain too much, it will become patinated at best."

Professor Zhong said and walked back, "Wait a minute, I'll get you a pair of gloves."

After a while, Professor Zhong took out a pair of brand new white gloves. Susie put on the gloves and then slowly rolled up the calligraphy and painting.

Professor Zhong asked from the side: "Besides this calligraphy and painting, have you collected anything good recently?"

Susie thought for a while and said, "I bought a revolving bottle at the overseas Chinese store in Beijing."

Professor Zhong's eyes shone, "Where's the revolving bottle? Why didn't you bring it over?"

Su Qian said helplessly: "Professor Zhong, that bottle is too big and it's inconvenient to hold."

Professor Zhong's face was filled with regret. He had the urge to follow Susie back, if for no other reason than just seeing the rotating bottle was worth it.

However, every time he received his retirement salary, he would first buy enough meal tickets for a month, and then use the remaining money to buy antiques.

He now has nothing in his pocket, not even money for travel expenses.

Professor Zhong looked at the alarm clock on the table and said, "It's time to have lunch. Let's go. I'll take you to the cafeteria to eat."

Susie hesitated for a moment and then nodded.

Professor Zhong took out two lunch boxes, handed one to Susie, locked the door, and took Susie to the cafeteria.

There were not many people in the teachers' cafeteria. Professor Zhong bought food with his meal ticket and sat in the cafeteria with Susie to eat.

After a while, an old man also took a meal and sat down.

He looked at Susie carefully and said, "Old Zhong, where did you pick up this beautiful girl?"

Professor Zhong smiled proudly, "My niece."

The old man said, "I don't know you. You don't have any brothers or sisters, so where can you get your niece?"

Professor Zhong looked at Susie, "If you don't believe me, ask her!"

Susie must give Professor Zhong face, so she could only smile at the old man and nodded.

Professor Zhong was extremely proud. The old man glanced at Susie enviously, sighed, and lowered his head to eat.

After eating, Susie washed the two lunch boxes and went back to the dormitory with Professor Zhong.

Professor Zhong laughed twice and said sheepishly: "The old man just now was named Yuan. His wife passed away long ago and he has no children."

"As for me, I have been a bachelor all my life."

"We often laugh at each other. He calls me a lonely star, and I call him a loner."

"Hahaha, today I said you were my niece, but he was so envious of you."

Professor Zhong smiled happily, but Su Qian could hear a bit of loneliness in his words.

A person who is single when he is young may not think that he should still want his children around his knees when he is old.

Back in the dormitory, Susie chatted with Professor Zhong for a while, and seeing that it was almost time for the train to leave, she said goodbye and left the train station.

On the way back, Susie was extremely careful lest anyone damage the paintings in her bag.

When she arrived at the county town, Su Qian didn't forget to go to the photo studio to pick up photos of herself and Uncle Liao.

Taking out the extra photos, Susie neatly wrote her name on the bag, and then sent the photos to the food factory communication room.

The uncle in the reception room said enthusiastically: "Why don't you go to your uncle's house today?"

Susie smiled at the uncle and said, "Uncle, I have to catch the bus. If it's too late, the last bus will leave."

"Please give this to my uncle for me."

The uncle nodded, "Don't worry, I'll give it to him when I get off work later."

Susie thanked her uncle and hurried to the station. Finally she caught the last bus and returned to the Yangjiao production team.

It was almost getting dark at this time, and as soon as I got off the car, I saw Qiao Mu coming up to greet me.

Qiao Mu reached out and took her bag. Susie glanced at him and felt that his face was blue with cold.

She said angrily: "How long have you been waiting here?"

Qiao Mu grabbed her hand and stuffed it into his pocket, "Not long after, I just came out."

Back at the collective household, the food was all ready and hot on the stove. No one had eaten, but was waiting for Susie.

A brazier was lit in the stove, and Susie sat next to the brazier and roasted for a while. After her whole body warmed up, she picked up chopsticks to eat.

After dinner, Susie boiled water and washed the dishes, while Qiao Mu was there to help.

When no one was in the kitchen room, Qiao Mu asked, "Where did you go today?"

Su Qian said: "I went to the provincial capital university."

After saying that, Qiao Mu paused in holding the bowl. Ruan Zhonghua seemed to be at the provincial capital university.

Su Qian didn't pay attention and continued: "I bought a calligraphy and painting. I don't know what year it was. I took it to an old professor in the history department of the provincial capital university to take a look."

Qiao Mu breathed a sigh of relief and said "Yeah".

Susie looked at him and said, "You went out this morning. I originally planned to tell you."

Qiao Mu stared at her, "It's best to ask me to come with you wherever you go. It's not safe for you to go out alone."

Susie then remembered that she had not told Qiao Mu that she was going to Hong Kong City.

She whispered the matter, and Qiao Mu was silent for a while, "How long will it take to go?"

Susie shook her head, "I don't know either. I'll just come back after finishing the matter."

"By the way, didn't you say that your uncle and grandpa are in Hong Kong City——"

Qiao Mu's voice was low, "Since my mother disappeared, there has been no contact with her."

"I don't know their address either."

Susie felt that Qiao Mu was depressed and quickly changed the subject, "By the way, what kind of job do you want to do in the future?"

Qiao Mu looked at Susie strangely, "It's not up to me to decide what kind of work I can do."

"I mean, if one day the country resumes the college entrance examination, what major do you want to study?" Su Qian asked in a different way.

Qiao Mu picked up the dishes Susie had washed and put them on the cupboard, "I haven't thought about this issue."

After he finished speaking, his heart moved.

Susie rarely talks nonsense. She suddenly asked, could it be that she had received some news that the country was going to resume the college entrance examination?

After all, Su Qian's biological father is in the capital and still has a certain position, so he has better information than ordinary people.

Qiao Mu lowered his voice: "Did Uncle Xu tell you something? The college entrance examination is going to be resumed?"

Susie shook her head, "No."

"However, I always feel that there will be a day, and that day will not be long."

"By the way, do you still remember some of the knowledge you learned in high school?"

Qiao Mu shook his head, "I only went to high school for one year, and the school had to do labor every day, so I was too lazy to go to school."

Susie was startled, "Then you still read calculus? Can you understand it?"

She has never studied calculus. She always feels that college education should only be learned after you have learned the knowledge in high school and laid a good foundation.

Qiao Mu said: "I have already finished studying high school mathematics on my own. Later, my uncle asked an old professor at the university to get me a calculus book. I have almost finished it now."

Susie said: "I have a complete set of high school textbooks there. If you have time, you can read chemistry, physics, and Chinese."

I don’t know what subjects to take now, but Susie estimates that these are the science subjects.

"By the way, there's also politics." I guess there are exams for politics, liberal arts and science.
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