Riding the wind of rebirth

"Mom, you should read less Reader and Yilin." Zhou Zhi couldn't help but laugh: "Ask Xiao Miao, what about school directors, presidents, how important are their letters of recommendation for studying, getting a job, and getting promoted abroad?"

"There are only two types of foreigners who don't know the ways of the world. One is from such a low social class that it's not their turn to know the ways of the world. The other is so capable that they don't need to rely on the ways of the world. Most other people still use letters of recommendation as a shortcut to success, which is something they are only too happy to get."

"Elbow is right. For example, department heads recommend students whom they want to take care of in exchange. There are many such things in the United States. There are also many children of wealthy families who can obtain the qualification to study with just a letter of recommendation from a school director or even a donation from their parents. These are almost all aboveboard things." Mai Xiaomiao confirmed.

My mother thought of something. If Elbow didn't do so well in the college entrance examination, would Gu Lao have the ability to recruit him and train him, and then get a diploma...

Ugh! How could you slander your promising son like this!

"I brought back a lot of food from my fifth uncle's place, including two large pork legs." Zhou Zhi said, "How about sending them to my godfather and godmother tonight?"

"They have evolved to the point of eating at the government cafeteria. That house is just a place to sleep and pile up rocks." Mom was both angry and amused: "Let's make dried radish. Wait until the dried radish is ready and mixed, then send it to them. If you send it now... I'm afraid it will still become dried radish in the end."

“Hahaha…then make dried radish!”

Mai Xiaomiao has been eating a lot of meat and fish recently, and after a few days, he felt a little greasy. In addition, he was tired from traveling all the time, so he wanted to eat something light in the evening.

"Then cook some bacon porridge, mix it with shredded radish, and stir-fry cabbage." Zhou Zhi arranged dinner: "It will nourish your stomach and not be greasy."

"Fortunately, your classmates haven't come back yet, so it's polite to toast them at the table. Otherwise, it would be hard for you to be the best man, as you could easily get drunk." Mom said, "Okay, put some lean meat cubes in the porridge, but not the fatty ones. Then, add some fermented black beans that I made and mix them with the diced radish. It will also taste good."

It is very simple to make dinner this way. Chop some bacon into small pieces, add some shredded ginger and cook it together with porridge. When the porridge is cooked, sprinkle some chopped cabbage leaves into it and stir evenly. Use the temperature of the porridge to blanch the leaves, and the bacon porridge is ready.

Cut the white radish into shreds and mix it with salt to remove excess water. Squeeze it dry and shake it out. Add onion, ginger, garlic, coriander and other seasonings. Thread the dried chilies through wire, roast them over the fire until they are mushy, then crush them and mix them into the shredded radish. It will be a delicious cold dish.

The same seasoning and method can also be used to mix in the watercress and radish slices that you brought back.

Finally, add diced white radish to the fermented black beans and stir-fry a large plate of cabbage heads, and a simple and refreshing dinner is ready.

There is still plenty of spare time in between, so the family processes the white radish, first cutting it into slices, then cutting it into strips that can be hung up with staggered cuts. After air-drying for a few days to remove the moisture, they tie it with salt and press it into a jar. After twenty days, it becomes white dried radish.

It can be used to stew meat, stir-fry vegetables, or mix into mixed vegetables, all of which are delicious.

When my dad came back, a long thin aluminum wire had been strung up in the yard, with white radish slices hanging on it.

"Uncle is back!" No one dared to let Mai Xiaomiao use the knife, and only asked her to be responsible for cutting the radish slices, so she was the first to see her returning father.

"Hey, Xiao Miao is helping to dry the radishes?!" Mai Xiaomiao is short and needs to stand on a small stool to hang the radishes on the aluminum wire. Seeing this, his father thought it was very cute and praised him, "You are very capable! Did you go to your fifth uncle's house?"

"Yes! Uncle, how did you know?"

"Every time I go out, I have to collect a lot of vegetables. Now that I have a car, isn't it more convenient?"

"Xiao Miao is coming down first, let's have dinner!" Mom said to Dad, "Xiao Miao has been traveling by car for the past few days and has eaten greasy food, so let's have something light tonight and have porridge."

"Drinking porridge is good, it nourishes the stomach and warms you up." Dad said to Mai Xiaomiao with concern: "If you feel uncomfortable, tell Elbow in time. The winter in Manzhou is damp and cold, which is more uncomfortable than the dry and cold climate in the north. Xiao Miao, you may not be used to it." "It's okay." Mai Xiaomiao said: "The winter in New York is also very damp, and even colder than Manzhou."

Everyone sat down to eat, and Dad told Zhou Zhi: "Clean the air conditioning filter in Xiao Miao's room later, and turn on the air conditioner to make it more comfortable."

"Oh." Zhou Zhi nodded.

"Does Xiao Miao have any brothers or sisters? Are mom and dad in good health?" Mom picked up the chopsticks and started asking questions.

"Auntie, I'm the only one in my family. My parents are very nice, but everyone is busy, especially my mom. We only see each other a few times a year."

"I see...what do they do for a living?"

"My dad teaches at a university, and my mom works at a bank," said Mai Xiaomiao. "My mom traveled all over the world on business trips when I was very young. Each time she went away, she would stay for a week or two, and then she would fly back after a day or two."

"That's really busy, but luckily you have your dad to take care of you, right? Teaching is definitely stable."

“He was actually busy, but there were many older brothers and sisters from other schools who took care of me.” Mai Xiaomiao thought for a moment: “Later, they liked to teach me how to do the exercises…”

"Wait, are you sure they like to teach you how to do the exercises?" Zhou Zhi keenly discovered the problem: "Is it possible that the exercises they teach you to do are actually their own homework?"

“It definitely wasn’t the case at the beginning... Huh? But later when I entered middle school..." Mai Xiaomiao finally realized it belatedly.

"No wonder Xiaomiao is so amazing! He grew up in college and can solve college problems when he is only in middle school." Mom said with a smile.

"That's right, and it also saves college students a lot of worry." Zhou Zhi slandered.

"Actually, doing math problems is quite fun, and they will buy me delicious food." Mai Xiaomiao is very satisfied.

My mother feels sorry for Mai Xiaomiao now. She feels that she is a bit like An Ran and An Xin. Fortunately, due to their different growth environments, a talent like Mai Xiaomiao was not delayed. "Do you have any relatives in China?"

"There is only one grandfather." said Mai Xiaomiao.

"Xiao Miao's family is quite simple." Mom nodded.

"Xiao Miao's grandfather is Academician Mai Mingdong from the Computer Science Department of our school." Zhou Zhi said, "It can be considered a family tradition of learning."

"It must be hereditary! Just like the Gu family!" Although Zhou Zhi had explained to his mother several times that this kind of inheritance actually has little to do with genes, his mother was still stubborn: "A dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse gives birth to a mouse that can dig holes. There is a reason for the old saying."

"Will your running around like this affect the progress of the project?" Dad remembered another worry: "This project was transferred to Clover Group by the state. Don't take it lightly." (End of this chapter)