Chapter 473: 37 Letters
Jiang Feng and Wang Hao sat in the living room and watched a whole episode of the family ethics drama with Chen Suhua, because they hadn't watched the previous 37 episodes, Jiang Feng and Wang Hao were confused. After more than 40 minutes, the two of them could only judge that the woman in the play who always had a sad face and a look of forbearance, kindness, strength, and greatness seemed to be the heroine, and the rest didn't see anything.
Wang Hao was even too bored and embarrassed to play with his mobile phone in front of Chen Suhua, so he could only quietly sneak two big flowers to chat.
At the end of the TV episode, Chen Suhua was still reminiscing about the plot of the previous episode, so he didn't use the remote control to fast-forward and let the ending song play loudly on the TV.
Jiang Feng could see that Wang Hao was waiting a little anxiously and a little panicked. Asking for someone is like this, before you arrive, you feel that everything is fine, and when you arrive at someone's house, you sit on the sofa in the living room and don't see anyone for a long time, and the fear in your heart will multiply with the passage of time.
"Auntie, which senior brother did the professor see? Maybe Wang Hao and I still know each other. Jiang Feng asked.
Chen Suhua said with a smile: "It was the doctoral student he originally led, who graduated for several years, and would come to see him every year when the year was approaching." ”
Saying that, Chen Suhua glanced at the clock on the wall and found that Jiang Feng and they had indeed been waiting for a long time, so he got up: "I'll go and remind him, by the way, Xiaofeng, when will you go back?"
"Tomorrow the last day of business, the day after tomorrow annual meeting, the day after tomorrow will be back. Jiang Feng said.
"Leave so soon. Chen Suhua looked a little lost, "I heard your grandmother say that you got the Lantern Festival and came back, and your grandmother is not in our game, even if you put it together, it is incomplete." ”
Jiang Feng: ......
I didn't expect Grandma Jiang to unknowingly occupy such an important position in the mahjong room.
Chen Suhua walked briskly to the back room, but Wang Hao retreated at this critical moment: "Brother Feng, it seems that Professor Li doesn't usually take graduates." ”
"I haven't heard of Professor Li taking graduates, what's wrong?" Jiang Feng asked.
"Then I'm ......"
"Aunt Chen has already taken Cheerilee, and you can't take it back. Jiang Feng's words cut off Wang Hao's retreat.
Wang Hao was about to say some more words of fear from the scumbag to the respected old professor who had hung up on his subject, and Professor Li and the three of them came out.
Professor Li's student was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties or fifties and wore metal-framed glasses, his hair was relatively sparse compared to Jiang Feng's, his temples were still a little white, and his face was younger than his hair.
"Teacher, then I'll wait until the Chinese New Year to bring her over to see you. The academic boss said to Professor Li.
"Well, don't tell her those things, even if you say it after all these years, you can't change anything. Professor Li advised.
"I know. The academic boss nodded, turned his head and saw Jiang Feng and Wang Hao nodding at them with a smile and leaving.
Chen Suhua helped Professor Li give it away.
Professor Li walked towards Jiang Feng and Wang Hao, because he didn't go out in winter, there was heating in the house, Professor Li was only wearing a very thin cashmere sweater, and said with a smile: "Xiao Feng has been waiting for a long time, and Wang Hao, right, I remember you, have you passed the make-up exam for "Signals and Systems"? I didn't change the make-up exam papers." ”
"It's over. Mr. Li, since I finished writing my "Signals and Systems", I have gone home to hang the beam and stab the strands, fight at night, and brush up the questions every day. I didn't dare to forget the lesson of "Signal and System" for a moment, and vowed never to repeat the mistakes of the past, study hard, be a new person, learn endlessly, and look back... I put these words on my desk!" Wang Hao looked like he was taking an oath under the national flag, and he almost put his right hand into a fist to his ear.
"But how did I hear that your "Optical Information Processing" is also hanging? Professor Li smiled and debunked Wang Hao's lies.
Hao:......
Jiang Feng: Poof.
"Accidents, accidents. Wang Hao could only laugh dryly.
"Okay, Xiao Feng has already sent me a WeChat message about your graduation thesis just now, and it's not just a big deal. I probably know a little bit about your level, but in the past two years, I have been relatively strict, and it is indeed a bit difficult to complete your graduation thesis by yourself. I heard Xiaofeng say that you are now working as a copywriter in an advertising company, everyone has their own ambitions, and I have taken so many students, and not every student has finally taken the road of physics. Professor Li stopped teasing Wang Hao, and directly explained the matter to the point.
"That's it, you start writing first, I believe that at least the topic should be decided, if there is anything you don't understand, simply ask Xiaofeng, if he can't solve it, come here to find me." I suggest that you do it yourself first, it doesn't matter if you can't do it, I still have some spare data here. It is not very important whether you have the ability or not, but you must have the attitude, otherwise no one will be able to help you when the time comes. Professor Li said.
"Thank you, professor!" Wang Hao's tears of emotion were about to flow out.
"Now working outside is no better than in school, in school, you can make up for the final exam, and you can retake it if you don't pass the make-up exam, and it is difficult to remedy the mistakes you make at work. You and Xiaofeng are both good boys, work hard, if you have time in the future, remember to come and see me during the Chinese New Year. Professor Li said with a smile.
"Xiao Feng, I have something to say to you alone. ”
Wang Hao was very eye-catching and immediately slipped away: "Then Professor Li, I will leave first, and I will come to see you after the New Year." ”
When Wang Hao slipped away, he happened to bump into Chen Suhua, who had finished sending off the guests and chatting with the guests, and Chen Suhua was a little strange when he saw that Wang Hao was about to leave now.
"Xiao Wang, are you leaving so soon, what about Xiao Feng?" asked Chen Suhua.
"Teacher and Kaede... Jiang Feng went to the study to talk, and I was fine here, so I left first. Wang Hao explained.
"Okay, Xiao Wang, be careful on the road, come back when you have time." After Chen Suhua finished speaking, he sat back in his place, watching the TV series while roasting the little sun.
On the other side, Jiang Feng followed Professor Li into the study.
Although Jiang Feng often comes to Li's house, most of the places he goes to are living rooms, kitchens and pigsties, and this study is the first time he has entered, so he can't help but take a few more looks.
Professor Li's study is large, but it has no furnishings, and it looks very empty. There are two bookshelves in the study, the bookshelves are not large and only 5 floors, but the books are full, and they look very comfortable neatly. Jiang Feng casually glanced at it and saw a row of paper journals, and there were several papers and journals mixed in.
On the windowsill there is a pot of spider plants and a few pots of ordinary flowers, which grow vigorously and must be watered every day.
The desk looks very old, and the style is also very old, a bit like the desk Jiang Feng saw in the presidential palace when he went to play two years ago. There was nothing on the table, just a pen, a few pieces of scratch paper on which something had been written, two books of foreign literature, and the teacup was somehow placed on a chair instead of the table.
Professor Li walked to the desk, first picked up the teacup on the chair and put it back on the table, then opened the drawer and took out a thick stack of letters from it, and handed the letter to Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng took the letter a little uncertainly, these letters were all in an envelope, the style of the envelope was very old, and there was a very thick red bar in the middle of the envelope, which was full of age.
The envelope paper is yellow, and there are many spots on it, presumably it is old, there is no stamp, there is no signature, and the second is not signed, and it looks like new.
"What is this?" Jiang Feng looked very cautious about these envelopes, which might be older than himself, and carefully opened the seal, and took out the same yellowed letter inside.
"This is a letter that my mother wrote to your great-grandfather when she was in the United States but did not send it. Professor Li said, "I read the latest issue of "Zhiwei", and it was only after reading it that I realized that my father had pulled you to say so many things when he was still there, and it was also after reading that issue of "Zhiwei" that I realized that the letters left by my mother were all recipes. ”
Seeing that Jiang Feng's expression was a little stunned, Professor Li hurriedly explained: "These letters left by my mother were treasures when my father was still alive, and even I, as a son, couldn't touch them. Later, after a long time, I forgot about it, and I never opened it to see what was written inside. ”
"After reading "Zhiwei", I sorted out my father's relics brought from City A and sorted out these letters. There are a total of 37 letters, and I have read all the contents, all of which were written by my mother to your grandfather, and they are all recipes. ”
"It's useless for me to keep these letters, isn't your Li Hongzhang chowder taught to you by my father? I know that it may be a little difficult to read the letters alone, but it should also be of some use. Now there are only 37 letters, you can take these back and study them carefully, and then I will look for the rest slowly during the New Year. ”
Jiang Feng took the 37 letters in his hand, and for a while he only felt that these 37 letters were as heavy as a thousand gold, and he didn't know how to speak.
37 letters, 37 yellowed envelopes without signatures and addresses, 37 letters of unsent thoughts across the ocean.
The so-called Mr. Li Mingyi's dictation handed him Li Hongzhang's chowder, which was just a cover for him to explain the origin of the dish, and to put it bluntly, it was a lie, but this lie was written by Xu Cheng as a story and published in a magazine.
No one cared about the origin of this dish, not even the old man and Jiang Jiankang. Jiang Feng didn't expect that Professor Li would dig through all the relics of Li Mingyi and Jiang Huiqin just because of an article in "Zhiwei" and find these 37 letters.
"Grandpa, this is a relic of your aunt and grandmother, you should keep it yourself. Jiang Feng felt that it would be too much if he didn't call his aunt or grandfather or professor at this time, "These letters not only contain recipes, but also some things that my aunt and grandmother wrote about what happened to her in the United States, which are too precious and very important things for you." Even if these recipes are given to me, I may not be able to make the dishes inside, and I am so careless, in case I break them......"
"It's okay if they are broken, these letters are easily damaged after being left for so long. Professor Li put his hand on the letter and pressed it heavily, "These letters are the purpose of my mother's writing to your grandfather, that is, to tell your grandfather these recipes." Although these letters did not reach your grandfather's hands in the end, now that they are in your hands, they can be regarded as returning to their original owners. ”
"You are a good boy, filial piety, serious, focused and hard-working, your grandmother Chen is hairy and likes to clean, maybe one day these letters will be broken. Even if you don't need them now, you will be able to use them in the future, as if I gave them to you in advance so that you wouldn't forget them later. ”
"Ding. ”
The system suddenly deceived the corpse, which startled Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng could probably guess that the system should have issued a side quest or hidden quest related to these 37 letters.
"Thank you, Grandpa, I'll try to restore the recipe on it. Jiang Feng said firmly.
Professor Li smiled, smiling very comfortably: "Don't be pressured to take your time, when you recover, remember to call your aunt and grandfather to try it." ”