"It's delicious!"

"Thank you. ”

"So, how are you doing with your homework? I heard from the supervisor's husband that you plan to take next year's graduation exam and university entrance exam with me and Zang Kejia?"

"Yes," Chu Xue was a little more focused on her conversation with Shao Nianshi, "So, Shao Nianshi, which school do you plan to go to?"

"Shandong University. Shao Nianshi didn't hesitate, based on his career, he couldn't choose any school except Jeseong.

After hearing Shao Nianshi's choice, Chu Xue just hesitated for a moment and said her decision.

"My father wanted me to go to a university in the province, such as Shandong Normal University. ”

"Actually, if there was no other choice, I would have liked to have gone abroad to see it......

"But I don't know why, but lately, I feel that life abroad doesn't seem to be very suitable for me. ”

When she said this, Chu Xue glanced at Shao Nianshi very vaguely, and then quickly turned her gaze to other places when the other party raised her head, and used the cookies she had been holding in her hand as a cover for her slight panic, and turned the topic to another aspect of why she didn't plan to go abroad.

"Because I had this idea a while ago, and after I expressed my desire to study abroad to my father, my father did not directly oppose it, nor did he express obvious support. ”

"He just gave me a realistic picture of what I would face if I had studied abroad. ”

"Do you know?" Chu Xue raised her head, looked at Shao Nianshi's eyes, and when she narrated to the other party, she had a very rare grievance.

This is really incredible for Shao Nianshi.

In his heart, the first snow represents everyone's beautiful demeanor, as well as the eternal quiet and gentle temperament.

Shao Nianshi had never seen Chu Xue's somewhat fragile expression, and at this time, Shao Nianshi suddenly felt that the person in front of him seemed to be more moving, and he showed a unique female charm than so many previous meetings.

And Chu Xue's expression at this time became a mess in his mind like a mess, he couldn't hear the meaning of the other party's expression clearly, he just looked at the smile of the beautiful woman opposite, lost in her unconscious tears.

For Shao Nianshi's strangeness at this time, Chu Xuechu, who focused on complaining, was not aware of it, and she instilled her experience in the Chu Family Mansion in the past few days to Shao Nianshi, who was already very familiar with her and could even be regarded as a friend.

"You know what? My father created a simulated space for me at home, as if I had been abroad now. ”

"First of all, I had to take a horse-drawn carriage for several days to Beiping, where our new government is located, where I got a certificate to study abroad and transit visas to other countries. ”

"Then, I will take a carriage from Peking to Manchuria, and after avoiding the wandering troops of the White Russians and the bearded bandits of the northeast at the border between Manchuria and Russia, I will successfully reach the territory of Russia. ”

"Then I took the train from Russia to Berlin in Germany, and from Berlin to Belgium, and then I was able to take the cruise ship used for the last leg of the journey to England, which I had in mind. ”

"Of course, I have a closer route, which is to take a boat from Qingcheng to Shanghai, which is now about to be regained by the southern government, and find a way to pay a high price for an ocean liner to England. ”

"Based on my father's connections in the south and the financial resources of our first family, if I was lucky, I might have gotten a first-class ticket, and then sailed for more than fifty days and nights in the vast sea before arriving in London, where I was about to study. ”

"Well, along the way, I'm probably going to have to suffer a little bit of racial discrimination that I've never experienced before?"

"After all, the number of Chinese on the passenger ship I am going to take must not be too many." ”

"No matter how rich our family is, the first class that is not open to yellow people at all will not sell us tickets. ”

Speaking of this, the first snow became even more frustrating.

She casually tossed the small cookie in her hand back to the plate, and the more appetizing English milk tea in her other hand also lost its original deliciousness.

"Actually, I really didn't realize anything just by listening to it. ”

"But you know what?"

"From the day I was going to leave the country, my luggage was moved by the servants from the room where I had been living to the western annex where I was to entertain guests. ”

"Because my father said that it was empty, and there was nothing overly decorated or suitable for my habits, except for practical furniture. ”

"It's perfect for a simulation of the student apartment I'm going to live in abroad. ”

Speaking of this, Chu Xue sighed softly, turned his face to Shao Nianshi's front, and then continued: "I thought that this was already the biggest difficulty I was going to face. ”

"But who would have thought that after living there, I would have to do so many jobs that I had never done before. ”

"My room, well, is about half the size of my original bedroom, and I have to go with a maid. ”

"If this is already inconvenient, then I have to find my own way if I want to have a more comfortable meal. ”

"Ever since my father was at home simulating for me what I would face if I went abroad, I didn't have any food on the table other than Western food. ”

"Did you know I've been eating fried fish and potatoes for a few days?"

"And those boiled slimy beans with tomato sauce or some other seasoning......"

"Oh my God, they even serve it as a separate side dish next to the rice, and even add a bowl of water to it as a soup. ”

"I didn't expect that London, which was so beautiful in the books and full of aristocratic atmosphere, that people would eat this kind of food and breathe the sulphurous air that only the dirty factory districts have. ”

"And that's what my dad has made me feel these days......"

"By now, I think I've given up on going abroad. ”

"I even thought that even if I wanted to experience the customs of foreign countries and their powerful and rich technology and culture, it would not be now. ”

"At least I'm not ready to live independently. ”

Probably because the expression on Shao Nianshi's face was too ashamed of Chu Xue, she felt that she had to defend herself, so she tried her best to sit upright, just as gentle as before, but Shao Nianshi could feel the little bit of girl's ...... that suddenly appeared from the other party Lovely.

"Really, it's not because I'm an eldest lady, or because I can't endure hardship......"

"I'm just, I'm just ......"

Shao Nianshi smiled: "You just like food too much, in your opinion, life without delicious food is like a world without color, which will make people's lives lose too much excitement." ”

"Even if you make up for it with another kind of wonderful, you can't plug the hole of the missing taste buds. ”

"Yes! That's it. Chu Xue suddenly laughed, she felt that it was no wonder that she had been in middle school for so many years, and the only person who could be called a friend among the opposite sex was Shao Nian.

It's not that she has any special insistence on the big thing about men and women.

It's just that the criteria for judging confidants are different.

Hatsuyuki doesn't like men who talk about it, and she doesn't like boys who are so naïve that they only want to show off their non-existent advantages in front of women.

She just wants to have a common feeling when she reads, the same empathy when listening to songs, the corners of the other party's mouth are also raised when she is happy, and when she is sad, even if she can't show it too obviously, she will still lower her eyebrows and empathize with people or things that have suffered misfortunes.

And among the peers she knew, it seemed that only Shao Nian had done this.

Chu Xue didn't know if it was because her social circle was too narrow or because her male classmates of the same age were too naïve.

In short, the only male classmate who can communicate and communicate with her without obstacles is the one sitting in front of him.

However, his table mates seem to be much more interested in Shao Nianshi than himself.

Thinking of the first snow here, she was a little uncomfortable, she secretly glanced at Shao Nianshi, and asked the other party in the usual gentle tone: "So I decided to stay in China to study." ”

"Do you think it's better for me to go to Peking to study, or stay in the province?"

Shao Nianshi paused for a moment when he heard this question, and then his businessman's egoistic spirit was brought into full play at this time.

In order to avoid the bias in his words being too obvious, Shao Nianshang thought about this question seriously and gave his own answer: "I think it's better for you to stay in the province and study at university." ”

"And there are only a few universities in Shandong Province that we can handle, so there are not many majors for you to choose from. ”

"For example, if you want to study medicine, you can only go to Qingdao Medical College to try, oh, it is the medical specialty that the Germans raised funds to apply for in the Qingdao Special Higher Vocational School. ”

"In the end, it is a college that foreigners spend money to support, that is, Qingdao Special Higher Vocational School has been discontinued, and they can also open a separate university for themselves with strong funds. ”

"The teachers and the experimental equipment were all shipped from Germany. ”

"Families who really want to study medicine, but can't even afford to study in Japan, will generally send them to Qingcheng, Shandong. ”

"So, if you want to study medicine, going to Qingdao is really a good choice. ”

Hearing this, Chu Xue shook his head: "No, I'm not very confident in my hands-on ability......"

Probably in order to confirm the persuasiveness of his words, Chu Xue made a lot of determination and untied the small pocket hanging on the side of his skirt.

This is a purse that old-fashioned women who like to wear traditional clothes like to hang.

Most of these small objects were embroidered by the women themselves.

Now, this pocket, yes, it can only be called a pocket, just spread on the small coffee table used to drink tea, with a ridiculous thread exposed in the dust, with crooked stitches, exposed in front of Shao Nianshi's eyes.

"It's ...... cough ...... "Shao Nian used a sip of black tea to cover up his embarrassment.

It's not that he bragged, three years ago, his skills in sewing and mending torn clothes were a hundred times better than that of the maker of this purse.

It's such a purse, no, pocket, but it hangs in the hands of the young lady who carries a white jade bracelet worth three hundred yuan, and pinching a silk handkerchief worth eighteen yuan, so who is the producer...... It goes without saying.

"It's good, at least it's sturdy, isn't it?"

Shao Nianshi simply wanted to cover up Chu Xue's embarrassment, who thought that he was just unintentional, but Chu Xue's eyes lit up.

Shao Nianshi didn't care about a girl's embroidery.

She thought that he, like her father, liked clever girls.

The first snow, which is used to doing everything properly, does not exclude needlework.

But growing up, she discovered that she really wasn't a handmade material.

As a result, the necessary memories of this old-school young lady were absurded by her.

When she grew older and the marriage was about to be put on the agenda, this skill that she had forgotten in the corner was inexplicably found out by everyone.

Although my father has made it clear to people outside, even if it is a kiss, he will keep her until he graduates from college.

But Chu Xue knows that marriage is not the same as engagement, and people like them, if they meet a suitable marriage partner, the family will settle it for them as early as possible.

On the one hand, it is to reconcile the current normal marriage, and on the other hand, it is to find a partner who can work together or assist the development of the family.

So, Hatsuyuki, who was disgusted with this set from the beginning, was inquired about her appearance and temperament and the skills she mastered when she saw the ladies who came to the door before who had never seen her before.

She became more and more disgusted with embroidery.

In Chu Xue's opinion, the husband she wants to find is a wise person who can talk to her about the current state of the world and people's livelihood, not a vulgar person who only stares at her virtuous generosity and assesses the value of the family behind her by her appearance and figure.

Now, her best friend, her classmate who went to school together at Jeseong Middle School, Shao Nianshi, who was the most promising and capable in her father's mouth, didn't care about her clumsy handiwork.