si-mexico Chapter 185: Tight Face
Chapter 185: Tight Face
Su Yunyun found a staff member and asked him to help contact the canteen to cook a large pot of brown sugar ginger tea and keep it hot on the fire. In this way, when the educated youth from Dongshan Village arrived, after drinking a large bowl of thick brown sugar ginger tea, they would be able to dispel the cold and dampness and avoid colds and fevers as much as possible.
When Su Yunyun saw the staff's puzzled look, she made it clear to the staff that she was from Dongshan Village and naturally had to take care of the educated youth from the same village to avoid misunderstandings among the staff.
The staff member first went to the cafeteria and came back soon. He told Su Yunyun that they could help cook the tea, but she had to pay for the materials and coal briquettes needed to cook the brown sugar ginger tea herself. Su Yunyun paid all the money to the staff member without thinking.
The staff gladly accepted it. Su Yunyun gave them a lot of money, and they could add more water when the time came so that they could drink some, which would be warm in such a cold snowy day.
After Su Yunyun made all the arrangements, she said goodbye to Wang Yuhe and Zhang Wei and went upstairs to continue studying.
It was not until evening that the educated youths arrived at the institute in a dishevel. Their cotton coats were soaked by the snow and their faces were pale from the cold. However, they held the bags in their arms tightly as if they were rare treasures.
They took out their receipts and gave them to the staff tremblingly. After receiving the check-in tickets, before they could ask where they could get hot water, the staff asked them to wait a while before going upstairs. The educated youth didn't know what was going on, so they looked at each other and waited quietly.
After a while, the staff came with a tray with bowls on it, which was steaming. The sweet and spicy smell made the educated youth feel hungry.
"Come, drink some brown sugar ginger tea to get rid of the cold." The staff put the tray on the work table, handed bowls of brown sugar ginger tea to the educated youth, and urged them to drink it quickly.
The educated youth were a little flattered holding the brown sugar ginger tea in their hands. Is the service in the guesthouse so good now?
The staff looked at their puzzled expressions and explained, "This brown sugar ginger tea was prepared by Su Yunyun from your village. She heard that you were going to walk to the city in the snow and was worried that you might catch a cold or fever. She paid for us to prepare it for you in advance."
“Su Yunyun?” The educated youth shouted, “She really cares about our needs and helped us a lot!”
"From the looks of it, she should be living here too. Let's go and thank her!"
"Don't do it now. You'll disturb her review. Thank her in person when you see her tomorrow!"
"Yes, the most urgent thing now is to drink the brown sugar ginger tea first, so as not to let her kindness down!"
"Yeah, you're right. I'll listen to you!"
The educated youths all raised their heads and drank the brown sugar ginger tea in one gulp. After the boiling hot brown sugar ginger tea entered their stomachs, heat rose from their stomachs and soon their bodies became hot.
Some of the female educated youth had beads of sweat on their noses and their faces turned red.
"Let's go back to the room and change our wet clothes. Let's wrap ourselves in quilts and review hard." One of the educated youths shouted to everyone to go back to the room. Then the educated youths put their bowls on the tray, thanked the staff, and left in a flash.
At dinner time, Su Yunyun, Han Sen, Su Ping and others went to a state-owned restaurant to eat. They ran into Wang Yuhe and Zhang Wei who were also there for dinner, but they didn't see the other educated youth from the educated youth institute. After asking Zhang Wei, they learned from him that the educated youth had brought steamed buns with them and ate them cold with hot water at night, which saved money and did not waste time.
Su Yunyun didn't say anything when she heard this, but when she went back, she asked the staff to contact the canteen to make some brown sugar ginger tea, and then gave a bowl to herself and the educated youth from Dongshan Village. Of course, the money for the materials and coal briquettes was also paid in advance.
The staff thought that after drinking brown sugar ginger tea in the afternoon, they felt warm all over and did not feel cold looking at the howling wind and snow outside. They did not expect that they would have the chance to drink it again in the evening, especially since they had to work the night shift. If they could have brown sugar ginger tea to accompany them, they believed that they would not feel cold on this cold night.
So the staff agreed immediately and promised to send it to them as soon as it was ready.
When they were reviewing at night, after the doors of Su Yunyun's family and the educated youth from Dongshan Village's rooms were knocked open, strong brown sugar ginger tea was brought to them. After drinking the boiling hot ginger tea, Su Yunyun's family reviewed for a while, then washed up and went to bed, so that they would be in a good mental state to face the day's exams the next day.
The educated youth from Dongshan Village felt warm after drinking the brown sugar ginger tea again.
They were originally eating cold steamed buns with hot water. Although their hunger was relieved, they were still shivering with cold wrapped in quilts. They could only drink hot water to raise their body temperature. Unexpectedly, Su Yunyun's brown sugar ginger tea appeared again and saved them. It made them feel hot all over, and they reviewed more vigorously, and did not fall asleep until lights out.
The next morning, Han Sen and Su Ping woke up early, washed up, and went to the cafeteria on the first floor to take their breakfast back to their room. Then they had breakfast with their family and checked their admission tickets and pens for the exam again to make sure they had brought their admission tickets and that their pens were full of ink. At the same time, each of them prepared an extra one as a backup.
After everything was ready, Su Yunyun and the others dressed warmly, then each put on gloves and went downstairs.
Su Yunyun, Han Sen, and Wang Cuilan took the exam at No. 1 Middle School, while Su Ping, Su Kang, and Su Tai took the exam at No. 2 Middle School, so after cheering each other up at the entrance of the guesthouse, they went to the exam venues in opposite directions.
Walking on the road, they saw many educated youth rushing to the state-owned restaurants to buy breakfast. Su Yunyun, Su Ping and others were all glad that they could have their breakfast in the cafeteria and didn't have to squeeze with others and waste time.
Su Yunyun waited for the bell to ring when she arrived at the entrance of the examination room. While waiting, she saw the educated youth from Dongshan Village arriving at the entrance after a while.
As soon as the educated youth saw Su Yunyun, they immediately came over to express their gratitude to her. “Comrade Su Yunyun, it was all thanks to your brown sugar ginger tea yesterday. Otherwise, most of us would have caught a cold and had a fever, and we would have no hope of passing the exam today. Thank you so much.”
Su Yunyun simply waved her hand and told them not to be polite. She told them that they were all from Dongshan Village and that life was not easy for them, so they should take care of each other. In addition, she came early and had the conditions to help them prepare in advance, so it was naturally her duty and it would be great if she could help them.
I just have doubts about most of the people they mentioned. Could it be that some of them have a cold or fever?
Su Yunyun asked her question, "You just said most of the people, does that mean there are still people who have a cold and a fever? How many people are there?"
The educated youth who had just thanked her looked tense, "Yes, there are two more people who caught a cold."