Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 850 Issuance of Admission Tickets
"Relatives? No, no, those disciples know almost all of my relatives. You are asking me to lie with my eyes open. And I won't be able to explain to my family if I say that."

"Then you should take that little girl as your goddaughter."

"You... forget it. I'll take care of my apprentice's side. But you also know that I'm just a cook. From the beginning, I don't like to have anything to do with the front desk, so you still need to take care of the formalities."

"Hahaha, I knew you were a straightforward person."

On the way home with Qi Zhaodi, Han Li couldn't help but ask curiously when he saw her silent.

"Little sister, what's wrong with you? Did you get mad when you were helping in the kitchen just now?"

"Oh no, I was thinking about the way that Master Wang cooked, and the knife skills and methods of his two apprentices in handling ingredients. These are different from what Master Liu Shuanzhu taught before."

"Is it necessary to think about this? One of them is the chef of a small county restaurant, and the other is the chef of a state banquet. Whether it is their skills or the ingredients they usually come into contact with, the difference between them is as big as heaven and earth."

"Brother Han, do you think the craftsmanship is more important or the ingredients are more important?"

"Well, according to the current situation, if you don't have good skills, you won't be able to get in touch with high-quality ingredients. Conversely, without high-quality ingredients, it will be difficult to improve your skills. This is the advantage of having a high-level master. His apprentices have more opportunities to get in touch with, handle, and process those high-quality ingredients than others.

But if Master Wang agrees to let you go to Fengze Garden to learn the craft, you don't have to worry too much about the ingredients. Just come home and tell me what you need. I can still get most of the ingredients on the market if I think of a way."

Han Li returned to his home in Mianhua Hutong while chatting with Qi Zhaodi. Then the whole family went to Houhaizi to see how the yard was being tidied and decorated.

From the outside, you can't tell that the courtyard has changed much. The outside of the street gate has just been simply renovated, and the originally sunken roof and fallen tiles have all been rectified and replaced.

But things are different after you open the street gate and walk in. The originally mottled street gate tube is now freshly painted, and the screen wall that was originally smashed so that no pattern could be seen has now been replaced with a brand new pattern of clean lotus and fat fish.

Before raising the ground in the yard by two steps, the construction team took down all the bluestone slabs here, and after compacting the ground, they cleaned the bluestone slabs and laid them again.

Because Han Li asked the construction team to reserve several flower beds in the yard for planting peonies, peonies, magnolias, lilacs, crabapples, wisterias, roses, forsythias and other flowers and trees in the future, there were still some bluestone slabs left over, which were now neatly stacked in a corner of the courtyard.

In the south room, the outermost half is the toilet, which contains a squat toilet and a washbasin.

The two rooms next to it are the kitchen and dining room, but at present there is nothing inside except a stove made of bricks and tiles, a large workbench and cabinets.

Han Li and his companions came out of the south room and went to the east wing first. The room opposite the door would be used as a courtesy room later. The brick walls on both sides were intended to be used as two bedrooms. It was also bare and had nothing in it.

The washroom is located at the southernmost end of the west wing, which has a washbasin and a bathtub. In the middle is a cast iron bathtub, surrounded by bricks and tiles. The cast iron bathtub does not look very good, but in order to buy it and the shower, the foreman went to several construction sites under the charge of his friends before he got them.

The two rooms on the north side of the west wing are very large. Han Li plans to put a set of sofas and a tea machine here for drinking tea and chatting, and then put a piano and a pool table here as a place for everyone to relax.

The layout of the north wing is the same as that of the east wing, and it is also divided into three rooms, but its area is larger.

The doors and windows that needed repair have been repaired, and those that needed replacement have been replaced. The only thing left for this courtyard house to be completed is a final coat of paint.

The Yun sisters and He Mi were chattering in the room about the future layout and furnishings of the house, as well as what furniture would be needed. Han Li took a stool and sat in the yard, lit a cigarette, and looked at the sky that seemed to be covered with a layer of yellow sand.

I am looking forward to the arrival of Grain Rain in my heart, because in Sijiu City, after the Grain Rain, the rainfall will increase, and once it starts, it is easy to enter the situation where the spring rain continues for several days.

At that time, the situation of yellow sand all over the sky will be alleviated a lot, and the air condition will be greatly improved. At the very least, it will reduce the number of times Han Li and others have to use both hands to hold water and gently suck some into their nostrils to clean their nasal cavity every time they wash their faces.

Han Li was outside smoking and thinking about things. He waited until Yun Yingying and the others had finished their discussion before returning to their home in Mianhua Hutong.

Not long after I sat down at home, Liu Lao's bodyguard Gong Jianglong came, bringing news about Qi Zhaodi.

With the full help of Mr. Liu, Master Wang agreed to bring Qi Zhaodi to Fengze Garden, and also exempted Qi Zhaodi from the process of washing vegetables for four years and cutting vegetables for three years, and started directly from learning knife skills and cooking cold dishes.

However, the work at Fengze Garden involves audits, workstations, transfer letters, etc. Qi Zhaodi has to wait until all these procedures are completed before she can go to Fengze Garden to learn the craft from Master Wang. This process takes two days at the fastest and no more than five days at the slowest.

Gong Jianglong came here today to tell Qi Zhaodi to prepare to go to Fengze Garden as an apprentice. Don't tell the school, but pack up your things first. After Han Li sent Gong Jianglong away, he returned to the house and told everyone the news.

Everyone was very happy. Qi Zhaodi was happy because she could go to Fengze Garden to learn craftsmanship from Master Wang.

While congratulating Qi Zhaodi, others encouraged her with a smile to study hard, saying that everyone would have a good time in the future, and when she had mastered the skills, the whole family would be able to enjoy the dishes at the state banquet.

The next day, Han Li and his classmates resumed their daily school routine.

However, Han Li still went around the school and returned to his home in Laohudong Hutong to park his bicycle.

While lighting the stove, he fed Yamamoto's two dogs, then drank tea and read.

Time passed happily like this, and there was no news since Han Li heard from Old Liu last time.

I don’t know if the higher-ups are still discussing this issue in a meeting, or if they simply rejected Principal Wen’s proposal.

However, if Han Li had to choose, he sincerely hoped that the proposal would be withdrawn.

On Thursday, Han Li walked into the school with Yun Yingying and the others. They went to class, and Han Li went to the bulletin board to check the latest news and instructions.

There was indeed a report here today that needed attention, so Han Li took out a pen from his jacket pocket, took out a notebook from his bag and started transcribing. However, when he finished taking notes and was about to leave, Teacher Niu came to his side.

"Han Li, I can tell from my guess that you are here to read the news and receive instructions."

"Hello, Mr. Niu, what do you want to talk to me about?"

After listening to this, Teacher Niu smiled, took out one of the several kraft paper file bags tucked under his arm, then took out an envelope with the seal of Yan University from the kraft paper file bag and handed it to Han Li, saying with a smile.

"This is the admission ticket that our school gave to students taking the postgraduate entrance examination in May yesterday. Students from other schools or farther away all used registered mail. I helped pick up yours on the spot."

"Thank you, Teacher Niu."

"You're welcome. Just study hard and don't panic when the national unified exam is held on May 5. The exam will be held in our school, and 15% of the invigilators are from our school, with only % being sent from higher authorities.

So just relax, don't be nervous, and just do your best. With your ability, you will definitely have no problem getting into graduate school. If you do your best, you may win the exam."

After Han Li thanked Teacher Niu again, the two chatted a lot about the news about the postgraduate entrance examination, as well as some books and questions that should be helpful.

For example: This time the postgraduate entrance examination requires a foreign language. Among the candidates who took the entrance examination from other universities, those who had not studied a foreign language all chose English and Chinese.

English was chosen as the test because English courses have been broadcast on the radio in all large, medium and small cities since 72, so everyone needs to be a little familiar with English, at least be able to guess a few words of "choke to death", "cat death" and "goodbye death" in the "four skills" of the exam.

(The four skills are: listening, translating, speaking, and writing.)
The reason for applying for the Little Red Dot Language is even simpler, that is, the language of this country was originally created by stealing and modifying our country's characters. There are many, many similarities between them, and they can rely on this familiarity to guess some of the answers during the exam.

Also, during this postgraduate entrance examination, except for candidates from the Foreign Languages ​​Department, candidates from other departments can bring dictionaries into the examination room when taking the foreign language test, and can look up words in them during the test.

Han Li chatted with Teacher Niu for a long time here, and finally left the notice board with the other party's encouraging gaze.

Han Li was not nervous at all about the upcoming exam. After returning home from school, he threw the envelope on the table, made himself a cup of tea, and went to the east room holding the enamel cup.

He took out some beef bones from the decomposition space, lit the fire, blanched them, rinsed them, added water, and started to stew them over high heat again. While he was drinking tea and reading a book, he was waiting for Yun Yingying and He Mi to finish school.

Today, Hao Hongmin, who was far away at Shanghai Commercial Technical School, received a registered letter from Han Li. After receiving the letter, she quickly tore open the envelope, took out the letter inside and started reading. When she saw the last sentence, a relaxed and relieved smile appeared on her face, and her big, beautiful eyes had turned into a slit.

(End of this chapter)