I Love FarmingCh19 - The Arrival Of Summer Vacation

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With the arrival of June, CU students began preparing for their final exams, which were to be held at the end of the month. The caring first canteen also launched a new range of dishes that was said to be nourishing for the brain such as walnut and soybean milk in the morning, tofu and fish head soup at dinner, pork liver slices, and other dishes, which the majority of students warmly accepted… In fact, they welcomed all kinds of dishes from the first canteen now. 9ej D7

As usual, Meng Chang went to the canteen with his roommates. This semester, the people in their dormitory had almost every meal together in the canteen, unlike in the past where they often left the campus to get better food. Andt the same time, they still had to consider Meng Chang’s economic conditions.

But now, who would be so stupid to spend more money to eat in restaurants when their food didn’t taste as good as the canteen’s?

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It could be said that the reformation of CU’s five tigers had greatly affected the business of restaurants around them.

Instafamous restaurants like The Forest of Taste were still able to attract the other residents of the city. However, for other restaurants, their customer base mainly consisted of students. Thus, after the five canteens shared recipes with one another, their businesses took a pretty big hit. If it wasn’t for the students from the other schools in the University City, they would have closed down. kXSGbR

“Auntie, fish head soup, fish head soup.” Meng Chang stared at the delicious fish soup through the canteen window, eyes almost going stiff from staring at it too hard.

The auntie gave him a scoop of the soup with a smile. “I’ll give you more soup. Eat well and do well on your tests.”

“Thank you, Auntie.” Meng Chang took the plate.

After a few months, the relationship between the aunties responsible for scooping dishes and the teachers and students became harmonious. In the past, students often complained about the choice of ingredients and the taste of the dishes. However, the chefs constantly stuck to their own ways. They even thought that the dishes they developed were novel but nutritious. Sandwiched between both sides, the aunties often weren’t in a good mood since they had to listen to many complaints.

Now, all was good. The students were eating well. They were all ruddy and chubby and spouted sweet words to the aunties. It was pleasant to hear the students say nice things. The staff was also paid more, and the canteen’s budget had increased.

The place with the best atmosphere in the entire CU campus was probably the canteen. It wasn’t wrong to say that food could make someone feel better.

His roommate first got his meal and then occupied a space on the table. When Meng Chang sat down, he saw that everyone had also gotten fish soup. After all, it was the dish that the canteen had strongly recommended in order to get the students prepared for the exams.

The fish head was first fried and then sautéed with ginger until fragrant. To make the soup, boiling water would be added to the fish head. Afterward, onion and tofu were next dropped into the soup. Because the fish head had been fried, the fish soup would gradually become a rich milky white color. iw50RF

A portion of fish head soup was placed in the compartment of the plate. In the milk-like fish soup was a piece of fish head meat, two pieces of ginger, some scallions, and of course, the white, tender tofu with only its edges peeking out of the soup.

One would first smell the slight tinge of pepper when one drank a big mouthful of fish soup, but the taste of the fish would be more overwhelming. There also wouldn’t be a fishy stench after the strong-tasting soup entered one’s mouth. The taste of the right amount of salt, the scallions, and the ginger slices also mixed together to form a fresh flavour.

After downing the hot soup, one’s stomach would feel warm, and a fresh fragrance would linger in their mouths. After reminiscing about the taste, one would eat the flesh on the fish head, which had been cooked until it had become very soft. Once the meat was scraped off of the head with chopsticks, it could be finished within a few mouthfuls. One would still have to gnaw on the bones too.

The tofu had also become very flavourful and soft after the soup had boiled. It would jiggle when pinched with chopsticks, so it was better to use a spoon to scoop a piece of tofu along with some milky soup. After stuffing both in one’s mouth, one’s mouth would be filled with a thick fragrance and smooth tenderness. HK9V5Y

“…I think I’ve gained at least eight jin. When I was talking to my mother in the video call, she couldn’t even say ‘Son, you’ve worked too hard. Come back and have some good food.'”

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Meng Chang suddenly burst into laughter.  “I don’t go back home during summer vacation, so I can still eat here. At that time, the watermelons Boss Cui planted will already be ripe.”

The others: “…”

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Yes, Meng Chang basically stayed in school to work during the holidays.

His words just now caused him to pull all the hatred to himself. Angry, his roommates pressed him down to beat him up and snatched his food away. CN89s0

This summer, the depressed atmosphere among the students due to the fact that they had to leave the school seemed to be particularly thick. It was still fine for the non-graduating students. Those who truly couldn’t bear to part were the new graduates, who had suffered and eaten dark cuisine for a long time until the canteen finally changed their recipes recently. But now, they already had to leave.

Those who could stay for their postgraduate studies felt very lucky. To them, it was really fortunate for them to still be able to return to school!

At this time, many graduates had already accepted job offers and had begun to move out of the school one after another.

Because the students owned a lot of personal belongings, many of the students who had found jobs within the same area would charter a car to transport their belongings together to that area. UCDhLp

Meng Chang had gone to help the seniors of his major pack up. When they were halfway into packing, the driver from the car rental company arrived and came up to help.

“Just you? Didn’t we also charter two more cars?”

“Don’t worry, my brothers will come later. After you guys are done packing up, they’ll arrive soon,” the driver explained.

The senior nodded. All of them had only contacted this driver, who was assigned to lead the driving team. After hearing that they would arrive later, Meng Chang continued their previous topic of conversation. dboh0g

“So, I heard that the canteen will be giving gifts to the new graduates,” Meng Chang said.

“Is this really true? What are they giving?”

“Millet pepper, with the hopes that you graduates will have a bright future.”

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Because Meng Chang always ate in the canteen and was familiar with the aunties in the canteen, he seriously told him, “It’s really true. The auntie who cleaned the table told us that after lunch today. However, because there’s limited stock, this means that each student may only get one.”

“Ha, this is really very interesting.”

“Heh, there’s not much to say about this. All the chili peppers that each class got can be combined and used to eat hotpot!”

They then began to talk happily about the cooking methods 101 for chili peppers. Since it was nearing the holidays, the canteen could spare many peppers to send to the graduates. During ordinary times, the supply wouldn’t even be enough to make their self-made chili oil. JnlNTE

At this time, the driver’s mobile phone rang. He looked at the screen and said, “Hey, are you there?”

It seemed like he was talking to the other drivers.

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“You’re in University City? Didn’t I already tell you just now? It’s 99 Asbestos Road. You don’t know where it is? It’s that agricultural university!” As soon as the driver was done speaking, he realized that everyone turned to stare at him. He silently hung up and said, “What?”

“Mister, we’re at CU! The full name of this university is CX University, and it has nothing to do with agriculture! The agricultural university is on the other side of University City!” ZLJnt

The driver started sweating. “I’ve just said that CX University is what’s written on your school gates. But when I entered the school, I heard some students say that your school’s name is CX Agricultural University because there are so many vegetable fields. That’s why I was wondering whether your school changed names or whether this was really the full name of the school.”

Everyone: “…”

The CU students were used to making a joke out of themselves, but right now, they were all speechless. They quickly asked the driver to call the other drivers, so that they wouldn’t be misled and head in the opposite direction.

But who would’ve thought? After the call had gone through, the voice at the other end was very loud as it travelled outward from the phone, saying in a firm tone, “Brother, we’ve just entered the south gate. We will be there soon. Is there an old man statue here? And you can see vegetable fields in the school, right?!” dpoKZ5

This was the truth. There was a statue of a scientist at the South Gate of CU, and one could see the vegetable fields upon entry.

Everyone: …What the heck. They actually managed to find the school?

The driver had mistakenly told his brothers that this place was the agricultural university, and the most disturbing thing was that the other party really found CU!!

As more students finished their end-of-semester examinations and gradually returned home, the discussions regarding the first canteen had reached a small climax yet again. QW9MSn

At first, some students posted their holiday photos, as well as their photos back when school had just started. Lastly, they posted photos of what they looked like when the summer vacation had just started. “My mother looked at me for a long time and asked me whether I had taken the money reserved for buying school materials to eat takeout and whether that’s why I’ve gotten so fat.”

That person’s measurement of their weight gain—heavier by 12 jin at the end of the semester compared to their weight at the start of it.

This couldn’t be helped because the canteen food was too delicious. All the students weren’t proud of their lack of self-control when it came to eating. They always ate so much food during breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper that they all felt bloated after every meal.

Some of them even had that type of physique where it was easy for them to gain weight, but they either didn’t like to exercise or had no time to exercise. Thus, they grew fat. This semester, it was unknown how many people’s dreams of losing weight were crushed. 08JvAo

Everyone shared similar sentiments. CU students all posted what their parents had commented about them. There were parents who always insisted that their children were skinny no matter how much weight they gained; there were also those that thought their children didn’t study hard at school; yet other parents felt that the canteen had really improved since this was the first time their sons and daughters had gained weight after they returned home during the holidays. Lastly, there were also parents who teased their children, saying that they would accompany their kids to the canteen after school reopened so that they could eat together.

To sum things up, everyone missed the first canteen.

Who knew whether the first canteen’s self-grown vegetables would be sent to which lucky fellow’s mouth today?

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Cui QiChao didn’t care which students ate at the canteen. In any case, XiaoBai had already eaten his meal.

He once again made a cat meal for XiaoBai. Two pieces of tender green cabbage leaves that had been blanched were first set on the plate. Then on the top left corner was the sliced meat of a chicken leg with its skin remaining, shaped to be akin to its original appearance but without the bone. On the right side of the plate, a pile of tender and fat sole fish meat was placed, along with an egg yolk.

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As usual, XiaoBai must first accomplish the commands Cui QiChao gave him in order for him to eat to his heart’s content.

After XiaoBai had finished eating, Cui QiChao put the plate away, wrapped his hands around XiaoBai, and carried it so that it laid flat on his leg. He pinched its cheek before gently massaging its body. XiaoBai’s middle and long coat had almost grown out. In particular, its tail hair was getting thicker and thicker. As a cat that had been raised by Cui QiChao, its fur was shiny and bright. dmJ23M

After its cheek was pinched, XiaoBai stiffened and unnaturally ‘meow’-ed once.

What was he scheming?

Cui QiChao continued to massage it, from the cat’s head to its body.

XiaoBai was initially very resistant to the massage, but it couldn’t resist the comfortable feeling its body was feeling. Soon, its legs softened, and it relaxed completely, tilting its head to reveal its chin. nRE5x4

Cui QiChao basically only touched it and gave it a quick hug whenever he was rewarding it. Most of the time, he only held the cat with one hand, and it seemed more like he was carrying it instead of hugging it. They weren’t like its current circumstances, where it enjoyed a similar treatment to the one that the dormitory auntie gave to the sheriff cat. No, it was enjoying an even better treatment than that auntie’s cat. Cui QiChao held it in his arms, kneaded it, massaged it, and even brushed its hair!

Cui QiChao leaned closer toward XiaoBai. “Comfortable?” he asked softly, holding a catmint lollipop in one of his hands.

XiaoBai’s cat eyes lit up and opened slightly wider, as it unconsciously inched toward the catmint. Seeing how Cui QiChao’s beautiful face was so close to its own, it rolled its tongue nervously. The more its attention was drawn away, the more nervous it became.

How terrifying. What had happened? Did Cui QiChao bewitch him? But XiaoBai felt so comfortable! kMofvy

What other cat in the world could enjoy such a super luxurious treatment—being served a big meal, being rubbed and massaged, being combed, and even being allowed to suck catmint?!

The author has something to say:

XiaoBai doesn’t know that N cats in the world also enjoy this kind of treatment…