Food Bureau

I don't know whether Shang Wan's appearance in my life gave me more spiritual or material support. I was put to death and lived for eight years. The Anti-Japanese War was over, and I met Shang Wan.Since my last business trip to Denmark, my bureau has indeed been put on hold slowly. I always feel that the most important point of doing business is to cultivate the consumption habits of customers. Once it is interrupted, it means the loss of customers. I would be devastated, and to this day, I'm not that worried.

I have the plan to carry out the next step in my heart, and this confidence is given to me by Shang Wan, only Shang Wan.

The situation of Lai Congshan has also been cleared up because of Shang Wan's intervention. On Monday, my lawyer and I were able to meet with him through an application, and briefly introduced the current situation. The relevant laws stipulate that the prison, that is, the penalty enforcement agency Prisoners who meet the conditions for commutation of sentences are brought to the court, but in practice, not many prisons take the initiative to report, usually the prisoners and their families actively propose it, which is why we have always stayed at the original thinking of cracking down over the years and did not go to the court. Thought about the possibility of a reduced sentence.

In this way, there is no need for a lawyer to intervene, but he also gave us very useful suggestions. Shang Wan said at the time that it was best not to talk to Lai Congshan, for fear that he would be disappointed if it didn’t work out. Now it seems that he still needs to know and participate of.

After the lawyer left, I still had some time to chat with him again.

"You're another year older." He looked at me and sighed.

"Dad, I think there is hope. You can come out before I'm 30."

"Whose idea? Who got the lawyer?"

I feel a little guilty, "Huh?"

"Come and tell Dad, who have you met recently?"

"how do you know?"

Lai Congshan smiled hastily, and through the glass partition, I saw the creases on his thin cheeks, "I meditate and practice facing the ceiling every day, and my mind becomes very clear when my mind is empty. Me, I haven't cut my hair for a long time, how I sleep at night, and whether I am happy or not, I can tell at a glance. Don't say suddenly find a lawyer to handle this matter for me, how can you and your mother's melons? Come up here?"

I scratched my head, "Then do the math again, is this reliable?"

"Haha," Lai Congshan smiled, thought for a while, and nodded, "He is a reliable person." After a pause, "Male or female?"

"Huh?" I subconsciously used this trick to buy myself some reaction time.

"The person who helped us is your friend? A man or a woman?"

"Female...Female, then what, if you come out early, take a rest at home and look around, the outside world has changed a lot in the past few years, if you want to resume your old business, first investigate the market conditions?"

He nodded, "I understand. If I really leave early, you should apply to the school first. The money for the first two years will always be enough, and the later dad will earn it."

I never told him that I wanted to go back to the United States to study, but he seemed to be able to see through everything, counting it all.

I nodded, remembering what my mother said that day, "Dad, if it wasn't for my studying abroad, would you and my mother divorce?"

This time it was his turn to be dazed, "What does my divorce from your mother have to do with you? Didn't you drop out of school back then?"

Okay, I nodded, he still doesn't want to make me feel guilty, he and my mother have a different standpoint, my mother remarried and lived a good life, she herself feels guilty, so she dared to say it, And my dad has been alone in the prison, he doesn't want to describe himself as a completely poor person.

"You, don't think about it too much. I think this lawyer is reliable, and your friend is also reliable. From now on, you can put aside the restaurant and prepare for studying abroad."

"Well," I looked out the window, "I'm planning to apply for admission next spring, and it was recently decided. It's pretty fast, and the application deadline is next month."

I saw the look of relief in his eyes. At that moment, I felt very comfortable, as if I was floating without touching the ground. After eight years of floating, I finally cleared the fog and saw the solid ground under my feet. I, my dad, We're almost landing.

"Thank you very much." He said again.

I always feel that my dad knows everything. Last time I asked him "loose clothes and broken jade", he asked me about the man and woman of the other party, and this time he asked the same question again.

"Dad, you were so fast back then, do you still remember the ancient people?"

He thought for a while, "You mean Shanggu Group?"

"Correct."

"Remember, Mr. Shang often visits, and he often books our private rooms for meeting guests." He looked at me, "What's the matter?"

"I have been practicing in Shanggu for the past two months."

"Yes," he said approvingly, "Did you meet this friend in Shanggu?"

"You just said that Mr. Shang is the founder of Shang Gu, Shang Qinzhi?"

"Uh, yes."

"Just... just his granddaughter."

My dad froze for a moment, "Your friend?"

"Ah."

He thought for a while, "Which granddaughter?"

"Ah? How many granddaughters does he have? Do you know them all?"

My dad thought about it again and shook his head, "I don't have much impression of the younger generation, I've seen it at the family banquet."

"Oh, that's okay, we'll talk about it when you come out."

My dad frowned, "Do you have many friends with children from such a family?"

I didn't dare to look him in the eyes, "I have counted."

It took a long time for my dad to speak again, "Acquaintances, I have never asked you many things. Of course, I have not been able to ask you here these years, but at that time, when you were in high school and when you went to study in the United States, I I didn't care about you either."

I said "hmm" and understood what he meant.

"Dad works outside, so he has some knowledge, so he has always been open to many things. I think the most important thing is for you to have a good time."

"I know."

"Okay, if you encounter something, if you don't want to tell your mother, you can come and tell your father, don't wrong yourself."

I wanted to cry a little bit, so I held back and nodded in agreement with him.

Now that the application deadline for the spring semester has been decided, I have focused on preparations. Rice’s undergraduate courses are also taught in small classes. The tutor of the year has always been there, and I have kept in touch with him. Knowing that I have to reapply, he told I am very happy with him.

To submit an application, you need to prepare a personal portfolio. Although the school said that the requirements for the portfolio are not high, students applying for undergraduate courses generally do not have professional skills in architecture, so some works such as architectural line drafts are fine. I remember that I was like that crossed.

At noon on Wednesday, I slipped into Shang Wan's office and had lunch with her.

"A better portfolio will give you extra points." She said while helping me mix the appetizer salad.

"Should be no problem." I was a little confident.

"Well, I guess there should be no problem with admission, but don't take it lightly. The situation is different now than it was ten years ago," she handed me the bowl, "but I think, you should do a good job with this portfolio, and I will fight for you. If you have some good impression points, you should hand in your works every semester after entering, and strive to earn more credits and graduate early.”

"Yeah, I feel like earning at least one school year back."

"It's okay, I'll help you. Starting from this portfolio, I can help you with your design assignments in the future."

"Isn't that cheating?"

She glanced at me with a smile, "What are you thinking? I'm just exporting the cutting-edge ideas I have mastered to you. As for the work itself, it's still up to you to complete it."

I heard her speak righteous words, and couldn't help but want to coquettishly tease her. I pulled her sleeve and shook it, "I won't blame you if you help me cheat."

"Eat well." She pointed at me with a knife.

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