Chapter 298: Chapter 298: You are not alone in this battle
'Over the weekend, everyone must remember to balance work and rest, and supplement your nutrition properly. You have studied hard for three years in high school, and if you add the previous nine years, you have studied for at least twelve years in total. All these years have been leading up to those three days in half a month's time, and I really don't want there to be any dropouts due to illness in this year's college entrance exam.'
After the Dragon Boat Festival, Father's Day, and the summer solstice, it will be the penultimate weekend of Feng Yiping's year. After the fourth period, the homeroom teacher, Mr Chen, who had been waiting outside the classroom, entered and emphasised this to everyone.
Feng Yiping very much doubted whether his words would have the opposite effect. Twelve years was almost over, and a few more days would not cause the situation to become critical. If they could master and consolidate just one more piece of knowledge, and it happened to be the one they needed for the college entrance exam, then what?
Being in the thick of it, he could clearly feel that they had finally reached the final sprint. The atmosphere in the class these days was really intense and had reached a somewhat desperate point.
Of course, Mr Chen still had a plan. Talking wasn't enough, so he had painstakingly made small cards for the parents, which said, 'Please don't force your child to study. Please strictly supervise your child's rest and exercise time. Please reasonably match your child's nutrition. Please fully take care of your child's emotions, so that he or she can greet the upcoming college entrance exam with health, confidence, and high spirits!'
'Everyone will get a copy, remember to have your parents sign it and hand it in when you return to school tomorrow!' Teacher Chen stood at the classroom door, stuffing a copy into each hand.
For the teachers, today is the 26th, and excluding the last weekend, there are only seven days until the college entrance exam on the 7th of next month. No matter how hard they work, they cannot change the overall situation in these seven days.
Instead, they are more worried about parents who are also anxious, and who may add pressure to their children without knowing the consequences. This can cause students whose nerves are already stretched to the limit to lose control, and there are many examples of students collapsing from the pressure before exams every year and everywhere.
Some students still didn't want to leave the classroom, and Chen kept urging them from the door, 'Okay, go home, your parents are waiting for you with delicious food!'
Feng Yuxuan and the others were waiting at the school gate. When they saw Feng Yiping coming out, they waved at him. 'Sister, why are you here again? Isn't it the same as having something called by the convenience store's car?'
Since the beginning of the month, Feng Yiping's menu has been adjusted. Seafood and beef have been added in, because they are afraid that they may not be able to buy fresh and high-quality ones in the city, so they bring them from the province.
'The seafood stall gave me a few Australian fresh abalones and lobsters, as well as wild yellow croakers and some prawns. They're all in the car, come with me.'
This expensive seafood is kept in a foam safe. 'The boss said these are best steamed, you know how to do that, right?'
'Don't worry, it's not the first time, I know how to do it. Come with me to my place for lunch before you go,' Feng Yiping said, seeing that his sister was sweating.
'I won't bother you. Your aunt was going to come today, but I stopped her. After you've eaten lunch, get a good night's sleep. Wake up and go for a walk. Don't always stay at home with your books,' Feng Yuxuan helped Feng Yiping to push back the tuft of hair on the back of his head. 'If you're sleepy now, it's fine to eat after you wake up. There are only a few days left. Relax a bit. You must have a good attitude. Remember?'
'I remember.'
'And, don't go out to eat these days. I went to the factory canteen again today and told the kitchen staff that if you don't want to cook, they can just deliver the food to you.'
'I know. Be careful on the road.'
On the first weekend of June, Feng Yuxuan, her brother, and her sister-in-law came to the city together, bringing him all kinds of nutritious food, fruit, and seafood. They also deliberately asked Ding Qiang to join them, and spoke to the two cooks in the factory canteen for more than ten minutes, emphasizing the food safety issues that had arisen when Feng Yiping had eaten in the canteen over the past month. They made it clear that he was not allowed to be served potatoes, green beans, fresh daylilies, various kinds of mushrooms, animal offal, etc.
After that, every two or three days, seafood and high-quality beef were delivered to him by the delivery truck. He could cook it himself or ask the two young wives in the factory canteen to cook it for him.
Not only did they come over, but the heads of several companies also came, as did Cai Xin and his wife, Li Jia and his entourage, and even Jin Ling, who brought him a few boxes of imported brain-boosting nutritional skin. However, these people only said a few words to him at the school gate and didn't go home with him, otherwise Feng Yiping would have spent a lot of time just receiving them.
In addition, Zheng Jiayi called him, Director Zhang from Yangcheng called him, and even Sun, the district head of Binjiang District in the province, called him personally... Of course, Mayor Fang didn't, and Feng Yiping didn't deliberately cultivate it, so her relationship with Feng Yiping has not yet reached that level
'The teacher also said that as long as you perform normally, there is no problem with entering a top domestic university, so it is important to maintain a good attitude now, remember!' Feng Yuxuan had already got into the car and rolled down the window again to give her final instructions.
'Yes, I know,'
'You're back!' Huang Jingping took the small suitcase from him. "I knew something would arrive today, is it seafood again?" She carried the suitcase into the kitchen, which was now full of things in the cupboards and fridge. There was also a large pile of nutrition products in the study. Feng Yiping sometimes joked that the family now had more nutrition products than those in the high-level cadres' wards.
'Yes, my sister delivered it herself.'
'Is she here?'
'No, she gave me the things and went back to the provincial capital.'
'Oh,' Huang Jingping let out a sigh of relief.
'There's lotus seed and white fungus soup on the table, drink it first, then we'll eat in a bit.'
Huang Jingping had become Feng Yiping's full-time nanny this month, taking even more meticulous care of his diet and daily life than usual, and it was very hard work, but she was always happy to do it.
The lotus seed soup is very refreshing, and the house is very cool. At the beginning of the month, she even installed an air conditioner, but she only turns it on at noon. Feng Yiping can't stand the heat, so the air conditioner is only used for naps.
Feng Jichong, after the meal, called Feng Yiping on the phone. Feng Zhenchang squinted as he sat on a recliner in the main room, with a table fan blowing on them. Outside, the sun was blindingly bright, and the chirping of the cicadas was annoying. Although it was cooler inside, the wind from the fan was still hot.
Mei Qiuping was about to go back to her room and take a nap. After thinking about it, she asked Feng Zhenchang, 'If we really do what Yiping says and stay at home for a few days, not taking care of him?'
'If he says we don't have to, then we don't have to. He's living well, eating well, and if he doesn't want to do the cooking himself, there are people who will do it for him. We don't need to take care of him. If we go, we might actually be causing him trouble. During the middle school entrance exam, we didn't accompany him, but he did just fine, didn't he?'
'You are so naive. By the way, everyone in the village says that the temple at the top of Yangtianwo is quite effective. You should go with me tomorrow!'
'I'm not going. It's the modern age, and you still believe in this stuff. You women!'
Yangtianwo is the highest peak in the former Fushan Township. There is a small temple at the top, with no monks, but all year round, people from the village go there to worship.
The next day was also a fine sunny day. Feng Zhanchang drove Mei Qiuping to the foot of the mountain and let her go up alone. He set up a table under a tree by the roadside, took a fan-shaped fan and read a chess record.
But when Mei Qiuping had climbed halfway up, she heard someone following her. When she looked back, it was Feng Zhanchang.
"Where's the car?'
'I parked it in the village ahead.'
'Didn't you say you weren't coming?'
Feng Zhenchang didn't say anything.
The two of them hadn't climbed such a high mountain in such hot weather for a few years, and when they finally reached the top, they were both sweating heavily. But they didn't even take a breath, and they took out the incense and candles they had brought and offered them piously in front of the small temple.