Chapter 238: Encounter With Caida Affiliated High School
Time arrived in early June.
Central spaceport of the main ship, waiting room.
“After seeing too many ancient videos of high school students from the past studying themselves to death in the old materials… I originally thought our high school life would also be immersed in studying—at least half of every daytime would be like that.” Xiang Chuan paused, took a sip of fruit milk, “I had a premonition during the field training before that our first year high school activities would be quite numerous, and looking back now, there’s the school anniversary, visiting the production escort ship, all pretty rich experiences, although I’m almost exhausted… but I didn’t expect that almost summer vacation, and we still have an outdoor activity.”
“Don’t say just you, we didn’t expect it either. Also, give me a bun, Liang Gong and I will share it.” Ainuo said while reaching out to Xiang Chuan.
No choice, as soon as Xiang Chuan sat down in the waiting room, she started gnawing on pork buns, making the whole group who had just eaten dinner that morning hungry again with the aroma.
For this blatant begging behavior from her own club member, Xiang Chuan had zero tolerance. She directly slapped away Ainuo’s hand, then took out another meal box from her shoulder bag, inside which were buns wrapped in eco-friendly edible packaging paper, a sight very familiar to the surrounding Class Eight students watching: isn’t that the takeout packaging from Yue Xiang Restaurant?
“This is the last bit of pork, take it and split it in half.” Xiang Chuan said.
Wow! Pork buns!
The gluttonous Class Eight crowd’s sleepy eyes from lack of sleep suddenly cleared up.
Professional matters should be left to professionals. Xiang Chuan gave Class President Lu Daiqing a look, who got the message, pushed up his glasses, and directed Cultural Committee Member Mandy and others to start dividing the buns.
The meal box Xiang Chuan brought wasn’t big, stuffing seventeen buns was already the limit. Class Eight students paired up, fiddled with the measuring tool on their personal terminals for a while, then started breaking open the buns.
Before long, the small area where Class Eight was overflowed with the sinful aroma of pork buns, making students from nearby Class Seven and Class Nine salivate wildly.
Nancy swallowed a mouthful of bun and asked curiously, “The pork bought last month is gone so quickly? I remember there was at least a third left at the end, we even said you could eat it for quite a while.”
“Mm… if it was just me eating, it really could last quite a while, after all, I don’t eat pork every meal.” Xiang Chuan said with a complicated expression, “The problem is that at home, from the end of last month’s visit activity until the day before yesterday, there were many uncles and aunts coming for dinner every evening.”
Ah… Hearing this, the Class Eight crowd got the message, and some students in the class and nearby students from other classes eavesdropping on Class Eight couldn’t help but show embarrassed expressions.
Simply put, government cadres and big companies cooperating with Yue Xiang Group had the nerve to go to Xiang Family to mooch meals, wanting to taste the rumored non-gamey pork.
High official children or group young masters and ladies attending Agricultural University Affiliated High School naturally heard plenty from their parents and relatives about dining at Xiang Family, but taking turns mooching until they ate up the ingredients their peer bought with her own money—that was quite embarrassing for these juniors.
After all, they knew during the production escort ship visit that Xiang Chuan had bought a whole pig with her own money.
“So now you have to wait four or five months with us too?” Chou Manman looked at Xiang Chuan worriedly; she’d seen plenty of her friend’s obsession with gourmet food these past months and was really worried that if Xiang Chuan’s pork craving flared up these months, she might go after those uncastrated pigs again.
Don’t do that kind of thing.
“Not to that extent, there’s still some lard and fried pork fat at home, can be used to stir-fry green vegetables, a bit of lard aroma to satisfy the craving is enough.” Xiang Chuan said, taking a sip of fruit milk to moisten her throat, “After all, I’m not someone who can’t eat without meat; for meals, you still need to pay attention to a balanced diet.”
“The way you say it, if you didn’t bring meat buns to class every day, we might actually believe you.” Nancy laughed, but she had another question: “But, is lard edible? Those white fatty bits when processing the pork before looked quite unappetizing…”
“After deep frying, it’s delicious, great for stir-frying vegetables, and the fried pork fat can be snacks or seasoning for stir-frying. Beef tallow can also be used for cooking, but cows might not have as much fat as castrated pigs, so saving some for baking bread might be more cost-effective.” Xiang Chuan tossed the last bite of bun into her mouth, chewed casually a few times and swallowed, “The summer vacation club activity topic will probably use some by then.”
This wasn’t Xiang Chuan talking nonsense; after learning there would be something like club outdoor study during summer vacation, she started picking suitable topics, and at this time remembered there was a roaster in her own yard that her dad had personally paid to build, so baking was listed as a top choice.
She originally made the roaster to try baking some bread, roasted meat was incidental, though now everyone seemed to think roasters were dedicated equipment for roasted meat.
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Just as Xiang Chuan wanted to continue explaining the uses of animal fats, a noisy sound came from the waiting room entrance; Agricultural University Affiliated High School students turned to look.
It was first year high school students from Finance University Affiliated High School.
Caida Affiliated High School’s eye-catching suit vest school uniforms were truly unforgettable; sometimes Xiang Chuan on her way home from school passing high-rise apartments in the residential area would feel a bit envious.
Yo ho.
First year Class Eight students’ minds simultaneously rang with exclamations of admiration.
They hadn’t forgotten that school anniversary incident yet. Class Eight crowd couldn’t help glancing at the four key figures from the rumor center.
Nancy and Ouyang Yating’s faces instantly darkened; the only male in the rumor, Ainuo, ate his meat bun expressionlessly as if uninvolved; Xiang Chuan, who was completely innocently implicated in that incident, asked with a puzzled face:
“Why are they here too? Are they also going to the Third Military Escort Ship?”
Class President Lu Daiqing didn’t answer, instead opened the light screen of his personal terminal to contact Homeroom Teacher Zhu Bingwen, who had gone ahead with other staff to the platform. He was also baffled by this.
Caida Affiliated High School students also saw the dense crowd of Nongda Affiliated High School students near the entrance, and they were stunned too: why are Nongda Affiliated High School people here?
Quite a few Caida Affiliated High School students proactively came over to the Nongda Affiliated High School side. During the previous school anniversary, aside from some unpleasantness between Nongda Affiliated High School Class 1-8 and Caida Affiliated High School Class 1-3, cooperation between other classes was close, and many even made friends.
Caida Affiliated High School class presidents also brought their large groups to the entrance next to the Nongda Affiliated High School students, chatting with the Nongda Affiliated High School class presidents at the front of the line.
The class presidents had their own chat group; soon Class President Lu Daiqing received first-hand info.
“They’re also going to the Third Military Escort Ship.” Lu Daiqing sighed lightly, “Hope we won’t be on the same shuttle.”
Class Eight cadres nodded silently; though they were also displeased seeing that Caida Affiliated High School Class 1-3 group, it was a public occasion after all—better not to stir up trouble.
“Even the same ship is fine, as long as they don’t come looking for trouble.” Ouyang Yating withdrew her gaze and focused on eating the remaining half meat bun in her hand.
Caida Affiliated High School Class 1-3 students naturally saw the Class 1-8 crowd too, and for a moment everyone’s faces were a bit awkward.
Honestly, they really wanted to switch to the back of the line right now, but at this moment the overhead light screen changed from “waiting for ship” to “boarding,” and each class president led their classes orderly into the ticket gate. Coincidentally, they were all boarding the same medium shuttle, big enough for nearly a thousand passengers. General high school class setups average ten classes, with numbers controlled between thirty to forty people, so even including the two schools’ homeroom teachers, it was enough for both schools’ first year high school entire grades to board.
Xiang Chuan turned to glance at the Caida Affiliated High School Class 1-3 direction; that side seemed to be cautiously looking toward their class too, and the topic figure Sasha who caused all this—she was looking toward their side.
Who’s over here?
Xiang Chuan glanced at Ainuo behind her seat; this guy was already sitting with eyes closed resting.
Truly quite the character. Xiang Chuan thought.
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