1970s: Hot wife accompanies the army, cold-faced rough man is not easy to tease

Chapter 327 The pungent smell of mutton filled the air.

Song Yunqing was so excited from the conversation that she slept until noon the next day.

She rubbed her eyes and sat up. Lu Youyou was gone. She pushed open the door and was about to call for help when she suddenly felt two gazes coming from below.

She lowered her head, stunned for several seconds, then suddenly realized what was happening and jumped back into the room in shock.

"OMG, Ooooooooowl?"

She couldn't immediately recall how to say owl, so she blurted out the English word.

Upon waking up, Song Yunqing saw a large, one-eyed dog and an owl with gleaming eyes and a beak sharper than a dagger. She began to wonder if she was dreaming.

"Little Grey, come here, don't scare the guests."

Little Grey grumbled and glanced sideways at the side. No matter how you looked at it, the one-eyed little brother was more deserving of that OMG. Why did they single it out?

Hmph, what kind of guest is this? They have no taste!

Little Grey flapped its wings and strode away, while Chasing Wind turned around nimbly after confirming that the guest was not in danger.

Song Yunqing was no longer sleepy. She rubbed her eyes again to make sure that everything in front of her was real.

"Sister-in-law, this...this isn't one you raised, is it?"

Dogs are one thing, but how can there be owls?!
"Let me introduce you. This is Zhuifeng, and this is Xiaohuihui. They heard that we had guests, so they came to the door to welcome you."

Song Yunqing stared intently at the two special greeters; this welcoming ceremony was truly ingenious!

Little Grey rolled its eyes. If its mother said to welcome it, then so be it. It was just curious because it had heard that the laborer's cousin had come from a place it couldn't go to.

It hadn't gone to the base to check on the baby while waiting for Song Yunqing to get up, and it was already getting impatient.

Little Grey Wolf routinely kisses, hugs, and lifts his mother high in the air, spreads his wings, pats her head, and then flaps his wings and flies away, quickly disappearing from sight.

"It...it's gone?"

Song Yunqing was even planning to get a little kiss with the creature, as she had never been so close to an owl before, but it just patted its behind and ran away.

"It's quite busy; its wife and children are in training, and it has to accompany them."

Song Yunqing: ? Why can't she understand Chinese all of a sudden?

After Lu Youyou gave a brief explanation, Song Yunqing's eyes lit up instantly.

No one can resist the allure of uniforms, and if the person wearing the uniform is furry, the charm will be doubled.

The dog was a decorated dog, and the eagle also became a working eagle. The eagle is gone, but the dog is still here!

With starry eyes, Song Yunqing squatted down in front of Zhuifeng and tentatively asked, "Hello, may I touch you?"

Zhuifeng has extensive experience in soothing babies. Even a 200-month-old baby is still a baby. It calmly lay down, keeping a distance where it could reach out and touch the baby.

Song Yunqing was able to meet the retired veteran cadre who had made numerous contributions, and she was very satisfied, extremely satisfied!
"Sister-in-law, will that owl come back tonight?"

Petting the dog wasn't enough for her anymore. Now that she was here, shouldn't she at least get to touch the other one?
"Probably," Lu Youyou said with a smile. "But whether Little Grey will let you touch it is another matter; it's rather proud."

"It's okay, it's okay, as long as I can see it up close, that's fine."

Song Yunqing didn't mind; even if she couldn't touch him, chatting was fine too.

*
It was a bit late to go to the Forbidden City at this time, so after picking up Lawrence, the three of them went directly to Tsinghua University.

The campus was quiet during the summer vacation, and Lawrence's foreign face didn't cause much of a commotion.

"I heard that Tsinghua University was founded in 1900?" Lawrence looked at it very carefully.

"Yes." Lu Youyou turned around with a smile. "You've done the research?"

Lawrence smiled gently. "I just want to know what kind of school can produce a student like you."

Song Yunqing said, "No school can cultivate geniuses. Geniuses are born that way. Schools can only help geniuses stand out faster; they can't create geniuses out of thin air." Lawrence nodded in agreement: "Geniuses are born that way. Lu's talent is the best I've ever seen in my life."

As he spoke, he chuckled and said, "Lu, after you returned to China, Professor Hopkins often sighed. Every time he saw his colleagues in the lab, he felt a sense of resentment that they weren't you."

Song Yunqing laughed heartily. Having attended Professor Hopkins' open lectures, she found it hard to imagine how someone who was always smiling could be so melancholic.

Lu Youyou glanced at her watch: "So, where else do you want to go? If you haven't made any plans, shall we go to Donglaishun now?"

Lawrence: "I'm fine with anything."

Song Yunqing immediately replied, "Then let's go to Donglaishun!"

She had only had a bowl of tofu pudding for lunch to prepare for this dinner, and she was starving by now.

"Where's my cousin? Did he go straight there after get off work?"

“Okay, let’s go first, don’t worry about him.” Lu Youyou then looked at Lawrence, “My husband will be there tonight too, he’s treating.”

Lawrence paused for a few seconds, then smiled and said okay.

A long queue stretched out in front of the Donglaishun Restaurant in Dong'an Market. Looking at the seemingly endless line, Song Yunqing couldn't help but exclaim, "There are so many people?"

Lu Youyou pushed her forward, saying, "Don't worry, the location has been set."

"That's good! I was worried we wouldn't get any!"

Weaving through the crowd's gaze, all three remained calm. Lawrence, having been observed so often, could now respond to the curious stares with a smile.

The taste of Donglaishun is completely different from that of Quanjude. In short, it is full of the smell of mutton.

The two comrades from the United States had never experienced this feeling before; it was like chasing after sheep to nibble on them—it couldn't be more novel.

A waiter wearing a white hat led the three to a private room and said, "Comrade Gu said he would arrive around six o'clock when he made the reservation. Please eat first, there's no need to wait for him."

"Thank you." Lu Youyou nodded politely.

"Aren't we going to wait for my cousin?"

"Eat first, aren't you hungry?" Lu Youyou said with a smile.

Song Yunqing felt a little embarrassed. She was indeed starving, and with the aroma of meat filling the room, her stomach was starting to rumble.

"Lawrence, is there anything you don't eat? Beef, lamb, offal, etc."

"I'm fine with anything. To enjoy good food, you have to be willing to try new things." Lawrence doesn't have the same problem as some foreigners who don't like to eat this or that.

Song Yunqing gave him a thumbs up: "That's right. Try it first to see if it's good or not. You might really like it."

Lawrence couldn't understand the Chinese the waiter had spoken earlier, and he was puzzled when Lu Youyou ordered food directly.

"Lu, isn't your husband coming?"

"His workplace is quite far away, so he won't be here for a while. Let's eat first, no need to wait for him."

"May I?"

"fine."

Lawrence pursed his lips and lowered his eyes.

The hot pot dishes were served extremely quickly; the table was piled high with bright red meat shortly after we ordered.

Song Yunqing couldn't wait any longer. Holding her chopsticks, she waited for the water to boil. The moment the pot started to bubble, she immediately called out, "Come on, let's eat!"

She had just picked up the plate to put the meat on when there was a knock at the door.

"Sorry, I'm late."

(End of this chapter)