The pet I raised comes from the second dimension.

Seeing that the three pink-haired little ones were in a good mood, Song Hongxia also felt relaxed and relieved, and for a moment forgot about the unpleasant thing that had just happened while grading the test papers.

Attention shifted to the gift.
Song Hongxia nodded towards Su Qingyao.

This means the question is, "What exactly is the gift?"

No one dares to accept anything too valuable. With recent crackdowns, rehired teachers must be especially careful to maintain their integrity in their later years.

It's too cheap; there's no need to hire them. They receive tens of thousands of yuan in retirement pension every month, and their re-employment salary is as high as twenty thousand yuan.

Song Hongxia planned to return Huang Musong's gift.

Standing by the desk, Su Qingyao was at a loss, blushing and fidgeting with her fingers.

"Teacher, I..."

"I will study hard!"

Su Qingyao suddenly raised her head, her bright eyes filled with determination, and she mustered her courage to make a promise to Song Hongxia.

Excellent attitude

Unfortunately, the answer was irrelevant.
Her statement was not what Song Hongxia wanted to hear at all.

Perhaps she was too nervous; most good students are afraid of their teachers. At this moment, Su Qingyao's mind was only focused on "studying hard," hoping the teacher would be lenient and give her a chance not to fail.

On the contrary, Doraemon was not intimidated.
Then, Duoluo approached Huang Musong and hopped forward.

Jump up,
Doro tore the pure black plastic bag covering the gift wine box that Huang Musong was holding in his hands.

"Sizzle—"

The tearing sound was crisp and clean, revealing the true nature of the gift.

The wine box is made of wood with exquisite carvings, and although it is machine-made, it still exudes luxury.

"Ta-da!"

Doro raised its little paw and pointed at the wine box, making cheerful noises, its eyes sparkling as it stared at Song Hongxia, hoping she would show a surprised expression.

Song Hongxia is knowledgeable, but she doesn't understand wine and doesn't enjoy drinking.

If you use fine wine as a stepping stone...

"Ah!"

Song Hongxia scoffed dismissively, "Take them back. I know you young couple are quite capable, opening three shops outside the school. Doing business isn't easy these days, don't bring those unhealthy practices from society to the school and pollute the environment."

These few words, seemingly sarcastic, are actually a subtle piece of advice.

Upon hearing this, Huang Musong smiled faintly and slowly opened the wine box without any haste.

As the wine box was opened,
The wine bottle, with its understated luxury and antique charm, was presented to everyone.

Wine Name: "Old Man"

This wine is undoubtedly the epitome of romance for Song Hongxia's age group.

"Your wine!"

Song Hongxia's heart trembled, and she instantly understood the story the wine bottle was telling. In her eyes, this wine bottle was not only a container for wine, but also the end of the fiery years of her generation.

Bottle ring + grip posture + wine name + bluish-white tone = ? ?

Anyone who understands understands.

The "Old Man" wine really struck a chord with Song Hongxia's collecting desire!
The doro don't understand the true meaning of alcohol.

The four little guys only gave their evaluation based on the luxurious look of the bottle itself.

The office echoed with the sincere praise of Doraemon, Dorothy, Donas, and Pina...

"What beautiful colors! If you replaced 'white' with 'orange,' like a combination of cyan and orange, the bottle would be even more perfect." Dorothy stared intently at the bottle, then took off her glasses to get a better look.

Donas stared intently at the wine bottle.

It didn't utter a sound.
He was trembling all over, wishing he could pounce on the bottle and take it for himself.

"The bottle is shaped like a hammer! It's blue and white, quite like Doro's hammer! If I get the bottle, I'll have a hammer too~." Donas thought to herself, chuckled twice, and curled her tail tip up, looking like a thieving little rascal.

Doro's thinking is simple, and his perspective is both unique and reasonable; his focus is on the value of the wine bottle.

"Wow~"

"The bottle is so pretty!"

"It will definitely fetch a good price."

With its big, bright eyes, Doraemon spoke its mind. It believed that the bottle of "Old Man" was worth at least 100 oh-runji coins.

Upon hearing this, Huang Musong smiled slightly and bent down to gently pat Duoluo's head.

The reason why "Old Master" is so expensive is because of the bottle!

It sells for 8888 yuan online, but the internal price is 1350 yuan. The cost of the drinks is at most 150 yuan.

Selling for thousands of yuan, the factory owner isn't selling the wine itself, but rather the bottle and the sentiment it evokes.

Collectible wine bottles shouldn't be given away to recycling centers casually.

Otherwise, buying the wine and selling the bottle would be like buying the box and returning the pearl.

Judging from the person's head-patting behavior, Doraemon, though not understanding why the bluish-white wine bottle couldn't be sold, still chuckled and obediently indicated that he wouldn't have the thought of hitting the bottle again.

After a moment of silence
Song Hongxia gradually came to her senses.

For decades, she has been a vocational education teacher and has never accepted gifts from students or their families, especially valuable items worth more than four figures.

Only this bottle of "Old Man" wine...

Fine!

“Huang Musong isn’t my student; Su Qingyao isn’t his family member since they haven’t registered their marriage yet. Refusing would only make me seem mean.” Song Hongxia convinced herself, accepted the “Old Master” liquor and stuffed it, box and all, into her backpack.

The other party accepted the gift, and Huang Musong breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the matter was settled.

There's no need to linger, nor should one stay long.

Huang Musong held Duoluo's hand in one hand and his girlfriend's hand in the other. After exchanging a few more polite words, he left the office.

In the evening, at the hotel off campus, the room was so quiet you could hear the sound of turning pages.

under the light,
Copying down definitions, Su Qingyao recited them over and over again, the pen scratching softly.

"Child nutrition and feeding..."

"Diving reaction..."

"Bronchoasthenia..."

Pediatrics was one of Su Qingyao's majors in university, and it was a required course in "Preschool Education".

In the medical profession, there are two well-known sayings: "Physiology and biochemistry, you're bound to fail at one; pathology and pathophysiology, you're nine out of ten to survive."

Pediatrics, categorized under internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, is one of the four major medical disciplines.

Memorizing medical subjects by rote from a non-medical background

Several tens of minutes had left Su Qingyao feeling completely overwhelmed.

When is Brother Xiaosong coming back?
Today is the Winter Solstice. I ate the dumplings that the doro guys brought me this afternoon. I'll go have hot pot with them later.

Distracted without realizing it,
Su Qingyao can only maintain focused study for 40 minutes at a time.

It happened to be a high school class.

Noticing that Sister Su's gaze was no longer fixed on the copybook, Dorothy, who was sitting at the table supervising, immediately put down the comic book, coughed a few times, and reminded her to continue reviewing seriously.

"cough~"

"Sister Su, have some water."

Dorothy handed her a bottle of mineral water: "Are you tired of sitting? If so, I'll let Donas exercise with you, so you can rest for a bit before studying again."

"Or how about we wake ourselves up and memorize [Mao Zedong Thought]?"

As she spoke, Dorothy jumped off the desk and headed for the bathroom.

Inside the bathroom, Doro, Donas, and Pina were playing cards, specifically a version of Dou Dizhu (a popular Chinese card game).

Replace {2} with {K} as the largest, then simply compare the size of the numbers. As for the rules...

There are almost no rules.

With only four cards left in his hand, Doro took out a {4}, a {1}, and an {8} to form his birthday card and played it.

The last card was the Joker, which was placed in the discard pile. Doro excitedly shook his hands, declaring his victory.

Defeated by Doraemon again, Donna was not discouraged at all and opened her mouth to shout, "Again!"

Before it could even utter a sound...
Pina quickly covered its mouth and gave a loud "shh" warning.

Remembering that Sister Su was studying, Donas quickly shut up, chuckled softly, and began shuffling the cards.

After the cards were shuffled, Donas pricked up her ears and heard footsteps approaching the bathroom door.

Dorothy pushed open the door,
He glanced at Donas, who was looking at him.
It waved its paws, signaling to Donas to take turns accompanying Sister Su to do stretching exercises to relax.

"It's finally my turn!"

Unable to move about as she pleased, Donas was overjoyed, wagging her tail like a rattle.

She dashed out of the bathroom and headed straight for her desk, letting out a howl as she released the pent-up frustration of being forbidden to talk for forty minutes. She then assumed a horse stance, squatted, and demonstrated stretching exercises.

Donas called out loudly to Sister Su, "Hurry up and rest! Studying should be balanced with rest. Sitting for too long will make your legs thick and your butt big~".

After finishing a lesson, Su Qingyao could no longer concentrate and was amused by Donas's comical poses.

She closed her textbook, stood up, and imitated the little guy's stretching movements.

Sister Su is taking a break between classes.
Doro and Pina can chat now.
They left the bathroom and wandered around the room.

Accompanying your child to school is a very tedious process, mainly because you can't talk or disturb Sister Su.

Fortunately, the shifts change every 10 minutes.

Accompanying your child to school isn't tiring.

After walking a few steps, Duo Luo's stomach suddenly growled, and a feeling of hunger welled up in her heart.

"They haven't come back yet?"

Finding his phone, Duoluo opened Huang Musong's chat window, only to find no message, and shook his head regretfully.

It was 5:30 p.m. when I left Song Hongxia's office.

It's 8 PM now.
It's been almost three hours and I haven't seen anyone!

Doro whimpered a few times, hoping that the person would appear before her immediately.

As it happened, Huang Musong was in the elevator shaft, on his way upstairs to find his room.

He was carrying a large bag of lunchboxes in one hand, filled with hearty dishes, and the aroma filled the entire elevator.

The food is ordered and cooked to order. Shortly after it comes out of the wok, the steam condenses into water inside the packaging bag.

"Knock knock knock"

When he arrived at the room door, Huang Musong was too busy to use his hands, so he had to kick the door with his toes, trying to be as gentle as possible so as not to scare the four little ones or his girlfriend.

Dorothy was close to the door; as soon as she opened it, a rich aroma rushed towards her like a tidal wave.

"Goo~"

Just as Dorothy was about to ask what the person had been doing for the previous three hours, her stomach rumbled, its cravings being awakened by the aroma of food.

Dorothy blushed slightly and didn't say anything more, quickly helping others to share the weight of the packing bags.

Take out the top-of-the-line takeout box.

"Ouch! It's so hot."

Dorothy hurriedly ran to the desk and placed the lunchbox down securely.

Actually, the steam wasn't that hot, but Dorothy was quite surprised that the dinner she had brought back from the restaurant was still piping hot.

Doraemon was hungry.

But when it saw people, its joy instantly overcame its appetite, and it hopped and skipped over to them.

Anticipating that Duo Luo would want a hug, Huang Musong put down his packing bag, took off his down jacket, and bent down to embrace Duo Luo. Duo Luo nestled its head into the crook of Huang Musong's neck, nuzzling him and whimpering contentedly.

"How about it?"

"How does it feel to be your little Su's study companion?" Huang Musong rubbed Doro's belly, knowing it must be hungry, and patted its bottom to tell it to go eat.

We just played poker.
Doraemon is hygienic.
It dragged the greedy Donas by the tail to the bathroom to wash her hands.

Donas was openly sneaking dinner, chewing on juicy braised eggplant, the sauce seeping from the corners of her mouth and running down her chin.

Authentic Tianjin-style stir-fried dishes!

It was a delicacy that Donas had never tasted before.

Washing her hands would delay her from eating the next bite of food, so Donas continued chewing the roasted eggplant, reluctant to swallow.

After washing her hands and showing them to Doraemon for inspection, Donas swallowed.

Running back to her desk, Donas bent down, gathered her strength, and jumped up, opening each lunchbox to see what dishes were inside.

"Braised eggplant! Mixed stew! Stir-fried pork! Almond tofu!"

"I don't know him, I don't know him..."

There were ten dishes in total, and Donas had never eaten or even seen more than half of them before. Even among the four dishes she could recognize, she mispronounced the names of two of them.

The "Mixed Stew" is actually Eight Treasures Tofu, a famous Tianjin dish.

Stir-fried pork is actually stir-fried three kinds of meat, which is also a famous Tianjin dish.

As Huang Musong was leaving campus, he received a phone call from someone offering a major project collaboration!

And they demanded that a contract be signed immediately.
The location was set in Tianjin.

Driving from the capital to Tianjin and back takes more than two hours. The big customer was very busy and a pragmatist who disliked socializing, which resulted in Huang Musong's booked banquet falling through.

Perfect timing! I packed up the untouched stir-fry to take home and we'll eat it with the Doro guys tonight!

He handed Donas a box of rice.
Then, a takeout box filled with braised oxtail was pushed in front of it.
Huang Musong, without batting an eye, told a white lie: "This dish is braised gluten, specially prepared for you. Don't you not eat meat? Gluten counts as a vegetable, so you can eat as much as you want."

I'm certain Donas has never eaten beef tongue.
Especially after braising,
The thick, dark sauce made it almost impossible to identify the ingredients.

Moreover, the texture of beef tongue is completely different from that of beef; it has a chewy texture, similar to slightly tough gluten.

"Hey, are you sure this dish isn't meat?"

"Why does it smell like meat to me?!"

"You're not lying to me, are you...?"

Raising one eyebrow, Donas twitched her nose, her pupils flashing with a look full of doubt.

Dorothy, Pina, and others washed their hands and came to the desk.

Even though they had visited Tianjin, they didn't have the chance to eat braised oxtail at the time, so they weren't sure what kind of meat the dish in front of them was.

Considering that Donas abstains from meat...
Nutritional imbalances can negatively impact health.

With a smile, Doraemon picked up a piece of beef tongue with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth to taste.

"Delicious! It really is gluten, so tasty~." Doro blinked and smacked his lips, deliberately tempting Donas.

Donas was naive and couldn't believe that Doraemon would lie to her, so she devoured the food without any psychological barrier.

Fragrant!
Donas ate almost half a box of braised beef tongue all by herself.

Dorothy and Pina only got a small piece to taste.

They were also willing to let Donas eat more nutritious meat under the guise of a well-intentioned lie.

Anyway, dinner was quite plentiful tonight.
We couldn't possibly finish any of the other dishes!

Curious about the Eight Treasures Tofu, Dorothy tried a bite. The abalone was fresh, salty, and smooth, with firm flesh coated in a thick sauce, offering a wonderfully crunchy texture.

When Dorothy ate her favorite dish, her eyes lit up, and she took off her glasses to enjoy the meal.

Doro and Pina are quite conscious of their eating manners.
But they still enjoyed the meal very much.

"Humans, tofu, sweet!"

While eating, Doro shared some of what he considered the most delicious of the ten dishes—almond tofu—with Huang Musong.

Soon, having eaten and drunk their fill, the doro lay on the floor patting their bellies.

The hotel heating was a bit too strong, so lying on the floor was cooler and more comfortable.

The four little ones smacked their lips contentedly, savoring their favorite dishes...

Huang Musong cleans up the leftovers to avoid waste, as the sauce, soaked in the flavor of meat, makes the food even more appetizing than the meat and vegetables themselves.

After we finished eating, we cleared away the dishes and left them at the door for the cleaning staff to collect.

Go back to the house,

Huang Musong noticed that his girlfriend had immediately started studying after finishing her meal.
She's actually quite hardworking!
Too full to move, Duoluo tilted her head and grinned at Huang Musong while lying flat: "It's your turn~. We took turns tutoring Sister Su before dinner, now it's your turn~."

"belch"

As soon as he finished speaking, he let out a burp and Doro closed his eyes comfortably for a nap.

Huang Musong nodded without saying a word.

The doro members must be exhausted from working from morning till night today!
It's no longer appropriate to have the little ones accompany us while we study.

that's it,
Huang Musong will accompany students for the next three classes tonight.

They went to bed early and got up early. The next day, the doro students took turns teaching during the day, and Huang Musong taught the three classes in the evening.

I spent a full two weeks in the hotel...

Four days later, on December 24th, today is Christmas Eve!
Successfully passed the afternoon session of the pediatric exam.

Su Qingyao handed over her perfect exam paper, filled with standard answers, to the invigilator ahead of time and stepped out of the examination room.

With the doro (fans) accompanying her, Su Qingyao was still able to answer the difficult pediatric exam with ease.

"I must buy a big red apple for every little cutie tonight!"

I ran out of the teaching building with joy.

Su Qingyao ran to Doraemon, picked it up, and lifted it high in the air.
He kissed Doraemon's cheek with affection and gratitude. (End of Chapter)