QT_Host_Is_Fierce_C149
by MarineTLChapter 149: Female Educated Youth – 19
Ren Xin’s career was flourishing. Her lychee preserves had received high praise, which made her “Auntie Army” a bit overconfident. Consequently, Ren Xin decided it was time for a bit of “suppression education.”
“We’ve only achieved a tiny bit of success. We need to work even harder and climb to new heights. So many martyrs created this era of peace and comfort for us; we must use our wisdom and our hands to bring a better life to everyone…”
“Comrade Ren is right. I’ve been a bit slack lately and grew too proud. It’s unacceptable. I’ll conduct a self-criticism…”
“Me too…”
“And me!”
Seeing everyone looking at her with renewed adoration, their fighting spirit revitalized as if they’d been injected with chicken blood, Ren Xin nodded in satisfaction.
Handled.
Besides lychees, Qiong Province also had pineapples, bananas, mangoes, jackfruit, coconuts, papayas, and more.
These fruits could easily sustain her until the college entrance exams were reinstated1. Life was looking up.
However, there was a problem. Fruits like bananas and papayas weren’t suitable for canning, and the mango yield here was staggering; making them all into preserves wasn’t realistic.
The best solution was to make dried fruit. This would perfectly solve the issues of cost and transportation.
But how was she going to get the machinery?
Ren Xin reached into her little pocket and rummaged around.
Found it. She had collected a comprehensive technical analysis of a fruit dehydrator from somewhere a long time ago.
Book Spirit Number One asked, “Host, I just want to know, why did you collect this thing? Are you really that farsighted? Did you know you’d need it today?”
Not exactly.
“I just figured that the reason humans have stood firm for thousands of years without being replaced by other species—besides their ability to reproduce—is their ability to utilize knowledge and constantly progress and learn. So, I collect as much of this kind of stuff as I can. It’ll always come in handy!”
Book Spirit Number One gave an affected sob. “Really, I’m moved to tears. You actually collected something other than gold and food. The child has finally grown up.”
“Can you get lost?”
No way. It hadn’t evolved to be this annoying just to appreciate itself in solitude; everyone had to get a taste.
Ren Xin: “…” It really had a shameless disregard for the well-being of others.
Now that she had the blueprints, what was the next step?
There was no way to explain where they came from.
Book Spirit Number One suggested, “Just leave it to Huhu. We’ll have her go take a dump in front of Chen Aiguo and ‘poop’ the blueprints out. How about that? Isn’t that a foolproof plan?”
Ren Xin: “…”
Forget it. None of them were reliable; she’d have to figure it out herself.
“Don’t be like that. Let’s study it together, then let Huhu do it. If there’s any risk, she’ll take the fall. If it succeeds, it’ll be thanks to our brilliant leadership.”
Huhu: “???” She was still in the group chat!
Ren Xin swiftly muted her. These Book Spirits were truly useless.
The dried fruit idea was still there, but she couldn’t be too reckless. For now, she would stick to making preserves.
It wasn’t until she saw the steam rising from the pots during the canning process that an idea struck: why not try it on the pot lids? They had plenty of fruit to spare anyway.
So, Ren Xin had Fan Zhili slice some slightly ripe mangoes and pineapples into thin strips. After thoroughly washing the pot lids, she waited for a batch of cans to be steamed. She arranged the mango slices one by one on the lids, using the rising heat to dehydrate them to see how it turned out.
Fan Zhili didn’t understand the logic behind this, but she did as she was told.
Half an hour later, the fruit was still damp. Clearly, the temperature wasn’t high enough, and it needed more time. They swapped in a new batch of cans and heated them again. After many trials, they finally found a rhythm. Even Fan Zhili was getting frustrated, but Ren Xin continued her experiments with patience.
Translator’s Notes
- college entrance exams were reinstated: Refers to the Gaokao. The exams were suspended for ten years during the Cultural Revolution and were famously reinstated in 1977, marking a major turning point for ‘Educated Youth’ (urban students sent to the countryside) to return to cities. ↩
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