Chapter 125: Seeking Advice

  In the ward, Li's father was peeling an apple for his son with a fruit knife. Since Li Lin's grades improved, the relationship between the two has gradually warmed up, and there is no longer the tension of the past.

  This time, his son suffered a great deal, and Li Dad was heartbroken. He carefully asked about the situation at that time and also knew that his son was fighting for the class's honor. This matter was also unexpected. In addition, his son's condition was not particularly serious, and he would be fine after some rest. Li Dad did not get angry either.

  However, the injury has been going on for a hundred days, and it's hard to die even if you're just lying in bed. What about an active son? This accident made the relationship between grandfather and grandson more harmonious, whatever Li Lin said was right, and Li Dad didn't dare to refute.

  It's said that Song Jie helped Li Lin correct his posture, and Li's father was also shocked. He didn't expect this little girl to be so capable. It seems that letting his son learn from her wasn't a waste of time after all, and his own judgment was indeed quite good.

  Li's mother returned home in the evening to find that the pot and stove were cold, and there was no one at home. She began to mutter to herself. Li's father came back to help his son clean up and also made some delicious food for him. His son loved to eat the braised pork ribs he made! Now, I don't know if the braised dish can be eaten, but the rib soup must be stewed.

  Mrs. Li saw her husband dragging his tired body back, and hurriedly asked where he had been. As soon as she heard that something had happened to their son, Mrs. Li was also startled. Usually, she spoiled her son the most. Every time Mr. Li scolded the child, Mrs. Li would protect him and not let him be punished. This time, wasn't she frightened out of her wits?

  The couple packed up their things and rushed to the hospital. Li's mother was calling out "heart and soul", making Li Lin's face turn red with embarrassment.

  After hearing about what had happened, Li's mother was more considerate than Li's father. She thought that Song Jie had helped her son Liang Duo a lot. How could she just say thank you and be done with it?

  Besides, Li's mother also saw Song Jie's potential. Song Jie thought that in the future she would be a promising girl, and no matter what, making friends with her wouldn't do any harm.

  Mrs. Li's idea is not a force, anyone who sees this person helping the family with many busy achievements will also want to make friends, normal people will think so.

  If someone else helps you and you still unconditionally accept it, then that's a freeloader.

  Li Lin's injury was not too serious, but he still needed to rest for more than two months to recover. For this reason, Li Dad specially took a leave of absence from the hospital and went to school to ask for his son.

  Teacher Li also said that the school will compensate 200 yuan, although it's not a lot. It also represents the school's attitude. Mr. Li didn't say anything either, his son still has to study here. Even if they don't give you anything, you can't say anything.

  Li Lin was discharged from the hospital after three days. His foot needed rest and could be taken care of at home, there was no need to stay in the hospital.

  Song Jie went to see her a few times and helped Li Lin with her homework. In fact, Song Jie also had evening self-study sessions, so it was impossible for her to go give Li Lin extra lessons at night.

  Teacher Li saw the situation and thought that since it's still early in the first semester of junior high school and they haven't learned anything too advanced yet, she allowed Song Jie to not attend evening self-study every other night. Instead, she went to help Li Lin with her studies. This made their classmates so envious - how great would it be to not have to go to school?

  Song Jie didn't decline either and said that since they got along well with each other, they should help out.

  She was received with extremely warm hospitality every time she went to Li Lin's home, so warm that she couldn't bear it. It's even more affectionate than her own son Li Lin, one moment sending food, the next inquiring about her well-being, making people feel unable to refuse.

  Where can she feel the gratitude of others' parents towards her? She thought Li Lin's parents were so enthusiastic about everyone. It was impossible to think with one's toes, but Song Jie just thought so, and I don't know how she came up with such a weird idea.

  Later, Song Jie quietly told Li Lin that his parents were too enthusiastic and it was hard to accept. Only then did Li Lin express his parents' thoughts, and Song Jie suddenly realized that she hadn't helped with anything either.

  It's not clear if Li Lin told his parents or not, but they finally returned to normal. However, every time Song Jie left their house, Li Lin's mother would insist on her taking some delicious food with her, and she couldn't refuse no matter how hard she tried.

  Zhao's father would often tease Song Jie every time he went back, saying that he was going for the family's belongings. Zhao's father wasn't an old-fashioned person, he handled his own affairs and wouldn't interfere too much.

  Every weekend, a few people from the study group would gather at Li Lin's home, do their homework together and play for a while. In this way, Li Lin's bedridden days were not so lonely anymore.

  Song Jie is also very busy now, every day she is on the go, all of Li teacher's work has been handed over to her, and surprisingly, the only free time is during class hours, doing whatever she wants.

  The teacher caught Song Jie reading extracurricular books and wouldn't say anything, everyone knew that Song Jie was not only good at studying but also skilled in medicine, what's this if not a prodigy? Just pretend you didn't see it.

  Song Jie was also happy to be idle and carefree, occasionally studying her own rouge formula.

  After the auction, each family rushed to study and soon launched cosmetics on the market. Although they were not called Hongyan, high-level people knew that these cosmetics were made from the Hongyan formula, which brought some impact to the Hongyan cosmetics market, causing sales to decline significantly. If it weren't for some old customers holding on, things would be even worse.

  Song Jie didn't participate in management, but she had also heard about these things. Although she knew early on that it would have an impact on Hong Yan, her heart still couldn't withstand this decline.

  His father, on the other hand, is not too concerned, after all, he has already made a lot of money in the past. Good things can't just be enjoyed by one family, his attitude is very calm. In the future, if there's an upgraded version of Hongyan, he can fight again, now is the time to make preparations, can't follow the same old path and be forced to buy formulas again.

  Song Jie couldn't help but admire Zhang Fu's good attitude, it seems she still needs to work harder. However, whether she can make a comeback or not depends on her formula being powerful enough. Therefore, Song Jie felt a sense of crisis and even studied during class without stopping.

  The upgraded red makeup is not that easy to get, it's not just adding one or two herbs and the effect will be better, there should be no side effects, what if someone uses it and ruins their face, that would truly ruin the reputation.

  Song Jie now has some leads, but the substitute herbs are still missing a bit of clue. After all, the magical plants and the earth's herbs are not the same, wanting to replace is not just replacing one herb with another, sometimes it requires the cumulative effect of many herbs, which is very complicated and cannot be sloppy.

  During class, Song Jie was constantly calculating formulas and quantities. If someone could see what she was writing, they would definitely see her notebook filled with dense formulas that made people's eyes dizzy, but might not even know what she was writing.

  Once a math teacher even thought Song Jie was writing math, stood beside her for a long time, and after finding that she couldn't understand it at all, left with a blow.

  The math teacher is Wang Sumei. Her son Xiao Qi has fully recovered after receiving treatment and, thanks to the timely treatment, he did not leave any sequelae and recovered very well.

  Wang Sumei was also very grateful to Song Jie, and she returned some of the money to Song Jie. Only the two of them and Zhang Yang knew about this matter, and it wasn't spread around for everyone to know. Teacher Wang was also quite grateful.

  She didn't want others to know about her son's situation either, after all, she still hoped that her son would have a happy childhood.

  Let's get back on track and continue talking about the red beauty.

  This time's research on red makeup is quite difficult, after all, it requires constant matching, which is very difficult. Song Jie felt that she had encountered difficulties and couldn't come up with what she wanted. She was so distressed, just like when you have something to say but can't get it out. She really hoped someone could give her a flash of inspiration and make a breakthrough.

  Song Jie studied formulas every day until her head was big, and she always felt that as long as she thought about it for a moment, she would know what to do, but she just couldn't think of it. She had hit a bottleneck.

  Not only is there a bottleneck in practicing qigong, but also in learning. It's very likely that one's own level of understanding hasn't reached the point where they can flexibly apply these things.

  It was really helpless, so Song Jie put down all her things and decided to go ask her master for advice. One person's plan is short, two people's plan is long, who knows when they will suddenly come up with a solution?

  Song Jie knocked on the master's door with her own homemade sauce and braised meat.

  Zhang Shu's old master had guests at home, and when he saw Song Jie coming, he put on a stern face: "You stinky girl still know how to come see your master? Have you forgotten which way the door opens?" He had a big beard like Zhang Fei, and with his serious face, he indeed had some presence.

  Song Jie didn't fear him, a paper tiger who would eventually be bought off by his own sugar-coated cannonballs. She hadn't come for a long time, only during the summer break, and after school started, she really couldn't find the time to come, so Master should say a few words too.

  "Master, what's wrong with you? I'm busy, but as soon as I have some free time, I came to see you. And I even made braised pork belly sauce for you myself, it smells great, take a sniff." He pretended to hand the thing in his hand over to the master.

  A thick meaty aroma wafted over, and Old Zhang couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. It's been ages since he last had Lü'er's braised pork belly, and he was really craving it.

  He pretended to be nonchalant and waved his hand: "Alright, alright, I forgive you this time. Quickly put my elbow in the kitchen, I want to eat it for lunch."

  "Ah, okay." Song Jie put the things in the kitchen, and Master indeed was like an old child, needing to be coaxed.

  After sending away the things, Zhang Shu returned to normal and finally remembered to introduce the guest next to him to Song Jie: "Song Jie, this is your Grandpa Tang, come and greet him."

  Song Jie finally had a chance to take a look at the customer opposite her, and this glance made her pause, it was actually someone she knew, someone she had met before.

  PS: Who can guess who this is? A hole I dug in front earlier...