System: Master Your Life

Chapter 1005 - 265: Mid-Autumn Festival

The next day was the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In the morning, Xu Lin brought a box of mooncakes to Yu Xinyan’s house.

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, even the busy Yu Jianhua was at home relaxing.

Yu Xinyan went downstairs to meet Xu Lin.

When Xu Lin arrived at her home, he saw both of her parents in the living room.

"Uncle, Auntie, long time no see!"

"These are mooncakes I brought for you."

Xu Lin placed the mooncakes on the coffee table.

Lin Yajing smiled and said, "You’ve thought of everything, Xu Lin."

Then she asked, "Want some sunflower seeds?"

Lin Yajing had been eating sunflower seeds, judging by the shells on an A4 paper, she must have been at it for a while.

As for Yu Jianhua, he was reading a magazine.

"Uncle, what are you reading?"

"’Qiushi’, not sure if you’ve heard about it."

Yu Jianhua showed the magazine cover to Xu Lin.

"I’ve heard a little about it; I came across it while writing a paper before."

Xu Lin joked, "Tell me, have you ever published in it?"

"Oh, no way I could publish there; my level is not enough."

"Qiushi" is the top domestic journal, there’s no doubt about it.

It’s a magazine where only grassroots officials in the country are qualified to publish official articles, for example, there’s a grassroots column, how grassroots, you ask?

Like, someone like Yu Jianhua, who looks like a big official to ordinary people, is considered grassroots in "Qiushi," because the grassroots are compared to those top leaders, not the newbies who just got into civil service.

Xu Lin can publish in the four major international journals but can’t in "Qiushi," because he’s not within the system.

Moreover, even if he takes a step back, although he writes well, his ideological level is far from "Qiushi’s" standard, so even if he were allowed to publish, he wouldn’t be able to.

Even officials at the department level have to line up, when would it be his turn?

"Uncle, maybe you’d be able to write something there someday, actually I’ve observed those historical figures, when they reach that position, their ideology naturally improves, so I have faith in you."

"You kid, Uncle doesn’t want to think about such distant matters."

Yu Jianhua didn’t care much for it; he felt that what he had reached was pretty much it, though he was still relatively young, he didn’t think too far ahead, his desire for power wasn’t intense, he had no intention to strive and exhaust himself to climb further.

At this moment, Yu Xinyan asked Xu Lin, "Xu Lin, are you joining us for dinner tonight?"

"Oh right, almost forgot, my mom suggested maybe our two families should have dinner together tonight."

There are three people on Xu Lin’s side, and there are three people in Yu Xinyan’s family too.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for reunion; naturally, the more people, the merrier.

Besides, there are only six people in total from both families.

Yu Jianhua asked, "Is your dad back?"

"No, don’t know where he’s gone."

"Then we’ll dine together tonight; book a private room at a restaurant, it’ll be lively with more people." Lin Yajing suggested.

Xu Lin: "I was thinking the same."

"Let’s find a restaurant then." Yu Jianhua nodded.

Xu Lin spent most of the day at their house.

Xu Lin was quite at ease here, kicked off his shoes and lounged on the couch, and Yu Jianhua and his family naturally didn’t mind.

It has nothing to do with Xu Lin’s status.

You must know, Xu Lin here is like half a son to Yu Jianhua.

"Eat the mooncakes!"

Yu Xinyan opened an egg yolk mooncake and cut it into four pieces, although she took out the whole egg yolk.

Nowadays, mooncakes on the market are so fancy, there’s all sorts, countless varieties.

But Xu Lin is quite simple, he just likes egg yolk mooncakes, especially the egg yolk inside.

Yu Xinyan pinched the egg yolk and fed it to Xu Lin.

"Thanks."

Xu Lin took a bite of the egg yolk, enjoying it thoroughly.

Seeing the interaction between Xu Lin and her daughter, Lin Yajing suddenly thought of something and said, "Yanyan is preparing to go to grad school, did you know, Xu Lin?"

"I knew about it."

"The major she wants to study is aerospace, which school do you think she should apply to later?"

"The top tier for this major would be Kyoto Aviation University and Northwest University of Technology; the latter is too far, no need to consider, so the best would be to go to the Capital City."

"But the Capital City is also far." Yu Xinyan pursed her lips.

Actually, by far, she meant far from Xu Lin; Xu Lin’s main base is in Jiangdu, now both are in Jiangdu, they barely meet, let alone if she’s in the Capital City.

"But there isn’t a strong institution for this major in Jiangdu."

Xu Lin indicated she should go to Kyoto.

Though now Yu Xinyan is in the first semester of her junior year, time indeed passes quickly; a year from today she’ll be in her senior year, by then there won’t be many classes, meaning, in a little over a year, Xu Lin and others will graduate from university.

Yu Jianhua put down his magazine, curiously asked, "Xu Lin, what’s the future like for this major?"

"Future is what ordinary families consider, such as job prospects, ease of employment, salary levels, but for your family, this kind of future need not be considered, passion and dreams are more significant."

Families below middle class, including middle-class families, need to consider such real-world issues.

Yu Jianhua, being quite an official, doesn’t need to worry about these messy things.

The world is just that realistic.

Furthermore, for Yu Xinyan, passion and dreams indeed weigh more.

Once Xu Lin spoke, Yu Jianhua and his wife thought this reasoning made sense as well.

"Would working in this field be very hard?" Lin Yajing couldn’t help but ask.

"It can be a bit hard, but for a student of Yanyan’s caliber, she’ll have many options in the future, so no need to worry."