My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 526 - 178: Campus Culture and Arts Festival

Campus Cultural Arts Festival?

Du Xixi lightly raised an eyebrow, remembering that back on Blue Star, regardless of whether it was elementary school, middle school, high school, or university, they would usually hold various campus activities, like reading festivals or physical arts festivals.

Du Xixi had participated in the Campus Cultural Arts Festival several times. But when she clicked in for a closer look, she realized that this wasn’t the same concept as the Campus Cultural Arts Festival on Blue Star.

For their first attempt at hosting, Blue Star University made this Campus Cultural Arts Festival quite a big deal, considering it a "departmental competition" of sorts with special significance.

Each department would appeal to specially invited "referees" from Blue Star University based on their own content. The department that attracts the most "referees" wins.

The winning department would receive a mysterious prize.

Du Xixi’s fingertips lightly tapped on the Light Computer, circling the word "referee" several times, feeling a bit puzzled.

Blue Star University’s announcement only provided details on the general content and process, but specific details, like who exactly the "referees" were or how mysterious the "mystery prize" would be, were not disclosed at all.

Du Xixi slightly lowered her eyes, feeling a little interested in this Campus Cultural Arts Festival, but when she looked up at the time, it was to be held in a month. Du Xixi decided to put it aside for now and discuss it when a few professors gathered together.

It’s already mid-November, and come early January of the coming year, Blue Star University will be on winter break. It’s estimated that once the Campus Cultural Arts Festival concludes, winter break will begin.

Since there will be a winter break... Du Xixi giggled with a sparkle in her eyes, thinking of something interesting.

Du Xixi: Hmm, it’s time to assign winter homework.

For the first time as a professor, Du Xixi transitioned from being someone who did winter homework to someone who assigns it. Excitedly, many ideas for "assignments" had already popped into her mind.

However, she was unsure about how to assign winter homework and how tough it should be. Since it was still early, Du Xixi got up, went downstairs, and headed to Wenren Yu’s office.

Wenren Yu’s office was directly below Du Xixi’s. The first room on the right after going down the stairs was his, and when Du Xixi knocked and entered, she saw Wenren Yu holding a pen, writing something in a lesson plan book.

"What’s up, Xixi?" Wenren Yu stopped writing and looked up, seeing that it was Du Xixi, he quickly gestured for her to sit on the sofa beside him, "Is there something you need? You rarely come to my office."

Although Wenren Yu is the head of the Food Department, there’s little to do in the department besides teaching, so his role mostly involves going to the monthly faculty meetings to give a summary speech on behalf of the Food Department.

Du Xixi usually relaxed in her own office, and if she were to look for anyone, it was generally to chat with He Yuan about private matters between girls. She had only been to Wenren Yu’s office a few times before when discussing classwork details while substituting for Zhang Ye.

The saying "No one visits the Temple of Three Treasures without reason" fits Du Xixi well.

"Of course, I’m here because I have something to discuss with you." Du Xixi smiled, naturally sitting on the sofa, even adjusting the cushion so she could lean back more comfortably, "I was just thinking about how winter break is near and wanted to know your views on winter homework."

"Winter homework?" Wenren Yu hadn’t expected Du Xixi to come to him for this matter. He hadn’t thought about winter homework, but after a brief contemplation, he decided to share his personal experience, "When I first got into the Ancient History Department, there was always a lot of homework during breaks. I remember during my first winter break in college, within less than a month, I wrote four papers."

"Four papers!" Du Xixi had been through university life too, but she had never been as "unfortunate" as Wenren Yu, "Writing papers as soon as you start college, isn’t that asking too much?"

Wenren Yu shook his head with a wry smile, "Actually, the Ancient History Department’s homework requirements weren’t too high. Similar assignments were part of regular studies, but longer breaks mandated tougher requirements and stricter evaluations. And many departments had it worse than us in Ancient History."

"Oh!" Wenren Yu recalled his student days, with a smile on his face that was both sweet and bitter, "Unfortunately, two of those four papers were deemed unsatisfactory, and I got a scolding from my professor, who made me rewrite them."