My Husband, a Marshal: Conquering the Stars with My Culinary Arts-Chapter 575 - 194: Campus Culture and Art Festival - Part 2

About half a month ago, Du Xixi and the others had already held an internal meeting for the Food Department. During that meeting, the work arrangements for the campus cultural arts festival were roughly finalized. However, the detailed regulations had just come down recently, and after Wenren Yu took a look, he made some small adjustments to everyone’s work arrangements.

He Yuan, as the professor of the course "Color and Taste Pairing," was responsible for decorating the Food Department during the campus cultural arts festival, striving to integrate the Food Department’s features into elements that would catch everyone’s eye, serving as an initial attraction.

Chen Si, who is now He Yuan’s boyfriend, teaches "Visual Senses" and is practically the best partner to complement He Yuan, so this time Chen Si’s job is to assist He Yuan in adorning the Food Department. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Zhang Ye teaches the course "Introduction and Application of Cutlery," so his role at the festival was organized by Wenren Yu to be part of the "performance." He leads a group of students to perform superb knife skills for the "referees" specially invited by the school. The more impressive, the better.

This is not a simple challenge for Zhang Ye, as his own knife skills are up to par, but finding students with good knife skills is tough. The students in the Food Department today, the best in knife skills, are merely two or three, and only bringing two or three students to perform knife skills feels a bit too... "pathetic," doesn’t it?

Wenren Yu, as the department head, actually needs to act as a "leader" at the festival, guiding those "referees" and interested students in attendance. Plus, as someone teaching "Ingredient Pairing," performing is also somewhat challenging. Should he clutch a handful of chili powder and fling it around, letting everyone experience the allure of chili powder, then collectively sneeze on the spot?

Thus, Wenren Yu’s work arrangement focuses on reception. Whether the visitors are "referees" or students, generally, this "big shot" Wenren Yu needs to step forward to greet them.

Du Xixi teaches a variety of courses and is quite proficient at them. So, during the initial meeting when assigning work to Du Xixi, there was much deliberation before finally deciding on her task—setting up a temporary "remedial class" at the festival, serving as a free experience event where attendees can experience or taste the food themselves.

This is considered a rather risky move, as compared to Zhang Ye’s knife skills performance, the food experience inherently carries some risk, and whether it can attract everyone’s attention at the festival remains uncertain.

However, the five professors in the Food Department are rather laid-back individuals who aren’t competitive by nature. During military training, coming in first place had already made them very happy. For this novel campus cultural arts festival, aiming for first place is more about just going with the flow—a win would be a boon, a loss just their fate.

It can be said that regarding this campus cultural arts festival, while the Food Department cares enough, they’re not overly concerned. Within the entire Blue Star University scope, there may not be any department more laid-back than the Food Department.

Du Xixi and the others finally sorted out matters concerning the campus cultural arts festival, and after a couple of days, the opening ceremony for the festival was held on a morning with excellent weather at Blue Star University’s playground.

Du Xixi, as a professor in the Food Department, should have been present to show respect. However, she is now nearly three months pregnant. While her slightly showing belly is hard to notice given the cover of thick, loose clothes, pregnancy is an undeniable fact.

The opening ceremony of the campus cultural arts festival generally lasts over an hour. For students who endured the "torment" of military training, this hour is really nothing, given that professors are also standing, aside from a few elderly leaders like the old schoolmaster who, for health reasons, must sit.

If Du Xixi attended, the school would naturally provide her a chair because of her pregnancy, but with so many people around, it’s one thing for those elderly veterans to sit, but what would it mean if Du Xixi sat? Those who know she’s pregnant might understand, but those who don’t could gossip about her behind her back.

After much discussion, it was Lin You, the director of admin affairs, who made the decision to have Du Xixi rest in her office—avoiding the cold wind and staying warm, and dodging people’s complaints about sitting down. Anyway, the ceremony is broadcast live, and viewers on Star Network can see it, just as Xixi can watch comfortably in her office.