Prof. Yu and Her Invention
For two months, Prof. Yu had been different. First, her daughter married and moved out to live with her son in law at a magnificent apartment. Then, someone said, ‘She spends a lot of time looking out her window!’
It was late on Friday afternoon; she went shopping, and brought back many foods and herbs, carrying them into her study room with door closed.
There were interesting smells raised from the study room. Then, she went back and forth between the kitchen and the room until few hours later. She took out some sticky stuff from the steam cooker, looking at the ‘food’ carefully. She tried some with frown, and finished it.
‘What the heck are you cooking?’ Her husband complained, ‘it smells sour!’
‘You never know it,’ she replied with a smile.
‘How can I sleep tonight in such a corrosive air! You might have been crazy!’ He said again shaking his head.
After dinner, her husband went to another bedroom without watching TV and saying anything. It was strange. Normally he would watch some soapy programs before going to bed. Obviously, he was still not happy about the funny odors.
Prof. Yu called her old schoolmate who was a hi-tech researcher living in California. ‘Good evening, or no, it should be good morning there to you! It’s me, Prof. Yu from China.’ ‘Good evening, good morning, anyway, Ha-ha!’ Dr. Michael Shuh replied, ‘how can I help you?’
‘I found something interesting, maybe you would like to cooperate with me.’ Prof. Yu said.
‘In what aspect?’ Michael asked.
‘I found something interesting. You may help me to lodge an application for patent in USA. We can jointly own it.’
‘No problem. Send me an email,’ Michael responsed.
‘In fact, I need to see the result later,’ Prof. Yu said thoughtfully.
‘Any time. Good night!’ ‘Good night!’
The following morning, Prof. Yu was on the way to the toilet. Her husband was shocked, ‘who are you?’
‘What?’ She asked and went to the toilet, looking at the mirror, and she cried.
‘How could I become so young?’ She found that she was almost as young as her newly wedded daughter! ‘It was my invention!’ She was about to shout but controlled herself in a low voice.
Her husband recognized her voice and rushed in, ‘goodness, was it the stuff you ate make you young?’
‘I think it was,’ she replied, ‘I am going to send an email to Michael later.’
‘What?’
‘We are wonderful now!’ She replied, hugging her husband.