Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

Chapter 112 Participation (1)

After a little consideration, Gu Zhan accepted Zhu Changzhi's invitation.

In this age of food scarcity, if he could do something to slightly change this predicament, Gu Zhan would feel that the skills he had learned in his previous life were not in vain, and that this rare opportunity of rebirth was worthwhile.

After returning home, Gu Zhan discussed the matter with Liu Xiaoxi. Liu Xiaoxi felt very proud. Helping people in the entire county increase grain production was truly an honorable and great thing.

"Wife, do you want to go to the county town with me?"

"Why would I go to the county town?" At first, Liu Xiaoxi thought it was because of her anger a few days ago, so she waved her hand and said, "This is a glorious and good thing. I won't be angry. You can go without worry."

Gu Zhan sat down, gently put his arm around Liu Xiaoxi's waist and said, "It's not because of this, wife."

"Why is that?" Liu Xiaoxi asked in confusion.

"I want you to go to the hospital for another checkup."

"What are you checking? The baby?" Liu Xiaoxi felt that Gu Zhan was too nervous about this child. What other woman in this area would go to the hospital for a checkup when she was pregnant and nothing was wrong? It was probably no one else besides her.

"Didn't the doctor say the child was healthy last time?"

Gu Zhan couldn't tell Liu Xiaoxi that even decades later, pregnancy still required regular checkups, so he could only say, "I'm still a little worried. Besides, it's been four months since the last checkup, so I'll feel more at ease if I check again."

Seeing Gu Zhan's serious expression, she knew that if she didn't agree, Gu Zhan would keep coaxing her until she agreed, so she had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Gu Zhan went to the brigade headquarters to find Zhao Baogen, firstly to inform Zhao Baogen that he was going to the county to attend a seminar, and secondly to need Zhao Baogen to help him and Liu Xiaoxi get a certificate.

After Gu Zhan and Zhao Baogen explained their purpose, Zhao Baogen looked at Gu Zhan with admiration: "You really bring honor to your father, son. Your uncle Zhao fully supports this matter."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhao."

"What are you thanking me for? It's a great thing that we can get more food."

"Uncle Zhao, can I bring some corn cobs over?" There are people taking turns guarding the wheat field. If Gu Zhan goes there directly to get them, it will be difficult to get them.

"No problem. What kind do you want?"

"Farmers are required to keep one cob of corn of each size from their own seeds, one cob of corn of each size from seeds distributed by the county, and a handful of soybeans."

"No problem, just come with me and get it."

"Uncle Zhao, there's one more thing. Can you issue the certificate for both me and my wife this time?"

"What? Your wife is going to the county town too?"

"I want to take her for another checkup."

Zhao Baogen frowned deeply: "Is there any problem?"

Gu Zhan smiled sheepishly: "There's nothing wrong, I'm just worried."

Zhao Baogen's brows relaxed, and he suddenly felt that he didn't understand the thoughts of young people. They went to the hospital even though they were not sick, but they really had a lot of money to burn.

But Zhao Baogen didn't ask any more questions and directly issued a certificate to the two of them.

When they went to get the corn together, the person in charge of guarding the wheat field asked a question. Zhao Baogen was happy and told him that Gu Zhan was going to the county to attend a seminar.

For a time, it aroused the envy of everyone.

They didn't know what a seminar was, they just knew that being invited to a meeting by the county was a great honor.

The person in charge of guarding the wheat field enthusiastically picked out a few corn cobs and handed them to Gu Zhan as requested.

"Thank you."

"Hey, kid, why are you being so polite to us?"

As soon as Gu Zhan and Zhao Baogen left, the news that Gu Zhan was going to the county to attend a seminar spread like wildfire and became known to everyone.

Especially those who knew the past of the Gu family felt sad.

Everyone knows that Gu Dali's family is living a difficult life now, especially after Gu Jun paid the fine, the family's savings have been completely drained.

Zhao Hongmei also heard about this when she was drawing water from the well. Apart from envy, all she could do was smile bitterly.

After Zhao Hongmei left, some people began to compare the two brothers Gu Zhan and Gu Jun, and the two sisters-in-law Liu Xiaoxi and Zhao Hongmei.

"We're both from the Gu family, but look at the difference now. Gu Zhan has even been invited to a meeting by the county government, and now look at Gu Jun. Besides beating his wife and playing cards, what else does he do?"

Zhang Qiaomei was washing vegetables not far from the well and heard everything clearly, but who would be willing to consider her face now?

The day before the meeting, Gu Zhan and Liu Xiaoxi packed up and set off for the county town.

When they arrived at the county town, Gao Yuan was already waiting at the station to pick them up. He was quite surprised to see Gu Zhan with his pregnant wife.

"Xiao Gu, this is your wife, right?"

"Yes." Gu Zhan held Liu Xiaoxi's hand and responded generously.

After the previous experience in the city, Liu Xiaoxi is now much thicker-skinned and can remain calm in the face of Gao Yuan's teasing look.

"How do you go?"

Gao Yuan placed their luggage on the back of the bicycle and walked and chatted all the way to the guesthouse.

Long before meeting Gu Zhan, Zhu Changzhi had already instructed Gao Yuan to book a room at the guesthouse. Since agricultural technicians from various communes were also invited, two people per room was the standard.

But since Gu Zhan brought his wife here, it became a little difficult to arrange things here, and Gao Yuan was a little embarrassed for a while.

When they arrived at the guesthouse, Gu Zhan showed the certificate to the staff, rejected Gao Yuan's proposal to book a room, and paid for himself to stay in a room with Liu Xiaoxi.

Gao Yuan felt a little embarrassed and apologized to Gu Zhan many times.

Gu Zhan generously expressed his understanding. After all, he was with his wife, under so many eyes, and it would be embarrassing to stay in the house arranged by the conference organizers.

Gao Yuan felt relieved, and when he went back to report, he specifically told Zhu Changzhi about this matter.

Zhu Changzhi frowned: "Let's not be too fussy about just one room."

It’s not that Zhu Changzhi doesn’t care, it’s just that Gu Zhan has helped him so much.

"But Xiao Gu refused completely."

After hearing Gao Yuan say this, Zhu Changzhi didn't know what to say.

The meeting is scheduled for nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Zhu Changzhi needs to revise his speech to accurately convey Secretary Tian's meaning.

When Liu Xiaoxi arrived at the room, she was so tired that she wanted to sleep, so she hugged Gu Zhan's neck and asked him to sleep with her.

When I woke up, it was already getting dark.

"What are we going to eat?" Gu Zhan asked Liu Xiaoxi.

I thought Liu Xiaoxi would say to eat the pancakes she brought with her this morning, but unexpectedly, she said, "Let's go eat the braised pork."

Liu Xiaoxi started to like braised pork ever since she had eaten it once. This time when she came out, the first thing she thought of was to eat braised pork.

"Okay, I'll satisfy you."

Gu Zhan took his friends to the state-owned canteen to eat braised pork.