Chapter 59 Treating Gu Zheng as His Son
On the other side, Gu Zheng was holding a meeting in the military building.
"Everyone else can go away. Captain Gu, please stay for a while."
After the meeting, Commander Zhou left Gu Zheng alone, but he didn't say anything. He just stared at him.
Gu Zheng felt uneasy because of being stared at. He touched his face and tried to recall whether he had done anything wrong in the past two days.
"Master, please speak frankly. It makes me feel uneasy to see you like this."
Commander Zhou had a serious look on his face. He pointed at his most capable subordinate and said with regret.
"I told you not to be idle. Your wife has been busy taking care of the family for the past few years since she married you, and she even gave birth to a son for you."
"You can't be ungrateful and abandon your moral principles for a little profit."
It’s not that Zhou Guoan doesn’t believe Gu Zheng, the key is that the rumor was spread very convincingly. His wife at home even told him this morning to give him a good beating.
Zhou Guoan has lived for most of his life, and he has seen many cases of people abandoning their wives and children to marry someone else, even some of his old friends.
Zhou Guoan had no control over those people, nor did he have the qualifications to do so, but as for the rumors circulating in the family compound, he would definitely take care of this matter.
Although Gu Zheng is his subordinate, Zhou Guoan privately regards him as his own son, perhaps even closer than his own son.
During the turbulent times of the past two years, his family was reported by some people with ulterior motives because they had a background of studying abroad.
The eldest son and his wife were not implicated because they were doing research in a confidential unit, but the second son and his wife and the youngest son suffered.
The two had their jobs terminated one after another, and were eventually assigned to remote forest areas for labor reform.
The old woman at home couldn't accept the blow for a while and was bedridden.
The younger daughter is still young, just started high school, and is still at an age where she doesn’t know much. She stays by her mother’s bedside every day to take care of her.
Even Zhou Guoan himself was nearly dismissed and demoted. That period was truly the darkest moment in his family's lives.
Everyone avoided them, and even felt that speaking to them was a sign of backward thinking.
In this situation, it was Gu Zheng who was busy running around, using his connections and public opinion.
Focus public opinion on the contributions Zhou Guoan made to the country in the first half of his life, and try to distance himself from foreign countries.
After some operations, it did have a great effect. The whole nation petitioned and the military district leaders saw that the matter had become so serious.
So they held another meeting to discuss the issue, and ultimately it was concluded that he had no involvement with foreign countries and would retain his original position for the time being.
Under Gu Zheng's operation, the second son and his wife and the youngest son were also transferred away from the farm.
I was arranged to live in a village under the jurisdiction of Province Z. Although life was a little hard, at least my life was not in danger.
He and his wife could still see each other once a year, which made them very satisfied.
In the past two days, the rumors in the family compound have been spreading like wildfire, and even people like Zhou Guoan who don't care about gossip have heard about it.
Although he had never met Gu Zheng's wife, he had eaten the food she cooked, so he had a good impression of her.
After listening to this, Gu Zheng said helplessly: "Master, rumors are rumors because they are easy to spread, and those who believe them lack the ability to distinguish right from wrong."
"Why are you joining in the fun? Besides, I have decided on my wife for life, and neither death nor life can separate us."
"That's good, that's good." Zhou Guoan then glared, his tone stern but intimate.
"Of course I can tell right from wrong. I'm telling you these words to remind you not to go down the wrong path."
"You are a down-to-earth kid, taking one step at a time. You have a bright future ahead of you."
Zhou Guoan's eldest son is engaged in scientific research, the second son studies mechanics, and the youngest son studies medicine. None of them entered the military and political system.
Therefore, it would be a waste to keep the resources in his hands, so he simply planned to use them to pave the way for Gu Zheng, so there was no need for him to climb up the ladder.
Moreover, Guoan gave it willingly, and all the family members agreed, and they regarded Gu Zheng as a relative.
Gu Zheng replied with a smile: "I see, Master, you don't know what kind of person I am, I won't touch those crooked ways."
Then he changed the subject and came to the front of the table to ask gossipingly, "By the way, Commander, you said I have a bright future. Has the position of deputy commander been decided?"
Zhou Guoan: “….”
Brat, you just know how to trap him, even though Gu Zheng’s promotion to deputy head is already a foregone conclusion.
But this matter still needs to wait for the specific documents to come down, so it is not appropriate to make it public now.
"The matter is still under discussion in the military district. Don't even think about getting anything out of me." He snorted and replied.
Gu Zheng stepped back and said "oh" nonchalantly. He was still young anyway, and if he failed to get promoted this time, there would always be next time.
He was confident that he would make his wife an official wife that everyone envied.
"Commander, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first." Now that things had been explained clearly, Gu Zheng was about to walk out the door.
"Wait, there's one more thing." Zhou Guoan quickly stopped the man and asked.
"Your wife and child have been in the military area for two or three days. When will you bring them here so that your aunt and I can meet them?"
Meeting once is secondary. The main thing is that Zhou Guoan has been thinking about it ever since he ate the five-spice braised chicken and beef sauce that Gu Zheng brought over last time.
For this reason, he later went to find Gu Zheng and wanted to ask for another bottle, but he didn't expect that this kid treasured it like a treasure.
Finally, after much persuasion, he was given a bottle of mushroom beef sauce. No matter how sparingly he ate it, it was still not enough as he had been feeling tasteless lately.
Zhou Guoan waited at home for two days, but Gu Zheng did not come with his wife and children. Today he finally had the chance to ask.
In the past few days, all the big and small things at home have been dealt with, and his wife and Yanyan have gradually adapted to life here.
After thinking for a moment, Gu Heng replied, "It's better to do it today than to wait for a day. Let's do it tonight. I want to eat the braised bones made by my aunt."
Seeing that the person agreed, Zhou Guoan said with a smile: "Okay, I will call home and ask your aunt to prepare the ingredients. Remember to bring someone over after get off work."
"no problem."
Although it is a home version of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, the production process is still very complicated.
Lin Yunxi put the cleaned chicken into a clay pot and stewed it for more than three hours, sliced the ginger, and removed the roots of the mushrooms.
Then blanch the shrimp, clams, pork stomach and pig's trotters, add the conches into the pot and boil, dig out the meat, slice it and set aside.
Add oil to the pan, stir-fry the ginger slices until fragrant, then add the pork belly and trotters and fry until cooked. Then add 4 spoons of soy sauce, star anise, cinnamon and rock sugar and stir-fry until colored.
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