Chapter 33 Calling Her by the Wrong Name
Old Liang called out, "It's good that Comrade Jiang Ru is back. You two stop arguing. Da Zhuang's mother, hurry up and cook for Comrade Jiang Ru."
Jiang Zhizhi didn't know what was wrong with Old Man Liang these past two days. He kept calling her name, and he kept calling her the wrong name.
When I showed the letter of introduction to Secretary Dong last time, Old Man Liang also glanced at it and noticed that the last two characters of "Zhi Zhi" after "Jiang Zhi Zhi" were written in cursive.
He mistook "知" for "如", and there was an abbreviation symbol after it, indicating that it was the same as the previous character, which he ignored.
She had wanted to correct him, but then she remembered that Zhou Xiye was still nearby, so she simply ignored it and let Old Man Liang call out to her.
He turned to Zhou Xiye and thanked him with a smile.
Zhou Xiye shook his head nonchalantly: "It's nothing. I also have something to discuss with Secretary Liang. It's getting late, so please have a seat. I'll head back now."
Old Liang stood up with Zhou Xiye and said, "Captain Zhou, you've all worked so hard lately. I'll organize the team to bring you water later."
Zhou Xiye stopped him, saying, "No need. Your cooperation in not going into the mountains is the greatest support you can give to our work."
Old Liang nodded repeatedly, giving Zhou Xiye assurances.
Jiang Zhizhi originally intended to see him off, but seeing that Old Man Liang seemed to have a lot to talk about with Zhou Xiye, she simply sat down again.
Yang Fengmei heated up the potato pancakes for dinner and then brought over the eggs that Jiang Zhizhi hadn't eaten that morning: "Why aren't you eating the eggs I boiled for you? Hurry up and eat them, or your auntie will get angry."
As she spoke, she placed the egg on the table and cracked it, then began peeling the egg for Jiang Zhizhi: "Now that we can't go into the mountains, how about I have Dazhuang go in and secretly catch a wild rabbit for you to eat? Dazhuang may be a bit silly, but he's really good at catching wild rabbits and pheasants."
Jiang Zhizhi quickly waved her hand: "No need, no need, I'll eat whatever you eat."
Yang Fengmei slapped her thigh: "I don't believe you. Look at your delicate skin and tender flesh, you don't look like you've ever suffered. Take that Sun educated youth, for example, who said she was the commander's daughter. Look at her sallow and thin appearance, she doesn't look like the commander's daughter at all."
Jiang Zhizhi didn't expect Yang Fengmei to compare her to Sun Xiaoyue: "It's okay, I can endure hardship too. Auntie, you really don't need to give me special treatment."
Yang Fengmei chuckled and nudged Liang Dazhuang, who was sitting next to her with a dull look in his eyes: "Go and go watch the threshing floor. What are you doing sitting here?"
Liang Dazhuang grumbled as he got up and left. Yang Fengmei then looked at Jiang Zhizhi mysteriously and said, "Captain Zhou is so good to you. He said you were sleeping well and wouldn't let us wake you up."
Jiang Zhizhi knew that Yang Fengmei wouldn't be able to hold back and would definitely bring it up: "Auntie, don't talk nonsense, Captain Zhou is getting married soon."
Yang Fengmei slapped her forehead: "Right, you seem to have said that. How could I forget? You should keep your distance from Captain Zhou. People in the village are all very gossipy; they can make trouble out of nothing."
Jiang Zhizhi nodded repeatedly: "Auntie, I know."
Yang Fengmei sighed again, "This Captain Zhou is really something, how come he's already married? But then again, at his age, if he's not married, who knows what's wrong with him."
Jiang Zhizhi pursed her lips, suppressing a laugh. She dared not say anything carelessly, lest it reach Zhou Xiye's ears and she would never be able to see him again.
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When Zhou Xiye returned, Zhang Zhao was already waiting at the door. Seeing that he was holding a coat, Zhang Zhao quickly reached out and said, "Boss, shall I wash it for you?"
Zhou Xiye avoided his hand: "No need, I'll wash it myself later."
Zhang Zhao followed Zhou Xiye into his tent and was somewhat surprised to see him carefully folding his coat and placing it on the bedside table: "Boss, why fold dirty clothes? Just throw them on the chair."
Zhou Xiye glared at him: "What are you doing standing at my door?"
Zhang Zhao scratched his head and chuckled, "I saw you were out and hadn't come back by night, so I was worried about you. Besides, your back injury has flared up again. Did you go to the hospital to see a doctor? Your injury was clearly healed, so how could you still break free..."
Zhou Xiye didn't say anything. He went to the table, picked up the lantern, and unfolded the blueprints he had shown Jiang Zhizhi. He then unfolded another blueprint that he hadn't shown her. The two blueprints were very different. He had also suggested taking the elevated bridge, but with the current technology, it was simply impossible.
Seeing his boss looking at the blueprints with a lamp again, Zhang Zhao leaned closer and asked, "Still no solution? Didn't you say you'd send a bridge expert from Beijing over?"
Zhou Xiye shook his head: "That would take too much time. We must finish before it snows."
Zhang Zhao was somewhat indignant: "We are clearly a combat unit, so why are we being assigned to road construction? We've almost forgotten what training is like."
Zhou Xiye glanced at him indifferently: "Starting tomorrow, you will get up every morning, carry a load for five kilometers, and then come back to work."
Zhang Zhao hissed, "Boss, I'm not trying to be mean, but no girl will like chatting like that. You kill the conversation with just one sentence, and your tone is so harsh. Who would like that?"
Zhou Xiye frowned and asked, unusually, "How should one chat with a girl?"
Zhang Zhao was all ready, but Zhou Xiye didn't answer him and gave him a sharp look, telling him to get lost! Unexpectedly, Zhou Xiye actually spoke up and asked him how he should have a conversation?
They stared at Zhou Xiye in utter shock. Was this their boss? After all, Zhou Xiye had always thought that chatting was a waste of time; it was better to spend that time reading books and newspapers.
He waved his hand in front of Zhou Xiye's eyes: "Boss? You really don't know?"
Zhou Xiye gave Zhang Zhao a cold look, then turned away and ignored him.
Zhang Zhao quickly leaned over: "Boss, boss, let me tell you, when you chat with a girl, you can't be as cold and aloof as you are with us. You have to be gentle and know how to chat."
While speaking, he observed Zhou Xiye's expression and, finding that he did not resist, continued, "Also, you have to talk about things that girls like. Don't talk about things like road construction or training all the time. No girl will like those boring things."
Zhou Xiye actually listened to this. He frowned and thought, no wonder Jiang Zhizhi fell asleep later, it was because the content of the conversation was too boring?
While observing Zhou Xiye's expression, Zhang Zhao said, "This girl likes to talk about everyday things, dating, and whose clothes are nice and whose hair is nice."
Zhou Xiye frowned, suddenly feeling that Zhang Zhao was also unreliable: "Have you ever had a girlfriend?"
Zhang Zhao was hit where it hurt: "How could I possibly have a chance to date? My hometown introduced me to someone, but she didn't even like me."
Zhou Xiye felt he had wasted ten minutes listening to Zhang Zhao ramble on: "Go back to sleep now, and remember to run five kilometers first thing tomorrow morning."
Zhang Zhao felt that his boss was in a good mood today: "Boss, are you asking this because you're thinking about starting a relationship? You can't make a mistake!"
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