Chapter 209
Professor Fu was just wondering when he heard the pretty girl in front of him say with a smile, "Hello, Professor Fu. My name is Zhou Jiani, and I'm a former student of Teacher Meng Wen."
Zhou Jiani stepped aside as she spoke, and Professor Fu let out a long, "Oh," as if suddenly realizing something. "Xiao Zhou, right? I've heard Xiao Wen mention it before. Plastic greenhouses have been promoted nationwide. Have they been expanded in the rural areas where you've been?"
Professor Fu said this as he walked in with his hands behind his back.
Zhou Jiani: "It has expanded. The village attaches great importance to this area. The scope has expanded a lot, and now it can generate income for the brigade every year."
The information that Professor Fu provided back then is not only applicable to plastic greenhouses, but the villagers have also learned more professional planting techniques, and the yield has increased significantly compared to previous years.
In this era when people go hungry every year, increasing food production is a big deal.
Professor Fu nodded. "That's right. You have the guts to think and act. Your fellow villagers are willing to seize the opportunity and have the courage to try. If developed properly, it can be systematic. If it grows to a certain scale, perhaps we can create a greenhouse vegetable town."
It is said that Zhou Jiani dares to think and act. It seems that Meng Wen told Professor Fu in quite some detail. Professor Fu knew that it was Zhou Jiani who encouraged the villagers to try it.
Professor Fu not only knew that Zhou Jiani was building greenhouses there, but also that she was developing the weaving industry with the local villagers, and he was very interested in it.
When the old man and the young man met, they didn't exchange polite greetings and went straight into the topic. They chatted happily without feeling any sense of strangeness.
Zhou Jiani hadn't planned to stay so long, but because of the troublesome couple, she stayed with Yao Huizhen a little longer. When Professor Fu returned, he enthusiastically asked about the development of the greenhouse and weaving industries. Although Zhou Jiani was in charge of the weaving factory, she had carefully reviewed the information Professor Fu had provided. Qiu Zeming had also discussed this topic frequently before, so she was well-placed to follow up on Professor Fu's conversation.
Besides, Zhou Jiani lived in the countryside in her previous life. Until the land was contracted out, she had always been a farmer working in the fields. There was no problem for her to talk about the work in the fields.
There is even more topic to talk about when weaving.
Especially when it was mentioned that the local area had started to grow raw materials, and that the cultivation was throughout the county, Professor Fu became even more interested. He looked so excited that it seemed as if he would leave in the next second to go to Bin County to take a look.
It was not until Zhou Jiani saw Yao Huizhen picking up two handfuls of fresh vegetables and looking like she was going to cook that she realized it was almost time for dinner. She quickly stood up and prepared to say goodbye, but the old couple refused to let her leave.
Normally, Professor Fu teaches students every day and has no shortage of people to talk to, but he just feels that he can get along well with Zhou Jiani.
The old man and the young man didn't even say thank you to each other, and just started chatting like old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.
Yao Huizhen also thought that Xiao Zhou was a good person. She was pretty, spoke and acted in a graceful manner, and she had helped her today. Besides, she didn't come empty-handed, so there was no reason not to treat her to a meal.
Yao Huizhen has an injury on her hand, so she can usually stir-fry some simple dishes, but her hands are not strong enough to make noodles. Professor Fu is usually the one making steamed buns and rolling noodles.
Leaving Zhou Jiani behind, Professor Fu rolled up his sleeves and walked towards the kitchen, saying, "Xiao Zhou, how about some noodles for lunch? Your Aunt Yao will stir-fry two dishes, and I'll go roll the noodles."
Zhou Jiani was not going to sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor. She took over the work from Yao Huizhen and said, "Auntie, you go and have a rest. I'll cook."
Yao Huizhen couldn't beat her, so she helped her from the side.
Two or three home-cooked dishes, the noodles rolled by Professor Fu are chewy and smooth, making a simple and warm lunch.
When they were about to leave after lunch, Yao Huizhen took her hand and repeatedly urged her, "Xiao Zhou, treat this place like your own from now on. Come over to eat when you have time. Xiao Wen went out with her classmates this week and will be home next weekend. You should come over too. It will be more lively with more people. We can make dumplings."
Having said that, Zhou Jiani also agreed and said with a smile: "Okay, Auntie, if you don't mind me being annoying, I will come to bother you again next week."
Professor Fu also said, "Xiao Zhou, don't bring anything with you from now on. If you do, the old man will kick you out."
Zhou Jiani smiled and said, "Okay, from now on I'll carry my head on my shoulders."
After saying goodbye to the honest and kind old couple, Zhou Jiani went downstairs and rode away on her bike.
Intending to find the black market here, she asked and went to a nearby hospital, specifically going into the surrounding alleys.
Zhou Jiani has her own experience in judging the black market and can make a rough estimate with just a glance.
She didn't rush in straight away. She first found a place to disguise herself, covering most of her face. Then she put the bicycle into the warehouse, picked up a basket, and carried it into the alley.
Are you still buying grain? Do you still want eggs? There are also people selling fresh pork and live chickens.
The prices were higher than in grocery stores, but Zhou Jiani's eyes were shining with excitement. She hadn't been to the black market Taobao for a long time.
Zhou Jiani didn't even catch the whole live chicken. Before she even reached the old lady, a man in his twenties bought it and hurried out of the alley with it in his hand.
Zhou Jiani took a deep breath, suppressed the urge to go on a shopping spree, and bought tickets first, any kind of tickets.
After collecting the tickets, I started shopping.
Food cannot be cooked in the dormitory, so you don’t have to eat it immediately after buying it. She can also stew eggs in a vacuum cup to supplement nutrition, and she can take it away as a gift when she needs it.
Buy meat too, it has a strong freshness-preserving function.
In the end, I collected more than thirty duck eggs.
After buying things, Zhou Jiani found a place to put them in the warehouse, took out her bicycle, and rode back to school.
On the other side, Lu Zhengfei and Ronghua didn't even have the appetite to eat lunch. After much analysis, they decided to go to their eldest brother's house.
His elder brother didn't have any friends who could get Professor Fu to agree to make peace, but his sister-in-law's family was powerful, but they were not in the same system, so he didn't know if they could help.
Lu Zhengfei: "It doesn't matter if we're not in the same system. Their level is there. They might know one or two big names in the education world through some roundabout way. At least they're better than us."
Ronghua nodded, but he was still undecided. However, this was the closest relationship in the family. If there was no solution over there, they really didn't know where to find anyone.
When I arrived at my eldest brother's house, I found that he was the only one at home, as my sister-in-law had gone back to her parents' home.
After listening to his sister and brother-in-law's requests, Rong Changsheng frowned tightly.
He knew a little about what happened back then. What his sister and brother-in-law did was indeed not very kind, but the circumstances were special at that time. Although the couple were classmates, they were not in a free love relationship. It was their teacher who introduced them to each other.
My brother-in-law's job was also recommended by their teacher.
The relationship involved is too deep.
The teacher was being persecuted and was about to be demoted. How could anyone close to him not be implicated? I heard that their teacher's son was also demoted. At that time, anyone who did not stand against the teacher was subjected to struggle. My sister had never suffered any hardship since her childhood, and the couple had just had a child. How could she be implicated?
This is the truth, and they did stab the teacher in the heart when he was suffering. This contradiction is not easy to resolve.
However, if his father-in-law is willing to step forward, it should not be a problem to find someone who can act as a middleman. As long as both sides can sit down and have a good talk, there will be room for easing the situation. Even if the sister and brother-in-law are asked to kowtow to the teacher to apologize, even if the situation cannot be resolved in one go, as long as they can get in, they can slowly repair the relationship.
It was his father-in-law's temper that made him feel that this matter was a little risky.
Rong Changsheng pinched his brows, feeling that it was difficult to deal with.
Ronghua said anxiously, "Brother, you have to help Zhengfei and me. Teacher Fu's son, Fu Lianshan, has been reinstated and is Zhengfei's immediate superior. Does that mean Zhengfei still has a chance to move up? Also, rumors are circulating in their unit that they might be going through some reforms, and we're worried Fu Lianshan will take the opportunity to retaliate."
Rong Changsheng felt that based on his father-in-law's temperament, he would not care about such matters, but the conflict between his sister and her husband and the teacher had to be resolved, so he had to give it a try.
"You've come at a perfect time. My niece-in-law just gave birth. Ronghua, go to the hospital and talk to her first. If your sister-in-law is here, tell her about it first so she'll have an idea. I'll discuss it with her and then come over to have a proper chat with my father-in-law."
This opportunity is so perfect. Ronghua: "Brother, why didn't you tell me earlier..."
He dragged Lu Zhengfei to the military hospital in a hurry.
Qiu Wen loves her eldest nephew so much that she spends the whole day in the hospital guarding her newly born nephew and can never get enough of looking at him.
I was very happy when I suddenly saw my sister-in-law coming to give me a gift, and felt that she was giving me face.
Ronghua was anxious but didn't show it on her face. She patiently listened to her sister-in-law praising the newborn baby over and over again. When her sister-in-law came out to see her off when she was leaving, she hurriedly told her what had happened.
Could the Qiu family please find someone to mediate and resolve the conflict? Qiu Wen agreed immediately and said, "This isn't a big deal. There's no need for our old man to intervene. Just ask my eldest brother. I'll be staying in the compound tonight, so I'll just tell him about it."
Ronghua's eyes were red with gratitude. He held Qiu Wen's hand and choked up, saying, "She still has to be my sister-in-law."
Even her brother didn't agree so readily. Of course, her brother is only the son-in-law, and her sister-in-law is her own daughter. Her sister-in-law can definitely take on the responsibility, but her brother still has to think about it.
"You and Zhengfei shouldn't be too anxious. You were bewitched and deceived when there was chaos everywhere back then. Besides, you are just students, not his biological children. Do you really have to be implicated in that way? Don't you want to take care of the elderly and children at home?" Qiu Wen said righteously, which touched Ronghua's heart.
Qiu Wen took the responsibility and enjoyed the grateful and admiring gaze of her sister-in-law, feeling proud for a while.
But the tail that was raised up was cut off by the old man and the eldest brother at night.
"Stupid!" Qiu Hongzhen was furious. "I think I've protected you too well over the years. You just agreed to whatever you knew."
The chaos of those years exposed some evildoers and the uglier side of human nature. Old Master Qiu was nearly the victim of a plot, and if it weren't for the chance to perform a meritorious service and the on-duty injuries that left him in a coma for several days, he would have nearly lost his life.
Otherwise, their Qiu family will also be liquidated.
Although I avoided the conspiracy, I still lived in fear. Every day was like walking on a tightrope, and I would be smashed to pieces if I wasn't careful.
Qiu Hongzhen's daughter was unaware of the pressure he was under. At that time, his wife was not on good terms with him and tried hard to keep his daughter by her side. She was not close to him as a father, and he acquiesced to this way of getting along, for fear that if something happened to him, Qiu Wen would be implicated.
The family was saved, but the daughter's IQ is worrying.
Therefore, Qiu Hongzhen was very disgusted with what Lu Zhengfei and others did back then.
Qiu Wen was still puzzled: "This happened several years ago. Zhengfei and the others were just following the prevailing circumstances. How could he, a teacher, be so intolerant?"
Qiu Hongzhen was so angry that he wanted to grab a stick and beat the girl out.
Qiu Dongshu was relatively calm, saying, "Don't try to persuade others to be kind without first experiencing their suffering! Why do you expect that teacher to be more open-minded?"
His sister is not in a clear mind. After all, she still feels that her ex-sister-in-law is closer to her than her current sister-in-law. No matter what you say to her, she won't understand. It's better to kick her out.
Qiu Dongshu sent Qiu Wen home: "It's the weekend, Rong Lian and Meng Meng are back from school, right?"
Qiu Wen didn't realize her elder brother was chasing her away, so she said, "They went back to their grandmother's house."
Qiu Dongshu: "Then you have to go back and cook for Lao Rong. What's he going to do when he comes home from work all day with an empty stove?"
Qiu Wen: "He gets his food from the cafeteria..."
The old man slammed the table and said, "Go back to your own home!"
Qiu Wen was still aggrieved: "Who am I doing this for? Jia Mei just gave birth to a child, and I just wanted to take care of her nearby."
My niece's wife is right. No one in this family loves her except her.
It's such a happy occasion to have a new baby in the family, but there's no joy in the family at all. If she doesn't help with the arrangements, who will?
Qiu Hongzhen: "She has a husband, a mother, and a mother-in-law. Why does she need you to take care of her? It makes you look especially proud, doesn't it?"
When Mr. Qiu got angry, Qiu Wen couldn't bear it anymore and quickly got up and went home. She felt a little resentful that her father and elder brother didn't give her face. She had taken on all the responsibilities with her sister-in-law, but her parents' family just pushed it back to her. How could she still have the dignity of a sister-in-law in the Rong family?
Zhou Jiani didn't know that the couple she met today was related to her in some way. When she returned to the dormitory, she heard her roommates making plans to go to Houhai for fun tomorrow.
Zhao Mingzhu said, "The Chinese Department's third class went to Miyun Reservoir early this morning. I asked around and found out it's a bit far from here, and we're not well prepared, so we'll go to Houhai and the Temple of Heaven first. We'll explore some more distant places later."
Zhou Jiani originally wanted to continue shopping in the black market tomorrow, but since the dormitory was organizing a group activity, she decided to follow the crowd and go out for a day with her roommates.
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