Chapter 143 The truth comes out
Taotao and Xiao Feibai gradually became familiar with the days in Lingxi.
Ma Zicheng sent over two tiny puppies, one yellow and one black.
Song Zhi was somewhat unhappy. He wished he could just raise two particularly fierce and majestic big dogs, the kind that could help to support the family and guard the yard.
But Xiao Feibai likes it very much.
There are children in Lingxi Oasis, but most of them speak with a strong accent. Little Feibai, who was just learning to speak, couldn't understand what they were saying at all. Besides, many boys were wild and naughty, so he could only play with girls. But in this place, people tend to favor boys over girls. Most girls aged three or four also have to work, so not many girls have time to play with Xiao Feibai.
Little Feibai was left alone and could only follow his mother every day...
Now with the company of these two puppies who can barely walk steadily, the little guy quickly adapted to life here.
He can move freely in the greenhouse and the area designated by his mother, and teach the two puppies where they can go and where they cannot step. Also, because he often imitates his parents and uses simple commands to train dogs, Xiao Feibai's speaking level has improved by leaps and bounds.
Taotao also thinks there is nothing wrong with raising two puppies. Only dogs that are raised from childhood will be close to their owners! So she named them Dahuang and Dahei, and when she cooked, she would put half a bowl of rice in it and use the remaining rice to feed them.
The two puppies could often only eat half full, so they often ran outside to find food for themselves.
Almost all the small animals in the desert are concentrated near the oasis.
Even if there are humans stationed there, these small animals must get close in order to survive.
Among these small animals, the most numerous are rats and snakes.
How much?
——Every morning when I get up and go out, I see the sand outside is covered with tiny, dense claw prints of mice running, as well as S-shaped prints of snakes marching forward as they catch mice!
Taotao was once very worried that rats and snakes would enter the house. The rats would steal and contaminate the food she stored, and the snakes might endanger the safety of her and her children.
So she prepared some snake repellent and sprinkled it around the house to prevent snakes from invading. She also patrolled the house with her two puppies every day, and if she found any suspicious signs of mice, she would not give up until she found the mice.
Soon, the two puppies knew that their owner didn't like mice.
They guarded their homes loyally and caught mice.
Normally, the rice that Taotao fed them was only enough to keep them about 30% full. However, because they often ate caught mice, the two puppies quickly became fat and strong, and their movements were swift in a short period of time.
Plus Song Zhi and Tao Tao's deliberate guidance...
The two little puppies never obey others and only listen to Taotao's family.
Although they are still young, they already possess the quality of loyalty. With time, they will definitely grow up to be two majestic big dogs.
Song Zhi stayed at Taotao's place for two whole weeks.
He pulled Jiang Hongzhi and built a wall for Taotao's research station according to his requirements. The wall was high and thick, and there were many thorny bushes collected from the oasis on the top.
He also asked Ma Zicheng to go to the city to buy paint and write quotations on the wall.
Next, during the day, he would catch up on his sleep in the morning and get up at noon to cook for his wife and children. In the afternoon, he helped Taotao plant trees and tidy up the turf in the greenhouse; at night, he secretly dug tunnels at home.
Song Zhi regarded this tunnel as the ultimate guarantee of safety for his wife and children.
So he set the opening of the tunnel in the corner beside the bed in Taotao's bedroom - this place was right between the corner of the bed and the corner of the wall, the entrance was extremely small, and only the slender Taotao and the young Xiao Feibai could get in. Even Song Zhi couldn't get in.
So how did Song Zhi dig this tunnel?
——He dug from outside the house.
After digging outside, they covered it with wooden boards and then pressed sand and soil to make it compact. Then they opened an entrance from the Taotao house. The narrow tunnel could extend all the way to the greenhouse at the back.
Before sealing the tunnel, Song Zhi piled 200 kilograms of grain in the tunnel, along with a flashlight, batteries, candles, matches, and a set of bedding. He, Taotao, and his son's winter and summer clothes, paper, pens, and so on were all stored in the tunnel.
In addition, Song Zhi also told Tao Tao, "I won't put water in there. It's unhygienic if it's left there for too long. So you'd better go down and check every two days to see if there are any rats in the tunnel. Also, change the water from time to time and put some cooked food in it. It's better to be safe than sorry!"
Taotao nodded in agreement.
Song Zhi then told her, "The logistics team from Satellite City will come to Lingxi to fetch water every day. I will write a note every day asking them to bring it to you, and you should also write a note every day asking them to bring it to me."
Tao Tao's eyes widened. "Write 'I love you'? Would it be bad if others saw it?"
Song Zhi choked.
He burst out laughing.
After a pause, he whispered, "I'll write it to you."
After saying this, even the tips of her ears turned pink.
Taotao was secretly happy.
During these two weeks, Song Zhi paid a lot of grain to Taotao. The two of them were very affectionate, loving and sweet. Taotao thus successfully expanded her dan. She tried it with Song Zhi on her back and found that the spiritual power she pointed out could condense. Within a distance of fifteen meters, her spiritual power bullet could make a small hole of about 5 centimeters in a piece of pork!
For humans, this is fatal.
The most protective thing is that because her spiritual power is colorless and invisible, no one can detect her sneak attack. Even if they noticed it, it didn't matter. The spiritual energy bullet was invisible without a trace, like a wind blade, making it impossible to defend against!
Taotao also used a microscope to carefully study the piece of pork that was pierced through by her spiritual energy bullet, and found that there was no trace of any fibers or debris at the hole.
——In other words, she already possesses the ability to kill people without them even noticing!
Taotao has also tested it, and even without the support of follow-up spiritual power, she can activate it up to fifty times just relying on the spiritual energy stored in her golden elixir!
Tao Tao even tried it. When the spiritual energy in her golden elixir was used up, she would not fall into a coma, but her physical strength would be weaker.
Plus the tunnel Song Zhi dug for her, and the two immature puppies...
Taotao is no longer afraid.
Now that she is no longer afraid, Taotao will engage in normal agricultural science research.
During these two weeks, Professor Dong from Satellite City was a little worried when he saw that Song Zhi had not returned yet, so he took a day off and followed the water delivery convoy to check on him.
Only then did he realize that Song Zhi stayed with Taotao because he was concerned about the safety of his wife and children, so he stayed to build the wall for her.
Professor Dong agreed with Song Zhi’s concerns.
But two weeks later, Song Zhi also had a mountain of work to do. Professor Dong asked the water delivery team to bring messages to Song Zhi several times, urging him to go back...
So Song Zhi had no choice but to follow the water delivery convoy back to the satellite city.
Before leaving, he repeatedly told Taotao to be careful, to go to the water delivery team every day to get his letters and send them to him. He also told her that if she was working alone, she must distinguish between get off work and rest time, and to take her son to the satellite city to visit him every once in a while...
Taotao agreed with a smile.
Song Zhi was afraid that she didn't take it seriously, so he kept asking her and asking her to answer...
Professor Fu saw how close the couple was and smiled secretly.
Just like that, Song Zhi left reluctantly.
After Song Zhi left, Professor Fu continued to accompany Taotao.
However, Professor Fu's stay here is not long. It is now the end of October and the weather in the border areas has begun to get colder. The mountains will be blocked by heavy snow at the end of November. Professor Fu will have to leave and return to Beijing in half a month at the latest.
This was Taotao's first time to build a project independently. With Professor Fu's hands-on guidance, the progress was very smooth.
During this process, the teacher and student also gained a deep understanding of each other's personalities. They liked each other's temperament and learning attitude, and also appreciated each other's hobbies and interests.
A week later, all of Taotao's senior brothers and sisters who were on business trips came over.
The teacher has a total of four projects here. Deng Gaoyun is responsible for his own one, and the remaining three are respectively in charge of Shi Yuxi, Qi Huan and Chen Yicheng.
The first snow is about to fall, and the snow will get heavier as time goes by... and then the mountain will be closed.
So the seniors gathered here with Taotao, one to help her and see if there was anything else she needed help with; the other was to be able to leave with the teacher.
However, Shi Yuxi will not go home for the New Year this year, but will stay with Taotao to keep her company.
The brothers and sisters gathered together, talking and laughing.
Taotao called Zhou Chunni over, gave her ten kilograms of flour, and asked her to help make pancakes and send them over. Professor Fu was also from the south. When he was supervising Taotao to build this research station, he asked her if she wanted to build a deep well when building the stove so that the pancakes could be made. Professor Fu doesn't usually cook, and doesn't know much about such trivial matters in life, so he just said no...
So Taotao’s stove is just a simple stove, which cannot be used to stick pancakes or make flatbreads.
Zhou Chunni weighed the flour in her hand and knew that Taotao gave her the flour to make pancakes, which was actually a subsidy for her.
Zhou Chunni was very grateful.
After all, her husband has told her many times that whether he can make meritorious service and be recognized as an advanced worker depends on Taotao and Song Zhi. But Song Zhi was far away and had nothing to do with them, but Taotao was in Lingxi, and Jiang Hongzhi had become Taotao's assistant...
When he was Taotao's assistant, he could receive a five-dollar allowance every month. Isn't this a great thing where you can earn a lot for less work? Besides, the more successful Taotao's experiment is, the more merit he can gain!
So Zhou Chunni took the flour with a smile, quickly made pancakes, and brought them to Taotao.
Tao Tao quietly asked her, avoiding others, "Did you save any for Hong Hong and the others?"
Zhou Chunni blushed and was touched. She whispered, "Leave one for each of them."
Tao Tao frowned, "You and Brother Jiang should each take one!" Then she stuffed the two pancakes back into her hands and said, "I'm going on a long trip in a few days. I'm going to the county town to get the bedding we shipped here. Do you have anything you want me to bring?"
Zhou Chunni thought about it and said sadly, "No need... We don't have much money."
Taotao smiled and said, "Brother Jiang has a five-dollar allowance for me."
Zhou Chunni's eyes lit up, "Can I get paid so soon?"
"I have the final say!" Tao Tao said with a smile, "... By next week, I will have been here for a whole month, right? Brother Jiang has really helped me a lot. By the way, I have something else to discuss with you."
Then, Taotao started talking about her plan.
——After the heavy snow closed the mountain, the production team stopped working. We have to wait until the beginning of next spring, after the snow melts in February, before we can resume work. This period of time lasted for a full three months.
Taotao hopes to take this opportunity to teach cultural courses to everyone in the production team so that everyone can get rid of the label of illiteracy.
The location is in the greenhouse.
Even in winter, the greenhouse needs to maintain a certain temperature, so Taotao's superiors allocated a large amount of firewood and charcoal. Charcoal fire needs to be lit in the greenhouse so that the temperature is higher than outside. Everyone can stay in the greenhouse to learn cultural knowledge without wasting their own firewood and charcoal. Isn't that killing two birds with one stone?
However, this is just Taotao's idea, and it still needs the consent and support of Jiang Hongzhi, the production team leader. It would be great if Jiang Hongzhi could have his own ideas and suggestions!
Zhou Chunni nodded after hearing this and then asked Taotao, "Taotao, last time I heard you say that my little girl can read now, right? Did you teach her too?"
Taotao nodded with a smile.
"Then, can I learn it?" Zhou Chunni asked hesitantly.
Taotao smiled and said, "Of course!"
Zhou Chunni was somewhat expectant and a little uncomfortable. "If I could read, I could write letters to my brother and Xiao Ni'er!" As she spoke, she became happier and happier. "Taotao, I'm going back. I'll go back and tell our head of the family about this!"
Taotao waved to Zhou Chunni.
What she didn't tell Zhou Chunni was that if people from the production team were allowed to come to the greenhouse to take cultural classes, there would be more people in the greenhouse and the carbon dioxide they exhaled would form a natural greenhouse effect, which would create a virtuous cycle for the growth of plants in the greenhouse.
At the same time, people can also receive cultural education, and Taotao can even organize some activities...
It's a win-win situation.
After seeing Zhou Chunni off, Taotao treated the teachers and senior students to lunch.
When she first arrived in Lingxi, Taotao planted the first batch of ice grass in the greenhouse.
Ice leaf grass is very adaptable to saline-alkali soils, is easy to survive, and can also improve and regulate saline-alkali soils. Moreover, this grass is edible and is a low-cost and high-efficiency grass.
The temperature here is warm early and the temperature is quite high, and the ice grass is growing well. Now more than half a month has passed...it has grown lush and green.
Taotao took a small basket and went to cut some ice grass. She washed it and divided it into two portions. She put the larger portion into a pot and blanched it with water. Then she took it out and mixed it directly with mashed garlic and the soybean paste that her sister Bai Lizi had made for her before she came here.
A dish of cold iced vegetable is ready.
Taotao used mashed potatoes to make a soup with the remaining portion, put two soaked and chopped black fungus into it, cracked an egg into the soup, and finally sprinkled seven or eight wolfberries in it...
A large bowl of colorful, sweet and mellow soup is ready.
Pancakes served with cold ice vegetable salad are filling and refreshing. The wood ear and ice vegetable egg drop soup looks fancy, but it was made by Taotao specifically for her son.
Sure enough, Xiao Feibai liked this soup very much.
The little guy sat at his special dining table and chair, with a large pancake, a bowl of vegetable soup, a plate of cold ice vegetables, and a few ripe dried sand dates in front of him.
Two little puppies were guarding him on each side... He listened to his mother and shared a pancake with the two little puppies. And according to the rules his mother set for him, he must eat the big portion, and the two little puppies cannot eat more than him.
So, Xiao Feibai carefully divided a pancake into four pieces, one for him and one for the puppies. He also tore off half a corner of the remaining quarter and put them in the bowls of the puppies on the ground.
The two little puppies sat in front of their bowls, guarding their little master obediently, with their chests puffed high and their tails wagging quickly.
Until the little master put the biscuits into their bowls——
The puppies looked at their little masters with wet eyes.
As long as the little master hasn't said "seven", they can't eat...
Looking forward to it!
The dogs' fat tails wagged even more vigorously.
Xiao Feibai gave orders and said in a baby voice: "...Seven!"
The dogs were excited and immediately stood up, walked forward, picked up the biscuits and started to bite them.
Seeing her son enjoying the meal, Taotao smiled and said, "Xiao Feibai, there are pits in the saxaul. You must spit out the pits, okay?"
"Chicken Road!" Xiao Feibai said seriously.
Tao Tao, "Also, don't feed the dogs ice vegetables!"
Xiao Feibai paused before answering: "Mom Feifei seven meals, not shuttle!"
——Mom, Xiao Feifei is eating and can’t talk.
Everyone was melted by the cute little baby's serious, solemn and well-behaved look...
Taotao also smiled and started chatting with her teachers and senior classmates.
The seniors gathered together, because Taotao and Shi Yuxi would not go back home for the Chinese New Year this year, and would stay until next summer vacation; so everyone was discussing what they would bring from Kyoto for Taotao and Shi Yuxi after the spring.
Tao Tao made a request without hesitation, "Brothers and sisters, please bring me some picture books and comic books. I didn't expect the child to grow up so fast... I have to let him develop the habit of reading. Also, please bring some candies from Kyoto. Children still love to eat those."
Everyone nodded.
Taotao is the youngest among her classmates and the only one with a child. Her child is so smart, well-behaved and sensible that she has become the group's favorite.
Professor Fu, "I have a lot of books stored at home in Kyoto. There should be some suitable books for children. I will look for them later. Yiya is old enough to go to school. I will find all the books suitable for Yiya and Feibai by then... I will bring them to you next year!"
Taotao thanked the teacher.
Deng Gaoyun thought for a moment and said to Taotao, "I'm going back to my hometown for the New Year. My cousin is very handy and can make Zhuge locks and tangrams. I'll bring a few over for Xiao Feibai next spring!"
Taotao was overjoyed and thanked Brother Deng sincerely.
Shi Yuxi, "I have nothing to do during the New Year. Can anyone bring me some wool so I can knit a sweater for Xiao Feibai?"
Tao Tao disagreed. "Sister, knitting is a thankless job. I will take care of the child's clothes, shoes and socks. You should study your research topic or thesis when you have time and strive to graduate early."
Shi Yuxi was a little embarrassed and lowered his head.
Taotao sighed.
Chen Yicheng asked Tao Tao, "Junior sister, my hometown is in Nandu. I'll bring you some dried seafood tomorrow when spring comes. This is a desert, and eating some dried seafood occasionally is like a change of taste."
Tao Tao said quickly: "Dried seafood is very valuable, Senior Brother Chen, please don't mess around!"
Chen Yicheng smiled, "Don't worry, I just brought some dried kelp, dried seaweed, and dried shrimp. They are all made by my family, so they don't cost much."
Tao Tao, "That won't work either, unless you accept the money I give you. I will only take it if you accept the money!"
Chen Yicheng scratched the back of his head and said, "Then... OK!"
Qi Huan asked, "Junior Sister, should I bring you some seasonings? I see you only have salt and soy sauce in your kitchen."
Chen Yicheng also said: "Yes, little sister, you are so good at cooking."
Tao Tao thought about it and shook her head. "Those are not easy to carry. They are not much and very heavy. Before the snow closes the mountain, I will go to the county town and buy whatever is needed. There is no need to bring them all the way from Kyoto."
Then she asked Shi Yuxi, "Senior Sister, are you going to the city?"
Shi Yuxi hesitated for a while, then shook his head, "Forget it, I won't go. I... don't have anything good to buy."
Her face was pale and she was obviously extremely depressed. After thinking for a while, he said to Taotao, "Taotao, when you go to the county town, please go to the post office and bring back my letter if there is one."
Taotao nodded.
——Everyone knows a little about Shi Yuxi.
After Zuo Tianhua went to the countryside to work as a production team member, perhaps because he was not used to it or something, he frantically wrote letters and sent registered letters to Shi Yuxi, and also sent two or three telegrams a month.
There was only one content: let Shi Yuxi ask Professor Fu for help as soon as possible, and make sure to find a way to ask Professor Fu to help him use his connections, give him a chance, and let him return to Kyoto.
Qi Huan once complained to Taotao in private that Zuo Tianhua probably spent a lot of money on writing letters every month. If I had known this, why didn't I cherish it...
At the beginning, Shi Yuxi was forced into a corner by Zuo Tianhua, so he went to Professor Fu with Zuo Tianhua's letter with a smug look on his face and conveyed Zuo Tianhua's words.
Professor Fu then said to Shi Yuxi, "You are a wise man. I have given him so many chances. I think you have seen it all. Now he has been sent to the countryside to work as a farmer... This is the arrangement of the state. How can I transfer him back? Does he have great ability? Or is he indispensable in a certain field?"
"Yuxi, don't think about him. You have to think about yourself. You are not young anymore. You are only one year younger than Zuo Tianhua. Next year will be your last year. If you can't pass the defense... Yuxi, then you will really... hurt my heart. I don't want to be a teacher who can't lead students. Do you understand me?"
From then on, Shi Yuxi never mentioned Zuo Tianhua to Professor Fu again.
Now that I think about it, the things that bothered Shi Yuxi the most were probably Zuo Tianhua’s crazy letters and her graduation thesis.
When Professor Fu heard Taotao say that she wanted to go to Lingxi County to buy New Year's goods, he said, "We will have a special car to pick us up. You might as well go with us and don't have to change cars."
Tao Tao nodded, "I'll ask someone to pass a message to Song Zhi. On that day, we can take a detour to Satellite City and take him with us!"
"No problem." Professor Fu said.
After everyone had dinner, Zhou Chunni rushed to find Taotao.
——It was because Taotao wanted to take cultural classes in the greenhouse when the mountain was closed due to heavy snow.
Zhou Chunni pulled Taotao aside and started nagging:
Jiang Hongzhi did put forward his opinions. But because he and Taotao are of different genders, he asked Zhou Chunni to come and convey the message.
Jiang Hongzhi’s opinion is: Taotao must not give classes to everyone for free. Although she has good intentions, free things will definitely cause controversy in the future.
He put forward a preliminary idea: only one person from each family could go in turn every day, and they could not go empty-handed. Each person had to bring a piece of firewood or a potato. After class, there are exams, and there must be an elimination system. Whoever performs very poorly will be punished by not being able to go for a few days, and another person in the family will go out to participate instead.
In short, we must consider many aspects:
First of all, it cannot be free. If it is free, people will not value it. Over time, they will take it for granted. On the contrary, asking them to pay a stick of firewood or a potato a day is exactly the cost they can afford.
Secondly, not all members can come together, otherwise there will be no sense of superiority.
Finally, there must be a reward and punishment system. This is actually a gambler's mentality. On boring days when the mountains are closed due to heavy snow and there is nothing to do, if the production team members are not guided correctly, according to past experience, eight or nine out of ten of them will gather together to play poker and gamble...
By the time spring comes, you'll be in debt, and then you'll beat your kids and scold your wife, making everything a mess.
Taotao was very surprised after hearing Zhou Chunni's retelling.
——I really can’t tell that when Jiang Hongzhi gets serious, his ideas are so thoughtful and sophisticated. Why didn’t I notice it when I was in Ruyi Village before?
After changing her mind, Taotao felt relieved again.
——Jiang Hongzhi’s growth should be based on being defeated by his elder brother Bai Dongsheng. Only then did he learn from his mistakes and decide not to rely on cleverness to gain a foothold, but to learn from his elder brother Dongsheng and do practical things seriously and down-to-earth!
Taotao was quite happy, and said to Zhou Chunni: "Brother Jiang is really great! I haven't considered these things... Then everything will be arranged by Brother Jiang and you. However, you have reminded me! This year I have another senior sister staying here, and she can also teach everyone, but she has to charge a teaching certificate. The specific amount is up to you..."
"Of course. In a few days when I have some free time, my senior sister and I will write down the contents of the winter course for you. We guarantee that it will be suitable for all men, women, young and old. There will be learning, playing games... literary and martial arts competitions, singing, painting, and sports! We will definitely let you have a very meaningful winter!"
Zhou Chunni nodded happily.
She wasn't entirely happy about the upcoming winter, which was supposed to be different.
What made her happiest was that Taotao's arrival improved the relationship between her and her husband Jiang Hongzhi.
Zhou Chunni knew very well that Jiang Hongzhi never looked down on her. He disliked her because she was a rural woman who couldn't even recognize all the words... His communication with her could only be limited to very basic topics such as eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.
Sometimes when he was in a good mood and talked to her a few more words...
Zhou Chunni didn't understand.
She didn't understand and could only nod in agreement, and he lost interest.
She had once been so cruel as to shamelessly ask him to teach her how to read. But she was not a smart person, with a bad memory and poor understanding. He patiently taught her several times, but she just couldn't keep up and couldn't learn...
He became annoyed and lost interest.
The longer the two of them spent together, the less they talked.
Until Taotao came.
Jiang Hongzhi believes that Taotao's project is a new springboard in his life. But due to the cautious style of the times, he couldn't get too close to Taotao. In addition, Zhou Chunni and Taotao were sisters from the same village, so they had an even closer relationship...
Jiang Hongzhi asked Zhou Chunni to pass on the message.
Because he was afraid that Zhou Chunni might let it slip, or that her tone or attitude would anger Taotao, Jiang Hongzhi would repeatedly tell Zhou Chunni and even ask her to repeat it to him...
Of course, at the beginning, Jiang Hongzhi still disliked her.
Slowly, after many times, Zhou Chunni followed Jiang Hongzhi and Taotao's thinking and finally got the hang of it. When Jiang Hongzhi taught Zhou Chunni, he no longer taught her ten sentences and she forgot eight of them like he did at the beginning...
His attitude towards her gradually improved.
Now, when Taotao and Jiang Hongzhi discuss issues through Zhou Chunni, Zhou Chunni will even tell Jiang Hongzhi her ideas, and sometimes Jiang Hongzhi will discuss a few words with her.
The couple talked more and communicated more. When Jiang Hongzhi was in a good mood, Zhou Chunni would boldly chat with him, talking about family matters and things in the production team...
The relationship between the couple actually improved a lot.
Even today after dinner, Jiang Hongzhi said to her: "... I will wash these dishes. Go and talk to Taotao and come back quickly after you're done! Wait, remember that you're still pregnant, so be careful on the road."
Zhou Chunni was so happy that she seemed to be floating even when she walked!
Once upon a time, he actually began to care about her! Zhou Chunni still remembers that when she was pregnant with her first child, she had just arrived here. At that time, he had just reported in and became an ordinary member of the Lingxi Oasis Production Team.
The former production team leader assigned Jiang Hongzhi a shabby house with drafts on all sides, but Jiang Hongzhi refused and wanted to argue with them... She thought that he was a newcomer and it was better to mind his own business, so she advised him to just forget it. He also used the example of when Song Zhi first arrived in Ruyi Village to join the production team, and Jiang Hongzhi also did the same thing to Song Zhi.
The result was that Jiang Hongzhi was in trouble.
What followed was that Jiang Hongzhi did not go to argue with anyone, but because of this bad start, Jiang Hongzhi was bullied and targeted for more than a year, and he and Zhou Chunni were in a cold war for almost a year.
He would not speak to her until she gave birth. Because of this, he had no idea when she would give birth. On the day Zhou Chunni gave birth to Honghong, it was the aunt living next door who noticed something was wrong. She scolded Jiang Hongzhi and called other women to take care of Zhou Chunni while she gave birth.
Perhaps out of guilt towards Zhou Chunni and out of love for his first child, Jiang Hongzhi began to take care of Zhou Chunni during her confinement, clumsily but attentively and meticulously under the guidance of other women.
Those were the few sweet days Zhou Chunni could feel during her marriage.
But the good times didn’t last long…
Also because of her lack of knowledge, culture and quality, she and Jiang Hongzhi had no common language.
Gradually, Jiang Hongzhi was less willing to talk to her, and their relationship slowly cooled.
At this moment, Zhou Chunni finished talking to Taotao and hurried home humming a little tune.
She thought to herself: When Taotao opens winter classes in the future, she must study hard and strive to become a knowledgeable and cultured person, and strive to become someone who can speak the same language as Jiang Hongzhi as soon as possible...
In the blink of an eye, it was the day for Professor Fu and the others to return.
Taotao's family was going to take a ride with their teacher to go to the county town to buy New Year's goods. Shi Yuxi didn't want to go to the county town at first, but several teachers and students forced her to go in order to make her happy.
So Taotao told Jiang Hongzhi and Zhou Chunni to help take care of the greenhouse and take care of the puppy for a few days...
On that day, the teachers and students got on the bed of a transport truck sent by the county government to pick them up. They first turned a corner and went to the satellite city to pick up Song Zhi. Then the driver drove the transport truck like a new generation of fighter plane and sped towards the county town.
Maybe it was because of the wind direction and the thick curtain on the truck bed, so it wasn't cold, but it was too bumpy.
In order to keep warm, everyone huddled together, and the teachers' large and small luggage were used as cushions and seat cushions...
Song Zhi was leaning on... someone's luggage, Taotao nestled in his arms, Xiao Feibai was sleeping on him, the family of three was huddled together warmly, but also felt dizzy due to the shaking and bumping.
After about three or four hours of squeezing, we finally arrived at the county town.
When everyone got off the bus, they felt like their bodies were about to fall apart.
Only Xiao Feibai, who had slept comfortably throughout the journey, now had a rosy face and looked very energetic, and kept clamoring for meat buns.
Taotao was carsick and went to the side to vomit.
Song Zhi was very anxious, so he took the kettle and gave it to Chen Yichen, asking him to run errands and get some hot water from the train station lobby for Taotao to rinse her mouth.
Deng Gaoyun asked the teacher to wait here while he took the letter of introduction to the window of the train station to pick up the ticket. Shi Yuxi went to the post office next to the train station to pick up the letter.
Professor Fu went over to accompany Taotao, while Qi Huan stayed behind to look after the luggage.
After a while, Shi Yuxi ran over in panic and said to Professor Fu: "Teacher! Teacher, this is incredible..."
"What's the matter?" Professor Fu asked with a frown.
Shi Yuxi was holding a thick stack of letters in her hand. As soon as she saw the handwriting on the envelope, she knew it was written to her by Zuo Tianhua.
However, Shi Yuxi still had a telegram in his hand.
She handed the telegram to the teacher and said, "...Teacher, this is a telegram from Kyoto for you. It just arrived."
When Professor Fu heard this, he also became anxious.
——People in Kyoto knew her return date, and they sent her a telegram at this critical moment. It must be something big!
She quickly opened the envelope, took a quick look at the contents of the telegram, and fell into a long silence.
After a while, Chen Yicheng filled a kettle with hot water and handed it to Song Zhi. Song Zhi tried the temperature of the hot water and it was too hot. So I used the cold water from another kettle to make it warm water, and then let Taotao rinse her mouth and drink a few sips of water...
After Taotao calmed down, she also came over to take a look at the contents of the telegram.
The telegram contained only eight short words: "Fire in the department, log destroyed."
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