Riding the wind of rebirth

"What projects does he have that you can help with? It seems that there is a rumor that he is researching submarines?" My uncle has a basic idea of ​​some of the successful people who came out of Jiachuan, and even has a general understanding of their work. This is also one of the necessary tasks for local officials.

"It's an optimization plan for a ship propeller, and they need our help to calculate it." Zhou Zhi said, "We don't know where it will be used specifically. This project is still a bit confidential, and they only told us this much."

"You've made progress." The uncle patted Zhou Zhi's shoulder with a look of comfort: "It's really not a good thing to just make money for yourself. You still have to serve the country and make contributions to the country. That's what brings honor to the family!"

Zhou Zhi thought that you might not know that Xiao Miao is an American, but he nodded again and again: "That's for sure. Since the two elders are in good health, I'm relieved. We'll go to Uncle Wu's place and play for a while, and then we have to hurry back."

"Go ahead, go ahead. Young people should be busy." The uncle smiled and said, "Thinking back to when I was young..."

"Elbow, hurry up and leave." The youngest aunt was checking the patient's pulse while waving at Zhou Zhi: "Your youngest uncle will never stop bragging about the past, hurry up and leave!"

Leaving Jiuzhi Town where my uncle and aunt run a clinic, we continued walking along the country road upstream of the Hongshui River and soon arrived at Dajing Township.

The car can only be parked on the roadside outside the new house. There is a two-story brick house on the roadside. There is a small open dam made of cement in front of the house. There is a shed facing the road, with a few chairs and tables. Two of the tables seem to be where tea drinkers from the village drink tea here and play the popular Da Er card in Jiachuan.

Seeing the yellow Land Rover Defender parked on the side of the road, everyone looked at it curiously.

Zhou Zhi lightly honked the horn twice. His second brother Su Zifeng came over and took a look. He couldn't help but feel surprised and happy: "Hey! Elbow! Why are you here?!"

"The elbow is here?!" My second sister-in-law was boiling water in the house. When she heard this, she ran out and said, "It's so rare!"

"Hello, sister-in-law and brother-in-law, how do we park the car?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"Stop here." The second brother asked Zhou Zhi to park the car on the muddy ground between the road and the cement dam. "I've never seen this girl before. Who is she?"

"This is my colleague and friend, Mai Xiaomiao." Zhou Zhi introduced: "Xiao Miao, this is my second brother and second sister-in-law."

"Hello, second brother and sister-in-law." Mai Xiaomiao greeted them sweetly.

"Come in and sit down." The second brother pulled Zhou Zhi into the house and showed off to the tea drinkers: "This is my cousin who is the top scholar in Shudu. He is much more promising than Ziyuan Datou!"

"Elbow, right? I heard from your fifth uncle that going to the capital for a meeting is as common as us going to Hongshui City to sell vegetables, right?" A tea drinker joked with a smile.

"This time I just came back from the capital." Zhou Zhi walked back to the car and took out a pack of Yuxi, and gave it to everyone, and gave the rest to his second brother: "But it's not as exaggerated as going to the city to sell vegetables. The airfare is not affordable."

"What's there to be afraid of if the government is going to pay for it?" Another guest said, "Aunt Yao is pretty healthy, isn't she?"

"I'm asking about grandma." The second brother reminded: "This is the second uncle of the third room."

"Oh, it's good. I went to Jiachuan to attend my classmate's wedding yesterday." Zhou Zhi then remembered how large the Su family in Dajing Township was. One or two out of ten people had the surname Su. Many of the tea drinkers here might be distant relatives.

"It's just that you guys are moving farther and farther away, and we can't visit you anymore when we go to Jiachuan City." The second uncle of the third room was quite regretful: "Now she is our oldest elder. When we were in Jiachuan before, everyone would go to see her when they came to the city, but you seem to be unable to stay at home, and you may not even remember us."

"I remember some, but I don't remember most." Zhou Zhi confessed honestly: "Second uncle, have you been to my house too?" "Yes. I took away a few pairs of insoles made by my youngest aunt!" Second uncle smiled and said: "Your father is a good man. After finishing his work at the bureau, he came back and cooked for us."

That’s right. It seems that the second uncle has really been to Zhou Zhi’s house. These are basic operations at home.

After greeting the guests outside, Zhou Zhi brought Mai Xiaomiao into the house.

The eldest son of the fifth uncle's family did not stay, but he raised two sons and a daughter. The second brother Su Zifeng stayed in his hometown. The third sister is Su Ziyuan, who finished primary school at Rongshan's house and middle school at Zhouzhi's home. She was first assigned to work at a small hydropower station in Wutong, where she met Liu Dachuan. Encouraged by Zhouzhi, the couple resigned and first worked at Qianzhong Real Estate Company. Later, they took over the company's internal building electrical engineering and became small bosses, starting their entrepreneurial journey. Now they have a son, Liu Xiaocheng, and are living a good life.

The fourth child is Su Ziqiao Su Datou. Su Datou also finished primary school at Da Niang's place and middle school at Zhou Zhi's place. Later, he went to Jingyang to train under his cousin An Ran. Now he has finally put his cleverness to use in the right way and is doing well in Jingyang. Now he has been arranged by his cousin An Xin to lead a workshop in Shenzhen.

In the eyes of the folks in Dajing Township, Third Sister and Datou became the boss's wife and workshop director of Jin'an Group respectively, and their monthly income could earn more than many people in a year. This was already a remarkable achievement.

But Zhou Zhi is even more amazing. Not only is he well-educated and capable, but the founder of Zhou Liu Niang Group is his aunt!

Speaking of it, the daughters of the Su family are really amazing. They left Dajing Township thanks to their studies, and they all found good husbands. Now it seems that the future will fall on the younger generation.

"Have Third Sister and Datou come back?" After a while, Second Sister-in-law had already cooked fermented glutinous rice and eggs, and brought a bowl to Zhou Zhi and Mai Xiaomiao. Zhou Zhi pushed a bowl to Mai Xiaomiao and said, "Eat slowly, it's hot." Then he asked Second Sister-in-law, "Have Third Sister and Datou come back?"

"Your third sister and her family came back for the Spring Festival." The second sister-in-law smiled and said, "The couple have gained weight now, and your third sister is so worried. The fourth sister is just a careless person. She said it's cold here in the winter and the factory is busy, so she didn't come back last year."

"He's busy as hell. The factory will be closed for the Spring Festival." Zhou Zhi immediately exposed: "But the Spring Festival travel rush is really scary. I understand why he doesn't come back."

"That's right. I saw the scene on TV. His brother and I both advised him not to come back. The queues at the train station to buy tickets were scary!"

The current Spring Festival travel rush is a very terrible thing.

There are few railways, few trains, slow speeds and many passengers, so basically all trains have to be overloaded in order to complete the basic tasks of the Spring Festival travel rush.

But the train's stop times are extremely limited and very strict.

Therefore, in order to get on the bus, passengers would often rush to get the doors and pull the windows before the bus stops completely. Otherwise, even if they have bought the tickets, they may not be able to get on the bus.

The passengers on the bus are also very tacit. Knowing that it is not easy for everyone to go out, they will help you take your luggage up first, and then pull you up when you climb through the window. Sometimes the staff on the bus will even push your buttocks for you.

So no matter what method you use, getting on the bus is the bottom line.

However, getting on the train is only the first test of the Spring Festival travel rush. Next, you have to face the challenges of standing for a long time, hunger, fatigue, holding back poop and urine, theft and even ticket inspection.

It was not until 1997 that the national passenger trains were first accelerated. The current average speed is only 43 kilometers per hour. Even if you buy a train ticket, it is still a painful experience to return to Shuzhong from Guangzhou. (End of this chapter)