Riding the wind of rebirth

Yan Xiao and Liu Lu have both bought cars now. Yan Xiao bought a Citroën Fukang, which is quite expensive, costing a full 200,000 yuan. It's a hatchback, so its sales weren't actually that good. Almost everyone who bought this car was a true car enthusiast, because the Citroën Fukang's handling performance was definitely among the top in its class at the time. This performance was largely due to the foundation that the ZX had built up in rally racing.

This car is actually quite good. Han Han later bought one, and even twenty years later, people are still obsessed with it and still drive it.

However, Zhou Zhi believes that the reason this car is not selling well is that it is not cost-effective. For the same price, Liu Lu's Santana 2000 has a larger rear end and a more refined design, making it look much more "luxurious".

The sales figures for these two cars are vastly different. The Santana 2000 is currently the best-selling car. When my father left Jiachuan, the car he left for Deputy Director Feng was a Santana 2000, which was a reward from the provincial bureau.

Liu Lu's clothing store sells mid-to-high-end goods, and her income is quite high now. As the car she used when she first started out as the female boss of the suit store, this car is quite low-key and understated.

However, Yan Xiao felt that the Fukang Zhouzhi was a bit unnecessary. What kind of car does a college student need?! With that 200,000 yuan, he could buy another apartment, no, even two small apartments, and use them to collect rent. Wouldn't that be better?

That's just Yan Xiao's personality; if he didn't show off his spare money, he wouldn't be himself.

After seeing them off, Zhou Zhi returned to his studio and began cleaning the pig's stomach to make pig's stomach soup for Feng Xueshan.

Stewing pork tripe is very simple; the main thing is the preparation. Rinse the pork tripe thoroughly with clean water, then rub it with cooking wine, salt, and flour to remove any odor and mucus. Next, slice ginger and blanch it with the pork tripe in boiling water. Then, remove it and use a knife to scrape off the fat and the white, sticky mucus. After that, put it back into the pot of boiling water and blanch it for a while to remove any blood.

Next comes slow simmering. Place the stew pots into a large pot and simmer over a low flame. You can put eight stew pots in a large pot and simmer for three to four hours to make the soup richer and the pork tripe more chewy and delicious.

Then you can season it. The simplest way is to add salt and pepper, sprinkle in goji berries, and simmer it for a while before serving.

Zhou Zhi took out the rest of the stewing pots and let them cool before freezing them. They can be thawed when needed.

Only one small bowl was left. Slices of olives were placed inside, and the bowl of green olive and pork tripe soup was simmered for a short while.

The remaining ingredients can be supplemented with bitter gourd, which is also a good soup for clearing heat and detoxifying, and Feng Xueshan needs to eat it. Other ingredients include stewed winter melon, stewed ginkgo nuts, stewed various dried mushrooms, fresh mushrooms, or lotus root cubes and water chestnuts, all of which are very delicious. The portion size is not large, so that Feng Xueshan will not be bored, and Yang He will not become "Mom's food garbage can".

After delivering the stew to the hospital, Zhou Zhi finally had a chance to chat with Mr. and Mrs. Feng.

Both of Feng's parents worked for Jiachuan Power Company, a good company, and their combined income was considered good in Jiachuan. They gave Feng Xueshan a lot of pocket money, which fostered her generous personality. A significant portion of that pocket money was spent by Zhou Zhi.

When it comes to finding a son-in-law, a child like Zhou Zhi, with a good family background and excellent character and academic performance, is the ideal type in the hearts of parents these days. The elderly couple were quite happy when they heard that their daughter had quit her job to work in Chengdu with Zhou Zhi, thinking that the two had gone to and from school together since childhood and often played together during holidays; their relationship was undoubtedly strong. Now it seemed there was definitely a chance. Moreover, the job Zhou Zhi found for Feng Xueshan had an incredibly high salary; a month's work at the Clover Group was equivalent to a year's work for the two of them at the power company. Therefore, they also believed that Zhou Zhi was interested in their daughter; otherwise, with such a good job, what difference would it make who he took care of?

Not long after, the daughter suddenly told her family that she was getting married, but the groom was not Zhou Zhi, but Yang He.

Feng's mother was quite shocked, but Feng Xueshan said that Zhou Zhi already had a girlfriend, a girl from the United States, who had already been brought back to Manzhou to meet Zhou's parents. She said that she and Zhou Zhi had always been good friends, and that it was never like what they thought.

Yang He was a person that Feng's parents had never met in person. They had only seen him in photos brought back by their daughter from a trip. He looked like an honest, introverted, and somewhat rustic boy. Their daughter's previous introduction also described him as a boy from a rural village in Baimi Township.

It's not a big deal for rural kids; they're college students after all. When college graduates are assigned jobs, they get urban residency. It might be a burden on their families, but it's not a huge problem.

Wait a minute, if he's a college student who got into university, and in the same year as Zhouzi, and Zhouzi is still studying, how could Yang He have started working so early?

When asked again, Yang's parents panicked. Yang He had actually dropped out of school!

These days, Bill Gates' story isn't widely known, at least not among middle-aged people in small towns. Musk, on the other hand, only dropped out of college last year and is virtually unknown in China. Nowadays, Chinese university students generally drop out for only two reasons: either they've committed a serious offense and been expelled, or they have health issues, such as a serious illness that prevents them from continuing their studies.

Regardless of the reason, it was unacceptable to Yang's parents.

Feng Xueshan said, "What are you all thinking? Yang He wanted to start working early to help ease his family's financial burden because of their difficult circumstances. Plus, his solid skills at his holiday job caught the eye of the head of the group's hardware service department, who wanted him to work for them after graduation. Yang He thought, 'Why wait a few years? Earning three years earlier would mean an income of four or five hundred thousand yuan, which is almost the income of a dual-income family for more than twenty years. Why wouldn't I do it?'"
Bachelor's degrees can now be obtained through distance learning and open universities, but opportunities to make big money don't wait forever. Yang's move demonstrates his decisiveness and courage.

He's decisive, capable, honest, and has a good personality. I've always known him well. Are you still not satisfied with a son-in-law like that? Then don't be surprised if I stay single for the rest of my life, because I won't find anyone more suitable than him!
In addition, Zhou Zhi's mother also came to persuade her, saying that this was a good marriage. Yang He was a sensible child since he was a child, which was heartbreaking. Xue Shan would definitely not suffer if she married him.

Then he whispered to the two elders that the Yang family's economic conditions were indeed a bit difficult in the past, especially when the elder brother and sister-in-law relied on farming to support their own children and their brother's education. Apart from their house being one of the best in the village, they were truly poor.

But things are different now. A dam has been built in front of their house, and the old barren land has become fertile land. The family has opened a rice mill and started raising chickens, ducks, and fish. His brother is now driving a tricycle in the town, hauling bricks and stones, and earning more than people in the city.

But Yang He was the most successful. All the appliances, farm machinery, and his brother's tricycle were purchased with money he earned himself.

He then whispered to Mr. and Mrs. Feng, "Xueshan laid a little trap for you on Yang He's behalf. Xueshan's income is high enough, right? But it can't compare to Yang He's. Zhouzi said that although they are both managers, Xueshan is an internal affairs manager with a fixed income, while Yang He is an external affairs manager. Besides his fixed income, his biggest source of income is the bonuses from the engineering projects he manages. The amount... is much better than those contractors in the county!" (End of this chapter)