Riding the wind of rebirth

Everyone sang and danced with great enthusiasm, especially Feng Xueshan, who seemed to have been holding back for too long. She wouldn't let Zhou Zhi rest and kept dancing with her.

It was already 1 a.m. when Yang He and Yan Xiao arrived. Everyone was eating barbecue and drinking rice wine on the grass. Zhou Zhi felt his legs trembling slightly, a sign that he had overexerted himself. He said to Yang He, "Well, your wife was dancing with people all night, and you're only getting up now!"

Yan Xiao's eyes were still a little blurry, he hadn't fully sobered up yet: "How come you guys can drink so much? I lost consciousness after Uncle Tu told me about the thief climbing onto the train, that part was hilarious..."

This joke originated from Wazu Township, an area where trains only run in a zigzag pattern, and people have to go down the mountain faster than the trains, making it a notorious area for theft.

After the special operation began, the task force arrested several thieves. When they went to their homes, they found that these thieves' homes were fully equipped with all kinds of electrical appliances, including washing machines, refrigerators, and televisions, indicating that they had entered the era of modernization ahead of schedule.

However, none of those villages had electricity, so the washing machines could only be used to store potatoes, and the refrigerators could only be placed flat and used to store potatoes as well.

Everyone laughed when this was mentioned. Zhou Zhi said, "Didn't I tell you beforehand not to drink with Grandpa Chi Ri and the others? And Yang He, I thought he was faking it, but I didn't expect him to actually be drunk."

"It's been too long since I've had a drink, and I'm lacking exercise," Yang said somewhat apologetically.

"When did you start quitting drinking? I didn't know that," Zhou Zhi asked, somewhat puzzled.

"I started paying attention to Xue Shan after I met her."

"Huh?" A thought flashed through Zhou Zhi's mind: "Confess! Did you orchestrate Xue Shan's pregnancy?!"

"No, no!" Yang He's face turned pale with fright. "That incident was purely accidental! The situation that day..."

"You idiot, you're kidding me!" Feng Xueshan covered Yang He's mouth with her hand: "Don't tell anyone!"

"To be honest, we don't really know what happened that day. All we know is that it was Yang He's birthday, and then Xue Shan got pregnant."

"None of your business! You want to know the truth?" Feng Xueshan spat.

“Sometimes I’m in a daze. My friends all have babies. Are we growing up too fast?” Zhou Zhi said.

“Actually, I feel the same way.” He Shiqing nodded in agreement: “It feels like time has flown by and we’ve jumped from children to adults.”

"Why think so much? Eat, drink, and have fun!" Yan Xiao ate his lamb skewers with gusto: "These skewers are so delicious! Is this the free food you mentioned for the event, Zhouzi?"

Zhou Zhi shook his head and laughed, "Last year's was free, but this year is different. There are more food vendors who come to Ayi's shop to cook and deliver the food, so of course it can't be free anymore."

"Their grilled tofu buns are really unique, and so are their grilled small intestines." Yang He was also hungry, and although he was chatting, he kept talking.

There's plenty of charcoal here for bonfire parties. You can put it in a small earthenware pot, cover it with an iron mesh, and use it to heat the skewers. Feng Xueshan also praised, "Zhouzi brought us grilled small intestines before, and we even grilled them a second time. We thought they were pretty good then, but when we tasted freshly grilled ones, we realized how different they were."

“There are still quite a few capable people in the village,” Zhou Zhi said. “They were just constrained by external conditions or limited perspectives in the past. In fact, as long as we take them out to take the first step, they can accomplish the rest beautifully on their own.”

“Sister Hailai, Erye, and Tuzi are all like that,” Azi said. “Our Azi is too, she takes on both the health station and the veterinary station.” Zhou Zhi laughed, “And Aunt Gillie, she manages the pig farm, the chicken farm, and also takes care of the winery.”

"Fortunately, I have Sister Lulu, Brother Guangping, and Brother Hongtao as backup," Azi said with a smile. "Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to take this job if my dad asked me to."

There's nothing we can do about it. Lianhe Town is currently in a state of "everything being rebuilt," and what it lacks most is talent. Azi is a college graduate who just graduated this year. She can barely manage a township health station, but a town health station would be a bit too big for her.

Fortunately, there was a great figure behind Azi, Lao Chi Ri. In fact, Lao Chi Ri was a famous local doctor, but he did not have a medical license and used medicines that were unique to the Yi ethnic group, the kind that even many traditional Chinese medicine practitioners did not recognize.

In Lao Chi Ri's words, veterinarians treat humans and pigs in a similar way, while the people from the Agricultural University are responsible for treating other poultry such as chickens and ducks.

Although Li Lu, Liang Guangping, Liu Hongtao, and others are all crop researchers, they have many classmates at the university. The agricultural university also has its own forum, so even if chickens and ducks get sick, they can make diagnoses and conduct case examinations with remote guidance from their classmates, which is not a problem.

Against this backdrop, Azi also took on the heavy responsibility and became a proud health station chief.

In Zhou Zhi's memories of his previous life, A Zi did the same thing, but without the advantages she has now. She still managed to become a famous doctor in the area while carrying her medicine box. Therefore, Zhou Zhi has even higher hopes for the current A Zi.

"What are our plans for tomorrow?" Yan Xiao asked. "Shall we head to the hot springs tomorrow?"

"I'm afraid tomorrow won't work," Azi said. "Grandpa said everyone should get used to the horses first. How about we ride to the reservoir tomorrow? It's all on the main road to and from there, so we can practice riding."

“We can have a barbecue by the reservoir and practice a picnic first,” Zhou Zhi said with a smile. “We also have to attend A Zi’s family’s ‘Nine Dragons’ ceremony tonight, and the next day we have to participate in town activities and set off for the hot springs. It won’t be until the day after tomorrow at the earliest.”

"That's good too. To be honest, it's quite tiring to travel around like this in Lianhe Township," Feng Xueshan said with a smile.

"Go back and get some rest after you finish eating. You won't have to get up early tomorrow," Zhou Zhi said. "Riding a horse isn't too difficult. It's much simpler than driving a car or riding a motorcycle."

The next morning, Zhou Zhi still got up very early. Once a biological clock is established, it is actually very difficult to sleep in.

The same thing happened to Liang Hong and Yang Honghui. Old Yang was a person who never stopped training in the coldest and hottest winters and summers, even more so than Zhou Zhi.

Therefore, when everyone came out of the room and saw each other in the corridor, they couldn't help but smile at each other.

"He's still carrying a sword?" Yang Honghui said in a low voice.

"That's basically how it is; weapons are more fun than boxing."

"Why is your sword different from the one you had before?" Yang Honghui took the sword. "I remember your old one had jade fittings."

"The jade armor is too precious; it's for display. We usually use the simple brass armor for practice. We didn't even use Xiao Miao's Southern Red Sword Armor."

"The weights are alright," Yang Honghui laughed. "Let's go, let's see how your training is going." (End of Chapter)