between clouds and mud

Chapter 31

Zhou Song usually likes to wear simple T-shirts and jeans, but Feng Yi likes to choose beautiful and delicate lady skirts or simple dresses for her.

Looking at the shopping bag in his wife's hand, Zhou Huaiming couldn't help reminding: "Is this the clothes worn by students?"

"Our Xiao Song has reached the age of dressing up, so what's wrong with being a bit western." Feng Yi bickered.

The husband and wife sat on the sofa at one end, and you argued back and forth, but neither could convince the other.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Song came down from upstairs to try on new clothes.

With a little makeup on his face, his posture is slim, his appearance is graceful, and there is a slight smile on his pretty face.

"Mom, this dress is very beautiful. I will wear it to school tomorrow."

Feng Yi surrounded her daughter, and praised with joy: "The clothes are beautiful, but my daughter is beautiful."

Zhou Huaiming looked left and right, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

At some point, my daughter transformed from a schoolgirl wearing a school uniform into a woman.

He couldn't help frowning and pinched the newspaper in his hand tightly, his tone a little disgusted.

"I still look good in a T-shirt and jeans, like a student."

Feng Yi was dissatisfied: "We, Xiao Song, are 22 years old this year. It's time for a girl to find someone at this age."

Feng Yi took out her mobile phone and flipped through the address book: "A friend of mine has a nice nephew, he has a good family background, looks good, is about the same age, and is tall, Xiao Song, when do you think we can meet?"

Zhou Song begged for help, glanced at Zhou Huaiming, and prayed that his teammates could help to cover him.

Zhou Huaiming nodded. He took a sip of tea and coughed twice: "If it's suitable, you can meet it. It's better not to find someone from other places."

The husband and wife obviously had their breath in advance.

Zhou Song's mind turned quickly: "I have a research project recently, I'm afraid I don't have time."

"It's okay, don't you go back to school tomorrow afternoon?" Feng Yi planned the itinerary: "Let's have dinner together at noon tomorrow. I have made appointments several times."

"This dress is nice, I just want to wear it tomorrow." Feng Yi struck while the iron was hot and planned everything.

In the evening, when Zhou Song received a call from Zhang Chengnian, her temples jumped up suddenly, and the bell rang for a long time before pressing the answer button.

She had a premonition in her heart, and it wasn't too good.

The two basically don't contact each other, only a few greeting text messages will be sent on holidays.

They exchanged a few words with each other on the phone, and after a long pause, Zhang Chengnian's deep voice drifted over from the phone.

"Xiao Liu, I'm leaving." He spoke in a very light tone, without much emotion.

"Where are you going?"

"The headquarters of the foreign company is on a small island in Southeast Asia—Singapore."

Zhou Song has already estimated the approximate longitude and latitude position in his heart, the four Asian tigers, and the garden city.

He went further and further away.

"It's very good, a tropical area with a pleasant climate."

The person on the phone didn't reply, Zhou Song asked: "Have you been developing there? Or will you come back later?"

"Over there for the past few years." He didn't hesitate.

A few years, for the time being... He didn't hesitate to say those two words.

But her heart was silently silent.

After Zhou Song hung up the phone, she leaned against the window and watched the deep twilight, the waves surging in her chest gradually subsided.

Scenes of the past flashed in my mind, and finally, drifted away.

Birds and fish have different paths, and mountains and rivers never meet again.

Early the next morning, Feng Yi knocked on the door of the room, tidy up Zhou Song beautifully and send her out.

Since Zhou Li left, the family did not hire a driver again, so Feng Yi called her a taxi.

The blind date restaurant is not too far from Zhou's house, but only a 10-minute drive.

Zhou Song glanced at the store signboard, it was an Hui style Chinese restaurant, she didn't get off the car: "Master, please continue to drive, take me to the train station."

The train station and the restaurant are on the same route, the black car stopped for a moment, then restarted and drove away.

Today's sunshine is very good. From the box on the second floor of the restaurant, you can just see the sunlight shining on the avenue through the tree branches.

Passers-by on the trail came and went, but the girl he was waiting for was never there.

Chi Ye was wearing a casual suit and sitting on a chair by the window, next to a bouquet of delicate roses, looked down at the dial on his hand, the person he was waiting for did not appear
Feng Yi almost blew up Zhou Song's cell phone. She worried a lot about this matter, which shows that she is indeed satisfied with the man.

She called Zhou Song many times but couldn't get through. Zhou Song was investigating in other places, and there was no signal in the mountainous area.

Zhou Song was walking on the mountain road, with a neat high ponytail on top of her head, and her bangs on her forehead were wet with sweat.

A group of people were all wearing uniform bright-colored windbreakers and overalls, cowhide boots on their feet, and a camouflage luggage on their backs.

There is only one girl in this eight-person team, and her physical fitness is not inferior to that of men.

When camping on the mountain at night, a group of people set up tents and looked up at the starry sky. Zhou Song held a mineral water bottle in her hand and listened to her classmates talking about astrology. At this time, she was very serious.

On the towering peaks, it is the closest place to the stars at night.

Zhou Song knows that Zhou Li has never left, he is the starlight in the sky, and he is the strength condensed in her heart.

After Zhou Song went down the mountain, there were several signal bars in the town, and she saw a red sea of ​​missed calls.

Zhou Song was not in a hurry to call back. She clicked on WeChat and saw five or six friend requests, all from the same id, called Zema Xifeng.

The frequency of checking friend applications is once a day. Zhou Song glanced at the class group and saw that there was no such person. After hesitating, she passed the friend application.

Her WeChat name is very simple, just a word of praise.

Zhou Song edited a text message.

Song: Hello, who are you?
Zhou Song threw the camouflage bag into the luggage compartment of the bus, went to the store to buy a few bottles of drinks, and distributed them to the students on the bus.

The car wobbled along the way, exhausted, she leaned against the car window and fell asleep.

After waking up, she saw a reply message that popped up on her phone.

Zephyr: Hello!

Rider Zephyr: For those who are on a blind date, add a WeChat account.

Ode: OK
Zhou Song started liver papers when he returned to school, spending every day in the library.

Feng Yi called from time to time to urge her to chat with others, but Zhou Song didn't take it seriously. She was overwhelmed by the thought. After hanging up the phone, she checked the contact list and clicked on Zema Xifeng's circle of friends. Down.

He didn't post much, but Zhou Song watched it seriously.

The most recent news is in the mountainous area of ​​Guizhou, accompanied by a photo of karst landforms, with two words written in the content: general.

Zhou Song checked the time. Coincidentally, she was also investigating in the mountainous area of ​​Guizhou in those few days, and it was the same scenic spot.

However, what she and the expedition team went to was an undeveloped barren mountain, and what she rode westward to was a scenic spot.

Zhou Song liked it, opened the chat list and sent a message.

Song: To see the karst landforms, you still have to go to Yunnan or Guangxi. Guilin's scenery is the best in the world.

After waiting for a while without a reply, Zhou Song exited the window, and a new message popped up slowly.

Rider Zephyr: Thank you, but I'm not here to see the scenery.

Song: What are you looking at?
Zephyr: girl

Rider Zephyr: It's a pity, I didn't watch it.

Zhou Song looked at his circle of friends, he was quite serious, but he didn't expect such a big contrast in chatting, this person is quite interesting.

After the school's summer vacation, Zhou Song went back to Dengxin Bridge non-stop, and she stayed on Linxi Mountain most of the time.

Every day at five o'clock in the morning, she went up the mountain with her luggage on her back, and began to descend before dark at night. She climbed day after day.

Maps of mountain range orientation, water source flow, mineral resources, and vegetation coverage are becoming more and more complete in her manual.

Zhou Song carries a big backpack every day, in addition to a day's dry food, it contains basic survival tools and geological tools.

Parents couldn't help feeling distressed as they watched her skin getting darker and darker.

Zhou Lao Liu was rolling a dry cigarette, and when he saw his daughter came back, he couldn't help asking: "Xiao Liu, are there so many rare things on this mountain?"

Zhou Song's work has been progressing smoothly in the past few days. She couldn't wait to open her work manual and introduce it to her father one by one.

From the vegetation to the mountain range, after finishing speaking, Xiao Liu said with emotion: "It would be great if we could develop Linxi Mountain in the future."

"What's the benefit of developing it?" Zhou Laoliu asked puzzled.

"If the tourism industry is developed, it can promote economic development, drive young people to return to their hometowns for employment, and build their hometowns." Zhou Song explained.

"It's okay for us to grow land here." Lao Liu shook the soot and asked, "Fang Nier also said that she would lead everyone to get rich. Do you mean the same thing?"

The meaning is almost the same, Zhou Song nodded

Zhou Song knew that Zhang Fang had a strong personality and wanted to make a name for herself. This was undoubtedly a fatal blow to her.

Zhou Song made a special call to comfort her. Zhang Fang had already thought about it at this time. She said that returning to her hometown would be practical, at least she had to do something practical.

Originally, Zhang Fang was sent to work in other places. For this reason, Zhang Fang wrote a [-]-word application report and applied to the organization for transfer to his hometown.

With sincere words and sincere determination, he was finally transferred back to Linxi Town. Because of the policy opinions and practical remarks in this letter, he was affirmed by the organization and served as the deputy secretary of the town party committee.

Zhou Huaiming, who never talked about work with her, had a special meeting with her during the practice.

Zhang Fang probably understood what was missing in her heart.

She is the daughter of Dashan, and only when she does practical things can she be at ease in her heart.

There are many obstacles at work. There are still a few female cadres in the government units in the city, but there are only a large group of old men in the countryside.

The only woman was Zhang Fang. My colleagues scoffed, what can a woman do?

Zhang Fang has an exquisite personality, and dealing with interpersonal relationships has always been her strong point. She remembered Mr. Jiang's teaching, using her female advantage, learn to bow her head and win sympathy.

After a period of time, everyone has taken good care of her, and working together at work, I also found that this girl has some talents, and Zhang Fang can do well in the agency.

Colleagues joked: After all, they are from big cities, but they are different from rural girls.

Zhang Fang solved her worries, and she was going to start doing something drastic.

If you want to be rich, build roads first.

The road only leads to the town, and has not been repaired in various villages. The appropriation applied for from above has already been paid.

It's just that the villagers still need to raise some more donations. That's the problem. No one is willing to pay for road repairs.

Zhang Fang grew up in this place, and she understands the conditions and opinions of the people.

She puts her goal in the direction of promoting economic development. If everyone has money, they can naturally build roads.But the question is how to do it?

When Zhang Fang was in Changsha City, she often read newspapers and news because of Zhou Huaiming's influence. She knew that there were many ways to get rich, but choosing the right one was the key.

Before Zhou Song returned to school after the summer vacation, Zhang Fang specially asked Zhou Song to go to restaurants in the town together.

At this time, Zhang Fang already had a preliminary direction in her heart, probably the two directions of breeding and planting.

Zhang Fang collects major financial news programs every day, and has a general understanding of various industries.

Zhou Song knew very little about this aspect, but Zhang Fang not only said what he said was well-founded, but also made a detailed and implementable report demonstration.

The input, output value, market, return cycle, and risks are all listed one by one.

For local farmers, the breeding industry has a short payback period, but it is risky.

A bird flu in the past two years led to large-scale poultry deaths, which made the farmers lose their money, and the input and output value was high. The old people in the village were relatively conservative in their thinking, so it must be difficult to promote it on a large scale.

If planting is promoted, what will be planted?

Zhang Fang originally conceived the idea of ​​an apple tree. Apples are the mainstream fruit in the market. Who would visit relatives without bringing a bag of apples to the door?
But is it suitable for growing apples?

This is the reason why Zhang Fang went to Zhou Song to discuss it. Zhou Song is not clear about the industry, but Zhou Song seems to be an expert who can give advice on vegetation, soil and climate.

The precipitation on Linxi Mountain is relatively low, and it is located on the leeward slope. In the subtropical climate, it presents very rare grassland vegetation, and you can also have a glimpse of the northern scenery on the land in the south.

On the several hills around Linxi Mountain, which has a typical subtropical monsoon climate and dense deciduous broad-leaved forests, Zhou Song observed the pH of the soil and the temperature difference.

After Zhou Song returned to school, he reviewed the growth environment of fruit trees and concluded: "Apple is a temperate fruit tree that likes to be cool and dry. It is suitable for dry inland climate areas. It requires no severe cold in winter and no cool summer."

"We can grow them here, but they won't taste too good. If you plant fruit trees, your alternative plan, citrus varieties will be more suitable."

After getting this answer, Zhang Fang began to visit areas with successful planting experience, and learned the experience of disease and insect control from local fruit farmers.

For this reason, she traveled between Jiangxi and Hunan several times, and spent most of her time bumping on the road.

After careful preparation, Zhang Fang began to take the lead in promotion.The one she is most familiar with is of course Dengxinqiao Township. Dengxiqiao is located in several villages in the town, and the poor ones don't even have schools.

The villagers had received the notice in advance and couldn't help joking in private.

Since when can girls from the city come to this remote village to be a secretary?

The first village meeting was held, and there were more than 20 families in the village, but only five came.

The old man in the village wiped his eyes, looked to the left and then to the left, why does this Comrade Secretary look so familiar?

Zhang Fang didn't put on airs either, and spoke in the authentic dialect of her hometown, and the villagers sitting below couldn't hold back anymore.

After getting a positive reply from the secretary, they dared to confirm that this is Zhang Fang who went out of our village and watched him grow up when he was a child.

Zhang Fang's parents who received the news also came in a hurry. They looked down on the woman's work.

He intended to give the visiting secretary a bad rap, but he didn't expect it to be his own daughter. This was an eye-opener.

After the arrival of the two, the scene of the villagers meeting turned into a scene of confession, and Fang Nier's parents hugged their heads and began to cry bitterly.

More than 20 households in the village came to watch the fun, and now everyone is here.

Zhang Fang tried her best to suppress the impatience in her heart, until a few villagers pulled the couple away for fear that they would cry.

Zhang Fang took out the honey pomelo saplings she brought, and began to explain the planting promotion plan vividly on the stage.

(End of this chapter)