Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 656 Wedding Anniversary
"In the wind and sand, I watch you go away..." Tang Zhitong hummed a song that suited the scene, walked out of the yard, and delivered the banner to the police station.

When Wang Yang saw the words on the flag clearly, he was struck by a dimensionality reduction blow. He accepted it with a grin, without refusing, and only said politely: "Comrade Tang spent the money."

"You're so polite, Mr. Wang. I have to thank you for handling the matter in a timely manner and recovering the losses for our family." Tang Zhitong shook Wang Yang's hand. If he had a camera to take a picture at this time, he could submit his article to the newspaper.

"Liu Jiaming has been transferred to the juvenile detention center, and the court will probably be here soon, at least in three months." Wang Yang handed the banner to other colleagues and briefly revealed the progress of the case to Tang Zhitong.

"That's good. I hope he can learn from his mistakes and behave himself when he gets out." Tang Zhitong nodded. Three months is not a long time. He hopes that Liu Jiaming can reform himself and not cause trouble to the neighbors when he gets out.

After this incident, the two of them became closer and chatted for a few more sentences. Then Tang Zhitong said goodbye and went home.

After leaving the police station, the wind and sand were much lighter. On the way home, Tang Zhitong was thinking about taking pictures.

I don’t have a camera, so I can’t take a picture of Wang Yang this time, but the photo studio has one!

Our wedding anniversary is in two days. Can I take Xiao Wang to the photo studio to take a photo?

At that time, the two of them will take a photo holding the marriage certificate. Then at this time next year, they will take another photo holding this year's photo. On the wedding anniversary the year after, they will take a photo holding next year's photo, and so on, until they are old.

This is also a kind of romance, right?

After returning home, Tang Zhitong did not tell Xiao Wang about this idea. He planned to drag her there the day after tomorrow to give her a surprise.

Friday, September 2st.

Although riding a bike across the road will stir up a cloud of dust, it is better than drinking sand with your mouth open.

Tang Zhitong attended classes in the morning, skipped two classes in the afternoon, and went to the escort office.

I have been busy with personal matters these two days, and I cannot come tomorrow because of something. Salaries are due in a few days, so I need to sort out and check the payroll, and calculate and sign other documents as needed.

When Tang Zhitong arrived at the escort office, he found everyone busy working in the fields.

After all, Tang Zhitong was a member of the escort department, so he couldn't fall behind, so he dropped his bag and went down.

Fortunately, most of the field had been turned over, with only the tail left, so the work was finished in a short time.

After finishing the work, Fang Yuan waved to Tang Zhitong.

Fang Yuan stood at the edge of the field, wearing a coat, holding a cigarette in his left hand, holding his waist with his right hand, taking a puff, pointing with his left hand at the patch of land that had just been turned over, and said, "It would be nice if it could be bigger."

"If all else fails, build a rack. I have a friend who found some small wooden boxes in his yard. They can be considered three-dimensional planting. The output can be a little higher than direct planting." Tang Zhitong naturally also hoped that the escort department could harvest more. Not only would it benefit himself, but more importantly, everyone would have less paleness on their faces, which would also be a protection for themselves.

"That's a solution. Let's wait and see. Old Su gave us a reply today. Director Hu said that we can apply to the department." Fang Yuan lowered his voice and said this.

"That's great. I'll mention it to Ma Wei later." Tang Zhitong nodded. He admired Director Hu and Director Su's decision and action. What happened the day before yesterday had a result today.

"Well, success or failure depends on this." Fang Yuan's expression was somewhat serious. He knew what the situation was outside, but he was powerless to do anything. As the chief officer of the escort department, he could only take care of the employees here first.

"Brother Yuan, if this is done, you have to raise Ma Wei's salary." If you want the horse to run, you have to give it fodder. Tang Zhitong, from his own perspective, decided to give the benefits to Ma Wei first.

"If it doesn't work, we can still raise it. Ma Wei's work performance is obvious to all."

Hearing Fang Yuan's answer, Tang Zhitong chuckled and said, it's not that easy to raise wages. We are living a tight and hard life now, it's good enough that the wages of the subordinates haven't been cut yet.

After returning to the office, Tang Zhitong told Ma Wei about the incident, but did not mention the salary.

Raising the salary at this time may be suspected of being a bargain. If a person is thin-skinned, it is not surprising that he or she will get angry and embarrassed on the spot.

Ma Wei was not embarrassed, but her expression was very serious.

“Although I am discussing this with you, it is a matter concerning all the staff of our Municipal Bureau.

As part of the municipal bureau, we all work together to overcome the difficulties.

I know about your identity, and Director Fang knows about it, but Director Fang and I don't know whether the Municipal Bureau knows about it.

It would be best if this could be accomplished, but if it doesn’t, don’t feel too stressed.”

Tang Zhitong added a few words. The first was to indicate that this matter would not affect Ma Wei's normal work, and the second was to imply that it would be best not to refuse this matter.

"I know. I'll go back and try." Ma Wei pursed her lips and agreed without refusing.

Tang Zhitong observed Ma Wei's expression and was relieved to see that she was not in a difficult situation.

Delayed by this matter, Tang Zhitong had no time to go to Erlong Road. He worked overtime, checked the payroll sheet prepared by Ma Wei, signed it, and handled other work before going out.

At this time, the employees of the escort department had already left work, and only the escort department and the cafeteria were still lit.

Tang Zhitong pushed his bicycle slowly towards the door, tampering with the private land at the escort office as he walked.

When turning the soil this afternoon, Tang Zhitong found that the field was very dry and the soil was not fertile.

Tang Zhitong didn't dare to rely entirely on the department's support. In case something went wrong there, this piece of land would be the escort department's hope.

Since you have this ability, it is okay to do something for the department without others knowing.

Tang Zhitong quietly used the wood ash collected from the construction site and the river mud collected from the river to create a layer thirty centimeters below the soil layer. The layer was not thick, only about two centimeters.

The soil has been turned over today. The next steps are to dry it, level it, water it, and plant the seeds. There is no need to worry about anyone noticing anything unusual underneath.

When Tang Zhitong returned home, Xiao Wang and Feng Zhen had already been back for a long time.

"Working overtime?" Student Wang smiled sweetly at Tang Zhitong, not being unhappy because her husband did not come to pick them up.

"Well, I have to go see Aunt Lu tomorrow, and I have to go to a meeting the day after tomorrow. I don't know how long it will take. I went to the office today to take care of some things." Tang Zhitong put away his bag, washed the handles, and prepared to eat.

Normally, they eat steamed bread, but today they ate white flour. The day before yesterday, the street issued food coupons for March, so Zhang Guifang went to buy white flour. Since returning from Wuhan, Tang Zhitong has not brought much supplies home, and has been eating what's at home.

As the saying goes: There is no hardship that is too hard to endure.

Even if he had to eat steamed corn bread every day, Tang Zhitong now felt that he could accept it. After all, it had been so long and he had gotten used to it. Besides, simple meals also had their own taste. At least now there were no agricultural residues or high technology, and they were all natural and pollution-free, so he could eat them with confidence.

But people nowadays don’t think so. They wish one acre of land could produce tens of thousands of kilograms. In their hearts, nothing is more important than filling their stomachs.

Precisely because they have suffered disasters and are afraid of hunger, Chinese people like high yields. They have to fill their stomachs first before talking about organic products, right?

While eating and playing, Tang Zhitong's thoughts wandered a little. He planned to wait until the year was better and then stock up some vegetables and grains, so that he could improve his life in a few decades.

Before going to bed, Tang Zhitong and Xiao Wang discussed tomorrow's schedule: "I will go to the North Library to meet you at noon tomorrow and have a meal together. Let's go to see Aunt Lu in the afternoon, okay?"

"Okay." Xiao Wang thought there was nothing wrong with this arrangement, so he agreed.

"Considering Wu Aijun's age, there's nothing wrong with us calling her Aunt Lu, but isn't it inappropriate to call her Aunt Li? In terms of age, I think it's more respectful to call her grandma." Tang Zhitong's mind was quite divergent, and he suddenly thought of a question.

"We didn't pay much attention to these things in the past. When we were in northern Shaanxi, my parents always called her Aunt Li, and we younger generations followed suit and called her Auntie and have never changed." Wang replied as a matter of course.

"Oh." Tang Zhitong touched his nose and said, "Okay, you are old friends. Ever since I can remember, I have been taught to call them grandpa and grandma."

"Aunt Li is a very nice person. She adopted a lot of orphans. When I was a child, I followed them and called her Aunt Li "Mom Li" for a while..." When talking about this, Xiao Wang recalled the past and shared it with her husband.

Tang Zhitong occasionally made some "hmm" sounds in response to Xiao Wang's story of the past. He listened carefully and the more he listened the more he admired him, because he knew he couldn't do it.

The next day, February 2, early in the morning, after Tang Zhitong washed up, he took out their marriage certificate from the closet and threw it into the space, as he would need it this afternoon.

Classmate Xiao Wang didn't seem to think that today was their wedding anniversary and didn't express anything at all.

In order to give Xiao Wang a surprise, Tang Zhitong skipped class before the morning class was over.

After parking his bicycle at the parking lot of the Beijing Library, Tang Zhitong took out his lunch box from his bag, took out the steamed bread, wrapped it roughly with newspaper, filled the empty lunch box with the twice-cooked pork he had made earlier, and then carefully put the food back in.

Since Jiang Ye had taken a long vacation, Xiao Wang was the only one in the office.

After Tang Zhitong knocked on the door and entered, he turned around and locked the office door.

"What are you doing? So sneaky." Xiao Wang suffered the consequences of "thinking too much" last time, so she didn't mention any dirty words this time, but she was obviously resisting her husband's actions.

"Hey, I brought you something good." Tang Zhitong didn't care what Xiao Wang thought. He took out a lunch box from his bag and opened it like he was presenting a treasure: "Ding ding ding, my dear wife, happy first anniversary! Come on, eat it while it's hot."

"You are the only one who knows how to be funny. Where did you get that from?" Xiao Wang was very moved by her husband's cheesy words. She stepped forward and gave her husband a kiss, then swallowed her saliva that was aroused by the aroma of the twice-cooked pork before asking.

"I asked someone to make it. Eat quickly. Open the door after you finish eating." Tang Zhitong took out chopsticks and urged.

"You spent a lot of money, didn't you? Don't do that again in the future." Although Wang was craving for meat, she still asked her husband to wash his hands before eating.

"It didn't cost much, just two boxes of cigarettes." Tang Zhitong lied lightly.

"Give it half and save it for dinner." Xiao Wang took out his lunch box and decided not to mix it all.

"No need, it's all yours. I'm not giving it to anyone else this time." Tang Zhitong firmly refused.

"Isn't this bad?" Xiao Wang looked at the big, fat slice of meat in the lunch box. It looked like it weighed about a pound. Eating a pound of meat in one meal? This is too extravagant.

"You've been married to me for a year, and you've also been taking care of the house for a year, respecting your grand-aunt and teaching your sister-in-law. At the end of the year, I'll cook a special meal for you once. What's wrong with that? No one can find fault with it. Just eat." Tang Zhitong advised righteously.

"Then...then you eat it too." Classmate Wang was not so righteous, as if he had done something wrong.

In order to appease Xiao Wang, Tang Zhitong also put down his chopsticks.

After eating steamed bread and pickles for so long, it’s time to have a meat meal. Oh, my, the taste goes straight to the depths of my soul!

With Tang Zhitong's constant feeding, the two finally cooked the twice-cooked pork, and Xiao Wang ate more than half of it.

Although Tang Zhitong ate less meat, he ate just as much steamed bread.

After eating the meat, in order not to waste the oil and water in the lunch box, Xiao Wang poured boiling water into it to rinse it twice. The two of them each drank half of the soup in the lunch box, and then the lunch was over.

"Everything in the world is bitter, only carbohydrates are the most soothing." After Tang Zhitong finished eating, he leaned back in his chair, rubbed his stomach with his hands, and felt very satisfied.

"What is carbohydrates?" Xiao Wang was also very satisfied, but was a little worried that the smell would be smelled by others, so he stretched his neck and sniffed the smell in the room.

"Carbohydrates are carbohydrates. The grains, vegetables, eggs, and meat we eat are all made up of three elements: carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. They are referred to as carbohydrates in short." Tang Zhitong looked at Xiao Wang's appearance and used a hook to slowly change the air in the room.

"You know more. Is there still a smell in the room? It won't be smelled by others, right?" After smelling the room, Xiao Wang smelled his own sleeve.

"It's tasteless. If someone asks, just say you want to improve your life. We just got the meat coupons, can't we improve it a little?" Tang Zhitong pushed Xiao Wang back to the chair, turned around and pulled out the bolt on the door. The door would not open, and it was cold outside.

"You have so many excuses. I hope the school won't have any objections to you leaving early every day?" After eating and drinking, Xiao Wang began to worry about her husband's academic problems.

"Don't worry, I have a good relationship with the counselor, class monitor, dormitory head and classmates. Besides, I have excellent grades in all subjects and was an outstanding student last semester. The teachers still give me some face." Tang Zhitong said confidently.

"Then let's take a break and go find Aunt Lu later." Xiao Wang looked at her watch. Her husband came early and it was just time for him to get off work in the morning. If they set out now, by the time they get there, he would probably have just finished his meal and it would be too early for him to go to work.

"Pack up and go. I'm going to take you somewhere." Tang Zhitong also looked at his watch, but he was thinking about taking a photo on the way. It would take some time to go through the whole process, and by the time he arrived at the south entrance of Nanchizi, it would be almost time to go to work.

"Where are we going?" After eating the meat and saying the corny words, is there any other plan? Xiao Wang asked himself.

"You'll know when you get there." Tang Zhitong kept it a secret.

"Still so mysterious." Student Wang laughed, but obediently packed up his things.

(End of this chapter)