Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 736 Chapter 735 Admit Mistake
It is an established fact that Xia Xiangwen takes care of Zhang Chengping, although Tang Zhitong has never told him about this, and no matter who commissioned him, there must be something to do with Tang Zhitong.

If this happened to an unsophisticated person, he would pretend to know nothing and take advantage of it silently, but Tang Zhitong is not such a person.

Xia Xiangwen certainly doesn't need these two boxes of cigarettes, but Tang Zhitong must use these two boxes of cigarettes to express his gratitude.

The process was not complicated. Xia Xiangwen was surprised and happy at the same time.

After coming out of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Tang Zhitong rode slowly towards the escort department.

According to normal procedures, the police station should have notified the municipal bureau or the escort department regarding Wan Xiangyang's temporary detention.

Tang Zhitong's intervention was not in accordance with the formal procedures, but the current systems were not sound. Not only did Zhang Jun not raise any objections, but even several people in the Summer Palace thought it was normal.

It doesn't matter to the outside world, but Fang Yuan must be given an explanation internally. After all, Tang Zhitong is suspected of overstepping his authority.

Although Tang Zhitong was not aware of the situation when Wan Xiangyang called him over, Tang Zhitong was still unwilling to sell out Wan Xiangyang.

If we talk about it in the office, it will become a business matter. If we talk about it at home, it will seem more humane, not to mention that Wan Xiangyang brought Swan with him.

The only flaw here is the time of visiting. Logically speaking, it is best to visit after dinner.

But there is not much nightlife now, and the supply is insufficient. In order to reduce energy consumption, most people go to sleep after dinner. Tang Zhitong doesn't want to knock on the door and alarm the neighbors.

Wan Xiangyang had already made preparations. He not only stripped the swan naked, but also gutted it and cleaned it thoroughly. It was hot now and if he didn't do anything with it, it might not be able to be kept.

After putting the swan into the sack, Wan Xiangyang got on his bike and followed Tang Zhitong to Fang Yuan's house, and entered the house just before dark.

"Shitou, Tiedan, come here and have some delicious food." Tang Zhitong didn't have time to rest. He greeted Fang Yuan's mother and wife, then waved to Fang Yuan's two sons. Gangdan was too young and was excluded.

As he spoke, he took out two heavy bags of pine nuts from his shoulder bag, which Tang Zhitong had prepared on the way to the escort department.

Pine nuts are good. They are rich in unsaturated fatty acids. You can squeeze out a packet of oil by squeezing them with your fingernails.

In the next two years, as long as you can eat three or five pine nuts every day, it will be difficult to get edema.

Shitou was very satisfied with the pine nuts and was able to pick them out by himself. Tiedan was still a little small, so he took over to pick out the pine nuts that his brother had picked out.

Seeing this, Tang Zhitong peeled two for Tiedan and stuffed them into his mouth.

As soon as Tiedan chewed it, a look of satisfaction immediately appeared on his face and he almost drooled.

This is not like Hu Ye at all. He would spend thousands of dollars to eat elephant shit without any hardship. It’s incredible to think about it, but we have to admire Hu Ye’s knowledge and experience, and the fact that he dares to eat everything.

"Eanzi, what are you doing?" Not only did Tang Zhitong take out pine nuts, Wan Xiangyang also took out a swan. Fang Yuan was very surprised and had no idea what these two brothers were up to.

Wan Xiangyang was quite nervous on the way, but when he heard Fang Yuan address Tang Zhitong and saw how familiar Tang Zhitong was with Fang Yuan's family, he felt much relieved.

"Brother Yuan, I brought Brother Xiangyang here to admit my mistake to you..." While helping Tiedan pick pine nuts, Tang Zhitong briefly recounted what happened today, mainly highlighting that he acted on his own without asking for permission.

"Director Fang, this is not Anzi's fault. I was worried that it would cause trouble for the unit, so I called him over. If there is to be a disciplinary action, punish me." Wan Xiangyang is not the kind of person who pushes his friends in front. After Tang Zhitong finished speaking, he took over the matter.

"It doesn't matter whether he will be punished or not. As long as he is fine, it's fine. Come, come, sit over here at the table and talk." Fang Yuan asked two colleagues to move over, and then told Jin Erni who was holding the child, "Go get the wine. I'll have a drink with the brothers."

"Sister-in-law, don't take it. We don't want to drink. I've told my family and we have to go back soon." Tang Zhitong hurriedly stopped him. Drinking means eating, and with the current food supply... it doesn't matter if they don't eat.

Wan Xiangyang also waved his hands and said, "No, no, I don't want to drink."

"Now that you're here, there's no reason to let you go away hungry. Yuanzi said that you were received by Him. Come, let my steel egg take advantage of you. I'll go cook two more dishes for you." Jin Erni was not at all polite with Tang Zhitong. She directly stuffed the steel egg in her arms into Tang Zhitong's arms, turned around and went to work without saying anything.

"Good children, you are all good children. Just sit down and relax. No matter how difficult the situation is, you will never lack a bite of food." Fang Yuan's mother took a look at the things Tang Zhitong and Wan Xiangyang brought, sighed, and moved her bound feet to help her daughter-in-law.

"I'm just lending flowers to Buddha. There's not much food, so let's just have some drinks. What's going on today?" Fang Yuan grabbed a handful of pine nuts and shared some with Tang Zhitong, Wan Xiangyang and himself, looking like he was waiting to eat some.

"Let me tell you..." Wan Xiangyang was so excited after going through this incident that he had no place to express it.

In fact, after Shu Qing got off work in the afternoon, Wan Xiangyang had already practiced it. Maybe because he had experience, he was able to describe it vividly and vividly, describing how Tang Zhitong confronted those people in the Summer Palace.

Jin Erni quickly fried the swan's heart, liver, intestines and other internal organs and served them on the table. Her mother-in-law had taken over the iron pot stewing of the "big goose", so Tang Zhitong's hands were free at this moment, and Gangdan returned to his mother's arms.

Fang Yuan was not unhappy because Wan Xiangyang and Tang Zhitong bypassed him in this matter, because he was also a protective person and only felt that Tang Zhitong's handling of the matter was satisfying.

The three brothers drank and talked happily with Tang Zhitong's words to relieve his anger. Fang Yuan felt that Tang Zhitong already had the qualities to stand on his own. He could not only protect people, but also be thoughtful and greet the key people in each link afterwards to avoid the same thing from happening again.

After the "big goose" was out of the pot, Tang Zhitong took the initiative to serve a small bowl of it as a snack for the wine, and gave the rest to Fang Yuan's family to fill their stomachs.

"Anzi, I remember your family raises chickens, right?" Fang Yuan asked, remembering the rumors he had heard recently.

"Yes. It's because cadres are not allowed to raise chickens, right? The street has already notified us, and I plan to take them to the market on Sunday to sell them." Tang Zhitong admitted frankly. The chickens in his family can be said to be good at "taking the blame" for their hard work. No matter whether the eggs sent to Fang Yuan or the eggs taken for Wan Xiangyang, they were nominally laid by them.

"Your street is really quick. I just heard about it today." Fang Yuan sighed and then suggested, "It's not easy to raise chickens nowadays. Do you have any relatives in the countryside? Can you raise them there? Or you can put them on a farm and I'll ask someone to take care of them so that you won't run out of eggs."

"Thank you, Brother Yuan, but I'd better sell it. The situation in the countryside is not optimistic now. Even if the relatives are reliable, the neighbors of the relatives may not be reliable. The eggs laid by the farm... are not enough to pay the favor, so I'd better sell it." Tang Zhitong refused Fang Yuan's kindness.

In the countryside, unless you tie the hens to their waists, someone will definitely have bad intentions. The situation on the farm may be better, but even if you provide the hens' rations yourself, there is no guarantee that someone will secretly deduct a little, after all, hens can't talk.

It is hard to say how many eggs the chicken has laid. They may have been stolen by mice, eaten by snakes, or eaten by the chicken itself. There are always more reasons than eggs.

If it’s more serious, it’ll be like what happens in the countryside, and hens might fly into people’s stomachs.

These are all Tang Zhitong's inferences based on human nature. Since this concerns the farm's reputation, he expressed it in a more tactful way.

"That's a solution. It's most secure to keep the money in your own hands." Seeing that Tang Zhitong had made up his mind, Fang Yuan didn't force him.

As they had to go to work the next day, Tang Zhitong and Wan Xiangyang did not drink too much and just drank one glass each. However, they could not resist Fang Yuan's enthusiasm and each ate a steamed bread before leaving.

Fang Yuan would not take the food coupons. According to him, both pine nuts and swan nuts were more expensive than steamed corn bread, and he was the one who made the profit.

When Tang Zhitong got home, his family was still waiting for him. Wang smelled alcohol on her husband's breath and asked, "Did he eat out?"

"I went to see Director Fang. He was so enthusiastic that I had a drink, but I didn't dare eat more." Two taels of wine was just a drop in the bucket for Tang Zhitong. He hadn't eaten much at noon and was still hungry. When he saw the food Zhang Guifang had left for him, he washed his hands and sat down to eat more.

"Why did you go to Director Fang's place to eat out of the blue?" Xiao Wang asked as she helped her husband set the table.

"Well, Brother Yang got into trouble today. I didn't tell you because I was busy in the afternoon." Tang Zhitong told Xiao Wang what happened while eating a steamed bun from home.

Zhang Guifang was listening with her ears perked up, terrified. Could it be that her son was really a leader? How dare he talk to a government official like that?
Student Xiao Wang listened with great interest and also admired her husband's ability to identify weaknesses and plug loopholes.

"Oh, by the way, Mom, I went to see Brother Xiaoping this afternoon. He will be graduating in the next two days, and he will probably come over on Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning." Tang Zhitong stopped after eating a steamed bun. It was time to go to bed after he finished eating, and it would be a waste to eat too much.

After hearing this, Zhang Guifang no longer wondered whether her son was a leader or not. Even if he really became a high-ranking official outside, he was still her son when she returned home. It was more important to think about what to cook for her nephew...

Thursday, March 3th.

When Tang Zhitong woke up in the morning, he felt that the temperature was much higher than yesterday.

"Please help me find a short-sleeved shirt. I see that the weather will be even hotter at noon. You should also change your clothes. It's uncomfortable to sweat on your body." Tang Zhitong suggested to Xiao Wang after coming back from emptying the urine bucket.

Student Wang lowered his head to look at the proud protrusion that blocked his view of his feet, and said with a little bit of uncertainty: "Then I'll give it a try."

Tang Zhitong felt itchy as he watched from the sidelines, and he kept regretting that he had eaten less steamed bread last night.

Fortunately, Xiao Wang has been getting enough nutrition recently, so his figure has not shrunk much compared to before. Some parts of his body have even swelled a little, but it does not affect his ability to wear the previous clothes, after all, they were all loose-fitting.

Due to the sudden rise in temperature, Tang Zhitong saw a rather abrupt picture on his way to the Post and Telecommunications College. Willows were swaying and spring flowers were blooming on both sides of the road, but the pedestrians on the road were dressed very differently. Some old men and women were still wearing cotton jackets and trousers, while many young men had already put on short sleeves.

The young man sleeps on a cold kang, all thanks to the strong fire.

Tang Zhitong was planning to let Xiao Wang experience how powerful his rage was in the evening.

After an ordinary day at school, Tang Zhitong went to the Xinhua Bookstore in Xisi after school.

Zhang Chengping is about to graduate, and Tang Zhitong wants to prepare a book on veterinary medicine for him.

Tang Zhitong knew the status of barefoot doctors in rural areas. They treated both humans and animals together. They would just finish slaughtering a pig and then go to pull out a child's teeth. They were very wild.

However, no one thought about this when the "Manual" was compiled, and Tang Zhitong naturally did not make it public. Even if it was true, it always felt a bit offensive to mention humans and animals together.

If this continues for another few decades, there won't be any worries about this. Those who work like slaves really envy them.

Cows and horses work from sunrise to sunset and rest from sunset to sunrise. When cows work 996, 007, or even die suddenly, they don’t have to hold their mobile phones all the time to reply “received”, and they don’t have to worry about Zhou Paopi calling in the middle of the night to urge them to work.

Of course, cows and horses and people who work like cows and horses have one thing in common, which is that they both drink coffee.

Given the special effects of coffee, it was once used by farmers as veterinary medicine. Feeding it to cattle and horses not only saved fodder, but also allowed them to work more.

Working like a slave and drinking coffee is also to work more, but the money for the coffee is deducted from one's meager salary, and one has to use coupons to buy coffee, which is very heartbreaking.

There are not many books on veterinary medicine, so Tang Zhitong picked up a thick one and bought it. It had more than 200 pages and cost about 50 cents.

After getting home and putting down his bicycle, Tang Zhitong took out a piece of pork fat from the space, which weighed about five pounds.

"It's not a festival, why are you buying so much lard?" Zhang Guifang loves lard, but is a little dissatisfied with the quantity.

"Hey, Brother Xiaoping is here, do you have the nerve to let him go back empty-handed?" Although Zhang Guifang did not show obvious concern for the Zhang family, Tang Zhitong knew that it was just on the surface. If his mother didn't care about the Zhang family, she would have forgotten about Zhang Chengping's training long ago. Why would she mention it to him specifically?
"You kid." Zhang Guifang said nothing after hearing this.

Tang Zhitong chuckled and started to prepare to refine the oil. On the one hand, he had to give it to the Zhang family, and on the other hand, he had to fry some Chinese toon fish for classmate Xiao Wang. He had promised before that he would let her eat it within two weeks, and he couldn't go back on his word.

Tang Zhitong was cutting lard while Beibei squatted at his feet and meowed softly, trying to get food by being cute. But in front of Zhang Guifang, Tang Zhitong didn't dare to be soft-hearted. After all, his family was not at the stage where they could raise cats as sons or daughters.

Just when Tang Zhitong was about to finish cutting the lard, Xiao Wang came back, and Wo Bo, who was carrying a ceramic jar, also came into the house with him.

This is the third vat that Xiao Wang has bought in the past year. Since the steelmaking began in 58, this kind of large vat has been out of stock and in short supply. If he doesn't have connections, he might not be able to get one considering the couple's work hours.

(End of this chapter)