Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1649: So Poor That I Only Have Two Eggs

In Zhou Zhi's memory, this guy was a power-obsessed man. In the endless lonely nights, the two of them roasted potatoes by the fire, dipped the potatoes in salt and chili powder, and talked about life plans and career advancement channels. Of course, Zhou Zhi had to return to his own unit in the end, and he was still very decadent at the time, so it was mainly Wu Renzhong who was venting his depression, and Zhou Zhi was responsible for roasting potatoes and listening quietly.

Later, when they broke up, Wu Renzhong hugged Zhou Zhi and cried, saying that he was extremely grateful to him. If it weren't for his patient listening and roasting potatoes with him those nights, he might not have been able to hold on.

After passing this hurdle, the guy was transferred from the Light Industry Bureau to the office, and soon to the state. His career was quickly promoted. Every time he went on a business trip to the capital, he would look for Zhou Zhi to have a drink. He would still stay up late to complain like he did many years ago, but this time he complained about the countless things, such as incompetent subordinates and picky superiors.

Of course, there is still a long career path with no ceiling.

Zhou Zhi could no longer remember the first time they met. When he came back to this world and heard Wang Renzhong introduce himself like this, he couldn't help but smile knowingly. You said you were an accountant in a rustic way, and you said you were an assistant and accountant. In fact, your official-obsessed personality can be seen from now on.

"Come on, follow me to get the things from the car." Zhou Zhi was not polite either: "With that name, you won't be able to do any work in the future."

"Which line?" Wu Renzhong asked.

"The lottery shop cannot be opened. The boss is called No Winner! Who dares to buy?"

“Hahahaha…” Wu Renzhong also laughed immediately: “We won’t do anything that violates discipline. The higher-ups have repeatedly warned us that people of our status can’t do business.”

A kid from Qinggouzi who had just joined the Light Industry Bureau of a poor county, with a changed identity, Zhou Zhi was reborn and understood many things. Only then did he realize that Wu Renzhong had quite a few problems during this period.

Of course, he wasn't stupid enough to say it out loud, so he took Wu Renzhong to the outside of the grain station and opened the trunk to take out something.

Knowing that the conditions here are difficult, Zhou Zhi brought a lot of things with him, even his own trailer, as well as various seasonings, and dozens of kilograms of lard, beef tallow, and vegetable oil.

This is a bloody lesson. In such a place, the nutrients needed by the human body can be met by carbohydrates from potatoes, sweet potatoes and pumpkins, and protein can be obtained from tofu, tofu pudding and dried tofu, but there is really no way to find fat. Everyone uses it frugally. Don't even count on meat. If you want to buy meat, you have to drive six hours to the county.

The animals we usually buy locally are chickens and lambs. We can eat chickens once a month, but lambs once every two or three months.

Zhou Zhi was a cadre sent down by a central enterprise as a counterpart support. He was the most generous person in the village, but he could not abandon all the children in the village and eat alone. Therefore, every time he had meat, more than a dozen mouths would share it, and they were all consumptive people who could not eat enough meat no matter how much.

So this time I learned from the lesson I learned back then. As long as there is enough oil, dried tofu can also taste like meat!

"Brother, are you... planning to settle down?" Wu Renzhong was stunned when he saw what Zhou Zhi pulled out of the car: "What kind of car is this? Why is there a camel painted on it?"

"This is called the Land Rover Defender. It's a great car for mountain roads."

"Did your school provide it for you?" Wu Renzhong looked at it with envy.

Zhou Zhi thought about how to explain it in a way that would not come across as abrupt: "My current project is sponsored by an academic institution, and this car was provided by that sponsoring institution. The school is very stingy and would not provide me with a car."

“Are academics paid so well these days?” Wu Renzhong asked in confusion, “You guys are really living in a good era.”

The two of them were talking and laughing as they dragged their stuff in. Tu Liangzhi was stunned when he saw them: "Xiao Zhou, why did you bring so many things?"

"We have a car anyway, so it's easy to bring." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "There are a few packages of braised meat and cured meat, and two bottles of wine." "I'm not a big drinker." Tu Liangzhi said, "But you'll have someone to accompany you later, so why did you bring so much oil?"

"When cooking, the kids need to be fed with oil and water as they grow," Zhou Zhi said.

"How did you know we have dolls here?"

"Which village doesn't have children?" Zhou Zhi was stunned for a moment, then naturally stated the reason for the fabrication.

"Hey, that's true!" Tu Liangzhi responded, "But many rural primary schools don't provide lunch. The kids eat in the morning, but don't eat at noon, or they eat one or two cooked potatoes, and then go home in the afternoon to have dinner."

"We are lucky here. We have a lunch."

"Then I'll stir-fry some cabbage and some crispy beans for you." The hostess was very happy that the eggs she had saved for her daughter had escaped the disaster.

"Women are so ignorant!" Tu Liangzhi said, but after looking at what Zhou Zhi brought, he felt that adding two eggs was not enough, so he might as well accept Zhou Zhi's favor: "Come on, come on, go sit by the fire, and we'll drink first!"

This place is located in a small slope in a relatively large valley. There is a stream flowing across the valley entrance, and a road leading to the outside. There are about dozens of families on the slope, all living in low, dilapidated houses.

There are some arable land around, but it is still real slash-and-burn farming. The grass on the hillside is burned in spring, and then pumpkins, corn and potatoes are planted. After that, it all depends on God's will.

There is a piece of land located between two big mountains. There is a large and rare pine forest in the valley with some output. In addition, there is a large piece of mountain land outside the pine forest and between the cultivated land, where sheep can be grazed.

A kind of dark goat is produced here. The meat is tender and nutritious. Compared with the sheep in the north, it still has some smell, but it is much lighter than other breeds. It is considered a very good specialty.

The potatoes here are also very special. The locals call them "flower potatoes" or "purple potatoes". When cut open, there are some purple patterns inside that look like marble. They taste like chestnuts. Although they are not big, they are the most delicious potatoes you have ever eaten in Zhouzhi.

Back then, he and Wu Renzhong survived one long and lonely night after another by relying on corn wine brewed from these delicious flower potatoes and corn.

The main house of Tu Liangzhi's family is still the same as the old Yi people's main house. There is a fire pit in the middle of the house and doors on both sides leading to the side rooms. In the past, there was not even furniture in such houses. People usually sat on the ground on straw mats or cushions around the fire pit. There were low sheds around them to hold production and living supplies.

Now there are many "new things" in this house, such as a circle of low stools around the fire pit, an eight-immortal table and four long benches on the other side, and a stove used by Han farmers in the corner, with a water tank and a cupboard behind the stove.

There were also several large vats that should contain grain, and a pile of potatoes was piled in the cooler area at the foot of the vats.

The space above the stove was empty, unlike the current situation in Jiachuan countryside, where large and small sausages and bacon would definitely be hung on the stove.

This generation, both Han and Yi people like to cook "jar meat", and usually do not hang the meat on the stove. However, in Lianhe Township, this happened many years later.

Nowadays, Tuliangzhi's family is considered to be a relatively well-off family in this area. They have enough potatoes to eat, but they probably don't have any oil or meat, otherwise they wouldn't ask their wife to fry eggs for them, and she wouldn't be happy about it.

"I'm so embarrassed to say that I'm taking advantage of Xiao Zhou today." Tu Liangzhi said, "But you have to drink my wine anyway. Our corn wine is still very good!"

After these words were spoken, Zhou Zhi and Wu Renzhong could not help but look at each other.