Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1753 It’s not the right time to stop worrying

"It's a combination of work and rest!" Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "It's really not hard. I'll report to you two. I've achieved a lot of results there."

Jiang Qiao and Du Yufen actually knew very well why Zhou Zhi went to Liangshan Prefecture. They had always had a good impression of Zhou Zhi and were even very grateful to him.

They were actually the ones who felt the most regretful about the unrequited love between him and Jiang Shuyi.

Zhou Zhi returned to Jiachuan and was able to put aside his pride and come visit them, which made the two of them overjoyed. This showed that Zhou Zhi was different from ordinary young people. He told them about his achievements in Lianhe Township, hoping to ease their guilt, which showed that Zhou Zhi had become more mature in this regard.

Fortunately, Zhou Zhi was not just comforting them, which made the two feel better. Jiang Qiao said, "Elbow, you are made of gold. You will shine wherever you go. The establishment of two agricultural bases in Lianhe Township is a big deal in our provincial system. Although your name is not in the study report, I told your aunt as soon as I came back. It must be related to you in Lianhe Township!"

"Right, I forgot that my uncle is now in the agricultural system." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "You should know this situation."

Jiang Qiao previously worked in the county agricultural machinery bureau. The province carried out institutional reforms some time ago, and Jiachuan was used as a pilot to merge the agricultural machinery bureau into the agriculture bureau. Under normal circumstances, people would be transferred horizontally or even demoted, but Jiang Qiao, as a young professional and technical cadre, was promoted instead and became the deputy director of the main agricultural machinery department.

"The province only has a few national-level agricultural technology projects, and your Lianhe Township has two at once, so it's hard not to be famous." Jiang Qiao laughed and said, "I heard that the place was extremely poor, but it suddenly turned around, and you just happened to go there. It would be strange if there was no connection between the two."

Zhou Zhi was grateful to Jiang Qiao and Du Yufen for still caring about him. He knew that he couldn't leave without a meal today, so he simply smiled and said, "Why don't I help in the kitchen? It's embarrassing to do nothing."

It was indeed like this when Zhou Zhi came to our house in the past. He often cooked by himself, and the taste of the food always made everyone praise it. He knew what his daughter liked to eat better than he, as a parent, did.

When Du Yufen thought of this, she couldn't help but feel a little sad. She quickly stood up to hide her feelings and said, "I'll go see if there are any vegetables left at home. If not, I'll go out and buy some."

"No need to buy, just go to the roof and pick some." Zhou Zhi said, "My family sold the previous house to my godfather, and they went to Manzhou. My eldest aunt helped take care of it. Now she is helping to take care of her grandson and has no time. I see that many vegetables, melons and beans are getting old, so I will pick them and distribute them to everyone later."

At the dinner table, Jiang Qiao and Du Yufen asked Zhou Zhi in detail about his studies and life this semester, and also told Zhou Zhi what they knew about Jiang Shuyi.

The letters that each person writes to friends are different from the letters that they write to parents. After collecting information from several parties, Zhou Zhi felt truly relieved. At least for now, Jiang Shuyi has gotten rid of his inner troubles and is concentrating on studying hard in a foreign country.

But he couldn't hold back the wine and drank a little too much. When he came downstairs with a red face, the eldest aunt hugged Xiaoyong and said angrily: "Fortunately, you didn't drink too much. You know where to hide to avoid being scolded."

"Don't worry, aunt." Zhou Zhi took Xiaoyong and hugged him: "The work we do requires us to be calm and composed. If we are not at ease, we won't be able to repair things properly."

"You finally admit that you're upset? You went upstairs and now you're calm and relaxed?" The aunt sneered, "Let me make you a cup of honey water. I'm mad at your failure!"

Zhou Zhi didn't need to pretend in front of his aunt: "I'm just worried that Shuyi's illness hasn't healed yet, but everything else is fine. Besides, Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang have always treated me well. If I hide from them from now on, I won't be a good son."

"That's good." The eldest aunt brought over the honey mixed with warm water: "The Zhou family is still counting on you to pass on the family business. This time, let's find someone who is plump and easy to raise, and don't just look at the appearance." "Hehe, you always said that others were thin, but now you admit that Shuyi is pretty?" Zhou Zhi brought the honey water over and drank it while avoiding Xiaoyong who was trying to reach out: "Aunt, I'm going to live with my fourth cousin tomorrow, and I may not be able to come over for several days. Don't be angry."

"If Auntie was so stingy, Dayong and you would have been pissed off a long time ago." Auntie took over Zhou Zhi's cup of water and said, "I always thought you were someone who didn't need to worry about me. It turns out that the time has not come yet!"

"I'm not causing anyone to worry about me now, am I?" Zhou Zhi expressed his dissatisfaction.

"When will you bring a girl back for Aunt to see? Then Aunt won't worry about you anymore!"

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"You're here? Why are you a day late?"

"I drank a little late yesterday, so I didn't dare to come and disturb you." Zhou Zhi was honest.

"Are you calm now?" asked my fourth cousin.

"If you're not happy, you won't come." My cousin's mother said with a smile, "It's better to come a day later. At least you can see that the wine was not wasted."

Seeing his fourth cousin and aunt in the yard full of orchids, Zhou Zhi was also very moved. Even the couplets he wrote for the yard that year, his fourth cousin had them carved into wood and hung on both sides of the yard, which showed how much he loved him.

"The four scrolls I brought back this time were found at an auction at the New York airport. It's a bit like opening a blind box." Zhou Zhi told the two elders about his experience attending the conference in New York: "I asked Mr. Wang at the time, and he said that this box was the relic of Li Erkang, a great figure in the Republic of China..."

"Li Erkang? Is he related to Li Liangyu?" asked my fourth cousin.

Zhou Zhi gave a thumbs up. "My aunt is really well-informed. Li Erkang is the son of Li Liangyu, the founder of Xiling Seal Society. However, unlike his elder brother who is a famous doctor and his younger brother who is a diplomat and educator, he is a very influential military theorist in the Republic of China. We suspect that he took these things to the United States to raise funds, but for some reason he left in a hurry after arriving in the United States, and even lost his luggage at the airport and didn't go to pick it up."

"It was a time of chaos and war. In addition to the rampant local warlords, there were also traitors everywhere." My fourth cousin was also a witness of that era. He couldn't help but sigh: "People from the Li family might have been targeted by others before they even left the country."

"Given the leaky sieve-like administrative system of the National Government, this is entirely possible." Zhou Zhi nodded.

"I don't know Li Erkang either. But when I heard you say your last name was Li and there were twelve precious cups in your luggage, I thought he must be from a literary family. In the Republic of China, the only literary family in Suzhou and Hangzhou with the last name Li was Li Liangyu's family."

The reason why everyone speculates that it is used to raise military funds is that the twelve cups in Li Fopan's old collection are the biggest leak Zhouzhi has found so far. The large seal with Dongpo poems and landscapes engraved by Huang Tingjian, the blue and white dragon-patterned lotus leaf lid jar from Yuan Jingdezhen, and the porcelains from the five major kilns of the Song Dynasty that Zhouzhi had found before are already extremely valuable, but compared with these twelve cups, many of them are still a long way off.