Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 75 The Golden Pen
"There is also the composition "About Conscience", which can be completed by plagiarizing the predecessors. I don't plan to write it tonight." Zhou Zhi said.

"Which predecessor?"

"Wang Yangming and Wang Shouren, a great Confucian in the Ming Dynasty, founded a school of mind, the main purpose of which is to 'promote conscience'."

"I've never heard of this person."

Indeed, it will take another ten years for this name to become a household name.

"So you have to work harder." Zhou Zhi said, "How much have you done?"

"The geography and history are done, and English and Chinese are still left to be written. Please help me with a few questions..."

"Okay, let's take a look..."

The fourth child couldn't stand the atmosphere anymore, so he ran away to make his bamboo water gun.

The lady was holding the needle and thread with a smile, and she was very satisfied to see Zhou Zhi and Jiang Shuyi continue to study the topic there.

This kid, Zhou Zhi, has really grown up...

After several difficult problems were solved, Jiang Shuyi straightened her arms and twisted her waist: "You still need someone to do your homework together, and you can do it more and faster."

"Zhou Zhi, I have to go back."

"Then I'll see you off." Zhou Zhi stood up: "Don't carry your schoolbag? I'll pick you up tomorrow. Let's continue."

"Ah."

Ms. Wen found a flashlight, Zhou Zhi turned on the flashlight, and the two walked back along the path they came from.

It was already dark, and now there is no light pollution, and the night sky on the central school playground is extremely beautiful.

The sparrows have also gone to sleep, and instead of their noise, there are a few bold spring insects in the small garden, which start early.

"Shu Yi, let's go to the basketball hoop on the playground and stay for a while."

"..." Jiang Shuyi didn't speak, but nodded slightly.

Coming under the basketball hoop, Zhou Zhi turned off the flashlight.

"Zhou Zhi... what are you... doing?" There was a nervous tremor in Jiang Shuyi's voice.

"Shu Yi, look up."

"Ah... there are... so many stars in the sky."

"Well, the more you look, the more there will be."

"I haven't seen the night sky for a long time. Since...about fifth grade."

"Shu Yi, do you still remember the year when we were in the fifth grade?"

"Remember! That year the gas production team was mining natural gas on the mountain, and later, for some unknown reason, they burned the natural gas again."

"I heard that it's not enough energy, it's worthless."

"The torch burned on the top of the mountain for a month, and there was no night in Rongshan Town during that month."

"Yes, all red at night by the light of a great fire."

"There is also a rumbling sound. I am so scared every night. I didn't dare to go to the mountain to see the fire for a long time."

"There used to be a lot of wild onions and Zheer roots on that mountain, but they were all burned up at that time." Zhou Zhi said, "I went again later, and the top of the mountain was completely burned, and it was completely bare..."

"By the way, Zhou Zhi, I heard that near the fire hole, many stones have been turned into crystals." Jiang Shuyi's tone was a little regretful: "But I didn't pick them up, it is said that they were all picked up by the children who went first. Do you know about this?"

"Of course I know, because I was one of the first children to go up, and those crystals... were the first to be discovered by me."

"Really?"

"Really, but I found out later that those are just glass." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "When we went up, the smell on the mountain was still bad, and the core of the tree trunks that had been burned into charcoal hadn't been extinguished yet."

"I'll give you a piece of glass I picked up there when you go to school on Monday, but actually...it's really ugly."

"I will. Thank you for being thoughtful."

"You're welcome, eh? Why don't we go dig wild vegetables in the mountains tomorrow!" Zhou Zhi suddenly thought of playing like this: "Shu Yi, have you ever dug wild vegetables?"

"No, I don't know wild onions and wild vegetables either."

"I know it, I'll let you know it, now is the time when the soft vegetables and goose sausages are just coming out, tomorrow we will go pick them, and come back to make cakes!"

"What about the homework?"

"Isn't there only composition and mathematics left? I'll do it in the afternoon!"

"This...good!"

"Go, I'll take you home to sleep! I'll take you to play tomorrow!"

Zhou Zhi's act of sending Jiang Shuyi back made Jiang's mother and Jiang's father breathe a sigh of relief. They were worried that Zhou Zhi would be ignorant and let Jiang Shuyi come back alone.

"Uncle and aunt, our homework is short of composition. We are going to do it tomorrow afternoon. In the morning, I will take Jiang Shuyi to dig wild vegetables on the mountain. When I come back, I will write the composition."

Jiang Qiao and Du Yufen didn't notice Zhou Zhi's ambush, thinking that the composition assigned by the school was an optional topic, and digging wild vegetables in the morning happened to be the subject of the composition in the afternoon.

Jiang Ma smiled and said, "That's good, but Shu Yi doesn't know any kind of wild vegetables, don't run too fast, Zhou Zhi, take care of Shu Yi for me."

"Well, let's call her again tomorrow, see you, uncle and aunt."

"Goodbye."

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Back at the aunt's house that night, Zhou Zhi shared his ideas with the fourth one, and the fourth one immediately responded.

As long as it is playing, Su Datou will never fail to respond.

Zhou Zhi soaked a portion of rice, then ran under the bed and dragged out a large box, and started looking for equipment.

Inside the box are some tools commonly used by my eldest cousin's electrician class. In addition, there are small hoes, small rakes, etc. used by the eldest sister to take care of the small garden downstairs, and a pile of used pens.

Seeing the pile of waste pens, Zhou Zhi suddenly recalled something, found all the pens and piled them on the wooden floor, and opened them one by one to read.

"These are useless pens." The fourth child said, "It's useless."

"Why is it useless? If there are two similar ones, one with a broken nib and one with a broken bladder, then pull out the good nib and replace it with the other one, wouldn't it still work?"

"This is another two yuan pocket money, right?" The fourth child suddenly got excited: "Look for it!"

In fact, Zhou Zhi's purpose was not this. It didn't take long for Zhou Zhi to find out the one he wanted. The nib was yellow, and there were a few thin words "[-]% gold" on it.

Zhou Zhi wiped the pen clean, recapped the pen, and went outside: "Madam, I heard that my uncle didn't leave anything at home, only a small iron fish and a pen, right?"

The small iron fish is a small ornament made of iron sheets, plated with nickel, and then connected with small iron needles the thickness of a tack, which can be hung on a keychain.

Now you can buy things for fifty cents at a needlework stall.

"Yes, the little iron fish is still there, but the pen is gone." The lady was a little regretful: "It's a gold pen, and it hasn't been seen for many years."

After speaking, he raised his wrist, revealing an old watch: "Actually, there is still this one."

It was a watch whose dial had turned yellow and whose strap had been changed many times.

In the last life, Zhou Zhi also found this pen in this toolbox, but the old watch in the lady's hand has never paid attention to the brand.

"This is... a plum blossom?" Zhou Zhi was a little surprised: "It's a very good watch."

To be able to have these two things in the past five years, my uncle's position at that time should not be low.

"Is it a good watch?" The lady was not sure: "I asked many people, and they all said they didn't know this brand."

People in Rongshan Town used to know Shanghai and Seagulls, but now they may know Tianwang, Citizen, and plum blossoms. I am afraid that there are not many.

"It's really a good watch." Zhou Zhi stretched out his hand and said, "Ma'am, look at this, is it Uncle's pen?"

The eldest lady looked up, and her expression suddenly became excited: "Show me quickly, it looks a bit like it!"

Open the cap of the pen: "Where did you find it? It really is this one! This is it!"

"We found it in a pile of rotten pens in the big cousin's toolbox. Fortunately, there is such a box, and the rotten pens that have been used for many years have not been thrown away!"

"Finally found it... I haven't lost it, Zhou Zhi, your uncle's pen is not lost!" The lady took Zhou Zhi's hand: "I haven't seen you for so many years, I thought I would never see her again..."

"Miss, don't get excited, the family heirloom three-piece suit has been reassembled, so you should be happy..."

"The lady is just happy." The lady wiped the corners of her eyes: "What do you think about your eldest cousin? Can you throw away this money?"

"At that time, he was still very young, right? Probably not much older than I am now. Oh, he didn't use this pen for homework at that time, did he?!"

"Why haven't I used it? It would have been nice to have a pen at that time." The lady touched the pen distressedly, and smiled with tears in her eyes: "He insisted on using a pen, so I gave it to him, but it still didn't work." Read it, waste!"

"The employees of Tianhua Company are paid well." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Can you find a unit in Manjiachuan where the combined utility bills are less than two yuan a month?"

My uncle died in 34, so my eldest cousin should be [-] years old this year. He is now the monitor of the electrician class in Tianhua Company and earns a good salary.

The cousin is the English teacher of the central school and also the backbone of the school, and she earns a lot of extra lessons during the holidays.

In addition, the aunt also has a retirement salary, this family is quite good in the town.

Tianhua Company is a large national energy company that uses natural gas to produce fertilizers. The factory has its own waterworks, power plant, and natural gas is open to supply.

Although the unit's dormitory building is generally well-built, the monthly water and electricity expenses are almost symbolic expenses. My cousin's house can burn a resistance wire stove for heating in winter, and almost every house in the entire building is like this.

There is not a single family in Jiachuan County that is as arrogant as the employees of Tianhua Factory.

The eldest lady is used to living in the wooden building, she is quiet but likes to watch over the children and watch them make trouble. She is unwilling to let her live with her several times, so she likes to sit next to the beauties in the corridor of the wooden building when get out of class is over. Look at the children running around screaming in the playground below.

"Go to sleep, don't you want to go to the mountain tomorrow morning?" The eldest lady collected her mood: "Shu Yi is a delicate little girl, she is different from you two wild boars, I have to take good care of her tomorrow, you know? "

"Well, you should also rest well, miss."

The next morning, Zhou Zhi still kept his old habit and woke up on time at 06:30.

Open the furnace door of the small stove, take out the honeycomb coal, remove the one that has been burnt to slag, and put in a new one.

The fourth child also got up, and the two gently brushed their teeth and washed their faces with the hot water in the big antimony pot.

I don't know how late the lady went to bed last night, and she hasn't woken up yet.

After washing up, the fourth child asked, "Yuzi, shall we cook noodles?"

(End of this chapter)