The Fiery Era: Becoming an Industrial Giant

Chapter 15 Bizarre Family Members

"On my day off, I came back to visit you, teacher, and the village chief, and also to talk to my family."

After Zhou Zhiqiang was welcomed in, he took out the gifts he had brought for Wu Ming from his bag and placed them on the table one by one.

"You child, why are you buying this? It's too formal."

When Wu Ming's wife saw the things Zhou Zhiqiang brought, her eyes lit up and she reached out to put them away. She roughly counted that there were three or four pieces.

She had once argued with Wu Ming about giving his family's grain to Zhou Zhiqiang, a student, but now Wu Ming's wife feels that her husband did the right thing.

The original woman had visited Wu Ming several times since she started working, each time bringing gifts, which made Wu Ming feel very proud, both outside and at home.

When teacher Wu Ming saw that Zhou Zhiqiang had brought cigarettes, alcohol, meat, and candy, he couldn't help but say, "You've just started working, you need to save up some money, otherwise how will you get married in the future?"

"Teacher, I'm already married. This candy is for your wedding."

Zhou Zhiqiang said with a smile, "The marriage was so sudden that I didn't get to treat you to a meal, so I came back specifically to tell you."

"get married!?"

Upon hearing this, Wu Ming looked surprised and quickly pulled Zhou Zhiqiang aside, asking, "Why is this so sudden? Tell me what happened, and who is the woman?"

"I'm also lucky. My wife is the daughter of a professor I worked with at university. Professor Guo probably thought I was alright, so he introduced his daughter to me."
After that, Teacher Guo received an assignment and went to the Northwest for a construction project some time ago. She's currently staying at Yuting's house. By the way, Yuting works in the logistics department of the Second People's Hospital.

After hearing Zhou Zhiqiang's words, Wu Ming was surprised and then laughed, "Great! Everyone helps people when they're good. I think we should leave aside your parents, those muddle-headed fools, and not talk about those things today."

Knowing that Zhou Zhiqiang is now married and his wife has a respectable job, he was very happy for his student.

When Wu Ming saw Zhou Zhiqiang squatting outside his office door, trying to read by the light, he really wanted this student to study hard.

That's why he provided financial assistance several times, and when he learned that Zhou Zhiqiang's family wouldn't let him go to school, Wu Ming immediately went to their door.

Seeing the seeds he had watered blossom and bear fruit fills Wu Ming with immense joy.

Zhou Zhiqiang stayed at Teacher Wu Ming's house for a while, then got up to say goodbye and left.

Teacher Wu Ming's family had almost finished preparing lunch and insisted that Zhou Zhiqiang stay to eat with them, but he refused, saying he was in a hurry.

If he was delayed, he wouldn't be able to get back to Beijing that night. Zhou Zhiqiang didn't want to stay at the Zhou family's house in Hongqi Village, so after repeatedly refusing, he still said goodbye and left.

However, before leaving, Zhou Zhiqiang told Wu Ming that he would come to see him again in the future.

After everyone left, Wu Ming's wife couldn't help but tug at her husband and complain, "Why didn't you just say something and ask your student to let our son come to the city to be taken care of? That would have been so much better."

"Bullshit, I would never do such a thing."

Wu Ming immediately rebuked him, saying, "If he were capable, I would risk my reputation to beg him, but is he even cut out for it?"

If I were to ask Zhiqiang for help, it would only be adding to his burden. If your son studies hard, Beijing is only a two or three-hour drive away; we can't stop him. If he doesn't have the ability, it's better for him to stay under our noses; at least he won't cause trouble.”

"Anyway, I will not let Zhiqiang waste his energy taking care of that good-for-nothing son. Now that he has graduated from university, he should devote more energy to the country's development."

After saying that, Wu Ming turned around and went back to the kitchen to get the food. He hadn't expected anything in return when he sponsored Zhou Zhiqiang.

After returning to Hongqi Village, Zhou Zhiqiang did not go home, but went to the village chief's house first.

After exchanging pleasantries for a while, I put down the gifts I had brought and then said goodbye to go home.

"Zhiqiang."

As Zhou Zhiqiang was preparing to go home, the village chief called him from outside and said, "Your father and mother are both hot-tempered. You have a good life now, so don't take it to heart." "I know, village chief."

After Zhou Zhiqiang finished speaking, he waved goodbye to the village chief, then pushed his bicycle and left to head towards the Zhou family home.

They were all in the same village. When Zhou Zhiqiang entered the village, he greeted the other villagers before spending half a day at the village chief's house.

The Zhou family may already know that he has returned.

Upon arriving at the Zhou family's door, Zhou Zhiqiang pushed the door open and went inside.

"Oh, so he knows how to come back. He went to other people's houses as soon as he got to the village. I thought this son was being raised by someone else."

As soon as Zhou Zhiqiang entered, he heard a hoarse, raspy voice. He recognized it so clearly that he didn't even need to turn his head to know it was Tian Daniu, the original owner of this body's biological mother.

"Do you think I came back just to see you guys? If it weren't for seeing the village chief and Teacher Wu Ming, I wouldn't have come back to Hongqi Village at all."

Zhou Zhiqiang said it casually, and his words immediately made Tian Daniu blush. She put down her phone and started cursing.

"You little ingrate! I've known since you were a child that your heart wasn't in the family; you were always thinking about the outside world. I shouldn't have let you go to school in the first place."

Zhou Zhiqiang interrupted coldly, saying, "Try talking nonsense again? I won't give you a single penny today!"

His words seemed to have grabbed Tian Danu by the neck, rendering him speechless.

The money Zhou Zhiqiang gives his family every month has made them quite wealthy.

A few years ago, during the land reform, every household was allocated land, and the grain they grew was barely enough to feed themselves.

But the Zhou family was an exception. This year, thanks to the money that the original owner of the body, Zhou Zhiqiang, sent back, they suddenly became the wealthiest family in Hongqi Village.

Even if other families have three or four strong laborers, they can't save up sixty or seventy yuan a year. This is already considered pretty good.

However, the Zhou family received 90 yuan in just six months, and could receive 180 yuan in a year.

Back when the original owner of this body, Zhou Zhiqiang, was in college, they could deduct thirty or forty yuan from him every year, which made the Zhou family quite wealthy at that time.

He has grandparents at home, but they don't seem to like him much as the eldest son, which makes Zhou Zhiqiang very suspicious that he was adopted.

Otherwise, he hasn't done anything bad. He's been studying and working hard since he was little and hasn't been lazy. Why does his whole family dislike him?

Zhou Zhiqiang entered the house but didn't see anyone, so he came out and asked, "Where's Zhou Yongliang?"

Upon hearing this, Tian Daniu angrily pointed at Zhou Zhiqiang and said, "You ungrateful little brat, you even dare to call your father by his name now! This is unfilial, extremely unfilial!"

"What's all the noise about! I can hear you making a racket inside even from outside."

Before Tian Danu could finish speaking, Zhou Yongliang and Zhou Wangzu walked in from outside.

Upon seeing the bicycle parked in the yard, Zhou Wangzu immediately shook off Zhou Yongliang's hand and rushed forward to touch it, shouting, "Dad, this is a bicycle! I want this! When I go to marry Xiujuan, it will definitely bring honor to our Zhou family!"

However, before Zhou Wangzu could finish speaking, Zhou Zhiqiang kicked him aside, sending him rolling on the ground.

Did you touch my bicycle?

Zhou Zhiqiang said impatiently, "What kind of weirdos are these people? I can't help but want to take action."

"Get to the point quickly, I need to go back to Beijing after that!"

(End of this chapter)