Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhu Changzhi, director of the County Agricultural Bureau, accompanied by a staff member, and Li Fu, director of the commune, accompanied by a staff member, a total of four people, entered the territory of Shanghe Village.

Wherever you look, you can see the vitality of crops growing in the fields.

After the group walked forward for a distance, Director Zhu Changzhi suddenly stopped.

"Director, what's wrong?"

Gao Yuan, a staff member traveling with him, saw the director stop his bicycle and quickly braked to a stop.

Zhu Changzhi pointed to a field not far away and said, "Xiao Gao, look, the way the Shanghe Village Production Brigade grows corn is quite interesting."

As I got closer to the plateau, I saw that it was indeed the corn planted in ridges, with soybeans interspersed between them.

"I don't know who came up with this planting method, but it's quite interesting. Xiao Gao, remember to pay more attention to the autumn grain production in Shanghe Village this autumn. If necessary, we'll need to come down and take a look."

"Okay, Director."

Gao Yuan wrote down Zhu Changzhi's arrangements in his notebook, and Li Fu, director of the Xiaohe Town Commune, also kept this matter in mind.

Gao Yuan was writing in his notebook with his head down when Zhao Baogen rushed over with all the staff of the team.

After Li Fu introduced Zhu Changzhi and Gao Yuan, everyone pushed their bicycles and chatted while walking.

"Old Zhao, I think the way you grow corn is quite interesting." Zhu Changzhi said, pointing to the fields of corn.

Zhao Baogen turned his head and glanced in the direction Zhu Changzhi pointed. He said proudly, "There's nothing we can do about it. The county gave us too little seeds this year, not enough to plant. We're worried about going hungry, so we came up with this idea to see if we can increase grain production."

Zhao Baogen said this with pride, but also with another meaning: If the grain yield this year is low, it is entirely because you did not give enough seeds.

Zhu Changzhi also understood the hidden meaning behind Zhao Baogen's words, but given the situation this year, there was really no other way.

But this is also the actual situation. He did not feel offended by Zhao Baogen's honesty. Instead, he admired this upright and down-to-earth doer from the bottom of his heart.

"Hahahaha... your production team's spirit and outlook are commendable."

Zhu Changzhi's nonchalant look relieved Zhao Baogen's frustration. He said politely, "No, no, we're just trying."

“It’s a good thing to try.”

The current serious crisis facing agricultural production in Xia County is not only due to successive natural disasters, but also due to the lack of motivation and innovative attempts.

When he saw the cornfield in Shanghe Village today, he suddenly felt that there might be other ways out of his current job.

However, this is not the most important issue at the moment. The most urgent issue at the moment is the disease problem faced by the oxen in Xia County.

He looked at the information reported by various communes and found that so far only the cattle of the Shanghe Village Production Brigade of Xiaohe Town Commune had been cured after falling ill, and the situation was basically getting worse day by day.

If this situation continues, it will inevitably affect agricultural production next year.

Li Fu knew the main reason why Zhu Changzhi came down this time. In addition, they had already gone to another production brigade in the morning. Now he told Zhao Baogen directly: "Captain, take Director Zhu directly to the cowshed."

Hearing the word "cowshed," Zhao Baogen roughly guessed why the director of the Agricultural Bureau had brought people here personally. He slowed down a pace and told the brigade accountant behind him, "Get on your bike now and hurry to Gu Zhan's house and ask him to come to the cowshed."

"Ok."

The accountant rode a bicycle behind and took a shortcut to rush to Gu's house.

"Gu Zhan!"

Hearing someone calling him, Gu Zhan raised his head from the manuscript and looked through the half-open window in front of him. He saw the village accountant Liu Jiawang standing at the door, looking into the yard.

Gu Zhan looked back at Liu Xiaoxi who was sleeping soundly, gently opened the door and walked out.

Gu Zhan had just walked to the door and before he could say anything, Liu Jiawang hurriedly said, "Gu Zhan, the county leaders are heading towards the cowshed, and the team leader wants you to go over too."

Gu Zhan understood and didn't refuse: "Accountant Liu, please wait for me for a moment."

After saying that, Gu Zhan strode into the room. He gently patted Liu Xiaoxi on the back and woke her up in a gentle voice: "Wife, there's something going on in the team. I'll go over and take a look first."

Liu Xiaoxi rubbed his eyes and sat up, squinting his eyes and responding randomly without even looking at Gu Zhan.

Gu Zhan had no choice but to pull the person into his arms and hug him for a while, then turned around, closed the door and left.

The cowshed was not far from the Gu family. The two walked quickly, and when they arrived, Zhu Changzhi and his group had not arrived yet.

Gu Zhan hadn't been here since the cows started receiving the first injection of medicine. When he came again today, he looked from afar through the fence and found that these cows had indeed fully recovered.

More than ten minutes later, Zhao Baogen brought Zhu Changzhi, Li Fu and others to the cowshed.

"Is this young man the Comrade Gu Zhan that Captain Zhao mentioned?"

"Hahaha, yes, Chief."

Zhu Changzhi looked at Gu Zhanxin's tall figure from afar and couldn't help but admire: "As expected, he has the heroic spirit of a young man. Not bad, not bad."

"Hello, Director, hello."

"Hello, Comrade Gu Zhan. I just heard Captain Zhao say on the road that all the cattle in your village were saved thanks to you."

Gu Zhan humbly declined, "It's my duty!"

Zhu Changzhi was a little excited. The infectious disease among the working cattle in the whole county had reached a critical point. Now he finally saw a glimmer of hope. How could he not be excited?

After a few brief greetings, Zhu Changzhi went straight to the point and asked Gu Zhan some professional questions about the epidemic. Gu Zhan also selected important viewpoints and conclusions from a professional perspective to communicate with Zhu Changzhi.

"Comrade Gu Zhan, many cows in our county are suffering from the same disease. How should we treat it?"

One of the people traveling with him was a livestock technician from Xiaohe Town Commune. After hearing Zhu Changzhi's question, he didn't take it seriously. What did a young man from the countryside know about treating cows?

After a little thought, Gu Zhan told Zhu Changzhi his initial guess and subsequent treatment methods.

Zhu Changzhi frowned after hearing this: "Comrade Gu Zhan, are you saying that basically these antibiotics can save these cows now?"

"Yes, Director."

"Hurry up and call the animal husbandry station to see how many antibiotics we have left."

Gao Yuan used the production team's phone to call the animal husbandry station, and the station's final reply was that the supply of antibiotics was limited and the county had no stock.

Gao Yuan repeated what was said on the other end of the phone and looked at Zhu Changzhi.

Zhu Changzhi frowned slightly: "Ask him if it's possible to allocate medicines from surrounding counties or cities?"

"Because this is a widespread infectious disease affecting a wide area, the surrounding counties are now struggling to cope, and the city's veterinary drug reserves are all empty."

Zhu Changzhi also heard the voice on the other end of the phone. He looked at Gu Zhan, who was also frowning, and asked, "Comrade Gu Zhan, are there any other ways or channels to obtain antibiotics?"

Hearing Zhu Changzhi's words, a bold idea suddenly flashed through Gu Zhan's mind.