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

Suppressing the speculation in his mind, Tian Yun continued to ask Zhu Changzhi several questions about the infectious disease of cattle in Xia County, and Zhu Changzhi reported them one by one.

Finally, after Zhu Changzhi finished his report, Tian Yun asked, "Regarding the individuals who have performed outstandingly in the prevention and control of cattle infectious diseases this time, has your Agricultural Bureau made any comments?"

Zhu Changzhi was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and said, "Secretary, you know, even though we used the simplest method to prepare medicine for a county-wide epidemic, it still cost a lot of money. I even asked you for some money before."

Zhu Changzhi also wanted to commend Gu Zhan and others, but he was really short of money, so he thought about taking advantage of this report to see if he could apply for a bonus.

But I didn't expect that Secretary Tian would ask about it personally. I believe that if I speak up myself this time, I will have a good chance of success.

"There are indeed big loopholes in our work. This cattle epidemic has taught us a heavy lesson, showing that we lack vigilance in our daily work."

"Yes, Secretary, your criticism is correct." Zhu Changzhi sincerely accepted Tian Yun's criticism.

Tian Yunfei waved his hand and said, "I'm not criticizing you when I say this, but I'm reminding all of us."

After a pause, Tian Yun said, "All the staff involved in the rescue work this time must be commended, especially the comrade Gu Zhan you mentioned."

"Okay, Secretary."

"It must be done in the name of our county government."

Tian Yun thought more long-term. If the young people who stepped forward this time were not positively encouraged, then when Xia County encountered the next crisis in the future, would there be such brave young people who would step forward again?

When Zhu Changzhi heard this, he was so excited that he almost cried. Their efforts day and night for more than 40 days were finally recognized. It was worth it!

In the afternoon, Zhao Baogen spread the news that Gu Zhan was planning to build a new house, and soon someone came to inquire about it.

At first, most of the people who came to inquire were families who were short of food, and they basically came for two meals a day, but when they heard that Gu Zhan would give money directly, more people came.

Finally, after comprehensive consideration by Gu Zhan and Zhao Baogen, a few people whose families were really poor and could not afford to eat were allowed to stay first, and the rest were allowed to stay on a first-come, first-served basis.

Gu Zhan didn't intend to stand out at this time. In the village, what everyone couldn't stand the most was someone who was much better than themselves. He had suffered in his previous life, and now he would never allow himself and Liu Xiaoxi to fall into such a predicament again.

So he decided to build a standard adobe house and surround it with a wall, just like most other families did.

Gu Zhan asked Liu Xiaoxi for her opinion, and Liu Xiaoxi agreed wholeheartedly. She said that as long as she had her own home, she would like it no matter if it was a pigsty or a doghouse.

On the first day of foundation digging, at Liu Xiaoxi's request, Gu Zhan lit firecrackers bought from the county supply and marketing cooperative in the center of the homestead.

The crackling sound of firecrackers rang out, and he and his wife were finally about to have their first home in this life.

Apart from being stubborn about liking Gu Zhan, Liu Xiaoxi is very smart at other times.

On the day of digging the foundation, after she had set off the firecrackers, she took advantage of the excitement to give handfuls of candy to all the people who came to help.

Candy was hard to come by at that time, especially the hard candies in Liu Xiaoxi's hands, which were extremely popular with children. Most of the people who were helping out were reluctant to eat any of them themselves, so they left them for the younger generations at home.

At the same time, those who come to help are more concerned about the quality of the house.

After the first day, Gu Zhan paid each person one dollar based on the workload of that day.

The person who came to help took the one dollar wage with trembling hands and was extremely excited.

They were actually able to earn money from places other than working in the production brigade, and it was cash.

Every day after that, Gu Zhan paid one dollar a day to the workers. After five days, the prototype of Gu Zhan had been completely completed, and the only things left were to put up the beams and cap the roof.

On the 20th day of the sixth lunar month, the day that Liu Xiaoxi had been looking forward to, when the beams of the new house were laid, finally arrived.

The couple made quite a commotion when they were building the house. Now that they were putting up the beams, all the men, women, and children in the village came.

According to the customs of Xia County, on the day of beam erection, when the beam is up, the host family will scatter peanuts, melon seeds, candies and other things from the top of the beam to bring good luck.

When the time was right, Zhao Baogen directed a dozen young and strong men to start pulling the beam up.

Seeing the beam gradually leaving the ground and rising inch by inch, Liu Xiaoxi became more and more excited. She almost began to imagine the scene of living in this house.

Finally, after the largest beam was firmly placed on the wall, Gu Zhan whispered to Liu Xiaoxi to step back a little to avoid being squeezed, and then he stepped onto the ladder and walked to the highest beam of the house.

After Zhao Baogen lit the firecrackers, he began to scatter all kinds of dried fruits and candies from a high place to the ground, even mixed with one-cent coins. When the children picked them up, they laughed and showed off to the adults.

The scene before him was one that Gu Zhan had imagined countless times in his mind when he was a child. At that time, he thought of himself as the child who found candy and showed it off to adults. Now, he had become the initiator of this dreamlike scene.

Seeing this hilarious scene in front of him, Gu Zhan felt a little sour in his nose.

Suddenly he saw Liu Xiaoxi grabbing candy in the crowd. She picked up a candy quickly and raised her hand high to show him. The sadness in his heart disappeared immediately, leaving only worry.

"Oh, looks like I missed the mark."

Just as Gu Zhan was about to come down the ladder because he was worried about Liu Xiaoxi, he saw Zhu Changzhi and Gao Yuan coming over pushing their bicycles.

Gao Yuan looked at the adults and children picking up things on the ground with a smile, and also went up to the crowd to pick up a candy, peeled it and put it in his mouth.

"Well, not bad, Comrade Gu Zhan, you're really fast. The house was built in just a few days."

Why is Director Zhu here? Gu Zhan wondered.

He quickly got down from the ladder, pulled Liu Xiaoxi out of the crowd, and walked up to Zhu Changzhi and Gao Yuan: "Director Zhu, Director Gao, why are you here?"

Director Zhu looked happily at the newly built house of Gu Zhan, pointed at the beams on the roof and said, "Comrade Gu Zhan, you have a double blessing today."

"Double happiness?" Gu Zhan wondered, then glanced at Zhu Changzhi's mysterious expression and asked, "Could it be that the other happiness is with Director Zhu?"

"Oh, it's not me!" Zhu Changzhi saw that Gu Zhan finally stopped showing his previous maturity, so he kept it a secret.

"What is that?" Gu Zhan was puzzled.