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

Chapter 110 Teasing

The next morning, a car came to the guesthouse to pick up Gu Zhan and take him back to Shanghe Village.

Because the research plan was changed at the last minute, the Xiaohe Town Commune and Shanghe Village Brigade Headquarters did not know that people from the County Agricultural Bureau were coming. Only after Zhu Changzhi's car entered the village entrance did someone hurried to tell Zhao Baogen.

"Captain, someone is coming." A team member rushed into the brigade office and said hurriedly.

"Someone's coming? I haven't been notified. Do you know who it is?"

"I don't know, I just know that the Gu family boy and the leader are in the car."

When Zhao Baogen heard that Gu Zhan was also in the car, the nervousness in his heart was reduced by a lot. Since he came with Gu Zhan, there shouldn't be any problem.

The car drove to the gate of the brigade headquarters and stopped. Gao Yuan and Gu Zhan got out first, followed by Zhu Changzhi.

"Hello, Director Zhu! Hello, Director Gao!" Zhao Baogen stepped forward to greet them.

"Hello, Captain Zhao. We are here uninvited. Please forgive us."

Hearing Zhu Changzhi's words, Zhao Baogen waved his hands and said, "Director Zhu, what are you talking about? It is an honor for Shanghe Village that Director Zhu can come to our village."

Zhao Guzhan helped Zhao Baogen greet Zhu Changzhi and Gao Yuan.

Arriving at the brigade headquarters meeting room, Zhu Changzhi got straight to the point: "Captain Zhao, we came here because Xiao Gu said that our Shanghe Village had a good autumn grain harvest this year, so we came back to take a look."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Baogen beamed with joy and said, "This year's harvest is indeed good. Our corn cobs yield about 800 kilograms per mu, and we can produce about 700 kilograms of corn kernels, which is one-third higher than in previous years. Our intercropped soybeans also yield 120 kilograms per mu. This is much better than in previous years."

"Well, this harvest is indeed unexpected. Captain Zhao, please take us to see it."

"Okay, Chief Zhu."

Zhao Baogen and Gu Zhan took Zhu Changzhi and Gao Yuan and walked towards the wheat field. When Zhu Changzhi and Gao Yuan saw the yellow corn cobs piled up like a hill, their eyes widened.

Zhu Changzhi walked directly to the corn pile, picked up two corn cobs, weighed them in his hands, and said with a smile, "Not bad, a good portion, full of kernels, very good."

After saying that, he walked to the other side where soybeans were piled, picked a few pods, and after peeling them open, he saw that the soybeans were also full and starchy.

"Oh, that's good, it's really good." He finally found a place with a good harvest of grain. Now he can report to Secretary Tian no matter what.

Suddenly, he remembered something he hadn't figured out, so he asked Zhao Baogen, "Captain Zhao, didn't we have a heavy rain in mid-August this year? How is the situation with our corn lodging?"

Zhao Baogen chuckled and said, "Director, our corn lodging is very rare this year."

"Why is this?" Zhu Changzhi was curious.

Zhao Baogen smiled mysteriously. He took Zhu Changzhi to the end of the cornfield and saw rows of neat ridges exposed on the surface again after the corn was harvested. The end of the ridges was connected to the canal.

"Director Zhu, look at our planting method. If there's too much water in the fields, the water will flow along the ridges into the ditches, and then from there into the drainage channels. Unless it's a heavy rainstorm, the corn generally won't fall over."

“That’s a good idea.”

After checking the grain production situation, Zhu Changzhi hurried back to the county. He had important matters to report to Tian Yun.

Regarding the intercropping of soybeans and corn, since there is already a successful case in Shanghe Village, can we consider learning and promoting it throughout the county to increase grain production?

After Gu Zhan and Zhao Baogen saw Zhu Changzhi and the others off, they asked Gu Zhan, "How's the mechanized plowing going?"

When Zhu Changzhi came over today, he didn't mention anything about the mechanized plow, and Zhao Baogen was really unsure.

Gu Zhan recounted to Zhao Baogen the details of his visit to the county yesterday. When he heard that Zhu Changzhi intended to promote the mechanized plow designed by Gu Zhan throughout the county, he excitedly patted Gu Zhan on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, you have done a good deed for the people of Xia County."

Gu Zhan was too embarrassed to accept it and just said, "This is what I should do."

In his previous life, Gu Zhan upheld his duties as a scientist in the agricultural field throughout his life, insisting that all scientific research was for the people.

Nowadays, it is just a small mechanized plow and it really cannot deserve such high praise.

After saying goodbye to Zhao Baogen, Gu Zhan hurried home.

Although it has only been a short day since he left home yesterday morning, there is always a sense of longing in his heart. Although it is not strong, it is very torturous, like invisible silk threads that tug at his heart at some unintentional moment.

The door was closed, and Gu Zhan opened it with a gentle push. However, after the door was opened, he did not see his wife coming out of the main room to greet him with a smile as usual. For a moment, Gu Zhan was a little panicked.

The short distance of just over ten steps from the gate to the main hall made his heart beat like a drum, and a lot of messy and bad thoughts came to his mind.

Gu Zhan pushed open the door of the main room with trembling hands. When he looked up, he saw Liu Xiaoxi sitting at the eight-immortals table in the room, grinning at him.

Gu Zhan was stunned for a moment, and the first thing that came to his mind was that he wanted to ask Liu Xiaoxi why she didn't come out after hearing him enter the room?

Then I felt that this sentence was not right. Who said that every time I walked in, the other party had to greet me with a smile?

In short, nothing you say is right, and nothing you say is appropriate.

A breath was stuck in Gu Zhan's chest, making him feel uncomfortable.

But Liu Xiaoxi just sat there, not getting up to speak, just grinning.

At this time, even the slowest person would know that he had been tricked by the other party.

Gu Zhan was both angry and amused. He walked over and sat next to Liu Xiaoxi. He bent his index finger and gently tapped Liu Xiaoxi's forehead. His tone was full of doting that he himself didn't even notice: "You've become more capable now. You can play tricks on your own man, right?"

Liu Xiaoxi blushed when Gu Zhan called her "her man", but she still looked at him teasingly and stubbornly without saying a word.

Gu Zhan's heart skipped a beat. As expected, he had made his wife angry.

"What's wrong, wife?" Gu Zhan touched Liu Xiaoxi's smooth cheek and said in a gentle voice.

Seeing Gu Zhan's wooden look, unable to react, Liu Xiaoxi became even angrier, and the smile on her face gradually disappeared.

Gu Zhan suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart: It's over, he's really angry.

"Wife, I was wrong." Gu Zhan said sincerely.

The expression on Gu Zhan's face did not escape Liu Xiaoxi's eyes. Seeing his guilty look, Liu Xiaoxi finally spoke: "You finally realized and came back?"