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

Chapter 111 Meeting Invitation

Gu Zhan touched his nose embarrassedly. It was indeed his fault.

He had already planned to spend some time with his wife before she gave birth, but he broke his promise again.

"I'm sorry!" Gu Zhan pulled Liu Xiaoxi's hand, placed it in his palm, felt her warmth, and said softly.

Liu Xiaoxi was originally angry. She was angry that Gu Zhanle didn't tell her before he left, and only asked someone else to bring back a message.

"Don't you know I'm worried?"

Seeing the accusation in the eyes of the woman in front of him, Gu Zhan knew that he had not considered it carefully enough.

In fact, as early as when Zhao Baogen proposed to go to the commune to take a look, he had already anticipated that the commune might not be able to produce a mechanized plow and might have to go to the county, but he did not tell Liu Xiaoxi about it when he left.

She only heard a few words from others about her going to the county town, and as a wife who knew nothing, she was indeed worried about herself.

In other words, if Liu Xiaoxi had just asked someone to convey a message to him before leaving for a long journey today, he would also be worried.

Realizing his mistake, Gu Zhan apologized sincerely: "Wife, I'm sorry. I didn't consider your feelings. It's my fault. I won't do it again next time."

"Okay, then I forgive you." Liu Xiaoxi said this angrily, and then she stopped looking at Gu Zhan. Instead, she moved her body and continued to read and do her homework with her head down.

Gu Zhan felt bored and hurried to the kitchen to make lunch.

After leaving Shanghe Village, Zhu Changzhi returned to the county town and met Tian Yun overnight.

"Secretary Tian, ​​the grain production in Xia County is indeed poor this year, but I found a special case."

"Oh?" Tian Yun was very interested in the special case that Gu Zhan mentioned, especially in the context of the large-scale reduction in grain production in the county.

"Secretary, the production brigade of Shanghe Village, Xiaohe Town Commune, used a new planting method this year, which they call intercropping soybeans and corn. The corn yield has increased by nearly one-third."

Then he drew a sketch on a piece of paper of the intercropping method of soybeans and corn in Shanghe Village and handed it to Tian Yun, and then explained the advantages he learned about in Shanghe Village this time.

Tian Yun listened carefully from beginning to end, and even felt a little unsatisfied at the end: "Is it really as amazing as you say?"

"Of course it is. It was Comrade Xiao Gu who proposed it."

"Just Gu Zhan?"

"Yes, Secretary."

Tian Yun was surprised inside, but he didn't show it on his face.

"Go down and organize a seminar in the next few days. Organize a meeting of agricultural technicians from our county to discuss whether this corn and soybean planting method can be cultivated throughout the county. You need to have a thorough discussion and then submit a report to me."

"Okay, Secretary."

After receiving the instructions, Zhu Changzhi hurriedly packed up and went back.

Just as I walked out of Tian Yun's office, I was stopped again.

"I've thought about that mechanized plow you mentioned yesterday and think it's feasible. Now, every commune in the county has a tractor, right?"

"Yes, Secretary."

"Well, if that's the case, then this matter is very valuable. You go down and make a budget first to see how much money is needed, and then we can discuss and solve it."

"Thank you, Secretary. Okay, I'll do it right away."

Han Yong naturally did not dare to neglect the matter that the director of the Agriculture Bureau had personally arranged.

Early in the morning, Han Yong called a meeting of the factory's technical backbones. At the meeting, they made guesses about the budget of each part of the mechanized plow. It was finally determined that if it was produced in batches, it would cost about 85 yuan.

In fact, this cost is still a bit high for mass-produced products. However, the county's agricultural machinery factory only has small equipment, and more parts need to be demolded and polished by hand. It cannot be compared with large factories outside, so the cost is still a bit high.

After calculating the unit price of the batch, Han Yong personally called Zhu Changzhi.

After receiving Han Yong's call, Zhu Changzhi happily asked, "How is it, Director Han?"

Han Yong smiled and said, "You are so anxious!"

“Our agricultural situation doesn’t wait for anyone!”

"Alas, these days, God has no eyes."

"Without further ado, how's the bill going?"

"I'm calling today about this matter. Early this morning, we held a meeting of all the factory's technical backbones, and we carefully calculated the cost. Each plow costs about 85 yuan, for a total of 9,000 yuan."

“Are the materials included?”

"Bag."

"Okay, could you please give me a detailed list, Director Han? I need to report to my boss."

"no problem."

Han Yong agreed very readily.

He did this not only to give face to Zhu Changzhi, the director of the Agricultural Bureau, but also for another reason, which was that the agricultural machinery factory was currently doing very poorly. There were too few agricultural machinery in the county, and there were only a few that they could repair, and even fewer that they could sell. The workers were frowning every day.

If the agricultural machinery factory accepts this batch of orders now, it will have room for maneuver.

In the county town, Zhu Changzhi was busy as hell, and Gu Zhan was also busy.

In the past few days, in addition to translating the documents sent by Sun Yuan, he also wrote a very detailed report on his ideas for the cattle farm.

In fact, he did not intend to show this report. It was just to remind himself not to forget the key points when he was busy. It was equivalent to a private memo.

Liu Xiaoxi has made rapid progress in his studies recently. He can apply what he has learned to other math problems in the first semester of high school, and he has also learned the other subjects almost as well.

So in the evening, Gu Zhan helped Liu Xiaoxi develop a study plan for the second semester.

Liu Xiaoxi looked at the densely packed plan written by Gu Zhan and grimaced in worry.

Just when Gu Zhan thought that the plowing would be delayed for a while, Gao Yuan came over at around ten o'clock in the morning on the third day and told him that the mechanized plowing was done.

Gu Zhan was surprised: "So fast?"

Gao Yuan smiled knowingly and said, "The county is very worried about our agricultural production, especially since we had a drought last year, and then this year we had a drought earlier in the year, and then there were heavy rains. Our food shortage is really huge. We have no choice, and the county is determined to make great efforts to improve our agricultural production."

"I see."

In addition to informing Gu Zhan that the mechanized plowing project was successful, Gao Yuan also expressed another meaning, that is, Zhu Changzhi planned to hold a feasibility seminar on intercropping of corn and soybeans, and hoped that Gu Zhan could participate.