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

Chapter 199 Farewell

Liu Xiaoxi got on the bus in front holding the child, Gu Zhan got on the bus in the back carrying the luggage, and the three of them squeezed onto the bus.

Sitting in the seat, Liu Xiaoxi opened the car window, stuck his head out and shouted, "Mom, Dad, Brother, please go back early."

"Hey, okay, take care of the kids."

"I know, Mom. Don't worry."

As the car started, the figures of his relatives gradually disappeared from his sight. Liu Xiaoxi withdrew his gaze with a sense of loss and closed the car window.

Seeing that his wife was in a bad mood, Gu Zhan took his daughter into his arms and said cheerfully, "Dear baby, come to daddy's arms. Mommy is crying. Let's not disturb her."

Hearing Gu Zhan's obvious ridicule, Liu Xiaoxi said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "What nonsense are you talking to the child about?"

Gu Zhan smiled brightly: "I just want to make you happy."

"I..." Thinking of the look in his parents' eyes just now, Liu Xiaoxi suddenly felt his eyes sore again.

"I didn't lie before. We will come back during the winter and summer vacations."

After several twists and turns, the group finally arrived in the city.

After settling several people in the guesthouse, Gu Zhan went to the Municipal Agriculture Bureau to find Li Yuquan to get train tickets.

Originally, Gu Zhan wanted to buy the train ticket to the city by himself, but considering that there were many handover matters that needed to be arranged at the cattle farm, he really couldn't spare the time, so he called Li Yuquan and asked him to help buy it.

Although many people bought tickets during this period, Gu Zhan prepared early and was able to easily buy tickets for the 17th day of the first lunar month.

After waiting for Gu Zhan for the whole day, Li Yuquan did not leave the office early as usual after work. Instead, he sat in the office waiting for Gu Zhan to come and get the ticket.

Who knew that when it was almost dark, there was still no sign of Gu Zhan.

"Could something have delayed us?" Li Yuquan muttered to himself.

The traffic conditions are not good at this time. It would be bad if we were delayed and missed the train.

Train tickets are very tight these days, and it will be extremely difficult to buy one if you miss it.

Li Yuquan was a little anxious. He stood up and walked to the window to look into the yard.

In the dim light, the yard was empty.

"This kid doesn't even worry about such an important matter."

Just as I was thinking about it, a thin and tall figure walked in from the yard.

Li Yuquan shouted happily through the glass, "Is that Xiao Gu?"

"It's me, Director Li."

Gu Zhan's brisk voice cut through the night sky.

Gu Zhan guessed that Li Yuquan must be getting impatient, so he hurried up the stairs and shook hands with Li Yuquan. "Sorry, I'm a little late."

"Kid, I thought you were delayed today by something." As he said that, he took out three train tickets.

Gu Zhan took the train ticket and said, "There was a problem on the way from the county to the city, which delayed us."

"That's what I said."

"By the way, your cattle farm is getting so big right now. If you leave now, there's no one watching over it. Is that okay?"

As the deputy director in charge of animal husbandry, Li Yuquan is also very concerned about the affairs of the Shanghe Village cattle farm.

I was planning to go to Shanghe Village some time ago, but I was too busy to find the time. When I was free again, I received a call from Gu Zhan asking him to help buy tickets.

Gu Zhan raised the corner of his lips slightly and said confidently, "You don't have to worry about that at all. It doesn't really make much difference whether the cattle farm has me or not."

"How...do you say that?" Li Yuquan was skeptical. This cattle farm was founded by Gu Zhan with all his hard work. Now that he is gone, can it be the same?

"Shanghe Village Cattle Farm has been pursuing large-scale farming since its inception. It has a mature operating system and will not be significantly affected by the departure of one person."

"But without you here, I always feel like something is lacking in terms of emergency response."

"Director, have you forgotten? The experts from the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences still have an experimental base in Shanghe Village. Given the pace of their experiments, they probably won't be able to return for a few years. With their help, these aren't problems at all."

Hearing Gu Zhan's words, Li Yuquan suddenly had an epiphany. He patted Gu Zhan on the back and laughed heartily, "Boy, I'm afraid you haven't had this idea from the beginning."

Gu Zhan smiled and said nothing.

"By the way, Xiao Gu, you came here so late, you haven't eaten yet, right?"

Gu Zhan smiled bitterly and said, "As you can see, today has been a chaotic day. I really haven't had time to eat yet."

Li Yuquan said cheerfully, "Come on, I'll treat you to a meal today as a farewell to our college students."

Gu Zhan was also a little conflicted. Logically speaking, since Li Yuquan had done him such a big favor by helping to buy the train tickets, he should treat him to a meal.

But now Liu Xuehua, his wife and daughter are all in the guesthouse and have not eaten, so they are a little embarrassed for a while.

Seeing Gu Zhan's hesitation, Li Yuquan asked, "Xiao Gu, is there any difficulty?"

Gu Zhan smiled sheepishly and said, "It's not a big deal. It's just that my wife and an elder who was traveling with us are in the guesthouse right now."

Li Yuquan naturally understood what Gu Zhan meant, and he hurriedly said, "Okay, there's food in the guesthouse, let's go eat there."

"Okay." Gu Zhan said briskly.

After walking for about twenty minutes, we finally arrived at the guesthouse.

After ordering the dishes, Gu Zhan went upstairs and called Liu Xiaoxi and Liu Xuehua to come down for dinner.

Seeing the child in Liu Xiaoxi's arms, Li Yuquan smiled and said, "This is your daughter, right?"

"That's right." Gu Zhan smiled and walked over to hold the child.

Li Yuquan sighed, "In the blink of an eye, more than a year has passed. Back then, you were incredibly thin, and your clothes were tattered. If it weren't for your elegant demeanor, people would have thought you were a refugee."

Gu Zhan smiled and poured water for Li Yuquan and handed it to him: "Thank you for your appreciation back then. If it weren't for you, I might still be wearing that dress now."

Hearing this, Li Yuquan was also very pleased: "It's because of your outstanding ability. To be honest, there are only a few people in the whole province who can translate those books, but you can do it."

After a pause, Li Yuquan said, "I saw it at the time. You are definitely not an ordinary person. See, my judgment was correct."

Gu Zhan felt somewhat unworthy of Li Yuquan's praise. If it weren't for the memories of his previous life, he would never have been able to get into a university in the capital with his abilities at the same time as in his previous life.

But he couldn't say that, so Gu Zhan could only say, "You're too kind."

Li Yuquan thought Gu Zhan was being modest, and even everyone at the table except Gu Zhan thought he was being modest, but only Gu Zhan himself knew that he was telling the truth.

Finally, at Gu Zhan's insistence, he paid for the meal. Li Yuquan did not insist and was happy to accept the favor. After all, people should give and take.

Gu Zhan's family and Liu Xuehua got up and packed their things before dawn. Little Gu Xinxin was still asleep. Gu Zhan was afraid that she would catch a cold if he took her out like this, so he woke his daughter up, held her and played with her for a while before wrapping her in a small quilt and taking her out.

The train station was not very close, being on the edge of the city, and it took them almost an hour to get there.