Rebirth in the 1970s with Space

Chapter 37 Wang Ming Visits

The morning sun shines into the house through the branches of the jujube tree in front of the house. Zhang Qingzhu is sitting at the desk by the window, writing and drawing, and Zhang Qingsong is sitting opposite Zhang Qingzhu, reading a book. After more than half a month of hard work, Zhang Qingzhu's courtyard has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Originally, because no one had lived there for many years, the whole yard looked desolate and bleak. Although Zhang Xue and his team often came to maintain it, it was not as lively as a yard with people living there. The grass and trees grew very fast in the summer, and the vegetable gardens in the front and back yards were overgrown with weeds.

The courtyard is now, after the efforts of Zhang Qingzhu and Zhang Qingsong, the five main rooms and the three side rooms on the east and west sides have been repainted with clay on the exterior walls.

The interior walls have also been repasted with newspapers, and all the windows have been installed with glass. The glass was brought over from Shanghai by Zhang Cai.

The furnishings in the house were also rearranged. The main room in the middle of the five main rooms was used for entertaining guests, and there were two connecting rooms on the left and right. The east wing was arranged as a study and studio. The west wing was arranged as a herbal medicine processing and storage room.

The kitchen is behind the main room, with the storehouse on the left and the firewood room on the right. They share the same wall with the main room. There is a pressurized well behind the house, so the family does not need to go outside to fetch water.

In summer, you can wash clothes in the small pond in the front yard. The water in the small pond is drawn from the mountain stream, and the stream water is very clear. When you come back from outside, you can wash yourself in the pond.

The yard is paved with bluestone slabs except for the vegetable garden, making the yard look clean and tidy. Mosquito-repellent plants are planted in front of and behind the house and around the courtyard wall, including mint, lavender, insect repellent grass, tuberose and other plants.

These plants were mixed with similar plants that had mutated after the apocalypse, which greatly enhanced the mosquito and insect repellent effect. There were no mosquitoes in the whole yard, and there was no trouble like other people who had to repel mosquitoes before going to bed at night.

Some of these plants were seeds that Zhang Qingzhu brought out, and some were transplanted from the mountains. After more than ten days of growth, the mosquito repellent effect gradually emerged.

After seeing the effect, Zhang Qingsong planned to bring his brother with him the next time he and Zhang Qingzhu went into the mountains, and dig some more mosquito repellent grass from the mountains to plant in his yard.

In the two vegetable gardens, various seedlings are neatly planted in different areas, growing well and looking full of vitality.

The paths in the vegetable gardens are paved with pebbles, which look clean and tidy. Even if you go into the vegetable garden to pick vegetables on rainy days, your shoes will not get dirty.

The stone table and chairs under the jujube tree in the yard were cleaned and a new wooden frame was built on top. Several grape vines were planted next to the jujube tree. These grape vines were also found in the mountains. They are big and sweet. I think these grape vines will cover the built frame next year.

When Zhang Xue brought Wang Ming, the leader of the Chinese herbal medicine research team, to see Zhang Qingzhu, what they saw was a brand new courtyard.

They were impressed that girls are good at decorating courtyards. When Zhang Qingzhu came, the whole courtyard felt different.

After Wang Ming followed Zhang Xue to the courtyard, he saw Zhang Qingzhu reading in the study. Wang Ming and his team arrived at the county last night, and early this morning, trucks arranged by the higher authorities sent them to various brigades one by one.

As soon as Wang Ming arrived at Zhangjiapo Brigade, he took the prepared gifts and found the team leader Zhang Xue to lead the way to visit Zhang Qingzhu.

Wang Ming's master Li Hang was the person in charge of personnel for this herbal research team, and he happened to help Zhang Qingzhu with the procedures for joining the team.

Therefore, before Wang Ming set out, his master informed him of Zhang Qingzhu's identity and told him to be courteous and considerate and not to offend him. If he offended Zhang Qingzhu, he would be targeted in the future and Li Hang would have no way to deal with it.

After all, Zhang Qingzhu had a strong family background, was born into a good family, and had good talents. Wang Ming had seen many children from aristocratic families while following Li Hang, and they all had bad tempers. He hoped that Zhang Qingzhu would not embarrass him for the sake of his master.

If Zhang Qingzhu knew his thoughts, he would think that his perception of the children of aristocratic families was a bit biased.

Most of the children of aristocratic families with a strong foundation have good upbringing and good conduct. Maybe they have a sense of superiority from aristocratic families, but they will never show it on the surface.

Only the children of small families who were neither good nor bad would have such a high-minded style of behavior. I think Wang Ming had seen children from small families or from side branches of aristocratic families.

Of course, it cannot be said that there are no children of bad character in the direct line of aristocratic families. It can only be said that the children taught by aristocratic families are good at superficial work.

Zhang Qingzhu didn't realize someone was coming until she got to the window of Zhang Xue's study. Because she was at home, Zhang Qingzhu was very relaxed and didn't pay much attention to the sounds around her. But after what happened now, Zhang Qingzhu felt that she should set up a formation for her yard.

The yard of my house was at the end of the village, surrounded by mountains. It was fine during the day, but it would be bad if someone or an animal came in when I was sleeping at night. Zhang Qingzhu kept this in mind and began to entertain the guests at home.

After everyone introduced themselves to each other, Zhang Qingzhu led Zhang Xue and Wang Ming to the main hall. As soon as they sat down, Zhang Qingsong came in with a teapot to pour water.

Zhang Qingsong did these tasks very smoothly. After pouring the water, he went to the kitchen to get some grapes picked from the mountains for Zhang Xue and Wang Ming to eat.

Zhang Qingsong also did these jobs of serving tea and pouring water at home, and Zhang Xue didn't think much of it. But in Wang Ming's eyes, he thought Zhang Qingsong might be Zhang Qingzhu's clerk.

Wang Ming just noticed that Zhang Qingsong called the team leader Zhang Xueba, and Zhang Qingzhu called Zhang Xuewei his second uncle. He thought that Zhang Qingzhu might have some kind of relationship with the Zhang family, and Zhang Qingsong was a clerk newly recruited by Zhang Qingzhu after he arrived in the village for the sake of the team leader.

Otherwise, how could Zhang Qingsong do the job of serving tea and pouring water so naturally, and Zhang Xue would have no objection. If they were just relatives, how could Zhang Xue not have an objection to Zhang Qingzhu ordering Zhang Qingsong around?

Wang Ming felt that since Zhang Qingsong was Zhang Qingzhu's newly hired clerk, and his master was in charge of member registration, he could help Zhang Qingzhu complete Zhang Qingsong's entry procedures.

Thinking of this, Wang Ming said to Zhang Qingzhu, "Comrade Zhang Qingzhu, Brother Zhang Qingsong is your new clerk, right? He hasn't completed the entry formalities yet. Would you like me to take Comrade Zhang Qingsong to handle them? My master happens to be the leader of our Chinese herbal medicine research group in charge of personnel issues, so it will be faster if I take Comrade Zhang Qingsong with me."

Zhang Qingzhu was stunned for a moment after hearing Wang Ming's words, and then said to Wang Ming: "Then I'll trouble you, Comrade Wang Ming. I don't know who to find to help Brother Qingsong get hired."