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

Chapter 250: First Drink

The date for returning to Ontario was set, just one week later.

Before leaving, Gu Zhan invited his roommates to have dinner together.

The job assignment results had been out for a while, and everyone was quite satisfied with their assignment results. After all, it was one of the best agricultural schools in the country. However, they did not understand Gu Zhan's choice at all. After all, they had all learned privately that the college intended to keep Gu Zhan for development.

However, they never expected that Gu Zhan would actually refuse.

How could Gu Zhan refuse?

This semester, most of the courses arranged by the school are practical, and since Gu Zhan does not live in the dormitory, his roommates have not had a good chat with him for a long time.

Taking advantage of this opportunity today, and with everyone having a few drinks, it's not difficult to talk about some things.

Hu Youfu and Gu Zhan got along best, and he admired Gu Zhan's abilities the most. Therefore, he was most worried about Gu Zhan: "Gu Zhan, my Tingshu Academy originally planned to keep you at the school, so why are you being assigned back to Ontario now?"

Gu Zhan leaned back in his chair comfortably, his expression a look of relaxation that no one had seen in a long time. "I was the one who rejected the school's invitation. I'm sorry to disappoint everyone."

When Zhao Guoning heard Gu Zhan's words, the wine glass in his hand dropped onto the plate in front of him with a crisp sound. He stared at Gu Zhan with his big eyes in disbelief: "Why did you refuse the school's invitation to return to Ontario? Ontario is such a poor place. Gu Zhan, I'm not saying anything bad about you, you're just stupid."

Zhao Guoning sighed, as if he was very disappointed with Gu Zhan. They wanted to stay but couldn't, and they didn't expect Gu Zhan to refuse.

Gu Zhan was not anxious. He chuckled and explained to everyone again, "It's because I'm poor that I want to go back. Only when people like us go back can the current situation of our hometown change. If every one of us wants to escape from our homeland, then the land that raised us will never be prosperous."

Gu Zhan's words made several people blush. Gu Zhan also realized that his words were a bit harsh, so he quickly changed his tone and said, "In fact, we will all be engaged in agricultural-related work in the future. As long as we care about the countryside, I think our countryside will develop one day."

"Yes, that's it."

Hu Youfu also came from a rural background and knew the hardships of rural life. He was also very passionate and always wanted to do something for his fellow villagers in his hometown. Now Gu Zhan's words were an epiphany for him.

After drinking a few glasses of wine, Gu Zhan felt a little dizzy when he left the dinner table. Fortunately, the dinner place was not far from the alley. When Gu Zhan walked back home slowly, he saw Liu Xiaoxi standing at the door waiting for him anxiously.

Seeing Gu Zhan appear at the corner, Liu Xiaoxi hurried over to support him. Smelling the odor of alcohol, she asked softly, "Have you been drinking?"

Gu Zhan smiled sullenly and said, "Oh, wife, don't be angry, I only drank two cups."

Liu Xiaoxi paused for a moment while supporting the person. She wasn't angry yet, but Gu Zhan's words made her laugh and cry.

Liu Xiaoxi didn't say anything and continued to help the man walk home, but the drunk man refused to leave: "Wife, don't be angry, you must promise not to be angry, I really only had two drinks."

"Drunk, go home quickly. Look at you, do you look like you've had two drinks?"

Liu Xiaoxi had indeed wronged Gu Zhan. This was the first time in Gu Zhan's life that he had drunk alcohol, so naturally his alcohol tolerance was not very good. In addition, he walked all the way back from the restaurant to the alley and was blown by the evening breeze, so he was even more drunk now.

Hearing Liu Xiaoxi's words, Gu Zhan finally started to move his feet.

After helping the man back home, Liu Xiaoxi was exhausted and sweating profusely.

Gu Zhan woke up early the next morning. He rubbed his head and asked in confusion, "Why is it already half past ten?"

Liu Xiaoxi glared at Gu Zhan angrily: "I don't know who got drunk yesterday and blamed others for not being able to get up."

A blush appeared on Gu Zhan's fair cheeks. He stroked his forehead with his right hand and said embarrassedly, "Wife, I was wrong. Yesterday was my first time drinking. I can't hold my liquor well. I made a fool of myself by letting you see me."

"Forget it, I'm broad-minded and I won't laugh at you." Liu Xiaoxi said with his arms folded across his chest, standing not far away.

After lunch, the couple bought some fruits outside and planned to go to Li Chuanzhong’s house in the evening to say goodbye to the two old people.

But before they even left the house, Li Chuanzhong and Liu Xuehua came in together.

"Uncle Li, Aunt Liu."

Liu Xiaoxi greeted them and quickly welcomed the two elders into the house. Gu Zhan also hurried out and helped Li Chuanzhong in.

In the past few years, they have received a lot of help from the old couple Li Chuanzhong in Beijing. With more interactions, the relationship between the two families has become much closer.

As soon as Li Chuanzhong saw Gu Zhan, he said, "You're planning to go back without telling me, and you're planning to leave secretly?"

Gu Zhan smiled and said, "Look at what you said, Uncle Li. How could I steal it? The school still has some finishing work for experiments these days, and it was only finished yesterday afternoon." What Gu Zhan said was not false, but to Li Chuanzhong, it didn't sound like that.

Liu Xiaoxi said at the right moment: "Uncle Li, Aunt Liu, look, we bought some things and were planning to go over later, but who knew you two would run ahead of us."

Li Chuanzhong followed Liu Xiaoxi's gaze and saw a fruit basket on the table. The anger in his heart dissipated a lot. If this kid really dared to leave without saying goodbye, he would chase him to Shanghe Village and scold him.

Liu Xiaoxi and Liu Xuehua prepared dinner together. While cooking, Liu Xuehua asked Liu Xiaoxi, "Child, Beijing is so convenient for everything. Why don't you stay here?"

Liu Xiaoxi thought for a moment and said, "Aunt Liu, for Gu Zhan and me, no matter how good Beijing is, it's still a foreign land. We both want to go back and do something for our hometown."

Liu Xuehua had always thought that Liu Xiaoxi was a soft-tempered girl, most likely just following whatever Gu Zhan said. But now, hearing what she said, it seemed like this was a joint decision between the two of them.

As long as no one was sacrificed, Liu Xuehua would be relieved.

Liu Xuehua has no daughter, and during the years that Liu Xiaoxi has been in Beijing, he has always kept her in his heart.

"Don't worry, Aunt Liu. We've both been assigned to the provincial capital of Ontario. The conditions are very good."

Hearing that it was the provincial capital, Liu Xuehua didn't ask any more questions and felt relieved.