NCCnovel Chapter 187 Restlessness
Chapter 187 Restlessness
Gu Zhan hurried out to meet Guo Kai.
Guo Kai saw Gu Zhanran coming out and quickly got off his bike. He grinned and said loudly, "I got you a quilt. It's very cold in the room right now, and one quilt is definitely not enough for the two of you. You have an exam soon, so you can't catch a cold."
When Gu Zhan saw Gu Kai get off the bicycle, he hurried over to help hold the bicycle.
Guo Kai first took off the thermos and the black bag, brought them into the room, and finally came out and carried the quilt back in.
Gu Zhan followed behind and walked in.
"This is honeycomb briquettes. I have plenty at home, so I brought some for you. They're hard to buy these days."
Guo Kai pointed at the black bag and said.
Gu Zhan was surprised at Guo Kai's thoughtfulness and hurriedly thanked him, "Thank you for your trouble. We were just discussing going out to buy honeycomb coal, and you brought it here. Thank you so much."
"Thank you for what? Comrade Gu Zhan, you don't have to be polite to me, really."
"By the way, can you see if you're missing anything? I'll go home and get it. Don't buy anything, the county town is full of candidates taking exams these days. Everything is in short supply and it's hard to buy anything easily."
"There's basically nothing missing." Gu Zhan said.
"That's great. If you're missing something, just tell me and I'll go home and get it."
"Okay! Thank you so much!"
Guo Kai was in a hurry to get to work, so he put down his things and hurried away on his bicycle.
Because he often went to the Agricultural Bureau to find Zhu Changzhi, most of the employees of the Agricultural Bureau knew Gu Zhan. At this moment, someone noticed that Gu Zhan had moved in and hurried over to say hello.
"Hey, Comrade Xiao Gu, why do you come to live here?"
Gu Zhan knew that most of them were just curious. After all, this was a house allocated to employees. The fact that he, an employee who was not from the same unit, suddenly moved in was enough to arouse people's curiosity.
"Oh, my wife and I came here to take the college entrance examination. The rooms in the county guesthouse were all full. We happened to meet Guo Kai. He's a nice guy, so he let us stay for a few days."
When they heard that it was a temporary stay for the college entrance examination, everyone lost their curiosity for a while.
Nowadays, the county town is full of students who are about to take exams. Even the homes of these employees have relatives who come to stay with them for the exams.
Gao Yuan also lives here. He was planning to go out to work, but as soon as he opened the door, he saw Gu Zhan and his wife.
"Gu Zhan!" He hurried over and shook hands with Gu Zhan and said hello.
"Hello, Director Gao!" Gu Zhan said calmly.
Seeing Gao Yuan's enthusiasm towards Gu Zhan, everyone gave up their curiosity and returned to their own rooms.
Gao Yuan is Zhu Changzhi's secretary. It would be bad if he heard any gossip and passed it on to Director Zhu.
"Are you here?"
"My wife and I will take the college entrance examination together!"
"Taking the college entrance exam? I knew you were good. The notice was tight, how are you studying?"
"It's okay!" Gu Zhan said modestly.
"That's great! I wish you and your wife success in the imperial examinations!"
Gao Yuan did not delve into it. He knew that what Gu Zhan said could be a humble statement. With this kid's ability, it would probably be easy for him to get into a good university.
After noon working hours, the yard became quiet. Liu Xiaoxi opened the windows and doors of the house for ventilation, while Gu Zhan lit the honeycomb coal stove.
Watching Gu Zhan skillfully light the stove, Liu Xiaoxi asked curiously, "You can do this too? You know a lot!"
After hearing this, Gu Zhan felt a strange sense of pride in his heart: "Well, you can learn it if you try."
Liu Xiaoxi had difficulty making a fire, and since no one wanted to help him, he simply squatted aside and watched Gu Zhan make a fire.
Gu Zhan skillfully lit the fire, added firewood, put in the honeycomb coal, and turned the direction until the honeycomb coal started to burn.
The movements flowed smoothly, as if he had done them hundreds of times.
After the fire was fully lit, Gu Zhan carried the stove into the house, closed the door, and left only a small opening in the window for ventilation, while the rest were tightly sealed.
There were people living in the houses on both sides, and the stoves were lit. Before long, the houses became slightly warm.
Liu Xiaoxi finally dared to take off the scarf she had been wearing.
"Oh, I finally feel relieved. Today I thought we were going to live on the street." Liu Xiaoxi said jokingly with a chuckle.
Gu Zhan was in a good mood at the moment, and said with a smile: "Even if I sleep on the street, I can't let my wife sleep on the street, right? At most, I can let my wife sleep on the street in my arms."
Liu Xiaoxi stretched out her white and tender hand and slapped Gu Zhan on the shoulder.
In the evening, in the afternoon, Gao Yuan came to invite Gu Zhan and his wife to his home for dinner, but Gu Zhan refused.
But Gao Yuan brought up Zhu Changzhi: "Director Zhu told me this afternoon to take good care of you in the next few days." He had a tough attitude, as if he would not give up until Gu Zhan and his wife left.
Unable to refuse, Gu Zhan and his wife had no choice but to go to Gao Yuan's home to have their first meal since arriving in the county town.
In the evening, the room was already warm. Gu Zhan and Liu Xiaoxi came out of Gao Yuan's house and went back to continue reading.
The two of them stayed quietly in the room. There was no sound from the child, and they felt a little nervous for a moment.
Liu Xiaoxi felt even more uncomfortable. She looked up at Gu Zhan and found that his eyes were fixed on one place and he didn't seem to be reading a book.
"What are you thinking about?" Liu Xiaoxi suddenly spoke.
Gu Zhan was startled by the sudden voice. He came to his senses and looked at Liu Xiaoxi. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I was wondering what Xinxin is doing right now."
Gu Zhan didn't dare say that what he was thinking about was whether his daughter was crying because she was not taking care of her parents for the first time. He was afraid that if he mentioned it, Liu Xiaoxi would be disturbed and read again.
"I was thinking about Xinxin too. You said she's always been clingy. Did she cry when we weren't home today?"
The topic came to this point, and the two of them were silent in tacit understanding. After a long while, Gu Zhan sighed and said, "Let's read!"
As Gu Zhan and Liu Xiaoxi went to the county town ahead of time, the candidates from Shanghe Village began to get restless.
Most of the candidates have no relatives in the county town to stay with, and they can't help but worry when they hear that the guesthouses in the county town are overcrowded.
The educated youth were not very well off financially at the moment and had originally planned to go to the county town and stay in a guesthouse a day in advance. However, after hearing that there were no rooms left in the guesthouse two days in advance, they couldn't help but start to worry.
At that time, means of transportation were really scarce. Even bicycles, apart from Zhao Baogen, there was no other one in the village.
"What should we do? We can't really walk there, right? We are so far away from the county town." The educated youths were worried and frowned as they tried to find a solution.
Just when they were at a loss, other candidates from the village came over together.
After a group of people discussed it, it seemed that the only way to go was to walk.
Finally, a smart candidate from the village suggested, "If it doesn't work, let's talk to the team leader. Team leader Zhao is a man of justice, and he should be able to find a way to help us."
As soon as these words were spoken, the educated youth were instantly reminded that the village did have means of transportation that could transport many people, and it just depended on whether they could agree.