The scene she had finally built was ruined by Gu Ning just once a year.
Gu Ning sneered. She was not polite to Ding Shuli at all, "Didn't you bring trouble to me first?"
She didn't even bother to call her.
"Comrade Ding, this is called self-inflicted trouble."
With these words, Ding Shuli's last dignity was thrown to the ground and she almost fainted on the spot.
Still, Liu Shuzhen came from the backyard and broke the silence, "Ning Ning, you are back."
Liu Shuzhen's hands were full of mud and she was holding a few seedlings.
She appeared a little unexpectedly.
Seeing Liu Shuzhen, Gu Ning's face looked a little better, "Mom, what are you doing?"
She went up to greet her, and Zhou Zhiyuan followed suit and said hello.
Liu Shuzhen was covered in mud and she was a little embarrassed.
"The old man planted a vegetable garden in the backyard. Isn't this my special skill? So I helped plant some cucumbers, tomatoes, and your favorite chicken greens."
This is considered relatively late for farming.
I don't know if it can be done.
"Oh, even if you enter the An family, you still can't change your mud-legged habits!"
Ding Shuli was frustrated by Gu Ning and wanted to get it back with Liu Shuzhen.
He purposely stabbed Liu Shuzhen with a soft knife.
Sure enough, she said this.
Liu Shuzhen looked a little hesitant. She didn't feel embarrassed that she was being scolded for having weak legs.
Instead, I felt that I had unintentionally embarrassed Ning Ning and Jianshe again.
Originally, when they were playing mahjong or poker and asked her to come over, she wouldn't do it.
Then she went to the backyard to help the old man, but unexpectedly, she gave him another chance to criticize her.
Gu Ning didn't need to look at her mother to know what the other person was thinking. She shook her head at Liu Shuzhen, "These are my favorite foods."
Then, she turned to look at Ding Shuli without giving in.
"Since you dislike Mud Legs, you'd better not eat or eat vegetables. The grains you eat are grown by Mud Legs, and the vegetables you eat are poured out by Mud Legs with their excrement."
"Gu Ning, are you vicious or not?"
Even shit was spoken out.
Gu Ning didn't care at all, she aimed her guns at Ding Shuli.
"Comrade Ding, since you claim to be a city person, then please be a city person through and through and don't get caught up in anything like the dirt of the countryside."
Ding Shuli couldn't accept these words. She just wanted to hit Liu Shuzhen.
Being attacked like this by Gu Ning made her feel extremely miserable.
However, her son An Mingzhi and daughter An Jiao saw it and no one spoke for her.
"Are you all deaf? Are you allowing your mother to be bullied like this by Gu Ning and the others? Didn't you see that Gu Ning knew how to protect her mother?"
Ding Shuli was furious and lost her temper at her children.
An Jiao and An Mingzhi looked at each other, and An Mingzhi said helplessly, "Mom, you were obviously the one who started it."
Isn't it offensive to the public to look down on the dirt-legged farmers in the countryside?
An Jiao also said, "Mom, my grandma is also farming in the countryside!"
The Ding family is not a wealthy family. In the early years, they made a living by farming.
At this time, Ding Shuli was so angry that she almost fainted, "I asked you to help me, not to tear me down."
An Mingzhi and An Jiao ignored her.
On the contrary, the eyes looking at Gu Ning were a little complicated. At this point, they actually admired Gu Ning.
They had not liked the Second Grandma since they were young, but they did not dare to attack the Second Grandma. Today, Gu Ning made the Second Grandma so angry that she lost her temper.
This also made An Jiao's sense of Gu Ning slightly better.
In other words, after she woke up, she realized how stupid her mother was in what she did.
Of course, it's not that she likes Gu Ning, it's just that the water in the well does not conflict with the river.
An Jiao and An Mingzhi took Ding Shuli to play mahjong at the next table.
Gu Ning was not interested in this. She took the seedling from Liu Shuzhen's hand and asked, "Mom, what kind of seedling is this?"
"This is a cucumber seedling that has just grown a few days ago. It is still too small to be seen."
As long as her daughter doesn't feel embarrassed about her, Liu Shuzhen feels particularly confident.
"If you want to see it, go to the backyard. Your dad and Yangyang Xiangfang are planting vegetables with the old man."
Gu Ning hummed.
I heard Zhou Zhiyuan greeting Liu Shuzhen, "Aunt Liu, I have something else to do, so I'll take the first step."
He sent Gu Ning back and the mission was completed.
Liu Shuzhen suddenly remembered, "By the way, the old man said that if Comrade Zhou Zhiyuan comes over, he will ask you to find him. He seems to want to tell you something."
Zhou Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that Mr. An would have anything to say to him.
Gu Ning was surprised, "Grandpa, what do you want him to do?"
Liu Shuzhen shook her head, "We'll find out when we get there." She held the seedlings and said, "You guys go over there first. I'll take these seedlings to the kitchen and clean them up. These roots are broken, so I don't know if they can survive."
Gu Ning nodded.
Zhou Zhiyuan next to him looked a little surprised, "She didn't even ask you. She has been out for so long and hasn't even passed a year. What have you been doing?"
Gu Ning led the way. Hearing this, he looked back at him and said, "My parents have complete trust in me."
It's not that you don't care, it's that you trust.
As long as Gu Ning comes back well, everything else is not that important.
Zhou Zhiyuan was thoughtful, maybe.
Only this kind of family can raise such a unique Gu Ning!
Anjia's small foreign-style building is very large, with three floors when viewed from the front.
What is truly unique is the back. There is a large yard at the back, which was originally planted with flowers and plants.
After winter, it slowly withered.
The surrounding land then fell into waste.
But now, the original flowerbed has turned into a small square vegetable patch shaped like a grid, with small seedlings growing one by one, quivering in the wind.
Gu Ning felt a little embarrassed when he saw it. Maybe this was the innate talent of Chinese people for farming.
Gu Ningfu appeared in the back garden.
Yangyang saw it with sharp eyes and rushed over like a cannonball, "Sister!"
The sound is extremely loud.
Gu Ning stretched out his arms and took Yangyang into his arms accurately, "What are you planting?"
As soon as this question was asked, Yangyang was asked in his heart. He immediately pointed to the piece near the corner, "I planted this piece."
"It's a tomato, sister. It's your favorite tomato. When it grows up, I will pick it for you to eat."
Gu Ning followed Yang Yang's pointed gaze and looked over. Sure enough, the tomato seedlings were trembling and standing in the wind, looking quite decent.
Gu Ning praised, "It's really good. I'll eat two more when the time comes!"
I have to say that Gu Ning is really good at talking to Yangyang. With two words, Yangyang instantly beamed with joy.
Mr. An looked at this scene and couldn't help but laugh. Then he looked at Gu Ning and said, "Back?"
Just like the old man at home, a very common sentence made Gu Ning feel more friendly.
Gu Ning nodded, "Back!"
Mr. An handed the small hoe to Gu Jianshe. Then, his eyes fell on Zhou Zhiyuan and he said in a deep voice, "Comrade Zhou, come to the study with me."
As soon as Mr. An finished speaking.
The entire empty small garden suddenly became quiet.
Gu Ning was a little puzzled. She couldn't help but said, "Grandpa, Zhou Zhiyuan needs to go home in a hurry."
Sending her back to An's home was already an exception.
Mr. An patted the dirty dirt in his hands, shook his trouser legs, and looked at her, "The conversation will take less than ten minutes, so it will be quick."
There was a bit of understanding and joking in that smile.
Now, Gu Ning couldn't persuade him any more.
He could only give Zhou Zhiyuan a helpless look.
Zhou Zhiyuan stood on the steps and said, "That's the problem."
He couldn't explain his mentality. He always felt that he should treat Ningning's family with caution.
The words fell.
An Lao then walked in front and led the way, Zhou Zhiyuan followed behind and disappeared on the steps.
Gu Ning watched the two people's backs and sighed, "Grandpa, what are you looking for Zhou Zhiyuan for?"
I'm afraid he still doesn't know that she and Zhou Zhiyuan formed a partnership and scared the second mistress and her family away!
"Ning Ning, are you worried about Comrade Zhou?"
Gu Jianshe threw the small hoe and walked towards Gu Ning.
He was a good farmer, but later he started working and joined the transportation team, but he never left farming behind.
When he was at Gu's house, he was still busy morning and night, even during the autumn harvest.
The vegetable plot he planted is very beautiful.
Gu Ning took a look and hummed, "I wonder what grandpa wants from Zhou Zhiyuan."
She couldn't help but tell her what happened in the living room before.
Sure enough, Gu Jianshe's expression immediately became a little angry, "They are simply bullying people too much."
Originally, they were waiting for Gu Ning outside, but from morning until around three o'clock in the afternoon, no one showed up.
Instead, he was in the living room with Shuzhen and the children, and he was out of tune with everyone, and was being annoyed by strange things.
I simply went to the back garden to plant some land.
But I didn't expect that when my daughter came back, she would also be made things difficult for her.
Gu Ning was not only not angry, but also comforted Gu Jianshe, "I didn't suffer at all. On the contrary, I made the second mistress roll her eyes in anger. Even the uncle and the others left with her. The second wife has left completely."
She is considered an An family member, so handling this is her own family matter.
I just don’t know if Zhou Zhiyuan, who helped her, will be criticized by Mr. An.
Gu Jianshe had the opposite idea, "I don't think your grandfather is this kind of person. He would not accuse Zhou Zhiyuan, but would be like -"
He couldn't tell, but felt that the old man was playing a big game of chess.
He purposely planted land in the back garden and called them over just to make room for Gu Ning and her.
However, he couldn't say this for fear of making Ning Ning sad.
"Zhou Zhiyuan helped you after all. The old man doesn't look at the monk's face to look at the Buddha's face. He wouldn't be so confused."
Gu Ning hummed and didn't think much about it. Instead, he devoted himself to the great cause of farming.
When I was in the Gu family, I was often busy with these things, and then I moved to the city.
The yard they lived in was not suitable for farming, so they stopped for a long time, and now looking at the vegetable garden, they felt a little jealous.
study.
Mr. An greeted Zhou Zhiyuan, "Sit down!"
Zhou Zhiyuan nodded. Even when he sat down, his back was straight and his eyes were straight:
"What do you want to see me for?"
Mr. An smiled and poured a cup of tea. It was the finest Tieguanyin. The mist filled the room, and the tea immediately filled the entire room.
"What happened in the living room earlier, I want to thank you for Ning Ning."
Zhou Zhiyuan's eyes moved away from the tea cup, and his eyes suddenly became sharp.
"You all know what's going on outside? Do you know that Ning Ning will be besieged by the Second Mistress, your daughter-in-law Ding Shuli and the others as soon as she comes back?"
Since you knew it, why did you let Ning Ning suffer this injustice?
An Lao sighed. He did not answer directly, but asked, "Comrade Zhou, how many years do you think I can live?"
He is already over sixty, and everyone is about to reach seventy.
People say that seventy-three is a hurdle, and he doesn't know if he can get through it.
Zhou Zhiyuan was startled, he was not a fool, on the contrary, he was very smart.
"Are you training, or training Ning Ning?"
Mr. An didn't expect that he could react so quickly. He just said one sentence and the other party could draw inferences.
He appreciated them more and more, "Yes, I should have dealt with my second sister and the others long ago, but I just kept them to practice with Ning Ning."
Zhou Zhiyuan disagreed, "Ning Ning has her father and brother above her, and her younger brother below her. It's not her turn to take the lead."
He himself is the person who plays the leading role and knows how hard it is for such people.
He didn't want Gu Ning to walk the same path he had walked.
Those are the hopes and expectations of the whole family, which is really too stressful.
Elder An knew this, and he sighed, "The people who are now rising up in the An family are basically in the military, municipal administration, education, and industry and commerce."
He changed the subject, "Do you think I can lift Gu Jianshe?"
Send him to these units?
How can such an easy thing be done? Gu Jianshe has already finalized it.
His age, his education, and his knowledge mean that it is simply impossible for him to go further into these units.
There are only two paths for his future.
Either he works solidly in the transportation team, or he goes into business on his own. When he gets bigger, his path may be completely broadened.
His path is definitely not to enter an official career or join the army.
Zhou Zhiyuan, who was in the middle of the game, understood this truth better, "So, you chose Ning Ning?"
"Do I have any other candidates? No, Comrade Zhou, if we hadn't returned to Anjia through construction, our Anzhiguo branch would have been defeated!"
"I know you want to say that it's not Gu Xiangfang, but Gu Xiangfang is not of my An family's bloodline after all.
As for Yangyang, I am very optimistic about him and have the confidence to train him, but he has only turned eleven this year, and it will be at least ten years before he can get up.
Let me ask you, if you call me Zhiyuan, do you think I can still guarantee that I will live for ten years?"
He couldn't guarantee it himself.
The older a person is, the more he prepares in advance for the fate of life span.
Zhou Zhiyuan said nothing.
Mr. An smiled and said, "You are the Zhou family, Mr. Zhou has you, and his ancestral graves are covered in smoke."
Not every big family can have an outstanding heir.
Regardless of age, ability, or timing, these three are all indispensable and necessary conditions.
But it happened that Mr. Zhou had gathered these three points.
All we can say is that this is Mr. Zhou and the Zhou family’s luck.
"You don't have to be so humble."
Zhou Zhiyuan thought for a while and then persuaded him.
"It's not to be disrespectful, but to recognize clearly that if Gu Ning is gone, there is a possibility that our An family will be wiped out." Mr. An sighed.