Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he felt his wife's complexion getting better and better as the spiritual spring water slowly absorbed her.

He didn't expect that his wife would change like this after just one month away from home. This made him feel regretful. It seemed that he had to try his best to avoid such a situation in the future.

As he thought about it, he closed his eyes, and as sleepiness came over him, he slowly fell asleep.

The next day, after Zhou Tian got up, he went to the kitchen first. Sure enough, he saw that the spiritual spring water in the kitchen had turned into tap water at some point. Only then did he understand why his wife's mental state was so bad.

Sighing, he used the space to instantly drain the water from the water tank and sprinkled it into the fields in the space. Then he filled the water tank with the spiritual spring water. He then looked at the other things in the kitchen again and found that at some point, even the meat and vegetables were no longer produced in the space, but had long been bought from outside.

No wonder my daughter-in-law’s health has deteriorated. It’s obvious that the quality of life at home has declined at some point.

After taking a quick look at the kitchen, he immediately replaced all the vegetables, meat and grains in the kitchen, then started to light the fire, heat the pot and cook breakfast.

After a busy period, it was already seven o'clock when the family finished breakfast.

After seeing the two children off to school, Zhou Tian said hello to his grandparents, wife and mother-in-law, then rode his bike towards the research institute.

I had just arrived at the office and hadn't even sat down when I heard the phone ringing.

"Hello, hello, this is the Bayi Red Star Research Institute!"

Zhou Tian picked up the phone and spoke familiarly at the first moment.

"Hello? Is this Dean Zhou? I'm Ouyang Minghua!"

Hearing the familiar voice coming from the other end of the phone, Zhou Tian immediately said enthusiastically: "It turned out to be District Chief Ouyang. I wonder if the District Chief wants to talk to me about something?"

"Well, President Zhou, it's like this. The road from Sijiucheng to the Wanping factory has been built, and the surrounding supporting facilities are now almost completed. I would like to ask President Zhou if he has time to attend the completion ceremony of the project!"

"Completion ceremony?"

Zhou Tian was stunned for a moment by Ouyang Minghua's words, but he quickly reacted and agreed. The two chatted for a few more sentences before ending the call.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Tian became interested in the completion ceremony that Ouyang Minghua mentioned. He called Liu Yuan over and asked, "Xiao Liu, do you know about the completion ceremony?"

"Of course I know, Dean. It's just a celebration that we usually invite some people to attend after the project is completed!"

Although Liu Yuan didn't know why the dean asked these questions, he still answered truthfully.

"Then why didn't our institute hold a completion ceremony?"

After hearing Liu Yuan's answer, Zhou Tian was suddenly a little confused. If this is what the completion ceremony means, then why hasn't their research institute ever held one?

"Dean, didn't you agree to hold this event in the first place?"

Liu Yuan looked at Zhou Tian in confusion. He didn't understand why the dean asked this, but he clearly remembered that this was what the dean said himself.

"What? I don't agree to do it?"

Zhou Tian was suddenly confused by Liu Yuan's words. When did he not need to hold a completion ceremony? He seemed to remember that he didn't say that.

"Dean, you forgot that when the oxygen top-blown converter was completed, I asked you if we needed to hold a completion ceremony. You thought it was too much trouble, so you refused and told me that such ceremonies should be held less frequently in the future. So I thought you didn't like holding completion ceremonies, so the institute's projects never held one in the future!"

Seeing the dean's puzzled look, Liu Yuan couldn't help but explain.

"Is this happening?"

When Zhou Tian heard this, he couldn't help but feel ashamed. Looking back, he seemed to remember that such a thing had happened, but he seemed to be busy designing the lithography machine at the time and had long forgotten about it.

"Okay, this is not important. Xiao Liu, go get the car ready and let's go to the branch factory!"

"Okay Dean!"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yuan nodded, then turned and went downstairs.

Zhou Tian watched Liu Yuan leave, then wiped the non-existent sweat.

"I didn't expect this to be my fault. Never mind. I'll just not do it again!"

After talking to himself for a while, he took his cotton coat down from the wall, picked up his backpack, walked out of the office, went downstairs, got in the jeep, and drove towards Wanping.

When they got out of Sijiu City, Zhou Tian felt something was wrong. The road was noticeably less bumpy. He looked out the window and saw that the originally bumpy dirt road had been replaced by a concrete road.

The road was not as rough as before, and Liu Yuan's driving speed increased. The jeep was like a green lightning, passing through the concrete road.

In less than half an hour, the two drove to the branch factory. As soon as Zhou Tian got off the car, he saw Ouyang Minghua communicating with an old man with silver frost on his face. The old man looked quite old, but he still stood straight, giving people an impression of perseverance.

However, what impressed people most was his eyes, which were full of incomparable depth.

"Hahaha, Dean Zhou, welcome. I didn't expect you to come so soon!"

Ouyang Minghua naturally saw Zhou Tian getting off the car at a glance, said a few words to the old man next to him, and then came up to him with a smile.

"District Chief Ouyang, you must be joking. I was able to arrive so quickly thanks to District Chief Ouyang. If he hadn't ordered people to repair the road, I wouldn't have been able to arrive so quickly!"

Zhou Tian also greeted Ouyang Minghua politely. However, his eyes were always fixed on the silver-haired old man, because the temperament exuded by the man was too distinct.

Ouyang Minhua naturally noticed Zhou Tian's gaze, and pulled him to the side of the silver-haired old man and introduced him: "Dean Zhou, come, let me introduce you, this is our Fengtai District Secretary, Secretary Wen!"

"Hello Secretary Wen, I'm Zhou Tian!"

Zhou had never heard of this name, but he still showed enough respect to the old man. In his opinion, no matter what his status is, respecting the elderly and loving the young, this is the finest tradition of China and must be passed on.

Although in his memories of his previous life, many people disdained this kind of inheritance, he was very clear in his heart that when we abandon all such traditions, that would be the time when our own traditional culture would perish.

People often say that crows repay their parents and that we should respect the elderly and love the young. In fact, each of these idioms is guiding people's values. However, with the distortion of the value of money, people have long abandoned these.

The elderly are not treated well, children are not loved, and gradually people are no longer excited about the idea of ​​raising children to provide for their old age. It has to be said that this is a social tragedy.

"Dean Zhou, you are great too. I have long admired you!"

The silver-haired old man looked at Zhou Tian with a smile, then stretched out his hand and shook hands with Zhou Tian.

Although they only shook hands for a while, Zhou Tian could clearly feel the thick calluses on the old man's hands, and his respect for the old man deepened.

"Secretary Wen, I don't deserve it, it's all because of your kindness!!

Zhou Tian quickly said modestly.

"Hahaha, as the saying goes, heroes emerge young, so why shouldn't I be ashamed? Just like what I once heard, the world is ours and yours, but in the final analysis, it is still yours! Dean Zhou is in the prime of his life and has great potential, so our country will have to rely on you young people in the future!"

The old man retorted with a smile.

"Secretary, it's getting late. Should we start the ceremony?"

Just when Zhou Tian wanted to be humble again, Ouyang Minghua on the side whispered in the old man's ear.