Chapter 27: Farewell Day
Chapter 27: Farewell Day
The documents from Wenshu Pavilion of the General Weaving Administration came down very quickly.
Five days after the Pear Blossom Lantern Festival, everything had been decided.
Liu Sheng returned to the warehouse and spent the whole morning packing up all of his things. He took away what should be taken away and left behind what could not be taken away for the people from the General Administration to pack up later.
She had already made a replica of the analyzer that would replace the original one and it was now on the workbench.
In this small, lightless room in the warehouse, she had worked overtime for countless days and written countless flowery documents.
However, it was also here that she wrote the article included in "Theory of Cultivation", created the "world", started the first high-dimensional analysis, and got her good partner - "Mom"...
I felt very tired most of the time, and I don’t know how many times I cursed Zhang Yuanzheng in secret.
But there are also many gains.
She took one last look and closed the door.
Walking out of the warehouse door and on the corridor, Liu Sheng ran into Wang Dongdong. It was obvious that she was also there to pack up.
After that day, Liu Sheng never saw her again. He heard that her family took her to a nearby resort for recuperation.
As soon as Wang Dongdong saw Liu Sheng, he immediately hugged her with tears in his eyes and was speechless.
Liu Sheng hurriedly pulled her arm off, took her to the small garden next to the corridor, and found two stone benches to sit on.
"Shengsheng, I almost thought I would never see you again! I heard that it was you who rescued me. I will always be grateful to you." Wang Dongdong's eyes were full of tears and she hugged Liu Sheng's arm tightly again.
"It's not entirely my credit..."
"I don't care, I don't care. I just miss you! I've told my parents, and they also said they want to thank you very much. When the time comes, they will send a thank-you gift directly to Qinghe..."
When talking about Qinghe, both of them fell silent.
Due to the serious population loss in Li County, there were few people left in the Li County Weaving Institute. The General Administration of Weaving decided to directly merge the Li County Weaving Institute into the Qinghe Weaving Institute.
From now on, Lixian Weaving Institute will no longer exist.
Qinghe is the closest big city to Li County. There is a wide river running through the city, hence its name.
Given Qinghe River's position as an important waterway and land transportation hub radiating to the north, it was very reasonable to incorporate the Lixian Weaving Institute into it.
Of course, this also means that Liu Sheng will go to Qinghe from now on.
To be honest, Liu Sheng can be said to have turned a disaster into a blessing.
Qinghe Weaving Institute is one of the top ten weaving institutes in the system. There are more than a hundred people in the institute. Whether in terms of resources or elite level, it is incomparable to Lixian Weaving Institute.
It is not easy to get in, especially for someone like Liu Sheng who has no accomplishments. According to normal procedures, they will never be accepted.
But in the future, it won’t be as easy for Liu Sheng to go home as it is now.
Qinghe is much far away from Xiaoluyuan.
"Are you feeling better?" Liu Sheng decided to change the subject.
"Okay, actually I just lost too much spiritual energy, my meridians were empty and damaged, and then because I almost suffocated, my lungs were injured a little, but I am fine now."
"Then, what about Miss Yi Chunxian?"
Wang Dongdong was silent, with pain in his eyes.
"I don't know. She didn't want to see me. I sent her medicine, but she threw it out."
Liu Sheng didn't expect that Yi Chunxian, who was always quiet and gentle, would have such a drastic change in temperament after being injured.
"Why is this happening?"
"I don't know either. Maybe they blamed me for asking them out to play that day, and that's why they suffered this disaster..." Although Wang Dongdong felt aggrieved, he could understand it and could only sigh helplessly.
After this incident, Wang Dongdong became much more depressed. The once fearless and heartless girl seemed to have grown up overnight.
"That's not entirely your fault. The Pear Blossom Lantern Festival is a grand event for the entire county. Does it mean you won't go if you don't drag us along?" Liu Sheng consoled.
Wang Dongdong smiled bitterly: "It's hard to tell what's right and wrong."
"Let's not talk about this. Even if I didn't meet you in the courtyard today, I would still go to the dormitory to find you and say goodbye to you in person."
Liu Sheng looked at Wang Dongdong in surprise: "Aren't you going to Qinghe together?"
Wang Dongdong sighed and said, "My parents didn't want me to stay in the weaving factory any longer. They said it was too dangerous and told me to go home and concentrate on preparing for the imperial examination."
Working in a weaving institute is indeed considered a good stable job by many people. It is a state-owned institution with good pay.
But that is only for those who have no connections and do not understand the real situation.
Firstly, the Weaving Institute often has to deal with strange and dangerous situations, especially in the Detective Patrol Department, where deaths are common. Even in the warehouse responsible for logistics, lives can be lost if a leak occurs due to careless storage.
Not every weaving house is as lucky as the Li County Weaving House, which rarely has to deal with strange incidents.
But this was the only major strange incident that happened in Li County, in which almost all employees were wiped out and the weaving factory was completely destroyed.
Besides, the Weaving Institute was, after all, a grassroots institution with many tasks but few opportunities.
When dealing with the people, all kinds of messy and annoying things are inevitable, such as the cat-sucking pervert and snoring expert mentioned by Wang Dongdong before. In addition, except for the level of court chief and court judge, there are no ranks.
Therefore, if one's family has resources and background, and one has some accomplishments of his own, why bother to stay in this grassroots weaving workshop? It would be better to pass the imperial examination to enter the National Academy, and seek a job as an official in Beijing, which would be more promising.
Therefore, Liu Sheng was not surprised by what Wang Dongdong's family said. Wang Dongdong himself came here only to train himself and would have to go back sooner or later.
I just feel sad when I think about not knowing when we will meet again after we part today.
Then Wang Dongdong said that her car was waiting for her outside and she had to leave.
Before leaving, Wang Dongdong turned around and said one last sentence: "Shengsheng, I'll wait for you in Chang'an."
Liu Sheng waved goodbye and replied, "Okay."
……
Liu Sheng had one more thing to do before leaving Li County Weaving Factory.
She climbed up the back mountain and came to Zhengxinzhai.
Fortunately, we arrived in time. In Zhengxinzhai, we saw Dean Zhang putting the calligraphy and paintings on the wall into boxes one by one. The elderly waiter was nowhere to be seen.
The Li County Weaving Institute is no longer there, so Zhang Yuanzheng is naturally no longer Zhang Yuanzheng.
According to the order from the General Administration of Weaving, Zhang Yuanzheng was directly dismissed from his post. However, considering his old age, he was allowed to retire and return home with the same treatment as Yuanzheng, which was considered a preferential treatment.
When Zhang Yuanzheng saw Liu Sheng coming, he laughed and said, "I never thought I could see Secretary Liu again before I leave."
"Zhang Yuanzheng..."
"I'm not the dean anymore, so you don't have to call me that. You can just call me... Old Man Zhang. I can finally go home and be a rich man, haha!" Old Man Zhang smiled, stroking his beard.
Liu Sheng felt that Old Man Zhang was just forcing a smile, which was evident from the few hairs left on his head.
Old Man Zhang could tell what Liu Sheng was thinking from the pitying look in his eyes.
"You don't have to feel sorry for me. I started my career in middle age and have been an official for forty years. I am tired too. I am now in my eighties and it is time to enjoy life..."
"But I once thought that I could move up a level, and then move to Chang'an with my wife, buy a house with two courtyards, and become a Chang'an resident from then on."
"I know I did a lot of things that you might not agree with, but I'm just an ordinary person trying to climb the social ladder."
Perhaps it was because Mr. Zhang had already put aside his official airs and his words became more direct.
"Although the strange outbreak of the Pear Blossom Lantern Festival was an emergency, so many people died, someone must come out to take responsibility, otherwise how can the court explain to the world? Moreover, am I completely innocent?"
"If I hadn't just asked you to report every day, but instead spent more time training you and improving your strength, maybe you wouldn't be so unprepared when facing the weirdness."
"If I had paid attention to arranging people to stay at the weaving institute on holidays, things would have been easier to resolve, and I wouldn't have had to send you and Deputy Director Song in for nothing... Fortunately, you're fine..."
"I always wonder how many strange things can happen in a small place like Li County? They always live by luck, and even arrange inspections in a perfunctory manner. If the leaders follow suit, they will eventually harm everyone and themselves..."
As Mr. Zhang spoke, his eyes turned slightly red.
Liu Sheng didn't expect that Old Man Zhang would say such a thing. She had complained in her heart to some extent these days, but she also felt that it was unfair to blame Old Man Zhang alone for this sudden disaster.
But seeing an old man like Mr. Zhang blaming himself and reflecting on himself in front of him, he felt a little complicated.
"Zhang Yuanzheng, whether you are the Yuanzheng or not, I still remember your kindness. You will always be there to support me." Liu Sheng bowed solemnly.
Although there was also a suspicion that there was a real shortage of manpower, if it weren't for Old Man Zhang's unconventional approach to employing people and letting Liu Sheng do the analysis work, Liu Sheng wouldn't have learned so much. To be more serious, without the "world", she might have died in the Pear Blossom Lantern Festival.
Old Man Zhang smiled slightly, as if he was relieved a lot: "Liu Siku, you said that, I feel better. I don't know why I said so much to a little girl like you, maybe it's fate. I have been working hard all my life, but in the end I got nothing. Now I can go home safely, which is also a kind of relief."
"Mr. Zhang, I came here today mainly to return this to you."
Liu Sheng took out the Qixuan Order that Old Man Zhang had lent her.
"Thank you, but it's a pity that I really can't communicate with gods..."
Since the day when he first glimpsed the mysterious void and met the Supreme God in Xiaolu Garden, Liu Sheng tried to meditate with the Seven Profound Order every day and night.
Even when she was busy transforming the "world", she still persisted.
However, every time she meditated, her consciousness would be drawn to the vast void, facing the Supreme God. But as long as Liu Sheng tried to regain consciousness and think in that void, she would be expelled.
Old Man Zhang did not take the Qixuan Order.
"You can keep this thing. You can think about it or continue to try it. Anyway, I don't need it anymore. I will go home and enjoy my old age. From now on, I will let things take their course. Then this thing will be more useful to you."
"There are still two months left, you can't give up yet. Although I can no longer recommend you to join the Honghu Project, I have already sent a message to the Provincial Surveillance Commissioner, telling him about the current situation, and he has agreed that if you can reach the initial stage, he will write you a letter of recommendation."
Liu Sheng tightly grasped the Qixuan Order and thanked him sincerely.
On this day, Liu Sheng saw Wang Dongdong off and watched Old Man Zhang on his journey home.
And she was about to set off for Qinghe.
Prepare to open a new map!
(End of this chapter)