Before Qin Mi could finish speaking, Wang Xiao pushed the door open and entered. "Plant trees? Don't you even look at the situation here? The well water is almost dried up. Where are you going to get water to plant trees? All you do is make things harder for everyone."

"Wang Xiao, shut up!" Uncle Wang stood up and scolded. "Our job is to govern, manage, and develop this place. No matter how difficult it is, we must persevere. This is our job. What right do you, a non-staff member, have to offer your opinions here?"

"And what about her? Does Hao Liangliang have the right to express her opinion here? Is she a staff member?" Wang Xiao was furious when her father reprimanded her in front of her love rival.

"Did she say anything? I didn't hear a thing, but you did?" Uncle Wang glared at Wang Xiao. "Get out of here and stop causing trouble, or you'll be going home."

Wang Xiao angrily turned and ran out, slamming the office door shut behind her.

This Hao Liangliang is a menace. Qin Mi likes her, and now even her own father has changed his attitude towards Hao Liangliang. The gap between her and Hao Liangliang is widening.

"Comrade Hao Liangliang, are you really planning to donate trees to this place?" Uncle Wang asked.

Wen Xi nodded. "I've decided to donate a thousand poplar trees first, because poplar trees don't require a lot of water, and they are easy to grow and fast. They can also be propagated by cuttings. If they survive this year, we can propagate them by cuttings next year."

Uncle Wang nodded happily, "Comrade Hao Liangliang, we certainly won't let your efforts go to waste. We will award you a certificate and write a letter of commendation to thank you for your efforts and contributions."

Wen Xi glanced at Qin Mi and said, "Uncle Wang, I'm only here to help Qin Mi, and I'll definitely leave here in the future. So if you really want to assign me credit, can you put it all under Qin Mi's name?"

Hopefully, this will help Qin Mi get a promotion and a raise, and make her future life a little better. But she is not from this time and space, and she will have to go back eventually, so these credits are meaningless to her.

Uncle Wang was taken aback, not expecting her to be willing to be the woman behind Qin Mi. He nodded and smiled, saying, "Husband and wife are one, it doesn't matter whose name is on the register. However, since Comrade Hao Liangliang specifically requested to be registered under Qin Mi's name, then we will register Comrade Hao Liangliang under Qin Mi's name."

Wen Xi wants to make her name known in society, so that everyone knows she is called Wen Xi, but not 'Hao Liangliang', so she doesn't want any credit here.

Uncle Wang then asked, "When will this batch of trees arrive?"

"It should take two or three days! So we hope Uncle Wang can help us arrange a place to plant the trees," Wen Xi said.

Although the surrounding area is desolate, trees cannot be planted in just any place. In fact, places where crops can be grown should not be used to plant trees. Otherwise, if the trees are cut down to grow crops, wouldn't all their efforts be in vain?

Uncle Wang nodded, "Okay, I will definitely arrange things properly for you."

In the evening, a seafood soup was added to the canteen menu. If it were just stir-fried for everyone, the ten pounds of seafood wouldn't last long. But making soup would be different; it could last for several days!

The seafood soup had a unique umami flavor and was very delicious. After finishing the soup, everyone was still a little hungry. When they learned that the seafood was provided by Hao Liangliang, they thanked Qin Mi and Wen Xi repeatedly.

Wang Xiao angrily poked at the rice in the lunchbox with her chopsticks. She really wanted to throw the bowl of seafood soup away, but she didn't have the guts to do it. After all, the conditions here were harsh, and it wasn't easy to find something to eat. She couldn't bear to waste it.

However, Wang Xiao didn't want to see Qin Mi and Wen Xi looking so smug, so he quietly revealed that everyone was going to plant trees. Right now, there's a water shortage and no rain, yet they still want everyone to plant trees. Isn't that just adding trouble for everyone?

Immediately, complaints arose in the cafeteria. Anyone with eyes could tell that they were directed at Qin Mi and Wen Xi. They felt that the two were just bored out of their minds. Even the leaders hadn't asked everyone to plant trees, yet these two low-level employees were making everyone plant trees.

"This is also part of our job. If you don't want to do it, then resign and go home." Uncle Wang walked into the canteen and said seriously, "There are plenty of people in the countryside who are looking for work but don't have jobs. If you can't do this job, then give it up quickly. Don't just take a salary and eat without doing any work."

As Uncle Wang spoke, he glared fiercely at Wang Xiao, saying it was all his fault for neglecting to discipline the child and causing him to turn out like this.

After hearing Uncle Wang's words, everyone lowered their heads. These days, jobs are all filled by specific people, and if you lose your job, you won't be able to find one again.

They're not that stupid.

"It's okay if everyone is unwilling to plant trees. Qin Mi and I will apply to plant trees, but from now on, Qin Mi will only be responsible for planting trees. He will not be responsible for anything else. We have already gone this far, so I hope everyone will not have any further complaints." Wen Xi glanced coldly at everyone and then left with her lunchbox.

Qin Mi quickly followed, carrying her lunchbox.

These people are really annoying. They eat the supplies she donated and drink the seafood soup made from the seafood she brought, yet they treat them like this.

Everyone's expressions were a bit strange. Uncle Wang was right there, and with Qin Mi and Hao Liangliang acting like this, they wondered if Uncle Wang would think they weren't taking their work seriously...

Moreover, there was no water at that time, so how could trees be planted?

Isn't this a waste of effort?

The day after they returned, Wenxi and Qinmi continued their journey to the countryside, prioritizing the villages most severely affected by the disaster by delivering water and distributing supplies.

One village a day.

After all, they had to visit each household first, and then queue up to distribute supplies. In one day, they could only distribute supplies to one village. Fortunately, the other villages were not as badly affected as the first village, where people were too weak to do anything but stay at home.

Two days later, Wenxi and Qin Mi went out to find an opportunity to take out the trees. They went to the same place where they had stored the supplies last time, and Wenxi took out a thousand poplar saplings.

The poplar saplings were just thin, bare trunks, not very heavy, but Qin Mi's cart couldn't carry them all at once. So Qin Mi took a cartload back to convince everyone that the saplings had indeed arrived. Afterwards, Uncle Wang arranged for two people to push a cart over and take the saplings back.

In the evening, Wenxi served Qin Mi a seafood dish with a dipping sauce as a treat. While eating, Qin Mi asked, "Liangliang, when are we going to plant these saplings?"

"If you plant in the morning, you're likely to be scorched to death by the midday sun, so it's best to plant in the evening when there's less sun. Also, after a night of adaptation, you're less likely to be scorched to death the next day. Besides, there are some things that can only be done secretly at night..." Wen Xi said mysteriously.