Chapter 486: A Three Thousand Miles Away
“See?”
Wuyou was very proud, "With this big guy, this time it will work."
Because of this thing, the grandfather and grandson had their hair turned white. They drew and revised the blueprints over and over again, and they didn't know how many times it took.
"Uncle, don't be so confident." Yan Shi shook his head.
“You’ll know if it works only if you try it!”
"Kid, can't you give your uncle some face?" Wuyou said depressedly.
This nephew is good in every way except that he inherited his elder brother's strict look.
"I'm afraid of being slapped in the face. Let's be realistic, okay?" Yan Shi shook his head and looked at Du Yuning:
"Yu Ning, start the fire."
Du Yuning nodded and began to light the fire skillfully.
Having been a stoker for so long, this was not a problem for him at all.
Steam came out and the gum began to melt...
…
Wuyou nervously pulled up the film and walked up step by step along the ladder beside him, while Yan immediately activated the mechanism to limit the size.
Finally, when Wuyou walked to the platform, she carefully placed the film in her hand on the roller, and then signaled Lin Shuo to step on the machine.
As Lin Shuo stepped on it, the rolling belt from top to bottom slowly rolled.
Everyone was worried.
Victory or failure depends on this one move!
Bang!
The crisp cracking sound made everyone sigh.
Failed again!
What a pity, it has come to this.
Wuyou sighed!
As soon as I reached the last step, I failed.
But looking at the soft film sliding down, Wuyou comforted himself that it was not bad, at least it was stretched this long.
Wuyou came down from above and shrugged:
"Congratulations, another failure."
Yan Shi looked at him and said, "That's why I told you not to be complacent, lest you get slapped in the face. I was right, wasn't I?"
Wuyou, “…”
"Yan Shi, are you treating my uncle like this? I feel bad!"
After saying that, he covered his heart with his hand pitifully, looking sad and desperate.
Yan Shi said with a straight face, "Stop talking nonsense here.
Come quickly and find out the reason for the failure. We are only one step away from success, so we can't let down our guard! "
“Here I come!”
Wuyou was disgusted, but still walked over.
Looking at the grandparents and grandchildren who were immersed in their studies, Lin Mo chuckled and turned away without disturbing them.
"Young Madam, are you going back?" Xu Pinggui asked in a low voice.
Lin Mo nodded, "Well, don't you think it's a bit redundant for me to be here?
Also, the corn is almost ready to be harvested, we have to go back and take a look.
As for the greenhouse, I think it’s almost ready.
There's so much going on, I don't have time to waste."
Lin Mo turned around and glanced behind him.
Listening to the faint quarrel sounds coming from behind, Lin Mo smiled. It was good.
…
Old Song squatted at the edge of the field, looking at the cornfield in front of him with a smile.
The corn cobs are now thicker than his little arms and are growing so well that they don’t have to worry about starving no matter how cold the winter gets.
"Old Song, how much corn do you think we can get? Also, do you know how to eat this corn?" Old Sun, who was in charge of guarding other places, came over to chat with Old Song while it was still early.
"If we hang out with Madam Xu, she will definitely not treat us unfairly, so don't use your petty mind to speculate." Old Song glanced at him.
You can guess what he is thinking as long as he sticks his butt out.
Isn’t it because she is afraid that if the harvest is good, Madam Xu won’t give them more food?
So what?
The food they eat now is all bought from the young lady at half price. Just based on this, they know that the young lady will never treat them unfairly.
Old Sun touched his head and smiled foolishly, "My worry is probably normal.
After all, we’ve worked so hard for months just to get this harvest, and we hope it will get us through this long winter.”
"Don't worry, we won't starve to death if we follow Mr. Xu." Old Song glanced at him.
"Your wife and your mother must have made a lot of pickles.
When the corn is ripe, you can grind it into powder, cook it into paste, and make buns. Serve it with pickles to make it taste really good.
Are you tired of eating corn? Your kid has made so much money, he can use it to buy other food. Are you telling me this life has no meaning?"
Old Sun smiled obscenely, "Of course there is a purpose. It's much more promising than my previous life. It's so beautiful."
The two chatted for a while, and seeing that it was too late, Lao Sun contentedly groped his way towards the place he was guarding in the dark.
Old Song also lay back down in the straw hut he had built.
He kept his eyes open and looked at the night sky for a while. After thinking for a while, he pulled the quilt over himself and fell asleep.
But in the middle of the night, Lao Song was awakened by the sound of Xuxu moving.
The sound was like breaking something.
Breaking corn cobs!
Old Song didn't say anything.
He slowly sat up from the darkness.
In the past two days, they found strangers walking around outside the cornfield, and they guessed that these people were probably scouting the area.
Unexpectedly, they actually guessed it right.
It is unforgivable that you come here to steal tonight.
Old Song pursed his lips and picked up the wooden stick that he had placed aside. He was determined to teach these people a lesson tonight.
He wanted to let them know that there would be a price to pay for touching the fruits of their labor.
He stood up quickly and walked slowly towards the place where the sound came from.
In the darkness, three figures were quickly breaking corn cobs.
"Catch the thief! Someone is trying to steal corn cobs."
While Old Song was yelling, he rushed towards one of the men in black with a wooden stick in his hand and hit him with it!
His shout startled the people around him.
Everyone woke up from their dreams and rushed towards Old Song:
"Hurry, everyone, get up and catch the thief."
"There's a thief, hurry up!"
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The next day.
When Lin Mo woke up, she heard Xu Pinggui reporting that two thieves who stole corn were caught, and the other one ran away.
These two thieves were a little special, so Old Song asked her to go over and take a look.
Lin Mo didn't waste any time. After quickly eating breakfast, he and Xu Pinggui rushed over.
She was curious about what was so special about the thief that Lao Song was talking about.
"Young Madam."
As soon as Old Song saw Lin Mo, he immediately went to greet her.
But when he saw the bruises on his face, Lin Mo stopped and frowned:
"Being beaten?
Have you gone to see Doctor Mu?"
"It's nothing serious. I was just hit by them when I caught them." Old Song shook his head. It was just a light bump, nothing serious.
His expression turned serious. "The person who came last night was from the capital, and he was an official."
Lin Mo frowned. Capital?
Did the people in the capital notice them so quickly?
"How do you know?" Lin Mo asked curiously.
"He's dressed differently, and he himself said he's the Minister of Agriculture." Old Song shook his head.
"I wasn't sure if what he said was true, so I had him tied up."
Grand Minister of Agriculture, Jiang Wenhao?
Lin Mo frowned and said nothing more, but gestured to Lao Song to take her there.
Soon, we reached our destination.
After catching the man and hearing some nonsense from him, Lao Song tied him up and gagged him.
At this moment, the two tied men were sleeping soundly leaning against each other.
And Lin Mo knew one of them.
It really is Minister of Agriculture Jiang Wenhao.
Seeing him beaten black and blue, Lin Mo raised an eyebrow, how miserable.
Signaled Lao Song to wake the man up.
Jiang Wenhao, who was awakened, yawned deeply and then frowned, "Have I seen you before? You look familiar. I should have seen you somewhere, but I just can't remember where!"
As he spoke, Jiang Wenhao frowned and thought hard.
Lin Mo had no intention of explaining the confusion and shook his head:
"You gave up your job as the Minister of Agriculture and came here to be a thief. You deserved the beating you received. You are never right wherever you go.
Tell me, why did you steal our corn cobs?"
Knowing his identity, Lin Mo also vaguely guessed why.
Seeing prey makes one happy.
Jiang Wenhao smiled bitterly.
"It was all a misunderstanding. I wanted to buy them, but no one would sell them to me. So, I thought of secretly picking some and keeping the money."
At this point, he sighed, "Since you know I'm the Minister of Agriculture, how can I not be excited when I see fresh crops?
No, I just wanted to get some to take a look at, really, I swear I didn't mean any harm."
If he knew it would cause trouble, he would never have done this.
Now, he failed to steal the chicken and got beaten up instead. It hurts so much!
Looking at Jiang Wenhao's aggrieved expression, Lin Mo said, "..."
She had only met this mysterious Grand Minister of Agriculture once, at the Shen family.
He is a distant relative of the Shen family.
That time, it was also an accident.
You should know that this Minister of Agriculture was not often in the capital. He traveled around all year round, looking for various new species, trying to find new high-yield and edible species to benefit the people.
This is a good official who truly cares about the people.
Lin Mo glanced at Xu Pinggui and motioned him to go forward and untie the other person.
As soon as the Minister of Agriculture Jiang Wenhao regained his freedom, he immediately surrounded Lin Mo:
"Madam, you are the boss here, right?
Can you sell me these we picked?
Can you name the price?"
Jiang Wenhao had anticipation on his face.
Lin Mo glanced at the stolen goods beside his feet and shook his head:
"These are still very tender and can't be used as seeds. There's no use buying them."
After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Old Song beside her and said, "Take it back, wash it clean, and put it directly in the pot to cook."
After giving the order, she looked at Jiang Wenhao and chuckled:
"Look, what's the point? How about I treat you to a taste?"
"Is it really possible?" Jiang Wenhao was overjoyed.
Then he bowed respectfully to express his gratitude.
Xu Pinggui on the side sympathized with them and thanked their young lady?
Tsk tsk, don’t let their young lady trick you into running away crying!
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