As for Lin Tao, he looked at Zheng Wei with an embarrassed expression, his helplessness and confusion were beyond words.
After finishing their meal, Zheng Wei offered to wash the dishes, and Lu Yuan didn't refuse. He waved his hand and looked at the photos on the sofa.
"Professor Lin, is this your spouse?"
Lin Tao nodded: "Yes, it's the last photo taken before the apocalypse. I've always carried it with me."
"Oh! I can tell you have very good feelings for your ex-wife!"
"It's alright. We don't really have much in common. She's just a farmer from the countryside who likes to tend to her little plot of land. I spend most of my time working in the lab and rarely go home!"
"Oh! I see! You should be considered a married couple! Do you feel indebted to your ex-wife?"
Lin Tao nodded honestly: "That's right, it should be because I feel indebted! After all, we rarely see each other after we got married, so she has been taking care of my parents and son all this time. She has never complained. Sometimes when I'm not doing well at work, I might even scold her a few times. Now that I think about it, she has really had it so hard!"
"Is this why you're not looking for a wife now?" Lu Yuan stared at the other person.
"Um... I guess... I guess I guess I am! The main thing is that I'm not thinking about finding a wife right now! I'm only thinking about whether I can make some research. This era is definitely a great opportunity for us researchers. We've never encountered so many crises before, and we've never had such good conditions. So, right now I just want to focus on my research. As for other things, well, I guess I'll just have to leave it to fate!"
Hearing the other person's remarks, Lu Yuan felt a pang of frustration. He hadn't expected these researchers to be so crazy, willing to give up their wives to work. He had to admit that their minds were different from ordinary people, which was why they were able to become researchers.
After chatting for a while, Lu Yuan felt there was no need to stay any longer and prepared to leave with Zheng Wei.
Just as the door was opened, a series of urgent shouts suddenly came from inside the room.
"Taozi! Taozi! Quickly call your daughter-in-law back! I can't breathe! Come quick!"
The voice was unusually urgent, and even had a hint of crying, like a child whining.
However, Lin Tao shook his head slightly, seemingly ignoring the old lady's shouts.
"Alright, don't bother seeing us off, we'll go ourselves! You should take good care of your mother! Just don't forget to report to the farm tomorrow!"
Lin Tao nodded, then glanced at Zheng Wei before turning and leaving.
Zheng Wei stood there blankly for a long time, seemingly still unable to recover from what had happened today. Lu Yuan glanced at her.
"What, you want to go help?"
Zheng Wei nodded: "Yes, Auntie used to do that all the time, but I can coax her for a while and she'll be fine. Let me go!"
Lu Yuan directly refused the other party's request: "No, we can't go now! And we can't go for the foreseeable future! Do you know why I brought you here today?"
Zheng Wei pondered for a moment, then looked up at Lu Yuan: "Wasn't it...wasn't it about the farm?"
Lu Yuan was utterly speechless at Zheng Wei's thought process.
"Come on, I was saying on the way here that I was here to match you two up! The farm thing was just a pretext! Of course, Lin Tao rejected you today, so this project still needs to be handed over to you!"
"Um...I...I don't quite understand. Why do you want us to work on this project at the farm after Teacher Lin rejected me?"
"Hehe! Of course, it's to create opportunities for you two to be together! Haven't you heard of the saying, 'Familiarity breeds affection'?"
Lu Yuan suddenly felt that the word seemed a bit off, so he changed his words and said, "No, it's that when two people are together for a long time, they will gradually develop feelings for each other!"
Hearing Lu Yuan's words, Zheng Wei still asked with some worry, "But... but will they give us that much time?"
Lu Yuan took out a cigarette, lit it, and said, "You don't need to worry about that! I have a brilliant plan!"
After saying that, Lu Yuan chuckled. As for the commotion inside the room, Lu Yuan completely ignored it. However, Zheng Wei kept turning back to help, but given that the boss was there, she didn't dare to go over and help.
Back at his residence, Lu Yuan recounted the day's events to his family, who immediately expressed great interest and said they were determined to bring the two of them together.
Xiaoshan's mother was the first to say that she had the most say in this matter.
"I may not be good at other things, but when it comes to matchmaking, I think no one is better than me! Before the apocalypse, I was already a celebrity in my area for helping young people find partners! Wasn't that Xiaoshan's dad!"
Xiao Shan's dad grinned and nodded, saying, "That's right! Xiao Shan's mom has indeed helped many people solve their marriage problems. I think there's no one more suitable to be a matchmaker than her! When she ran the braised meat shop, so many single young men in the neighborhood came to her for help!"
"Haha! I really didn't know, Mom! I didn't expect you to be good at this!" Lu Yuan said with a grin.
Xiao Shan's mother immediately raised her head proudly and said, "That's right! I can tell whether a man and a woman can be together just by looking at them. Let me make this clear first, everyone stay out of it and leave it to me!"
Everyone else agreed that it was no problem. After all, no one was better at matchmaking than her, and everyone liked to see the two of them get together. In the apocalypse, fewer and fewer people could get together. Now, everyone's lives consisted of work and survival, and there were basically no entertainment options. The people who had become machines had long expressed that they should do more of this kind of thing in the future.
"Alright, then it's up to you! But let's make this clear first, we can't do it openly, or we might scare Lin Tao away! He's very resistant to finding a wife right now, and he's not young anymore, so he's very sensitive about things between men and women!"
Xiao Shan's mother patted her thigh and said that she was fine: "Don't worry, leave it to me! I guarantee there won't be any problems!"
After dinner, Lu Yuan and Xiao Shan fell asleep in each other's arms.
Lu Yuan arrived at the farm late at nine o'clock the next morning.
Although the food problem in the farm has been temporarily solved, Lu Yuan still has an agreement with Qin Zheng that he must resolve the food supply issue as soon as possible. Unless absolutely necessary, Lu Yuan does not want to use the food reserves in his dimensional space.
Upon arriving at the farm, Lu Yuan indeed saw Zheng Wei and Lin Tao, both wearing white coats, examining some of the livestock.
Lin Tao was recording some data in a small notebook, while Zheng Wei was focused on checking. The two worked together quite well, and Lin Tao was very cooperative, quickly settling into his role as an assistant, quietly listening to Zheng Wei's requests and recording them.
"Teacher Lin, the body temperatures of these cows are a bit abnormal; we need to pay close attention to them!"
Lin Tao nodded: "Okay, I'll keep an eye on things these next couple of days!"
Then Lin Tao cleared his throat and said, "Um... you'd better not call me Teacher Lin anymore, just call me by my full name!"
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