The principal looked coldly at the vice-principal: "Let's go, let's go see the evidence, and now is the time to distinguish the truth from the falsehood."
The vice principal's heart skipped a beat. No wonder Yan Dongnan remained calm and composed while his student was making a name for himself, going about his business as usual, taking his daughter for walks around the school, and accompanying his wife to buy rice and groceries. He had already planned his next move. Brilliant, truly brilliant.
The car sped towards Mushroom Village. Upon hearing the news, the village chief rushed out. When Southeast discussed the experimental field with the village chief, the chief had repeatedly agreed. How could he not agree to such a good thing?
A batch of seeds, in the same field, at the same time, with the same amount of labor, yields double the harvest. Only a fool wouldn't do that. As for keeping it a secret, what's the big deal? The Yan family already had their own plot of land. They're experimenting on their own land. Who would dare to say anything?
Knowing that Yan Dongnan had come to reap the rewards, Village Chief Ma ran excitedly towards Yan's house. At that time, Yan's house was empty; Tang Xiaoling and Duoduo had already moved to her parents' house.
Yan Dongnan led the experts and mentors straight to his private plot. In the distance, a field of golden wheat ears swayed in the wind, the plump grains weighing down the ears so much that they could not lift their heads.
"This is one mu (approximately 0.16 acres). Please inspect this area, experts and leaders. Once the area is determined, we will begin harvesting," Yan Dongnan said, pointing to the field.
The expert took out a measuring ruler, confirmed that this was indeed one acre of land, and nodded in agreement. Yan Dongnan nodded to Village Chief Ma, who understood and immediately ordered several strong men to start harvesting and then weighing the land.
The weight was more than twice that of the competitor's experimental field. Normally, wheat should yield 300 to 500 jin per mu after drying and threshing, but this wheat yielded at least 900 jin per mu after drying and threshing. Based on the paper submitted by Southeast University, the experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences made the correct judgment.
The research findings belong to Yan Dongnan; Yan Dongnan of the county's agricultural university is the true expert who developed the high-yield wheat research.
The vice principal slumped down on the edge of the field as if he had lost all his strength. It was all over. His students were finished, and so was he. The most urgent thing now was to admit his mistakes. No, he should confess and be treated leniently.
“I am reporting, I am reporting, I am reporting that my student stole other people’s experimental data, boasted about it before the experiment even had results, misled the public, harmed the people, and caused huge losses to the country. I plead guilty.”
Yan Dongnan gave the vice principal a disdainful look. When your students were shining brightly, you followed them closely, but now that disaster is upon you, you really do scatter. And not only that, you even kick them while they're down. You're not worthy of being a teacher.
When Tang Jianjun learned that Dongnan had brought people to harvest the fields, he quickly grabbed his sickle and other tools and ran over. Seeing that Village Chief Ma and Ma Mingchun were helping, he rolled up his sleeves and got to work without saying a word.
Under the daily guidance and education of Tang Jianjun and his mother, Tang Xiaoling has come to realize her shortsightedness. She has entrusted Duoduo to her mother, opened the door to invite the leaders to sit in the main room, and cooked and boiled water herself to entertain the leaders from Southeast China.
The principal and the agricultural bureau experts were visiting Mushroom Village for the first time, and they suggested that they take a tour of the village instead of actually sitting in the main room waiting for a meal.
You wouldn't believe it until you see it, and what a surprise it is! The tiny Mushroom Village not only has two oxen but also a tractor. The young man driving the tractor is quite handsome, and I heard that his older brother was admitted to an agricultural university this year.
Village Chief Ma was extremely proud and recounted to the school leaders and experts all the glorious deeds of Yan Dongnan's family in helping Mushroom Village develop.
Pointing to a pile of plastic sheeting in the warehouse, he said, "This was provided free of charge by Yan's eldest brother, who is an officer. It saved the farmers' food supply during the cold season. This is the reward that Yan's youngest son received every year for being named a pig-raising expert. These are two oxen."
This is a story about how the Yan family treated the family of an old professor living in a cowshed. When the old professor came to pick up his wife and daughter, he bought them a tractor out of his own pocket. His eldest son was also admitted to university with the help of the Yan family's only daughter, who has now also been admitted to university in Beijing.
In another incident, when the snow in winter collapsed the villagers' houses, it was the officers from the Yan family and their sons who rescued the villagers, donated money and supplies, and showed their love and care for the villagers in rebuilding their homes.
The villagers all nodded in agreement. The Yan family was the greatest benefactor in Mushroom Village. Without the Yan family's support and help over the years, countless people in Mushroom Village would have died.
The principal smiled; the student he had his eye on was indeed excellent, a promising talent.
The experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences were deeply moved. They too had been sent down to a harsh rural area and had been able to survive thanks to the kindness of an elderly couple in that village. They were eventually reinstated, but by the time they returned to help the family, the elderly couple had already passed away.
I developed a fondness for Yan Dongnan's talent. He was able to see the shortcomings in agriculture in time, and his ten years of dedicated research at the base proved his determination. Even after his data was plagiarized, he was still able to calmly come up with a way to prove himself, which shows that he is both courageous and resourceful.
This person must have a powerful background. His uncle is apparently a major general or lieutenant general. If they hadn't raised objections through some connections, this matter would have been kept secret and could not be verified. How could such a talented person be a teacher in a county town? He should have been promoted to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
"Yan Dongnan, are you willing to go to the capital?" the commissioner asked quietly.
Southeast was overjoyed: "If the teacher is willing to promote the student, the student will certainly be willing."
Goodness, he's really sensible; he's already taken advantage of the situation so quickly.
After touring around, they returned to the Yan family home. Tang Xiaoling and her mother had already prepared the meal and were waiting for them to come back for dinner. Village Chief Ma and Tang Jianjun both brought out their family's treasured wines. Today was a good day, and they had to have a couple of drinks.
Tang Xiaoling's cooking was far inferior to Cuihua's. Fortunately, Tang's mother was there, constantly telling them to add more oil, more sugar, and less salt, so the dishes were barely edible. Dongnan looked at Tang Xiaoling and her mother gratefully, feeling sorry for them.
Since drying and threshing the grains would take several days, the experts and the principal decided to stay at the Yan family's old house. When Xuemei learned of the situation, she also rushed back with Fubao. She couldn't trouble her sister-in-law with matters concerning her own husband.
Yan Dongnan arranged for the experts to stay in Nan Nan's room, and for the principal to stay in the rooms in the southwest and north. The two entered the room and nodded repeatedly, having a very good impression of Tang Xiaoling. She was the only one left guarding the old Yan family house, yet she still managed to keep every room clean and tidy. She was a good woman.
The final results were in: Yan Dongnan's experimental wheat field yielded over 900 jin per mu, the highest yield per mu to date. The expert left with the data and all the photos he had taken, giving Dongnan a look that said he was waiting for good news before leaving. Dongnan nodded excitedly.
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