“Yes, lovely little girl, our agricultural scientists are far more capable than your teacher. They’re even more capable than your teacher’s teacher,” James teased Yunduo.
Yun Duo kept her eyes wide open, feigning a serious yet bewildered expression, nodding earnestly for a while. Finally, she said, "I understand. The director's family has an exceptionally talented scientist grandfather who can grow rice that's even better than ours. So, the seeds for our rice come from the director's family, is that right?"
Yun Dazheng was getting a little anxious.
He had initially thought she was deliberately making a fuss and talking to this guy named James to buy time, but now she'd gotten herself into a mess...
How did our own rice become James's?
These foreigners are always thinking about taking advantage of us Chinese. He'd rather destroy all the grain in his house than give it to the foreigners, lest they get the seeds, cultivate it, and then turn around and exploit us Chinese.
Aren't they being exploited badly enough?
James saw Yun Dazheng's anxiety and was even more impressed by Yun Duo's naivety. He was pleased with himself and spoke up before Yun Dazheng could stop Yun Duo: "Cute little girl, you are such a smart child. You figured out something that even your grandfather couldn't understand in a moment."
“That’s right, that’s exactly how it is. The rice seeds you grow are from our Daniel Company.”
"so……"
James looked at Yun Dazheng and said with a smile, "Mr. Yun, even your granddaughter has admitted that your family's rice belongs to our Daniel Company. What else do you have to argue about?"
“Accept my aid and hand over all the rice. This will be good for all of us. And you will gain my friendship. At least in your Xichuan, no one can make things difficult for you without a reason.”
Just as Yun Dazheng was about to say, "You're dreaming," Yun Duo spoke up first: "Mr. Director, I have a question for you, may I ask you?"
Seeing Yun Duo's curious and puzzled expression, James didn't suspect anything and nodded without hesitation, saying, "Of course you can. Who could bear to refuse such a smart and lovely girl like you?"
Yun Duo smiled shyly at James and 'asked', "Mr. Director, since you have better seeds, why did you take away the rice we grow? Couldn't you leave some for us to eat?"
As she spoke, she deliberately pouted and said, "If the director takes away all my rice, I won't have any food to eat and I'll go hungry..." At this point, Yun Duo deliberately rubbed her stomach and continued, "Being hungry is so uncomfortable, I never want to be hungry again."
James gave a self-deprecating smile and looked at Yun Duo, saying, "Don't worry, lovely little girl, you won't go hungry. Didn't I say I was going to help your grandfather? You can take this money and buy food at the grain store."
"You can buy rice directly, which saves you the threshing process, don't you think?"
Yun Duo nodded, but then 'couldn't help' asking again, "But Mr. Director, you clearly have better rice seeds, so why do you insist on taking our rice?"
"Mr. Director, are you lying to my child?"
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