"Dr. Zhou, our child is still young..." Zhou Huiyu said in a 'gentle' voice, suppressing her anger.
“It’s alright, they have to grow up eventually,” Dr. Zhou said without hesitation.
Zhou Huiyu was speechless for a moment.
Now that things had come to this, it seemed she had no way to object. However, she still 'held firm' to her last point: "Dr. Zhou, our Duo'er is a girl, and a young lady of the Gu family; it wouldn't be appropriate for her to do farm work herself..."
After saying that, she hurriedly explained, "It's not that working in the fields is bad, it's just... it's just... it's really too hard. As her mother, I can't bear to see her suffer like that."
At this point, Zhou Huiyu gritted her teeth, steeled herself again, and continued, "Our Duo'er is already small; what if she gets too tired from working in the fields and doesn't grow taller?"
Dr. Zhou gave Zhou Huiyu a strange look and said, "Of course we can't let her work in the fields. She's so young, how can she work in the fields? Even we usually spend most of our time guiding the farmers on our subordinate farms, and we rarely work in the fields ourselves. Even if we do go to the fields occasionally, it's just to record data. We're doing research, not actually farming."
How many people can a farmer feed by planting crops? What Zhou Linong wants to do is feed millions of people. There's a huge difference between the two, okay?
Zhou Huiyu breathed a huge sigh of relief.
As long as the children don't have to farm, that's fine. As for the rest, well, let it be. As long as the children are happy.
"Thank you, Dr. Zhou. I'm also grateful for your help. Don't worry, my Duo'er is very obedient, sensible, and intelligent. I promise she won't let you down."
It's not that Zhou Huiyu changed her mind so quickly; actually, once she let go of the thing that was most nerve-wracking in her heart, her thoughts returned to the right track.
It's no exaggeration to say that the country is in dire need of rebuilding right now. A PhD who could warrant such a large-scale invitation from her husband must be someone of considerable talent and ability. If Dr. Zhou can truly stay in China, he will undoubtedly attain a very high position. Even if it's just a title without real power, he will still be someone to be respected. With him as Duo'er's teacher, wouldn't that mean her daughter has gained another powerful backer?
After figuring this out, Zhou Huiyu was more happy than worried about Dr. Zhou taking Yun Duo as a student (well, just a tutor, but Zhou Huiyu was already convinced that her daughter was Dr. Zhou's student).
Dr. Zhou was also pleased, now having a reason to keep this young girl by his side so he could properly inquire about how she managed to cultivate such high-yield rice. If they could indeed develop high-yield rice, returning to China to serve his country wouldn't be out of the question.
In fact, he was well aware of Gu Shaoyong's purpose in "inviting" him to return to China to visit relatives. If he had no thoughts about it, he would not have taken the opportunity to return to China to "see" it.
He had ideas, but what he truly wanted was a relaxed research environment, a rigorous academic atmosphere, and more scientific instruments to facilitate his research. And frankly, these things were currently lacking in China. He was initially somewhat disappointed and planned to return to his hometown to visit relatives before heading back to Germany.
However, after seeing the clouds, he had a feeling that he was about to touch what he wanted.
Therefore, for the first time, he had the idea of staying.
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