Chapter 32 Stop dawdling, get on the bed.
"This is what you meant by... the big mess you've gotten yourself into?"
Liu Nian glanced at the county head and the exceptionally enthusiastic Secretary Jin, then turned to Zhang Lan beside him and raised an eyebrow.
Zhang Lan said, "This isn't a big deal? Just wait, there's something even bigger coming."
This piqued Liu Nian's curiosity.
When the county head went to inspect the countryside, the first place he visited was Jiangjuntun. Liu Dafa, as the village head, was quite honest and dutiful, but unexpectedly, Secretary Jin acted like a lapdog, fawning over him.
"Alright, alright," the county magistrate waved his hand impatiently. "We're here on important business today." He then looked up and scanned the room. "Who is Liu Nian?"
"This!" Zhang Lan pushed Liu Nian out directly.
"I heard you taught yourself greenhouse technology." The county head nodded to Liu Nian. "The country is supporting this industry, so I've decided to set up an experimental site in your General Village and put you in full charge!"
"We've set aside a plot of land specifically from your assigned farmland for your greenhouse research. Not only that, I've also brought in experts from universities for you!"
Liu Nian had previously asked Secretary Jin for land approval, but was refused. Now that the county head has personally given the order, how dare he disobey?
Secretary Jin could only force a smile at Liu Nian, "Please don't take what I said before to heart, my dear niece. I will definitely cooperate with your work!"
He wiped the cold sweat from his brow, fearing that Liu Nian would complain about him to the county magistrate.
But can Liu Nian really shoulder this responsibility?
"Don't let anything happen and she end up in jail!" Liu Xiangxiang sneered, staring at Liu Nian with a sinister look. She wanted to curse her!
The expert on greenhouses was a university professor named Dong Shunfa. He was elderly and very old-fashioned, and he was very dissatisfied with Liu Nian the moment he saw her.
"Why did the county head hire a woman for the job?" Dong Shunfa looked Liu Nian up and down, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper. "Do you even know what work is like in the greenhouse?"
Working in the greenhouse in the summer can be unbearably hot, dirty and tiring. How can a woman like her endure it?
Dong Shunfa shook his head, sighed, and said, "From now on, you'll be in charge of things outside the greenhouse."
“Teacher Dong, since you don’t approve of me as the person in charge, then I will withdraw.” Liu Nian smiled. “However, let’s get this straight: if anything happens to you, don’t blame it on me! And don’t come begging to me!”
Liu Nian looked at Dong Shunfa with neither arrogance nor servility, which only made Dong Shunfa more annoyed. "How dare you! With so many of us, such a professional team, we can't function without you?"
"Fine! From now on, no matter what happens, we won't blame you! And we certainly won't beg you!"
Seeing that their teacher was so angry, Dong Shunfa's two students looked at Liu Nian with great dissatisfaction.
A peasant woman who has not received any professional training actually dared to challenge a master; what audacity!
"Okay, I'm leaving." Liu Nian glanced at them coldly. "Remember what you said."
Amidst all sorts of gazes, Liu Nian calmly turned and left. She didn't care about the ridicule or mockery, because she had the ability to fight back!
"See that? You've been ostracized, haven't you?" Wang Xiuzhi and Liu Xiangxiang chuckled smugly. "You really think you're so capable!"
“Being a good housewife and serving men at home is better than anything else,” Liu Xiangxiang said, linking her arm with Wang Xiuzhi’s. “Unlike me, I only think about how to be good to Hang Ge.”
She said this to please Wang Xiuzhi, but Wang Xiuzhi inwardly mocked Liu Xiangxiang, thinking that it was all because her family couldn't help her and she herself had no ability.
The more Wang Xiuzhi looked at Liu Xiangxiang, the more displeased she became. She glared at her fiercely, wishing Jin Qiaomei were her daughter-in-law.
Liu Nian returned home and focused all her attention on the greenhouse in her yard.
Liu Nian is not an irresponsible person, and that's precisely why she needs to succeed so that she can convince others and better advance this industry.
It's much harder for women to gain recognition than for men.
Everything went smoothly for her. Based on her memories from her previous life, along with the latest technology and high-quality seeds she learned from her phone, her seeds sprouted in just two days.
However, things didn't go so well for Dong Shunfa. The shed was built, but the seeds were slow to germinate.
"What's going on?" Dong Shun's gray hairs sprouted with worry as he repeatedly compared the data in his hand. "The data is exactly the same as in the lab, so why isn't it sprouting?"
Sprouting is the first and most crucial step. They won't die here before they even get started, will they?
How are they supposed to explain this to the county head?
Dong Shunfa looked worried and suddenly thought of that arrogant village woman.
"Should we go and see Liu Nian?" One of Dong Shunfa's students, Zhou Han, tentatively asked, "It's said that the seeds in Liu Nian's greenhouse have already sprouted."
As a result, Dong Shunfa burst into a tirade, "Don't you remember what we talked about before? I don't believe her seed has sprouted!"
In this era, most researchers were men, and Dong Shunfa inexplicably felt a sense of superiority, both in terms of physical strength and intelligence.
"Looks like I've come at the wrong time," Liu Nian's voice rang out as she lifted the curtain and walked in.
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