Chapter 61 A forced smile: Green peppers and red peppers. ...
Because of the male ghost's lack of cooperation, Zhong Ying had to change her learning method again—the "bad pen is worse than good memory" learning method.
Zhong Ying redraws the structure diagram in her notebook, listening to Li Lin explain the parts she draws as she draws. In this way, the knowledge points are no longer forced into Zhong Ying's head.
After mastering the part about converting a double-wheeled plow into a harvester, Zhong Ying pushed forward the completed drawings and pencil, and breathed a sigh of relief. "I'll pause my studies for now. I think I can apply this farm tool to actual production first. The wheat harvest will be here soon."
Zhong Ying's inner voice was rubbing her hands together, thinking, "If improving farm tools can increase production... hehe, I'm going to reap the first wave of reputation points!"
Li Linshi had no objection. Although in his opinion, Zhong Ying had only studied for less than half a month and could only be considered a beginner at best, there were still many agricultural tools she had not yet explored, such as the bean seeder on the ridge, the double-row four-legged seeder, the wheat dense planting seeder, the corn equidistant seeder, and the lightweight fertilizer seeder. However, since they were not in a university classroom at the moment, learning and practicing at the same time might be more suitable for Zhong Ying.
But then, the look in Zhong Ying's eyes as she turned to look at him instantly put Li Linshi on alert.
"For the sake of all the hard work I've put into studying these past few days, could you grant me a small wish?" Zhong Ying, still harboring her mischievous intentions, looked at Li Lin with pleading eyes. "When I was a little girl, I had such a wish."
Zhong Ying remained calm and composed. How could twenty-seven not be considered a young girl? Besides, this was truly her wish at the time, not something she was using to deceive Li Lin.
Li Linshi neither agreed nor disagreed, but simply asked her, "What is your wish?"
"I want to sleep with my abs under my head," Zhong Ying said seriously.
Li Linshi: ...
She was really serious. The game industry has a lot of overtime work, and the office building is brightly lit all year round. As a technical artist, Zhong Ying is naturally one of those who often stay up late. She is so tired every day that she feels like she is going to die. Her wish used to be to come home and "recharge" by resting her head on her man's abs. If she could also eat a hot meal cooked by him, keep the house clean and tidy, and take care of the pet, that would be even better. Zhong Ying has always wanted to have a pet, but her job takes up most of her time and energy.
Thinking about it this way, Zhong Ying suddenly came to a conclusion about her ideal type—the male nanny type.
Li Linshi was pretty much her ideal type, and Zhong Ying was completely satisfied, except for fulfilling her last little wish.
"She won't let me touch her chest muscles, her back muscles, or even her panting..." All the rewards for each stage vanished like pigeons. The more Zhong Ying talked, the more aggrieved she felt. "Can't I even just rest my head on her pillow?"
Looking at her, Li Linshi couldn't tell if Zhong Ying was faking it or genuinely sad, but he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart and finally relented, "...Okay."
Zhong Ying's expression changed instantly, her eyebrows lifting up.
She quickly flipped the notebook from back to front, pulled out a piece of paper tucked inside, and grabbed it, heading towards the candlelight.
"Put down that picture of someone wearing only a cloth around their neck."
Li Lin squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth, his expression ominous.
Zhong Ying had no choice but to regretfully put down the [Li Linshi (Towel Skin) Outfit Image].
After extinguishing the candles, Li Linshi lay down on the bed. He leaned against the headboard with his long legs stretched out and one leg bent awkwardly, feeling uncomfortable no matter what.
Zhong Ying was incredibly excited. Finally! Below the neck! She's here!
If it weren't for the fact that the bed was just a wooden plank bed with two layers of mattresses on it, not a modern latex spring mattress, Zhong Ying would have jumped onto the bed directly.
She quickly climbed onto the bed and found her place in just two seconds.
Li Linshi blinked, and Zhong Ying was already resting her head on his waist.
Hongtang thought Zhong Ying was playing something, and excitedly jumped onto the bed to join her.
Li Linshi snapped out of his daze and first raised his hand to stop Hongtang. The dog hadn't had a bath today, and if it came up there, it would definitely leave black paw prints on the white blanket with every step.
The big black dog stared at the curtain of water blocking its way, its dark eyes reflecting a dazed, disoriented state of mind as if its worldview had collapsed.
He managed to stop one but almost couldn't stop this one. Li Linshi suddenly pressed down on the hand that was sneaking upwards.
Zhong Ying was disappointed; she was just ten centimeters away from touching his pectoral muscles.
"To be honest, you're not actually a water ghost from the Ganlin River, but rather from the Xiaolvjiang River, right?" Zhong Ying sighed.
Because of the way she was resting her head on Li Linshi's abs, her warm breath fell on him as she spoke, and it was clearly audible even through his clothes. Li Linshi subconsciously tensed his waist and abdomen, and his low, husky voice suppressed the inexplicable heat and restlessness in his throat, "...Little Green River? Where is that? I don't think I've ever heard of this river."
"In a place where you can't shiver, you have to rely on turning off the lights to transition scenes." Zhong Ying was disheartened. She couldn't touch it, and she couldn't see it through her clothes. If she really slept with her abs on her head all night, she would definitely get a stiff neck. After she had her fill of pleasure, Zhong Ying propped herself up and lay down in a different position. Hmm, it's still more comfortable to lie on a pillow.
Zhong Ying lay flat on a soft pillow, her hands resting on her stomach, as peaceful as a salted fish that had lost its ideals.
Li Linshi was captivated by her actions, and with a heavy heart, he cautiously approached her, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing's wrong, I'm fine." Zhong Ying smiled. "I've even experienced a Platonic love, that's great."
Although Li Linshi lacked experience, he was intelligent, and he had a vague feeling that something was wrong. "Are you...?"
Zhong Ying simply closed her eyes. "I'm going to sleep. I still have the stars and the sea to conquer."
As expected, strong women need to straighten out their minds; why bother with men, focus on your career!
Once they get into it, they become so ruthless they forget all about passion!
——
But before applying what she has learned to practice, Zhong Ying still has her work to do as the women's team leader.
Li Ming helped her free up half a day for everyone in the production team to gather in the nursery classroom for "classes".
The speaker, Yao Dongxiu, stood at the front of the room and said, "From a scientific point of view, the sex of a child is determined by the chromosomes provided by both parents."
People who haven't received much education can't possibly understand this.
Zhong Ying stood next to Yao Dongxiu and handed her "teaching aids," a more accessible and understandable method that the two of them had come up with after much thought.
“To give an example,” Yao Dongxiu showed the commune members the two red chili peppers she was holding in her left hand, “these are equivalent to a woman’s two chromosomes.”
Zhong Ying then handed over two more chili peppers, one green and one red.
Yao Dongxiu held it in her right hand, saying, "This represents men."
“And the child,” Yao Dongxiu handed one chili pepper back to Zhong Ying from each of her hands, “one from the father and one from the mother, forming a new pair, that’s the child.”
Everyone's faces showed an expression of finally understanding. They all understood that a child carries half of his father's blood and half of his mother's blood.
Yao Dongxiu observed everyone's expressions, and seeing this, she breathed a slight sigh of relief and continued, starting to freely combine the information, "If the father gives the child a green chili pepper and the mother gives a red chili pepper, then the combination is one green and one red, just like the father, and that's a boy."
"If the father gives the child a red chili pepper, and the mother gives the child a red chili pepper, then there are two red chili peppers, just like the mother. That is a girl."
Many people suddenly realized that this was the principle behind determining whether a child is a boy or a girl.
Some people shouted, and Lai Hunzi raised his voice, "Why can't that guy be two green chili peppers?"
Zhong Ying and Yao Dongxiu exchanged a glance. Of course, she had anticipated this problem, so she remained calm and composed.
“Of course men are better,” Zhong Ying said sincerely with a smile, “because men can have both, while women only have one.”
The men present, who were secretly resentful, immediately accepted that it was a matter of one green and one red chili pepper. Shouldn't men have one more type of chili pepper than women?
Only Li Linshi kept staring at Zhong Ying, feeling that the curve of her lips was exactly the same as that night, like... a forced smile.
Yao Dongxiu echoed Zhong Ying's concluding remarks, "So, whether a child is a boy or a girl is not determined by the woman. No matter what a woman gives, it's always a red chili pepper. It's the man who can give a green chili pepper or a red chili pepper and decide the sex of the child."
Nie Yingzhen, who had lived his whole life with his head bowed because he had no son, remained where he was.
Fan Wu, who was used to taking the high ground and criticizing Nie Ying, looked embarrassed and angrily shouted, "What kind of bullshit science is this?"
But for others, it was truly an eye-opening experience; they realized that having a son or a daughter was like this.
The men, especially those with sons, couldn't hide their pride, their chins slightly raised, a stark contrast to Fan Wu's jumping up and down.
Fan Erni quietly took her sister's hand, as if offering silent comfort: So, it's not your fault that you don't have a son.
After several days of feeling down, Fan Dani finally shook off the gloom on her face and revealed a smile as clear as the sun after the rain.
The two sisters stood shoulder to shoulder, holding hands.
Fan Erni couldn't bear to look away from the two women standing at the front. She whispered to her sister, "I also want to be like Sister Ying and Sister-in-law."
They were so radiant, possessing their own unique skills and talents.
Fan Dani squeezed her younger sister's hand tightly, encouraging her firmly, "Haven't you learned a lot of words in your literacy class these days? You can do it too!"
The two sisters looked at each other and then laughed together.
As the "big lesson" ended, the commune members began to leave. Zhong Ying exchanged a few words with Yang and Chen, the educated youths, and then fell behind. She quickly chased after them, calling out, "Dad!"
A shout made the two fathers turn around.
Zhong Ying was being watched by Zhong Chunsheng and Li Ming. She gave a dry laugh, feeling somewhat embarrassed. "Dad, I need to talk to the captain about something."
Zhong Chunsheng was silent for two seconds, nodded, turned around and continued walking out, but his back view revealed a hint of loneliness.
His daughter got married, so he's no longer the only father to him...
Looking at her father's retreating figure, Zhong Ying quickly made a decision: she would go back to her parents' home for dinner later!
She looked away, deciding to quickly report to Li Ming, "Dad, this is a modified harvester I drew from my notebook. It can be modified using a double-wheeled plow frame; the structure is simple, and it can be pulled by a single animal. With this kind of farm implement, only one person needs to manage the animal, one person controls the direction of the harvester, and one person collects the wheat straw. It saves time and effort and increases efficiency..."
Li Ming was increasingly shocked as he listened, and he was also stunned by the drawings that Zhong Ying pulled out. The drawings were so detailed that they gave people a sense of awe and wonder just by looking at them.
"You can actually understand Si'er's notes?" Li Ming blurted out in surprise.
Zhong Ying hesitated for a second between packaging herself as a genius and telling the truth, but ultimately chose to be honest, saying, "It's mainly thanks to Li Linshi who taught me..."
Even if Zhong Ying claimed that she understood it herself and that she was a genius, the dead ghost would have nowhere to seek justice. But Zhong Ying thought that she should act like a human being and not bully the ghost again and again.
Judging from Li Ming's expression, which seemed to tremble with shock, he was even less convinced than if he had heard that it was Zhong Ying, a genius, who understood these things.
Li Ming was speechless. "...Si'er hasn't left yet?"
He thought that his youngest son was insisting that Yingnier remain a widow for him, and that once his obsession was over, he would be reincarnated.
But several months have passed...
A sense of utter shock, as if his worldview had collapsed, flashed across Li Ming's eyes. A conjecture he had never seriously considered before surged into his mind: Could it be that his youngest son intended to cling to Ying Ni'er for the rest of his life?
I've never heard of ghosts living with humans.
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Author's Note: We fly together, entwined and inseparable~ (The background music that automatically plays in my head while I'm writing)
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