After the frail beauty went to the countryside, she went crazy with scientific research.

Chapter 305, Episode 0327: Familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar.

Liu Ya, is that the dark-skinned girl that Old Secretary Chen brought back?

She was once misunderstood as having a bad heart, but judging from Li Dayou's attitude now, he seems to appreciate her quite a bit.

Listening to the introduction, it seemed like we arrived at Li Dayou's house in no time.

The door was locked, so Li Dayou took out his key, opened the door, and went inside.

Familiar, yet somewhat unfamiliar.

Li Dayou's house hasn't changed much, except that the pile of firewood that used to be almost reaching the top of the wall has become narrower and shorter, and the once empty yard is now filled with corn hanging to dry.

Li Dayou ran over and brought out two long benches, placing them in a slightly more open area of ​​the yard. He then explained to Lin Yuexi somewhat apologetically, "We're harvesting corn recently, so the house is a mess. Let's sit outside for a bit and have your aunt tidy it up."

Lu Guihua, who had just "persuaded" the villagers to disperse, happened to walk in and heard this. Without saying a word, she rolled up her sleeves and rushed into the main room.

A few cups of tea were brought out shortly afterward. "I know you don't like sweet things. This tea was brought back by my third son last time. Please don't mind it, Comrade Lin."

Lin Yuexi stood up and took it, "Thank you, Aunt Lu, I was thirsty."

Comrade Lin gave her so much face that Lu Guihua almost burst out laughing. She handed tea to Xu Shan, who followed her in, and also sent the other cups on the tray to Ren Yan and the others who were guarding outside the courtyard.

Yes, Ren Yan is here this time too.

Ren Yan has changed too much. She used to be a carefree young girl, but now she is dressed in military uniform, holding a large weapon, with a sharp gaze. You can feel the murderous aura emanating from her from a distance, which makes the villagers not dare to come up and acknowledge her.

Not to mention others, even though Lu Guihua used to be quite familiar with Ren Yan, she didn't dare to get close to Ren Yan much. When she served tea, her smile was so forced that it looked like only her skin was twitching.

Ren Yan glanced at her expressionlessly and shook her head. "Thank you, but we can't eat or drink freely during the mission."

Lu Guihua: "...Okay, okay."

He turned and ran away as if fleeing, forgetting all the other soldiers.

In the courtyard, Li Dayou was gesturing excitedly as he talked to Lin Yuexi about the changes in the village over the past few years, unaware of Lu Guihua's unusual behavior. Lin Yuexi, however, watched with a smile as Lu Guihua entered the main room with slightly unsteady steps.

Old Party Secretary Chen retired last year. His health has been deteriorating, and he has fainted several times while working. Although everyone is reluctant to see him retire, there is nothing they can do; they can't be too harsh on him.

The current Party Secretary is the second son of the old Party Secretary Chen. He didn't get the position through connections, but was elected through a voting system.

The disintegration of the four brigades was not a consequence of major changes, but rather a continuation of the disintegration before any major changes occurred. The cause, or rather the trigger, was the heavy rain that lasted for more than half a month two years ago.

The other three brigades insisted on being tied to the first brigade, initially for the sake of profit. However, after the educated youth went to the countryside, the Red Star Brigade was affected by them, and its reputation as an advanced brigade was lost. Many of the obvious or hidden benefits no longer existed. Moreover, later, a new brigade leader was appointed who was at odds with Li Dayou and often suppressed the Red Star Brigade for various reasons.

As a result, many people in teams two, three, and four were unhappy. They hadn't enjoyed any benefits and were still subject to the control of team one. Now that team one had caused trouble, teams two, three, and four were expected to stand by and watch the drama unfold. Why should they?

"You brought many benefits to our village. The roads in our village were all paved with cement, and electricity was brought to our village. Later, it became the only village in the surrounding area with a telephone. You also taught the children in the village how to repair electrical appliances. Later, they were able to support themselves and even their families with this skill." You don't know until you hear it, it's amazing.

After Lin Yuexi arrived at Hongxing Brigade, she rarely appeared in the eyes of the villagers. She herself kept many of the things she did or the changes that the village made because of her hidden behind the scenes.

Before Lin Yuexi left, many villagers didn't realize what she had done. One reason was that she had disappeared, and another was that Li Dayou didn't dare tell the villagers when she was in the village.

Only after Lin Yuexi left did Li Dayou dare to tell everyone many things he had kept hidden in his heart.

For example, the village's cement road was not made easier for Lin Yuexi, who could only use a wheelchair at the time, to get around the village. Their village would not have been the only one in the entire commune with a cement road.

The same applies to the electricity. The villagers thought it was the result of Li Dayou's efforts, but it wasn't. It was because Lin Yuexi helped the city's machinery factory that the factory paid out of its own pocket to bring electricity to the whole village.
There are also instances where Lin Yuexi intentionally or unintentionally saved certain people in the village, and so on.

“You introduced people to buy mountain products. In the first year, the amount they wanted was small, and only our brigade participated. In the second year, before the season even started, the market had already placed a lot of orders. The commune also wanted us to help out the nearby villages, so I notified everyone I could. As long as the quality of the mountain products is up to standard, we will take them.”

Li Dayou rubbed his hands together, a little embarrassed, "We usually charge one or two cents."

At the time, they were all quite self-righteous. They argued that since the connections were from their village, it wasn't unreasonable for them to earn a middleman fee by helping other villages sell their mountain products.
But now, bringing this up in front of Comrade Lin, they instantly lost all confidence. It was Comrade Lin who found those connections for them, and it seemed a bit despicable for them to make money from it.

Lin Yuexi laughed, "Your mountain products are of good quality, which is why Shanghai continues to place orders, and the orders are increasing. This is your own achievement, and it has nothing to do with me anymore."

Only when the people of Hero Village are meticulous enough, never have quality problems, and even exceed the expectations of the people in Haishi, will they be able to pre-order the mountain produce the following year while it is still on the mountain.

Not to mention that the amount ordered far exceeds what Hero Village can provide!

These words made Li Dayou feel extremely comfortable. Of course, it was a major matter concerning the interests of the entire village, so how could they not be serious about it?

It was precisely because of their meticulousness that their relationship with the other three brigades became increasingly tense.

Li Dayou sighed deeply, "Many of the ones brought by the second, third and fourth teams are not up to standard. Some of the mushrooms are inedible, some of the wild vegetables contain weeds, and many of the chestnuts are shriveled or even rotten."

The whole village hoped that this business could continue for a long time. Without Li Dayou even having to remind them, the person in charge of receiving the goods would immediately mark them as substandard.

Most of the people in the surrounding brigades were qualified.

As a result, the second, third, and fourth teams felt that the first team was bullying and ostracizing them, taking mountain goods from other teams but refusing to take them from their own team, which meant they were not treated as one of their own.

"The village wasn't even flooded during the floods two years ago..."

Lin Yuexi gasped in shock. Was it really that serious?

Lu Guihua just mentioned that the grain was damaged by the rain and there was no harvest. She thought that was all, but it was already very serious.

Unexpectedly, the disaster was so severe that the entire village was flooded. You have to understand that Hero Village is located in a relatively high-altitude area, and there are endless plains on both sides. If all of that is flooded, how heavy must the rain have been at that time?