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

Chapter 310, Episode 0332: Li Dayou's Little Thoughts

Li Dayou took Lin Yuexi to visit the factory at the east end of the village. What used to be a small business of collecting mountain products after the autumn harvest has now been developed by Hero Village into a large business that operates year-round.

The factory is very large, with a special place for collecting mountain products, a drying area, and a packaging plant with professional assembly lines.

Beyond that was a large warehouse, with several large trucks parked outside. People were coming and going, unloading goods from the warehouse and loading them onto the trucks.

Li Dayou wanted to take Lin Yuexi with him, but Lin Yuexi stopped him, saying that they were busy and shouldn't disturb them.

After leaving the factory, Li Dayou led the way west of the village along the road beside the fields. The land on the right had been cut apart, with different sizes and different crops planted on it.

There was wheat gleaming golden in the sunlight, sorghum standing tall like sentinels, soybeans plump and swollen, and cotton bolls as white as snow…
The most eye-catching sight is the endless expanse of golden rice paddies drooping over the west side of the village.

Noticing Lin Yuexi's interest in the rice paddies, Li Dayou immediately grinned and introduced, "When the No. 2 rice seedlings were distributed to our town, none of the locals wanted to plant them. But I understand. Our area has always been used to planting drought-resistant crops like wheat, sorghum, and corn. Rice is from the south. First, no one has ever grown it before and they were afraid they wouldn't be able to manage it. Second, it would be a hassle for us to create rice paddies here."

He said he understood, but Li Dayou's face looked smug no matter how you looked at him.

When he said he was willing to plant and even took twenty mu of land to plant, which village chief didn't laugh at him?
Not only the village chiefs, but even the staff promoting the No. 2 seed variety looked at him as if he were a fool when he said he wanted to plant it on 20 acres of land.

Now look at him, who wouldn't envy him?

Who wouldn't grin and fawn over him when they see him?
This is the result of a year's hard work by the entire village. Look at this endless golden wave, which farmer wouldn't be happy to see it?!
Thank you, Motherland!

Thank you, Mr. Cui!
Li Dayou was about to tell Lin Yuexi how they had taken care of those twenty acres of rice this year when, before he could even open his mouth, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure around the bend in the road ahead, and his words took a different turn.

"What brings you out today, Mr. Chen?"

Lin Yuexi also noticed the old man walking towards them, and a genuine smile immediately spread across her face.

The old man doesn't seem to have suffered any injustices over the years. He's in much better spirits than when she left, and he looks much younger. Judging from his brisk walking style, he doesn't look like someone in his sixties at all.

"You brat, you said you were coming to pick me up, and this is how you pick me up?"

The sound arrives before the person arrives.

“I waited for you at home for ages. I even stewed a big, chubby goose for lunch, but then Xiao Xu came over and told me you were eating at Old Man Li’s house.”

Li Dayou shrank back guiltily, took two steps back, and silently hid behind Lin Yuexi.

"Time is tight, I'm leaving this afternoon, so I wanted to give you more time to pack your luggage."

Lin Yuexi smiled and quickly went over to comfort the old man whose hair was practically standing on end in anger.

Li Da didn't feel offended at all; on the contrary, he felt quite pleased.

He already knew that Comrade Lin came to the village because of Old Chen; he was the one who answered the phone at the village committee building last night.

Hero Village is getting better and better thanks to Comrade Lin's kindness. He guessed that this might be the last time Comrade Lin would come to their village. The people who came to help them get exonerated were all in a hurry to come and leave. He was also afraid that Comrade Lin would come and leave in a hurry as well, so that they would not even have a chance to express their gratitude.

So, he had a few village children wait at the village entrance early in the morning, while he and the village officials prepared a thank-you gift. They stopped Lin Yuexi before she could pick up Old Chen, pulled her into their home, and treated her to a meal—the most simple and heartfelt way for rural people to express their gratitude.

Lin Yuexi guessed Li Dayou's thoughts from the gossip Lu Guihua shared, but she didn't refuse and shamelessly accepted their thanks.

We came with Old Chen to his current place. Hey, it's quite familiar. It's the home where Lin Yuexi lived when she was sent to the Hero Village.

As Chen walked inside, he explained to her, "When Xingran and the others left, they sold the house to the brigade. Your house is too good. After the brigade got the house, the families whose houses were damaged by the earthquake all wanted to buy it."

"The villagers are united, but everyone has their own little schemes. Among those who want to buy the house, one is a relative of Old Man Li, and the other is a relative of Old Man Chen. This makes things difficult, so the house has been empty. Old Man Li and his wife will occasionally come over to clean it."

Upon entering the main room, he gestured for Lin Yuexi to sit down and then asked her to take her hand out.

After taking her pulse and confirming that she was truly free of any problems, I asked:
"This must be related to you, right?"

Lin Yuexi raised an eyebrow. "Why would you think it's because of me?"

Old Chen flicked her on the head in an annoyed tone, "You mean to talk about the Chen family setting up a pharmaceutical factory in Haishi? I know the Chen family better than you do. I dare say, before they set up the factory, they would never have thought of an old man like me."

"They did try to take me to Haishi several times, but their motives were too obvious, and their words implied that they had pulled strings. Do they think I'm stupid?"

Old Chen scoffed at the behavior of the Chen family.

He used to value family highly; he was taught from a young age to prioritize family.

When he was being sent to the countryside and tortured, not a single person in his family offered him even a sip of water, which made him lose faith in them.

Later, when his own son used the medicine prescription to exchange for protection for his family, it would be a lie to say that Old Chen wasn't sad. But it was through this experience that he was transformed and now treats the Chen family as strangers.

Looking at the Chen family from an outsider's perspective, he realized how foolish he had been. Those people all talked a good game, saying things like "for the family" and "for the descendants of the clan," but in reality, they were all just looking out for their own interests.

She wouldn't even bother to put on an act in front of him; anyone who wasn't an idiot could tell that there was something wrong with the logic in what she said.

Well, okay, he used to be pretty silly.

Because the elders said that traditional Chinese medicine was declining and Western medicine was the future trend, and that the Chen family was a family of doctors, they could not be ignorant of Western medicine, and as the most talented one in medicine, he should shoulder the heavy responsibility of the family.

He foolishly felt a heavy weight on his shoulders, bearing the future of his family. Even though he loved traditional Chinese medicine, he left his young son behind and went abroad.

So even his own son abandoned him, but he didn't resent it; it was what he deserved.

He wouldn't resent those in his clan who still wanted to use the rise and fall of the family to blackmail him, since he was foolish, but he wouldn't pay them any more attention.

The best outcome is for each other not to disturb each other.

“I have severed ties with the Chen family and will follow you from now on.”