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"What good is it? Let me tell you, that tape was incredibly useful. It was the tape that allowed these fruit trees to connect together and continue growing. Now that the tape is gone, how are they supposed to connect?"

Seeing that the village chief was unaware of these matters, Gao Qilin appeared very anxious and explained the situation.

"Well... don't worry, I'll go to the village to get some tape and try to get these done tonight."

Seeing how important the tape was, the village chief dared not be negligent in the slightest. After saying this, he quickly walked outside to get the tape from the village chief's house.

However, the village chief had only taken two steps when Gao Qilin called him back and said in a helpless tone:

"Forget it, things are already like this, even if you get the confession, it won't make any difference."

"What should we do now? I didn't do this on purpose."

Seeing how serious the situation was, the village chief panicked immediately, his eyes filled with fear, afraid that his mistake would cause great losses.

“I know you didn’t mean to do that, but it’s already happened, so we can only try to find a solution instead of apologizing.”

Seeing the village chief's reaction, Gao Qilin didn't know what to say. After explaining the current situation to him, he called Lin Ran and explained the situation to her.

"What? None of those fruit trees survived? That shouldn't be the case."

Upon hearing Gao Qilin's words, Lin Ran thought there was something wrong with her technique, so she looked confused and wondered what the problem was.

"It has nothing to do with you that these fruit trees didn't survive. The reason for this is that the village chief thought the tape was hindering the trees' growth, so he removed it, which prevented the two from bonding together."

Seeing that Lin Ran had attributed all the blame to him, Gao Qilin immediately began to explain, fearing that it would cause any further unnecessary misunderstandings.

"To be honest, it's my fault. I forgot to tell him not to touch the tape when I left."

Chapter 505 All the fruit trees died

Lin Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that it wasn't her fault, but she still took the blame upon herself.

"Okay, you wait for me there for a while, and I'll bring the new grafted seedlings over right away."

After saying that, Lin Ran hung up the phone and began preparing on her own.

After he had everything in order, he brought his things here.

Since Lin Ran had been here several times before, she was very familiar with the place and could easily drive the car up the mountain by herself without Gao Qilin's help.

"Your skills are impressive. This time you were able to drive the car up by yourself without anyone's help."

Seeing that Lin Ran's driving skills had improved, Gao Qilin couldn't help but start praising her.

"It's not because I've been here more often that I know the situation here. If I hadn't come here as often, I definitely wouldn't have dared to do this."

Faced with Gao Qilin's praise, Lin Ran's response was quite ordinary. After saying that, he went straight into the greenhouse to check on the condition of the fruit trees.

However, after examining it for a while, she looked very troubled and remained silent for a long time.

Seeing Lin Ran like this, Gao Qilin realized something bad had happened, and immediately asked:

"Is there something wrong with these fruit trees?"

“Yes, these fruit trees have a problem, a very big problem. You should know that when you first called me here, the roots of those fruit trees had already reached their limit. And now so many days have passed. In all that time, the roots haven't been able to absorb anything from above, which has made them realize they are dying, so they've stopped absorbing nutrients. In other words…”

Lin Ran stopped there, feeling it would be inappropriate to finish his sentence.

"What do you mean? Just say it already! Don't leave me hanging, you're making me anxious."

Seeing that Lin Ran stopped speaking halfway through her sentence, the village chief appeared very anxious and quickly inquired about what happened next.

"Given the current situation, I feel there's no point in hiding it anymore. Just tell us what's going on. We're all mentally strong, and we can handle this."

Seeing how anxious the village chief was, Gao Qilin knew that the matter could not be kept secret any longer, so he urged him on from the side.

"In other words, those tree roots are now completely dead and there is no hope of regrowth. If they still want to plant fruit trees, I can find some better fruit tree seedlings from me. If they don't want to plant them anymore, then I don't have any other options."

"What? All these trees are dead?"

Upon hearing Lin Ran's words, the village chief felt as if his world was collapsing, and his legs went weak, causing him to collapse to the ground.

"Village chief, don't be like this. Cheer up. Even though these trees are dead, we can plant new ones."

"Yes, the technology is amazing now. In less than two years, those trees will grow to be the same size as before. There's no need to worry about the production time being too long. And I'll check on them every now and then to make sure they don't die."

Seeing the village chief like this, Gao Qilin and Lin Ran went up to comfort him. To put his mind at ease, Lin Ran even took out her phone and asked the village chief to select new fruit seedlings.

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However, at this moment, the village chief shook his head, looking utterly despondent, and said:

“No matter what kind of fruit trees you find for me, they are not inherited from our ancestors, so they will not fetch a good price. If we can’t sell the trees we’ve been growing for so long for a good price, then what’s the point of growing trees? We might as well focus all our energy on ourselves.”

After the village chief finished speaking, he turned his attention to Gao Qilin. After glancing at him a few times, he looked helpless and continued:

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"I'm so sorry. You've helped me for so long, and this is what happened. To be honest, I feel a little bad. I didn't want this to happen either, but you've seen the reality..."

The village chief stopped there and looked very troubled, feeling that he was entirely to blame for how things had turned out this way.

"This is not your fault. It was all Zhao Ruilong's doing. It has nothing to do with you. You don't need to blame yourself. You have already done very well."

Upon hearing the village chief's words, Gao Qilin immediately comforted him and appeared very remorseful. After all, he was the one who caused things to turn out this way. If he hadn't offended Zhao Ruilong, the fruit trees in the village wouldn't have ended up like this.

"Although these fruit trees can no longer bring you income, we can still think of other ways for you. As long as you don't give up, we will continue to find solutions for you, so don't worry."

Fearing that the village chief would lose hope of escaping poverty, Gao Qilan continued talking about work.

Chapter 506 Revealing the Truth

After hearing what they said, the village chief's condition improved considerably.

At this moment, he turned his gaze back to the fruit trees, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke:

"Since you've all said so, it wouldn't be right for me to stay so down. Let's do as you say and replace all the fruit trees here with new ones. But as we agreed before, the seedlings must be the best."

"Don't worry, I will definitely use the best seedlings for you. We've been cooperating for so long, I can do that."

Seeing that the village chief had cheered up again, Lin Ran was relieved and, like Gao Qilin, began to comfort him.

In order not to waste time, Lin Ran drove away after saying those words, and drove back in less than an hour.

However, this time the truck wasn't carrying the seedlings needed for grafting, but rather high-quality fruit seedlings.

After he got out of the car, he said to the village chief:

"Since you've already made up your mind, I don't think we need to waste any more time. Let's quickly dig up all these tree roots and plant the heartwood. The sooner we plant it, the sooner it will grow."

This orchard is very large, with hundreds of fruit trees inside. If we were to remove all the tree roots, it would be a huge project. With just the few people present, it would probably take until next year to finish.

Thinking of this, the village chief sighed and said in a helpless tone:

"It seems I have to tell the villagers about the situation here. I didn't want to tell them, but it seems that it would be a bit unreasonable not to."

After saying that, the village chief went down the mountain and headed into the village to gather everyone together.

At this time, the villagers did not know what had happened. They thought that the village chief had gathered them together because of some good thing, and they all rushed to the center of the village.

However, upon their arrival, they saw that the village chief's expression was very serious, which gave them a bad feeling. Some even asked:

"Why did you gather us all together in such a hurry? Is there something you need?"

"Indeed, something happened. To be honest, just two days ago, Zhao Ruilong and his gang cut down all the fruit trees in the village, leaving only some stumps. I originally wanted to try to save them, but I missed the best opportunity due to my negligence. So now I can only dig up the stumps of those fruit trees to make it easier to plant other ones."

After hearing the village chief's words, the villagers all showed their dissatisfaction and asked in a questioning tone:

"What did you say? The fruit trees were cut down? Why didn't you tell us about something so important sooner?"

"Exactly! You're only telling us about something this big now? Do you not consider us part of the village, or do you not consider yourself part of the village?"

At this moment, the village was filled with curses. The village chief had long anticipated that this would happen, so he did not retaliate against their insults. Instead, he kept his head down and pretended to admit his mistake.

Seeing that the village chief remained silent, the others realized that continuing to talk like this was not a solution. After all, the damage had already been done, and the fruit trees couldn't possibly come back to life just because they cursed at them.

Moreover, they knew in their hearts that the village chief had little to do with what happened; it was all Zhao Ruilong's doing.

This caused everyone to direct their hatred at Zhao Ruilong, and someone took the lead in saying:

"It's all Zhao Ruilong's fault. I've realized that this guy doesn't want to see us have a single day of peace. How can we tolerate something like this?"

"This is intolerable! This kind of thing is simply unacceptable!"

These words immediately resonated with those present, who expressed their dissatisfaction and wished they could rush over and kill Zhao Ruilong right then and there.

"I know you all feel the same way I do about Zhao Ruilong, but now is not the time to deal with him. What we need to do now is to remove all the roots of those fruit trees so that we can plant new ones."

After hearing what the village chief said, the villagers said nothing more, returned to their homes, took out their tools for working in the fields, and headed up the mountain.

However, everyone was in a heavy mood along the way, and no one spoke.

After seeing everyone come up, Gao Qilin immediately organized them and taught them how to dig more easily.

Seeing this, the village chief quickly stepped forward and said, "2.8:"

"You don't need to worry about working in the fields. After all, we are all native rural people, and we have more experience in this area than you. I think it would be more efficient to let them do it their own way."

After thinking about it carefully, Gao Qilin realized that this was indeed the case, so he didn't say anything more and waited quietly to the side.

Just as the village chief had said, these people were much more experienced than Gao Qilin in working the land, and it didn't take long for all the roots of the fruit trees to be dug up.

Seeing this, Lin Ran quickly handed over her fruit seedlings.

Chapter 507 Other Sources of Income

“These are the fruit seedlings I have carefully selected for you. They may not be as good as the ones you planted before, but they are definitely not much worse, so please feel free to plant them.”