Chapter 1377 Attitude Change
"Yes, your expert Lin is truly amazing!" Shen Mengyin couldn't help but praise, then said with shining eyes:
"Yes, I've made up my mind. From now on, I will seriously learn from Expert Lin!"

However, when Sui Zhichao saw Shen Mengyin, he felt a little uncomfortable because she was so concerned about Lin Hao.

Then he changed the subject, saying, "Shen Mengyin, can't you see my good intentions?"

"You're a girl, and you go out early every morning to do hard labor with them. I really feel sorry for you!"

"I specifically submitted this research topic to my superiors to study pests and diseases. Actually, I just wanted to take you out for a trip to enjoy the scenery and give you a break!"

Shen Mengyin glared at Sui Zhichao, then said in an annoyed tone:

"This is supposed to be sightseeing? Where are the mountains? Where is the water? My shoes are full of sand from the whole trip, and it hurts my feet!"

"Why is there sand in your shoes!" Sui Zhichao said, reaching out to take off Shen Mengyin's shoes.
"Come here, let me help you tidy up!"

"Let go, I don't need you!" Shen Mengyin quickly stood up and backed away, threatening him at the same time.

"If you dare to reach out again, I'll report you for indecent assault!"

Seeing this, Sui Zhichao quickly explained, "I just wanted to help you!"

"Big Twist, how can you be so shameless?" Shen Mengyin felt increasingly disgusted with Sui Zhichao and stopped holding back her words.

"Did you call me?" Sui Zhichao suddenly stood up, pointing fiercely at Shen Mengyin, which startled Shen Mengyin, causing her to back away abruptly.

Seeing this, Sui Zhichao realized he had lost his composure, so he changed his tone and said with a grin, "Big twisted dough stick, that sounds so friendly!"

"How can you be so shameless!" Shen Mengyin glared fiercely at Sui Zhichao, then said as she walked away:
"Let me tell you, tomorrow I'm going to learn about afforestation with the forestry experts!"

"If you keep trying to trick me into coming out like this, I'll tell the brigade leader and have the forestry bureau discipline you!"

"No, no, sis!" Watching Shen Mengyin walk away, Sui Zhichao slapped his thigh in regret.

"Oh dear, what's going on here!"

On the other side, on her way back, Qin Xuemei was chatting with former employees of Weichang about Lin Hao.

When Lin Hao was mentioned, Wang Xiaonian's eyes lit up as he said:

"To be honest, Lin is really amazing. Now, the entire Saihanba area, no, all the sub-farms under Weichang are using Lin's methods."

Upon hearing this, Wu Yansheng, looking displeased, interjected with a cocky expression:
"That's because I wasn't here before. I studied afforestation, so planting trees is child's play for me!"

"You? Just like Technician Feng said, all you know how to do is study by rote!"

Upon hearing that Wu Yansheng suspected Lin Hao, Li Tiehu and the others stopped tolerating them and started to confront him directly.

His opening remarks were full of sweeping generalizations, which immediately made all the college students look bad.

Seeing this, Da Kui immediately smoothed things over, saying, "Tie Hu, don't be angry. Wu Yansheng is just a little incredulous!"

"Hey Da Kui, let's go. Among these college students, you're the only one who can be considered a real man."

Hearing what Da Kui said, Li Tiehu stopped caring and immediately pulled Da Kui towards the camp canteen.

"Sister, what this big guy is saying probably isn't true, right?" Sui Zhichao casually asked Qin Xuemei.

"I don't know either!" Qin Xuemei said cautiously.

"Alright, let's stop discussing this. Practice makes perfect. Once we've successfully planted the trees, we'll see the results. There's no point in arguing about this now!"

"Besides, Expert Lin has a high reputation here, so let's not provoke him. Moreover, someone who can develop the all-light seedling cultivation method must be quite remarkable."

Seeing Sui Zhichao's unconvinced expression, Qin Xuemei couldn't help but offer some words of advice.

"Hehe, anyway, I guess these people have never met a real expert. He's not a god, so it's like he knows everything."

"Alright, that's enough. Let's keep a low profile for now. Once we've successfully planted the trees, our prestige will rise, and then he won't be able to do anything to us."

Shen Mengyin agreed with Qin Xuemei's words, because Wu Yansheng was always the one causing trouble along the way.

After Wu Yansheng left, Mengyue said to Sui Zhichao:
"Sui Zhichao, go back and persuade Wu Yansheng to avoid causing any more trouble!"

“He’s a young master, why should we advise him? We should just mind our own business.” Sui Zhichao, who was already in a bad mood, became even more upset when he heard that they should advise Wu Yansheng.

Back at the Chengde Imperial Palace, it was his bad advice that caused him to lose face in front of these female students.

"Sui Zhichao and Wu Yansheng are probably leaving the capital for the first time to come to a place like this, which is why they are acting this way!"

"We are all part of a team, so we should stick together and support each other. Why don't we go back and try to persuade him?"

Sui Zhichao's attitude seemed detrimental to unity, so Qin Xuemei spoke up on his behalf.

"Hehe, they said that when they introduced themselves, they came specifically for you!"

"So that's just the young master's nature. It would be a miracle if someone like that could thrive in such harsh conditions!"

"Alright, I'm the only bad guy here. Let's go get breakfast. There's meat for lunch today!" Sui Zhichao didn't say anything more and headed towards the camp.

"Xuemei, let's go. Don't be angry. As long as we can grow the trees, Team Leader Lin will definitely change his opinion of us. He'll definitely look at us with new eyes."

"Yes, that's right, Mengyin, let's go."

Everyone returned to the cafeteria, got their food, and started eating. Sui Zhichao looked at Xiao Huang and Xiao Liu and said with some surprise:
"Speaking of which, having these two dogs is pretty good. They were able to hunt on their own the day before yesterday, and I heard they even helped with the wolf hunt yesterday, haha!"

While eating, Sui Zhichao looked at the meat in his bowl, and then at the two dogs, he found them incredibly pleasing to the eye. At that moment, the two dogs, in the corner, seemed to understand Sui Zhichao's words.

"Wang!"

"Wang Wang!"

"Haha, look, they seem to understand."

After Sui Zhichao finished speaking, he casually broke off a piece of the cornbread in his hand and threw it over, but the two dogs did not come over to pick it up and eat it. Instead, they continued to eat what was in their bowls.

"Hey, Master Wei, what are you feeding this dog? Why won't it eat the cornbread?"

Sui Zhichao noticed that the two dogs wouldn't eat the food he had thrown away, and he became curious. "Oh, these two dogs have quite a history. The bigger one is called Xiao Huang. It was adopted by Expert Lin, and it was approved by the bureau to keep it!"

As you all know, communication between the area above and below the dam is extremely difficult. Contact is only possible when supplies are being transported; otherwise, it relies on horses or cars!

"But ever since we got Xiao Huang, it only takes an hour or two to get down to the dam. We rely on it most of the time to communicate between the dam and the dam!"

"It was originally supplied with food, but Expert Lin said that we ate it all and should be fed with leftovers!"

"By the way, the smaller one was raised by Technician Feng, and that was approved by the bureau!"

"Wow, good heavens, this is a great contributor!" Sui Zhichao exclaimed upon hearing this.

"That's amazing! If anything happens in the future, we can contact Baxia through Xiao Huang!"

Hearing this, the others looked at Xiao Huang and Xiao Liu in surprise, assuming that Xiao Liu could also go down the dam on his own.

"That's not all. We've been here for almost three years. Although these two little guys only eat what we leave behind, after being trained by the forest experts, they can hunt on their own and occasionally bring us some good stuff."

"However, we usually store them up and only eat them when the Lunar New Year is approaching, because Expert Lin is worried that the supplies will not be delivered if it snows. It can be considered as being prepared for a rainy day."

"Wow, I didn't expect these two little guys to be so good. Does that mean it's easy to hunt around here in Bashang?" Sui Zhichao suddenly asked, his eyes shining, as if he had heard something.

"Hehe, this place used to be a royal garden, specially for princes and ministers to hunt and play."

At this moment, Zhao Tianshan and his group arrived. Hearing them talking about how good the area was for hunting, Zhao Tianshan became interested and began to explain:

“In the past, this place was a place where you could catch roe deer with sticks, scoop fish with ladles, and pheasants would fly into your cooking pot.”

"However, after this place became a desert, there was basically no wild game left. It was only after we planted trees that we had these pheasants and rabbits."

"However, there are also those with strong adaptability, such as wolves and foxes, which is why I always emphasize that Bashang is very dangerous, not only because of the natural environment, but also because of these wild animals!"

Seemingly sensing what these restless college students were thinking, Lin Hao said calmly:
"Anyone who wants to hunt on their own should be careful. They might end up becoming the prey instead of the prey they were hunting."

Seeing the enthusiastic crowd, Lin Hao poured cold water on their enthusiasm.

"Sigh, what a pity. If we could hunt, our lives would be so much more comfortable." Sui Zhichao said regretfully, taking a bite of his cornbread.

"Alright, those who haven't eaten yet, let's eat first. After we finish eating, let's discuss how to set up the laboratory and the meteorological observation station, according to the previous plan."

"We still need to make arrangements? We're all exhausted, our bodies feel like they're falling apart." Sui Zhichao felt terrible when he heard that there were still arrangements to make.

"Exactly! We're all college students, not here to be laborers. Team Leader Lin is assigning us so much work right away. Is he trying to work us to death and force us to leave?"

Upon hearing Sui Zhichao's words, Wu Yansheng immediately began to stir up trouble again.

Upon hearing Wu Yansheng say he was tired, Zhao Tianshan immediately became furious, feeling that this guy was like a troublemaker, so he pointed at Wu Yansheng and said:
"Cool labor? You dare call yourself a coolie?"

"How many buckets of water did you carry? Is that more than Meng Yue and Shen Mengyin? You're a grown man, and you're not even as good as a girl. How dare you say you're tired?"

"What? Even girls aren't as good? Looks like this new college graduate isn't all that great after all?" At this moment, a veteran employee who was dissatisfied with Wu Yansheng said sarcastically.

Da Kui, who was sitting next to Li Tielong, felt a sense of pride upon hearing Zhao Tianshan's words. Although he couldn't compare to Lin Hao, he was still the second-most water carrier.

"Alright, no need to get so worked up!" Lin Hao said irritably at this moment.
"Your performance today will not lead to the wrongful conviction of an innocent person, as Captain Zhao has always believed."

Whether you used your full strength or not, whether you were slacking off or not, Captain Zhao can see through it all at a glance.

Hearing Lin Hao's words, Wu Yansheng, relying on his background, acted unreasonably and said:
"Hmph, I think you're deliberately targeting us. We'll all be leaders in the future, and all of us will be leaders. Aren't you afraid of what will happen in the future if you deliberately target us like this?"

Before Wu Yansheng could say anything more, Qin Xuemei, who had been sitting to the side watching Lin Hao, immediately stood up and said:

"Wu Yansheng, what are you saying? We're all here to support the greening efforts, not to become leaders!"

“If that’s your mindset, then everyone will want to be a leader, and who will do the work?” After saying that, she winked at Wu Yansheng.

At this moment, everyone looked at Wu Yansheng with disdain, for daring to say such things in public.

Seeing that Qin Xuemei was giving him a meaningful look, he realized that what he had said had angered everyone, so he quickly tried to smooth things over:

"Xuemei, everyone, you've misunderstood. What I meant was that we're all here to work hard and contribute to the greening efforts!"

"Therefore, we also need a qualified leader, but Team Leader Lin is clearly not a qualified leader. He didn't even consider everyone's physical condition before assigning us such heavy work. I'm doing this for everyone's good."

Wu Yansheng may not be good at much else, but he is really good at talking a good game and managed to change the subject.

Wu Yansheng acted as if he were completely selfless and that everything he did was for the good of everyone, and he did appear quite convincing.

"If even Expert Lin can't do it, then you can? If you're so capable, show us your results. Just talking the talk is useless," Qin Xuemei said irritably.

If it were the Qin Xuemei of the past, she might have been fooled by Wu Yansheng's words, after all, Wu Yansheng was the person she had the best conditions with at school.

But after meeting Lin Hao and Feng Cheng, and after getting to know them over this period of time, he immediately saw through Wu Yansheng and their hypocrisy.

"Alright, everyone get moving. Just like this morning, Captain Zhao and I will each lead a team," Lin Hao instructed directly.

"I led the team to help Qin Xuemei and Mengyue set up the laboratory. Captain Zhao led the team to help Yan Xiangli set up the meteorological observation station."

Next, the two teams spent two hours finally setting up the laboratory and weather station.

After we finished our work, we had more than an hour left, so everyone could finally take a break.

"Ah, finally I can rest. I just realized how comfortable this bed is."

Upon arriving at the dugout, Sui Zhichao flopped down on the bed with a soft thud and let out a comfortable cry, while Yan Xiangli changed into clean clothes and lay down on the bed as well.

"Yan Xiangli, where are your dirty clothes? Give them to me."

Just as the two were resting, Ji Xiurong came in from outside and asked Yan Xiangli where his dirty clothes were.

"Hey sister, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to just walk in without knocking?"

(End of this chapter)

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