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Chapter 1383 Completed
Time flew by, and Lin Hao and his team completed the planting of the saplings in three days.

After watering the trees, Lin Hao went to the place where Qin Xuemei and the others had planted them.

"Hey, not bad! That's perfect, exactly the same as in the textbook!" Lin Hao praised with a smile.

"It's all thanks to Wu Yansheng's excellent teaching; otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to grow them so well." Da Kui proactively gave Wu Yansheng extra credit.

The others looked at Wu Yansheng with approval. Although he was just reading from the textbook while riding a horse, regardless of the outcome, it did serve an educational purpose.

Wu Yansheng then gave a forced, shy smile. Today, he didn't ride a horse and go for a drive in his trench coat.

If he doesn't do any work and the task isn't completed, he will definitely be held responsible.

"Hey, we're all a team, no one person deserves more credit than everyone else, it's all thanks to everyone's cooperation!" Wu Yansheng deliberately spoke vaguely, then quickly changed the subject:

"However, some people have said that our tree planting this time will fail. I want to see how such a standard planting method can fail."

Wu Yansheng practically craned his neck to the sky, speaking without a hint of modesty.

"Alright, we'll know the result in two or three months!" Lin Hao then looked at everyone and changed the subject:

"According to my latest observations, this rain will arrive in no more than three days. How many saplings have you planted so far? Can you finish planting them before the heavy rain arrives?"

"Team Leader Lin, we have already planted six thousand trees. If all goes well, we should be able to plant another three thousand today, which will bring the total to nine thousand."

"But it might be difficult to finish planting before the rain!" Qin Xuemei said with a worried look on her face.

Then Qin Xuemei looked at Lin Hao with anticipation. At the current pace, they could plant a maximum of 18,000 trees, leaving about 2,000 trees remaining.

But that was only in theory. In reality, after three days of planting trees, everyone's physical strength had already begun to decline, and the number of trees planted would also decrease, so they definitely wouldn't be able to complete the task.

"Hmm! Looks like we'll never finish planting them all!" Lin Hao shook his head and said.

Lin Hao originally didn't want to help, but seeing Qin Xuemei's pleading eyes, he softened a little.

After thinking it over, Lin Hao decided to set aside his prejudices and lend them a hand. However, he didn't plan to get involved himself, so he said:
"Alright, we've already finished planting over there. I'll bring those twelve villagers over to help you!"

Upon hearing this, Qin Xuemei was so happy she almost jumped for joy, and then loudly expressed her gratitude:

"Thank you, Team Leader Lin. With this new force joining us, I guarantee we can complete the planting task before the rain!"

Upon hearing this, the other college students cheered and then loudly complimented them:
"Thank you so much, Team Leader Lin!"

"Team Leader Lin is awesome!"

"come on!"

"Alright, you guys keep planting!" I went back to do other things.

Seeing the jubilant crowd, Wu Yansheng remained silent with a gloomy face. He certainly couldn't go against the grain at this moment, or he would only be disliked.

Wu Yansheng watched with a gloomy face as Qin Xuemei personally saw Lin Hao off. It took him a long time to compose himself before he turned to Yan Xiangli and asked:

"Yan Xiangli, is what Team Leader Lin said true? Is there going to be a heavy rainstorm in three days?"

Ji Xiurong witnessed Wu Yansheng's changing expression throughout the entire process, but didn't say much. She just looked at Yan Xiangli, fearing that he would be angered by Wu Yansheng.

"Yes, this Team Leader Lin is really amazing. Although I don't know how he knew there would be a heavy rainstorm, according to the data I collected, the estimated time is three days from now, and the rainfall will be very heavy."

Qin Xuemei, who had just returned, overheard Wu Yansheng and Yan Xiangli's conversation and looked thoughtfully in the direction Lin Hao had left.

"Alright, everyone, let's give it our all! We can't let those people look down on us!"

Wu Yansheng saw that Qin Xuemei was still looking in the direction Lin Hao had left, and gave her a very displeased reminder.

As expected, after Wu Yansheng's reminder, Qin Xuemei also started working with her head down, and everyone's work speed increased considerably.

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"How are the seedlings doing?"

Lin Hao returned to the camp, where Feng Cheng and the other three were already waiting. Lin Hao smiled and shook his head, saying:
"They've planted them quite well, even better than the ones you planted back then. It's just that I don't know how many of these seedlings will survive!"

After hearing Lin Hao's account, Zhao Tianshan smiled and said:

"It's alright. They're all recent college graduates. They won't give up until they've been hit hard. Have you forgotten what happened when Feng Cheng first arrived?"

Feng Cheng said somewhat speechlessly, "If they can't grow it, then just say so. Why do you keep dragging me into this? It's not like I can't grow it!"

Lin Hao chatted and laughed with Zhao Tianshan and Feng Cheng, but his hands were never idle.

The three of them then pulled up fifty saplings from the nursery, and together with the remaining fifty, they cultivated a total of 100 saplings in flowerpots.

I also planted one hundred seeds in a bottle, intending to cultivate them together in the nursery.

"It's all thanks to Lin Hao's quick thinking that he came up with this idea. If we can successfully plant the saplings and seeds in flowerpots and bottles, we'll solve a major problem."

During the experiment, Zhao Tianshan and the others couldn't help but praise Lin Hao's idea.

"This wasn't my idea alone; everyone contributed. However, we still don't know if this method will work."

"Whether it works or not, there are only about a hundred saplings, and the seeds are insignificant. Even if it fails, the loss will not be great."

Afterwards, everyone planted the saplings and returned to their camp.

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"Master Wei, why are there oat flour buns today?" Sui Zhichao said dejectedly, "Yesterday they were all white flour buns!"

"Hey, the food was good the other day because you guys were working in the fields! Team Leader Lin and Captain Zhao gave the instructions, that's why you were able to eat white flour buns every day,"

Wei Fugui offered an explanation, then smiled and said:

"We didn't work in the fields today, so we're lucky to have this. We can't eat white flour buns every day!"

As time went by, the college students worked overtime and finally planted all the saplings.

At the start of the mission, the workload was heavy every day, so Lin Hao suggested that the college students be fed well, and that they be given some meat from time to time to supplement their nutrition.

But the saplings have already been planted, so they can't keep doing that every day, otherwise they won't have enough food.

Of course, after completing the task, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. At this point, eating some coarse grains was not unacceptable; in fact, they tasted quite delicious.

"Yes, no wonder everything has tasted especially good these past few days!"

"So it was special treatment!"

"I wish I could receive special treatment every day!"

"It's a pity there are no white flour steamed buns left!"

"It would be nice if there was some meat in it!"

Everyone chatted amongst themselves, mindlessly eating the food in their bowls.

Actually, no one finished the grain they received each time, which made Wei Fugui quite unhappy with them, but he never tried to stop them. After everyone left, looking at the discarded oat buns, Wei Fugui picked up the wasted grain, spread it out in a winnowing basket, and prepared to dry it and collect it to take home.

Master Wei isn't a college graduate, nor does he receive the benefits associated with them. During a severe drought a couple of years ago, he returned home to find his mother had starved to death. Therefore, he finds such waste most unbearable.

“Bang!!!”

"Boom!!!"

"boom!!!"

"Wow, I didn't expect it to really rain heavily."

Everyone went back to rest, but in the middle of the night, a thunderclap appeared in the sky, as if it were about to tear the heavens apart, but all that thunder came and no rain fell.

Everyone was awakened by the thunder, and some people were still standing at the dormitory entrance waiting for the heavy rain.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the astonishing thunder subsided, and then the torrential rain began.

Listening to the thunder and rain outside the dugout, everyone remembered what Lin Hao had said: it was bound to be a heavy downpour.

The boys were fine and went to sleep amidst the thunder, but the girls were different. They were so frightened by the thunder that they huddled together and wrapped themselves in blankets.

"Boom!!"

"what!!"

Shen Mengyin screamed in fright, and Ji Xiurong was also quite frightened; the thunder seemed to strike right next to their ears.

Shen Mengyin had never witnessed such divine might before, and being timid to begin with, she was quite frightened.

The thunder gradually stopped and the rain lessened until late into the night, at which point the girl dared to lie down and go to sleep.

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The next day, the heavy rain continued to fall. Everyone ate their meals in the cafeteria, chatting instead of enjoying their food.

"Let me tell you, our Tianjing Fried Dough Twists are absolutely amazing! They're so crunchy and delicious when you chew them."

Then Sui Zhichao said mysteriously:

"You know what? After you finish chewing that twisted dough stick, there's still a hard lump left in your mouth."

"Guess what it is?" Before anyone could speak, Sui Zhichao blurted out:

"That was a big piece of rock candy, my goodness, it tasted so good."

Sui Zhichao began to reminisce about the famous local delicacy of his hometown, Tianjing Fried Dough Twists.

After speaking, Sui Zhichao went to Shen Mengyin's side and asked:

"Hey, sister, do you have any good breakfast options in Shanghai?"

"No, you're always making fried dough twists every day. I haven't even had any yet, and my teeth are already starting to hurt!"

Shen Mengyin said somewhat impatiently, not really wanting to talk to him.

"Yeah, you're always twisting things up like a twisted dough stick, so let's just call you Twisted Dough Knot!" Da Kui joked.

"Sure, call me whatever you want. We Tianjing people have one defining characteristic: we're easygoing!"

"As long as you don't swear, you can call me God, we'll all accept it. So, sister, would you like to call me Twisted Doughnut?"

Sui Zhichao called out in the direction of Shen Mengyin.

"Who told you to call me sister?" Shen Mengyin glared at Sui Zhichao, then ignored him.

At this moment, Shen Mengyin's thoughts were already wavering between Lin Hao and Wu Yansheng.

Because one of these two men is very flamboyant and has a sharp tongue, capable of sweet talk, while the other is calm and capable, making one feel particularly safe by his side.

Because of her background, she never had many friends. Of the friends she had made a pact with to come to Bashang, none of them showed up.

Therefore, she lacked a sense of security, and Lin Hao and Wu Yansheng were undoubtedly the most outstanding and exceptional among the boys.

"Sigh, all I'm thinking about right now is having dinner, watching the sunset, and maybe I can have a cup of coffee!"

Shen Mengyin said to herself, her eyes filled with memories and anticipation.

On a rainy day like this, sitting by the window of a fine restaurant, enjoying the view of the rain outside while sipping coffee with your loved one, that would be a truly wonderful thing.

"What is this? Coffee?" Sui Zhichao asked, feigning seriousness.
"I have to criticize you for this; this is decadent bourgeois thinking!"

"Sui Zhichao, don't make a big deal out of it and scare the girl. When I have time in Beijing, I often go to Lao Mo for coffee!"

"I was just joking with her!" Sui Zhichao quickly explained to Shen Mengyin.

Wu Yansheng realized that Qin Xuemei hadn't paid any attention to him during this time, so he decided to provoke her in front of her.

Then Wu Yansheng said with a smile:

"Shen Mengyin, I'll write to my best buddy in Beijing right now. It'll be a month at most. When he sends over some top-quality coffee, I'll send it to you!"

Wu Yansheng smiled confidently. Although he spoke of it as if it were a trivial matter, what he meant was that he had connections in the capital.

At the same time, I also paid attention to Qin Xuemei's expression, but unfortunately she seemed not to hear me and continued eating her unpalatable food.

"Really?" Shen Mengyin said with a look of surprise and delight, "Thank you, Wu Yansheng!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Mengyin immediately stood up and sat down next to Wu Yansheng, and then began to talk about the coffee.

"What nonsense! You're just bragging, all you do is boast!" Sui Zhichao said with a disbelieving look.

"I've heard of grain coupons, oil coupons, and cloth coupons, but I've never heard of coffee coupons!"

"Ha, you're ignorant, so I won't argue with you. Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. But there are some things that money and tickets can't buy!"

Wu Yansheng said in a feignedly generous tone, "Mahua, I'll take you to Beijing sometime to broaden your horizons!"

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A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Lin Hao led everyone to plant some of the saplings in the nursery. They planned to try using mechanized planting for the rest.

Two months passed quickly, and it was time for the forestry bureau leaders to come and inspect the planting progress.

That day, the roar of car engines echoed outside the camp. Everyone gathered and waited for the newcomers to get out of their vehicles.

"Director Yu, Secretary Qu, no, Director Qu, you've arrived. This must be Expert Li from the Ministry of Forestry, right?"

Lin Hao brought Zhao Tianshan to greet them. This time, not only Yu Zheng and Qu He came, but also Li Zhong, a technical advisor from the Ministry of Forestry.

"That's right, this is Secretary Li, who is also our bureau's technical advisor."

"The reasons for this visit are twofold: first, to observe the planting activities of the college students; and second, to reassess the conditions for establishing a forest farm in Saihanba."