60s: I have a store

Chapter 486 Crazy
Zhou Yimin and Professor Li got an important clue about the source of the scientific research notes at the market, and just as they were happily preparing to go to the next village.

Zhou Yimin looked up at the sky and found that the sun was gradually setting, and a hint of orange-red sunset appeared on the horizon.

He turned to Professor Li and suggested, "Professor Li, it's getting late now. Why don't we go back first and tell the other people in the village about this news."

Professor Li looked up at the sky, thought for a moment, and nodded in agreement: "Well, you are right, it is indeed getting late, let's go back to the village and make plans."

The two men then got on the rather conspicuous motorcycle and sped towards Zhoujiazhuang under the still curious gazes of the crowd.

When we returned to Zhoujiazhuang, smoke was already rising from the village. The villagers had finished a day's work and were returning home one after another.

Zhou Yimin and Professor Li went straight to the temporary meeting room in the village, where Cheng Yuanguo, expert Wang and other members of the inspection team were sorting out the day's inspection materials.

As soon as Zhou Yimin entered the room, he couldn't hide his excitement and said, "Captain Cheng, Uncle Wang, we have a new discovery at the market!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Yuanguo immediately put down the information in his hand, stood up, and his eyes were full of expectation: "Oh? Tell me quickly, what did you find?"

Professor Li followed up Zhou Yimin's words and recounted in detail what he had learned from the stall owner at the market about the source of the scientific research notes.

After Cheng Yuanguo learned about this, he smiled with satisfaction and said happily: "This is really good news! Maybe we can find more valuable things in the next village, which will be of great help to our scientific research work!"

However, at this moment, Zhao Qiang, who was sitting in the corner, spoke in a sarcastic tone: "Humph, it's just luck, a blind cat meets a dead mouse, maybe you won't find anything even if you go to the next village."

Expert Wang had no idea how many times Zhao Qiang had been sarcastic to him today. He was always good-tempered, so he just shook his head helplessly and didn't get angry.

But Zhou Yimin couldn't bear it. He looked at Zhao Qiang with a sharp gaze and fought back without showing any weakness: "Yes! I am indeed lucky, unlike someone who doesn't even have luck! He doesn't even have the mind to do scientific research properly, and only knows how to make sarcastic remarks here!"

After hearing this, some of the surrounding members of the investigation team couldn't help but chuckle, while others shook their heads helplessly.

When Zhao Qiang heard this, his face turned pale and red. He raised his hand suddenly and pointed at Zhou Yimin. He was so angry that he couldn't even finish his words: "What do you mean by this!"

Seeing this, Zhou Yimin fought back again: "I didn't expect someone would take it personally! You know what you did, don't mess up everyone's good thing here!"

In fact, even though they were in the same inspection team, other members had already had opinions about Zhao Qiang's previous behavior, but they were unable to speak out for various reasons.

Now that Zhou Yimin had stood up to refute, everyone felt relieved and thought to themselves: Evildoers will be punished by evildoers!
Zhao Qiang's face turned red, but he couldn't find the right words to refute. He could only sit aside, breathing heavily and sulking.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Cheng Yuanguo hurried out to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, everyone stop arguing. It's getting late now, let's rest first! We can talk about it tomorrow if there's anything else."

Since there is no guesthouse in Zhoujiazhuang, the investigation team can only set up a few simple tents on the experimental field in the village.

Fortunately, it is not winter and the weather is still warm, otherwise this simple tent would not be able to withstand the cold.

Everyone returned to their tents and prepared for a new day of work.

In the next two days, Cheng Yuanguo led the inspection team to conduct a comprehensive and detailed measurement of all the data of the experimental field.

From various soil indicators to the length, weight, number of grains of wheat ears, to the growth cycle records of crops, every piece of data has been verified repeatedly.

Experts Zhou Yimin and Wang also participated in the whole process and actively cooperated with the work of the inspection team.

During these two days, Zhao Qiang seemed like a different person and no longer acted sarcastic.

He quietly followed the team in carrying out various tasks. Although he still didn't communicate much with everyone, he didn't cause any more trouble.

This made the members of the inspection team feel a little uncomfortable. They even whispered to each other in private, wondering whether Zhao Qiang finally realized his mistake because he had been refuted by Zhou Yimin before.

However, only Zhao Qiang himself knew that he was holding back a "big move" and that time would let Zhou Yimin know the consequences of offending him.

Can't we just be like Expert Wang and keep silent?

If Zhou Yimin knew about this, he would probably laugh out loud. How could there be such a shameless person?

During the measurement process, team members were fully focused and did not miss any details.

The members of the soil testing team used professional testing instruments to carefully analyze the soil samples, and every piece of data was recorded rigorously and seriously.

Members of the wheat ear measurement team carefully collected wheat ear samples and used precise measuring tools to obtain the most accurate data.

"Xiao Zhang, please check the data on the weight of the wheat ears again. There is a slight discrepancy with the previous records."

A senior member of the team said to young Xiao Zhang.

Xiao Zhang nodded quickly and began to measure carefully again, muttering, "Well, I'll take another look. There can't be any mistakes."

As the investigation progressed, Zhao Qiang became increasingly irrational out of jealousy and decided to take a risk.

Late at night, everything was quiet and the whole village was immersed in deep sleep.

Zhao Qiang sat up quietly from the bed, his heart beating wildly in his chest, a mixture of nervousness and excitement.

He put on his clothes quietly, being careful with every movement for fear of making any noise.

The moonlight shone through the window onto the ground, forming patches of mottled light and shadows. With this faint light, he groped his way towards the door.

He gently opened the door of the tent and a gust of cold wind blew in his face. He couldn't help but shiver, but the jealousy in his heart made him ignore it.

He crouched, like a wild beast waiting for its opportunity, and walked towards the room where the experimental data and samples were stored.

Along the way, his eyes scanned the surroundings vigilantly and his ears listened carefully to any possible movement.

However, he probably didn't expect that his actions were seen by Xiao Li, who was looking at the sneaky Zhao Qiang.

Xiao Li suddenly had a bad premonition and immediately stopped following. He had heard Zhou Yimin's instructions before that he must tell Zhou Yimin if there was any movement in the experimental field.

He hurried to Zhou Yimin's house.

Without caring that it was the middle of the night, he knocked on Zhou Yimin's door.

"Uncle Sixteen, something happened in the experimental field."

Zhou Yimin and the old man all heard what Xiao Li said, simply put on some clothes, and came out.

"Xiao Li, what happened in the experimental field?"

Zhou Yimin didn't care about anything else and asked quickly.

But what's a bit strange is that there were people testing the team in the experimental field, so how could something go wrong?

However, Zhou Yimin still knew Xiao Li's character and he was not the kind of person who liked to joke.

Xiao Li quickly explained: "I just saw Expert Zhao from the investigation team sneaking into the house where the data was recorded."

After hearing this, Zhou Yimin immediately thought of what Zhao Qiang did?

No wonder he has been quiet these past two days, it turns out he was holding back a big move.

Zhou Yimin said at this time: "Xiao Li, you performed very well, but you have to rush over now." After hearing this, Xiao Li nodded.

The two of them rushed to the experimental field without looking back.

Zhao Qiang came to the front of the house stealthily. He paused at the door for a moment, and after making sure that there was no one around, he slowly reached out and grasped the door handle.

When he pushed the door open, there was a slight creaking sound. His heart suddenly tightened and his breathing became rapid.

Fortunately, the sound was not loud and did not wake anyone up.

When he walked into the house, darkness enveloped everything and his eyes could not adjust for a moment.

He stood there, waiting for a few seconds, allowing his eyes to adjust to the darkness before he began to move.

He relied on his memory to grope his way to the table where the data record book was stored. His fingers groped on the tabletop and finally touched the thick data record book.

He carefully opened the record book. The moonlight shone through the gap in the window onto the paper, and he could barely make out the words on it.

He took out the pen he had prepared in advance from his pocket, and with trembling hands, he began to alter the data.

There was madness and determination in his eyes, and he kept cursing under his breath.

Zhao Qiang significantly lowered the production data and tampered with key steps in the experimental process, trying to make the results appear to be full of loopholes.

He almost couldn't hold back his laughter and quickly covered his mouth because his laughter would attract other people and that would be troublesome.

Zhao Qiang was still feeling smug. He wanted to let Zhou Yimin know what the consequences would be if he offended him.

At that time, he would be able to laugh at Zhou Yimin harshly, saying that he did all these things just to attract other people's attention.

Zhao Qiang wanted to destroy Zhou Yimin's reputation. He wanted to know whether the steel plant would still want a notorious person at that time.

He only found out in the past two days that Zhou Yimin was actually a section chief in the purchasing department of the steel plant. He didn't understand why he, a college student, hadn't even become a leader yet, and Zhou Yimin, who was only a high school student, had the qualifications to become a leader.

While Zhao Qiang was concentrating on altering the data, he didn't notice the danger approaching.

Zhou Yimin and Xiao Li ran over without stopping, but they didn't expect that Expert Wang just came out.

After seeing Zhou Yimin, he quickly said, "Yimin, why are you here so late?"

Zhou Yimin explained the whole story.

Expert Wang's face immediately turned pale. You know, these wheats are the result of his hard work. He has been taking good care of them since they were still seeds. Even his own son was not so attentive at that time.

"Let's go. These past two days, I thought this Zhao Qiang had made a change."

Zhou Yimin quickly covered it up: "Uncle Wang, don't be so excited, otherwise you will alert the enemy."

It was only then that Expert Wang realized that there would be no point if he couldn't catch the man on the spot.

Otherwise, if Zhao Qiang refuses to admit it, there will be nothing we can do to him.

Expert Wang nodded at this time.

Zhou Yimin saw that Expert Wang had calmed down, so he let go and covered Expert Wang's mouth.

When Zhao Qiang heard the sound, he was so scared that his hands shook and the pen in his hand fell to the ground.

Then I listened carefully and didn't hear any sound. I immediately felt relieved and continued to revise it.

He would occasionally let out a smug laugh, but it soon disappeared.

Zhou Yimin whispered at this time: "Uncle Wang, if it's just the two of us, there won't be enough people. Call Captain Cheng as well."

If there are only the two of them, Zhao Qiang will bite back and neither side will have any evidence.

I guess it will end up in nothing.

Expert Wang nodded to show that he understood.

Captain Cheng was quickly called up. After hearing the whole story, he didn't believe it at first, but since Zhou Yimin and Expert Wang were so sure, there was no harm in going for it.

Maybe, we can take this opportunity to resolve the conflict between Zhao Qiang and Zhou Yimin.

Then the four of them quietly came to the place where the data was stored, and no sound was made.

So Zhao Qiang was so focused that he didn't notice that someone was approaching.

Zhou Yimin quietly pushed open the door without making any sound.

The four of them tiptoed in.

Cheng Yuanguo only saw a figure, waving his arms constantly and laughing slightly from time to time.

A bad premonition suddenly emerged in my heart. Could it be that what Zhou Yimin said was true?
Soon the four of them came behind Zhao Qiang.

Zhao Qiang was still unaware and continued to say: "Zhou Yimin, I will let you know the consequences of offending me now."

At this moment Zhou Yimin shouted loudly: "Zhao Qiang, what are you doing?"

When Zhao Qiang heard the shout, he turned around in panic and met Zhou Yimin's angry gaze.

He froze in place, his mind went blank, and he seemed unable to speak.

But Zhou Yimin's brain was not blank. When he saw what Zhao Qiang did, he rushed forward and grabbed Zhao Qiang's arm. Zhao Qiang's face turned pale and he wanted to break free but couldn't move. He knew that his ugly deeds were exposed.

Captain Cheng frowned, stepped forward and asked, "Why are you doing this? Do you know how important this data is?"

Zhao Qiang lowered his head, not daring to look them in the eye. His legs trembled slightly as he stammered, "I... I'm bewitched..."

Expert Wang stepped forward and looked at Zhao Qiang, his eyes full of pain: "Xiao Zhao, how could you do such a foolish thing! Scientific research results are the result of the hard work of countless people and are related to the food and clothing of so many people, but you want to destroy it because of your own selfishness."

Zhao Qiang lowered his head, not daring to look directly into Expert Wang's eyes, and whispered, "Professor Wang, I was wrong. I... I was blinded by jealousy."

Captain Cheng looked serious. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Zhao Qiang's behavior is of a bad nature and must be dealt with seriously. But he is a member of our inspection team after all, and we cannot completely give up on him."

Then he added, looking at Zhou Yimin and Wang, asking for their opinions: "I think we should record his behavior first and report it to our superiors, who will decide the final punishment. During this period, we should restrict his actions and prevent him from having access to experimental data and scientific research."

Zhou Yimin nodded in agreement: "Captain Cheng is right. It is best to hand it over to the higher-ups for handling."

Even if Captain Cheng didn't say it, he would not let Zhao Qiang touch these precious data again.

I don’t know if Zhao Qiang will be so cruel as to do it again. What should I do if I’m not discovered next time?

(End of this chapter)