Era: I was a farmer at the foot of Yaoling Mountain

Pan Lianhua walked out of the house and was stunned when she saw Chang Wenyuan. She nodded at him and went into the kitchen.

Of course she knew Chang Wenyuan, but she had always been a person who had a clear distinction between love and hate. It was good enough that she didn't kick him out. It was impossible for her to have a good face.

"Secretary Fang, it seems my sister-in-law doesn't welcome me very much."

Fang Wei brought out the tea, and Chang Wenyuan couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"That's just her personality. Everything is on her face. Director Chang, what's the matter with you coming to see me today?"

Fang Wei also had a grievance against Chang Wenyuan, not for any other reason but because of the cooperation between Qinghe County and Watanabe.

Anyway, Fang Wei taught them the technology and supported their work for free. But when they finally developed the Qinghe No. 1, he turned around and sold the technology to Xiao Rizi.

"Secretary Fang, I'm here to apologize. Our breeding base was under tremendous pressure at the time, so we had no choice but to agree to Mr. Watanabe's terms of cooperation.

Later I realized that you were the real hero in our development of Qinghe No. 1. It was really wrong that I didn't inform you in advance about such a big thing.

Secretary Fang, the Qinghe County Breeding Base and I both owe you an apology. I'm sorry!"

Chang Wenyuan apologized to Fang Wei very solemnly with a sincere attitude and his words were impeccable.

Fang Wei couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth. At that time, he helped Qinghe County to develop hybrid rice, but he just wanted to explore the possibility of hybrid rice breeding through conventional methods.

It was later proved that this approach was feasible, although Qinghe County was only half successful.

He could accept everything else, but he could not accept that they accepted Watanabe's investment and then sold the technology to the other party.

"I received your apology, now what?"

Fang Wei was not naive enough to think that Chang Wenyuan came here just to apologize. He wanted to know his true intentions.

"Captain Fang, we've been friends for many years. To be honest, I'm here to ask for your help. As you probably know, we've been having some issues with the Qinghe No. 1, and our research hasn't made any progress.

I would like to ask you to cultivate a sterile line for [Qinghe No. 1], just as you have done with the Xinlin County breeding base. If you help us cultivate the material, we will definitely purchase it at a high price."

Chang Wenyuan then stated his purpose, wanting Fang Wei to help them cultivate breeding materials.

He was at his wit's end. He had originally thought that the defects of Qinghe No. 700 could be overcome quickly, or that it would be fine if he just ignored it. After all, the yield of rice seeds was about kilograms per mu.

However, when the Xinlin County breeding base began to produce [YX-032] rice seeds in large quantities, the defects of [Qinghe No. ] became fatal.

When users had a choice, the sales of [Qinghe No. 1] rice seeds began to plummet.

Later, after some inquiries, Chang Wenyuan learned that the notification materials used in the Xinlin County breeding base were provided by Fang Wei, and he regretted his decision.

You have to know that in the beginning, Fang Wei was collaborating with the Qinghe County Breeding Base. Without Fang Wei, there would be no Qinghe No. 1. He was indeed a little arrogant before, wanting to break away from Fang Wei and go it alone, but the results were not satisfactory.

Fortunately, he was flexible and felt that based on his previous good relationship with Fang Wei, if he apologized in person, the other party might agree to cooperate again.

"Director Chang, I'm sorry, I can't help you with this. The county's breeding base is about to expand to 20,000 acres, and I'm already struggling to help them cultivate breeding materials, so I really can't take care of anything else."

Fang Wei refused without hesitation. He no longer trusted Chang Wenyuan at all.

People should not fall into the same big pit twice. If they do that, wouldn’t they be fools?

Looking back now, when Fang Wei cooperated with Qinghe County, it was hard to say how many tricks Chang Wenyuan took behind the scenes.

"Secretary Fang, I beg you, I know you have a way. Help me one more time, and I will repay you."

Chang Wenyuan still didn't give up, and then changed his expression again.

"Repay me? How can you repay me? Hand over my hard-earned research results to Xiaozi? Director Chang, you may not understand one thing. When you sold me out without a care in the world, you cut off the road to cooperation between us."

Fang Wei shook his head, and scenes from the time he met the other party to the present flashed through his mind.

He had to admit that he was too careless at the beginning because people had been plotting against him from the very beginning.

But all this is meaningless now.

Chang Wenyuan wanted to say something else, but Fang Wei simply served him tea and sent him away, not wanting to continue arguing with him. Some things should be cut short; continuing to argue would be a joke.

"Humph!"

Chang Wenyuan left with hatred, completely forgetting what he had done.

"Third brother, I think he shouldn't have been allowed in. What the hell, he's just a treacherous villain."

After everyone left, Pan Lianhua came out from the inner room.

In reality, she wasn't a petty person, but she was very disgusted with Chang Wenyuan. Not only because he had stabbed Fang Wei in the back, but also because he had been dating Fang Wei for so long and had been acting all along.

Don't ask her how she knew it, just tell her it's a woman's intuition.

"I misjudged him. He will do anything to achieve his goal. Take this as a warning from now on."

Fang Wei sighed deeply, but he couldn't say he was very depressed.

If Chang Wenyuan hadn't given Xiao Rizi some of his technology, he would have continued to play dumb about some things. But no matter what, he would be more careful when collaborating with others in the future to avoid getting himself angry.

Every failure makes one wiser, so he was very cautious in dealing with the issue of Xiao Qifeng.

"Forget it, let's not talk about that anymore. It'll spoil the mood. Let's eat."

Pan Lianhua didn't want to provoke the man, so she went to serve the food and the family started to have lunch.

For a while, the entire brigade was relatively quiet, as everyone was waiting for the autumn harvest. There didn't seem to be anything major that needed to be focused on, so each unit just had to do its own thing.

A few days passed quickly.

The poultry house's task of supplying chicks to the outside world has finally come to an end.

In the past few months, the team has sold a total of 10 chicks, earning 50 yuan in cash. The team has not distributed eggs in the past few months, and all work has shifted its focus to this task.

Now that the mission has been successfully completed, we can focus on producing broiler chickens and eggs.

morning.

Fang Wei was sitting in the office reading documents when Gao Wenshu rushed in with a document.

The other person was making a lot of noise while walking.

"Secretary, the county has issued a document reinstating Comrade Shen Yu's job. Effective immediately, he will return to work at the County No. 1 Middle School."

Shen Yu is now the behind-the-scenes director of the brigade's nursery. He is very capable at work, and every aspect of the nursery has been praised by everyone.

The other party can go home every weekend, and Guo Yongqing can come and reunite with his wife at any time. Everyone almost forgot Shen Yu’s previous identity.

As a result, the county decided to let her return to the city and restore her status as a people's teacher.

"I really don't want to let her go."

Fang Wei was a little reluctant to see Shen Yu leave, but he was originally from the city and only moved to the countryside because he was sent down to the countryside.

If it weren't for Fang Wei's care, I don't know if she could have held on for so long.

Therefore, for Shen Yu, the best choice is of course to return to the county’s No. 1 Middle School to work.

Fang Wei then took the documents to the nursery and walked into Shen Yu's office.

"Aunt, are you busy?"

"It's okay! Third brother, what do you want to talk to me about? Your uncle Guo was just saying the other day that you haven't visited him for a long time, right?"

"Did Uncle Guo say that? Let me think about it, it seems like I haven't visited him for some time. Aunt, congratulations, the county has reinstated your job. You can hand over your work and then return to the county."

The two chatted for a few words, and then Fang Wei raised the document in his hand and told Shen Yu the county's decision.

In the past two years, many people have resumed their work. For example, Luo Gong, Gao Qingshan, Wu Maosheng and others who had left the second team before have returned to their original units to work.

It is only natural that it is Shen Yu's turn now.

"Really? Why do I feel like I'm dreaming?"

Shen Yu didn't react for a long time. She was afraid that it was all a dream and everything would return to the starting point after she woke up.

Fang Wei couldn't help laughing, then showed her the document, and she realized that it was true.

But after all, she was no longer young, so Shen Yu quickly controlled her emotions and began to think about the handover. She felt that it would definitely not be completed in one day, and it would take at least three days.

"Okay! You can hand over the work to Teacher Ma. The nursery has the foundation you laid, so it won't be a mess." Fang Wei had no objection. Anyway, she could go back whenever she finished the handover. It was up to her.

Two days later.

Shen Yu left the Xiatang Brigade and returned to his home in the county town.

Guo Yongqing went to pick her up personally and kept the house spotless, as if the hostess had never left.

Tears suddenly welled up in Shen Yu's eyes. The ups and downs of the past years came to her mind, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.

After Shen Yu left, her former assistant Ma Xiaohua became the new director of the nursery.
This incident did not cause any waves. After all, Shen Yu's presence in the Xiatang Brigade was very weak, and the other party had been working silently behind the scenes.

In fact, Fang Wei had long known that these people would return sooner or later, so he attached great importance to the cultivation of talents in the past few years. When people like Gao Qingshan left, there would be someone to take over their jobs immediately, and there would never be any problems.

About a week later, Guo Yongqing came to the house in person and asked Fang Wei and Fang Ping to come to his house for dinner this weekend, and asked them to bring their families with them.

"Forget about my family. Look at me here, there are old and young people. Let's talk about it later when there's a chance. My brother and I will go there this weekend. Uncle Guo, you have to prepare two bottles of good wine."

Fang Wei planned to go with his eldest brother, but not with his family. Grandpa didn't want to go far, and Xiaojie was still young. So they simply didn't go.

Guo Yongqing didn't know what to say, so he sat for a while and then said goodbye and left.

weekend.

Fang Wei and Fang Ping went to Guo Yongqing's house for a drink. At the table, the couple expressed their gratitude to the Fang brothers.

Without Fang Wei's protection, Shen Yu's life would have been much more difficult.

Fang Wei didn't say anything, but he drank a lot of wine.

In the afternoon, the two brothers rode their bicycles slowly back home. They both had a good alcohol tolerance, but after drinking, they were not really suitable for strenuous activities.

"Third brother, why didn't you let me go see Tingting just now? Tingting is such a jerk. She's only been home three times since she started working."

When Fang Ping came out of Guo Yongqing's house just now, he was clamoring to go see his daughter.

As a result, Fang Wei stopped him and told him to go back.

The journey was very boring, and Fang Ping thought of this and asked casually.

"We're both drunk, so it's not a good idea to go to work and look for Tingting. Also, stop complaining. Tingting just started working, so it's normal for her to be a little busy. How can she have time to come home often?"

"Is that so? Then work is more important."

When they were halfway there, Fang Ping suddenly felt like taking a break, so he turned his bike into a side road.

Then Fang Ping went to the bathroom while Fang Wei watched the bicycle.

After a while, Fang Ping came back with a few plants in his hands and said, "Third Brother, do these look like male sterile plants?"

There is no farmland in this area. The road goes over a small hill and is surrounded by barren mountains and wilderness.

Fang Wei didn't quite believe that his elder brother could find a few wild male sterile plants just by taking a piss.

But he still took it and took a look, and his eyes widened.

"It really is a male sterile plant! Big Brother, you're so lucky, aren't you? This thing is hard to find. If you look for it specifically, you may not find one in a year or two."

Fang Wei quickly packed up the four plants and returned to the team with his elder brother.

Instead of going home directly, he went to find the breeding team and asked them to transplant the plants quickly and then cultivate them slowly.

In fact, the second team has accumulated a lot of sterile plants, and after cultivation, they are conducting pairing experiments in the hope of finding better rice varieties.

This work is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Year after year, there may be a surprise at some point.

Then he returned home and Pan Lianhua hurried to make tea for him.

"Third brother, please drink less when you go out. No matter how much you drink, it's not good for your health."

"Got it. I'll pay attention next time."

Fang Wei laughed. He was the same every time, quick to admit his mistakes, but he shouldn't have done that.

Pan Lianhua couldn't do anything to him, so he said a few words and then stopped talking.

The next day.

Fang Wei took his family and hitchhiked to the commune.

They came here to take pictures. Their family of four plus grandpa and sister were just enough to take a family photo.

Then they found a photo for Xiaobao and Dabao, a photo for the couple with their two children, and the elder sister and grandfather also took photos with the children respectively.

Anyway, since you have come all the way here, just take a few more photos and don’t worry about the money.

After taking the photos, Pan Lianhua and her sister went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things, and then the family returned to the team.

"Third brother, Director Zheng is waiting for you. He has been waiting for at least two hours."

As soon as Fang Wei entered the house, Zheng Hu ran in and said that Zheng Xianfa was waiting for him at the team headquarters.

"I know, I'll be there right away."

It was already noon, and Zheng Xianfa was still waiting at the team headquarters. Fang Wei felt that something was wrong.

So he hurried to the brigade headquarters and saw Zheng Xianfa sitting in his office in a daze.

"What's the matter, Director Zheng? Is there something urgent that has kept you waiting for so long?"

"You're still laughing? I'm worried sick. I heard that some people up there are very dissatisfied with our rice seed exchange method. If we are not allowed to exchange rice seeds in the future, we will have to sell them all. What will we eat and drink in the future?"

The reason why Zheng Xianfa waited so long was because the news was so terrible.

The rice seeds were developed by Fang Wei, and he is a national representative, so Zheng Xianfa came to Fang Wei specifically for advice.

As a commune director, he really couldn't do anything about this kind of thing.

"Who is so mean as to make a fuss about this?"

Fang Wei felt the blood rushing to his head and he forced himself not to curse.

The issue of exchanging rice seeds has been brought up several times, and even an investigation team has come. But after such a long period of silence, someone brought up the old issue again.

Xiatang Brigade is essentially a professional rice seed breeding unit. If they don't do this, what's the point of just selling the seeds? What will the 2000 people eat and drink?
These days you can’t even buy food with money. Isn’t that a scam?

"I heard someone from the provincial government spoke up, young scholar. We're walking a tightrope here. There's been no clear statement from the higher-ups, and it's really troublesome."

Zheng Xianfa was also very troubled. Among the 17 brigades in the entire commune, except for the Xiatang Brigade, the other brigades were also cultivating inferior rice seeds.

If exchanges are not allowed in the future, the direction of things will become difficult to predict.

"Let's go find Director Wu. The county needs an explanation for this matter. Otherwise, we'll have to grow our own food next year, and we'll have to put breeding aside for now."

Fang Wei felt more and more that he had to speed up the implementation of his previous plan. Although he had not yet considered it fully, there were always people who brought up the issue of exchange, and he had to be on guard.

Afterwards, the two of them went home to have a quick bite and then headed straight to the county town.

Wu Yaoyang was also deeply troubled by this matter, and simply couldn't understand why some people would do this. The collapse of the Xiatang Brigade would have a huge impact on agricultural production in the entire county and would benefit no one.

He couldn't just sit there and wait for death, so he took a bus to Xiangling City without even having lunch.

Fang Wei and Zheng Xianfa came back empty-handed. Since Wu Yaoyang was not there, there was no point looking for someone else. The two had no choice but to go back first.

Wu Yaoyang arrived at the area and found Zeng Qing.

"Director Wu, I'm afraid this matter is irreversible. I've already visited the provincial government, and they've already reached a conclusion on this matter. The exchange of rice seeds is no longer permitted.

I argued for this, but to little avail. After much effort, the district finally made it clear that rice seeds must be sold to qualified purchasing entities, and that food would be provided to the Xiatang Brigade at an average of 350 kilograms of rice per person per year.

Zeng Qing had just returned from the province with a dark face, looking very angry.

But there is no point in getting angry. The province has made up its mind about this matter and requires all places to resolutely ban the practice of privately exchanging rice seeds.

Taking into account the actual situation of the Xiatang Brigade, a loophole was opened for the other party, allowing the local grain department to supply rations to the brigade according to the standards.

However, this standard is very low. A person's annual rice ration of 350 kilograms is only enough to barely fill their stomachs. (End of this chapter)