novellhall Chapter 174 Planning to Continue Growing Mushrooms
Chapter 174 Planning to Continue Growing Mushrooms
After leaving the intelligence group, Lin Yun went to the town's newspaper office.
The newspaper's editor-in-chief, Liu, had just seen Wenrou off when Lin Yun unexpectedly arrived.
After hearing her embellished description of Jiang Yan's affairs, he couldn't help but frown.
This person must have something wrong with their brain. Everyone knows that Commander Huo and his wife take such good care of Jiang Yan. How come it sounds like abuse coming from her mouth?
"Comrade, we will consider what you have said. You can go back now." Editor-in-Chief Liu made an excuse to let Lin Yun and the others leave first.
Lin Yun didn't leave the newspaper office; she stayed at a guesthouse because she wanted to see the story published and witness Wenrou and Huo Yanchuan's disgrace.
She waited at the newspaper office for two days without any news. Just as she was about to go to the newspaper office to find Editor-in-Chief Liu again, a person from a research institute hurriedly knocked on her door with a newspaper in hand.
"Teacher Lin, something's happened."
When Lin Yun heard the noise, she thought that Jiang Yan's abuse had been exposed, but when she picked up the newspaper, she was shocked and stood there in shock.
"How is this possible? How could my senior brother be the murderer who killed Jiang Yan's parents?"
Lin Yun simply couldn't accept that her senior brother, who usually got along so well with them, would be in contact with spies? And that he would even cause the deaths of Jiang Yan's parents?
"What on earth happened? How could my senior brother..." Even now, Lin Yun still couldn't accept this fact. She liked Jiang Jun and never thought of harming him, but she never thought that the person who killed him was her most respected senior brother.
She thought her senior brother came to help her win custody of Jiang Yan, but she didn't expect him to have his own selfish motives.
"No, I have to go to the military family compound again. It must be Wenrou and Huo Yanchuan who are behind this."
When they heard that Lin Yun was going to the family compound, the other people from the research institute tried to dissuade her.
"Professor Lin, the research institute has already notified us to go back immediately."
"Yes, Teacher Lin, let's hurry back."
Lin Yun looked at them and said, "If you want to leave, then leave. Director Fang has always treated you well. Why are you all running away faster than anyone else now that he's in trouble?"
After she finished speaking, she ignored the others, walked out of the guesthouse, and headed straight for the military family compound.
The group exchanged glances after hearing Lin Yun's words.
It wasn't that they didn't want to help, but the matter was already confirmed: it was a fact that Fang Xingguo had connections with spies, and even the research institute had been affected.
The intelligence team has already notified the research institute. How can they expect them to investigate a scumbag like Fang Xingguo, who would collude with spies to kill his own colleague for his own future?
Seeing that Lin Yun was so determined, the others let her go. They couldn't bear the embarrassment, so they bought tickets back to the research institute.
When Lin Yun arrived at the military family compound, she wanted to rush in to find Wenrou and ask her for clarification, but she was stopped by the guards at the gate.
Wenrou had just put the two children to sleep when she heard Lin Yun at the door wanting to see her.
She glanced at Jiang Yan beside her, knowing that he had heard it too.
"Xiao Yan, do you think I should go see her?" Wenrou asked Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan nodded. "I'll go with you."
He was worried about Wenrou going to see that crazy woman alone, but this matter was ultimately caused by him and his parents, so if it was going to be resolved, it should be resolved completely.
"Okay, let's go together."
Wenrou led Jiang Yan to the door, where they saw Lin Yun standing there.
Upon seeing them, Lin Yun rushed towards them excitedly.
"Xiao Yan, you don't believe Uncle Fang killed your parents, do you? Why don't you come with me to the intelligence group and rescue him?"
Lin Yun tried to pull Jiang Yan's arm, but Wen Rou stopped her with her hand.
Lin Yun knew that only Jiang Yan could rescue Fang Xingguo now. As long as he didn't pursue the cause of his parents' death, Fang Xingguo would be fine.
Jiang Yan looked at Lin Yun calmly, "He's the one who killed my parents. Do you think I'd save him? I'd rather he were shot right now."
Lin Yun was shocked to hear Jiang Yan's words.
Then her gaze fell on Wenrou, her eyes filled with hatred, and she blamed everything on Wenrou.
"Xiao Yan is still a child. What have you taught him? You are not fit to be his guardian at all."
Even now, Lin Yun has not given up on raising Jiang Yan. She doesn't believe that anyone can treat Jiang Yan better than she can.
"Lin Yun, don't you understand yet? You're also the murderer who killed Jiang Yan's parents." Wenrou looked at Lin Yun with a cold face.
She kept claiming to be a friend of Jiang Yan's parents and how much she liked Jiang Jun, but in the end, she even brought the murderer who killed them to fight for custody of their child.
Upon hearing Wenrou's gentle words, Lin Yun's expression changed drastically.
"Fang Xingguo will pay the price for his actions, and so will you. Instead of questioning me here, you should think about how to atone for your sins."
After saying all this gently, she didn't intend to pay any more attention to Lin Yun. She pulled Jiang Yan and turned to go inside.
There's nothing more to say between her and Lin Yun, not to mention Jiang Yan, since they'll never see each other again anyway.
"Come back here and explain yourself! Xiao Yan, are you really not coming with me?" Lin Yun cried and shouted at Wenrou and Jiang Yan's retreating figures.
She lost Jiang Jun, and couldn't even keep his last bloodline by her side. What should she do now?
She cried out, then finally squatted down and sobbed uncontrollably.
Although she didn't believe Fang Xingguo was still the murderer of Jiang Yan's parents, she knew in her heart that the intelligence team couldn't possibly be wrong. Now that the newspapers had published it, the whole country knew that Fang Xingguo was a spy.
This incident not only implicated his family and friends, but also affected the reputation of the research institute.
The research institute now knows that Lin Yun and Fang Xingguo went to the family compound. Before she could even return, she received news that she had been dismissed from the research institute, and even the people who came with them were punished accordingly.
This matter has had a significant impact nationwide, and the research institute has no choice but to sacrifice Lin Yun in order to protect its reputation.
Wenrou and Huo Yanchuan only received the news the next day, but she could understand why the research institute did it this way.
Since Sister Wang joined the transport team, she has been happier than before.
With Hao Gang's help, the number of people in the transport team gradually increased.
So Wenrou started arranging onboarding training for them, which was conducted by Wu Li.
After all, besides Wenrou, the person who knows the most about trucks here is Wenrou.
He's injured and can't do much else, but he can still talk.
In addition, he was divorced and there was no hot meal for him when he went home, so he simply stayed at the transport team's place.
With Sister Wang cooking for him every day, he no longer has to worry about going hungry.
The situation with the transport team is getting better every day, which makes Wenrou happy.
However, besides this, she was also thinking about having Sister Wang continue leading people to grow mushrooms.
The Gobi Desert environment is perfectly suitable for growing mushrooms, and she doesn't want to give up this industry.
"Can I still grow mushrooms now?" Sister Wang asked excitedly when Wenrou brought up the topic.
She wouldn't want to give up if she could, even though growing mushrooms isn't as lucrative anymore, but it's still good to have an extra source of income.
The land was allocated to the Zhu family by the military. She has already divorced Zhu Chao, so she can no longer continue farming there.
"Of course you can," she nodded gently.
She had thought about this issue before. The military had secured so much land for the family compound, but now many people are unwilling to work in the fields, so a lot of land is still vacant.
They gave up on growing mushrooms because they felt they wouldn't make any money from it.
Since the land was just sitting there empty, she thought of pooling all the land together for management, hiring people to work on it, and paying them wages.
The people in the family compound are unwilling to do it, but there are plenty of others who are.
With so many people in the nearby villages, she didn't believe that no one would be willing to come if she was willing to pay wages.
"What? You want to lease the land?" Sister Wang stared in shock at Wenrou's idea.
She's starting to struggle to keep up with Wenrou's train of thought; the fact that she grew mushrooms in the Gobi Desert was already unbelievable enough.
Now she wants to lease land to grow mushrooms, and Sister-in-law Wang really can't understand Wenrou's idea.
"But growing mushrooms isn't as profitable as it used to be. If you lease so much land, what if no one wants the mushrooms you grow? You'll end up with nothing!" Sister Wang asked worriedly.
After what happened last time, nobody wants to grow mushrooms anymore.
Wenrou, however, not only wants to lease land but also to plant on a large scale at this time. What is she thinking?
"Don't worry, you can find someone to help them plant it, I have a way to sell it." Wenrou said confidently.
What is the purpose of her building a transportation team? Isn't it just for transportation?
Just because mushrooms grown in the Gobi Desert can't be sold here doesn't mean they can't be sold elsewhere.
She's not afraid of not being able to sell them now; she's only afraid of not having enough to sell.
Although Sister-in-law Wang didn't know what her solution was, she was willing to believe in Wenrou.
After all, ever since she moved into the family compound, everything she wanted to do made money.
Thinking about the future large-scale mushroom cultivation, Wenrou considered it carefully and wrote a letter home as well.
When she went home last time, she saw that her older brother would get up before dawn every day to find odd jobs in town and wouldn't return home until very late.
Even so, I could only earn a dollar a day at most, and sometimes I couldn't even earn fifty cents.
His parents are getting old now, and he not only has to support his wife and children, but also worry about his parents.
If her older brother and sister-in-law could come over, they could not only help her, but also earn more money.
Besides, the transport team is short-staffed right now. My second brother has been out there for years, so he must be much more familiar with the situation than they are. If he could join the transport team, he would be a great help to her.
Although Wen Jinian returned home unharmed after the incident, the story still spread throughout the village.
Her once cheerful personality has now become quiet and reserved.
Although he was alright, he had lost a lot of his vitality and become lifeless. Apart from working in the fields every day, he had nothing else to do.
She rarely speaks to her family anymore, and she is completely different from before.
She had received a letter from her eldest brother, and hearing about her second brother's current state, she felt very sad.
If we could bring him here, maybe a change of environment would change him a little, and perhaps he could even go back to how he was before.
After finishing the letter, Wenrou handed it to Huo Yanchuan and asked him to mail it. She also mentioned her desire to lease the land to him.
"Rent the land to continue growing mushrooms?"
Huo Yanchuan was also taken aback when he heard this. Sometimes he wondered where Wenrou’s ideas came from.
"Honey, your energy is limited. Will you be able to handle it?" Huo Yanchuan wasn't unwilling to support her, but he was worried that she would be too busy to take care of the family and that her health wouldn't be able to keep up.
"No problem, I wrote home and my sister-in-law and her family will help us take care of the children once they arrive."
Wenrou had already planned it out. This time, she wouldn't do everything herself. The mushroom planting would be handled by Sister Wang and a few other people who had planted mushrooms with her before. She would just need to pay people to do the work for her.
This was her first time growing mushrooms in an environment like the Gobi Desert, so just in case, she had to do everything herself.
This time it's much simpler. As long as you're willing to spend the money, there's nothing you can't do.
As for the transport team, with Hao Gang and Wu Li keeping an eye on things, there shouldn't be any problems for the time being.
Hearing Wenrou say that, Huo Yanchuan had no choice but to accept it.
"I'll go ask tomorrow and see if it can be done."
Although he said that, he probably didn't have any major problems in his heart.
The land allocated to the family compound is still vacant; no one wants to grow grain or anything else on it.
It's better to give it to Wenrou; it won't be a waste.
Huo Yanchuan acted swiftly as always, and the application for leasing land was signed by the leader the very next day.
When the residents of the family compound heard that the land they had been allocated was going to be taken back, no one objected.
They found it quite strange to hear that someone wanted to lease land to grow mushrooms.
They had tried before, but the mushrooms they grew not only didn't make money, they almost lost money.
Who would be so foolish as to want to continue growing mushrooms, and even to do so on a large scale?
However, they soon learned that this person was Wenrou.
"What exactly is Huo Tuan's wife trying to do? Does she still think that growing mushrooms can make money like before?"
"Yeah, is she stupid? Look at Sister Wang and the others, working themselves to the bone in this sweltering heat, only to earn so little money. It breaks my heart to see them like this."
"Since she's going to do it, let her be. When all the mushrooms are stuck in her hands and she can't sell them, she'll know she regrets it."
Upon hearing this news, almost everyone in the residential compound was watching with amusement, no longer believing the joke that growing mushrooms could make money.