Professor Gu's daily life in the countryside after his rebirth

Chapter 242 Reluctance

Li Chuanzhong returned home and after thinking it over, he decided to go to the educated youth site to find Xia Yu overnight.

After being assigned to the Shanghe Village Production Brigade, I learned that there were not many educated youth in the village, and since they had Gu Zhan's help and tutoring during the college entrance examination, they could all go to school regardless of their performance.

So at this time, all the educated youth at the educated youth point have left Shanghe Village, and the yard has become the residence of the experimental group of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

Xia Yu was about to go to bed when he heard a noise outside. Just as he was wondering who was knocking on the door so late at night, he heard Li Chuanzhong calling his name: "Comrade Xia Yu."

Hearing it was Li Chuanzhong, Xia Yu hurried out to open the door: "Uncle Li, why are you here at this time?"

Looking at the energetic young man in front of him, Li Chuanzhong felt like he had something stuck in his throat. After organizing his words for a long time, he finally said, "Xiao Xia, I'm going back to Beijing."

Xia Yu was stunned when he heard this, and then repeated: "What did you say?"

Having said it once, it's easier to say it again: "I received a notice and can return to my original position."

"But here in the laboratory..."

"Sigh." Li Chuanzhong also sighed. "I'm also worried about the lab. After all, we've put a lot of effort into this. Xiaoxia, tell me the truth. Can you complete these operations by yourself now?"

Xia Yu scratched his head and said shyly, "I should be fine on my own, but if you're not here, Uncle Li, I'm really unsure."

Hearing Xia Yu's words, Li Chuanzhong finally felt relieved.

He had originally thought about it. If Xia Yu still couldn't do it, he would apply to the hospital to stay here for a longer time and teach Xia Yu how to do it directly. But now it seems that there is no need for that.

Li Chuanzhong showed a relaxed smile on his face: "Xiao Xia, let's go to the lab again tomorrow, and I'll watch you do it again. As long as you succeed, then I'll be relieved."

Xia Yu had nothing to say about this. Gu Zhan had arranged for him to follow Li Chuanzhong early in the morning, probably just in case Li Chuanzhong went back.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu felt a little uncomfortable. Here, they had experienced the difficult experimental process from scratch and achieved common experimental results.

Although it was expected that Li Chuanzhong would leave, I still felt a little disappointed when I heard about it.

Xia Yu suppressed his disappointment and smiled brightly, saying, "Uncle Li, it's a good thing you can go back. Your aunt is still waiting for you in Beijing."

Li Chuanzhong burst into tears. Facing Xia Yu's smile, he turned around and wiped the tears from his face. Then he turned around again and handed a booklet to Xia Yu: "Hey kid, take this notebook. This is some of the experience I summarized during the experiment. I hope it will be helpful to you in the future."

"Hey!" Xia Yu responded, taking the notes from Li Chuanzhong's hand: "Thank you, Uncle Li."

"Why are you being so polite to me, kid?"

After bidding farewell to Xia Yu, Li Chuanzhong returned to the house where he had lived for six or seven years. Looking at the simple furnishings, he felt mixed emotions.

He once thought that this was how his life would be. Later, when he encountered difficulties, he even thought that he might never be able to leave this small village and county town.

He never thought that one day he would gain another possibility and glory in his life from this. Now, when he saw his name reported in the newspaper, he felt a different kind of excitement in his heart.

Li Chuanzhong lit the kerosene lamp that he usually didn't want to light, and simply packed the necessary items in his bag. Finally, he took a look at a newspaper on the only table in the room, folded it carefully, and put it in the middle of a pile of clothes.

As for the other things in the house, he planned to give them to his neighbors tomorrow to see if they could use them.

Early the next morning, Li Chuanzhong and Xia Yu arrived at the laboratory.

They each watched and operated at the same time, in silence throughout the whole process, but they had a tacit understanding.

Finally, after Li Chuanzhong repeatedly confirmed Xia Yu's results under the microscope, he finally broke the silence in the room with a smile: "Not bad, very perfect."

"You taught me well." Xia Yu said modestly.

"You kid, you can make me, an old man, happy."

At Zhao Baogen's home, Gu Zhan and Zhao Baogen were discussing the expansion of the cattle farm.

"With the funds we have now, how many cows do you expect we can buy?"

Gu Zhan had already made a clear account of the matter. He unfolded a piece of paper he had written down earlier and spread it in front of Zhao Baogen:

"Uncle Zhao, I've made a preliminary estimate. If we sell all the calves in this batch, we'll get about 24,000 yuan in cash. We'll then use 5,000 yuan from this to repay the debt owed to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences. We'll also have 3,000 yuan left from the city's allocation, so a total of 22,000 yuan will be allocated.

We set aside 2,000 yuan for operating funds, and with 20,000 yuan we can probably buy about 40 cows of breeding age."

Zhao Baogen's eyes widened. "The cows we sell are so expensive, how can the ones we buy be cheaper? Especially since they're those breeding-age cows you mentioned."

Gu Zhan smiled and said, "Uncle Zhao, you don't understand. The cattle we are selling now are 'Anhe No. 1' yellow cattle, which are excellent in all indicators. But the cattle we bought are just ordinary yellow cattle, and we are buying them in the pastoral areas, so the price should be correspondingly lower."

"I see." Zhao Baogen nodded.

But then he thought of a key question: "Boy, you just said that our 'Anhe No. 1' cattle are of excellent quality, but the breeding-age cows we purchased are not 'Anhe No. 1'. Then won't the calves born be ordinary cattle?"

Gu Zhan smiled knowingly. "Uncle Zhao, don't worry. I'm sure you're familiar with the technology we've developed. We'll use embryo splitting technology and then transplant the embryos grown in vitro. It's like giving birth through surrogacy. We'll use the belly of an ordinary cow, and the result will be a purebred 'Anhe No. 1'."

Gu Zhan's words shattered the conventional wisdom of Zhao Baogen, an old man who had lived in the countryside his entire life. He opened his mouth slightly in surprise, but after a long while, he still couldn't digest Gu Zhan's theory. He could only say dryly, "How can it be like this?"

Gu Zhan smiled and said, "Uncle, there will be even more powerful technologies in the future. We have only used the tip of the iceberg now."

Zhao Baogen remained silent for a long time before he let out a long sigh and said, "Now, this world belongs to you young people. Work hard, boy."