The materials used for the greenhouse were of the highest quality, and the equipment was the latest technology.
Even Professor Zhang, a prominent figure who frequently traveled abroad for studies, couldn't help but praise the Shen family's greenhouse, calling it advanced!
Much of the technology within the greenhouse had been acquired from the United States by the Xia family, who recognized the value of such an advanced facility.
The Shen family did not turn away the curious onlookers who had gathered. Instead, they invited them to tour the greenhouse, mentioning that once it was planted, tours would no longer be permitted.
The crowd agreed that the Shen family's reasoning was sound and followed Professor Zhang and his group to tour the greenhouse.
Listening to the specialized jargon they didn't understand, the visitors felt the greenhouse was incredibly sophisticated!
Professor Zhang and his colleagues were very interested in this new type of greenhouse and began discussing with Lin Zhijie the possibility of having one or two built for their agricultural science academy.
Of course, their academy didn't have the same financial clout as the Shen family, who were building over forty acres of greenhouses. Their academy only needed two conventional greenhouses in size.
Logically, the agricultural science academy should have had better equipment than other places, given state support.
However, it wasn't easy to make ends meet. Otherwise, they wouldn't have sold so many newly developed saplings and seeds to Shen Yao.
The money they received was reinvested heavily, leading to a shortfall.
Lin Zhijie immediately agreed and even decided to offer them a discount.
This was a decision Lin Zhijie could make, and he was confident his boss would praise him for his good judgment.
As long as the agricultural science academy adopted their family's greenhouses, this leverage would ensure there were no sales concerns for their greenhouses.
The planning for the greenhouses was meticulously handled by Shen Yao and her team, with each section separated by barriers to prevent cross-contamination and maintain quality.
After their tour, Professor Zhang and his group immediately agreed to give all the seeds they had brought to Shen Yao.
The seeds they had brought were just enough for the eighty acres of land, but they still needed to prepare for the future.
Since they had committed to providing seeds for the Shen family's greenhouses, they would not go back on their word.
After collecting some specimen samples from within the greenhouse, Professor Zhang and his group returned to the farmstead.
They had been staying there to await the lab reports for the specimens taken back, and after nearly half a month, the results had arrived.
Although they had learned over the phone that the land on the back mountain was different from other lands, they remained uneasy without seeing the results.
At two in the morning, the senior student who had taken the specimens back finally arrived.
The night duty aunt opened the door, and Ning Ziyuan borrowed Shen Yao's car to pick him up.
The senior student was named Li Mingji, a disciple of Professor He, who was highly trusted by his professor.
"How is it, how is it!" Ning Ziyuan eagerly asked Li Mingji after bringing him back to the room, not bothering with his rest.
Although Li Mingji was exhausted, his spirits immediately lifted upon mentioning the report. "The data is here, you can see it yourself. I believe this will be a significant discovery for our Huaguo!"
Hearing Li Mingji's words, Ning Ziyuan eagerly took out the test report and began to read.
With each page he turned, Ning Ziyuan's shock grew. After finishing, he was completely stunned.
This discovery, if known by other countries, would likely cause more than just shock, not to mention the entire Huaguo!
"This data..."
"Shh, keep it down. I haven't even told other personnel at the agricultural academy. I grabbed the data and ran back overnight," Li Mingji said.
He knew what these test results meant and that if people found out the content of the data, he wouldn't be able to protect it.
However, this data was the result of the painstaking efforts of his teacher and the professor in finding the specimens.
(Professor Zhang, Professor He: It wasn't that much of an effort.)
"Then we'll give the data to our teachers tomorrow. Otherwise, if they see it tonight, they won't be able to sleep."
Li Mingji found this reasonable as well. The two of them tidied up the data and put it into a safe.
As expected, the two of them were woken up by Professor Zhang and Professor He knocking on their door first thing the next morning.
"You two hurry and clean yourselves up."
Professor Zhang urged the two to wash up quickly, while he and his old friend Professor He took out the data from the safe to examine.
Their faces were flushed with excitement, and their hearts raced.
"Good, good! This is truly something remarkable!" Professor He's speech became somewhat incoherent.
Professor Zhang wasn't faring much better, cradling the data as if it were a precious treasure.
After Ning Ziyuan and Li Mingji came out from washing up, they saw their teachers looking at each other with tears welling up in their eyes.
It seemed their teachers had already seen the data.
"Mingji, has anyone else seen this data?" Professor He asked.
"No, I examined all the samples myself. After discovering that the data was unusual, I rushed back overnight," Li Mingji replied.
Professor He and Li Mingji were indeed a good match for teacher and student, their first thought being whether anyone else had discovered it.
"Mingji, you've done an excellent job. This data must absolutely not be known by anyone else!" Professor Zhang also praised him.
"For now, let's all keep this matter to ourselves. I will report it to my superiors first and see what they say."
Everyone nodded, indicating they understood.
"Professor, I request permission to go and examine the barren mountain again," Ning Ziyuan said.
"You may go," Professor Zhang replied, then he and Professor He returned to their room with the data.
...
Unaware that the secret of her barren mountain had been discovered, Shen Yao was now being pestered by the young boy in the wheelchair.
Since Xiaojun could hear Shen Yao's voice, he became very excited every time he saw her. This time, he even lay on the ground and hugged Shen Yao's legs.
Shen Yao: ...
Luo Yunping: ...
Seeing Xiaojun like this, Luo Yunping felt like roaring. He served you like a mother, and you ignored him, yet you hug the legs of this person you've only met twice!
Shen Yao looked at Xiaojun and said, "Let go, I'm not leaving."
Upon hearing these short six words, Xiaojun immediately let go and allowed Shen Yao to pull him up and place him in the wheelchair.
"Do you want me to help you?"
Shen Yao heard Xiaojun's plea in her mind.
Xiaojun's eyes lit up, and he nodded.
Shen Yao smiled and said, "Then you know to ask me for help. My fees are very high."
Luo Yunping, hearing Shen Yao's words, understood that Shen Yao could help Xiaojun!
"Money is not an issue, please, Miss Shen, help us!" Luo Yunping quickly said. As long as Xiaojun could get better, no amount of money would be too much.
His boss had nothing else; he was only rich!