Many people naturally noticed the unusual activity of the Lingdong Brigade, discovering that they had also started producing off-season vegetables.

In no time, many people went to Hu Dahai to complain.

However, after learning about the situation, Hu Dahai remained very calm: "I can't grow off-season vegetables by myself. If they want to grow them, I can't stop them."

"However, I still want to advise everyone that growing off-season vegetables is not as simple as just setting up a shed; it involves a lot of technology. If you try it lightly, it is very easy to fail."

Many of the people in Qunyi Brigade have actually considered growing some off-season vegetables on their own land.

Seeing that the Lingdong Brigade had started, they became even more eager to join in.

But after hearing what Hu Dahai said, they hesitated again, realizing that they had indeed been a bit impulsive. After all, Hu Dahai had a university professor personally guiding him, while they, on their own, would have a high chance of failure without guidance.

Just when everything seemed to have calmed down, Zhang Yuzhen stood at the door of Zhang Zude's house, carrying her luggage.

"Mom and Dad, I'm leaving."

Zhang Yuzhen glanced at her parents again, her eyes slightly red, and said in a trembling but resolute voice.

After what happened at Hu Dahai's house that night, Zhang Yuzhen felt that she had lived a very humiliating life.

From a young age, ever since Zude was born, Zhang Yuzhen was instilled with the idea by her mother that older sisters should take care of and help their younger brothers.

Therefore, she instinctively valued Zhang Zude highly, even more than herself, and would not hesitate to help him whenever he needed it.

They even went so far as to destroy their own little family.

"Take good care of yourself while you're away, and send us more letters."

Zhang's mother watched Zhang Yuzhen leave without trying to stop her, only leaving behind this sentence.

Zhang Yuzhen was heartbroken again and turned to leave.

At this moment, she even felt a little regretful, regretting why she got divorced, regretting why she didn't cherish the good life she had in Hu Dahai's family, and only thinking about her own family.

She thought that if she had stayed at Hu Dahai's house, she would probably be living a good life by now.

Unfortunately, all of that is now irreversible. Whenever Hu Guanbao sees her, he curses her for being shameless and calling her a Voldemort.

At home, her parents doted on Zhang Zude and showed no interest in her whatsoever. In this world, she felt like a rootless duckweed, so she decided to go out and work to make a living.

Get away from here, away from everything that happened, away from this dysfunctional family, find a faraway place, and live a good life on your own.

......

Time flies, and several weeks have passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Hu Dahai's family has undergone tremendous changes.

The off-season vegetable farm can bring in several hundred yuan in income for the family every day.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was nothing else to do during this period, after finishing the house that was waiting to be demolished, Hu Dahai also renovated the dilapidated house where he was currently living.

However, this time we didn't use any old or broken materials; we used only good materials.

This made it even harder for the people in the group to understand.

"What exactly is going on with Hu Dahai's family? A new house built with old materials, and an old house built with new materials."

One of the old men even said, "Yeah, I don't understand it at all either. Maybe they have their own plans. Anyway, if this were my son, I would definitely slap him in the face."

"Tch, if you had such a good son, you'd be laughing in your sleep. Would you still be willing to have a big fight?" someone joked.

Of course, everyone kindly advised Hu Dahai to demolish the newly built house and rebuild it, otherwise, when the weather gets hot and a typhoon comes, the house might be blown away by the wind.

Even those who worked at Hu Dahai's off-season vegetable base offered to help build houses for free, as long as Hu Dahai bought the good materials.

However, Hu Dahai politely declined their offer, saying that the house was fine as it was built.

In the countryside, gossip about this and that spreads as fast as a virus, and the kind that mutates.

The story spread like wildfire, embellished and exaggerated, until it reached the Lingdong Brigade.

When Du Wu learned that Hu Dahai had actually built a substandard house, he almost grinned from ear to ear.

"Hahaha, Hu Dahai must have gotten his brain caught in a door."

Du Tianchuan frowned and said, "Could it be that Hu Dahai is gambling or something and has squandered all his money, so he can't afford to build a good house and can only build a rubbish one?"

"Then he's even more ridiculous. He's been busy for so long, and he can't even build a decent house. He might as well not have bothered at all. He's really trash." Du Wu laughed even more wildly.

"Dad, once our off-season vegetable farm's cucumbers start selling, we'll use the money we've saved to build a luxurious mansion. Then we'll show everyone who truly knows how to make money and how to use it wisely."

Du Tianchuan did not reject Du Wu's idea. After all, he was from the older generation and was also looking forward to building a very nice and large house.

They simply hadn't made any money from fish farming, so they hadn't had the funds to build anything.

Back then, being a brigade leader didn't offer the same opportunities for personal gain as it did later when the country developed.

Because everyone was equally poor, and the brigade had virtually no resources worth selling or anything else, the brigade leader only had status and couldn't bring much wealth.

"How are the cucumbers doing now?" Du Tianchuan was looking forward to the mansion, so he asked about the current situation of the off-season cucumbers, since off-season cucumbers were the only thing that could give them the possibility of building a mansion.

“Hey! Dad, you know what, the seeds we bought for 200 yuan are definitely different.”

Du Wu straightened his back when he talked about this.

"In less than a month, the cucumbers have grown to the size they used to be in two months. In a while, they'll probably flower and bear fruit!"

"No wonder Hu Dahai's off-season vegetable base can send out so many vegetables and fruits every day. It turns out that the variety of his seeds is really good."

Du Tianchuan interrupted Du Wutao's endless chatter; he was tired of hearing it all, his ears were practically calloused.

He warned, "Du Wu, you'd better keep a close eye on things. If you can't manage these things, then your father, the captain, will really be out of a job."

"When I set up this off-season vegetable base for you, I used up all the money that the brigade could use, plus the money that the villagers invested in the project. If we lose money, we will lose face in Lingdong Brigade."

“There are quite a few people in the brigade who are now opposing us.”

"Don't worry, Dad, I'll manage things properly. This time you can just sit at home and collect the money!" Du Wu said, patting his chest.

Just as the father and son were chatting and laughing at home...

A brigade cadre from the Lingdong Brigade rushed over with a document in his hand.

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