A 50-year-old man is reborn and becomes a complete slacker, leaving his scumbag children completely

Recently, Du Tianchuan doesn't even want to go to the brigade office anymore.

Whenever he has time, he spends it at the off-season vegetable base.

Under their care, the cucumbers in the off-season vegetable base grow at an extremely rapid pace.

The cucumber vines seemed to be on steroids, visibly growing bigger and taller every day.

This made Du Tianchuan and his family feel that they had really made the right bet this time and could make a lot of money.

"Dad, look, isn't this cucumber vine different from the ones we used to grow? Even the leaves are much bigger."

"It's precisely because of these large leaves that the cucumbers have greater strength and can receive more nutrients, making them plumper and stronger."

"Once they flower and bear fruit, the cucumbers will definitely grow very fast!"

Du Wu pointed to the dense cluster of cucumber vines and said with some pride, as if a student were showing off their perfect exam score.

Du Tianchuan looked at the cucumber vines and was quite satisfied.

But after looking around for a while, he suddenly thought of something.

"what?"

Du Tianchuan let out a soft "hmm," and then began searching the entire off-season vegetable base.

"Father, what are you looking for?" Du Wu asked curiously, quickly following after him.

Du Tianchuan did not answer. He searched from one end of the off-season vegetable base to the other for a long time, but he still could not find what he wanted.

"That's strange." Du Tianchuan straightened up, frowned, and said with some confusion.

"Father, what exactly are you looking for?"

Du Wu followed behind Du Tianchuan, nearly collapsing from exhaustion. He asked again, panting heavily.

"That's not right." Du Tianchuan glanced at him, puzzled. "Logically speaking, by the time the cucumber vine has grown this big, it should already have flowers, right?"

"Why are these cucumber vines not producing a single flower?"

Upon hearing Du Tianchuan's words, Du Wu's eyes widened instantly. He scratched his head and looked at the cucumber vines around him again.

“Yeah, how come there isn’t a single flower?” Du Wu was also puzzled. “I’ll go find Zhang Zude later and ask him what’s going on.”

That evening, Lu Wenlong, upon learning of this anomaly, also looked very serious. After the two of them brought Zhang Zude over, they immediately inquired about the situation.

"Zhang Zude, did you give us the wrong seeds, or did you give us some bad seeds?"

Lu Wenlong asked aggressively.

"Ah, this..." Zhang Zude felt bitter upon hearing this; in the end, a problem had arisen.

He knew that the seeds Hu Dahai had given him were definitely problematic.

Given the grudges between Hu Dahai and the Lingdong Brigade, from his perspective, Hu Dahai would definitely want to eliminate the completely dead seed in the Lingdong Brigade.

Some time ago, he heard that the cucumber vines in Lingdong Brigade were growing very well, and he thought that Hu Dahai might have taken the wrong seeds.

In retrospect, Hu Dahai didn't make a mistake; he deliberately gave them hope only to disappoint them later.

He glanced at Lu Wenlong and Du Wu with great fear, afraid that they would beat him up without saying a word.

At the same time, my mind raced, searching for a way to explain it.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Zude said with a forced smile, "How could I possibly give you bad seeds? If they were bad seeds, how could these cucumbers possibly sprout?"

"A bad seed is one that will never grow when planted; that's what makes a bad seed."

"How could I possibly have the ability to give you a bunch of bad seeds that will only grow leaves and not bear fruit?"

"The difficulty of getting all seeds that only grow leaves and don't flower is much greater than the difficulty of getting all seeds that are good or all seeds that don't grow at all."

Although Zhang Zude is a scoundrel, it must be admitted that he is quite clever.

These words made some sense to both Lu Wenlong and Du Wu.

Taking advantage of the fact that the two of them were still immersed in his words and hadn't fully reacted, Zhang Zude quickly added insult to injury:

“I noticed that Hu Dahai’s cucumbers are slow to flower and bear fruit. He sells his green vegetables first, and then he starts selling cucumbers.”

After Zhang Zude finished speaking, Lu Wenlong and Du Wu fell even more silent.

Because I felt that Zhang Zude's words did make some sense.

Based on their understanding, it's clearly unrealistic for a whole bag of seeds to only grow leaves and not flower.

Either the seeds were boiled and all of them died, so they won't grow at all.

Either the seeds are all good and can all flower and bear fruit healthily, it's impossible for there to be a seed that only grows leaves and doesn't flower or bear fruit.

This questioning of Zhang Zude ended abruptly.

Zhang Zude left quickly.

Lu Wenlong and Du Wu were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

Du Tianchuan walked in from outside: "How did it go? What did he say?"

Lu Wenlong relayed to Du Tianchuan everything Zhang Zude had said earlier.

Du Tianchuan remained silent upon hearing this, because he also felt that Du Wu's words made some sense, at least he couldn't find any obvious problems.

"Then let's wait a little longer. The seeds have already been planted, so we can only keep waiting."

Du Tianchuan sighed and said.

Although the final outcome of today's events seems normal, Du Tianchuan still feels that things are not as simple as they appear.

So the family continued to patiently take care of the off-season vegetable farm.

But these cucumbers continued to grow vines wildly, without flowering.

The vines were so numerous that they turned the entire trellis lush and green, and the original trellises they had built for the cucumbers were no longer sufficient.

During this period, they visited Zhang Zude several more times.

Upon seeing these cucumber vines, Zhang Zude exclaimed, "My goodness, these cucumber vines are so vigorous! Even the cucumber vines at Hu Dahai's off-season vegetable base aren't this lush!"

"If these seeds were to flower and bear fruit, they would grow like crazy! It seems the seeds I stole are all good ones!"

Upon hearing Zhang Zude's words, Du Tianchuan and the others once again didn't know whether they should feel fortunate or be filled with apprehension.

However, when the villagers of Lingdong Brigade asked about the situation here, they all used Zhang Zude's words to comfort them and tell them not to worry.

The villagers were skeptical and didn't say much.

And so, another week passed.

A week has passed, and the cucumber vines in their greenhouses have spread to the point where they need to be constantly pruned.

Because if it's not pruned, the entire greenhouse will be covered with layers upon layers of cucumber vines, and even cucumber vines will be wrapped around each other.

Entering the greenhouse is like stepping into a terrifying world of cucumber vines.

Meanwhile, some unpleasant voices were already circulating within the Lingdong Brigade:

"Did you know? The off-season cucumbers that our brigade leader and his team are growing only grow vines, but don't flower or bear fruit."

"Hey, stop talking. How could I not know? I trusted them completely back then and invested a lot of money. Now it seems like it will be difficult for me to get that money back."

"Logically speaking, cucumber vines of this height should have already flowered and borne fruit, so why are they still only growing vines?"

"That's right, we all know that. The Du Tianchuan family got scammed themselves, and then they tried to scam us too."

"Haven't you noticed? That whole family is utterly incompetent. When Hu Dahai was making money selling fish, he initially wanted to cooperate with our Lingdong brigade, but Du Wu got into a fight with Hu Dahai and ruined the business. Now they want to steal their vegetable-growing techniques..."

"What?! Such a thing actually happened?! Was it Du Wu who ruined the fish-selling deal last time?"

"Sigh, I won't say any more. Although my son works for Lu Wenlong, I've invested all the money he's earned recently into these off-season vegetables. If we lose money, all my work will be for nothing."