Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

88. Disappointment (1)

After that, Qi Zhengyang toned it down a bit, no longer comparing her to Su Jinru, and no longer saying things like what would happen if it were Su Jinru.

However, in Du Mei's mind, Su Jinru became an irreconcilable enemy.

A woman who defied convention and became the first divorced woman in Daben Township; a woman who became a technician and stole the show during this farming season; a woman who never went to school and was disliked by her ex-husband, yet still received a government job.

Du Mei felt that she was much better than her; she was just less lucky and didn't have the opportunity to learn the skills.

She was jealous, resentful, and unwilling to accept defeat.

Qi Zhengyang felt that it was inappropriate for Du Mei to talk about others behind their backs, but he still agreed with her in his heart.

He and Du Mei are both educated people. They work hard in the fields every day, sweating profusely. Others may not understand Su Jinru, but doesn't he understand her?

Even if she knows a few words now, she is still far inferior to him and Du Mei. Why is she so lucky to get an easy job?

If he and Du Mei had been sent to the county agricultural technology station to learn scientific farming techniques, they would have learned and performed better than Su Jinru.

It's unclear whether this good fortune and honor came from Zhang Jingui or from Minister Ye.

Qi Zhengyang thought with mixed feelings.

"She knows this important person, she knows that important person. Divorced women have many advantages! They know a lot of important people."

The person who said this was Zeng Jianying, Zeng Jianming's older sister.

Because after Su Jinru's sister broke off her engagement with her brother Zeng Jianming, the Zeng family harbored resentment towards the Su family.

Zeng Jianming had long disliked the Su family, especially Su Jinru. If it weren't for her encouraging her sister to break off the engagement, her brother would have married Su Jinyu long ago.

As a result, after the engagement was called off, Su Jinyu joined the army in a grand manner, while the Zeng family became the laughing stock of the village.

The villagers say Su Jinyu is a blessed woman who wouldn't choose a place without blessings. Isn't this a slap in the face to the Zeng family, implying they are from an unlucky place?

Moreover, Su Jinyu only got into the army because her older sister, Su Jinru, got lucky and met the head of the armed forces department.

That's why Zeng Jianying doesn't hate Su Jinru.

At this point, someone started making sarcastic remarks, and Zeng Jianying naturally didn't miss the opportunity to say a few words to her.

Unfortunately, Dingxiang overheard these words.

Zeng Jianying made a veiled remark, implying that Su Jinru's job at the agricultural technology station was obtained through the connections of this or that important person, which was just a way of saying that her family was rich and powerful.

Because Su Jinru's job as a technician was personally approved by Jin Gui.

Zeng Jianying implied that Su Jinru's job was illegitimate.

Although on the surface he was scolding Su Jinru, he also dragged his precious daughter into it.

Moreover, Dingxiang knew that Su Jinru was a truly capable woman. When she first came to Jin Gui to ask for a document for an experimental field at home, neither of them believed that she could really develop an early-maturing, high-yield crop.

Eventually, they figured it out and even contacted people in other places to grow the grain on a large scale.

Therefore, she became a formally employed staff member of the county agricultural technology station, a position she truly deserved.

“Zeng Jianying, you’ve only had two full meals and you’re already starting to get restless? Talking nonsense here.”

Zeng Jianying: "Dingxiang, your family's Jin Gui is the county magistrate. Even you, the county magistrate's wife, can stay here and do farm work with peace of mind. Why can Su Jinru be a technical instructor and do such an easy job? Don't you ever think about why? Why didn't you go to learn in the first place? I think if you had learned, you would be better than her."

Dingxiang knew that Zeng Jianying was trying to sow discord, and she wouldn't let such a scheming woman be used as a pawn.

"I am a working person and I am proud of it. Labor is glorious. I don't think it's bad. Without farmers growing food, everyone would starve to death. Do you look down on farmers?"

"Besides, revolutionary work has no distinction of high or low status, what kind of ideology is this?"

"Let me tell you, Su Jinru is a truly deserving technical advisor. If it weren't for the new products she developed, we would all still be starving. It's one thing for you not to be grateful, but to speak ill of her like this is another. People like you deserve to starve to death."

In her haste, Dingxiang blurted out the secret.

Moreover, she felt that since it was Su Jinru who had researched it, it was a good thing and there was no need to hide it.

The person next to her asked in surprise, "Dingxiang, a new product developed by Su Jinru? How is that possible?"

“Why is it impossible? Half a year ago, Su Jinru came to my house to find Jin Gui, saying that she wanted to research a new product that could increase yield and make it mature earlier. Jin Gui and I didn’t believe it at first, but in the end, Jin Gui agreed to let her use it as an experimental field in her own yard. Unexpectedly, she actually succeeded in researching it, which is why we have this new product now, which saved everyone.”

Everyone was incredulous when they heard this. How could Su Jinru, an ordinary rural woman, suddenly become so capable and develop such a wonderful new product?

If it really is a new product she developed, she would be more than qualified to be a technician at an agricultural technology station.

But how did she figure it out?

Qi Zhengyang found it even more unbelievable that the person he had previously considered worthless had now transformed into such a powerful individual.

While everyone was discussing it, Sanbao came over. Hearing everyone's discussion, she asked Dingxiang what had happened, and Dingxiang explained the whole story.

Sanbao said, "I know about this. It really is a new product developed by Su Jinru. She researched and grew several hundred kilograms of grain in her own yard, and then entrusted people in other places to grow it, which resulted in our production team's ten tons of grain."

"It's just that Su Jinru didn't want to publicize this matter, so she told us not to say anything. But I see you all being such ungrateful wretches. She saved your lives, and you still talk about her like this. If any of you are capable enough to develop a new product from any crop, we would arrange jobs for you to specialize in technology."

If the captain has said so, then it's highly likely that's really the case.

If it really is a new product developed by Su Jinru, then she has no problem providing technical guidance.

And they should thank her! If it weren't for her developing this new product, this famine might not have lasted much longer, and perhaps none of them would have survived.

Qi Zhengyang was stunned. How could this be?

A new product developed by Su Jinru? Grown in her own yard?

He and Su Jinru were both reborn, but why was he so unlucky, getting nothing, while Su Jinru had a string of good fortunes?

Qi Zhengyang racked his brains but couldn't figure out how Su Jinru could have the ability to develop new products.