Scholars in the courtyard

Yang Xiaotao got straight to the point, obviously he didn't want to accept this favor and planned to exchange it for benefits.

Lou Xiaoe also became serious after hearing this.

Looking at Yang Xiaotao, her heart was filled with panic. She was showing her kindness like this. How could this person be so ungrateful?

However, I remembered the answer Yang Xiaotao had given before.

She has also used it.

These words are hurtful, but they are true.

It is no longer possible between the two of them.

There was silence.

Until Lou Xiao'e spoke to break the silence.

"This dictionary is given to you!"

Lou Xiao'e didn't make any request or say a word. She put the dictionary on the table and turned to leave.

Since he wants to exchange benefits, I don't want to. I will accept this favor if he accepts it, or accept it if he doesn't.

This is a conspiracy.

It just makes him unhappy.

Lou Xiao'e left gracefully.

Behind him, Yang Xiaotao looked at the dictionary on the table, then looked at Lou Xiao'e who was going out, vaguely guessing something in his heart.

She was easing the relationship, or trying to be nice to him.

Showing goodwill is for the future.

But after a while, Yang Xiaotao stood up again,

I feel that my over-interpretation is a bit unfounded. At least the current Lou Xiao'e is not the successful strong woman she will be later. At this time, she is just a young woman stepping into society.

Country people talk about it as a ‘literacy class’ and have no knowledge.

Picking up the dictionary, Yang Xiaotao looked through it for a while, then looked towards the back of the room.

As for Yang Xiaotao's current feelings for Lou Xiao'e, he really doesn't have any. Now he just wants to get the hybrid corn matter done quickly.

There's no rush for women's matters.

…

Lou Xiao'e entered the middle courtyard and left not long ago, but the thoughtful people in the courtyard had their thoughts.

Although there was nothing excessive between the two of them, and Yang Xiaotao didn't close the door, he just left outsiders speechless.

But no one knows about the dirty compound between Xu Damao, Lou Xiao'e and Yang Xiaotao. At this time, Lou Xiao'e entered Yang Xiaotao's house, and no one believed anything in it.

You know, Lou Xiaoe had a quarrel with Xu Damao yesterday.

A glimmer of light flashed in Jia Zhang's triangular eyes, and she had an idea in her mind.

Silly Zhu stood at the door, holding a radish in his hand, biting it crunchily, looking at Yang Xiaotao and feeling uncomfortable.

Both of them are singles, but Yang Xiaotao has at least met a woman, and he...

"This year, I must find a wife!"

Silly Zhu secretly made up his mind, glanced at the door of Jia's house, and added in his heart, "Find a more beautiful wife than Qin Huairu."

When Lou Xiao'e returned home, Xu Damao was still sitting on the stool and angry.

Lou Xiao'e walked directly to the bed. She wasn't hungry, and she didn't know how to explain.

The meal was not cooked, and neither of them spoke.

Xu Damao looked gloomy and wanted to yell at Lou Xiao'e, but he didn't have the confidence at all.

Firstly, he still expects the Lou family to take care of him, and secondly, he is not clean at all. If the Lou family knows about it and sends someone to investigate, he will not be able to eat and walk around.

Therefore, facing Lou Xiao'e, Xu Damao was afraid and respected, loved and hated at the same time. He didn't feel comfortable and comfortable with the little widow at all, and he didn't have the feeling of a big man.

"Yang Xiaotao, just wait for me and wait for the opportunity. If I don't kill you, I will be arrogant to my grandson!"

Xu Damao was heartbroken. He turned to look at Lou Xiao'e and immediately changed his expression, "Ezi..."

After Lou Xiao'e left, Yang Xiaotao hurriedly finished his meal and then threw himself on the desk.

I took out my notes and started translating words one by one into the dictionary.

This dictionary is far from having several interpretations of a word like later generations. Most of them are translated with one Chinese word.

Therefore, Yang Xiaotao can use some words, but some need to be related to other words based on existing words to find similar explanations.

The study time is always very long for some people, who wander outside the textbooks and cannot remember a word in their minds.

But for those who can devote themselves wholeheartedly to it, time flies by so fast that it’s already late at night before the movie is finished.

Yang Xiaotao was not very fast at looking up the dictionary, and he had to explain some words by himself, so in the middle of the night, he only solved one-tenth of the vocabulary.

However, it was this explanation of one-tenth of the words that gave him a further understanding of Mendel's article.

From the available information, it can be seen that Mendel did not only study peas, but also conducted experiments on corn.

And this is what he needs most.

Xiaowei jumped up and down on the table. Now she can also absorb the energy from the light at night, which is more direct than the moonlight.

"Boohoo!"

Xiaowei's voice sounded, interrupting Yang Xiaotao's thoughts.

"It's twelve o'clock. It's time to sleep!"

The next day, the workers in the workshop discovered that the book Yang Xiaotao read today was a bit small, and he was mumbling words that he did not understand.

And those who know know clearly that Yang Xiaotao is memorizing words.

English words.

Yang Xiaotao is learning foreign languages, which surprises those who are familiar with him.

Is it useful to learn a foreign language these days?

it works!

For their workers, reaching level eight is the end.

If you want to continue to climb up, you have to take the engineer exam, a ninth-level engineer.

However, to be admitted as an engineer, you must be able to read drawings, design, and draw.

Nowadays, most of the drawings used in China are copied from foreign countries. If you want to understand them, you must know a foreign language.

Therefore, everyone looked at Yang Xiaotao with more respect.

As for jealousy, it doesn't exist.

Letting them read books is more difficult than processing workpieces.

What's more, I'm reading a foreign language book.

Wang Fa and others are also very happy. They also want to have an engineer in their team, which will be their bragging rights in the future.

As for the workshop director and deputy factory director Xu, they were also particularly concerned when they found out.

If this comes true, he will be the first engineer to be trained by himself since the transformation of the steel rolling mill.

Significant.

The two quickly reached a tacit understanding and fully supported Yang Xiaotao. Even if it requires more investment, it is worth it.

Yang Xiaotao naturally didn't know what the two of them were planning, and he didn't understand why the people around him suddenly respected him, and looked at him with a look of admiration.

If they knew it, they would definitely be disappointed. Yang Xiaotao hasn't thought about the engineer yet.

Maybe wait until you reach level 8 fitter before you consider it.

Now he just wants to memorize this dictionary without interrupting his train of thought while reading.

Just like in the previous life when I was forced to memorize vocabulary words and learn new lessons, I had to memorize them even if they were memorized by rote.

However, this "beautiful misunderstanding" did bring a lot of convenience to Yang Xiaotao's work. There are usually fewer tasks assigned in the workshop. Even the people who inquire after get off work control the time and never disturb him after five-thirty. Let him Have more time to study.

In this way, a week passed, and the time came to March.

In the past few days, there have been rumors in the yard that Yang Xiaotao and Lou Xiao'e have rekindled their old relationship.

After Yang Xiaotao heard this, he didn't need to think that it must be the Jia family's fault.

Isn't it just to keep him in the dark?

Things like seducing married women, acting like gangsters just because they have a little money, coming to their homes in the middle of the night, and so on, it was passed down as if they had seen it with their own eyes.

Yang Xiaotao had no time to care about this. When the things at hand were over, he would find an opportunity to deal with these beasts.

As another person involved, Lou Xiao'e also acted as if nothing was wrong.

No explanation at all, no anger, just live life as it should be.

The two people remained surprisingly silent, which made the rumors even more intense. People in the yard looked at the two of them with amusement, as if they were real.

Seeing this, Mrs. Jia Zhang became even more serious. In addition to gossiping in the yard, she also went to the alley to talk nonsense when she had time.

Of course, she had suffered a loss and would not say it outright. She would just mention it in a vague way, making it difficult for people to grasp the reason.

Gradually, more and more people know about it, and Yang Xiaotao's reputation once again becomes a topic of conversation.

Yang Xiaotao has heard about this, but will not pay attention to it.

In addition to reading, Yang Xiaotao has not forgotten about Yangjiazhuang.

Before returning to the city, he learned that the village was in a state of drought during this period, and the villagers were in a state of semi-starvation.

It's okay for adults, but the old, weak, sick and children will suffer.

All he can do is try his best to help the village tide over the difficulties.

I bought a lot of whole grains with the money I had on hand, and also prepared some vegetables and meat. I also spent most of the credits I got, and they were not noticeable among the goods.

While Yang Shitou entered the city, he took the things back with him.

Of course, this made the people in the yard even more jealous.

Especially Jia Zhang wanted to curse Yang Xiaotao outside Yang Xiaotao's yard every day.

She also knew that some things should not be criticized, so she said it lightly and focused on the origin and whereabouts of these things.

Many people in the yard were filled with jealousy after hearing this.

Even Yi Zhonghai's face was full of gloom, as if these things should not leave the courtyard.

Yang Xiaotao was too lazy to pay attention to this.

They can at least have food every month in this courtyard. Let them try to live in the countryside for two years?

How can we know the difficulty of the world without experiencing the suffering of others?

How can a group of people who don't know the suffering in rural areas have the right to criticize him?

What's more, the things belong to him, and he can give them to whomever he wants. That is Yang Xiaotao's freedom, and no one can control it.

Taking advantage of the weekend, Yang Xiaotao called Zhou Peng and Zhou Kui to his home, and the three of them began to tidy up the vegetable garden under the command of Uncle Chen.

From now on, this will be the experimental field for hybrid corn.

Uncle Chen and others were puzzled by Yang Xiaotao's refusal to plant vegetables and corn, but Yang Xiaotao persisted and there was nothing they could do.

Yang Xiaotao just said it without explaining too much. After all, this matter seemed unbelievable to them.

Dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and mice give birth to mice. How can there be any hybrid between dragon and phoenix?

Even if there are, they are still mules. What does this have to do with corn?

Several people had no choice but to follow Yang Xiaotao's request.

The story of Yang Xiaotao planting corn spread like wildfire.

Now the people in the courtyard were even more excited. They were standing in the wind with Lou Xiao'e, but now they were even more nervous. They all looked at him like he was a fool.

Mrs. Jia Zhang became more and more arrogant. She sat in a group of old ladies and couldn't understand the words in her mouth.

Looking at Yang Xiaotao with even more disdain, there was a faint feeling of joy in his heart.

The same is true for the people in the courtyard. They originally thought that Yang Xiaotao would continue to garden this year, and maybe he could change it after the relationship was improved, which would also reduce the financial burden.

But this kid just switched to growing corn. When he grows up, will he switch to corn noodles?

People said that Yang Xiaotao didn't know the importance of it, but what they were thinking in their hearts was that people like Jia Zhang would definitely be very happy.

Of course, some people tried to persuade Yang Xiaotao not to plant corn, as growing vegetables would be more economical.

Yang Xiaotao just shook his head. There was nothing they could do. This was their own land and they could play by themselves. What could they say?

Even Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong sighed when they saw him, not to mention the third uncle Yan Fugui.

He wished he could plant it himself. What a wonderful place. If it were left in his hands, he would definitely be able to grow a lot of vegetables and get more money.

Now that Yan Fugui has returned home from school, he always goes to the Intermediate Courtyard to take a look. When he meets Yang Xiaotao, he tries to persuade her earnestly, but Yang Xiaotao doesn't listen at all.

As time passed, Yan Fugui lost interest.

It's just that he hates iron but doesn't want to become steel. Some people don't know but he thought he was taking more care of Yang Xiaotao.

In fact, I just can’t bear the pain.