Despised After Traveling a Thousand Miles to Join My Husband? The Military Wife Is So Capable Even the Nation Took Notice
Despised After Traveling a Thousand Miles to Join My Husband? The Military Wife Is So Capable Even the Nation Took Notice Chapter 21: Is This Just Empty Boasting or a Real Breakthrough?  

Monday.  

Lin Hongying went to the Reclamation Bureau to complete her onboarding procedures, transferred her grain and oil relations, and received a work uniform.  

The cadre responsible for handling Lin Hongying’s onboarding was a young man. He scrutinized her cautiously, as if she were some rare treasure.  

Many people in the bureau were doing the same, silently wondering just who this young woman was. What made her so special? How could she possibly solve the experts’ problems?  

Her salary level was comparable to that of a highly skilled senior factory worker with over a decade of experience—yet she was so young!  

This position had been reserved for technicians with both technical expertise and experience, equivalent to the professors and experts the leadership had specially recruited from universities and research institutes at high salaries.  

Xiao Liu couldn’t help but say, “Comrade Lin, you were exceptionally hired by our deputy director. We hope you’ll remain humble and cautious in the days ahead, persevering and improving. Don’t let him down!”  

Lin Hongying felt dozens of eyes fixed on her. She had originally planned to respond modestly, thanking the director for his promotion.  

But under the weight of all those gazes, her body reacted honestly: there was no room for humility now.  

Because the opportunity to make money had arrived!  

“The director will one day be glad—”  

Lin Hongying said with unwavering determination, “that choosing me will be the most correct decision he’s ever made in his life!”  

Everyone couldn’t help but stare at her in disbelief. This person had no humility at all!  

They had all been newcomers once, every one of them starting out with an open mind, eager to learn from their seniors. They had seen newcomers work tirelessly for their mentors, running around doing odd jobs—but never someone so audacious!  

The crowd glared at her with resentment.  

[Liu Xinmin’s resentment +1000]  

[Ma Weilin’s resentment +1000]  

[Shang Yunxia’s resentment +1000]  

…  

[Zhu Yumin’s resentment +1000]  

[Nong Yanping’s Level 1 resentment +1]  

Lin Hongying comfortably absorbed the 30,000 points of resentment. This unit was certainly generous with its resentment output.  

Nong Yanping walked in through the door and immediately heard Lin Hongying’s bold declaration.  

“So this is Comrade Xiao Lin?” Nong Yanping clapped his hands and laughed. “Truly, the vigor of youth!”  

“Whether this is just empty boasting or a real breakthrough, we’ll find out once she’s put to the test.”  

His skin was tanned a deep reddish-brown, his stature burly, and he carried the air of a farmer. His kind, amiable eyes showed he was a leader who often worked in the fields.  

Hm? What was this “Level 1 resentment”? Lin Hongying quickly checked her system and discovered that Level 1 resentment had an exchange rate of 1:1 with RMB.  

Jackpot! Lin Hongying’s breath hitched. If he were to give her resentment points like the others—say, +1000—wouldn’t that mean she could “not earn for three years, but live comfortably for three years once she did”?  

She looked at Deputy Director Nong in astonishment, her gaze now fixed on him as if he were a gold mine.  

Lin Hongying deduced the second rule of her cheat ability: Big shots provided a lot of resentment—like, a whole lot!  

Nong Yanping called Lin Hongying into his office.  

He pulled out her written exam and eagerly asked, “I’ve reviewed your test paper. Many of the ideas in it were quite impressive. Did you come up with this independently?”  

Lin Hongying affirmed, “I guarantee on my honor that I wrote it myself. Of course, I also synthesized the experiences of predecessors.”  

Nong Yanping slid a sheet of paper toward her. “Can you write out the full prescription for treating epidemic diarrhea? And the one for swine fever—write that too. Especially the swine fever one.”  

After speaking, he grumbled unhappily, “Kid, why’d you leave out half the answers on the test? Who were you trying to guard against?”  

Lin Hongying was both amused and exasperated. “Sir… I just got tired of writing and abbreviated things. I wasn’t guarding against anyone.”  

“The exam was two hours long, and I wrote a full 3,000 characters. I think for the average person… that’s already quite a challenge.”  

That’s it?  

That was her excuse?! Nong Yanping thought back to the frustration of repeatedly reviewing the incomplete exam papers over the past few days and felt even more aggrieved.  

[Nong Yanping’s Level 1 resentment +50]  

He burst into laughter, teasing, “If I’d known we had a talent like you, I’d have extended the exam to five hours—let you write as much as you wanted!”  

Lin Hongying took a pen and immediately began scribbling down the various traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions she had referenced in the exam.  

The swine fever treatment formula, distilled from countless predecessors’ experiences and refined through endless experimentation in later generations, was now being transcribed by Lin Hongying’s hand.

Nong Yanping took the prescription and immediately instructed his staff to prepare the medicine according to the formula.  

While waiting for the results, Nong Yanping began questioning Lin Hongying about other matters: “Do you have a solution for dealing with rice stem borers, rice caseworms, and rice leaf rollers?”  

Lin Hongying nodded firmly.  

Nong Yanping pressed further, “How confident are you?”  

Without hesitation, Lin Hongying replied, “Assuming manpower and resources are fully available, I’m 99% certain I can eradicate them!”  

She continued slowly, “Not only that, but I also have a way to increase rice yields by 30%.”  

That single statement made Nong Yanping’s breathing quicken.  

Then, he inwardly laughed at himself: Here I am, a man of my age, getting worked up over some casual remark from a youngster.

Lin Hongying spoke bluntly, “I’m not making baseless claims. I’ve looked into our farm—while it’s largely mechanized, with many agricultural machines imported from the Soviets, it still hasn’t adopted chemical fertilizers!”  

“Fertilizer is the lifeblood of grain—its strategic importance can’t be ignored. I guarantee that just by applying fertilizer, yields would increase by at least 30%. And beyond that, I have other methods to boost production!”  

Hearing this, Nong Yanping felt a deep sense of disappointment.  

He waved his hand to cut her off, “Wait, Comrade Xiao Lin—we don’t have fertilizer.”  

“Our conditions are tough. We lack both manpower and funding. Everywhere we turn, departments are demanding grain. Right now, the country is in a difficult spot—even if we wanted to, there’s no way the state could support our reclamation system with fertilizer.”  

In short, fertilizer was expensive.  

At present, the country lacked the capacity to produce fertilizer on a large scale. Even if some small-scale production existed, it would be a drop in the bucket compared to the vast needs of the reclamation system—far from enough to quench their thirst.  

[Nong Yanping’s Level 1 resentment +100]  

Fertilizer was so good.  

If they weren’t using it, did she think it was because they didn’t want to?  

Lin Hongying noticed the shift in Nong Yanping’s expression—from excitement to dejection—and couldn’t help but sigh. The revolutionaries of this era truly had it hard! Yet, through sheer effort, they had turned the barren “Great Northern Wilderness” into the fertile “Great Northern Granary.”  

She cleared her throat, “Wait, Director, I have…” a solution.  

Before she could finish, Nong Yanping received a call. The operator’s voice came through: “Director, Zhenhua Farm is on the line. Should I connect you?”  

He picked up the phone and said cheerfully, “Old Yu, heard you struck gold? Spent a fortune to bring in a bunch of experts all the way from the capital—have they arrived yet?”  

On the other end, Yu Liang snorted coldly, “You old rascal, always mocking people—no, they haven’t!”  

“Not only that, but I’ve got bad news for you. The train stopped midway, and in the blink of an eye, the experts were whisked away by Liaoning’s Agricultural Management Bureau.”  

Nong Yanping shot to his feet, outraged. “What?”  

“Old Yu, this won’t do! We paid good money to bring them here…”  

If not for the presence of a female comrade beside him, Nong Yanping would have unleashed his profound cultural vocabulary, cursing the offenders’ ancestors eighteen generations back.  

Just then, another call came in. The operator announced, “Director, Hongxing Farm is calling. Should I connect you?”  

The report from Hongxing Farm came through. Staff member Liu said, “Director Nong, we administered the medicine to the less severely affected piglets. Half an hour later, their symptoms eased—they started moving around and no longer looked lethargic.”  

Nong Yanping’s eyes widened as he looked at Lin Hongying. To his surprise, she wasn’t just some loudmouth making empty boasts—she actually had skills!  

They had a real expert in their midst now!  

Nong Yanping’s spirits soared. “Old Yu, get on a train and go swindle—er, negotiate—”  

He nearly blurted out his usual bandit-like tactics but caught himself just in time, rephrasing: “You’ve got to squeeze as much of our funding back from those old bastards as possible! Forget about those experts.”  

Lin Hongying stood up and loudly added, “Demand some steel from them—as much as they can spare! An’gang has plenty of steel to go around!”  

Nong Yanping immediately echoed her, “Get some steel while you’re at it, got it?”  

He didn’t ask what the steel was for—it was valuable regardless.  

His reasoning was simple: if they couldn’t get their money back, they’d take steel as compensation.  

On the other end of the line, Yu Liang fumed, “No way, Old Nong! I’m going after those experts—they can’t just snatch them like this! It’s downright banditry!”  

“Don’t—” Nong Yanping hinted, “Just bring back the funding and the approval documents. Understand?”  

Dragging a whole crowd of experts back, feeding and housing them, treating them like royalty, and paying them hefty subsidies—without even guaranteeing results—was nothing but trouble.  

“If you can’t get the experts back, forget about them.”

Dreamy Land[Translator]

Hey everyone! I hope you're enjoying what I'm translating. As an unemployed adult with way too much time on my hands and a borderline unhealthy obsession with novels, I’m here to share one of my all-time favorites. So, sit back, relax, and let's dive into this story together—because I’ve got nothing better to do!

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