I Got Rich in Period Fiction
Chapter 437: How Many Have Returned?

Chapter 437: Chapter 437: How Many Have Returned?

But she knew she liked him, wanted to study and work with him, and do many things together, but never expected to be coldly rejected by him and warned with furrowed brows to never speak to him like that again.

At the time she was somewhat angry, recklessly calling him a frog in a well, trapped forever in this inexplicably infighting nation, being a mediocrity; that was regression, the tragedy of human society. But he told her the world was indeed vast, and he wouldn’t seal himself off; he would go out, but not in this way.

But had he actually gone out yet?

Yet why were his scientific achievements leading the world?

Now, he didn’t even know how many people were watching him, just that because the world’s pattern was quietly changing, waging war was not possible, but another form of war was quietly rising.

Like economic wars and cultural invasions.

How many people in Huaxia didn’t think foreign countries were Heaven—many did believe it to be a beautiful, prosperous, democratic, joyful, and free country.

So one after another, some people bankrupted themselves to go abroad, others did whatever it took to leave.

In the late seventies, there were so many government-funded students abroad but how many returned?

That number didn’t even need to be counted; everyone in the country knew what was happening.

Some of the less remarkable would rather stay abroad washing dishes than return here.

So Anna thought that this time she might actually take He Xiuyu away.

But she hadn’t expected that this would be an impossible task.

Qiao Qingyu slowly exhaled, speaking gently, "It’s good there’s no special purpose, otherwise it would have been difficult for you."

"What’s the difficulty, I don’t rely on this for a living."

Then she walked on into the desolate thicket, and suddenly a gray figure darted past her; Anna was about to say something when she stared wide-eyed and shouted loudly, "Qiao Qingyu, what is that?"

Rabbit—a gray wild rabbit, with quite strong reproductive abilities.

Isn’t there a saying, you plant phoenix trees to attract phoenixes?

So, these grasslands also attracted various animals to settle here.

Especially this area.

Qiao Qingyu instructed Anna, "Stay here, don’t move; I’ll get something." Then she ran swiftly toward where the tractor was parked.

Anna watched her swiftly pull out a black metallic object; Anna squinted her eyes, recognizing its shape. Her family’s estate had a racetrack, and there were woods where she and her cousins often went hunting.

They had one at home, but this one was smaller, gleaming with a black and gold luster, a modified crossbow.

Qiao Qingyu eagerly darted into the thicket, with Anna following right behind.

Unexpectedly, they actually caught two rabbits.

Qiao Qingyu held the refined crossbow in her left hand, and lifted two rabbits with her right, saying to Anna, "If you’re free tonight, come over to my house for dinner, I’ll make spicy rabbit head, braised rabbit meat; oh, and since you were also born in Beijing, you haven’t forgotten about dumplings, have you? I can make you rabbit stuffing dumplings to eat..."

Anna silently watched Qiao Qingyu.

Qiao Qingyu looked at her with a smile in her eyes.

Anna knew that if she said she was no longer used to eating Chinese food and preferred Western food, Qiao Qingyu would certainly respond with a cheerful "okay."

It was just a casual invitation.

Anna didn’t actually want to go.

But seeing Qiao Qingyu’s smiling face, and then looking at the two struggling rabbits, she found herself nodding, "Okay."

Dinner at He Xiuyu’s house was very rich today.

A full table was set.

Shen Haoze and Su Yunyao had both been called over by a phone call from Qiao Qingyu. Of course, He Xiuyu had also come home. Shen Haoze had arrived early and prepared the rabbits, so his face still looked a bit grumpy, but it couldn’t withstand the temptation of food.

Sitting at the table, he picked up a piece of braised rabbit, and as he bit into it, the rich sauce had already permeated the meat, instantly filling his mouth with the flavor of rabbit.

No wonder people say good food almost makes you swallow your own tongue, he almost bit his.

Su Yunyao gave Qiao Qingyu a somber look, sometimes it was really hard to figure out what was going on with this woman.

She heard that she had taken Anna on a long walk outside, then brought back two rabbits.

She had garlic shoots growing on her window sill, which she chopped up and mixed with the rabbit meat to make dumplings. It had to be said, this woman’s cooking skills were really great. Anna, who was accustomed to Western food, had impeccable table manners and was still very adept with chopsticks, picking up dumplings with precision.

She didn’t neglect anything else on the table; it looked like the food Qiao Qingyu made really suited her taste.

At that moment, Su Yunyao was dying of jealousy and curiosity at the same time.

If Qiao Qingyu wasn’t Qiao Qingyu, what had this Qiao Qingyu done in the past?

Regardless of what Qiao Qingyu had done before, no one expected that Anna would take the initiative to contact Mr. Qi at the headquarters to continue the negotiations they had discussed last time.

What kind of scientific research result it was, Qiao Qingyu did not know, nor did she ask.

When Anna was leaving, she did not go to see He Xiuyu but found Qiao Qingyu alone, and said to her, "Qiao Qingyu, thank you for making those dumplings for me."

And then she turned around and walked away, very coolly.

All this time, she hadn’t really suffered or struggled much, living a fairly good life, but she could never forget the dumplings her mother had made for her before she left, each one like a little ingot. Unable to buy pork, her mother had someone pull strings to finally purchase a rabbit leg, stripped the meat off, and made a plate of dumplings for her.

She had eaten dumplings many times abroad, but she had never tasted anything like that again.

Though she didn’t want to admit it, Anna thought, she must still hold a little love for this land.

Whether Anna loved this land or not, her family’s investment in the research institution yielded scientific results that came to fruition in negotiations with Mr. Qi.

The results were definitely good, but the scientific discoveries were not currently usable at Tenghai Research Base.

Mr. Qi, acting as the intermediary, facilitated contact between another research institution and the investment group Anna was part of.

Good things are never too many; sometimes, even if it means risking everything or even mobilizing national resources, such acquisitions must be made.

But as for how to operate, that was a job for some people. Regardless, it could be considered that the task Mr. Qi had tasked them with was completed.

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