I Got Rich in Period Fiction-Chapter 611 - 593: Suddenly Disappeared_3

Qiao Qingyu knew all too well about Lu Ye’s feelings for her, and it was not just for a year or two.

To be honest, anyone in the world could introduce Lu Ye to potential partners, anyone but her.

The two of them chatted and laughed here, while on the other side, the event was being set up. There were enough people, so they weren’t needed for anything; just coordinating and assigning tasks was fine.

Naturally, Professor Feng had also arrived. He had been involved throughout the process of raising red sage seedlings, providing constant participation and guidance. The breeding base wasn’t too far from here, and the old gentleman even found time to cycle over for a visit.

The two graduate students he brought with him came too, one of which was Li Bo.

After she was done with her tasks over there, she came here to find Qiao Qingyu. All three of them graduated from the same college and naturally had a lot to talk about. Then, several other alumni came over.

Some students who graduated from Xichuan Agricultural College in those years had changed careers and moved into office jobs, but there were also many who truly devoted themselves to agricultural development.

One should not underestimate this force; they really played a significant role.

Qiao Qingyu knew that if one were to judge by the pace of development, the late 80s in this world were equivalent to around the year 2000 in another world.

That is to say, the development had been much faster.

This field meeting was extremely successful.

The harvested red sage was taken away by large trucks to the Wulong Herbal Medicine Processing Factory.

Currently, all the workers in the factory were women.

Each team leader had undergone three months of training. They adopted a method of mentoring and apprenticeship. Processing medicinal herbs was both difficult and easy; as long as one followed the procedures, it could be done.

After the first batch of herbs was harvested, the funds from Wulong Group were transferred over quickly.

Then, in addition to their monthly grain ration, the villagers who planted the red sage also received money.

However, they were paid as workers, not as contractors.

The leaders of Pingliang Dam were so pleased that they couldn’t sleep all night. If this trend continued, Pingliang Dam’s annual production value would be more than the total of the previous ten years.

They were no longer the last in the rankings.

So their confidence was even stronger.

Just as the leaders’ confidence was bolstered, so was the confidence of the villagers who planted the red sage.

As for how Pingliang Dam would manage, allocate, and contract the lands, that was no longer a concern for Qiao Qingyu and her colleagues. In the future, as long as there were those who wanted to plant, they would provide superior seeds and seedlings.

The autumn harvest work came to an end, and another winter arrived.

This day was a rest day, and then she received a phone call from Wu Hong.

Wu Hong called Qiao Qingyu directly. Although his voice was as gentle and courteous as usual, one could faintly detect some urgency, "Qingyu, I’m outside the main gate of the base right now. I won’t come in; can you come out? I have something to discuss with you."

He Xiuyu was also at home, teaching his son English.

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Qingyu briefly explained the situation.

He Xiuyu frowned slightly, "I’ll go with you."

Qiao Qingyu thought for a moment and then said, "This man is fairly reasonable and has always seen himself as a gentleman. He wouldn’t do anything inappropriate."

While she was speaking, she began to dress, and He Xiuyu said from the side, "Could it be about that woman Liu Ge having some issues?"

"Who knows." Qiao Qingyu wasn’t sure either.

Since He Xiuwen got married, Liu Ge hadn’t visited much. She probably felt awkward visiting He Xiuwen and his new wife’s home to see Rongrong. And now that phone contact was convenient, she just made calls at most.

Moreover, Liu Ge was pregnant.

The news of her pregnancy was actually relayed to Qiao Qingyu by He Xuerong; if anything, Liu Ge was quite capable — she didn’t keep her pregnancy a secret from He Xuerong and even said she wanted to give her a little brother, which was rather speechless.

Wu Hong had helped Qiao Qingyu quite a bit over the years.

She should, both emotionally and rationally, go and check what was going on.

He Xiuyu wasn’t at ease and certainly wouldn’t just let it go. As Qiao Qingyu went out, he slowly put on his overcoat and followed unhurriedly behind her.

Standing under a poplar tree at the gate of the base was a man in a black down coat, wrapped with a scarf around his neck; it was Wu Hong.

There was a jeep not far away, too far to tell if anyone was inside. But seeing Qiao Qingyu approach, Wu Hong’s eyes lit up and he quickly stepped forward, first apologizing, "I’m sorry for calling you out at this time, but I couldn’t speak over the phone, and I had to bother you."

Qiao Qingyu got straight to the point, "What’s the matter?"

Without hesitation, Wu Hong straightforwardly said, "Three days ago, the eldest of the Zhang Family suddenly disappeared from the basement..."