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Chapter 258 The Grain Seeds Have a Problem

Chapter 258: Chapter 258 The Grain Seeds Have a Problem

The team began spring plowing.

Last application of fertilizer to the wheat, then cleaning up the fields.

After all, with so many fields and only two oxen at the team’s disposal, they were too busy to cope, so they resorted to manual labor.

"Have you sold the corn and rice seeds?"

Why would his wife suddenly ask about this.

"They were purchased together by the town, and will be distributed to the team leaders of each team later on."

Yun Xiaoxiao wanted to eat glutinous corn.

But that small patch of homestead land was needed for growing vegetables.

"Wife, don’t worry about the seeds."

In fact, Yun Xiaoxiao wanted to say that they could buy better seeds.

However, these seeds could not be kept for future planting.

Captain Zhao took Zhao Tianlei to the town to collect the seeds, and upon receiving them, they immediately noticed something was amiss.

Captain Zhao was an old hand at farming.

"Old Zhao, why aren’t you heading back to the team?" Captain Zhang from the neighboring team saw them standing there, not leaving.

"The seeds are not right."

What?

Captain Zhang looked at Captain Zhao in disbelief. He had come driving a tractor since they needed a lot of seeds for all those fields, and this batch of seeds was collectively purchased by the town. But their team had also paid for the seeds.

If the seeds were bad, it would affect the harvest.

Then many of the team members might go hungry.

In an instant, he turned around, pulled out a bag of seeds from the tractor bed, lifted it, and immediately felt something was wrong.

"To the county town."

They hadn’t planted them yet.

"Let’s talk to the secretary first; we can’t go over his head to the county town," Captain Zhao said, frowning deeply.

"Alright, let’s ask him."

Captain Zhang left his nephew in charge of the seeds while they carried a bag to the secretary’s office, barely avoiding being blocked outside.

"Secretary, Secretary....."

Secretary Ren heard the noise outside; many teams were coming to collect seeds that day, but none should have caused a ruckus all the way to his office.

"Come in."

Secretary Ren then saw two team leaders and a young man enter his office, placing a bag of seeds before him.

"What is the matter?"

"The seeds are not right?"

What?

Secretary Ren’s face changed for a moment before quickly returning to normal.

He asked them to open the bag and take a look.

But when they opened the seed bag, they immediately found something was off.

"Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang, come in....."

Secretary Ren’s face abruptly changed, for the seeds were usually plump and large, but this batch showed signs of nutritional deficiency, inferior seeds — it was obvious what planting them would entail.

"Secretary, you called for me." Suddenly, a scholarly-looking young man entered, his gaze briefly sweeping over Zhao Tianlei and the others before turning to Secretary Ren.

"Who purchased this batch of seeds?"

"Director Lin, sir. He’s been the one purchasing for these past years."

Secretary Ren narrowed his eyes slightly, "Call Director Lin here."

Seeds are a serious matter.

Mr. Fang hurried away to fetch the director, sensing something was amiss.

"Secretary, did you need me?"

A middle-aged man with a slight belly walked in, his gaze quickly shifting to the bag of seeds, realizing what was going on.

"What’s the issue with the seeds?"

Director Lin immediately spoke up, "Secretary, haven’t we always been using these seeds? Is there a problem?"

"Why don’t you come over and take a look for yourself?"

"It hasn’t changed." Director Lin walked over, even scooping up some seeds to examine them closely in his hand, and assertively stated there was no problem.

"I remember the previous seeds being large and plump, but this year’s are not. Will they even sprout?" asked Secretary Ren, his expression becoming unpleasant.