"Is this the method you were talking about?"
Chen Wu complained as he weeded.
Wang Zhenyi had sounded so confident before that he had thought she possessed some earth-shattering wisdom that could get him into the Academy of Sciences. Who would have thought she was simply bringing him here to do odd jobs for the Academy?
"Senior Brother Hans is switching to peas and is short-handed. Since you have nothing better to do, why not come help?"
Wang Zhenyi looked smug, pretending not to hear Chen Wu's complaints. "Do you think just anyone can get this temporary job? If Senior Brother Hans and I hadn't vouched for you, you wouldn't even qualify for this!"
"Thanks for your hard work, Little Brother Chen. After we're done for the day, I'll treat you to a meal." Osi Han smiled warmly as well.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Sihan!" Chen Wu replied with a grin. "You're still the best, Senior Brother. Why does a certain someone never treat me to dinner?"
"When have I not treated you?" Wang Zhenyi protested. "Didn't I treat you to aiwowo a few days ago?"
"That was just a snack."
"I treated you anyway."
As they chatted, Chen Wu continued observing the glass greenhouse.
The greenhouse was built entirely from glass and steel. It was not large, covering roughly three or four mu.
It was said that the Academy of Sciences had persuaded the Great Shun royal family to invest in it, ostensibly to supply the Forbidden City with fresh vegetables during winter.
Ever since the glass greenhouse had been built, its results had been excellent. Many people saw a business opportunity and purchased patents from the Academy of Sciences, constructing many larger greenhouses near the Capital City to grow vegetables.
Those larger greenhouses met the needs of the