Although everything was as expected, Li Long was still delighted to see how sturdy the cotton in the drip irrigation experimental field looked.
Professor Yang was even more pleased. Growing cotton with drip irrigation had long been part of his theoretical plans, but he had never put it into practice. Growing a few dozen plants on a small plot was not enough to support his theory.
It was only after talking with Li Long that he had decided to apply for this experimental project-he had held back before because of his concerns, too. Without a suitable person to manage it, the project would probably take a long time to work out.
Then he met Li Long, and everything that followed fell naturally into place.
It was not as though he had never considered the possibility that Li Long was all talk, fluent with his theories but exposed the moment he had to put them into practice.
In all his years of agricultural research, he had met plenty of people like that, armchair strategists-and most of them had been students.
Now it seemed that Li Long really was capable. Everything he talked about could be sensibly implemented in the experimental field.
Although Li Long had been absent these past few days, he had taken part in all the work required at the important stages, and that was enough.
Professor Yang actually thought this arrangement was quite good. Otherwise, if Li Long handled everything, he and his students really would be mere spectators. With Li Long absent for a few days at a time, he could use those days to discuss the next steps in managing the field with his students.
It also gave him time to teach them, so he would not seem quite so useless.
"Professor Yang, your students have