Interstellar to 80s: A Scientist's Farming Mission

An Ning didn’t understand An Guoming’s happiness. She just grabbed his wrist and forcefully pushed up his sleeve.

A bruised, purplish-blue arm was exposed to the air.

An Guoming quickly tried to pull his arm back, but he wasn’t as strong as An Ning.

"Sis, Sis, that hurts!"

Hearing this, An Ning immediately let go.

An Guoming didn’t pull his sleeve back down. Instead, he joked, "This is nothing. You can’t do manual labor without getting a little banged up."

"Besides, I made big money!"

An Guoming described how he earned his money to everyone, his tale vivid and animated. Everyone was amused by him and didn’t ask too many questions.

After An Guoming finished, An Ning’s expression remained serious.

"Second Brother, if anyone hurts you again, I’ll treat them to a banquet."

"Huh? Why would you treat them to a meal?"

For a moment, An Guoming couldn’t follow An Ning’s train of thought.

An Guoping, however, caught on clearly. He muttered grimly, "Funerals have banquets too."

An Guoming’s head turned woodenly to meet An Ning’s gaze. He saw An Ning nod.

"Our little brother is right. Funerals do indeed have banquets. We’ve been to one."

"Heheheh, let’s just eat. Let’s eat."

An Guoming didn’t know what to say. He was usually the most talkative one in the family, but since coming back this time, he’d been left at a loss for words several times.

’And when did his little sister get so vicious!’

After lunch, An Guoming went back to the room he shared with An Guoping to lie down and sleep.

For over a month, he had only managed to catch snippets of sleep whenever he could. He missed home.

Only at home could he truly sleep in peace.

An Ning didn’t have much to do in the afternoon.

Generally, she would read, write, or draw, and the afternoon would pass by.

The construction of the greenhouse had also been paused because of the heavy snow.

Another reason was that the weather was getting colder. The ground outside was so hard that a single shovelful from someone with less strength would only dig a fist-sized hole.

It seemed everything would have to wait for spring.

Today, as An Ning sat in her room reading, she was very distracted.

She kept thinking about the bruises on An Guoming, and the more she thought, the more unsettled she became.

SNAP!

’Second Brother has been training for so long, but he’s only gone from the weakest to the second weakest. There’s been no real progress.’

’Which means his natural foundation is too weak to be built upon later.’

An Ning sat by the window, watching the heavy snow outside and thinking about what her second brother had described.

’Since transforming Second Brother isn’t working, I’ll just have to find him some bodyguards.’

As this thought crossed her mind, An Ning couldn’t help but remember the men who tried to rob her last time.

An Ning got off the kang bed, put on her shoes, and went to find Li Chengze.

When An Ning arrived at Jiang Xia’s house and explained her plan to Li Chengze, Li Chengze swallowed hard.

"An Ning, you mean... you provide the money, I spend it, flash my wealth, and let people come rob me?"

"Correct!"

An Ning nodded affirmatively and said reassuringly, "Don’t worry, I’ll be following behind to protect you."

Li Chengze understood. This was to lure the snake out of its hole, and he was the bait.

"Is this also part of my test?"

"No."

An Ning shook her head honestly. "I’m asking for your help. You can refuse."

Li Chengze forced a difficult smile. ’Refuse? How could I possibly refuse!’

"How could I not help? I was just making sure I understood."

"Good. Then get ready. You should dress like you’re rich and act a little foolish."

Hearing An Ning’s words, Li Chengze summarized it himself, "So, a rich idiot."

An Ning frowned in disapproval. "Don’t put yourself down. You’re not an idiot, you just have to act *like* an idiot."

The exchange between the two made Jiang Xia, who was standing to the side, struggle to hold back his laughter.

’This is hilarious!’

In the end, Li Chengze changed into a set of Jiang Xia’s clothes. Clean and tidy, with a scholarly air, he looked like an easy target.

In reality, he was indeed an easy target.

"You two bosses, you have to save me. If I get robbed, I’m a dead man for sure."

An Ning stepped forward and assured Li Chengze, "Don’t worry. I know you’re just as weak as my second brother."

"Let’s go!"

An Ning was the first to leave Jiang Xia’s house. Li Chengze followed the pre-arranged route, first heading to town, conspicuously walking several laps, and finally going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a lot of things.

While shopping, Li Chengze pulled out a thick wad of cash and began counting it arrogantly.

After making his rounds, he carried his things and headed down a small path, walking to a more and more remote area.

Scenes of being drawn and quartered, his corpse left in the wilderness, and being utterly annihilated to prevent any future trouble flashed endlessly through Li Chengze’s mind.

"It’s fine, it’s fine."

Li Chengze whispered to console himself. ’Maybe I won’t even run into any robbers!’

’In this day and age, how could there be people who so flagrantly break the law?’

’No way!’

"Stop!"

Hearing the shout, Li Chengze found he wasn’t as scared as he’d imagined. It seemed the anticipation was the most terrifying part, as it was filled with limitless possibilities.

He looked with pleasant surprise at the seven men who had jumped out from the snow on the side of the path, feeling a little emotional for a moment.

’Every line of work has its hardships. Hiding in the snow in the middle of winter...’

"Gentlemen, are you here to rob me?"

Li Chengze’s question stunned the seven men surrounding him.

These seven were the very same men who had failed to rob An Ning and ended up in a human pyramid, the same ones An Ning had praised for having "honor among thieves."

After all this time, they had finally regrouped and come back out, but how had they run into another one who didn’t play by the rules?

’Could it be another "An Ning?"’

The leader of the seven robbers stared at Li Chengze and asked, "Do you know An Ning?"

This question was not one Li Chengze had expected.

’But how should he answer?’

"I didn’t think you all would still be thinking of me."

An Ning walked out on her own, followed by Jiang Xia, who was there to watch the show.

The moment the seven men saw An Ning, they quickly huddled together.

"Th-that is, An Ning, we weren’t here to rob him! We were... we were acting bravely for a just cause... no, doing a good deed."

The leader finally found the right words and desperately explained in An Ning’s direction, "We really were doing a good deed! We saw this brother was carrying a lot of things, so we came over to help him carry them."

"Right, right, right!"

"The boss is right!"

"Right, right!"

The other six men nodded frantically, supporting their leader’s argument.

This time, both Jiang Xia, the spectator, and Li Chengze, the "guinea pig," laughed.

’What on earth did these guys go through to be so afraid of An Ning?’

An Ning smiled and walked up to the seven men.

"No need to tremble. I’m a good, law-abiding citizen."

"Just so you know, I’ve taught myself the entire criminal code."

When the seven men heard this, they trembled even more violently.

Gravity seemed to be pulling relentlessly at their knees. ’You can’t afford to mess with a master who understands criminal law!’