Xia Yuwen changed the subject, not wanting to hear Lin Yao's complaints. "Mom has done the math, estimating the proportion and number of people across the country. If it's free, the expenses will be huge, but Minhong can afford it now. Mom, Dad, and the others at headquarters agree that it shouldn't be free, but they can't think of a good solution. If those people can't afford the medicine, it will cause a series of chain reactions, and their lives will only get worse. This flu was too severe, and future epidemics may be even more serious. What do you think?"
Lin Yao was pleased to hear that his parents disagreed with the idea of giving it away for free, and replied with a smile, "I also advocate against giving it away for free. Even if we create a special price for a specific area, or let impoverished households buy it on credit, that would be fine. Even if they can never pay off their debts, it's still better than giving it away for free. If we start this trend, many other things will be difficult to carry out."
“Mom is doing well now. She knows to save money to pay off the debts. This export of ‘201501’ will bring huge profits. I estimate that we can pay off all the loans soon. Only then will Minhong truly belong to our own family.”
"You guys handle it as you see fit. Just stick to these principles and you can do whatever you want. I have no objections."
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Chapter 483 The Surprise of the Storm
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After finishing his meditation, Lin Yao stood up and stretched his body.
The air in the small room was stuffy and had a musty, sour smell that made people feel very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, after a day of getting used to it, Lin Yao didn't take the smell seriously, and even without using his ability to filter the air, it didn't affect his appetite.
As for the constant shaking 24 hours a day, Lin Yao's physique and adaptability were not affected at all. He performed better than regular sailors, which surprised Xiao Li, the orderly who was responsible for delivering his meals.
Thump thump thump!
A knock sounded at the door, and Lin Yao went to open it. The only soldier he was somewhat familiar with that day was Xiao Li, who came in.
"Professor Lin, I've brought you seasickness medication. Now that we're in a storm, the ship will be rocking even more violently. If you feel unwell, please take this vertigo medication. I've also brought you two bottles of water. If you need more, just call me by pressing the button by the door. You can also call me for anything else, and I'll come right away."
Nineteen-year-old Li, dressed in an ordinary sailor's uniform, had beads of sweat on his forehead from the stifling heat of the ship's lower deck. His face, however, remained bright and cheerful, as if he were content with the harsh working conditions; his youth and energy were infectious to everyone he encountered.
Lin Yao liked the young sailor very much and didn't refuse his kindness. He nodded and accepted the seasickness medicine and bottled water. "Thank you! I'd like to go up to the deck and take a look. Could you please take me there?"
"Professor Lin, we can't go to the deck right now. The wind and waves are too strong, and it's dangerous to go up there!"
"It's okay, I can protect myself. You just need to take me to the entrance and make the arrangements for me."
Lin Yao still smiled, but his tone left no room for refusal. He had never personally experienced a storm at sea, and he had a faint urge to go and see it. Of course, he couldn't let this restriction deprive him of the opportunity to go up to the deck.
Xiao Li was taken aback. Just as he was about to organize his thoughts to refuse Lin Yao's unreasonable request, he suddenly remembered his mission: no matter what Lin Yao asked for, he had to try his best to meet it. If he couldn't meet it, he should contact the commander's adjutant directly to coordinate the matter. He immediately withdrew the words that were about to come out.
"Okay, Professor Lin, please wait a moment while I make the arrangements and then I'll take you to the deck."
Not long after, Xiao Li returned to Lin Yao's room. He respectfully led Lin Yao through the narrow, winding passageway, directly to the staircase leading to the deck.
"Professor Lin, here is a raincoat and a safety chain. Please put on the raincoat and I will help you fasten the safety chain. The wind and waves outside are too strong, and the rain is so heavy that it can cause internal injuries. You'd better not go up."
Seeing Li's worried and confused face, Lin Yao smiled and waved his hand, then climbed the stairs alone. Just as he reached the top, he suddenly remembered something, turned back and said, "Li, everything you saw is a military secret. You are not allowed to tell anyone except the commander who is in contact with you."
Watching Lin Yao climb the stairs step by step, then open the tightly closed iron gate and disappear into the wind and rain, Xiao Li felt a mix of emotions as the strong wind blowing in from the deck, mixed with cold rain and mist, hit her face.
Lin Yao, now known as Lin Yifan, is a professor in the field of marine water quality and microbiology. He is currently on the flagship of the North Sea Fleet on this expedition. His orders from the commander's adjutant require him to obey all of Lin Yao's instructions and fulfill all of Lin Yao's requests as much as possible.
"Why would someone go up to the deck at this hour? Isn't that just asking for death?!"
Little Li muttered to himself, his face full of disdain and a hint of worry, "You think you're Bruce Lee? Even if Bruce Lee came, going to the deck at this hour would most likely get you swept into the sea and fed to the fish!"
"Colonel Liu doesn't know what's going on. He actually agreed to let Professor Lin go up on the deck and didn't allow anyone to protect his safety. Going to the deck to collect seawater samples and microbial samples at this time? Don't be ridiculous!"
Since setting sail, Xiao Li has felt something was off. Professor Lin, who was under orders to take care of him, was not only unbelievably young, but also very strange. From the moment he boarded the ship, he locked himself in his cabin and never went out. Xiao Li even noticed that he never went to the toilet. It had been almost forty hours. Did this person not need to urinate or defecate?
Equally puzzling were the orders from Colonel Liu, the adjutant to the commander. They were extremely strange, and even Xiao Li could clearly sense that this young professor named Lin Yifan was enjoying unprecedented privileges on the flagship, as if he were a royal relative in a TV drama, receiving preferential treatment everywhere. But what was someone of such status doing on a warship? He had chosen the wrong place to act arrogantly!
Xiao Li had a good impression of the quiet and gentle Lin Yifan. He felt close to him at first sight, but he also sensed the other's polite distance and his reluctance to be disturbed, so he refrained from chatting with Lin Yifan.
You should know that the monotonous and tedious life at sea has turned sailors into two types of people: one type talks to the extreme, and the other type talks so little that they are practically mute. There is no third type.
Xiao Li belongs to the first type of person. Even when he tries to get close to Lin Yao and chat, he feels an invisible pressure. This is why he passively behaves as a responsible, diligent, and quiet excellent orderly. But he doesn't want to be like this.
He glanced again at the now-closed passageway door. Xiao Li sighed heavily, plopped down on the stairs at the entrance, his face filled with worry and a hint of exasperation at his son's disobedience.
"This voyage at sea is going to be tough..."
Muttering to himself, Xiao Li felt somewhat frustrated. He thought of the other two people who served him. Although they were much more normal than Lin Yao, they were also full of strangeness and secrets.
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The gale whipped up broken waves that raged across the deck, and torrential rain poured down from the pitch-black sky. Water droplets, indistinguishable between rain and seawater, changed direction constantly in the storm, striking Lin Yao's body like a dense volley of bullets, releasing enormous kinetic energy and force, pushing Lin Yao astray.
"Yaoyao, you need to use your internal energy for protection! Your clothes are completely soaked; they'll be torn to shreds if you don't protect yourself," Xiaocao's voice rang out, full of concern. "The deck isn't fun at all. You probably can't see anything anyway, so why did you insist on coming up here?"
"Let me see, I've never experienced a storm and torrential rain at sea before."
Lin Yao smiled and replied to Xiao Cao in his heart, but no one could see this smile. "Also, ever since the storm started, I've had an urge to come up and take a look. I don't know why, I'm not usually this curious, but this time I really wanted to come and see."
"Is that so?" Xiaocao's tone was quite strange. "Yaoyao, feel it carefully and see what the reason is for wanting to come up and see the storm. There must be a reason. You people who have entered the Heavenly Realm must pay attention to any impulse or premonition. Many times there is a special reason."
"Okay, I'll give it a try." Lin Yao agreed, his feet firmly planted on the deck as if nails, his body swaying dramatically with the ship's movements on the sea. The amplitude could even reach three or four meters.