On the tenth year of the natural disaster, I went to farm with me

Chapter 1111 Peeling Chestnuts

Because Yang Jin was extraordinarily fast and didn't attract any hornets, he completed the mission very smoothly before 7:30 in the morning.

After Xia Qing finished her breakfast and fed the creatures in the territory, Xin Yu, who brought her the automatic door, drove into the south gate of Territory No. 3. Xin Yu came to see her off in person because she wanted to peel chestnuts and chat with Xia Qing.

The three bags of chestnuts that Xia Qing brought back today were all picked from the yellow lantern chestnut tree.

This year, there are 4 green-light chestnut trees and 17 yellow-light chestnut trees in the chestnut forest that have produced chestnuts. The day before yesterday, Daya used a robotic arm to harvest the green-light chestnuts. Because Xia Qing was busy, Daya carried the chestnuts directly back to Territory No. .

Under Xia Qing's care, the harvest of the chestnut forest this year was 40 kilograms more than last year, with a total of 370 kilograms of green light chestnuts harvested. After Xia Qing negotiated with her idol over the phone, she left 200 kilograms of green light chestnuts for him and brought back 170 kilograms for herself.

According to the exchange agreement they made last year, Xia Qing will give Zhang San 400 kilograms of green chestnuts every year for five years. If the number of green chestnuts is insufficient, yellow chestnuts can be used to make up for it, with 4 kilograms of yellow chestnuts equaling 800 kilogram of green chestnuts. Therefore, Xia Qing will also send kilograms of yellow chestnuts to her idol this year.

Why did they negotiate over the phone? Because the idol said that she didn't want to see her recently. Even if Xia Qing went to Territory No. 7, she couldn't enter the idol's laboratory. Xia Qing didn't expect that she would make the idol so angry just by moving a machine from the laboratory.

The green light chestnuts have been harvested, and the three bags of chestnuts Xia Qing brought back today are all yellow light chestnuts. Because these chestnuts cannot be used as seeds, they are shelled and air-dried for two days to remove moisture, and then they can be stored in the storage room.

Xin Yu moved a small stool and sat in the insect-proof shed made of bamboo poles and insect-proof nets in the yard, learning how to peel chestnuts from Xia Qing.

Xia Qing demonstrated to her, "Although the chestnuts are ripe and the stickiness of the shell has decreased, they will still stick to the gloves, so you can't peel them with your hands. You have to use two pliers to pinch the cracks, pull them to both sides, and then flip them over like this to shake the chestnuts into the basket."

Just as Xia Qing poured five chestnuts into the basket, a little squirrel came out of her pocket and jumped into the basket. It picked up a chestnut and climbed onto her shoulder. After skillfully turning the chestnut a few times with its little paws, it used its big front teeth to crack open the reddish-brown shell and started eating.

Jasmine, who was squatting on Xin Yu's shoulder, became anxious. She jumped and flapped her wings and shouted, "Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu! Xia Qing, Xia Qing!"

Not bad, there is progress, at least I can call out one word of her name correctly. Xia Qing threw a chestnut from the basket over, "Quack, quack, great."

Jasmine flew up and grabbed the chestnut in her mouth. She landed on the ground and stepped firmly on it with one paw. Then she pecked open the chestnut shell with her sharp beak and began to eat the chestnut meat.

After feeding Xin Yu's raven, Xia Qing gave a chestnut to the fool sitting on the small stool next to her, then opened the insect net and threw one out.

A flash of red lightning flashed by, grabbed the chestnuts that had not yet fallen to the ground, and ran away without a trace, making the flock of birds waiting for free food in the tree curse in anger.

However, no bird dared to land and peck through the insect-proof net to grab the fragrant chestnuts, because a ferocious wolfhound was lying outside the net. It was the patron saint of Territory No. 3 and the killer of birds. The birds that often came to Territory No. 3 were very afraid of it.

Seeing that only one of the five chestnuts that Xia Qing had peeled was left, Xin Yu smiled and picked up the pliers. Although she was not as strong as Xia Qing, she could still do this job.

While peeling chestnuts, Xin Yu chatted with Xia Qing, "What do you use these peeled chestnut thorn balls for? Make fertilizer or dry them and use them as firewood?" Xia Qing peeled the chestnuts skillfully, "It's useful. I found that the place where I put the thorn balls last year didn't have many weeds in the three rains this year. After testing, my third brother found that there is a chemical substance in the thorn balls that can inhibit the growth of other plants. This substance is also effective against weeds."

Xin Yu was very interested. "Allelopathy?"

Although Xin Yu did not continue to go to school after the natural disaster, she has been studying at home with a private tutor. So although she does not have a junior high school diploma, she has mastered a lot of knowledge. Otherwise, she would not be able to lead the reconnection research team to conduct research on animal domestication.

"Yes, it is the allelopathic effect. However, as the chemical elements in the thorn ball evaporate, this effect will become weaker and weaker." Xia Qing continued to introduce, "Third brother said that this allelopathic element that is effective against weeds is one of the reasons why chestnut trees can maintain high quality. However, this chemical has a stronger inhibitory effect on ordinary plants, so it has no extraction value."

Xin Yu nodded, "We can't have too high expectations for evolving plants. The fruit can be eaten directly and tastes good, which is already rare."

Xia Qing took the chestnut ball that Dagua handed to her, broke it open and gave it back to Dagua, letting it eat the chestnuts by itself. "Indeed, many fruits are inedible now."

Xin Yu told Xia Qing the new information he had, "The pollution-free spring water of Liehuo was destroyed. The losses caused by their attack this time exceeded their previous estimates. This is also a huge loss for Huiyi."

"Mie Shi will definitely be severely punished, and Hui Ba will also be held accountable." Unpolluted water sources are a scarce and precious resource in every base. Once damaged, they cannot be repaired. Damaging unpolluted water sources is a felony.

There must be unpolluted springs hidden deep in the evolutionary forest that have not been explored by humans, but the springs in the deep forest are often occupied by evolved beasts, and there is a great risk of exploitation.

In addition to unpolluted spring water, there are also some green light water sources in the Evolution Forest with harmful element content less than 5‰, such as the green light water source with Evolution River moss growing that Xia Qing discovered on the way back to the territory from Mountain No. .

The water source is too far away from the safe zone, and there are territories of large wild animals near the water source. The cost of transporting water by helicopter is higher than the cost of building a water plant in the safe zone to produce distilled water or high-quality filtered water, so it does not have much development value.

"Those crazy people who destroyed the world are not afraid of death, let alone sanctions." Xin Yu mentioned another piece of news, "Peng Yuancai's case has been traced back to Chen Dianming, the head of Huiyi Base. Chen Dianming will most likely be arrested. Fire Phoenix has a close relationship with Chen Dianming. Once Chen Dianming is arrested, Fire Phoenix will not be able to clear its name."

Xia Qing understood, "If the deputy base commander can't bear the consequences, the base commander will have to bear the brunt of the blame. I guess the news of Chen Dianming's suicide will spread soon."

Xin Yu used pliers to pull open the chestnut shells, turned them over so that the chestnuts were facing downwards, and shook them vigorously. Four brown chestnuts fell into the bamboo basket. Then, she sighed, "It depends on how strong the rectification is this time."

If a thorough investigation is conducted, the head of Huicheng Base will be dismissed.

However, this incident was much less severe than the incident in Huiyi's underground laboratory that year, and was not enough to force Huicheng to change the director of the base again.

If the director of Huicheng Base is not replaced and the management departments and research institutes at the base level are not thoroughly cleaned up, simply replacing the base director will have no practical effect at all.

The management of Huicheng main base cannot be shaken, and the father and son of the Yu family will not be hurt if they take control of the reconnection, because after the father and son of the Yu family took control of the reconnection, they provided many benefits to these people.