Back to 90s small fishing village

Chapter 16 Teacher Xie, I know this question

Although everyone worked very late the day before, no one could be left behind in their work and study the next day.

When they went to sea, Xie Chunyu was not idle. He arranged the long table, chairs and blackboard that Xu Ping'an and the others borrowed from the village meeting room, wiped them clean, and barely used them as desks and chairs.

After returning from the sea, everyone took a short rest. After lunch, everyone gathered at Xu Caimei's house again.

"Thank you, expert, do you think I don't need to learn it anymore?" Xu Pingcai scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, "To be honest, I don't even know a few words, so if I learn it, it will be in vain."

"What you said is wrong," Xie Chunyu said with a gentle smile, "If you are poor in cultural classes and have a weak foundation, we can change the class in a way that is easier to understand, but since you want to run a breeding farm, you should learn this, naturally It’s indispensable.”

"Pingcai, isn't Pingli your brother? If you didn't learn it in class, why don't you just go down and ask him?" Xu Caimei said with a smile.

"That's so shameless. I'm his brother, but I'm older than him. How can I ask?" Xu Pingcai muttered.

"Just think of it as sacrificing yourself for us." Xu Caimei said.

"It's okay. When the time comes, I'll find Pingli for tutoring with you, so you won't feel embarrassed." Xu Ping'an patted Xu Pingcai's shoulder and consoled him.

After the lively session ended, Xie Chunyu began his formal teaching.

"This pearl, to put it bluntly, is a foreign body in the clam body. After being wrapped in the mussel body secretions for a long time, it forms something a bit like a stone.

"For us, the so-called artificial culture of pearls is to artificially implant "foreign objects" into the clam body - the implanted "foreign objects" are usually called "bead nuclei". By controlling the shape, size and number of the bead nuclei, it is completed Quality control of finished pearls.

"After a period of time - usually two summers and one winter, you can cut open the clams and get the pearls.

"In this process, the most likely stage for mussel seedlings to die is the surgical insertion of bead nuclei. In order to ensure the survival rate, we must select healthy and strong juvenile clams for bead breeding.

"Let's learn how to select clams first - the first batch of clams entering the pond have been selected and transplanted. They will be ready for production after another year of cultivation. But in the future, you will have to do it yourself, so be careful. Study.

"First of all, it depends on the size. I tell you that the size cannot be less than five centimeters, and you can't just use a ruler to measure one by one.

"Then what should we do? The easiest way is to look at this. This mussel is the smallest of the pearl-producing shellfish. It is densely packed. The seedlings that grow up in the same batch are not missed by everyone. Occasionally, a small one will You can see it at a glance, which may be a bit difficult at first, but as long as you see more and develop your eyesight, it will be fine.

“At the beginning, just remember not to accept small ones, those with damaged or brittle shells, or those with mutilated and damaged organs that are prone to disease, or those that already have white hair or are wilted. Everything else is basically usable.”

Although Xie Chunyu is a researcher at the Academy of Sciences, she does not speak in a formal manner. She speaks in plain English, with interesting intonations and words, so Xu Caimei and the others do not have trouble listening to her.

Xu Caimei and Xu Pingli became the main force in taking notes. They took notebooks and pens and took notes with their heads down. Xu Ping'an listened carefully and occasionally wrote a few strokes. Xu Pingcai, on the other hand, just listened to the story and continued to write. He looked at Xie Chunyu with a smile on his face.

After finishing a part, Xie Chunyu stopped.

"Now let me ask a question - when should Nanzhu seedlings be nursed and harvested?"

Before Xu Caimei and others could speak, Xu Pingcai raised his hand high, "Thank you, teacher, I know this question!"

"Tell me about it." Xie Chunyu looked at him encouragingly.

"Grow seedlings in late spring and early summer and harvest in autumn and winter!" Xu Pingcai said confidently.

"Yes, you learn quickly." Xie Chunyu praised, "It seems that you can learn very easily. Don't underestimate yourself. Come on, I believe you can learn as well as them." Although it is a bit naive, But Xu Caimei and the others still applauded together and cheered for Xu Pingcai.

Different from the lively study atmosphere at Xu Caimei's house, Xu Pingchang's house is terrifyingly deserted.

When Xu Pingcai woke up, he finally felt that the anger he had been holding in all day had subsided a lot, and when he calmed down, he remembered that he had locked Song Zhizhi out yesterday.

Opening the door, the living room was deserted, and the only person in the second bedroom was Yao Jingui, who was still sleeping soundly.

After leaving the yard, I looked around and found no one.

"Zhizhi? Zhizhi!" Xu Pingcai shouted.

"It's so early in the morning, you're screaming!" Yao Jingui's scolding came from the second bedroom, "You've finished all your work today? You owe a lot of debt, and you're still here as if nothing happened!"

"Mom, have you seen Zhizhi?" Xu Pingcai entered the room and asked Yao Jingui.

"I don't know, my wife, I can't help but you have the nerve to ask me..." Yao Jingui mumbled a curse, endured the pain in his back, moved his body slightly, and continued to sleep.

Since he couldn't find it at home, Xu Pingchang had no choice but to go to the village to look for it - Song Zhizhi's bag was in the bedroom, and she was wearing home clothes. Where could she go at night?You can't just walk back to town in anger, right?

After leaving the door, Xu Pingcai walked along the road and shouted: "Zhizhi? Zhizhi?"

Xu Jinquan, who came back from fishing, saw him and greeted him: "Hey, the flat cabin is back? When did you come back? When did your family get a dog?"

"Raising a dog?" Xu Pingcai wanted to say hello to him, but after hearing this, he got angry, "What kind of dog do you want to raise? Go and don't get involved, I'm looking for someone!"

When he returned to the door after searching around with dry mouth, he saw Song Zhizhi squatting at the door with her hair disheveled.

"Zhizhi?" He trotted forward quickly.

Song Zhizhi slapped him on the face without mercy.

"Zhizhi, don't be angry. I was so angry and sleepy yesterday that I forgot about you..." Xu Pingcai said, stretching his right face in front of her, "If you don't feel relieved, hit me here again. "

"Hit you?" Song Zhizhi sneered, "I still think my hand hurts. Let me sleep in the living room all night - buy me the bag and the pair of shoes I told you last time, or else we'll get divorced."

"Zhizhi, you don't know, how can you still have money at home? Oh, by the way, where did you put the 1000 yuan yesterday?"

"I let it go, what? I can't take care of the money, right?" Song Zhizhi's eyes became colder, "Since you don't trust me so much, you might as well get a divorce."

"How can I not believe it... I'm just asking, just take it." Xu Pingcai smiled apologetically, "In this case, you can use the money to buy bags and shoes, okay? If you have For the leftovers, let’s have another delicious meal to relieve our anger.”

"You still need to teach me!" Song Zhizhi rolled her eyes at him and walked into the yard, "Buy me some food. Boil the water before you leave. I want to take a bath and catch up on my sleep later. If you dare to wake me up, you will be beaten." Damn you piece of shit."

Hearing their conversation, Yao Jingui in the room shouted: "Fingcang, last night, she wasn't in the living room at all. She went out in the middle of the night. Who knows what she was doing? Listen, you can't keep this kind of person." .”

(End of this chapter)