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Patriarch Luo looked confused after hearing what Shen Jia said.

Zhu Minghua and Wang Dazhu poked him before he came back to his senses. Their honest faces were full of doubts: "Girl, sir, please forgive me for being stupid and not understanding what you mean."

Shen Jia's face looked a little embarrassed for a moment, but then she realized that it was probably because she spoke too many modern languages ​​that Patriarch Luo couldn't understand.

"That is to say, I will give you wages every month and ask you to lead people to study how to increase rice production..." Shen Jia explained to him carefully again.

Xiao Yichen was also explaining on the side.

Patriarch Luo and Monk Zhanger were confused, blushed, and shook their heads: "I still don't understand."

Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen looked at each other and sighed silently. Unexpectedly, they encountered a problem in the first step.

Forget it, let’s find someone else!

Shen Jia took out a piece of silver from his purse and put it on the table. He cupped his hands and said, "Clan Chief Luo, in this case, just pretend that we haven't said anything. Thank you for your hospitality. We will leave first if we have something else to do. Say goodbye!"

After Shen Jia finished speaking, she took Xiao Yichen's hand and walked out of Patriarch Luo's house.

"Maybe I understand what you mean?" A very small voice sounded from behind.

"Second sister, what are you talking nonsense about? Don't waste your time." Patriarch Luo shouted sternly.

Luo Ermei raised her head with no fear in her eyes and a hint of stubbornness in her voice: "I understood when Miss Shen first said it, that self-pollinating crops like rice have hybrid vigor. Since hybrid rice has advantages, Artificially cultivated hybrid rice must also have advantages..."

Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen suddenly turned around and looked at Luo Ermei.

She was about fourteen or fifteen years old, not tall, with a black birthmark as big as a copper coin on the left side of her face, and a pair of big black eyes shining with wisdom.

Shen Jia asked: "Are you literate?"

Luo Ermei nodded sharply and whispered: "I know all the words that my brother and I have learned in school."

"You didn't go to Zhuangzi's school?"

"My family won't let me go." Luo Ermei lowered her head and her voice was a little low.

Shen Jia glanced at Patriarch Luo lightly and asked, "Is there an engagement?"

Girls in this era can get married when they are fifteen years old. If Luo Ermei is already engaged, she will not be able to research hybrid rice.

Luo Ermei nodded and shook her head: "It's decided, we were withdrawn again."

Shen Jia glanced at her and saw that there was no trace of sadness on her face: "Aren't you sad?"

"That man is lazy, greedy and has a bad temper. He also dislikes me for being ugly. It shows that he is not a good man. Why should I feel sad?" Luo Ermei asked in return.

Shen Jia took a deep look at her and said, "Come with me." After saying that, he and Xiao Yichen walked out together.

Luo Ermei followed without saying a word.

Zhu Minghua and Wang Dazhu followed, leaving Patriarch Luo and others looking at each other, wondering if they should follow?

Finally gritted his teeth and followed.

Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen discussed quietly.

"Jiajia, do you like this girl?"

"Yeah! What do you think of her?"

"Smart and decisive. But if you use her, I don't think you can study hybrid rice here."

"Why?"

"She is young and her words have no weight. She will definitely be affected by Luojia Village here. She will not be able to calm down and study."

"Well! What you said makes sense. Why not ask her to come to Beili Village and ask if anyone in the village is interested. If so, let them join in." "This is a good idea. Beili Village has a small population. His character is not bad, and he can set aside a paddy field for them to do research on."

"That's it."

In this way, the first research institute in Dazhou was born.

The two brought Luo Ermei to the two rice plants that stood out from the crowd: "Luo Ermei, these two rice plants are natural hybrid rice. Look at how different they are from other rice plants."

"I know these two rice plants. I went to the field to pull weeds some time ago and saw that these two rice plants were growing very tall, but the anthers were thin and did not crack. I felt a little curious, so I secretly got a rice plant nearby to compare. Fan…”

When Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen heard this, they looked at each other and saw ecstasy in each other's eyes.

What they thought was natural hybrid rice turned out to be the girl in front of them who planted it unintentionally!

"Luo Ermei, I intend to hire you to study hybrid rice in Beili Village. You will be paid one tael of silver per month, four days of vacation, and a bonus if the research is successful. You can discuss it with your family when you go back and tell us after you have considered it carefully. Me." Shen Jia said lightly.

Luo Ermei nodded heavily: "Okay!"

The two then went to the school and Wang Dazhuang's place to check it out again, and then took a carriage to the medicine village.

"Achen, do you think Ermei Luo will agree?"

"I think it doesn't matter whether she agrees or not. If she doesn't agree, she can find someone in Beili Village and Yaozhuang."

"You're right. I just saw that she was quite smart and sober, so I wanted to give her a hand. The most important thing in doing research is to be interested, otherwise it will be difficult for people to persevere when faced with a boring life every day. "

The two chatted and soon arrived at the medicine store.

After the two told Mo Sanjin about pumpkin pollination and branching vines, they went to the medicine field.

The medicine farm is now much larger than last year, and Li Yuheng takes good care of the medicinal materials in the medicine field.

Shen Jia made a blessing ceremony: "Uncle Heng, thank you for your hard work."

Li Yuheng teased: "Xiaojia, you haven't been here for so long, I thought you didn't remember the medicine store?"

Shen Jia smiled: "Uncle Heng was joking, am I here?"

Shen Jia saw the star anise and cinnamon trees growing extremely well on the mountain, and had an idea. Although these two medicinal materials took a long time to grow, they were easy to take care of and could be planted in more varieties.

"Uncle Heng, why don't I buy the two mountains next to them and plant them with star anise and cinnamon trees? Do you think it's feasible?"

Li Yuheng touched his chin and thought for a while, then said after a while: "I think it's okay. Star anise and cinnamon trees are easy to grow and have many uses. They can not only be used as medicinal materials, refine medicinal oils, but also be used as seasonings."

The two of them carefully discussed the matter of hiring people to open up wasteland and raise seedlings.

Shen Jia and Xiao Yichen then went to the pharmacy.

Li Yuhua put the newly made Huoxiang pills into the bottle, looked up and saw them: "Xiaojia, what do you think of this bottle of Huoxiang pills?"

Shen Jia opened the lid, and the special smell of Huaxiang hit his nostrils, "Top grade, Uncle Hua is very good, no matter what kind of pills he makes, he does it so well."

Li Yuhua touched the back of his head and said with a smile: "I just like pharmaceutical pills. I am particularly happy when I see the pills I made are of excellent quality."

"Uncle Hua, many wild star anises are ripe on the mountain now, why don't we make star anise oil!"

"Okay! Can you tell me how the star anise oil is made?"

Star anise oil can be extracted from star anise fruits or branches and leaves. Shen Jia told Li Yuhua both methods.

Li Yuhua liked to experiment, so he took people up the mountain to pick anise and come back to boil star anise oil the next day. (End of chapter)