food crisis [end times]

周六

Zhu Yan raised his eyebrows, and the tear mole under his eyes made his eyes even more bright.

"How many of these seeds do you think our two pigs can exchange?"

Dean Kong was not in a hurry to answer, but rubbed his fingers against the small bottle of soybeans, as if he was thinking.

Zhu Yan also had the patience to wait for his answer.

Director Kong said: "As I said, I can't guarantee its germination rate, and during the growth process, although it will not be polluted by mold, there is not enough data to support other germ problems. After all, we are laboratory-grown. , is very different from the outside world, especially the land in the Northeast."

Zhu Yan said: "So, you can't give us too few seeds. Otherwise, two pigs will fall into the water, and no water will be left for us."

Dean Kong shook his head: "That's your business. Buy it and leave it, whether you can make a living is your own ability."

"So how much do you give?" Zhu Yan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Dean Kong stretched out two fingers: "Twenty seeds."

Xiang Luo frowned slightly, which was much less than expected.

Zhu Yandao was not as happy and angry as Xiang Luo. He just paused, shook his head and said, "Too little. What those two pigs can bring will affect the issue of eating meat across the country."

"These small seeds may also bring you the freedom to feed." Dean Zhang said.

"Forty grains." Zhu Yan said decisively, "Always give us a second chance to try. We will plant twenty grains first when we go back. If it doesn't work, there is a chance to try again. If we only plant ten or eight grains at a time Yeah, that's not interesting either. We're not good at integrating data either."

The dean compromised and said: "Then thirty. This number is auspicious."

Zhu Yan bargained: "35, this number is very important to me."

The dean raised his eyebrows: "What did you say?"

Zhu Yan said without hesitation: "My birthday."

……

Zhu Yan blinked and looked at Dean Kong innocently.

Dean Kong had the urge to drive him out with a broom.

Suppressing his impulse, Dean Kong waved his hands impatiently, and scolded with a smile: "Let's go! Let's talk nonsense."

Zhu Yan naturally did it on purpose.

"I just want to eat more. Those are two big fat pigs. Wouldn't it be nice if I took them back and slaughtered them?"

Director Kong finally compared the two mutated big fat pigs with 35 soybeans with the latest research results, and nodded helplessly.

"Okay, that's the same sentence, don't blame me for reminding you. Take these seeds back, even if there is no harvest in the end, you can't blame me. Even under the strict control of the laboratory, the harvest is quite unsatisfactory."

Although there are some profiteers, there is still the most basic honesty and integrity in doing business.

Zhu Yan made a decision: "That's it. By the way, I'm not good at farming, can you give me some teaching materials on how to grow?"

Dean Kong waved his hand: "It's all for you, just wait a while, the contract over there will be drawn up, and the remaining pig will be exchanged with soybeans at the same time. Every soybean has its own exclusive marking code, you take it away In the future, these soybeans will also be recorded in our database. So you don’t have to worry about the authenticity. Similarly, if you lose any one later, you can report it to the police, or we can find it ourselves, and we can know which one was lost .Better than you guys. This is not just any pig that can be given away as a favor."

Zhu Yan asked again: "What if we succeed in breeding?"

In fact, this matter is impossible in the eyes of Dean Kong, but he did not open his mouth to attack Zhu Yan, but said: "If that is the case, you can handle it according to your own preferences. If it is really possible in the Northeast It is a great achievement to grow a large area of ​​green plants on the black soil. But the premise is that you plant it first, and the second generation can reproduce."

This is an issue that the authorities are addressing.

It's just that Zhu Yan is different from ordinary people. Compared with ordinary people, Zhu Yan has a magical weapon that is almost open, and that is his system.

The system can improve all the deficiencies of these soybeans.So Zhu Yan wouldn't worry about this at all.

Then sign the contract, in triplicate.One original official copy is sealed as a confidential document, and one copy is kept as a backup.I wish you a copy here.

Subsequently, the two parties exchanged their own materials under the contract.

A big fat pig was driven out, and Zhu Yan got a suitcase full of small bottles.There is a barcode on each small bottle, and an oval soybean is lying inside the bottle.

Zhu Yan knew very well that most of these were space seeds that had entered the orbit of Mars, or mutants hybridized from space seeds.

So far, at least Zhu Yan knows, the only plant that can survive under the super fungus.

Two big fat pigs only exchanged 35 soybeans in this suitcase.Putting these soybeans together, there is actually only a small handful, not enough for a pig to eat in one bite.

But this is the biggest hope in Xiang Luo's small breeding garden.

Whether the world they live in will restore the large green crops before the end of the world depends on this small handful of soybeans.

Back at the residence, the two of them guarded the opened suitcase and looked at the sealed little soybeans one by one, holding their chins together for a while.

Zhu Yan squeezed Xiang Luo: "You're starting to giggle? It hasn't grown yet."

"After they grow out for grafting, can we still save some unripe bean sprouts?" Xiang Luo suggested.

In fact, they use soybeans to produce bean sprouts from sterile equipment.It's just too troublesome, and relatively speaking, it is more susceptible to germs than other plants.Because the water consumption is large, the aseptic treatment of water and the maintenance of humidity are relatively easy in ordinary environments, but difficult in sterile closed spaces.

Therefore, after the end of the world, even bean sprouts are quite precious vegetables, even more precious than spinach and other leafy vegetables with a short growth cycle.

"It has to be planted. We don't sow directly when we go back, but we need to build a greenhouse first. It is best to use a glass greenhouse with a constant temperature. Otherwise, it will be autumn and winter in a few months. Planting now You can't wait for the autumn harvest on the ground." Zhu Yan reminded with his chin propped up.

Xiang Luo thought the same reason.Pick up a tiny bottle.Take a look at the soybeans inside: "We are the only ones to get this. Before we harvest it, we must not let anyone else know about it. After it is planted, it will be planted in the yard for the next year. After harvesting, wait a year later, and then we will plant it again." Sell ​​the seeds to the villagers, and the whole village will have them. Leave the land outside for the time being, so that the yards of the whole village can be planted first.

Then save the seeds and plant them in the surrounding land.If it's just planted in the surrounding land... People from other villages will definitely come to steal or even rob.Regular patrols are required.However, if they were on patrol, without the protection of traps, some mutated mice might hurt people.Even if there is already a serum.But without data support within three to five years, the safety of the serum cannot be guaranteed... Tsk, there are so many problems when you think about it this way. "

Xiang Luo wants to plant a large area by himself, but the premise is not to forget other people in the village.It has nothing to do with being great and selfless.If it is really only his own family, even if Xiang Luo's prestige in the village makes him feel nothing for the time being, but after a long time, there will always be people in the village who cannot accept such a gap and have other thoughts.

The breakdown of trust and adoration is sometimes quite serious.

Xiang Luo can keep the pig all by himself without taking the villagers with him.But crops like soybeans that can solve long-term food and feed problems can only be fed by one person, so it is really possible unless you are isolated from the world and do not contact outsiders.

It's just that the process needs to be done step by step.

Still the same sentence, you can share, but the initiative must be in your own hands to be at ease.

"So, time is still long." Zhu Yan also picked up a seed, squinted his eyes and waited for a while, then let Xiang Luo bring a small gold ingot of [-] grams, and grabbed ten small bottles in his hand , Xiang Luo knew that he was going to trade.

With a dazzling effort, the things in Zhu Yan's hands disappeared without a trace. Xiang Luo waited for a moment without blinking, and the ten bottles under Zhu Yan's fingers returned, exactly the same as the original bottles.

But Xiang Luo knew that this time the soy bean was bought from the space.

Xiang Luo exchanged ten soybeans and fifty grams of gold for the same soybeans.

This looks like a losing business.But Xiang Luo believes that these ten new soybeans will definitely be better than the ten sold soybeans.

Xiang Luo sorted out the rest of the soybeans, put this soybean back into the box and put it away separately.Make a comparison when you go home to plant these, and then do some calculations to know how much advantage you have.

And with these seeds, they began to formally arrange things to go home.

This time their family has a new member.Coupled with 35 soybeans and various fresh gadgets bought in the capital, it can definitely be regarded as a rewarding return.

Calling Anwei to make sure that he has nothing else to buy, Xiang Luo and his two went to a place like the farmers' market that afternoon and bought a lot of things.It wasn't until I wasted all the compressed biscuits and drinks that I brought out that I was sure that there was no room for anything else in the car, so I packed my bags and prepared to go home.

Just before leaving, Xiang Luo's satellite phone received a call from Luo's family.

Obviously, Xiang Luo's actions in the capital had already reached Father Luo's ears.

"You didn't reveal your big hand at the beginning." Father Luo said helplessly.

Xiang Luo also smiled wryly: "At the beginning, we didn't expect that the progress is really so small, and the price of seeds will be so expensive."

Father Luo said: "These things have never been successful in one or two years. Success in five to six years is considered a miraculous speed. Throughout the history of food, it is normal to complete a food revolution in decades of."

Father Luo is obviously also very concerned about major food issues in the post-apocalyptic world.

Xiang Luo nodded: "I understand. I didn't always say that the genetically modified technology has never been able to break through. But the capital is the capital after all. Now it has succeeded."

Father Luo was silent for a while, and didn't say much, but said: "We were able to complete the mushroom bomb in such a short time back then, it was really urgent, there is nothing we can't do."

Obviously, he knew that these seeds had mutated due to radiation after going to Mars, so they could overcome the super mold.But he wasn't stupid enough to say so.

But he still revealed one thing to Xiang Luo.

That is, only Huaxia broke through this barrier in the shortest time in the world.

In the original research on mushroom bombs, when China was far behind, it took the shortest time in the world to complete the detonation time of mushroom ballistic hydrogen mushroom bombs.

In terms of super fungus infecting plants, the whole world stepped on the same starting line and started at the same time.

At this time, it is actually very difficult to run flat.At least as far as Luo's father knows, only the country has achieved a breakthrough from zero to something.

Even if it's just a small soybean.It's a blockbuster dropped all over the world.

Foreign countries are deliberately trying to obtain the domestic situation.The country will naturally have its own channels to understand the outside world.

But this depends on which mutual news is more accurate.

In fact, even if you don't go abroad, you may have a breakthrough in related issues.

"Regardless of the progress of foreign research, what I want to see now is the sound of soybean clips colliding with the wind when the black land is harvested in autumn."

In fact, from the perspective of most people, soybeans are soybeans. Professionally, soybeans can be divided into many categories, and green beans are also a kind of soybeans.But in the place where Xiang Luo grew up, soybeans and soybeans are two completely different things.

It's just that the things in Xiang Luo's hands, no matter whether they are professional or Xiang Luo's locals, it is no problem to call them Huangdou.

As a northerner, Luo's father can understand.

But Luo's father heard it, and only thought it was Xiang Luo's better wish.

Said: "Then go back and plant well."

Xiang Luo knew that Father Luo would not know what he was thinking, but he accepted his words with a smile.

After hanging up the phone, I packed up my things and checked out.Then I waited for a while in the parking lot outside the Fourth Ring Road, waiting for the merchant to deliver the last batch of things I bought to the car, looking at the car that could hardly fit anything, and the kitten who came to the new environment and was exploring around , Xiang Luo sat in the driver's seat and turned his head to Zhu Yan and nodded.The two hit the gas pedal and hit the road.

After being out for a month, they finally set foot on their way home.

In fact, the time they came out to play was very interesting, and they had a great time.

Especially Xiang Luo.He hasn't eaten or seen it like Zhu Yan, he really knows almost nothing about the outside world.

He himself felt very much like Grandma Liu who entered the Grand View Garden for the first time.I watched all the things I hadn't seen in my previous life, and when I went back this time, I actually had no regrets in this life.

When Zhu Yan is bored, he organizes the things he bought into different categories, so that there will be more space in the car.

Xiang Luo also joked: "Let's drive a truck next time, it's not enough to buy."

Zhu Yan glanced at Xiang Luo, Xiang Luo smiled at the rearview mirror and continued to drive his car.

This time I left to take the nearest map of the capital,

The surrounding area of ​​the capital is still a high-incidence place for robbery, and there are quite a lot of desperadoes here.

When I went to Beijing, I followed the official and avoided those robbers. Although there is no official when I go home, recently, because of the increase in the number of teams from all over the country and the capital, a green channel has also been opened. The level of security on this channel is still quite high. High.

So even if a car goes there, there is no problem.

There are two pigs missing in the car. Although the rabbit is also a big problem with the taste, it is nothing compared to the pigs.There is basically no smell after cleaning twice a day. As long as the litter is properly littered, there is almost no problem with not even using deodorant.

As for the space for the vacated pigs, I still reserve them. When I get home, I can just buy two pigs from the space and fill them in.

But the price of the big fat pig in the space is not cheap.

However, compared to the two of them, it is more important to have a fair chance to get soybean seeds than pigs. After all, even if the two in the basement immediately killed them for meat, they have now bred to more than [-] pigs.

When I have time in the future, I will find a way to use the pigs outside as a cover to bring out a few more pigs.

Livestock in the basement must not be abandoned, but breeding can be appropriately reduced.If there are too many, it will only waste the time of the two of them.

The livestock are the duo's backing for everything, and the basement is their hope for the distant future.

This underground may not be used for dozens or hundreds of years, but as long as the conditions of the two of them allow it, the underground will definitely exist and run forever.

There is no other reason. It doesn’t matter if these things will not be used in a lifetime, but they must not be left when they are needed.

No matter how much they have done and how strong they are on the surface, they are actually very clear in their hearts that if there is a worse natural disaster, or even a war or other force majeure, everything outside may be wiped out overnight.

And here, as long as the entrance is well hidden, they can live in it for ten years, 20 years or even longer.

They are not people who do not leave themselves a way out.

No matter what kind of situation they encounter on the ground, they will not give up hope easily.

But if they are really desperate, they at least have one more way out than others.

Even if the underground life would be very boring, at least living first is better than anything else.

So they couldn't leave their home, and likewise, they couldn't leave that small village.

Where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes.Everyone has two very different sides.Although the people in the village are sometimes quite annoying, but when they unite, it is also touching and passionate.

There are no absolute good guys and no absolute bad guys.

At least for the time being they get along well.

The car entered the northeast safely all the way, turned on the radio, and could hear the sound of propaganda broadcasts from nearby radio stations from time to time.The voice will play some music, and then repeat some serious broadcast sounds every three to five minutes.

The two listened for a while, because they were all short-frequency signals, and they often turned into intermittent noise after driving through a certain area.

After listening to it for an hour or two, the two turned it off, and switched to quite dynamic music. They went all the way to the nearest urban area before the capital, and didn't go in. It was just at noon, and the two got out of the car and put a barbecue stand.In the refrigerator in the car, there are some skewers that have been worn before, and they are directly taken out and baked before eating.I made a little paste with cornmeal, and drank some cornmeal and ate it alone.The smell of the barbecue floated far away along the wind.

Some people who walked into the county to buy things stood there for a long time, not willing to leave, just smelling the smell there.