Chapter 376: Trial Planting Mutant Corn

After Han Ying went down from the 5th floor, she soon arrived at the compartment where the soldiers were on duty.

Officer Xiao Liu also gave him a stool to sit on, but the stall owner was a little scared when he saw the soldier's expressionless face.

He just rested his butt on the stool, and when he saw Han Ying appear, he immediately jumped up from the chair.

Then when I saw the 4 cans of milk powder and a big bag of clothes in her hands, I couldn't stop smiling.

His precious little son had his grandmother drink it.

But the clothes in that bag seem a bit thick, and I can’t wear them in such a hot day.

Seeing the stall owner staring at the bag of clothes, Han Ying knew what he was thinking: "There are only a few pieces left, so forget it if you don't want them."

If a child that young doesn't have the right clothes to wear in extremely cold weather, he or she simply can't survive. Han Ying even picked out thicker clothes, but if people dislike them...

“Yes!”

When the stall owner heard the man say he wanted to take it back, he suddenly became anxious.

After the transaction, the stall owner happily took the items and left quickly.

Han Ying opened the cloth bag and put her hands in.

But in fact, he took out a handful of corn kernels from the space and placed them on Officer Xiao Liu's table. "I just got them, Officer Xiao Liu, let me give you a taste."

Han Ying was reluctant to take out the bag of corn she had just received from the stall owner.

After all, these are most likely the fourth generation of mutant corn, and they can be successfully grown in such a harsh environment without entering space.

"Comrade Han, what are you doing? I didn't help you at all, so I can't accept it."

When Liu Shaorong saw the small pile of corn on the table, he became anxious.

This corn may not look like much, but it is dry. You can add some water and boil it, or grind it into powder and you can have a filling meal.

Although their food is not good on a normal day, they can still eat enough to be 70% to 80% full. How can they accept food from the common people?

"Isn't that enough?"

As she spoke, Han Ying reached into the cloth bag again, then scooped out a large handful of things from the space and put them on.

"How is that possible? This is not a question of whether it is enough or not. Stop taking it, stop taking it. That's enough!"

Liu Shaorong saw Han Ying was about to put her hand into the cloth bag again and quickly stopped her.

Han Ying smiled knowingly. She knew best how to make these upright soldiers accept her things.

"Can I help you carry these up?"

Liu Shaorong saw two large bags of corn on the ground and was worried that the little girl couldn't carry them.

"No, how much is this?"

Han Ying said this and picked up a bag in each hand and left.

This bag weighs only 50 kilograms. With her current arm strength, it is no problem for her to carry one bag in each hand.

When I got to the 5th floor, Feng Shaochen and his girlfriend were gone, and the pottery jars were nowhere to be seen either. I guess Lu Yuan must have moved in.

Back at 503, Lu Yuan was standing at the door waiting for her.

Seeing that she was carrying two large bags, I quickly took them and asked, "What is this?"

"Let's talk inside."

Han Ying closed the door casually.

After closing the door, I saw seven or eight pottery jars piled up in the living room.

These were the ones she had just traded with Feng Shaochen. There were eight in total, some big and some small.

Han Ying remembered that there were only four pottery jars on their stall just now, but now there are eight. They must have moved them out from their residence.

These ceramic jars look pretty good. They can be used to pickle kimchi or salted eggs or fermented bean curd.

"It was piled outside the door just now. I thought you were trading with someone, so I moved it in. There are also two boxes of paint hanging on the door."

When Lu Yuan saw Han Ying noticed the pottery jars, he said something.

"Yeah, I changed it."

Han Ying first looked at the two boxes of paint and guessed that Feng Shaochen and the others might have felt that she had given them too much, so they were making up for it.

I took it apart and took a look, the colors are still well preserved.

She had used this brand of paint before, and it was not cheap before the end of the world.

After looking at the paint, I checked the pottery jars one by one to see if there were any cracks, but I saw a lot of things inside one of the large pottery jars.

When the things were poured out, it was a large bag of hair ties and three bundles of pens tied with hair ties.

Later, I can give this money to Lei Yuhang and Lin Yang next door. These two children are just learning to read and write.

After putting the pottery jar, paint and hairband into the space, he looked at Lu Yuan who was looking at the two bags of corn with a puzzled look.

Two bags of dried corn kernels?

Han Ying seemed a little mysterious just now. If it were just two bags of corn kernels, she wouldn't be like this.

Squatting down, Lu Yuan reached into the bag, grabbed a handful of corn kernels and looked at them carefully.

It seems to be rounder and fuller than ordinary corn?

Moreover, no one else outside has the fresh-keeping function of their space, and these corn kernels don’t look like stale grains that have been stored for several years.

As if realizing something, Lu Yuan stood up from the ground with a shocked expression on his face: "Is this the offspring of mutant corn?"

Seeing that Lu Yuan also recognized it, Han Ying also grabbed a handful of corn kernels and said, "I'm just guessing, but it's very likely. We can try to plant it."

Of course, this trial planting does not mean planting in space, but planting directly outside.

If it is indeed the offspring of mutant corn, and the fourth generation, then it will definitely germinate and grow successfully.

The reason why it is speculated to be the 4th generation is because the owners of the precious 1st, 2nd and 3rd generations would definitely not be willing to take them out.

The only ones that can be sold are the 4th or 5th generation.

The possibility of the 5th generation is relatively small because there is not enough time.

Han Ying has 100 kilograms of corn seeds here. About three to four kilograms can be sown per acre of land, which means that these seeds can be used to plant more than 20 acres of land.

What if they can successfully grow them outside by then?

When Professor Li comes, you can give these seeds to him or exchange them for other seeds.

Both of them remembered that Base Chief Ke Jin had told them that Professor Li had asked them to prepare pots and soil, and that he would have a surprise for them when he came over.

Han Ying and Lu Yuan didn't intend to take Professor Li's seeds for nothing, so it would be a good idea to exchange them with him for the mutant corn seeds.

The yield of mutant corn offspring will definitely be higher than that of ordinary corn.

But how high it would be, neither of them knew, because they had never grown it before.

Han Ying grabbed a handful of seeds. She didn't count them, but there were at least hundreds of them.

She planned to experiment with these by soaking them in water first to increase the germination rate.

And if these were just ordinary corn seeds, they would definitely become smelly instead of sprouting after being soaked in water for a long time.

Since we are going to do an experiment, we can't put it in the room.

Because they usually put ice in the room, the temperature is quite comfortable.

Han Ying put it in the living room where the temperature was relatively high.