Chapter 467 Tofu Workshop

Han Ying had asked Professor Li before, and Professor Li said that these were to protect against wind blades and heavy snow.

Wind blades are unavoidable, and people can put on various protective gear to resist them, but crops have no way of resisting them at all.

During that period, the crops on the farm were badly destroyed by the wind blades.

The crops that were almost ripe were cut off by the wind blades.

Overnight, countless crops fell to the ground.

And this data is soaring every day, which makes Professor Li very anxious.

I came up with this idea later.

Although the method is a bit stupid and consumes a lot of materials, it is very practical.

Originally, the iron sheets were tied directly to the steel bars, and only the wooden boards were movable.

Because wooden boards are easily broken after being hit by wind blades, they must be removed and repaired or replaced.

But later it snowed heavily, so they simply made the iron sheet movable, so that when the snow fell, part of it would slide down along the inclined arc, and part of it would still stick to the iron sheet.

Over time, the snow frozen on the iron sheets and wooden boards will put a burden on the electric poles and may break them if not careful.

So every few days, they would use roller skates to lift the iron sheets off the steel bars and then clear the snow off them.

These iron sheets and wooden boards can not only prevent wind blades from damaging crops, but also protect people working in the fields from being attacked by wind blades, and save time shoveling snow on the farm every day.

Although it looks a bit ugly, it is really practical.

The experimental field is the smallest among the six areas of the farm, only about 30 acres.

The entire experimental field was divided into dozens of plots, and most of these plots are now empty.

There were only a few crops planted sparsely that did not grow well.

Li Ping introduced the experimental products in the field to Han Ying and Lu Yuan. Most of them were semi-finished products developed by Professor Li and the research institute.

Many of them began to die halfway through their growth, some could not even sprout, and some grew well but were unable to bloom and bear fruit.

Lu Yuan knew that most of the plants in this experimental field were failures, but some could still be used.

As long as it can grow successfully in the harsh environment of the end times, even if it cannot bloom and bear fruit, its branches, leaves and even roots can be utilized.

Just like the two rows of crops that Li Ping pointed out just now, which are growing well, it is said that they were grown from seeds obtained by hybridizing a new type of potato and a new type of tomato.

It has been planted for several months, but it is just growing tall. No fruit is produced underground or above ground. Only the branches and leaves keep growing tall.

Professor Li took the leaves and branches of this crop to the research institute for testing and found them to be non-toxic.

You should know that even the branches and leaves of the new type of potatoes contain trace amounts of toxins and cannot be eaten.

However, the hybrid product is non-toxic throughout its body, and its branches and leaves will grow taller, which means that these leaves may be eaten as leafy vegetables.

Professor Li said to wait for another month, and if it still doesn't bear fruit, then classify it as a green leafy vegetable.

It is named "Wukuicai", which simply means it contains no solanine.

Unexpectedly, Professor Li fell ill before even waiting for a month.

Li Ping introduced the rows of crops to the two people, and then came to the end of the experimental field.

The last piece of land is planted entirely with mutant seafood mushrooms.

The deep red mutant seafood mushrooms have grown into small pieces and appear to be growing very well, but their reproduction is a bit slow.

"This is the treasure of the farm. Professor Li and I take care of and pick it every day. The juice we squeeze is then distributed to the heads of each district."

The juice of the mutated seafood mushrooms is limited every day, so it can only be supplied to a small area in each district for use.

After inspecting the experimental field, Li Ping took the two to the greenhouse.

The greenhouse is larger than the experimental field, covering an area of about 50 acres.

The entire greenhouse is divided into 10 large greenhouses, each covering 5 acres.

Crops are grown in the greenhouse, and charcoal basins are burned regularly every day for heating.

I took a look at the greenhouses one by one, and the results were not very good.

Although there are supplementary lights and charcoal basins for heating, the growth of crops is still very poor.

Withered and thin, it seems like it will never grow up

It is obvious that the crops in these greenhouses are all failures.

At this time, Han Ying and Lu Yuan were already thinking about clearing out a few spaces in the greenhouses and planting grafted eggplants and peppers.

You can grow more peppers, although this thing is very spicy.

But in this extreme cold, it is also a good thing to keep warm.

However, in order to graft peppers and eggplants, you must have seedlings of new types of tomatoes.

The new type of tomatoes is difficult to preserve seeds, so it may be difficult to plant them in large quantities.

After looking at the greenhouse, Li Ping was about to take the two owners to visit the various districts, but they said they wanted to visit the tofu workshop.

The tofu workshop was next to the ranch. Li Ping got back in the car and took them there.

The tofu processing workshop only has one floor, but it has a small basement.

The basement, which has only three rooms, is used as a warehouse and office.

The first floor is where beans are ground, tofu and derivative products are processed.

The farm vehicle stopped in front of the tofu workshop. After the three people got off the vehicle, Li Ping walked forward and opened the door. Suddenly, a wave of heat and the fragrance of beans rushed out from inside.

The temperature inside is at least forty or fifty degrees higher than outside.

So after the extreme cold, many people want to work in tofu workshops, because at least they won’t be too cold here.

When you go inside, the first thing you see is three donkeys grinding beans in circles near the door.

There is a person wearing a mask next to each of the three millstones.

The three men seemed to be very busy, sometimes driving the donkey, sometimes pouring beans into the millstone, and sometimes checking whether the ground soy milk was fine.

After the soy milk is ground, it needs to be sent to the big pot to be cooked.

There are four stoves for grinding beans, and most of the heat here comes from these four stoves.

There was a large pot on each stove, in which soy milk was cooking.

Some of the cooked soy milk is directly sent to make tofu, while others are first scooped out with bean curd sheets before making tofu.

There are more than twenty people in the entire tofu workshop, and each person has his or her own process.

Seeing the three people suddenly appear, many people cast inquiring glances at them.

Although one of them was wearing more clothes, everyone could still recognize him as the deputy owner of the farm.

As for the other two, they were dressed warmly. Although they took off their hats and scarves after coming in, they were still wearing masks, so it was impossible to tell who they were.

But looking at the deputy host's appearance, he seemed to be very respectful to those two people.

This made the twenty or so people in the tofu workshop even more curious.

But despite their curiosity, no one stopped what they were doing.

Because the work at the tofu workshop is hard to come by and the benefits are good, if you are accidentally fired, there will be someone lining up to take your place immediately.

So these people only dared to take a curious look and then quickly continued to work seriously.