Chapter 167 Picking Fruit

The corn that was planted the most has been harvested. The seed quality is good and each type of corn has its own characteristics. Ye Zhen picked some plump and mature corns for seeds.

Grandma Ye and Dad Ye came back carrying corn stalks.

As expected of an optimized system, the corn stalks look unique, with tall and strong stems and long and green leaves.

Grandma Ye ripped off the corn leaves to feed the rabbits, and a large bundle of bare corn stalks was left on the ground.

Grandpa Ye picked up a corn stalk and peeled off the husk. He was surprised: "This corn stalk is quite heavy and looks like green sugar cane."

What Grandpa Ye said makes sense. Whose corn stalks are as long as sugarcane? They are straight and straight.

Ye Zhen was also a little curious. Thinking that he hadn't chewed sugarcane for a long time, he picked one and peeled off the skin.

Not to mention, corn is colorful. Although the colors of corn stalks are not as many, they are also varied.

For example, the one in Ye Zhen's hand is purple, and the one in Grandpa Ye's hand is clear green.

She took a bite and found it sweet, crispy and juicy, not much different from sugarcane. Perhaps because of the way the seeds were cultivated, the juice even had a milky taste.

Chewing ordinary corn stalks feels like eating cotton wool, dry, with little juice and not very sweet. This doesn't feel like eating corn stalks at all.

Don’t ask Ye Zhen how she knew this, because she had chewed it when she was a child.

The skin of this kind of corn stalks is thin and not hard at all. Grandpa Ye's old teeth chewed on them along with Ye Zhen.

Eating sugarcane is contagious. The whole family sat on small stools and crunched corn stalks, leaving a pile of corn stalk residue on the ground.

"Why don't we just collect all these corn stalks? It would be a waste to dry them and use them as firewood." Mother Ye spat out the residue and continued, "These corn stalks are very juicy. Why don't we try to make sugar from them?"

"Then find some time to chop them all and make sugar. I think this contains just as much sugar as sugarcane." Father Ye nodded and planned to find some time to chop them all.

"You've got to say, Ye Zi's variety of corn is really good. It produces a lot of corn cobs and the corn stalks taste sweet. It would be amazing if we could use them to make sugar!" Ye's mother's eyes lit up.

She wanted to keep it for planting next year, but she didn't know if she could save the seeds.

Many new varieties of seeds on the market now cannot be planted a second time, otherwise the resulting fruits will be crooked and cracked, and will not be as good as the first time.

Old varieties can be saved for seeds, but the fruits of these seeds are not as good as those of improved varieties, the yield is not high, they are prone to insects and diseases, and are difficult to care for.

"You can save the seeds. The genes of these seeds are stable. We can keep a few more." Ye Zhen explained.

Seeds are the foundation of agricultural development and the forefront of the planting industry.

The country has a specific seed law, and has corresponding laws, regulations and policies on seed innovation, cultivation and protection of good varieties.

The country strongly supports the innovation of improved varieties and strengthens the intellectual property rights of the seed industry. If Ye Zhen wants to open a seed company, he needs to meet the corresponding production conditions and other clear regulations.

For example, as long as the new variety of corn bred by Ye Zhen passes special inspection, the country’s implementation of a new plant variety protection system will protect the legitimate rights and interests of the owners of the new variety.

When the seeds are promoted and applied later, Ye Zhen can obtain corresponding economic benefits.

It has to be said that with the support of national policies, Ye Zhen breeding has become much easier.

When it comes to opening a seed company, there are many processes involved. After careful understanding, Ye Zhen discovered that the new varieties of seeds he cultivated also needed to register patents to protect the intellectual property rights of the seeds. This would be beneficial to the later seed management and protect the originality of the seeds.

If anyone else wants to use Ye Zhen’s seeds for commercial purposes, they must get her permission and pay a usage fee!

Knowing this, Ye Zhen plans to find time to go to the local agricultural bureau and other places to register and certify the seeds, and apply for the seed patent first to prepare for opening a seed company in the future.

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After lunch, Ye Zhen took Ye's father and others to the back mountain in the afternoon.

She had a new discovery today and had to show it to her family.

Ye Zhen led everyone away in a mysterious manner, not revealing anything. When they passed by a house whose exterior walls had almost been painted, Grandpa Ye was very pleased:

"The house has been built, and all that's left is painting and decorating. I don't know if I'll be lucky enough to live in a new house."

Grandpa Ye considers himself old and now enjoys a better life than other people in the village.

"This is just the beginning. There are many days of happiness in the future!" Ye Zhen replied loudly with a smile, sweet words coming out of his mouth one after another.

"Once the house is renovated and aired out, you can move in in half a year at most. You still have a lot of luck ahead of you."

"Don't think too much, come, eat a date!" We have arrived at the back mountain. The wild tea oil seeds at the foot of the mountain are about to crack. After these busy days, we will start picking tea seeds again.

As I walked along, I saw some villagers coming out from another path carrying baskets full of tea seeds of various sizes.

There are quite a lot of oil-tea trees this year. Except for the various oil-tea trees planted by Ye Zhen, which have not yet grown, the original wild tea trees are full of them.

Ever since Ye Zhen buried the spiritual marrow and spiritual crystal, the air in the mountains has become fresher, and the vitality and spiritual energy have become much richer, and the various mountain and field products are naturally abundant.

When we arrived at the place where Ye Zhen planted fruit trees, we saw an abundance of fruits.

Ye Zhen stopped and found the jujubes next to him were as big as eggs, half green and half red. He tore off a big one and gave it to Grandpa Ye to sweeten his mouth and stop him from thinking about whether he was blessed or not.

Sure enough, everyone's attention was diverted, and everyone except Ye Zhen was dumbfounded.

Ye Zhen snorted and laughed, with an expression on his face showing everyone the fruits: "How are they? These fruits are growing well, right?"

It’s more than good. Even Grandpa Ye and Grandma Ye have never seen such a fruit tree in their lives.

Less experience, less experience!

People always talk about the fairyland of Yaochi and the jade trees. Although the fruit forest in front of them is exaggerated, in the eyes of Grandma Ye and others, there is really no difference!

These fruit trees, which grow in extremely rich spiritual energy, have undergone earth-shaking changes one by one.

It is possible that the mortal plants themselves are of low level, can only absorb limited spiritual energy, and mutate quickly. Although they have all been upgraded to become spiritual fruit trees, they are only low-level spiritual fruits with limited spiritual energy contained in them.

Higher-level fruit trees have not yet been discovered.

The large area of ​​fruit trees in front of me are blooming, and the fruits are different from before. Some are bigger in appearance, some have changed color, and some trees are as crystal clear as jade...

In addition, the spiritual energy was locked in the formation and directly liquefied and rose, with ethereal air and fragrant smell. The watermelon vines on the ground were green and there were colorful wild flowers occasionally. The Ye family had not been here for a long time, and this change shocked them!

Dad Ye’s mouth was so big that it could swallow an egg. Mom Ye and the others were all staring with amazement.

Oh my God, isn’t this a wonderland?

Ye Zhen ran up and down like a monkey picking fruits for everyone to see, and she was wondering why there was no movement.

When I turned around, Ye's father and the others were still standing there motionless.

"Dad? What are you doing?" She looked around and didn't find anything strange.

In her eyes, it was just an ordinary low-level fruit tree. Eating it would make the body a little better. It was everywhere in the world of immortal cultivation, so it was really not rare.

Father Ye and the others finally came to their senses after being called, "Ye Zi, is this the orchard you planted? It didn't look so good the last time we came here, and now we don't dare to pick the fruits!"

I can't believe it, it's only been a short time since I last came here! The tree has changed so much!

Ye Zhen was helpless, "Why should I be afraid of this? They are just fruits. There is no difference except that they are a little tastier, a little prettier, and a little bigger."

Mother Ye didn't care about anything else. She picked a big pomelo and held it in both hands. It looked like a jade carving. There were pomeloes like this on the whole tree. The tree had grown more than ten meters taller than when it was first planted. The trunk seemed to have become jade-like, and even the leaves had become shiny and glossy.

After Ye Ma started picking the fruits, everyone followed suit with shining eyes.

After having enough fun and satisfying everyone's curiosity, Ye Zhen asked Ye Ma and the others to stand aside because she was going to show her power.

Ye Zhen picked the fruits one by one using magic and carefully piled them aside.

Dad Ye just remembered that he didn't bring anything with him and immediately wanted to go back to get it. Ye Zhen waved his hand and took out a few talismans mysteriously.

Ta-da! Look what this is!

She successfully drew the talisman for absorbing things yesterday!

With this talisman, these fruits can be contained perfectly!

This is her biggest gain today!

After Ye Zhen finished reciting the incantation, he waved his hands and large quantities of fruits were put into the rune. In a short while, all the fruit-bearing trees on the mountain were picked clean.

"Oh my God!" Ye's mother widened her eyes and flipped open the small piece of paper. The mysterious runes on it were flashing in the sunlight.

This is so amazing!

No matter how many times they watch it, the Ye family will be shocked by the methods of cultivating immortals.

Ye Zhen smiled proudly, thinking back to the first time she saw the methods of cultivation, she was just like a bumpkin, finding everything curious but not daring to show it for fear of being discovered.

After holding it in for so long, I wanted to show off to my family.

Now it was her turn to show off in front of her family. There were some surprises after returning from her cultivation.

She just likes to see everyone's shocked expressions.

The family must be together.

"Ye Zi, what's the trick?" Ye's father and others came over, took the talisman, looked it up and down, shook the paper, and didn't know where the fruit was put.

"Hehe! This is the object-absorbing talisman. Inside it is a space connected by various runes. I drew the word "stillness" inside. The space is still, and the fruit will always stay fresh." Ye Zhen explained to everyone.

Everyone watched eagerly, and Ye Zhen took out a few simple talismans and introduced them to everyone:

"This is a light-body charm. With it, I can easily climb up any cliff or mountain. This is a water-avoiding charm. With it, I don't need to carry an oxygen tank underwater and I can ignore the water pressure. It's easier than a fish. And this is a cleaning charm. I can stay clean every day..."

Ye Zhen introduced the uses of several runes, which made everyone more curious about the world of immortal cultivation.

"Alas, I don't know if we can practice it. These runes are too magical." Ye's father sighed.

"It's almost there, don't worry! You can all practice!"

As his cultivation level increased, Ye Zhen could also feel the body aura of each person.

There is some energy flowing in Ye Dad and the others' bodies, the only difference is the amount.

Even though Grandma Ye is already old, Ye Zhen feels that she still has a lot of energy in her body.

I just don’t know the specific spiritual roots. Only by knowing the spiritual roots can Ye Zhen give the corresponding cultivation method.

Now we can only let the family members adapt to the spiritual energy first, and then cleanse their bodies and marrows.

After hearing this, Ye Dad and the others understood what was going on and looked forward to the day when they could practice.