Chapter 175 Shocking! The baby cub can understand plant speech
"Huh?" Haoran panicked completely upon hearing this, waving his hands frantically, "No, no, no! I'm her student!"
Zhizhi rolled her eyes inelegantly, "I know!"
She's still angry!
Who would shout at someone behind their back? That's terrifying!
What if I scare her so much she's paralyzed? Then she'll be even dumber than the guy!
"...What nonsense are you spouting, you little brat?"
Deng Qiu stormed out. She had just started heating the oil in the pan when she heard Zhi Zhi yelling at the top of her lungs.
Is she afraid that the people in the military dependents' compound will run out of gossip, so she deliberately wants to give her elderly mother some more to talk about?
"It's you?"
When Deng Qiu saw the students arrive, her face was full of surprise, and she quickly took back the spatula from her hand.
"Xu Haoran, what brings you here all of a sudden?"
If she remembered correctly, he should be on duty at the school.
Upon seeing his teacher, Xu Haoran immediately tensed up. "Teacher Deng, something's happened at school. Please pack your things and come with me."
"What's wrong?"
Although Deng Qiu was puzzled, she knew Xu Haoran best.
He is diligent in experiments and attentive in class, making him a promising candidate for a teaching assistant position at the university.
If something can make him so anxious, then something serious must have happened.
"Wait a minute, I'll go put out the fire."
As Deng Qiu untied her apron, she instructed Zhi Zhi, "No one's home. Zhi Zhi, you come with me. Go back inside and put on your coat first!"
Jiang Zhizhi pouted, clearly somewhat unwilling.
She didn't really like this Haoran brother. Just because he's tall, does that mean he can hang a child in mid-air at will?
She's a girl!
Don't they have any pride?!
"Go quickly!"
Deng Qiu saw her through the kitchen window and urged her loudly again.
"Oh... fine, I'll go then, why are you being so fierce?"
Zhizhi muttered something and quickly put the bowl of rice cereal into the sink to soak in water.
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Suzhou University
"...When I checked yesterday, everything was fine, but when I came to inspect the experimental field as usual today, I found that a large number of seeds had been destroyed. Teacher, you said before that this batch of seeds in the experimental field was purchased at a high price, so you told us students to take good insulation measures before the holiday, but look!"
Haoran led Deng Qiu to the experimental field on the back hill of the school.
He pointed to the vast fields before him, where a thin layer of snow had settled on the dark brown soil.
It was completely bare, with nothing on it.
Deng Qiu's brows furrowed instantly, her voice filled with overwhelming anger, "Where are the greenhouses? I had the students build these greenhouses before I left. They're the most effective way to keep warm against the severe cold. The greenhouses are gone, and the ground covering is gone too? Who did this? What happened?!"
Haoran's eyes were red with anxiety, as if he was about to cry at any moment.
“I don’t know, I’m also very anxious. I asked the old man at the gate, and he said that no one has come to the school recently. Apart from me, a local student, who stays here to be on duty, only the teachers come here.”
Deng Qiu took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
She walked to the nearest experimental field and squatted down to examine it.
They planted the seeds around November. Because the lab purchased them too late, she was worried that the seeds wouldn't get enough sunlight and might grow slowly.
But she remembered that she had recorded the seed growth of these few acres of experimental fields before leaving school yesterday, because she used the most advanced greenhouse insulation and moisture retention technology and covered the land with a layer of ground cover film, which can effectively guarantee the seed growth environment.
Deng Qiu reached out and carefully touched the tender green seedlings at her feet. Looking at the frost covering the delicate shoots, she murmured to herself, "These seeds are ruined. All the experimental data will have to be overturned and started over..."
When Xu Haoran heard what the teacher said, his heart sank instantly.
"Teacher, is there really no hope?"
This is his graduation thesis, and also the key research project he wanted to use to stay at the university as a teaching assistant. Now that it has been maliciously destroyed like this, not only is his future ruined, but his entire class's graduation next semester will also be canceled.
Xu Haoran's eyes were red, and tears could be seen welling up.
"Teacher Deng, are all the students in our class going to have to extend their studies?"
Deng Qiu turned her head, her expression serious. "This is not something one person can do alone. Such a big commotion must have been noticed by everyone. Haoran, go and ask the people left at the school if anyone knows anything about it."
"Okay, okay, I'll go right away!"
After agreeing, Xu Haoran turned and ran, his movements as fast as the wind.
Zhizhi stood beside the experimental field, glancing blankly at the crops.
She was familiar with these vegetable seedlings; she often saw them in her space. However, the seedlings in her space grew very lushly, while the seedlings in this field seemed to be asleep, drooping and wilting.
Zhizhi shrank her neck and whispered, "Mom, the seedlings are too cold, that's why they fell asleep. Once they fall asleep, they won't grow any more fruit. The reason why the vegetables in the space can grow so fast is because the temperature in the space is warm and they are watered with spiritual spring water. If these seedlings are important to Mom's students, Zhizhi can get some from the space to make up for it. Mom, don't be angry."
The little girl didn't understand what agricultural experiments were; she only knew that her mother was very anxious about the seedlings that were about to freeze to death.
She didn't want her mother to worry, so she wanted to help.
Deng Qiu took Zhi Zhi's hand, her eyes filled with complex emotions. "Giving us ready-made vegetables from the space is useless, Zhi Zhi. Our country is a populous country, and hundreds of millions of people are facing a crisis of not having enough to eat or wear. Mom is conducting an experiment. This batch of seeds was planted as an experiment to increase crop yields. If the experimental field is damaged, the experiment will fail."
"What will happen if it fails?" She didn't understand. What was an experiment anyway?
Deng Qiu pursed her lips, her palms were ice cold.
"If we fail, the problem of feeding the people will not be solved."
This time, Zhizhi understood. The land her mother planted was the same as the land the farmers planted, yet it was also quite different.
My mother farms so that farmers can use scientific methods to grow more fruit from the seeds they plant, just like planting in space.
In a short period of time, a lot of food can be produced.
"I understand." Zhizhi let go of Deng Qiu's hand and slowly walked to the experimental field. She squatted down and carefully examined the seedlings with her big, dark grape-like eyes.
The seedling stirred, its delicate branches and leaves trembling.
Zhizhi blinked, as if she thought she had misheard. She lowered her head and tilted her little ear to listen carefully.
Until she saw that all the seedlings in the experimental field seemed to have come to life.
Zhizhi stood up and ran to her mother's side.
"Mommy! Mommy! These little seedlings are so cold! There was an annoying old man who brought a bunch of people and took away the transparent blankets that the seedlings used for winter. The seedlings are so cold! Let's find them blankets!"
"You...you can hear plants talking?"
Deng Qiu was somewhat puzzled. She had never known that plants could talk, which was really beyond her comprehension.
But if it were someone like Zhizhi, she would have a slight faith in her.
After all, Zhizhi could tell at a glance that she was pregnant.
Just then, Xu Haoran came running over, panting heavily, almost crying out in distress. "Teacher Deng, I asked a senior student who stayed on campus. He initially refused to tell me, but after I pressed him repeatedly, he finally told me that someone deliberately removed our greenhouse!"
Deng Qiu's pupils constricted. "Who is it?!"
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