The people from the third base had originally been merged with those from the first base. This time, Yan Wei heard in advance that it was the time for Qiao Xuejun's first acceptance of the semi-finished vitamin A product, so he rushed over and watched the whole process clearly from the side.
Seeing the soldiers passing around pumpkin seedlings, he approached them in disbelief and said, "Let me have a look, too."
Yan Wei took the pumpkin seedlings from the soldier's hand.
Just like Zhao Yun, he stared at the light for a long time and said in amazement: "No wonder I could make that bet with Professor Huo. It turns out that this can be grown... Pumpkin can supplement vitamin A and can also be eaten as a staple food. So that's it..."
Yan Wei's assistant followed him and saw the pumpkin leaf. He whispered in Yan Wei's ear, "If I had known, I would have placed a bet with Teacher Qiao. I feel like I'm going to lose."
Yan Wei: "Stand aside, you are blocking my light."
Yan Wei frowned, wondering: "How can this thing be grown? Can melons really be grown in this period of time?"
He pinched the pumpkin leaf and asked Qiao Xuejun, "Can I have a bite of this?"
Qiao Xuejun: “…”
Before Qiao Xuejun could answer, Zhao Xian looked at Yan Wei and said, "No."
He continued to thank Qiao Xuejun: "Farming is not easy, Mr. Qiao, thank you for your hard work."
Qiao Xuejun directly brought the pumpkin seedlings. She brought the pumpkin seedlings without mentioning the hard work and difficulties of farming at all.
Even in normal times, farming has never been an easy task. In the current environment, how could it not be hard and difficult?
Qiao Xuejun didn't say anything, but Zhao Xian couldn't help thinking about it.
Wang Juanfeng, who had been listening nearby, also had his eyes brightened. Lord Zhao's thanks were really impressive. But it was true that Qiao Qiao had indeed worked hard.
There is no need to talk about confirming the fertility of the soil and the amount of water to be applied.
In addition, we need to control the light intensity and the distance between the street lamp and the seedlings every day. The seedlings should not be exposed to light, but they should not be too close to the light, which will burn the seedlings. This takes a lot of time, and the time of light exposure every day is also important.
Qiao Qiao said that the normal light exposure for pumpkin seedlings is about 10 hours. She used artificial lighting to extend the light exposure to promote the growth of the pumpkin seedlings, which means it was extended to about 14 hours.
Now the sun rises at 12 o'clock every day, and their shelter can simulate the light from the outside world. That is, from 12 noon to 15 o'clock in the afternoon, there is normal light outside, and the shelter also has normal light.
But if it is dark outside, all the shelter can simulate is darkness, and artificial lights must be turned on to provide supplementary lighting.
But in addition to light, pumpkins also need a dark period for respiration, otherwise it will affect the growth of the female flowers of the pumpkin in the later stage. The lighting cannot exceed 14 hours, that is, the pumpkin must enter a dark period at 2 or 3 in the morning, so Qiao Qiao will get up at that time to turn off the lights.
Kuang Shen is studying the settings for automatically turning off the lights, but because the specifications of the street lights they collected are different, they cannot control all of them. Some lights need to be turned off manually.
Oh my God, in this weather, I’m shivering with cold as soon as I get out of bed. Getting up depends entirely on willpower, but Qiao Xuejun gets up every night to turn off the lights.
It’s true that she works hard.
Zhao Xian expressed his gratitude on behalf of the First Base.
After receiving a serious and solemn thank you, with words like "thank you for your hard work" and "thank you for your time", Qiao Xuejun smiled and said, "So this is considered a successful acceptance? Will we have another acceptance in the next 15 days?"
Zhao Xian nodded.
But at this point, Zhao Xian looked at Qiao Xuejun and said, "I hope that the pumpkin seedlings that Teacher Qiao delivers next time will be as surprising as this time."
It is expectation and also pressure.
When farming, no one can predict what the result will be until the final harvest.
Yan Wei next to him also said: "Yes, it has only grown a small leaf, and has not yet grown a melon. It is hard to say. Who knows what will grow in the end."
Leaves are leaves, and melons are melons. It is still a long way for leaves to turn into melons. You can't think there is no problem with melons just because you see leaves.
Wang Juanfeng, who was standing next to him, frowned when she heard this. Qiao Qiao was really good at farming. She had never seen Qiao Qiao fail in farming after farming so many fields. It was clearly a done deal.
But as a farmer himself, Qiao Xuejun actually agrees with this point of view.
In normal times, a rainstorm, a strong wind, or an insect pest would be enough to severely reduce the yield of crops that are about to be harvested, or even cause a complete failure of the harvest.
Until the end, no one can be sure of 100% success.
Qiao Xuejun was not blindly confident. She said, "Don't worry, Lord. I will keep a close eye on you the whole time."
Zhao Xian felt more relieved when he saw Qiao Xuejun's attitude: "Okay."
Yan Wei was also surprised. He felt that their words were a bit discouraging and meant to pour cold water on others. But looking at Qiao Xuejun's expression, it seemed that he didn't feel like he was being poured cold water on at all and looked calm.
It’s quite interesting.
Zhao Xian looked at the soldiers. These guys were still passing his pumpkin leaf around. Zhao Xian held out his hand and said, "Give it back to me."
The soldier who was still watching said: "Captain, I haven't seen enough."
Zhao Xian said seriously: "I want to keep a record of it. How will you compensate me if it breaks?"
The soldier who was still watching had to obey his superior's orders and return the pumpkin seedling leaf to Zhao Xian.
Zhao Xian took it and put it into his chest pocket.
Qiao Xuejun took a look. She remembered that Zhao Xian took out the black pearl from that bullet bag last time.
Seeing that the pumpkin seedling matter was over, Qiao Xuejun exchanged glances with Wang Juanfeng and asked Zhao Xian, "Lord Zhao, I said last time that I would go out to look for green plants. Can you help me arrange it?"
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