Sun Linlie: "...Roxburgh pear fruit?"
Sounds like a fruit.
Meng Ka said sincerely: "Yes, they are fresh. I was scraping the thorns off them. There was a whole basin of them, all scraped by me. But I could only look at them and couldn't eat them. My hands were all red from scraping them."
Ren Wangwang laughed. "Most of what Teacher Qiao grew was given to the patients. Our captain didn't even eat a single bit."
After all, at that time, sea buckthorn was no longer a simple fruit, but a strategic resource that could save lives and should be used where needed.
Just like the current sprouts, patients are given priority.
Meng Ka said, "Those sprouts have a lot of vitamin C. Now you don't have to scrape the sea buckthorns off the prickly pears at your base, right?"
As Meng Ka said this, Yuan Yuanfang's eyes changed again as she looked at the food window. Vitamin C, this is really their weakness.
Zhiyi, Captain Zhou, and Captain Ding’s fate this time is already very clear. If they are injured and their wounds cannot heal, they can only wait for death.
When she brushed her teeth this morning, her gums started bleeding for a long time and now her mouth still tastes bloody.
This is also a precursor to scurvy.
Ren Wangwang deliberately said, "Well, are you envious? Our greenhouse is still expanding. From now on, we'll have vegetables for three meals a day."
Yuan Yuanfang asked: "Can it be supplied long-term?"
Fruits that are only available occasionally and vegetables that are available on a long-term basis are two completely different things.
Ren Wangwang chuckled, looking quite proud. "Of course. The greenhouse is complete, and the vegetables are planted. It's only a matter of time before they're on the table."
He added: "But the supply is indeed tight at the moment, so we are prioritizing the medical department."
As Ren Wangwang was speaking, someone else went to the patient meal counter, holding a ticket and shouting, "Pick up the meal, bed number three, Zhang Guili."
Sun Linlie looked over there, and sure enough, the person in charge of distributing meals collected the ticket and gave him a meal.
Like the previous person, in addition to the original potato pancakes, he also took a bowl of egg custard with a handful of tender green and refreshing sprouts on top.
Over the next period of time, people came to pick up their meals, ordinary meals, just like what they were getting now, two potato pancakes.
The patient meal is egg custard with sprouts.
A closer look revealed that between the sick meal and the regular meal, there was a nutritious meal. This meal did not have egg custard, but did have sprouts.
Most of the people who received the meals were frail and looked malnourished.
The First Base did not lie, Sun Linlie thought.
From what he'd seen, the best patient meals were usually collected by someone else, indicating they couldn't come. The slightly better nutritious meals were collected by people who looked thin, and one could tell at a glance that they truly needed nutritional supplements.
The rest of the people had ordinary meals.
Allocate on demand.
Sun Linlie was shocked. He looked at them for a long time before asking, "Are these skinny guys the ones who came from the city?"
Ren Wangwang: "Yes. The indigenous people in our base are fed with military rations and Teacher Qiao's food. It's rare to see them this thin."
Sun Linlie had a complicated expression: "That's it."
This first base was different from what he had imagined.
He suddenly remembered that he had listened to Brother Zhou and Captain Ding's speech on the First Base radio station, and this was the sentence they both emphasized many times - The First Base is completely different from what I imagined.
At that time, he just treated it as a propaganda piece for the First Base and didn't take it to heart at all.
But today, he had just entered the base and had his first meal, and before he even finished it, he had already had this feeling from what he saw and heard - the First Base was different from what he had imagined.
Not that hateful, not that scary.
Even better than their Sea Fort. Although I don't want to admit it, it's the truth.
The first base he imagined had a lot of people, but Zhao Xian was not satisfied. He wanted to win over more people and exploit more labor.
The people of Sea Fort were originally from outside. Even if they were merged into the First Base, would they be treated well? Wouldn't they be marginalized?
This is something that every one of the people in Haibao has deep doubts about.
In other words, no one believes that they will be treated the same. They may do the hard work, but they won't get the good stuff.
Sun Linlie asked more directly this time: "Can Brother Zhou and Captain Ding also eat these hospital meals?"
Ren Wangwang glanced at him and said, "Whether you can eat or not, why don't you go see him later? I'm just saying it, but you don't believe me, do you?"
Sun Linlie blushed: "Can I go and see it? Now, now?"
Ren Wangwang: "Sure, I can go take a look first, as long as it doesn't delay the meeting."
Yuan Yuanfang was a little nervous: "Can I go and take a look too?"
Ren Wangwang paused, then smiled and said, "Lord Yuan, there's no need to ask this question. Why not merge them? Then we can meet."
The light in Yuan Yuanfang's eyes dimmed, but she admitted, "I was too impatient."
As the Lord of the Sea Fortress, she shouldn't have asked such a childish question. Yuan Zhiyi was Zhao Xian's hostage, a crucial factor in their cooperation, and she definitely couldn't just meet him casually. But as a mother, she couldn't help but ask.
Yuan Yuanfang listened to the song on the radio, closed her eyes, and imagined her daughter enjoying singing in front of the microphone.
Ren Wangwang checked the time. "Teacher Qiao and the team leader have been out inspecting the greenhouse for a while now. They should be arriving soon."
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In the experimental field on the back mountain, Qiao Xuejun had already checked the conditions of rye and rapeseed today, and began to enter the greenhouse to start the day's work.
Ten people from her agricultural department gathered in front of the greenhouse, waiting for Qiao Xuejun to arrange work for them.
Zhao Xian was standing behind Qiao Xuejun.
Qiao Xuejun could clearly feel that because of his presence, these people from the Ministry of Agriculture were more nervous and stood straighter.
Qiao Xuejun glanced at Zhao Xian and calmly explained to everyone, "The leader is here to inspect our work. Let's just do what we need to do and not worry about him."
Zhao Xian smiled and nodded.
The crowd below responded cautiously.
Qiao Xuejun arranged everyone's tasks as usual. Finally, she tapped her ballpoint pen on the notebook in her hand and emphasized: "The spinach plants are almost 20 cm tall. The harvest is expected in three days. Pay attention to the underside of the leaves when inspecting. Report any insect pests immediately. Be careful about root rot in the sprouts."
The leaders of each group responded yes.
Qiao Xuejun remembered something and said, "The temperature has dropped in the past few days, and the temperature control of the blue oil stove in the greenhouse is not sensitive. We need to pay attention to the problem of seedling flashing."
"Brother Chen, can you tell me what flash seedlings are?" Qiao Xuejun randomly asked a question.
Because not all people in the Ministry of Agriculture are like Jin Yiyu, who have learned something. Most of them only have planting experience and have not received systematic training, but hydroponics requires relatively high technical skills.
Normally, Qiao Xuejun would specifically impart some important knowledge points to them and also ask random questions.
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