Chapter 136 Chapter 136
Ye Qing had two rainbow trouts. He gave one to the customer next door and cooked the other one that day. He made one fish in six ways: sashimi, pan-fried, grilled, steamed, and cooked with vinegar and pepper. Finally, he cooked the fish head in a casserole to make fish head soup. In short, he tried all the ultimate ways to eat rainbow trout that Ye Qing believed.
Of course, rainbow trout is a freshwater fish, and there is a risk of parasites in its meat. Even if the water quality of Tianchi Lake is very good, Ye Qing is still not at ease. So before eating the sashimi, she first boiled a special Chinese medicine that is specifically used to kill parasites, and asked everyone in the family to drink a bowl of it before eating to ensure that the sashimi was absolutely safe.
A big rainbow trout weighing seven or eight kilograms was eaten up by five or six people in one meal.
It was also this delicious meal that made Ye Qing more determined to go boating and fishing in Tianchi Lake.
However, summer is still far away, but spring is just around the corner. The sows on the military farm have been pregnant for two months and are finally showing signs of fetal movement.
Ye Qing led the group to the farm. Perhaps Zhao Yuliang had asked an experienced person to touch the fetus beforehand after the fetal movement appeared. The feedback made Zhao Yuliang very excited. When he saw Ye Qing coming to the farm, the usually calm and steady Captain Zhao suddenly became incoherent for the first time:
"Ye Zhiqing, I, you know, I asked Sun Shuping to feel the bellies of those sows just now, and he said that each of these sows had more than ten piglets in their bellies!"
As he spoke, Zhao Yuliang gestured with his hands and told Ye Qingsun that Master Sun had touched those pigs.
Sun Shuping is the person in charge of the batch of sows about to give birth in the pig farm. He is a serious old man in his early fifties.
Before Ye Qing came, he was the one who took care of this group of sows on a daily basis. He was also the one who took care of the sows' nesting and giving birth every year. Therefore, he was very familiar with the sows' pregnancy process. He could tell when the fetuses moved and how many piglets there were once he got his hands on them.
This little old man really has a stern face all year round. At least since Ye Qing came to Qingshan Farm and took over the farm, she has never seen this old man show any other expression and rarely show any emotion.
But at this moment, after Ye Qing smiled and asked Zhao Yuliang, "If there are less than a dozen piglets in a litter, how can it be called scientific breeding?", not only Zhao Yuliang, but also the little old man, looked at Ye Qing in surprise, their eyes full of shock and astonishment.
Zhao Yuliang subconsciously took out a cigarette from his pocket, but he couldn't light it after striking a match several times. He simply held the cigarette in his hand and spoke with difficulty in his hoarse and trembling voice:
"You mean, this year's batch of pigs can give birth to eight or nine hundred piglets just this time? Are you sure all these piglets will survive?"
Ye Qing shrugged:
"Have you forgotten what I do? Being a doctor is my job. I dare to use artificial insemination, which means I am absolutely sure. As long as the piglets can be born smoothly, I can guarantee that their survival rate is more than 90%!"
"After all, I told you from the beginning that I was serious about scientific breeding!"
"Also, what you said just now is not right. What do you mean that eight or nine hundred cubs can be born in just this one time? Do you have some misunderstanding about my scientific breeding? Eight or nine hundred is too conservative. You should double it!"
Ye Qing said this loudly, and stared at Zhao Yuliang firmly, without any evasion out of guilt.
Zhao Yuliang's mind was really blank at this point. He couldn't even hold the cigarette in his hand anymore, and it broke into two pieces and fell to the ground. He grabbed his hair, crying and laughing with a crazy look in his eyes:
"This is crazy! Do you know what you are talking about? How is this possible?!"
Yes, how is this possible? The farm officials present all looked at Ye Qing with strange eyes.
Eighty sows give birth to 1,600 to 1,700 piglets each time. This is absolutely an astronomical number. If this matter were to get out, it would probably shock the whole country!
Ye Qing jumped straight into the pig pen and asked someone to bring red ink as usual. Then she began to feel the sow's belly, and took Sun Shuping with her to feel it again and again to confirm:
"This one has 23 cubs, am I right?"
Sun Shuping didn't say anything, but just nodded seriously, confirming that Ye Qing's judgment was correct.
"This sow has 19 piglets in its belly, but you only felt out 18 because one was hidden at the very back and it was hard to identify. If you don't believe me, try feeling it again!"
Following Ye Qing's instructions, Sun Shuping was skeptical and tried again. In the end, he pursed his lips and said nothing, but it was obvious that Ye Qing was right again.
"Look at this side..."
In this way, red circles were drawn on the backs of a group of sows one by one, and the clerks surrounding the pigpen took out their pencils and notebooks one by one. Before Ye Qing and Sun Shuping confirmed a number, they would quickly write down the next number on the paper.
Except for the three sows that were being bred, all the remaining sows that had already shown fetal movement were finally counted. The final result left everyone present speechless with astonishment.
"Captain, the total number counted is 1,642..." An official swallowed and whispered to Zhao Yuliang.
The way Zhao Yuliang looked at Ye Qing at this moment was no different from the way he looked at a god or a demon.
He really wanted to ask, are the rumors about the reincarnation of a goddess that were spread a while ago really false? Auntie, are you really not a goddess who came down to earth to experience tribulation? Otherwise, how did you do such an outrageous thing? A sow gives birth to an average of 21 piglets. Who would dare to believe it if he told others about it?
This matter is too contrary to common sense, at least it is not in line with the current cognition accepted by the general public, so everyone in the entire farm is confused. The shock they received is too great, and it is difficult for them to digest this fact for a while.
But at the same time, this shocking and even unbelievable fact immediately made Zhao Yuliang realize that the opportunity he had been looking forward to, which would make Qingshan Farm famous, had really come! As long as these sows could safely scoop up these piglets, and at the same time, as Ye Qing said, they could guarantee a survival rate of more than 90%, then their Qingshan Farm would definitely be able to use this to become famous throughout the country, and he would be able to take advantage of the situation and truly embark on a road to success!
Zhao Yuliang reacted very quickly. He made an emergency personnel transfer that day, and increased the number of staff in the sow pen several times. They were divided into three shifts a day, strictly monitored the data every day, and kept detailed breeding logs. They had to ensure that no problems would arise with this batch of sows until they gave birth.
When Ye Qing and Sun Shuping were touching the sows' pregnant bellies that day, many people were present, so everyone knew why Zhao Yuliang treated this batch of sows so specially. The soldiers who were assigned to work and stand guard in the sow pen of the farm were also very nervous. No one dared to take it lightly, for fear that something might go wrong in the work they were responsible for, which would cause the sows to fail at this critical juncture.
Zhao Yuliang also quietly reported the situation on the farm to his superiors. Within two days, not only did people from the county agricultural bureau come, but even a team from the military branch came to investigate. After carefully inspecting the 80 sows, everyone's expression was shocked and solemn.
Therefore, when the sows that the four apprentices led to artificial insemination in several other production brigades of Hongqi Commune all became pregnant successfully, Lai Guochang excitedly brought the good news to Kaoshantun. At that time, a farm office was quietly added to the military farm. An eight-member agricultural technology observation team moved into the office. These eight people were all high-end agricultural technology researchers transferred from the province and the military.
The members of this team had no contact with the farm officials, nor did they discuss any issues with Ye Qing. They only collected various data on the sows' pregnancy and observed their daily growth in the sow pen. Zhao Yuliang also received documents from above and was only responsible for arranging food and accommodation for these people, and did not need to worry about anything else.
Since they were not allowed to interfere, Zhao Yuliang just let these people do what they wanted, as long as it did not affect the normal pregnancy of his sows, these people could do whatever they wanted in the farm.
However, during this period, Zhao Yuliang also secretly did something big.
He had private contact with Han Yabo and consulted with the big man about the problem of gene grafting a crop to produce two kinds of fruits that he had developed in the Shencheng Research Institute a few years ago, and talked about the farm supplying raw materials to the feed factory.
Han Yabo didn't care about other things, and he wasn't good at playing tricks on people, so when Zhao Yuliang mentioned his research project, he immediately became interested. He didn't care whether the other party had bad intentions towards him or not, he just talked to him nonstop, using all kinds of profound and obscure professional terms, which made the semi-illiterate Zhao Yuliang dizzy and black-eyed.
Zhao Yuliang quickly raised his hand to stop the man's long speech and asked him:
"If you were allowed to work in the research institute again, could you replicate that crop that produces two kinds of fruit? Or could you research other crops that produce two kinds of fruit?"
Han Yabo's eyes sparkled as he replied confidently, "Of course!"
Zhao Yuliang continued to ask:
"Then if after this research project is restarted, you have to keep your identity secret and fight alone, and you can't contact outsiders casually, and even if there are research results, you can't use your real name, would you mind?"
Han Yabo was stunned. After two seconds of silence, he shook his head slowly and said firmly, "I don't mind!"
Zhao Yuliang immediately snapped his fingers: "That's enough!"
He stood up and said to Han Yabo, "I will inform you when I have definite news later. Be prepared and pack up and go to the laboratory after the project is restarted!"
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