With Wuchang rice, the rice we used to eat can be completely replaced. Now Lu Yuan is eager to plant the Wuchang rice seeds.
However, Lu Yuan only had five seeds in total. If he wanted to obtain a large quantity of rice seeds, he would have to wait some time.
Fortunately, the land in the dimensional space has become red soil, and the crops are growing very fast. If the growth rate was increased tenfold before, it has now increased twentyfold.
The growth cycle of Wuchang rice is about twice a year, which means it can be harvested once every six months. However, after Lu Yuan has the dimensional space, he can harvest it once every nine days. Each rice plant can produce a bunch of rice ears and yield more than thirty grains. So, it won't be long before Lu Yuan can eat this kind of rice every day.
After entering the dimensional space, Lu Yuan specially cleared out a plot of land and planted rice.
After checking the growth of the other crops around him again, Lu Yuan noticed that the watermelons had just been harvested a while ago and several new ones had grown to be half a person's height. To prevent his family from being frightened when they saw them, Lu Yuan specially brought a juicer and placed it in the dimensional space.
Besides watermelons, Lu Yuan juices everything he can, including cantaloupes, apples, and sugarcane. The various buckets in his house are also filled with different kinds of fruit juice.
Lu's mother said that she drinks all kinds of fruit juice every day and doesn't even like the bottled water from the supermarket anymore. She's really spoiled.
After working in the dimensional space for a while, Lu Yuan brought out several buckets of watermelon juice and orange juice, as well as dozens of kilograms of cod and tuna. The rest were dried in the dimensional space, where the preservation was quite good. The excess fish bones and other things were simply ground into powder and mixed with other plant roots and fruits to feed the pigs and cows.
Sure enough, the pigs, cows, and sheep in Lu Yuan's space have grown big and become picky eaters. Last time, Lu Yuan's family had more vegetables than they could eat and were afraid of wasting them, so he fed them to the pigs. Unexpectedly, the pigs wouldn't eat them when he put them in his space. Lu Yuan was so angry that he beat them up before finally getting them to eat.
After finishing his work, Lu Yuan comfortably lay down on the sofa to rest for a while. When Lu's father saw Lu Yuan lying on the sofa watching TV, he immediately became a little angry.
"You brat, you never help with chores around the house. You should help your grandparents out when you have time! You're the most idle person in the family!"
That's right. Lu Yuan's work should be the most relaxed at this time. Of course, this is only what they see. In fact, Lu Yuan is busy in the space for a long time every day. When he is busy, he will lock himself in the room. So his family mistakenly thinks that he sleeps in the room every day and comes out to watch TV when he wakes up. In fact, Lu Yuan really has his own suffering.
He has to manage and harvest all kinds of vegetables, grains, fruits and fruit trees covering more than 100 square meters. He also has to feed the fish in the pond occasionally and clean up the larger fish when he has time. In addition, he has to feed the pigs, cattle, sheep and various poultry every day. His work is definitely not easy. In fact, among all the people in the family, his work is probably the most demanding.
But he couldn't tell his family any of this. Lu Yuan felt more wronged than Dou E, yet he was also extremely helpless.
Fortunately, his grandparents both doted on him. When they saw Lu's father scolding him again, the old man quickly protected Lu Yuan, pointing his finger at Lu's father and saying, "You brat, how dare you talk about my grandson! What about you? You work from dawn till dusk every day, and the little money you make isn't even enough to buy some groceries! What right do you have to talk about my eldest grandson!"
Mr. Lu was speechless. He did leave early and return late every day just to meet with his father and have a good chat. He never expected that he would finally get a chance to discipline his son, only to run into his own father. This made him feel like he was the most pitiful person in the family.
"Alright, alright, Dad, just protect him! Xiao Yuan will be bedridden and his limbs will atrophy sooner or later!" After saying that, Lu's father sighed and left the room.
Lu Yuan gave his grandfather a grateful look, and the old man said with a smile, "It's alright. If he dares to say anything to you again, just tell Grandpa, and I'll spank him!"
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The rat problem remained unresolved, leading to increasing complaints from those affected. The rat poison that the authorities were supposed to develop had not yet been produced. As a result, some people came up with ideas to make rat poison or other rat control methods themselves, but these attempts mostly failed.
For example, according to reports, in a certain area of Sichuan Province, a family mixed poison with rice in an attempt to kill rats. However, the rats ate the highly poisonous rice and spilled it on the grain before dying. The family did not realize the problem, and after eating it, all five members of the family died from poisoning.
For example, in a certain area of Shaanxi Province, a family dug a three-meter-deep hole in the ground to store their grain in a safe place. However, the woman of the house fell into the hole while going to the toilet in the middle of the night, resulting in high-level paraplegia. The family is facing exorbitant medical expenses and is currently appealing to the public for help. If any kind-hearted person is willing to lend a helping hand, please contact 139***
Of course, besides failures, there are also successes. Lu Yuan and his team's rat extermination efforts in District 3 were highly praised by the district government some time ago. In order to set an example, Du Heng's father brought a group of leaders from other districts to visit. They were very happy to hear that every household was using rat traps.
So, under the leadership of Du Heng's father, people from several districts ordered another 3,000 rat traps from the factory. And this was only the first batch. As the factory director, Lu Yuan was invited to give an interview.
"Hello, Director Lu, may I ask what your purpose was in building your rat trap manufacturing plant? Steel mills are currently facing severe production shortages, making it difficult for them to supply you with steel. So, from which channels did you obtain this batch of steel?"
Lu Yuan suspected that these reporters weren't there to conduct an interview, but rather to cause trouble. Everyone knew about the steel; it was a scarce commodity, and even money couldn't guarantee you could buy it. So, they must have gotten it through illegitimate channels.
"Ahem! Our factory has always adhered to the principles of pragmatism, self-reliance, and not causing trouble for the government. Every household donated iron, and we went to the toll station to recycle scrap steel and smelt it into steel. That's how we achieved our current scale! All this was to help the general public solve the problem of the rat infestation!"
As soon as Lu Yuan finished speaking, the nearby villagers applauded and cheered.
"Director Lu is truly a role model for our new generation. So, may I ask why your factory's rat traps are so expensive?"
She's definitely here to cause trouble! If Lu Yuan hadn't considered that she was a woman, he probably would have kicked her right away.
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