Chapter 119: Breeding New Rice
As usual, put all the seeds in pots and pour them into clean water. Some of the seeds that float up are inferior seeds or seeds that have lost their activity.
According to the previous breeding steps, with this breakthrough in cultivation, Ye Zhen's body can absorb and carry more spiritual energy, and can also cultivate more seeds.
Put the seeds that have been initially screened back into the water, inject a large amount of spiritual energy into the water, let the seeds soak in it and adapt to the new energy.
The seeds that are fully adapted to the spiritual energy are optimized and selected multiple times, and only the fullest and most vibrant seeds are retained.
It is not enough to just keep it. Ye Zhen also has to conduct multiple experiments with each type of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy injected into the seeds is different each time. Increasing the spiritual energy content little by little, the same seeds have different vitality.
Only seeds that can withstand the greatest impact of spiritual energy can be considered as seeds with excellent resistance, and such seeds have a greater chance of mutating into spiritual seeds.
Ye Zhen kept the rice that had received spiritual energy at different stages, and placed the grains in small pots to stimulate their growth. Ye Zhen then separated the seeds with relatively stable characteristics that could be promoted to ordinary people for planting and the seeds that could mutate and be used for cultivation.
Ye Zhen carefully packed the seeds for mutation. Now there is little land with spiritual energy, and the spiritual berries in the backyard can only be grown on a small piece of land. They cannot be reproduced in large quantities. The spiritual energy intercepted by the small yard is barely enough to supply the spiritual rice. Ye Zhen is afraid that the spiritual rice will not survive.
Thinking of this, Ye Zhen felt a little discouraged. The seeds in his hand were just the most insignificant plants that could be found everywhere in the world of cultivation, but they became treasures in another world!
However, Ye Zhen encouraged himself and decided to plant the preliminary plants first, nurture the surrounding environment, and then replace them with spiritual seeds step by step. There was no need to rush.
He continued to stimulate the growth of one seed of each type. Perhaps due to the spiritual energy, the rice seeds in Ye Zhen's hand underwent a slight change.
Not only were the grains full, Ye Zhen carefully observed the several rice plants on the ground that were ripening.
Golden leaves, tall ears of rice, and plump grains of rice growing close together. The rice grains were taller than any Ye Zhen had seen before, and the ears were bigger and longer, so the amount of rice produced was more than he had ever seen before.
There are obvious changes in the appearance of yield. Ye Zhen peeled off a grain of millet. The originally white rice grains turned into light red. The grains were long and thin, and they smelled special and fresh, which was even stronger than the rice fragrance. Ye Zhen had never seen the rouge rice in the real world, but there were many types of rice in the world of immortal cultivation, some long, some round, some needle-shaped, and the colors were even more varied. The smell and spiritual essence of spiritual rice of different grades were even more different.
The red rice grains in my hand look a bit like rouge rice.
However, Ye Zhen was not surprised that the one in her hand was of ordinary species. She was mainly concerned about the taste and the amount of spiritual energy that could be provided for cultivation.
In addition to the light red rice, Ye Zhen turned his attention to several other plants. Ye Zhen looked at the rice plant in front of him. This one didn't seem to have changed much, and the yield hadn't increased either, which extinguished most of Ye Zhen's curiosity.
Maybe the situation is too fixed, and there won't be much change even when the spiritual energy is poured down.
He peeled it open casually, and there were just ordinary rice grains inside, just like usual. He leaned over to smell it, and the fragrance was not very obvious. Ye Zhen turned his head and looked at the next plant.
The color of this rice ear is darker than the previous two. Mature rice grains are generally golden yellow, but this one has a cluster of ears and leaves that are all dark yellow. The rice grains burst like chili peppers, long and pointed, and slightly bulging in the middle.
The two sides are sharp like needles. I haven’t seen anything else yet. It must be very painful if it pricks someone!
Ye Zhen carefully plucked a grain of millet. The grain was very big, about half the length of his little finger. When he peeled it open, he saw that the rice inside was golden.
Ye Zhen looked at the sunlight. The rice grains were long and thin on both sides, plump in the middle, and the grains were crystal clear and pure yellow. They looked good to eat, but people might not dare to eat them after they grow them for fear of prickling their mouths.
Ye Zhen put it aside for the time being and looked at the last one first.
The appearance and color of the leaves of this plant are the same as those of ordinary rice, with no change, but the plant is the tallest!
Ye Zhen stood over to compare herself with the tree. The tallest ear was almost taller than her!
You have to look up to see the ears of grain, perhaps because they are too heavy. Even though the plants are strong, the grains still hang down heavily.
Ye Zhen pulled down the ear of rice, which was round and plump in shape, like an enlarged version of sorghum. After peeling off the husk, the rice grain inside was also plump and round, as big as a soybean, and white and crystal clear.
The appearance and yield of these types of rice are really satisfactory, but the taste is uncertain.
After all, there are plants in nature that look beautiful but taste terrible.
There are appearance scammers everywhere.
Since he wanted to have a taste, Ye Zhen did not hesitate to use his spiritual energy and picked all the ripe seeds and continued to promote the growth of each one.
As soon as the rice ears are ripe, Ye Zhen picks them, sorts them and piles them aside. The vitality of the rice grains is drained away, and the plants with vigorous vitality are dried up and turned into ashes with just a touch.
After a long time, Ye Zhen felt the little spiritual energy in his body and stopped stimulating the growth. There were a lot of each kind of rice, so he left some for seeds and planned to keep the rest to taste.
When I left the room, Ye's mother had already finished packing and the courier had already left with the items.
"Mom, I have some rice here, but not much. Where can I husk it?"
Upon hearing this, Ye's mother came over, looking puzzled: "Where did the rice come from?"
When she came closer to take a look at the appearance of the grains, Ye's mother suddenly realized that her daughter was practicing Taoism.
After staying at home for too long, Ye Zhen has completely lost the sense of mystery of being an immortal cultivator, and his family always forgets about him inadvertently.
"Did you just cultivate this?" Ye's mother asked curiously.
Ye Zhen nodded: "Didn't our father plan to plant late rice? I plan to cultivate some rice myself. It has a high yield and tastes good."
Ye's mother knew that Ye Zhen had said not to buy seeds this year and wait for her to grow them herself, but now that the millet has grown, its appearance is too weird, isn't it?
Mother Ye looked at them one by one. There were four kinds of rice in total. Except for one that was nothing special, the others were different from what she had seen before.
"Wow, this method of cultivating immortals is amazing! I have never seen rice like this before."
Although she was surprised, Ye Ma was still curious and asked:
"Is this really rice? Can we eat it?" Ye Ma asked as she picked up a needle-shaped grain of rice, looking left and right. If she ate it, wouldn't her mouth be pricked?
Ye Zhen was also curious about what it tasted like, but the food was still edible.
“It’s edible, but I don’t know how it tastes.”
"Leaves? Which kind do you plan to plant? It won't be good if this kind grows differently and others see it." Ye's mother was a little worried that the leaves would be too different from usual, and if others knew that Ye was really different, it would cause trouble for her.
How could Ye Zhen not know that her family was worried, but she had already made a plan.
"I haven't decided what to plant yet. Let's try it out first. After this batch of strawberries is sold, the family should be able to make a lot of money. I'm thinking of planting some other cash crops that can continue to make money. When I have enough money, I'll open a seed company and hire a few people to help run the store. I'll be responsible for breeding some seeds, and then hire a few college graduates from agricultural colleges. I'll spend some money to find one or two experts to put their names on the seeds. We can say that we bred them ourselves, so that others won't be suspicious."
The most important thing is that Shanbei Village is remote, so Ye Zhen only grows it in a small area in the village. He will not sell it yet. He will wait until he has a firm foothold in the later stage before planting it in large quantities. At that time, he will set up a small research laboratory and spend money to hire people to do research.
Ye's mother was relieved. "Okay, as long as you have your own plan, I'll take the rice to your uncle's house to husk it."
Uncle Ye used to be a rice huller for people in this area, but as the young people in the village went out to work, fewer people were farming, and he couldn't make much money by selling rice to others.
The machines were being updated very quickly, and Uncle Ye wouldn't get much money from selling them. Thinking that no one in the village was shelling the shells, he just left the machine there.
Mother Ye went to Uncle Ye's house to thresh the rice. Ye Zhen cleaned the room and took out the rice seeds with a high chance of mutation to dry in the sun. They had just been soaked in spiritual water, so they couldn't germinate now.
After watering the spiritual berries and unknown plants in the backyard with spiritual water as usual, Ye Zhen felt a little quiet.
We have a dog at home, and it often fights and chases each other with our cat in the yard. Why didn’t I see any of it today?
Since the three puppies recovered, the two puppies have also gained a lot of weight and run around the house every day. As long as the local dogs are fed properly when they are young, they can be quite cute.
Anyway, Grandma Ye started calling the dog "baby" or something like that, and she would hold the dog in her arms whenever she had time, and the big dog would lie beside her to bask in the sun.
This was a big deal. The two fat cats that were wandering around refused to agree. When they saw Grandma Ye holding the dogs, they relied on their big sizes to bully the two puppies every day and occupied Grandma Ye's arms.
This time the big dog lost his compatriot's temper and started bullying its cubs. It stood up and bared its teeth at the two cats. Wars between cats and dogs often broke out.
Grandma Ye, who was vying for favor, sat nearby and often laughed.
The two cats were well taken care of by the Ye family. They were fat and had smooth fur, like little tigers. The mice in the house had all disappeared, and even the small animals that often ran down from the mountains were nowhere to be seen.
Neighbors often ask Ye Ma about the kittens they will be reserving for the future.
Unfortunately, both fat cats are male, so it is impossible for them to have kittens.
Since there was no cat or dog, Ye Zhen simply went out and looked for it.
Walking out of the house and standing on the slope, you can see the fields not far away. Now is the time to start planting late rice. Many villagers have already applied water and fertilizer to the fields, and are just waiting for the seedlings to grow and be transplanted into the paddy fields.
Ye Zhen's family started later than others because of breeding reasons. Ye Zhen had already informed Ye's father before that he had reserved farmland for planting his new rice.
Just in case, the paddy fields left by Ye Zhen's family are relatively remote and are just right for growing new rice seeds.
There are many fields in Shanbei Village, but there are also many wastelands. The fields left by Ye's father are relatively remote, so they were previously planted with peanuts, soybeans and the like. If they are to be turned into paddy fields, water must be added again.
Before this, Ye's father had asked people from the same village to do odd jobs. The field was only a little over two acres, and to turn it into a paddy field, the original land had to be carefully plowed again.
You also need to clean up the grass roots hidden in the soil, pick out all the small stones, pile up the ridges with mud, and add water for about half a month.
When the original soil softened, Dad Ye began to add fertilizer to the soil, and now he is waiting for Ye Zhen's rice seedlings.
As soon as Ye Zhen came out, he went to the fields to see that his father Ye was tidying up the ridges. It was impossible for a farmer's ridges to be bare. His father Ye had also planted soybeans and was now piling up soil and applying fertilizer to the soybeans.
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