Chapter 085: Accident in the Field
Early morning, Lu family.
Lu Chen yawned and looked tired as he got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash up. He pressed the faucet touch screen and cold water immediately flowed out.
I scooped up a handful of water and splashed it on my face. The cool feeling immediately dispelled most of the sleepiness.
After washing my face, I used the automatic toothbrush my brother gave me to clean my teeth, applied moisturizing cream, sprayed sunscreen spray, and then walked out of the room feeling refreshed.
He put on the biological suit that he had taken off before going to bed, and then prepared all the other "equipment". He looked at himself beautifully in the half-length mirror in the room for a long time before running downstairs with satisfaction.
After learning where his brother was from his sister who was busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen, he went straight to the vegetable garden.
"Brother! Let me help you water the plants!"
The audience who were watching Lu Xuan promoting the growth of vegetables subconsciously shifted their gaze, and when they saw Lu Chen's appearance clearly, they immediately burst into laughter.
[Where is your brother planning to rob?]
[Nonsense, robbers should wear stockings on their heads, brother, this is clearly fashionable!]
This is because Lu Chen not only wore a sun hat and an ice-sensing mask, but was fully armed.
Of course they knew that all of Lu Chen's preparations were just for sun protection, but seeing him wearing a sun hat and an icy mask, his eyes blocked by large-framed black sunglasses, and looking fully armed, it was really hard not to laugh out loud.
Even though they have been looking at this look for two days, they still can't help laughing every time they see it.
Nothing else, I just feel so satisfied with the feeling of stealing.
But Lu Chen himself may think that his look is particularly cool. Every time he appears, he will slightly raise his chin and strike a pose that he thinks is very fashionable without leaving any trace, making many female audiences unable to control their laughter.
However, in front of Lu Xuan, the little guy couldn't maintain his cool for long. After just a moment of self-indulgence, he ran over happily to help water the vegetable garden.
When Lu Xuan brought out a batch of newly ripe vegetables, Lu Chen was particularly active in helping to dig them.
Lu Xuan was also free, so he deliberately urged the birth of one side and then the other, and watched the little guy busy back and forth.
The audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help but scold him, why was he teasing a child!
Lu Xuan remained noncommittal. "What's the point of raising a child if you don't play with him?"
Audience: ...Shit! That actually sounds reasonable.
They were busy until Lei Yan came to call them for dinner, and then the two brothers stopped with a sense of unfulfilled desire.
Today's breakfast is the porridge and buns with different fillings that I made earlier. There is a bowl of egg custard made with ten eggs. The side dishes include a big bowl of braised food, tofu with green onions, spicy and sour shredded potatoes, cold bamboo shoots, and pickled bamboo shoots that I made yesterday.
Because Lei Yan and Lu Qing's appetites had increased, porridge and buns alone would be too much, so a large pot of stewed pork ribs was also brought out.
Meat tastes more substantial and filling, and braised spareribs are not too greasy or heavy when eaten early in the morning.
Eat it with soy sauce with minced garlic and chili powder, it’s delicious!
The pickled pepper bamboo shoots are crispy, spicy and appetizing, and you can’t stop eating them.
While the audience in the live broadcast room were busy eating, Lu Qing asked Lu Xuan: "Will you go to the fields with us today?"
Lu Xuan shook his head, "I'm not going out today."
Lei Yan was puzzled. "Do we still need to force the vegetables in the garden to grow? Actually, we have enough vegetables to eat now, so there is no need to rush to force them to grow."
Lu Xuan: "I have other plans. You will know in a few days."
After hearing this, the couple gave up the idea of asking further questions.
Lu Chen wanted to stay and continue helping Lu Xuan, but was rejected by Lu Xuan.
"Go help your sister and brother-in-law weed, or find a safe place to play with the other children in the village."
Lu Chen immediately said: "I'll help weed!"
He is not a child anymore. Everyone in the family is busy. How can he just play every day?
After dinner, Lu Chen, Lu Qing and Lei Yan set out for the fields together, while Lu Xuan lay in a rocking chair in a corner of the vegetable garden.
On the small table next to it were various fruits, pork jerky, pickled pepper chicken feet, sugar-roasted chestnuts, braised food, canned fruit and other snacks, as well as a large bucket of iced sour plum soup.
While eating snacks, he continued to use his wood-type supernatural power to grow vegetables in the vegetable garden.
The audience ate along and chatted with Lu Xuan at the same time.
[The anchor has been pushing for birth these past two days. Don’t you feel bored? ]
"That's right, didn't your brother-in-law also say that since your family doesn't lack food, why not try something new? Like, maybe find some ferocious beasts and have a fantastic fight?"
[Although I've said before that I never get tired of watching natural foods, it's true that there's nothing new to watch every day.]
Lu Xuan said, "That's because you didn't pay attention. Does anyone really think I'm just playing around because I have nothing better to do? Aren't all Star Alliance members so naive?"
Audience: !!
Why is this person so rude?
[You must be joking! We wouldn't be that stupid!]
At this time, whoever admits it is an idiot, they must be the wisest!
Lu Xuan said, "Oh?" "Then tell me, what's the point of me inducing labor?"
Audience: ...How do we know this!
Fortunately, not all viewers were so obtuse. Someone quickly commented, "It seems like the vegetables the host brings to maturity are different each time. Some are huge, others smaller, but the yield is higher."
The other dumbfounded audience members looked bewildered.
Really?
How come they didn’t notice?
Even if it is true, isn't it normal for naturally grown crops to have differences in size and yield?
What's there to say about this?
[Of course, there's nothing much to say about anyone else, but since the host said so, there must be something behind it.]
[For example, is this change truly random, or is it intentionally controlled by the streamer using supernatural powers?]
What is the purpose of this control? Besides the differences in volume and output, will there also be differences in taste that cannot be determined in the live studio?
[Unfortunately, there's still a bit of limited reference data at the moment, so we'll have to wait a bit longer to confirm whether my guess is correct.]
[Wow! There are so many explanations for growing vegetables? Great! I want to see what the host is secretly doing behind our backs today!]
Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows slightly.
What do you mean by doing it behind your back? I was clearly inducing labor openly every day, but you didn't notice it. Are you blaming me?
With a specific observation purpose in mind, the audience then shifted their focus to the vegetables in the garden.
Some people even made a special list to record the variety, size, and approximate output of each time Lu Xuan induced the birth.
Just as the audience was about to collect some more data and start comparative analysis, Li Tuo rushed over.
"Brother Lu, something bad has happened in the fields!"
The audience was cheered up.
Something happened in the fields? What happened?
Could it be that the crops in the field were discovered and destroyed by wild beasts?
Lu Xuan guessed something from Li Jing's strange expression and reminded the audience with a curled lip: "Maybe it will be a surprise."
The audience was suspicious or surprised?
I said it was an accident, so how did it become a surprise?
Soon after, when they saw a few more plants in the field belonging to the village chief that were obviously out of tune with the other crops around them, everyone in the live broadcast room opened their mouths in shock.
What the hell is that?
[Mutated plants appeared in the fields!? ]
"That's not right. This thing looks a bit like a rice seedling. Could it be a mutation from a rice seedling?!"
How is this possible?! Ancient times weren't like the interstellar world, filled with all sorts of radiation. How could a perfectly healthy primitive species suddenly mutate?!
Li Tie also wants to know the answer to this question.
He asked Lu Xuan anxiously, "Ah Xuan, what's going on with that weird-looking plant? It was fine this morning, but when we finished weeding and went to get water to water it, it turned into this. Could it be some monster that came out of the mountains?"
Lu Xuan raised the corners of his lips slightly, "Don't worry, it should be a good thing."
Changes appeared five days after the start of planting, which was much faster than he expected.
Lu Xuan walked towards the purple mutant rice seedling under the gaze of the Li family and several nearby landowners who had come to watch the excitement after hearing the news.
He first placed his finger on it to confirm that it had not mutated into a toxic form and would not affect other normal rice seedlings around it, and then he began to input his supernatural powers to ripen this mutant species alone in one go.
The mutant seedlings absorbed enough energy and began to grow rapidly. Not only were the rice ears that grew dense and numerous, but the rice grains on them were also plump and large, visibly visible to the naked eye.
The rice, which was already nearly two meters high, couldn't help but bend down under the heavy pressure and hung down to Lu Xuan's chest.
When the Li family saw this scene of bountiful harvest, they forgot their fear and worry for a moment and rushed over excitedly, only stopping abruptly when they were almost touching the huge plant with strange colors.
Li Tie stared and asked, "Ah Xuan, is this rice? How come it has grown so big?"
Li Jingze asked, "If this is also rice, can it still be eaten? Is it delicious?"
Lu Xuan: "It's not poisonous, so it's definitely edible. As for the taste, we'll know after we shell it and dry it in the sun."
Miao Jinfeng said worriedly, "Is it really not poisonous? We don't lack food at home, so please don't let it make people sick."
Lu Xuan picked up a soybean-sized rice grain directly from the mutated rice ear in front of him, crushed it with his fingers to remove the outer skin, revealing the light yellow inside for them to see.
"The color inside is normal, so it's not a big problem."
The Li family members still had no relaxed expressions.
Having said that...who has ever seen such a big grain of rice? Is this still rice?
Lu Xuan knew that they had doubts, so he simply took out a plant detector and conducted a test.
Soon, the detector made a beeping sound, and a green mark appeared on the display screen, along with a relevant data report.
Lu Xuan explained to them: "The detector can detect whether the plant is poisonous. Green means non-toxic, yellow means slightly poisonous, red means poisonous, and black means highly poisonous. If it comes into contact with it, it will die."
To increase his persuasiveness, he took out a poisonous mushroom from the space and continued testing.
This time, a dark red, almost black, reminder appeared on the display.
The Li family gasped.
So poisonous!
This time they finally believed that the rice grains were not poisonous.
At this time, Lu Xuan took some brown rice that he had exchanged with the village for testing. The test results were naturally still green and harmless. He mainly looked at the nutritional value data report.
By comparing the data with that of mutant rice, it can be clearly found that the nutritional value of mutant rice in all aspects is much higher than that of original rice, almost doubled.
Lu Xuan said, "Judging from the size of the mutant rice, after drying and husking the grains, the final amount of brown rice obtained from this mutant rice plant would conservatively be around half a pound. I don't need to explain the significance of this, do I?"
The breathing of the Li family, led by Li Tie, became noticeably heavier.
Really doesn't need to be said.
The rice they used to grow only yielded a little over half an ounce of rice per plant, with an output of just over two hundred jin but less than three hundred jin per mu.
If one plant can really yield half a pound of rice grains, how much grain can be harvested if one acre of land is planted with this kind of rice?
Wouldn’t the output be increased tenfold?
"Hiss!" Miao Jinfeng couldn't help but cover her chest, which was beating wildly. "Oh my God, I must be dreaming."
The reactions of the other members of the Li family were not much better. They were breathing rapidly, their eyes shining, as if they had already seen the scene of the mountain of grain submerging them.
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