Grandma Wang’s son is Wang Chaoliang, a researcher at Fengcheng Botanical Research Institute.
Fengcheng Botanical Research Institute is adjacent to Fengcheng Botanical Garden. Although it is not very large, it has developed into a well-established institution after decades of development. The entire institute focuses on research and development in the fields of ecological environment, modern agriculture, plant resources and system evolution. It can be said that although it is small, it has all the necessary facilities.
Wang Chaoliang used to be busy with work, so he either stayed in the botanical garden or went out for field trips. Although he heard Grandma Wang praise the plants in a nearby gardening store over the phone, he had been away for the past six months and had no chance to see the plants that Grandma Wang was talking about. Until this time, Wang Chaoliang accompanied Grandma Wang to Micro Gardening and immediately fell in love with it.
Grandma Wang stayed for a while and then left. After all, the old lady had just been discharged from the hospital and needed more rest. Wang Chaoliang sent Grandma Wang back home and walked over again.
"Uncle Wang." Lu Lingxi was a little surprised.
Wang Chaoliang laughed and said self-deprecatingly: "It's my occupational disease. When I see well-planted flowers and plants, I can't help but want to look at them more. I can't stay at home."
Lu Lingxi smiled but said nothing. He found that whether it was Wang Chaoliang, Gao Yongliang or Xue Yongtong, they all had similar problems. Or maybe all people who like plants are like this?
Wang Chaoliang walked around the store, and Lu Lingxi followed Wang Chaoliang. Although he was a little worried that Wang Chaoliang would see something, what Yan Yue said before was right. Even if someone found the abnormality of these plants, the first thing they would think of was the environmental factors. No one would think that it was his fault for no reason. Besides, Yan Yue said it was okay, so it must be okay. Lu Lingxi didn't know where he got the confidence from, but he believed Yan Yue's words.
“Is this… a spider plant?”
Wang Chaoliang stopped in front of a spider plant hanging on the wall, looking a little confused.
When he saw that this spider plant had evolved, Lu Lingxi felt nervous for a moment before nodding.
Wang Chaoliang gently pointed at the edge of the spider plant and smiled at Lu Lingxi. "This spider plant is interesting. It's just an ordinary spider plant variety, but the width of its leaves is about the same as that of the broad-leaved spider plant, or even wider. Compared to the narrow-leaved spider plant, this spider plant should be more evolved."
"..." Wang Chaoliang hit the nail on the head, and Lu Lingxi didn't know what to say.
Wang Chaoliang saw that Lu Lingxi didn't say anything, thinking that he didn't understand these things, so he explained with a smile: "Uncle Wang studies this, the mutation and evolution of plants. Xiaoxi, you should know that spider plants can purify the air, right?"
Lu Lingxi nodded.
Wang Chaoliang said patiently: "The process of spider plants purifying the air is actually a photosynthesis process. The photosynthesis of plants occurs on green leaves. Generally speaking, the larger the surface area of the plant leaves, the higher the photosynthetic efficiency. Of course, this is only a general situation, and other conditions such as uniform lighting must also be considered. However, spider plants have a relatively low need for light, and even weak light does not affect their photosynthesis. So Xiaoxi, you see that the leaves of this spider plant are very wide, which means that its photosynthetic efficiency is higher. This is also a direction of evolution of spider plants, which is more practical."
Lu Lingxi only knew before that the direction of evolution of spider plants was to choose to absorb formaldehyde + 20%. He also carefully compared the differences between the evolved spider plants and ordinary spider plants. The leaves were a little wider, but he rarely thought about the reasons behind this, and he didn't know there was such a saying.
Wang Chaoliang was happy to see Lu Lingxi was interested in these things and he started talking. "The evolution of plants is very interesting. Most of us think that plants have no intelligence, but that's not the case. In the plant world, plants are constantly evolving through genetic variation. This evolutionary process is actually a process of their intelligent selection. Xiaoxi, have you heard of the Venus flytrap? It's a plant that eats insects."
Lu Lingxi nodded. He had seen the introduction in the World Magical Plant Atlas.
Wang Chaoliang smiled and said, "Speaking of the Venus flytrap, we must first talk about photosynthesis. The Venus flytrap, like other plants, obtains nutrients through photosynthesis. However, it is somewhat different from other plants. The nutrients obtained by the Venus flytrap are not enough to support its survival, and the swamp where it grows also lacks necessary minerals and other nutrients. In this case, the Venus flytrap either cannot survive, or it must "intelligently" find other alternative ways to obtain key nutrients.
At first, it may have just been a Venus flytrap that accidentally caught an insect and replenished the missing nutrients. Its genetic information recorded this, and it evolved from generation to generation, constantly seeking the best way to prey, and then evolved into what it is now. "
Wang Chaoliang said with some emotion, "The evolution of plants is very magical. Our current research direction includes not only the natural evolution of plants, but also the evolution of plants through artificial intervention. Xiaoxi, if you are interested in these, there will be a related lecture at Fengcheng Agricultural University next week. You can go and listen."
“Is it about plant evolution?”
Wang Chaoliang nodded. "To be precise, it was a lecture on the direction of plant evolution through artificial selection."
Lu Lingxi was somewhat tempted, and Wang Chaoliang left him a phone number and asked him to find him when he went. After spending a whole morning in Micro Gardening, Wang Chaoliang reluctantly left the place. Before leaving, he bought the pot of evolved spider plant, saying that he wanted to go back and take a look.
After seeing Wang Chaoliang off, Lu Lingxi clicked on the white panel. He didn't know much about plant evolution, and he had never thought about the choice of plant evolution direction. But what Wang Chaoliang said today made him realize a problem. The plant evolution through the panel is not the natural evolution of plants, but more like an evolution of artificial intervention, or evolution selected by the panel. This made Lu Lingxi think of another question, what exactly is the panel?
After thinking for a long time without any ideas, Lu Lingxi planned to go to Fengcheng Agricultural University to attend a lecture next week. He was interested in the artificial evolution of plants and felt as if he had touched upon something. With these things distracting him, Lu Lingxi's thoughts turned to the possible evolutionary direction of the plants in the store, and he had no time to think about Yan Yue.
At that time, Yan Yue was taking An Jie to the Ye family's old house to look for Ye Kang. Today was the weekend, and all the descendants of the Ye family who stayed in Zhongjing had to gather back at the old house. This was a mandatory rule of Grandpa Ye. Hearing that Ye Kang was accompanying Grandpa Ye to entertain guests, Yan Yue wondered whether he should come at another time. Anyway, the two families were not far away, and it would only take a few minutes. Just as he was about to leave, Ye Kang had already made an excuse to hide out, looking at them with a look of surprise. "That's nice, I was just wondering what excuse to find to hide out."
Yan Yue raised his eyebrows thoughtfully, "Blind date?"
Ye Kang nodded with a bitter face. He didn't know what the old man was thinking. Ye Cheng, the boss, hadn't started a family yet, but he was worried about him instead of Ye Cheng. It had only been a few days since he came back from Fengcheng, and the old man had arranged for him to come so many times. He was basically forcing him to hide abroad.
An Jie was gloating, "Whose girl are you avoiding so much?"
"The Li family." Ye Kang had a headache. "I don't know what grandpa is thinking. He insists that the girls from the Li family are good. He doesn't even bother to ask around. Who would dare to marry a girl from the Li family now?"
"What's wrong? Are you ugly? Do you have a tough personality?" Anjie has been abroad and doesn't know about these gossips in China.
Yan Yue suddenly thought of something, "Is it still about Lu Weian?"
Ye Kang nodded, "The Li family has a daughter named Li Caiying, whose personality has become paranoid to the point of madness. Now everyone is afraid of the Li family's daughter, and no one dares to marry her home. By the way, Lu Weian is here today, too. Do you want to meet him?"
Yan Yue thought of Lu Weian's deceased brother and felt a little uncomfortable. He shook his head and said, "Forget it. We didn't have much of a relationship anyway."
Ye Kang didn't care, "It's better not to meet him. He and we are not the same kind of people anyway."
As the two were talking, someone came out of the main house. Ye Kang took a look and gestured, "The one in the middle is Lu Weian."
Yan Yue looked over and frowned slightly. Lu Weian looked a little thin and not very tall, giving people a very gentle feeling, but what made Yan Yue uncomfortable was that Lu Weian looked a bit like Lu Lingxi. Ever since he knew that the boy had the same name as Lu Weian's deceased brother, Yan Yue had always felt a little uncomfortable with the Lu family. Now that he saw that the two of them were actually somewhat similar, he felt an indescribable disgust.
As if noticing the gazes here, Lu Weian looked over here with some sensitivity. Yan Yue looked away coldly, and Ye Kang smiled, ignoring Lu Weian over there, and pulled Yan Yue and An Jie into the house.
Because of his good recovery, Lu Weian gradually appeared in the social circle of his peers. However, with the incident with Lu Lingxi, people did not have a good impression of him. Although Lu Weian was pitiful to some extent, what was more pitiful was the deceased Lu Lingxi. Ye Kang did not believe that Lu Weian knew nothing for so many years. Since he could enjoy Lu Lingxi's efforts with peace of mind, he probably did not regard Lu Lingxi as a younger brother in his heart. It was also for this reason that Lu Weian could not fit into their circle. This was what Ye Kang meant when he said that they were not the same kind of people.
"Still feeling uncomfortable?" As a qualified psychologist, Ye Kang could easily guess Yan Yue's thoughts from his expression. He felt that Yan Yue was a little abnormal whenever he was involved in Lu Lingxi's affairs, and the fact that they had the same name was purely accidental. "How about..." he suggested, "Let Xiaoxi change her name? Lu Xi and Yan Xi are both good, what do you think?"
Yan Yue glanced at him calmly, and Ye Kang laughed and asked, "How long do you plan to stay this time? Why didn't you bring Xiaoxi with you? There are some good places in Zhongjing, you can take Xiaoxi to have a look."
This suggestion made Yan Yue excited. Xiaoxi seemed to have grown up in Fengcheng and had never been to other places. He should find time to take Xiaoxi out for a walk. The first stop could be Kunnan. There were more virgin forests and many kinds of plants there. Xiaoxi would definitely like it.
"Where have you thought of going?" Ye Kang knew from his expression that he had taken the suggestion to heart.
"Kunnan. The climate there is good and there are many plants. Xiaoxi should like it."
When Ye Kang heard about Kunnan, he also became interested. "When are you going? We can go together."
Yan Yue acted as if he didn't hear what he said and changed the subject naturally.
An Jie winked at Ye Kang in amusement and mouthed, "Honeymoon trip."
Ye Kang: “…”
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