103. New research topics
During the day, in the ruins garden, Su Liu was sorting out documents in a daze.
As soon as they returned to the military headquarters, all the exotic plants and animals, both purified and not, were sent to the laboratory for testing.
Because the number of species brought back from the Ruins Garden was so large, they needed to be researched and tested in batches. After obtaining detailed results, they would contact Su Liu to inquire about the situation. Su Liu had left a few durians in the office, and Shu Delai was dizzy from the smell as soon as he entered.
"The hundreds of durian trees you brought back are piled up in the warehouse like a huge, stinking mountain of shit."
Su Liu said, "Even with the latest preservation technology, the trouble is, don't keep it for too long. Trees still need to be rooted in the soil, so it's best to find a place to plant them as soon as possible."
Shu Delai sat down on the sofa and looked at Su Liu again.
I thought that this little girl would be bullied repeatedly by the old foxes in the Ruins Garden, and then she would collapse and ask Admiral Ives for help.
As a result, she seems to be very comfortable in her own skin so far, and no one's exclusion can shake her position.
You have a good ability to withstand pressure and should practice more. You will achieve great success in the future.
There was a knock on the door, and then Bixi came in with a plate of durian fruits.
Shudelai looked at the fruit that was similar in color to his hair, smelled a not-so-pleasant odor, and tried his best to resist the urge to pinch his nose.
Su Liu urged, "Try it. Durian is sweet and fragrant. The soft texture of this ripe fruit is completely different from other fruits."
Soft?
Plus this color and this smell.
What’s the difference with feces?
Shudelai's brow was wrinkled like a wriggling maggot.
Bixi also smiled and handed him a piece: "Chairman, please try it, it's really delicious. At first, none of us dared to eat it, but after taking a few bites and getting used to the taste, we couldn't stop."
Being looked forward to by the girl with enthusiastic eyes, Shudelai had to taste the saltiness even if it was shit today, otherwise it would hurt her feelings.
With an extremely heroic mood, Shudelai was ready to die and tasted the durian.
Unlike other crisp fruits, this piece of durian is indeed very soft. It has a completely different taste when you put it in your mouth, and it is very sweet, not as bad as it smells.
Shudelai's frown slowly relaxed, and he soon accepted the durian that he once despised, and decided in his heart that he must plant it on a large scale so that more people could taste this shit, oh, the taste of durian.
While eating, he did not forget his business.
"You brought back over two hundred species of plants. According to the report you submitted, forty-seven of them are medicinal, twenty-six are fruits, nineteen are mushrooms, and three are crops..."
Among them, Shudelai is most interested in a plant called "glutinous rice".
"Is glutinous rice a type of rice? Can it be used as a staple food to solve the serious interstellar food crisis?"
Su Liu said, "Have you heard of glutinous rice?"
Shudelai raised his eyebrows slightly.
Glutinous rice, according to the human history recorded by the main brain, seems to be a species similar to rice.
However, because human civilization was once severely interrupted by alien attacks, there are no detailed records of the characteristics of "glutinous rice" in current history.
Even Shu Delai, the chairman of the Purifiers Association, is not clear about the characteristics of glutinous rice, whether it is its morphological characteristics, growth environment, cultivation methods, etc.
Su Liu couldn't explain it clearly in a few words, so he simply said, "The glutinous rice we brought back contains mature glutinous rice, which can be eaten after the hull is removed. I'll take some time to let you taste the glutinous rice."
Even if you say it a million times, it will not be as memorable as letting Shudelai taste it directly.
Shu Delai had glutinous rice delivered. Under Su Liu's guidance, he husked the rice to obtain round and crystal clear glutinous rice. After grinding it into powder, a bowl of glutinous rice flour was placed in the kitchen.
Time was running out and there were no extra ingredients, so Su Liu simply made a dish of brown sugar rice cake and shared it with Shu Delai and others.
The soft, sticky glutinous rice cakes are fried to a crispy exterior, enhanced by the soy flour coating. The interior, however, is fragrant, chewy, and the sweetness of brown sugar makes it a never-ending delight.
While everyone was eating non-stop, Su Liu said, "There are many ways to eat glutinous rice. Brown sugar rice cake is just a simple one. Generally speaking, it can be cooked into porridge, brewed into rice wine, steamed with meat, or made into glutinous rice and chicken eight-treasure rice pudding. There are many ways to develop it."
Shu Delai wiped his mouth gracefully and said, "Then the cultivation of glutinous rice will be left to you."
Su Liu said sadly, "What went wrong that made you always forget that I'm just an eighteen-year-old girl who's as pretty as a flower and still in school?"
She only stayed in the Ruins Garden for two months, and in the middle she had to explore the infected area with her seniors. Including the rest time, it was only three or four weeks at most.
She doesn't have the ability to clone herself, so she can handle everything perfectly.
Shudelai also realized that she did not have enough time, and agreed to mobilize more purifiers and planters to assist.
After the chairman left, Bixi and others felt a sense of crisis.
"What should I do? I only know how to grow flowers. I've almost forgotten all the other knowledge in the past few years."
"That's hilarious! How can we compete with other senior cultivators? And the purifiers are also coming to attend the class. I'm afraid we won't even have a chance to do odd jobs."
"At least it's better than Julia and Qin Guan. To avoid being fired, they're working hard to clean toilets and pick up trash, striving for good performance and reforming themselves."
“However, this is also a good opportunity to meet important people and learn a lot.”
…
In the afternoon, Su Liu called the extremely depressed planters to his office.
"After all, you are the 'backbone' of the Ruins Garden. I hope you can assist me and make all the preparations. After completing the mission, I will also provide opportunities for you to integrate into the new large team as much as possible."
Bixi said in disbelief, "Aren't we just doing odd jobs?"
Su Liu said, "This opportunity is rare, and it would be a waste to do odd jobs. I will distribute the chores evenly among everyone. If everyone does a little bit, it will be resolved quickly."
You Zhengyu nodded: "Thank you." Sincerely.
The other growers also had tears in their eyes, feeling that they were really lucky this time.
In the bathroom, Julia was sitting against the wall in her cleaning clothes, having been crying for almost thirty minutes.
Su Liu walked in and sat down next to her.
"So, why not just do your job honestly? Why bother arguing with your boss?"
Julia's eyes were red and she turned her head to tidy up her messy bangs.
"I just thought you were the eldest daughter of some noble family, uneducated and unsuccessful, yet you came here to take advantage of our power."
The planters in the Ruins Garden are ordinary people who have worked very hard to climb up.
Julia found it hard to bear the thought of being stepped on by someone who was born at the top of the pyramid, so she wanted to make things difficult for him everywhere.
It was only during the trip to Dongzhou Forest that she saw with her own eyes Su Liu display his powerful purification ability and his vast knowledge system that covered almost all the characteristics of animals and plants. She finally realized that she had a big misunderstanding about this airborne "leader".
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