88. Ruins Garden
Internships and the like are just excuses.
Victor's real purpose is to cultivate a relationship with the Ives family.
Su Liu had known this for a long time, and upon hearing this, he said helplessly, "Isn't it too much trouble for the Admiral to take me to and from get off work every day? How about I stay in the dormitory on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and in the dormitory on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, and come to Ives's house on Sundays?"
This little trick failed to fool Victor. Vion, who was always harsh in his words and feared by the military, was a man of his word and would not tolerate any resistance.
"Don't be so scared, Liuliu. For Mingzhu's sake, I will never harm you. The room at home has been tidied. Huo Jie is not here today, so I will ask Xilina to pick you up."
The bigwigs in the Ives family are probably all equally arrogant. After saying this, Vion hung up the phone without giving Su Liu any chance to refute.
Su Liu turned off his computer, feeling like crying but unable to cry.
Fortunately, she is not the kind of person who wastes time on internal conflicts. After the flowers were delivered in the afternoon, she immediately put her little worries behind her and devoted herself to her work.
There are several gardens on the island, and the Ruins Garden is just one of them, responsible for developing and cultivating already famous flowers.
Flowers that were very common on Earth, such as lilies, roses, jasmine, gardenias, etc., were transplanted one by one by the growers.
Sulu's main task is to purify the island and prevent flowers or insects from mutating and bringing disaster to the island.
The next step is to conduct in-depth research on the value of flowers and make detailed strategies to teach all flower bases in the empire how to plant them perfectly.
Planter Daniel told Su Liu that the other three purifiers were often transferred to the front line and rarely came back.
Therefore, it is these planters who are truly responsible for garden affairs.
Now that Su Liu is here, the three purifiers will not be back in the near future, and all garden affairs will be handed over to Su Liu.
She will lead all research and planting work and hopes to see results in the short term.
Su Liu didn't feel embarrassed about this.
She pointed to a plant in a pot and said, "This Epiphyllum was previously kept in a very dark and humid place, right? Epiphyllums need sufficient light, otherwise the flower buds won't differentiate and form normally."
Daniel was stunned and subconsciously looked at the people who were carrying the things.
The mover, a planter from another garden, was also surprised and asked Su Liu, "How do you know that the Epiphyllum we planted won't bloom? Wait, you're so young, how did you know about Epiphyllums?"
You should know that Epiphyllum is a new variety that was purified and cultivated only last year. It is not only not found in textbooks, but also not found in many official flower planting bases.
But this unfamiliar little girl, as naive as a child accompanying her parents to do homework, not only recognized the Epiphyllum at a glance, she even knew that it did not bloom.
Su Liu said calmly, "This branch looks like a willow branch. There's not a single bud, so it definitely has never bloomed. Did you send me a defective product, or have you never grown a blooming Epiphyllum?"
This question stumped the grower, who stammered for a long time but couldn't answer.
To say it was a defective product was a slap in Daniel's face.
It is said that the Epiphyllum that has been ripened for half a year just refuses to bloom, which is a disgrace to my own garden.
Fortunately, Su Liu didn't insist on getting to the bottom of the matter, and he checked the roots, branches, and leaves of the Epiphyllum.
"The nutrients aren't sufficient. The loess soil you're using isn't suitable for Epiphyllums. Epiphyllums need humus-rich soil, with appropriate application of farmyard manure, and additional nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium added during the growing season.
By the way, although I mentioned that it needs light, don't overdo it. Use a simulated light for four to six hours a day, at a gentle temperature (20 to 25°C is ideal in this season), and avoid direct sunlight to prevent burns and yellowing.
She rattled off a lot of points, and the growers were quite surprised at first, thinking that these were just random nonsense.
But when they noticed Su Liu's military uniform and realized that she was a purifier, these doubts had to disappear passively.
After the other planters left, Daniel's gaze towards Su Liu changed.
"Do you have any elder Purifiers in your family?"
Su Liu said casually: "I have all kinds of elders in my family."
Before Daniel could continue asking, she looked at the other flower pots.
The bright red roses smelled like rotting rat meat, and the jasmine buds were so numerous that they were smaller than ants.
The daffodils are even more pitiful, they are so wilted that they are almost dying.
If it weren't for the fact that the other planter was indeed confused, Su Liu would really think that they deliberately sent inferior products.
Picking up an apron from the side and tying it on, Su Liu rolled up his sleeves and asked, "How many planters are here today?"
Daniel, still a little distrustful of her, replied, “There are seven, including me.”
"Three people are on vacation, right?" Su Liu roughly summarized the work content and said, "Seven people plus me should be enough. Call them all over, I have tasks to arrange."
Anyway, the purifier is more famous than the grower, so even if there are growers in their seventies or eighties today, they have to follow her arrangements.
Soon, seven planters stood in a row in front of Su Liu.
After introducing each other, Su Liu ordered them around without any hesitation.
"The Jamil rose is a variety developed five or six years ago. The literature says it has a natural odor when it blooms, but I've always believed it was due to a bacterial infection. Unfortunately, I don't have any experimental samples to refer to. Planter Connie, could you please cut a section of the rhizome and send it to the lab? I need detailed test data."
Cousin is a black man with a tall and well-proportioned figure and dark and strong muscles, which makes him look quite tough to deal with.
Confronted with Su Liu, the seemingly indifferent little girl, Connie sneered, crossed his arms, and said contemptuously, "If it really was a bacterial infection, shouldn't the senior purifiers who specialize in cultivating flowers have thought of it long ago?"
Su Liu said without looking up, "In today's interstellar era, there are more than 26 groups of known plant pathogenic bacteria, with a total number of thousands.
"Interstellar people know very little about Enterobacter cloacae, Dickie's bacterium, and Pectobacterium. As a purifier, my job is to raise questions and resolve them, rather than just following the old ways."
Corny's mouth curled up.
Are you, a little girl, qualified to question the bigwigs in the academic world?
Contempt grew within him, but Corny didn't openly mock him. Instead, he said coldly, "I have many more pressing matters to attend to, and I don't want to waste my time on such useless tasks. But since you're a purifier, I might bring the rhizome to the lab someday when I'm free."
Su Liu was on the main computer, checking the work logs left by the other three purifiers in the Ruins Garden. Upon hearing this, he finally looked at Corny.
The man, who looked cunning and arrogant, must really look down on a little girl like her.
Closing the log page, Su Liu emphasized his tone and repeated word by word: "I said, now, immediately, cut off the rhizome of the Jamil rose and send it to the laboratory. I must get the report before leaving get off work."
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