Chapter 307 Sharing Fruits
General Lu held the orange and laughed a few times, then said, "Well, I am honored to be the first person to taste the fruit cultivated in the base. I am very grateful to Miss Yun and Ye Zixu for their efforts in the base. I will come to test their results."
As he said this, General Lu peeled the orange. The orange peel was very thin. After peeling it, the fragrance of the orange spread, causing the onlookers to swallow their saliva.
General Lu carefully broke off an orange segment, put it in front of his eyes as if appreciating it, and then put it in his mouth.
With a light bite of his teeth, the sweet juice of the orange burst in his mouth, cool and delicious, refreshing.
General Lu chewed it slowly for a while and swallowed it, then said nothing. The onlookers also held their breath waiting for General Lu's comments.
His silence made Yun Shuhuai nervous. Logically, there were not too many doomsday particles in this tree, so the taste should not be too bad, but why didn't General Lu say anything for a long time?
Finally, he spoke and raised his thumb.
"Delicious."
Yun Shuhuai was relieved.
General Lu walked up to Yun Shuhuai and raised his head and said, "Miss Yun, your orange tree is fully qualified. We will give you the reward you want."
Yun Shuhuai jumped down from mid-air and stretched out her hand to General Lu, "Then happy cooperation."
General Lu also shook hands back, "Happy cooperation." She
came out for such a short time and helped the base solve a big problem. It was really a quick way to make money. She believed that the base would not be stingy.
Yun Shuhuai was very happy about the large amount of crystal cores she was going to get, and then asked Ye Zixu to pick all the oranges and give one to each of the onlookers.
The rest was put into a bag woven from dodder, and she divided it into four portions, one for General Lu, one for Gu Zhucheng, and the remaining two to be kept back for Tianxiang and Yeren, so that they can also have a taste.
Yun Shuhuai and others also tasted the oranges, but they felt that they were not as delicious as those grown in their own pots, but they were also very good, and you couldn't tell if they were good if you didn't taste them carefully.
General Lu asked the guards to carry the big bag of oranges and thanked Yun Shuhuai happily, saying that his soldiers were in for a treat today.
Gu Zhucheng got more than twenty oranges, and he couldn't let go of the oranges, but he didn't forget to ask Yun Shuhuai about the tricks and various precautions for promoting plant growth.
Yun Shuhuai answered his questions one by one, and after telling him everything, he didn't have to bother him all the time.
The other onlookers held the oranges and were reluctant to eat them. Some planned to take them to the market as soon as possible and sell them at a high price. It was heard that Ye Ren had bought all the fruits in the base, so they might as well sell them to them.
But some people couldn't help but peel the oranges and put them in their mouths. People who hadn't eaten fruits for more than a year were moved to tears when they felt the taste of fruits again.
The girls who ran over to watch shared an orange, and the one in the lead held the orange but kept looking at Yun Shuhuai.
Yun Shuhuai also felt the girl's gaze, she turned her head and looked, and happened to look at her. The girl quickly turned back and talked to her little sisters, as if the eye contact just now had not happened.
Yun Shuhuai tilted her head. Why did she feel that she just sensed a hint of hostility?
Did she know this girl?
"Hey? Miss Yun, why are you here?" Du Hao's voice came from not far away, interrupting Yun Shuhuai's thoughts.
She looked in the direction of the voice and found that not only Du Hao came, but Xi Ling was also there.
"It's you. We were invited by General Lu to help the base cultivate fruits. These are fresh fruits, left for you. Since you are here, I will give them to you directly."
Yun Shuhuai handed the bag of oranges to Du Hao. Du Hao took a breath and quickly took it, and asked cautiously: "It doesn't cost money..."
"Of course I will... I'm lying to you, hahahaha."
Du Hao was speechless. How could he not breathe heavily?
There are more than fifty oranges here. It would take a lot of crystal cores to buy them all. Although they can afford it, such a large quantity is rare.
Yun Shuhuai smiled, "These are for you. Do you think I am loyal?"
Du Hao smiled, "Yes, of course I am. Chief Yun is generous."
Then he whispered to his boss, "Boss, since she can give so many oranges to you casually, why did she charge you so much for that potted plant?"
"She is happy." Xi Ling looked at him and said, "I am happy too."
"Uh...you guys are welcome."
Xi Ling took an orange, peeled it and ate it, savored it carefully, and then said, "The taste is okay, but not as good as those grown in potted plants."
"Oh? You tasted it? Because the cultivation conditions are different, the taste is indeed different."
"What's different?" Gu Zhucheng rushed over with a notebook when he heard about planting. "Hey? Chief Xi, Mr. Du, hello, long time no see."
Xi Ling nodded in response.
Du Hao also greeted him, "Long time no see, why call me Mr. Du, too polite, just call me by my name."
After greeting them, Gu Zhucheng hurriedly asked, "Ms. Yun, what did you just say is different? Can you explain it in detail?"
"I mean, different cultivation conditions will affect the taste of the fruit. You know that the land was polluted after the end of the world. In fact, the degree of soil pollution is also different. The less pollutants it absorbs, the closer it is to the original taste. My potted plants are carefully cultivated by me, so there are very few pollutants in them, and this orange tree was grown quickly, so it inevitably absorbed some pollutants, and the taste is not as good as mine."
After Yun Shuhuai finished explaining, Gu Zhucheng took out the orange picked from the potted plant that Yun Shuhuai had given him before from his pocket. He peeled it and ate it directly, then took out an orange grown on a big tree, put it in his mouth, closed his eyes and savored it slowly.
He opened his eyes and said, "Sure enough, although this one is not bad, the potted ones are still more delicious."
"Yes, but we spent a lot of energy to produce such a result on this orange tree. If we want to mass produce, I'm afraid we will have to reduce the quality."
Yun Shuhuai paused and said, "One more thing, if this tree produces a second batch of fruits, the taste will deteriorate."
"Is it because it absorbed pollutants?"
"Yes, because we can't use our powers to protect this tree all the time. It will absorb pollutants on its own during its natural growth, and the fruits it bears will become worse and worse in the future. My suggestion is to cut it down after a few harvests and replace it with a new batch of seedlings."