Chapter 150 149. Man and Nature
To be precise, this does not look like a well in a farmyard, but rather like a carefully crafted handicraft that can only be seen but not used.
After all, the translucent green bricks on top look really beautiful under the sunlight!
"This," the person in charge also said proudly, "This is a new type of plant brick that has just been launched on the market. It uses cacti from the South Island - you should have heard of it, right?"
Huaiyu had never heard of anything, but that didn't stop her from looking forward to what was to come:
"The cacti on the South Island mutated and took over a huge city. After we finally conquered it, we discovered that the quality of their meat is very special..."
"After several inductions from the Research Institute, the fruit pulp can now be used as a substitute for building materials as long as it is cut into the appropriate shape... It is also pollution-free, grows fast, and reproduces rapidly..."
Wow--
Huaiyu was surprised and amazed. At this moment, he couldn't help but touch the translucent green brick with his hand and found that it was as soft and chewy as gel.
“What a comfortable touch!”
I looked into the well again - unfortunately, the time was too short and there was only 1/3 of turbid muddy water in the well. It would take a few more days before it could be used normally.
"Yes!" The person in charge couldn't help but patted the wellhead twice. "They need to be exposed to the sun. Once exposed to sunlight, they will solidify quickly, just like ordinary bricks - but the strength will be higher, and the bricks don't need to be glued together, they will directly form a whole."
Huaiyu was surprised: "Can mutant plants be used like this?"
"Of course!" The person in charge looked at her strangely: "In our country, we first check whether it is edible, second whether it tastes good, and third whether it is useful... The research progress in this area is much better than that in foreign countries!"
Huaiyu subconsciously thought of Kuang Biao - yes, they still eat poisonous bamboo shoots! The person in charge was in high spirits and was explaining to her about various mutant plants: "For example, the uniforms of the defense army, the snow-sand reflective material inside is woven from mutant poplar fluff."
"There is a mutant orange tree in southern Jiangxi that can release strong electric current..."
"But before, productivity could not keep up, so many things were not really rolled out on a large scale for civilian use."
"But now the whole country is slowly recovering. In a few years, when you build a house again, Xiaoyu, you may be able to buy new materials."
At this point, the person in charge looked outside the yard again and said, "By the way, are you going to visit Zhou Qian today? If you do, tell him and we'll pull an electric line from the camp for him, but we'll discuss how to allocate the electrical appliances in the house after he moves in."
Wire?! Huaiyu's eyes widened: "Pull a wire from District 69 to District 39?"
She instantly had the word "want" written all over her body! However, considering that this might be Zhou Qian's life, she couldn't ask for it, so she could only continue to ask:
"The electricity bill..."
Isn’t electricity very expensive now?
The person in charge sighed, "There's nothing we can do. The whole country is short of electricity. We'll install an independent meter here, and it'll cost 15 cents per kilowatt-hour. That's why I said we can decide whether to use electrical appliances after he moves in."
"Anyway, let's pull the power lines over to him and prepare them. Because if the country continues to develop like this, the electricity price will definitely recover in a year or two."
15 minutes per kilowatt-hour?!
Huaiyu felt as if her wallet had been stabbed - she had always heard that electricity was very expensive, and that people in the city were afraid to use it even though they had access to electricity. But she had never expected it to be this expensive!
If you just turn on a desk lamp, wouldn't it take 10 or 20 minutes a day? ! Nowadays, civil servants in urban areas only work 100 minutes a month! No wonder they say that industry can't develop - who can develop it?
She instantly felt calm about the wire and only thought: "It would be better to buy a diesel generator and generate electricity ourselves."
"Yeah." The person in charge didn't refute, but just whispered: "That one is indeed more cost-effective. But diesel is sold by the government on a fixed basis, and the purchase amount is determined based on the initial contribution value."
"Xiao Yu, your initial contribution value should be quite high, right?"
Huaiyu: ...
Among so many houses, she chose Rose Mansion District 1. Is it because she doesn’t like villas in the city?
The heart that was just raised finally died.
…
Full of resentment towards the high price of electricity, and having heard a lot of knowledge about mutated plants, Huai Yu went into the hospital to bring Zhou Qian a meal, and she was gesticulating with him.
Zhou Qian ate the fragrant steamed Sophora japonica flowers with a spoon, and couldn't help but ask curiously -
"I have sifted the surrounding area of the entire rose corridor three times. Where did you get the acacia flowers?"
Huaiyu's excitement came to an abrupt end, and then he said confidently: "I found a way to do it."
Zhou Qian nodded: "It's delicious - by the way, besides the well, did my family use any new materials?"
"You like plant materials so much?"
Huai Yu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "I didn't have time to ask for other materials."
"I like plants! They've mutated terribly, but if they weren't still useful, humans would have wiped them out."
"But plants don't mutate on their own. Some mutated plants have very good tempers."
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
For example, there was a big pine tree on the mountain that gave her pine cones and allowed her to collect pollen.
There is also the chattering Kuang Biao.
And what about the Rose Corridor? Although the Rose Corridor now protects the people of Flower City, if there is no conflict in the wasteland, will everyone be greedy and want to eliminate this threat as well?
It’s not that she doesn’t understand some things, she just doesn’t dare to think about them.
But if mutant plants can be used, harmonious coexistence in the future will be very possible!
Therefore, facing Zhou Qian's question, Huaiyu could only pick out four words from his mind -
“Man and Nature.”
Zhou Qian was stunned for a moment, then he couldn't help laughing, even the hideous scar on his face was affected:
“That’s right!”
"Live in harmony, huh?"
He looked at Huaiyu with complicated eyes: "I didn't expect that your little brain can think very deeply."
"I originally thought that if the threat of mutant plants and animals disappeared one day, would people start to look at people with special abilities with strange eyes again..."
Lin Xuefeng had said something like this before, but he was in a very negative mood at the time and only casually expressed his thoughts, saying that it would be a good thing if the supernatural power gradually disappeared...
Now that Zhou Qian said something similar, Huai Yu couldn't help but feel happy again: "That's right! I told you I was in my 20s before, I must have been very smart."
Zhou Qian disagreed: "Forget it, think more about your ex-boyfriend when you have time."
"A person who is in love cannot be considered a smart person."
Huaiyu: “…”
Damn it! That bastard! He made her unable to blow now! ...
Update 2, writing furiously next door. Good night.