Zuo Lin couldn't figure out how long it had been since he returned to the two bungalows in his house. If he wanted to visit his grandfather, he went directly to the sanitation hospital. He had to take the medicinal materials from the greenhouse and then sent them to the hospital. Many of the questions about Yu Pingzhang and those graduate students were also handed over to him through Han Li. He either dictated the answer and asked a secretary's record of Yan Beizhai, or simply sent a recording back. The intersection between the bungalow and the greenhouse and his life seemed to be getting smaller and smaller.

So, when he returned to the small piece of land in his home again, he could hardly believe the scene he saw.

On the basis of those small bungalows, a two-story metal and glass-structured small office building was built. The original bungalow part was embedded in the entire building, which looked very postmodern. The bungalow part retained almost all the original facilities, including the stove, and is now divided into two functional areas: the canteen and the reception. After enough research funds brought by Yu Pingchang, it simply built the place into a company, but the front desk position was taken turns by the students who were intern here.

As for the farmland, the changes were even greater. The appearance of the two greenhouses in Zuo Lin did not change much, but the steel frames that were rusted due to long-term exposure to the air were replaced by aluminum alloy frames. As for the inside, it was completely different. From Yu Pingchang to the students below, they wanted to observe these two greenhouses inch by inch by microscope. Various probes were installed densely, and the data was directly transmitted back to the office building with a thick cable for monitoring and processing.

In the place where Zuolin originally planted ordinary crops, rows of glass greenhouses with different shapes occupied all the space. According to Zuolin's practice, the greenhouse project named "Microclimatic Environment" by Lin Jinghua has very low requirements for the greenhouse itself, just to reduce external interference and allow the internal circulation to be carried out with relatively low losses. Some aluminum alloy frames and some glass can be built, and the more important thing is the choice of crops planted inside and how to make full use of the interaction between these crops.

After roughly understanding the situation in Zuo Lin's greenhouse, Yu Pingzhang encouraged his students to form research groups, build their own greenhouses, and choose their own crops to try. Ordinary glass or insulation glass, frosted glass, and tea-colored glass, and whether or not sprinkler drip irrigation is needed. Do you need to learn from Zuo Lin's choices such as planting tall trees in the greenhouse to filter the sun. Each group has a certain budget and certain indicators, and everyone competes with each other. As this project has attracted more and more students, the number of greenhouses here has been increasing. In general, although the land use efficiency is not very high, the economic value of this technology has been initially highlighted. Through these attempts, we have also learned about the interaction between many crops that we had never thought of before.

Students entering this project affectionately call the increasingly fun "grassroots version of the biosphere" project. The small spray-painted advertising version with exaggerated colors also adds a bit of vitality to the landscape formed by metal and glass.

The first thing I found out was Lin Jinghua who came Zuo Lin. Although he was still in the resettlement office, almost all of Lin Jinghua's work is to "cooperate" with Yu Pingzhang's research work.

"Zuo Lin, why are you here?" Lin Jinghua was inexplicably surprised by Zuo Lin's unexpected arrival.

Zuo Lin has not contacted Lin Jinghua, an old friend, for a while. Although Lin Jinghua helped Zuo Lin a lot, now, in addition to this somewhat inexplicable research "base", he has gradually lost common topics. Not contacting for a long time is an embarrassment, but contacting but not finding the topic can continue to be an embarrassment.

"Teacher Yu asked me to come here, didn't he tell you? There are a few things that can be planted on a large scale, which should be more popular vegetables, fruits, etc. Teacher Yu said he wanted to start trying here first." Zuo Lin said.

Lin Jinghua nodded repeatedly and said, "Teacher Yu said, but he didn't mention that you were coming to us. I guess someone is going to sign you. There is a big change here, so I'll take you to see it first."

Under Lin Jinghua's introduction, Zuo Lin gradually understood Yu Pingzhang's concept of "experimental agriculture", how did this seemingly extremely expensive "base" be built. In a corner of this land, 12 larger and more standardized and more complete vegetable greenhouses are arranged neatly. These greenhouses are not provided for students to conduct experiments, but for those rich people to play. What to plant and how to plant them is followed by the arrangements of those rich people. Those who work in the greenhouses are only responsible for doing things set by those people, and some people will provide advice.

, but if those guys are unwilling to listen or force them. Moreover, those people are welcome to work in the greenhouse at any time, which may be just to satisfy the freshness and sweat. Eating vegetables, fruits and melons and melons and melons and melons and melons may be really delicious, so fragrant that they forget the rent of the greenhouse they actually paid, the labor of workers who undertake daily planting work when they can't come and the occasionally students who come, and the "expert consultation" fees that provide advice add up, which is many times more expensive than buying vegetables and fruits from any farmers' market.

"Zuo Lin", Lin Jinghua asked seriously, "I have always been curious why there are so many things in your greenhouse that have never appeared on the plant directory?"

Anyone who knows something about biology will not think that the "lists" and "full collections" that have been published now can really cover all species. Lin Jinghua understands this. Humans still have a poor understanding of nature. Many biologists can still happily discover new species or some variation of old species in their backyard when they wake up. There must be many incomplete places for the exploration of the entire nature. However, a young man from a mountain village appeared with many plants that have never been registered on any collection, which still makes people have a lot of imagination and curiosity.

"I have never seen any collections," Zuo Lin sighed a little, "Since I was a child, my teacher has taken me to run around the mountains. There is little contact with the outside in that kind of small mountain village, and it may take several years to come to a geological expedition team or traveler. They only have a few places to go, and the teacher and I have walked almost every inch of the land in the entire forest. Do you think, who can know more about the forest than we do?"

"Now, I don't know where the waterline is located, otherwise I can go and see where the things you think are strange are growing. There are many kinds of things, and the entire forest may only grow in one place, and there may only be a few plants, or even one plant. Before coming to Shanghai, I collected seeds for a long time. I didn't know if these things could grow on the flat ground. Now I basically survive. I am really happy. You know, these things may be the last connection between me and that forest." I felt that the topic was a bit heavy, and Zuo Lin quickly interrupted and said, "Brother Lin, do you think it's better to try something if you plant large areas?"

Lin Jinghua blurted out the result that they had reached an agreement after studying for a few days: "Fruit!"

Zuo Lin was stunned for a moment, then understood.

"Fruit" is not a general term here, but refers to an extremely special fruit. The fruit trees that grow this kind of fruit have very high requirements for the water environment and soil fertility, and the fruits they produce are very special. The size of the "fruit" is similar to that of the lemon, and the outer skin is also golden yellow, but the "fruit" has almost no flesh. The outer skin is divided into two layers, the smooth and hard outer layer is a protective layer, and the inner layer is a "fat" part slightly thinner than 1 cm, which stores the nutrients required for seed growth. The most strange thing is that the seeds of the "fruit" are wrapped in an extremely delicate film and are located in the middle of the fruit.

The skin and seeds are all empty. When the fruit grows, the entire fruit is filled with water. This kind of thing that can actually be called "juice" is colorless and tasteless, but it is rich in nutrients and has a much better taste than pure water. After the fruit grows, the "fruit" is not like other fruit trees. The fruit will fall off the tree directly and create a gravitational force or something. It will allow the seed to grow to a certain limit in the fruit before it falls. During these times between the time between the fruit ripening and the fruit drops, the "water" in the middle will dissolve the protein and fat on the outer skin, and then provide it to the seeds through membrane filtration.

"Imagine that the 'fruit' during this period should be so fascinating. Cut a mouthful of fruit peels and put a straw in it, which can be considered the healthiest drink. The taste is so delicious that I still drool when I think about it. This is not a question of whether it tastes or not. Drinking 'fruit' juice is like cleaning your tongue. The delicate touch is so fascinating. For those girls, 'juice' is better. Drinking juice that has the effect of dissolving fat into the stomach is almost a natural weight loss medicine, without any side effects. Do some advertising and promotion, and it is estimated that this will become a very popular drink for banquets and bars." Lin Jinghua said excitedly. Almost the day after he got Zuo Lin's planting method introduction, these young people who were afraid that the world would be in chaos almost completed the entire marketing plan, and various ideas emerged one after another.

"This is a little different from what I thought at the beginning." Zuo Lin grinned his teeth, and felt a little chilled behind his back. He didn't expect that this kind of thing that originally happened to be used when they were traveling far away. "The fruits all grow on the edge of the mountain stream. The fruits fall off and then they are washed away, and then they grow out of unknown places. In fact, if it weren't for manual cultivation, the fruits would be very difficult to live." Zuo Lin explained to Lin Jinghua, "Our place is hundreds of miles in a radius, and there are only two places with 'fruit' trees, and the number is very small."

"I really want to have the opportunity to see it there. Your hometown is really a magical place." Lin Jinghua said with admiration.
Chapter completed!