Chapter 7: Delicious Radishes
Touching the back of his head, Yunlan felt that what Uncle Luo said was not impossible.
This situation has happened in Blue Star in the past. Good seeds planted in Blue Star are just different from other places. They are either smaller or have a weird color.
Later, my parents used all their savings to buy a detector for the village, which was specially used to detect whether certain crops grown in the village had mutations and whether they were still edible.
That detector has not been used much since I bought it, but its existence has reassured many people. After all, no one wants to eat something they have worked hard to grow in the end.
After thinking about it, Yun Lan ran back into the house, took out a kitchen knife, and chopped down a half-split radish.
The radish was cut off at the sound, and a fragrance that was very different from the pungent air on the blue star lingered on the tips of their noses.
Uncle Luo had no time to stop him, he could only watch Yun Lan chop the carrot into pieces, and then said with pain: "We haven't determined whether this is a genetic mutation, so why are you cutting the carrot in such a hurry?!"
If there was no mutation, how much would it cost to sell such a big B-grade radish!
Yun Lan, however, was much more calm. She picked up the small piece of radish she had chopped off and said, "We will know if it has mutated or not by testing it ourselves."
Of course she is also distressed, but if it really mutates, then this carrot will be equivalent to a white species, and that is when she should really feel distressed.
"Then you cut too much!" Uncle Luo was still distressed. The test only required a little bit of the fingernail, so the girl cut off a piece as big as a palm.
Yun Lan walked into the house with the cut radish and said: "After testing the gene, we have to taste it ourselves. If it doesn't taste good, who will buy it?"
All valuables in the village were placed where she lived, and the genetic testing machine was no exception.
Taking out a genetic tester that was no bigger than a fist from the warehouse, Yunlan cut off a bit of radish and put it into the instrument, quietly waiting for the instrument to give out the final test results.
I originally bought this instrument as the cheapest one. Not only does it take a long time to detect, but it also has a single function. It can only detect whether genetic mutations have occurred and whether it is harmful to the human body, but it cannot provide more information.
Yun Lan and Uncle Luo sat there for almost an hour before the detector beeped, indicating that the test was over.
Hearing this noise, Yun Lan and Uncle Luo both stood up in shock and couldn't wait to get in front of the detector to take a closer look.
Uncle Luo is illiterate, but he knows that if harmful substances are detected, red words will appear on the detector, otherwise all green words will appear.
At this time, the detector is a pleasant green, which means that the radishes they grew do not contain any harmful substances!
Luo Yu laughed happily, but Yun Lan was not so happy.
Uncle Luo was illiterate, but she knew him.
The results of the detector showed that the radish had indeed undergone genetic mutation, but no harmful substances were produced.
Generally speaking, for crops of the same grade, the more stable their genes are and the fewer mutations occur, the higher the selling price will be.
Their radish genes have mutated, and they don't know if they can still be sold at a high price.
Not wanting to let his worries affect Uncle Luo, Yunlan raised a smile and said: "Uncle Luo, let's have a taste. If it tastes good, it means we succeeded!"
As for how to eat radish, Yun Lan only knew how to eat radish, because she had eaten it that way since she was a child.
D-grade radishes grown in Canglanxing can only be eaten by stir-frying, and other cooking methods are not as good as stir-frying.
Cut the snow-white radish into thin strips, and pour a little vegetable oil into the pot. The originally fragrant radish shreds are soaked in the dark vegetable oil, and the taste is gradually masked and the color becomes turbid.
This vegetable oil is also squeezed from the D-type radish grown by Uncle Luo and his family. The taste is very indescribable, and it seems a bit unworthy of the B-type radish.
Black and yellow shredded radish was brought to the table, but neither Yun Lan nor Luo Yu dared to hold out their chopsticks immediately.
Some unpleasant memories from the past broke through the blockade and came out at this time.
The water and soil in Blue Star are poor, so if the crops grown mutate, they will only mutate for the worse, not for the better.
And when the already bad-tasting species such as D undergo malignant mutation, the taste will be unforgettable for a lifetime.
"You are a young man, you eat first." Uncle Luo retracted his hand in fear, not daring to be the first warrior to try.
"Uncle Luo, you are old, so of course you will eat first!" Yunlan didn't want to be the guinea pig.
Uncle Luo made a face: "You kid, I feel sorry for you! This is the B-grade species, it must taste good, otherwise I would let you eat it first?!"
The corners of Yun Lan's mouth twitched, and it would hurt his feelings to give in any more. He had no choice but to pick up a few shredded radish shakily and stuff them into his mouth as if facing a formidable enemy.
After trying to chew it gently for a few times, Yunlan's eyes widened suddenly.
The shredded radish tasted weird in his mouth, but the strangeness was not caused by the shredded radish, but the taste of the vegetable oil that Yun Lan had eaten for more than ten years.
Despite the weird taste of vegetable oil, the shredded radish itself has a crisp and juicy texture, with a slight sweetness when chewed carefully.
Yunlan picked up another large chopstick in disbelief. She didn't know what the real B-grade radish that had not mutated tasted like, but she had drank B-grade nutrient supplements after she won a competition in school.
Rewards issued.
But she thought that the taste of Class B radish that had not mutated must be like this, because the taste of this radish was even more delicious than the Class B nutritional supplements she had ever drunk!
Luo Yu knew from Yunlan's reaction that the radish was not only not unpalatable, but also tasted great. Otherwise, how could she have picked up such a big chopstick?
Luo Yu, who lowered his guard, quickly took a bite, and then burst into tears.
Yun Lan, who was still reminiscing, quickly put down his chopsticks and comforted Luo Yu in a panic: "Uncle Luo, don't cry!"
"It tastes good, we should be happy!"
Luo Yu wiped off the moisture on his face and said with a smile: "Yes, we should be happy. Uncle is just sighing. This is the first time in his life that he has eaten such delicious food."
These words made Yun Lan feel sour in his heart. Everyone in Canglan Star lived by eating those D-grade crops that were difficult to swallow.
They have never even drunk nutritional supplements, and they don't know that even the lowest nutritional supplements taste a hundred times better than other types of food.
Luo Yu just sighed for a moment, quickly adjusted himself, picked up the shredded radish on the table and walked out.
Chapter completed!