Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"Dean, you are finally here! It is wheat. The Red Star No. 1 wheat developed by Professor Qiu has a yield that is one-third higher than the current ordinary wheat in China!"

A young technician's face flushed and his eyes sparkled with excitement. As soon as he saw Zhou Tian, ​​he couldn't wait to report the good news.

"What? It's so much taller?"

Zhou Tian was instantly surprised when he heard this. He immediately looked at the three old men beside him, took two steps forward, and asked an old man who was obviously skinny, "Professor Qiu, is what Xiao Wu said true?"

He already knew that with the help of the virtual space in the brain, Professor Qiu Ying would definitely make a breakthrough in grain research.

But even so, he never expected the results to come so quickly. Although the virtual space has the ability to accelerate time, this speed still exceeded his imagination.

After all, this is not an ordinary research. In his original plan, even if Professor Qiu Ying could produce results, it would probably take a year.

Who could have expected that in just three months, Professor Qiu Ying would have successfully produced results? How could he not be ecstatic? The increase in wheat production may not seem particularly large, but if the scope is expanded to the whole country, the increase in production will be an astronomical figure.

"Dean, please don't listen to their exaggerations. The Red Star No. 1 wheat that I am studying now is only the first generation product. Although the yield is indeed higher than that of ordinary wheat after this experiment, the gene fragments in it are still unstable. We need to observe it for another year to determine its reliability."

Professor Qiu Ying explained carefully to Zhou Tian.

Others may not know how this achievement came about, but he himself knows it very well.

If this was truly the result of his own efforts, then he would have a clear conscience. But the key point was that this was achieved by "cheating" in the virtual space, and he really didn't dare to take credit for it.

"Okay, Lao Qiu, you are just too modest. In my opinion, the wheat yield is already quite stable. Why are you still being so picky? What are you thinking?"

At this time, an old man next to Qiu Ying couldn't help but interrupt and rolled his eyes at him. Obviously, as Qiu Ying's old colleague for many years, he thought that Qiu Ying was just being modest.

Qiu Ying was helpless. She glared at him fiercely and said unhappily, "Old Yue, what do you know? The yield of this wheat is indeed unstable. The reason why this experiment can produce such a result is because we used a special nutrient solution. Think about it, where can you find this kind of thing in ordinary rural areas?"

He was almost mad at this old friend. Didn't he understand that if the wheat yield could be stably reached more than 350 kilograms per mu, it would be a great contribution to the country? But the problem was that this was just an experimental result he copied from the virtual space and was still unstable.

If there are no problems, then everyone will be happy; but if it fails to meet expectations, how will he report to his superiors? This is not something that can be joked about.

Zhou Tian quickly heard Qiu Ying's concerns from their conversation and said with a smile, "Professor Qiu, I think you are a little too cautious. Although this is just a test product, we might as well give it a try. It just so happens that I applied for a farm for the research institute this time, and I was worried about what to plant. Since you also need to conduct multiple experiments, why not do it on our own farm? What do you think?"

"This... okay!"

Qiu Ying originally wanted to do a few more experiments and report it after confirming that everything was correct, but since the dean said so, he couldn't refuse and could only nod in agreement.

After getting Professor Qiu Ying's approval, Zhou Tian drove with him to the wasteland west of the branch. When seeing the vast expanse of 400,000 mu of wasteland, Professor Qiu Ying was speechless for a moment, and immediately suggested Zhou Tian to plant some sweet potatoes, potatoes and alfalfa here first, and elaborated in detail on the many benefits of planting these three crops.

As for wheat, it can only be planted in the second year.

Zhou Tian knew nothing about farming, so he just did what the other party said. Although he felt a little sorry that he couldn't plant wheat right away, it was the only way.

After making a plan, the two of them rushed to the seed station and carefully selected a large number of high-quality seeds. They then called the branch and asked them to send a car to transport the seeds back to the branch.

In the following period, Song Weiguo, in accordance with the arrangement, deployed hundreds of tractors to carry out reclamation work on the 400,000 acres of wasteland.

With the help of tractors, the reclamation progress was greatly accelerated. In less than a month, 400,000 acres of wasteland were reclaimed.

However, time has quietly come to December, and the New Year is getting closer. It is too late to plant crops this year, and we can only wait until the beginning of next spring to sow.

On the night of December 3rd, Saturday, a sudden heavy snow swept across the entire northern land.

When Zhou Tian woke up from bed early in the morning, he felt a bone-chilling cold all over his body, which was extremely rare in previous winters.

When he opened the door of the wing, a biting cold winter wind blew straight into his cotton-padded jacket. Even though his physical fitness was constantly improving, he couldn't help shivering.

"What a heavy snow!"

Looking at the vast expanse of white in front of him, Zhou Tian couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

The thick layer of snow looked to be at least twenty centimeters thick. Looking around, it was all white, and the whole world seemed to be covered by a layer of white velvet carpet.

"Xiaotian, are you awake?"

Just as Zhou Tian was marveling at the heavy snow, the door opposite creaked open and his father-in-law Shen Jie, who was also wrapped tightly, walked out of the house shivering with a broom in his hand.

"Dad, why don't you get some more sleep? I can do this kind of work!"

Seeing his father-in-law, Zhou Tian immediately stepped forward and tried to grab the broom from his hand. But as soon as he raised his feet, his feet sank deeply into the thick snow, and his movements became slow and difficult, and he couldn't walk fast at all.

"Hahahaha, okay, I'm not so old that I can't move. It's just sweeping the snow. Since you're up, you shovel the snow and I'll sweep it!"

Looking at his son-in-law's slightly funny actions, Shen Jie couldn't help laughing, and said while rubbing his red frozen hands.

"Okay, Dad, wait a minute, I'll get the shovel!"

Zhou Tian blushed slightly, feeling a little embarrassed, and said no more, stepping on the thick snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and walked towards the front yard. When he arrived at the front yard, he saw the two brothers Chang Wen and Chang Wu were already busy there.

"Hello, Chief!"

As soon as the two men saw Zhou Tian, ​​they immediately stopped what they were doing, stood upright and saluted Zhou Tian with a standard military salute.

"Chang Wen, Chang Wu, why are you up so early?"

While Zhou Tian was greeting them, he opened the door of the back house and took out a shovel. Just as he was about to return to the backyard, there was a sudden knock on the door.

He quickly put down the shovel, took a few steps forward and opened the door, only to see Xiao Yang, Xiao Wu, and seven or eight soldiers standing outside the door.

"Xiao Yang, why are you here?"

"Commander, we are here to help you shovel the snow!"

Xiao Yang and his companions saluted Zhou Tian in unison.

Zhou Tian was touched but also a little helpless. He wanted to let them go back, but thinking that his yard was quite large and would need manpower to clean it up, he smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble you!"

"No trouble, Chief, this is what we should do!"

As they spoke, several people filed into the yard and immediately started working enthusiastically. Some were shoveling snow in the yard, while one or two nimble people climbed up to the roof with ladders.

Seeing that there was really no place for him to reach here, Zhou Tian could only walk to the backyard with the shovel.