Scholars in the courtyard

In the office, Yang Xiaotao was sitting at the table, Lou Xiao'e was standing sideways in front of him, and Yu Haitang was facing him. It was clear at a glance how close the three of them were.

"Director Yang, it's like this. Our director was notified by the director and arranged a lot of tasks, including many of yours. But there are only a few of them now, and it's difficult for our Publicity Department to do them."

Yu Haitang whispered softly, looking at Yang Xiaotao as he spoke, trying to see some change in expression on Yang Xiaotao's face.

Just smile at her.

"I will do what Director Li said about this matter."

Yang Xiaotao didn't answer, just replied, and continued to correct the documents with his head down.

Yu Haitang gritted his teeth when he saw Yang Xiaotao's disregard.

Seeing this, Lou Xiao'e knew that he was helping her, and immediately turned around and stood at the door. When Yu Haitang saw her, she couldn't say anything, and finally left in frustration.

"Director, I'm going to work."

Lou Xiao'e smiled and Yang Xiaotao waved his hand.

After the two left, Yang Xiaotao picked up the phone on the table.

"Lao Li, it's me."

"That's right, what I mean is that this thing can't just look at the past, it also has to look at the future..."

Publicity Section.

Director Li hung up the phone with a troubled face.

"It's so strange that I don't want the reputation I have gained!"

He shook his head and walked towards the memorial hall.

After a while, Yu Haitang looked at Lou Xiao'e with a cold face and walked away with a smile.

I feel unspeakably annoyed.

…

After lunch, Yang Xiaotao told Yang Youning that he had some matters to deal with in the past two days and the steel rolling mill might not come.

Yang Youning also knew Yang Xiaotao's next arrangements. He would leave for the northwest next Monday. Gao Yufeng had communicated with him a lot about this in the past few days, and of course talked more to Yang Xiaotao.

Yang Youning also knew that this matter was unusual, so Yang Xiaotao had a lot of independent time.

What's more, now that the steel rolling mill is on the right track, Yang Xiaotao will treat it as a vacation when he goes out for a while, see the great mountains and rivers of the motherland, cultivate his sentiments, and then come back and continue to contribute to the steel rolling mill.

Driving all the way back to the courtyard, Yang Xiaotao suddenly came back, surprising many people in the courtyard.

But looking at the jeep at the door, everyone guessed that something was urgent, and no one came forward to ask.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Yang Xiaotao walked inside.

Along the way, Yang Xiaotao was worried about the growth of corn.

If everything goes well, just like Yangcun No. 1, find high-yielding corn that can withstand salt and alkali, then find the corresponding parent and bring it to the northwest.

After taking two quick steps, Xiaowei flew out of the tomato pile and landed on Yang Xiaotao's shoulder, her expression not high.

In an instant, Yang Xiaotao's footsteps stopped.

Then he walked quickly to the place where he planted it last night.

The expected rows of corn seedlings did not appear, and there were only a few scattered ones in front of me.

"what happened?"

"Boohoo!"

Xiaowei explained in her heart.

It turns out that this morning Xiaowei followed Yang Xiaotao's instructions to ripen last night's seeds, but found that some seeds could not be ripened at all.

Finally, only a few corns successfully develop and the germ begins to grow.

Yang Xiaotao frowned upon hearing this, "Could it be that the energy is unstable?"

I guessed in my mind, but looking at the sparse cornmeal, I counted only eight seedlings, which was not even one-tenth of what was planted.

I couldn't help but panic.

Obviously, this is completely different from what you thought.

However, it’s not bad to have a long one, at least there is some hope.

Yang Xiaotao comforted himself in his heart. The experiment had just started to improve, so how could he give up so easily.

Even if it doesn't work, you have to keep trying.

Back in the room, Yang Xiaotao took out a pen and paper and pondered for a while, then called Xiao Wei into the room, and took out A, B and two other ordinary corns from the space, and asked Xiao Wei to inject the energy from the blood willow into them. .

Xiaowei did as she was told.

But the final result is the same as before, either shriveled or swollen, and some even turn a withered color.

This also convinced Yang Xiaotao that currently only strain C could be compatible with the energy in the blood willow to form new individuals.

But other corns will not work.

In other words, these eight corn seedlings growing in the yard are the last hope.

"Xiaowei, take care of these corn plants and make sure nothing happens."

The matter is far more serious than I thought, and there is no room for carelessness.

Xiaowei nodded, flew to the corn aside, and began to use her abilities.

During the day, there were many people in the courtyard, and Yang Xiaotao did not dare to let Xiaowei do her best. But at night, when the lights in the courtyard were turned off, no one in this corner noticed.

At eight o'clock in the evening, after Yang Xiaotao finished his meal, Xiaowei worked for a long time to finally ripen the corn to the pollination stage.

This time, in order to ensure stable traits, Yang Xiaotao asked Xiaowei to control them so that they were all self-pollinated.

By the second half of the night, when all the work was completed, Xiaowei was tired and climbed up the wall and out the window. She kept making small mouths at the moonlight, and the emerald green on her body gradually returned to turquoise.

Yang Xiaotao also took the opportunity to turn on the light to help her increase her energy.

The next day, Yang Xiaotao got up to check the results.

All eight corns have been successfully pollinated, and under Xiaowei's care, some ears have emerged.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaotao felt relieved and drove out of the courtyard and ran all the way to Yangjiazhuang.

I'm going to the northwest in a few days, I have to tell Ran Qiuye and the others, and I don't know how long I'll be out this time.

Yang Xiaotao returned to Yangjiazhuang and stayed for one night and learned a lot.

First, in the exam this Monday, the students made great progress. With the teacher's special tutoring, they also found solutions to some difficult problems.

Next is Yang Hui. Last time, Teacher Hong mentioned that he had submitted a method for cultivating earthworms. This time someone came directly to ask for guidance.

In the village, Mr. Yang and Yang Dazhuang discussed it and asked Yang Hui to go.

There were other people on the farm anyway.

And according to Teacher Hong's news, Chief Han intends to bring Yang Hui into the team. Of course, this depends on Yang Hui's performance.

Yang Xiaotao had no objection to this, and even thought it was a good idea for Yang Hui to take this path.

At least Chief Han is a trustworthy person.

After staying at home for one night, Ran Qiuye also noticed the change in Yang Xiaotao's mentality.

The most direct thing is that he is back to being so shameless again.

Of course, Yang Xiaotao was the one who talked about the experimental corn, and Xiaowei's unintentional surprise was also described by him as an unintentional discovery.

After all, the more explanations there are for some things, the more holes there will be.

Early on Thursday morning, Yang Xiaotao drove away from Yangjiazhuang and said he would come back on Sunday.

Along the way, he was thinking about the corn in the yard. After driving back to the courtyard, Yang Xiaotao went straight to his yard.

Standing at the door, Yang Xiaotao watched the eight corns grow tall, with wide and tall leaves. Although the corn cobs were not big, they were not small either.

This shows that these corns have strong salt-alkali resistance.

Yang Xiaotao walked to the corn in front of him and stretched out his hand to chop the cob.

The next second, Yang Xiaotao felt something was wrong.

The stick is very light, and when you squeeze it, it doesn't feel substantial, but a bit soft.

Yang Xiaotao peeled open the skin, and sure enough, there were only cobs inside, not a single corn kernel.

At this moment, Yang Xiaotao's breathing became heavier and his heart became even heavier.

Put down the stick and pick another one.

Again, no corn kernels.

Yang Xiaotao couldn't believe the result. He was ecstatic after his success the day before yesterday. He felt that he had found the right direction and named it Blood Jade, but he was slapped in the face in the blink of an eye.

Sure enough, it’s hard to know whether the matter will end well or not!

They say everything is difficult at the beginning, but they don’t know that there are still higher mountains ahead.

I broke off six corns in a row, but the result was the same, only empty cobs without a single corn kernel inside.

Yang Xiaotao was a little discouraged.

"Perhaps, failure is failure. No need to be thirsty!"

Thinking to myself, I walked to the last two corns, broke them at the same time, and then peeled off the corn husks.

Huh?

Suddenly, Yang Xiaotao saw a few corn kernels sparsely growing on a corn.

At this moment, Yang Xiaotao felt unreal.

This, as long as there is growth, we can continue to plant it.

Seriously, your hard work pays off!

Yang Xiaotao carefully put the corn aside and opened the last one.

In the end, still nothing.

However, Yang Xiaotao has found corn kernels, so the next experiment can continue.

"Eighteen kernels of corn."

In front of the desk, Yang Xiaotao looked at the neatly arranged corn kernels. These were carefully taken down by Xiaowei, and each one was in a full state.

"Xiaowei, look at the difference."

Yang Xiaotao took out a handful of C-shaped corn seeds and compared them.

Xiaowei stepped forward, placed each of her little hands on a corn kernel, and felt it carefully.

Later, Yang Xiaotao knew in his heart the most fundamental difference between the two.

The amount of energy.

"In other words, the energy contained in the blood jade is twice that?"

"Boohoo!"

"Interesting, interesting!"

Yang Xiaotao looked at the eighteen seeds, and then at the ordinary seeds aside.

He suddenly stood up and said, "No matter what the situation is, just plant it first and then talk about it."

As a result, the yard became busy again.

The seeds were buried in the saline-alkali soil one by one. After watering, Xiaowei began to "work" and Yang Xiaotao waited for the results.

Before dinner, when Yang Xiaotao went out to look, eighteen green seedlings had grown.

This is a good sign, at least it will grow.

On Friday night, after a day of "dream" growth, two extra rows of corn appeared out of thin air, making the green color in the yard extra thick.

Yang Xiaotao looked at the corns that were growing well and had wide leaves. He reached out and broke off the cobs, peeled them open and looked at the corn kernels inside.

At a glance, it can be seen that the yield of this blood jade is higher than that of C-type corn. Although there is no detailed count, 90% of the corn cobs are covered with corn kernels.

Of course, this cob is much worse than hybrid corn. Even compared with ordinary corn, there is no advantage.

The cobs are short and the corn kernels are also small, but they are grown on saline-alkali land.

"Finally, there's an explanation."

Yang Xiaotao's body suddenly relaxed. For nearly half a month, he was exhausted both mentally and physically.

Even Xiao Wei was tired, let alone his master.

Sitting on the steps, smiling, smiling.

Everyone in the courtyard looked at Yang Xiaotao's funny scene. Wang Dashan came over and could see that Yang Xiaotao was busy, but he didn't know what he was busy with.

"Xiao Tao, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Dashan looked at the corn exposed on the ground. The head was too small, and the corn particles would be less if it were ground into flour.

"Uncle Wang, it's okay, it's okay. I just think of happy things, so happy!"

Several people came behind Wang Dashan and listened, all curious.

But after Yang Xiaotao said so, they didn't ask any more questions and went home when everything was fine.

The other people in the yard dispersed when they saw him, each busy with his own business.

In the Jia family, Mrs. Jia Zhang was munching her steamed buns. When she heard the big noise, she came out and stared at Yang Xiaotao with an old face, and the old man’s figure was drawn under the light.

"If you are crazy, you will have a stroke sooner or later!"

"Pooh!"

Qin Huairu on the side stared at the two bags of corn kernels in Yang Xiaotao's yard.

"It must have been left there for a long time. It's such a waste and shameful."

Jia Zhang nodded silently after hearing this.

Then both of them touched their bellies.

"Huairu, why don't you go to the street office and have a look?"

Qin Huairu heard a flash of struggle in his eyes.

"In two days, I'll go find Silly Zhu again."

After thinking for a long time, Qin Huairu still refused to give up.

After hearing this, Jia Zhang didn't insist.

After all, that's a stupid pillar.