Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1828 Good News about the Paper

"There is a very simple test method for anthocyanins. Its color changes with the pH value. When the pH is less than 7, it is red, when the pH is between 7 and 8, it is purple, and when the pH is greater than 11, it is blue."

"Eh?"

"Yes, the morning glory that causes the color change of morning glory is actually a type of anthocyanin." Liang Guangping knew what Zhou Zhi was talking about and smiled, "The color change of morning glory is something that is taught in elementary school science class, right?"

"Grandpa Chiri, how many varieties of black potatoes are there in Daliang Mountain?"

"This is called 'Yayou Anian Nian' in our Yi language," Lao Chiri can't really love black potatoes, just like people who have been eating rice for a long time will find white rice delicious, Yi people like to eat black potatoes with pepper and salt. Today, I was in the mood to eat one because of the talk. After eating it for decades, even the most delicious things seem ordinary to me: "There are two kinds, one is called 'Yayou Nianbo' and the other is called 'Anian Yayou'. Yayou Nianbo is a little bigger and less, while Anian Yayou is a little smaller and more. The yield is actually the same."

"This plant has certain requirements. The soil must be fertile, it must be water-free, and it is best if the temperature is obviously different during the day and night. It grows especially well in places with long periods of fog throughout the year."

"Both types of potatoes are actually very easy to recognize." Lao Chi Ri broke open a potato, revealing some purple patterns inside: "The authentic Yayou Anian Nian is not very big, about the size of a circle between the thumb and two fingers. When it is cut open, there is a circle of purple about half a centimeter to one centimeter away from the skin. The potato flesh inside is white, with a purple flower inside."

"If there is no purple circle, it is not the authentic Yayou Anian Nian."

"It's true." Liang Guangping studied this special potato carefully: "There is a kind of purple potato abroad, which is completely purple inside. It's not as good-looking as this one, and probably not as fragrant as this one."

"Indeed, it has a chestnut taste. Apart from being a little smaller, the taste is excellent."

"Brother Liang, Brother Liu, if we want to expand the cultivation of this potato, is there any way?" Zhou Zhi asked.

"You're being polite, Elbow." Old Chi Ri said with a smile, "Now when we grow potatoes, we still like to burn the hills in spring and bury the potatoes in the ash pile. Ah Zi said that what we do is called 'slash-and-burn farming' and is not scientific enough. But we don't know how to grow crops scientifically. Ah Zi bought us two agricultural books, but we still don't understand them."

"Burning the mountain?" Liang Guangping and Liu Hongtao were shocked: "In fact, the main function of burning the mountain is to kill insects, add potassium fertilizer, and..."

"It also has a similar effect to rice charcoal, loosening the soil and changing the soil pH value." Liu Hongtao shook his head after hearing this: "But this method of planting..."

"This kind of planting method was called Shetian in ancient times, which means it depends entirely on the weather." Zhou Zhi said: "Since the Song Dynasty, only the She people in the mountains have planted it, and it has been eliminated in plains and hilly areas."

He raised his wine glass and said, "How to make Lianhe Township eliminate Shetian is not a big deal to Renzhong and me. Now the base of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences is located in Lianhe Township. If you are not afraid of being criticized, then we are not afraid either. Just regard it as preserving the intangible cultural heritage."

"Damn!" Liang Guangping and Liu Hongtao just thought of this problem. Where the base of the country's highest agricultural research institution is located, the surrounding agriculture is still practicing slash-and-burn farming. If this matter were to be reported to the media, I'm afraid the dean would have a hard time explaining to the people of the whole country!

Seeing that the two had understood, Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Come on, let's go with the two Rezas from the Agricultural Science Academy!"

"What does Reza mean?" Liang Guangping and Liu Hongtao raised their wine glasses, and their clear stupidity was revealed again.

"Reza means handsome guy." A Zi helped translate. "What about the beautiful girl?"

"Beauty and pretty should be called Riza. Drink quickly, and then we can talk!"

Everyone enjoyed the meal, and halfway through, fellow villagers who had been watching TV in the conference room started to arrive one after another.

Everyone was very happy to see Zhou Zhi back and greeted him in gibberish, but Zhou Zhi's current level of Yi language was limited and he could hardly understand a few of them.

"Elbow Elbow, everyone asked you if you've appeared on TV in the past month or so?" Tuziri asked, "It seems we saw him two or three times on the news broadcast, and everyone said that person looked like you!"

"Is it a donation ceremony, the one where the lid and the body of a bronze vessel are finally united as one?"

"Yes, yes, yes! That counts as one time!" Tu Liangzhi nodded: "Another time was when a few old experts reviewed a few paintings."

"You all have sharp eyes." Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "It was me in those two times."

Tuziri jumped up with joy: "I won, I won! Give me money, give me money, give me money!"

"Tuzi, your dog skin is itching again!" Tu Liangzhi was so angry that he slammed his wine glass on the table: "You came to the grain station and the township office to gamble?!"

Tu Ziri was so frightened that his neck shrank, and he quickly left the matter and slid towards the meeting room, but after taking two steps, he turned around and muttered to Zhou Zhi: "I'm glad that Elbow is back! Come and watch TV later!"

Everyone couldn't help but burst into laughter again, mostly laughing at Tuzi Ri for not taking himself for granted and putting on airs as the master, forgetting that the TV was bought by someone else.

After the villagers who were watching TV entered the meeting room, they began to ask Zhou Zhi how he appeared on CCTV news.

Although Zhou Zhi always followed behind Old Wang and Old Qi, everyone could see it, so Zhou Zhi no longer hid it.

However, I can only say that I am half a disciple of Mr. Wang and Mr. Qi of the National Museum of China, half on each side, so together they can be considered one. This time, I went to seek advice from the two masters with the paper on interpreting the symbols of several Neolithic sites in ancient Yi language. It happened that the return of the Dish-shaped Lei and the appearance of paintings by the four great painters of the Six Dynasties happened to come across these two events, which can be regarded as major events in the national cultural heritage protection circle, so I followed them to watch the excitement.

How much Yi language did Zhou Zhi know? Lao Chiri was the real main force in that paper. Using ancient Yi language to interpret Jiahu symbols was originally an association made by Zhou Zhi based on the fact that Yi language is the oldest language in China. Unexpectedly, Lao Chiri interpreted it as literature and art. Of course, Zhou Zhi could not help but pay attention to it, and finally tried to write a paper.

As expected, as soon as Zhou Zhi mentioned this, Lao Chi Ri forgot about being in the news and started to care about the thesis.

So Zhou Zhi told Lao Chi Ri a good news. The conclusion in the paper that 7500 of the 8000 painted symbols unearthed from the Liuwan site in Ledu, Qinghai, can be interpreted by Yi characters to reveal % of this conclusion has been recognized by experts. As for the Jiahu site in Wuyang County, which is about to years old, the oracle bones and stone carvings therein can be interpreted by ancient Yi characters to reveal the complete meaning of "Tianlei Men Mo Bi", which has aroused the curiosity of the academic community.