Dad's Pastoral Life

Chapter 478 Build a BBQ

Su Youyue was very excited, and said: "You don't know, plants actually have strong vitality and can evolve by themselves. Otherwise, many plants would not be able to reproduce from ancient times to the present. The adaptability of plants, It really amazes me."

Cheng He asked him: "Then... what should I do next?"

Su Youyue said: "We plan to form a team, go to the western part of Mongolia to rent a test site, and go to the real deserted area to try planting. If there are obvious effects, our desert greening may really be successful."

There was joy in his voice.

In fact, Cheng He still doesn't understand that those plants survived the desert's growth conditions after being blessed with their own special functions——

However, how does Su Youyue view this matter?There has to be a scientific explanation for this, right?
It really does.

Su Youyue said that in order to adapt to the desert environment, the plants cultivated by the new gene have evolved independently and secreted a substance.It is precisely because of that substance that the new plants can better adapt to the desert environment.

The roots of new plants will secrete a kind of mucus, which has two functions: one is to lock its own water, even if the annual rainfall is only ten centimeters, it can keep the ten centimeters of water, without let it evaporate;
The second is that it can fix the nearby sand so that the sand will no longer be blown away by the wind.

The reason why the land is desertified is actually because the land lacks water and cannot hold it, and the sand will run away when the wind blows, so the desertified area of ​​the land is "growing" every year.

The desertification of the land lacks water, and the plants cannot withstand the drought and die. The land has no plants to hold on to it, and it will be deserted when the wind blows. If it is deserted, the plants will not be able to grow longer. This forms a vicious circle.

But this kind of plant has independently evolved mucus, which tightly wraps its "land" and forms a whole.

In order to resist drought, desert plants have very well-developed root systems, and they have to go to places far underground to draw water, so the roots are like a net.

Now, there is mucus on the well-developed net-like roots, which sticks the sand around the roots. The land "enclosed" by the roots can withstand a large degree of wind force due to its weight, which can effectively control The land was blown into sand.

If the land is fixed, the desertification of the land can be stabilized to a great extent.

In short, after an explanation, Cheng He understood the key to the problem.

That is the plant under scientific research, which now secretes mucus to adapt to the desert's water shortage, sandstorm, and high temperature environment.

What an evolutionary miracle!

Su Youyue was also very happy to tell him that there is actually a kind of frog living in the desert, which also evolved this ability to survive.

Frogs give people the feeling that they generally live by the water. They are amphibians, and their life is almost inseparable from water.

Therefore, few people would have imagined that frogs still live in the desert.

Desert frogs can stay underground in the desert for several years. There is a frog in central Australia that can store water and even lay eggs in the desert.

After an occasional rain, the frogs crawled out of their hiding holes in groups to lay their eggs in the water.The eggs soon become tadpoles and frogs, suck up all the water in the potholes, and hide in the ground, where they sleep and lie still until the next rain falls.

This kind of frog secretes a kind of mucus all over its body, which can keep the body moist to the maximum extent, so that it can survive in the desert.

Unexpectedly, the species are different, but the evolved viability is the same.

Cheng He was an eye-opener. He didn't expect frogs to live in the desert.The natural world is truly wonderful.

Then he asked: "Then... is this project a success?"

"It doesn't count yet. We still need to pass the final assessment. We have to go to the real desert to test our scientific research results. Whether it can survive in the real desert or not, we still need to speak with facts." Su Youyue said in her heart Not happy.

Going to the desert to test is another expense. Going to the resident in Mongolia for research is not a matter of a day or two. It must be confirmed after a long period of testing.

However, their scientific research room is not short of money now. After the last bidding meeting, they left a sum of money for research funding, which is quite sufficient.

Generally, if other scientific research offices encounter such a situation and are short of money, they can first release the news and solicit funds from outside.

But they don't need it, their own funds are sufficient.

Cheng He is also very happy. If this project is really successful, it will really save money for the rest of his life.

Desert greening is a worldwide problem, and the United States is so powerful, but they also have a large number of desert areas that are not suitable for living.

Outer Mongolia was originally a grassland grazing country, but now that the desertification is getting worse, they really can't survive.

Africa, India, Australia... Many countries are looking at the desert and sighing.

Su Youyue called to discuss with Cheng He about forming a scientific research team to go to Mongolia.Because it is a cooperative relationship, it is better for several partners to discuss and discuss.

Cheng He said happily: "Okay, sure!"

Then, he happily called Liu Zhicheng and informed him.

After hanging up the phone, I heard Bai Qian calling him: "Little brother, come and help me."

It seems that during this period of time, it has become popular to call "little brother" and "little sister" on the Internet, and Bai Qian is also calling others so delicately like others.

Recently, she often looks through the recipes on the Internet to see what other people are cooking, so she is obsessed with a few barbecue dishes, bread and so on.

So, she felt that there seemed to be a lack of a barbecue oven at home.But she doesn't want to buy the kind that uses electricity, she wants to build one by herself.

She thinks that a brick grill should be delicious, and she admires all primitive things.Anyway, there is a lot of space in the yard, so building a barbecue pit doesn't take up much space.

She plans that when the barbecue pit is built, she will learn western food, learn how to bake bread and cakes, and make western-style cloth for her husband and children every day.

After being soft and hard, Cheng He agreed to her, thinking about how to build one.

The yard is so beautiful, the shape of the barbecue pit must not be good, it must be carefully planned.And he also thinks it is good to build an oven, so that he can roast chicken and ribs when he has time.

If you want to bake deliciously, you must have a good oven.

So, after a few days of careful consideration, Cheng Xinxin decided on a look for him - using Peppa Pig's!
In such a beautiful little yard, there is a Peppa Pig barbecue pit inside? !

In fact, it’s not bad when you think about it. The cartoon shape is childish, and it can add a bit of childishness to the yard.Most importantly, when Cheng Xinxin grows up, when she sees this childish barbecue pit, she will think: This is what my father built for me.

Now that it's decided, let's start implementing it.

It doesn't take many bricks to build a barbecue oven. Now the village is building a bamboo weaving factory, and there are everything, just drag a few.By the way, cement, yellow sand and the like are all ready-made, so it's not a problem to get some.

No, once the stuff is over, I'm ready to start.Just after the mortar was adjusted, the phone rang, and Cheng He put it down temporarily.

Bai Qian looked surprised and tossed and turned in the mortar with a shovel. She wanted to try to lay bricks by herself.But she had a brick in hand and didn't know where to start.Seeing Cheng He finished the phone call, he quickly asked him to help.

Cheng He put down his mobile phone, walked over and said, "I'll do the rough and heavy work, and help! How can you ask me to help you?"

"Just help me get this on the brick." Bai Qian gestured seriously.

Cheng He was going to be laughed at by her, and said: "It's not like you, alas, you are so strange about building a brick, sit over there, and see how your man does it."

Bai Qian had great expectations for the new barbecue, nodded and said "yes", and sat aside to watch carefully.

This feeling of enriching one's belongings little by little is very good.

While shoveling the mortar into the ash bucket, Cheng He said, "Look carefully, from now on, I will leave all the rough and heavy work in our house to you, and I will be free."

Bai Qian looked at him talking and laughing seriously, and couldn't help raising the corner of her mouth: "Well, okay."

Seeing Cheng He skillfully rubbing mortar on the bricks and starting to build the stove, she suddenly felt that this kind of life was really good, and it was the life she wanted.Quiet and comfortable.

At this time, her father Bai Qiming helped her pick up her daughter from school. These days, Cheng Xinxin was picked up by Bai Qiming.

Living in Taohua Village, the pace of life seemed to slow down suddenly, and he suddenly had a lot more time.

Sometimes I go fishing, sometimes I go to the fields to get vegetables, and when the time comes, I pick up my granddaughter. This kind of life is a bit strange to Bai Qiming.

He is also from a rural background, but rural life has been too long for him.

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