Chapter 736 An Unforgettable Dinner
“I brought you a gift.”
After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, the old man smiled and said, “Okay, this is the gift I brought for dinner, then You have to accept it.”
“Chief, I didn’t buy it, I gave it to you.”
As he spoke, Yang Xiaotao handed over the wolf skin on his left hand.
The old man's face was serious, looking at his slightly weathered face, he took it solemnly.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Yang Xiaotao pursed his lips, biting the meat with his teeth, his eyes suddenly felt a little unsatisfied, wanting
Thousands of words, here For a moment, he took a deep breath and shook his head hard, "It's not hard, it's not hard."
The old man could see that Yang Xiaotao was suppressing the excitement in his heart, and he held the hand lightly and exerted force.
"Don't be nervous. Just walk around as usual here today."
"You guys are here, why don't you come in? Come in and talk."
A female voice came from the room, Then a short woman came out, wearing an apron. She was obviously busy working just now.
The old man smiled and said, "Hurry in, the hostess has spoken, hurry in."
Yang Xiaotao nodded and looked at the woman with a respectful expression.
The woman was also looking at Yang Xiaotao with a kind smile on her face.
“I just got off the train, you must be tired.”
“Hello.”
“Not tired!”
Yang Xiaotao doesn’t know what to call him , or in other words, it feels inappropriate to call it anything.
"You're still saying, go wash your face and have something to eat in a while. You can't even eat on the train."
The woman was nagging like a mother, but it made people feel like a spring breeze, and inadvertently, her heart felt warm. of.
"Oh, good!"
Yang Xiaotao didn't know how he walked. Anyway, it was a little different from normal walking.
On the other side, the old man met Gao Yufeng and shook hands with Section Chief Yu. After a cordial conversation, several people walked into the room.
Yang Xiaotao washed his hands and then stood aside.
"Quick, sit down, sit down."
After saying that, Yang Xiaotao and Gao Yufeng sat next to the old man, and Dean Zheng and Section Chief Yu sat on both sides.
Although they were eating, they were the only ones eating.
On the table is a plate of fried peanuts, a plate of shredded potatoes, and a bowl of millet porridge.
In addition, each person has a large bowl with hand-rolled noodles in it.
"You two came all the way from the Northwest by train. I have something to call you here."
Ahem
"Eat first and then talk about business."< br>
The woman reminded from the side, and the old man laughed, "Yes, let's eat first, come and try my family's craftsmanship."
"The dishes are a little short and a little plain, so we can make do with it."
As he said this, Yang Xiaotao and Gao Yufeng were asked to use their chopsticks.
"No, no, it's very good."
Gao Yufeng spoke quickly, and the old man nodded, "The people's economy must be built, but the culture of hardship and simplicity cannot be lost."
Yang Xiaotao held the bowl and nodded vigorously.
The old man lives such a hard and simple life, and when he thinks about his own life, he feels inexplicably ashamed.
From now on, we must be more difficult and simple.
Take the chopsticks and carefully pick up a peanut.
Gao Yufeng saw Yang Xiaotao fidgeting with his chopsticks and started eating too.
Yang Xiaotao lightly bit the peanuts, then ate the noodles with big mouthfuls.
Eating quickly, but making no sound.
There is oil and water floating on the noodles, which makes your stomach warm when you eat them.
"Why are you just eating noodles and vegetables?"
The old man said, picked up the chopsticks and picked up some shredded potatoes, put them in Yang Xiaotao's bowl, and gave Gao Yufeng another piece.
Yang Xiaotao lowered his head and ate.
Everyone else looked at the two people, who were eating with their heads down carefully.
The woman on the side smiled and shook her head.
Yang Xiaotao finished the noodles quickly, arranged the bowl and chopsticks neatly, and sat upright.
“You finished eating so quickly?”
The old man watched Yang Xiaotao finish eating quickly and felt a little emotional.
"When I was young, I had to deal with various things, including fighting sometimes, and I had to eat quickly, otherwise I would have no energy."
"But now, my stomach is not working. I have to hold my stomach to eat." Eat."
As the old man rambled, Yang Xiaotao could feel the closeness around him.
As the old man said, Yang Xiaotao clenched his palms tightly, then mobilized all his strength, raised his hand and slowly grasped the old man's hand aside.
The old man looked over and didn't care, "So, people have to accept old age."
"You are still young"
Yang Xiaotao listened carefully, and his heart was already connected with Xiaowei on his chest, mobilizing the maximum energy of his body.
The old man felt that Yang Xiaotao's hand was a little warm, and smiled again, "Eat another bowl."
"No, no need."
"This is not you. I have enough food, have another bowl.”
"No, really"
At this time, the woman had already picked up the bowl, filled another bowl and placed it in front of Yang Xiaotao.
"Eat quickly, don't be restrained, he and I are just two old people."
Yang Xiaotao let go of his hand, nodded and picked up the bowl again. This time, Yang Xiaotao ate very slowly.
Five minutes later.
Yang Xiaotao put down his bowl, looked at the others waiting for him, and sat upright in embarrassment.
“I’m full.”
Yang Xiaotao said awkwardly, and the old man laughed heartily.
“Now that we are full, let’s get down to business.”
The old man’s expression changed, he got up and walked to the study.
Dean Zheng and others got up to follow.
When he came to the study room, a row of bookshelves first came into view. Yang Xiaotao stood in front of the shelves and looked at them. There were many more books here than at home.
After just one glance, Yang Xiaotao came back to his senses and sat down behind Director Zheng.
Waiting for everyone last night, Secretary Tang walked in and gave several people a bowl of tea, and then went out.
The old man nodded to Dean Zheng, and then Dean Zheng began to briefly describe the situation. Yang Xiaotao finally understood why he was so anxious to find them.
At the same time, I knew in my heart that the other party was starting to experiment.
After all, they got enough parents from Yangjiazhuang.
However, these seeds have been manipulated by Xiaowei, and the corn grown in the greenhouse now has no problem.
But if you plant it in the wild, I hope you won’t encounter strong winds.
The energy Xiaowei modified at the time directly removed the lodging resistance gene, causing genetic defects.
It’s just that he couldn’t talk about it, especially the security issues that Section Chief Yu was responsible for, and he always felt that there was nothing unusual about it.
He can't say that the other party completed the task through grafting.
If you don’t say that you can’t explain it, you just let the other party succeed after knowing it. This is not a pure motive.
In short, this matter cannot be discussed.
Yang Xiaotao still has some sense.
"This matter is very urgent. The comrades at the front are negotiating on this matter."
The old man had a trace of sadness on his face, and the exchange group he sent was negotiating with the other party. Although the agreement has been signed, if the other party, as one of the few superpowers on Blue Star, really wants to default on the debt, the agreement will be like a piece of toilet paper.
"If the other party has already mastered this technology, then it will be the worst result. Our comrades will be very passive, and it will be difficult to realize the supplies promised to us in the agreement."
"If the other party is in Experiment, if you want to analyze this technology, you need to give the answer.”
After the old man finished speaking, he looked at a few people.
Gao Yufeng said nothing after hearing this. He has experience in conducting field planting research, but when it comes to theoretical support, forget it.
Soon, everyone’s attention focused on Yang Xiaotao.
At this time, Yang Xiaotao had already thought of his words in his mind.
Obviously, Maozi can produce corn seeds. As expected, he will use greenhouse technology to complete the breeding and then plant them on a large scale next year.
In this way, not only can we get rid of the shackles on our heads, but we can also save a lot of material and money and enhance our national strength.
The other party will be impatient.
So Yang Xiaotao cannot say that the other party cannot complete the breeding, but he can give a definite judgment on the shortcomings of the breeding.
And this requires an answer from genetic recombination.
Everyone looked over and Yang Xiaotao showed a confident smile.
Seeing this, the old man felt relieved. Those who still have this calmness at this time are either experienced in deception, or have real abilities and full of confidence.
He believes it is the latter.
"Chief, Dean, actually we don't have to worry."
"What the other party did was purely a way to die."
The old man said oh and stared. Big, came the interest.
Then he sat forward.
"Tell me."
"Okay!" Yang Xiaotao nodded, then looked around, "I need a pen and a piece of paper."
The old man stood up Pick up a pen and a blank piece of paper from the desk.
After Yang Xiaotao took it, he immediately said, "The reason why hybrid corn is hybridized is to blend the dominant traits together, gather them into a corn kernel, and then sprout and grow to become the corn we need."< br>
"In the experiment, Yangcun No. 1 integrated the shape of tall stalks, long stalks, large grains and resistance to lodging."
"I wrote in the paper that the dominant shape of tall stalks to short stalks of corn is , the number is D, the long rod is dominant to the short rod, the number is E, the large grain is dominant to the small grain, the number is F, the resistance to lodging is dominant, the number is H.”
Yang Xiaotao. representative of character English letters were written on it, and then he explained to several people, "When maize reproduces, it follows the principle of meiosis. That is, during the division process, alleles separate with the separation of homologous chromosomes, and non-equal genes on non-homologous chromosomes separate." Genes are freely combined.”
“It may sound very abstract, so I’ll give you a simple sketch.”
Yang Xiaotao then wrote down several possible matching words.
Looking at the 16 combinations written by Yang Xiaotao on the straw paper, everyone thought carefully.
Everyone can still understand simple math problems.
"That is to say."
There are sixteen kinds of gametes coming out of this corn, and there are sixteen kinds of sperm and eggs. In this combination, There are 256 possibilities.
A few people nodded, that’s how it works out mathematically.
The old man pondered for a moment, "You mean, it's difficult for them to push out the original plant through our corn kernels?"
"Chief, it's not that difficult, it's that it's impossible."
“You see, what we need is homozygous for the original strain, which is the same "
"But among these permutations, half are heterozygotes, and they have the same characteristics as homozygotes."
"These shapes are not what we see in corn kernels. ”
"If they want to find out in this way, it won't take several years or even ten years."
"So the seeds they are producing now are all problematic seeds, and it is impossible to find them at all." Less than homozygous. "
Yang Xiaotao said confidently. The old man looked at the paper for a while, then looked at Dean Zheng, who nodded silently.
“Are you sure?”
Yang Xiaotao nodded, “I’m sure.”
"Chief, don't look at the other party's enthusiasm. Some of these seeds will indeed grow like ours."
"But they have ignored one of the most important things."
< br>"Oh? What's the matter?"
Yang Xiaotao smiled, "Resistance to lodging. This is a recessive gene."
After hearing this, Dean Zheng and Gao Yufeng were suddenly stunned. Three seconds, then he laughed.
The old man saw it and knew that they understood Yang Xiaotao's intention, so he quickly asked.
Yang Xiaotao signaled Gao Yufeng to speak, and the other party nodded and said, "Chief, this resistance to lodging is a recessive gene, which means it is difficult to see from the appearance of the corn, but it can be highlighted as long as it encounters strong winds. ."
" The corn fields in Yangjiazhuang were hit by strong winds at the beginning, and many corns were blown down, but the hybrid corns have resistance genes and there was no major loss."
The old man understood, and his face suddenly showed. He smiled, and then he thought of something and became even more excited.
“Chief, what will happen if there is strong windy weather during pollination.”
"Reducing production in a large area."
The old man gave the answer directly.
“Yes, it is even possible that there will be no harvest.”
“By then, if there is no harvest, we will have to rely on external blood transfusions and imports to purchase food.”
“If we don’t deal with it properly, there will be famine.”
The old man became more solemn as he spoke, and the three people below nodded.
Yang Xiaotao didn't think there was anything wrong. If the other party completed the task in an orderly manner, the two parties might benefit from each other.
But I want to use tricks, haha.
He doesn't mind giving the other party an unforgettable lesson.
As for the possible misfortune of the other party, is it none of his business?
(End of this chapter)