Chapter 70 The greenery in winter
“It’s snowing again!”
Guo Yang and the two of them tightly covered the last farm machine with the tarpaulin. Done.
Out of the warehouse, goose-like snowflakes fell from the sky and fell on the alfalfa grass.
The vast white expanse stretches as far as the eye can see, just as the poem describes: "The scenery of the North is covered with thousands of miles of ice and thousands of miles of snow."
The three of them sat in the corner of the warehouse, admiring the snowy scenery.
Cai Bin looked at the pasture that had been covered with a layer of snow and asked worriedly: "Boss, the signs of this year's cold winter are obvious. The alfalfa sown on the pasture is only a few centimeters high. Can you survive this winter?"
Guo Yang smiled and stared at the improved saline-alkali pasture in fascination.
“Have you ever heard that children are very angry? The same goes for plants. Young plants are more cold-resistant than older plants. As long as a few leaves with three leaflets grow, the cold resistance of alfalfa It’s formed.”
“But I saw the weather forecast recently, the temperature will drop to minus 20 or 30 degrees, and there will be several heavy snowfalls.”
"It's good to have heavy snow. The thicker the snow, the easier it will be for alfalfa to survive the winter."
Of course Guo Yang also knows that this year's cold winter cannot be escaped. The purple flowers planted in the north Alfalfa often suffers frost damage.
However, Alfalfa Farming and Animal Husbandry have taken all possible cold-resistant measures. Drainage measures were built during land preparation. Cold-resistant and disease-resistant varieties from Huihuang and Oasis were selected for seeds. Enough fertilizer was applied before winter. A sufficient amount of potassium fertilizer and so on.
Cai Bin still looked puzzled and turned to look at Zhang Wei.
“What are you looking at me for? All I know is that the snow is thick and the temperature below will be higher.”
Seeing this scene, Guo Yang continued to explain to the two people.
“It doesn’t snow every day in winter, and the sun sometimes shines, causing the temperature on the surface of the snow to fluctuate greatly.”
“When the temperature rises, the dormant alfalfa will After dormancy is broken, the crown buds begin to grow and consume all the nutrients accumulated in the roots. When the temperature returns to low temperatures, the crown buds will be killed.” Separating the surface of extremely low temperatures from the extremely fluctuating snow cover, alfalfa will actually suffer less frost damage.”
“Although ice can harm alfalfa, snow cover is indeed beneficial, and snow is good. An insulator that protects plants from extremely low temperatures and fluctuating temperatures.”
Zhang Wei and Cai Bin seemed to understand, but they understood the general meaning.
Cai Bin admired: "I didn't expect the boss to even understand this."
"The boss is a graduate student at the Agricultural University, so of course he knows a lot."
Cai Bin suddenly He was stunned, because the boss was more skilled at driving and maintaining agricultural machinery than he and Zhang Wei, so he often ignored Guo Yang's academic qualifications.
It’s not just him, many people in the company are like this. There are often rumors in Tianhe that the boss likes to go to the base alone. By the time the managers find out, he may have already become one with the workers.
"The boss is so awesome!" Cai Bin couldn't help but compliment him.
“Nonsense, the train runs fast, all because of the headband. Tianhe is developing so fast, and it’s not because the boss is supporting it.”
Listening to the embarrassing rainbow farts of the two people, Guo Yang couldn't bear it anymore.
"A few words are enough, the more you say it, the more outrageous it becomes."
"And this has nothing to do with academic qualifications, just like the room needs to be cleaned frequently, the mirror needs to be wiped frequently, everyone is Growing through continuous learning.”
"I learned this all from Master Xiang."
In the knowledge Guo Yang learned in the past, plants in nature often grow in a fixed place and cannot be moved.
But plants do not stand there in the rain, freeze and be eaten and wait to die. Instead, they respond to the misfortunes in life with a positive attitude.
If a seed is pressed under a stone, it will look for opportunities to grow out of the cracks in the stone;
On the land with back sun, plants will become themselves again. Thin and tall, it grows to a sunny place; persimmons avoid accumulation of flavor substances before they mature and are relatively hard to avoid predators;
Chili peppers accumulate capsaicin, and garlic accumulates allicin to reduce palatability and produce toxicity, and avoid being eaten in large quantities;
When mimosa is touched, the expanded leaves will close;
Tobacco accumulates nicotine...
Thinking of Lao Xiang, Guo Yang remembered the scene when he sent him to the airport.
Lao Xiang seemed hesitant to speak. Guo Yang thought he didn't have enough money, so he once again offered to advance his salary.
But Lao Xiang held it in for a long time before he said quietly: "Is Alfalfa No. 1 a serious alfalfa seed?"
Thinking of this, Guo Yang stood up and put on his hat, wrapping it up. Yan Yan said seriously, "Come with me to see the seed field of Alfalfa No. 1."
The three of them were walking through the snow. The snow was not thick, but it would still leave a shallow patch of snow. Footprints and sometimes dead branches and stubble will make a clicking sound.
A nursing house has been built next to the seed field, and the roof, fence and isolation belt have also been covered with a layer of snow.
When Guo Yang and the others arrived, a white native dog on a chain came out and barked at the three of them.
Looks extremely brutal!
A furry tail, a big head, a short and wide mouth, and the sharp teeth exposed show a strong bite force.
"When did you raise the dog?"
Zhang Wei said: "This is brought by Uncle Wang who guards the seed fields. The native dogs from the Longnan Mountain area are the ones who guard the homes and homes. A good hand, he was raised by Uncle Wang’s son on the construction site.”
"Two strangers came here some time ago, maybe they wanted to steal seedlings. After they were discovered, they tried to escape, but they were caught by Erwazi from Shuangqiao Village."
Cai Bin also yelled. He said in a loud voice: "Mr. Xiang had people beat up the two thieves. They must have suffered a lot of injuries. In the end, they were sent to the police station."
"What nonsense are you talking about? That was Mr. Xiang's fault. "Is that what everyone did on their own initiative?"
Guo Yang knew about the thief in the No. 1 seed field, and Lao Xiang specifically reported it.
Stealing seeds and seedlings is a common occurrence in the industry, and even those large seed companies and international giants cannot avoid it.
The domestic ones steal from foreign ones, and the foreign ones steal from domestic ones. They are very busy.
Fortunately for subsequent seed production, alfalfa has sterile breeding methods provided by seed stores.
As long as the original species are propagated, management and protection can only be strengthened.
Business wars in the real world are often so simple and unpretentious. For example, people in Guangdong Province like to sneak into rival companies and then pour boiling water on the money trees.
The door of the nursing room was opened, and Uncle Wang walked out wearing a thick polar army coat and a military green velvet hat on his head.
"Who is it?"
"Uncle Wang, it's me, Zhang Wei! Bring the boss over to see the seed fields."
Uncle Wang came out, held the dog, and opened the simple guardrail.
Guo Yang then noticed that this native dog was a bit old and its fur was dirty. He didn’t know how long it could live.
When outside the fence, the scenery of the seed field was not clear due to the obstruction of snowflakes, but when he took a closer look, Guo Yang understood why Lao Xiang asked that.
I saw snowflakes flying all over the sky, but the greenery still couldn't suppress it.
Alfalfa is already nearly twenty centimeters tall, standing tall and tall in the ice and snow!
(End of this chapter)