Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

74. Experiment (3)

"Alright! Hopefully she can do something to solve our production team's food shortage problem."

"If she can make something of herself, it will not only solve the food problem for our production team, but for the entire township, the entire county, and even the whole country."

That's what they say, but even Jin Gui herself couldn't believe that such a miracle would happen.

The next morning, Su Jinru made arrangements for her two children, preparing some sweet potatoes and potatoes for them to eat at home whenever they were hungry.

Su Jinru locked the door from the inside, told the two children to study, read, and play at home, and then went to the county town with Jin Gui.

Upon arriving at the agricultural technology station in the county town, Jin Gui introduced Su Jinru to the staff, saying that she was from Daben Township and wanted to learn farming techniques from them. He hoped that they would share their farming experience with her without reservation.

The people at the agricultural technology station haven't had much to do lately, and they're also going hungry.

All the crops they had planted in the experimental fields were destroyed by locusts.

Soon after, a famine struck, and the seeds used for experiments were stolen. It's unclear whether they were stolen by internal staff or by outsiders, but they were all gone.

No seeds were delivered, so their experimental fields remained barren without any seeds to plant.

The land in the entire county was barren, so there was no need for them to go to the countryside to provide guidance.

So going to work every day is just a way to get by.

The unit's canteen had no food to cook, so they had to go hungry.

So when a rural woman came to them to learn scientific farming, they found her quite ridiculous. Aren't people starving and trying every possible way to find food these days?

She actually came to learn how to farm from them.

Without even seeds, what is she going to use to grow crops!

Su Jinru took out a few boiled sweet potatoes from her pocket and offered them to everyone.

Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw the sweet potatoes.

“I already found out. There are five of you. I brought five sweet potatoes, one for each of you.”

The effect of Su Jinru's action was equivalent to someone in later generations throwing out five thick stacks of banknotes and saying, "This is for you, one stack for each of you."

The five people quickly grabbed their own sweet potatoes, looking at Su Jinru as if she were a generous tycoon.

"Comrade Su Jinru, if you want to learn how to farm scientifically, feel free to ask us any questions. We will answer them to the best of our ability."

"Yes! Yes, what crops would you like to learn to grow?"

"I want to learn how to grow sweet potatoes and potatoes."

"Sweet potatoes and potatoes are grown in very similar ways..."

Everyone eagerly explained to Su Jinru.

Although these planting methods are similar to those used in their production team.

However, Su Jinru listened very attentively and even took out a notebook to write down everything.

Su Jinru: "The planting cycle for sweet potatoes and potatoes is five to six months. Can it be shortened to two months or one month?"

"How is that possible? It's impossible. It depends on the weather and soil conditions. It usually takes five to six months. If the soil is good, the weather is favorable, and there are no pests, it will take at least four months."

Su Jinru: "Then let's improve the soil and temperature for these crops to increase yield and accelerate the growth cycle."

"Theoretically it is possible, but in reality the weather is unpredictable and beyond our control."

Su Jinru knew that in later generations, greenhouse cultivation was used to improve the temperature.

But plastic hasn't been invented yet.

Although she had enjoyed the many benefits that plastic products brought to her life, she did not know how plastic was made.

Therefore, the only solution is to improve the soil quality.

Su Jinru asked many more questions, such as the content of various trace elements in most soils of Nanyang County, what kind of soil potatoes prefer, and what kind of soil sweet potatoes prefer.

I didn't stop until I had asked all the questions I wanted to ask!

After spending a day together, the people from the agricultural technology station no longer looked down on Su Jinru.

Although she was just an ordinary peasant woman, she was poised and generous in her speech and manners, and humble and eager to learn. She genuinely wanted to learn how to farm, which made her much better than those who just drifted through life.

However, they didn't understand that in this time of famine, when even seeds were scarce, what use was learning these things!

What surprised them even more was that she so generously took out five sweet potatoes and gave them to them to eat. Where did she get the food?

She said this was all the food her family could provide, as a way of thanking them for sharing their experience with her.

Su Jinru's words made them feel extremely ashamed.

To be honest, their agricultural technology station hasn't achieved anything significant, and the knowledge they possess hasn't solved the current famine problem.

They themselves were helpless in the face of hunger.

In order to learn how to farm, Su Jinru actually gave them all the grain in her house.

How can they not feel ashamed!

When Su Jinru left in the afternoon, Jin Gui brought her back a set of materials needed for the experiment, such as a thermometer, soil analysis instruments, and a steel ruler.

After returning from the agricultural technology station, Su Jinru first went to the fields to collect a small amount of soil for analysis. She discovered that there were two types of soil in Daben Township: one type was more suitable for planting sweet potatoes, while the other type was more suitable for planting potatoes.

Su Jinru took two different types of soil home, divided them into several small plots, and began planting experimental fields in her yard to cultivate early-maturing, high-yield potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Her explanation for bringing soil home from outside was that she wanted to re-plaster the walls of her house to reinforce them.

With the preparations complete, Su Jinru and her two children planted sweet potatoes and potatoes at home.

She also made her son responsible for recording the temperature, how often to water the plants, on which day they started to sprout, and when the first leaf appeared, all every morning, noon, and evening.

Su Jinru told her son that he had to be serious and responsible when doing experiments because science and technology is a very serious and rigorous matter, and there can be no perfunctory or negligent attitude.

The little guy shouldered a heavy responsibility and did it very seriously and conscientiously.

An Xin, as her brother's little helper, unconditionally obeys his commands and has the responsibility and obligation to supervise and remind him.

The water in the experimental field was naturally from the village well.

From then on, Su Jinru had one task every day: to fetch water.

This was not a difficult task for Su Jinru, who had worked hard all her life.

It also prevents the two children from discovering why their mother never goes to the well to fetch water and why there is always water in the house.

Since starting her experimental farming at home, Su Jinru has become even busier.