my botanist

At Lianshi Airport, Shao Xi finished the check-in procedures, turned around and said to Xiao Ling and Shao Chen who were following her, "Okay, you guys go back."

"It's still early." Xiao Ling said, "There are still two hours left, and there are not many people at the security check."

Shao Chen quickly echoed: "Yes, when you go in, you wait alone, how boring."

"If you have classes, you have classes, and if you have meetings, you have meetings." Shao Xi smiled and said, "I'm not a child anymore, I have to be accompanied until the last minute."

Xiao Ling took a step forward and took her arm: "But I'm a child."

Shao Chen coughed: "There are still some things I haven't told you."

Shao Xi had no choice but to stand aside with someone else, Shao Chen was looking for something to say, but over and over again, if his mouth was a pot, these words would be overturned.

Shao Xi nodded her head obediently, but her thoughts had already flown away. She went through the list of the collection team in her head, and carefully thought about whether there was any intersection with everyone before.

"In short, don't go to places that are too dangerous." Shao Chen concluded, "If you are a stalker, you must have the awareness of sacrificing it, and don't steal the limelight from others."

Shaoxi couldn't help being happy: "Is this a matter of stealing the limelight? Brother, if you care about me, you care about me. You have to go around a lot."

"As a brother, I should care about what happened to my sister!" Shao Chen raised his voice, "As a leader, I should care about my subordinates!"

"I didn't tell you not to care." Shao Xi patted his arm, "Okay, don't you know what I am, you can live and have fun wherever you go."

"The key is that you can't even get through the phone..."

"I can get through, I promise." Shaoxi raised his hand and swore, "I will definitely carry it with me at all times. There is only one possibility that the call cannot be received, that is, there is no signal."

The main route of the collection team this time is two inaccessible mountains with an altitude of 3000 meters. At that time, no signal will basically be the norm. This is indeed a no-brainer.

Shao Chen sighed, feeling a little uncomfortable.

To be exact, he felt uncomfortable from the moment he agreed to join the collection team.

He watched this younger sister grow up, and the two are in the same industry, so they are very close friends.It was because he knew his sister that he agreed to this, in order to make her happy and do what she wanted to do.

But the fact is that it is too hard, too tiring and too dangerous. In this year's list, there is only one woman in the ten-member team, plus Shao Xi who was stuffed in at the last moment, there are only these two girls.

The collection of seed resources requires not only professional plant taxonomy knowledge, but also strong physical strength and perseverance.

Shao Xi, who has thin arms and legs, Shao Chen sighed again.

"Is the medicine box in the suitcase?" Shao Chen asked.

"You checked and put it in yourself, and it never left your sight." Shao Xi said.

Shao Chen stared at those eyes that were clearly shining with excitement, feeling a little stuffy in his chest and a little sore in his nose.

He adjusted his glasses, turned around suddenly, and waved to Xiao Ling: "Okay, let's go back, we can catch up with dinner."

Xiao Ling ran over and gave Shao Xi a hug: "Teacher, I'll wait for you to come back."

"Score more than [-]% in the next exam." Shao Xi tapped on the tip of her nose.

Xiao Ling ran away with a complicated expression, Shao Xi looked over, Shao Chen's strides were fast and frequent, and he had already walked a long way.

Shao Xi smiled and whispered: "Goodbye, I'll be right back."

The flight lasted two hours, but after landing, we arrived at the hotel where we gathered, and it was already dark.

The taxi stopped, and a considerate doorman came to open the door and carry the luggage. Shao Xi looked up and saw that the hotel in front of him was resplendent and magnificent. In this not-so-developed city, its luxury is probably one of the best.

When did the collection team get so rich? ? ?

Shao Xi lowered his head to confirm the information on the phone, and confirmed the name of the hotel with the doorman before entering the lobby.

I really lived here before entering the mountain. The information of the collection team is in the hotel system, and everyone has the single room with the highest price.

With question marks all over Shao Xi's head, he went upstairs to his room to put down his luggage, went around in and out, and was told to gather in the small meeting room.

When I arrived at the ground, I saw that the name of the collection team was written on the door plate of the meeting room, yes, it was still exclusive.

Big and small, Shaoxi has participated in many academic exchange activities at home and abroad, and there are many luxurious and luxurious ones, but it is really unexpected that the collection team can be so rich.

Their task this time is to collect seeds for the Southwest Wildlife Germplasm Bank. The people in the team are all "idle" personnel gathered from various universities and research institutes. There are staff members who are really responsible for the collection work in the germplasm bank In fact, there are only four or five of them. They are purely non-staff joint mutual aid groups. Under normal circumstances, they don't get much funding at all.

It's just the beginning, and it's all spent on the accommodation fee?

Obviously, Shao Xi was not the only one who had the same doubts.

In this meeting for the first time, there were nine people. After the team leader asked everyone to introduce themselves and get acquainted with each other, someone asked a very straightforward question: "I saw that the board and lodging are all reimbursed at full cost, is that true? ?”

This person is Yang Rui, the only other woman in the team, who works in the City Research Institute.Wearing thick glasses, black and thin, sharp eyes.

The captain replied with a smile: "Yes, it has always been like this. The work of collecting seeds is very hard, so the gene bank will try its best to solve logistical problems for everyone."

Yang Rui immediately continued: "Is this the standard all along?"

The captain paused: "This is also the first time for me to work as a captain. I didn't know the details before, but this time it's like this."

"I think..." Yang Rui closed the notebook in his hand, stood up and looked around at his colleagues, and then continued, "Money should be spent wisely. Now our board and lodging are too exaggerated and wasted."

There was silence in the conference room.

Most of the people who do research are high-minded, even if they have a bit of a weird temper, it is considered normal.

But being able to meet on the first day, it is really a bit...too weird to raise such a question that hurts everyone's interests and makes everyone embarrassing.

The captain paused for a long time before saying: "Our current accommodation conditions have been determined long ago. It's only these two days. When we enter the mountain, where can we find a hotel to stay in?"

"It's not a lot in the past two days." Yang Rui flipped through the notebook, "I made a rough calculation, eleven people, and the board and lodging for the two days alone is [-], which can pay two departments a month's salary gone."

Shao Xi raised her eyebrows, this man is too rigid, she kind of likes it.

The team leader hesitated for a while, and an older professor made a relief: "The funds spent on field collection can't be counted in this way. But the problem raised by Xiao Yang does exist. I'm here for the third time for the collection team. Yes, this time the situation is a little special, it must be some new changes in the project funds, to find out this, you have to trouble Captain Li to communicate with the relevant departments of the gene bank. Generally speaking, this change is nothing Bad thing, more funds are invested in resource protection, isn’t this what we expect?”

As soon as these words came out, many people responded.Yang Rui pushed his glasses, the expression on his face didn't change, he was still serious and serious: "Then trouble Captain Li to communicate, I believe this matter is not clear, everyone is a little uneasy."

The captain nodded in response, and then opened his mouth to change the topic. Everyone had a preliminary understanding of the subsequent collection plan, and the meeting broke up.

It was already past dinner time, but Shaoxi landed late, and he would be hungry for a long time, so he entered the elevator without hesitation, and pressed the floor where the restaurant was located.

Yang Rui took the elevator with her, glanced at the buttons, turned to her and said, "Are you going to eat?"

"Yeah." Shao Xi smiled, "Together?"

"Well, let's go together." Yang Rui said, "Can we not eat at the hotel?"

Shao Xi was stunned, there were other people in the elevator who had a meeting together just now, when Yang Rui said this, everyone could guess what she meant.

What's more, Yang Rui didn't intend to hide it at all, she said again: "The hotel is too expensive, there is no need."

Shaoxi wanted to laugh for a moment, but he had to hold back, so he could only cough lightly and said, "Yes, what is the name of the most famous chain store in Nanshi? .”

"Well, go and try it." Yang Rui said.

The two of them remained silent until they got out of the elevator.

After getting off the elevator and out of the hotel building, Shao Xi smiled happily, turned his head to Yang Rui and said, "You can save everyone a little face."

"Giving it won't solve the problem." Yang Rui was as direct as ever.

"You don't plan to move your luggage and change your place of residence later, do you?" Shao Xi stared, "I've already moved in and all the money has been deducted."

"When necessary." Yang Rui stared at her, "I just want to understand."

"I'm curious too." Shao Xi said.

"Are you really curious?" Yang Rui asked.

"Ah?" Shao Xi was a little surprised, "Of course, I was curious as soon as I got out of the car. This is completely different from the conditions I expected for the collection team."

Yang Rui frowned, with a confused expression: "Could it not be you?"

"Me?" Shao Xi was completely stunned, she pointed at herself, "I look so... rich?"

Yang Rui turned around and scanned Shao Xi up and down carefully: "It's okay."

"Why do you suspect me?" Shao Xi asked.

"The collection team originally only had ten people, and it was already fixed. You were the last to join."

"Ah..." Shao Xi couldn't refute, "You make a lot of sense."

The two stopped talking until they entered the shopping mall, then walked to the first store and sat down tacitly. Yang Rui started to order, and Shao Xi suddenly said: "How much do you know about the collection team?"

"I have been paying attention to it for a long time, and I know all the public information."

"Then have you ever heard of the Star-Moon Group?"

"No." Yang Rui shook his head.

Once you get suspicious, the more you think about it, the more wrong you will be.

When the food was on the table, Shao Xi couldn't sit still, she stood up: "Sorry, I'm going to make a phone call."

"Is it related to this matter?" Yang Rui asked.

Shao Xi didn't answer.

Out of the store and out of the shopping mall, Shao Xi found a place where almost no one passed by, and took out his mobile phone.

The mood is a bit complicated, and there is some inexplicable nervousness like a guilty conscience.

This is the first call she made to Ran Xingsu.