Everyone was shocked by Chen Kang's words.

It wasn't that he said he was willing to lose money, but he was shocked by his determination to believe in his son so much.

"Brother Chen Kang, why are you bothering!" Village Chief Chen Shoudao.

"I'm sure my son can fix this." Chen Kangdao.

"But he's just a college student. Playing pesticides is a decision made by all the technicians in our county at a meeting, is it better than his method? ”

Chen Kang didn't want to continue to entangle with him, so he turned around and said: "If you are willing to believe my son, most of you can do what he says, if the lotus root dug up is reduced by then, I will compensate you for your losses!" ”

Seeing that Chen Kang said so surely, someone stood up and played a round: "I believe in Chen Cheng, he is also a child we watched grow up, so he won't talk big." ”

"It's also, it's a loss anyway, it's a big deal."

"Then let's use a dead horse as a live horse doctor!"

For a while, almost half of the villagers turned to Chen Cheng and their side.

They were not moved by Chen Kang's promise, but by Chen Kang's absolute trust in his son.

As neighbors who watched Chen Cheng grow up, they all felt that they could trust Chen Cheng once.

Looking at this situation, Zhang Lin was not happy.

"Village Chief Chen, what's the matter? This method is agreed by the county, and the rescue work must be carried out simultaneously throughout the county, because if an undergraduate student is born, stop doing it? ”

Village Chief Chen Shou hurriedly said: "Technician Zhang, don't worry, what if Chen Cheng really has a solution?" ”

Zhang Lin smiled, turned to Chen Cheng and said, "Okay, what can you do?" Say it and I'll hear it? ”

Chen Cheng said bluntly: "At present, I haven't thought it through, and when I check the situation of the lotus root clearly, there will naturally be a way." ”

Zhang Lin said: "Okay, then I'll give you half a day." If you haven't come up with a feasible solution tomorrow morning, then the whole village will do it according to the method formulated by the county! ”

Chen Cheng nodded.

Zhang Lin turned around and left in a huff.

Chen Shou also followed him.

The villagers also gradually dispersed, stayed and chatted with Chen Kang, and went home. Only Chen Cheng and his father and son were left on the side of the road.

"Do you want to continue your research in the field?" Chen Kang asked.

"Hmm. Also carefully check the growth of the lotus root. ”

"Then you study slowly, I'll go back first."

Chen Cheng nodded.

He knew that Chen Kang didn't stay here so as not to put pressure on him, but he didn't express this subtle concern.

When Chen Kang's voice and shadow disappeared at the end of the road, Chen Cheng let out a sigh, raised his hand to wipe the corners of his eyes, and stepped into the paddy field.

He knew that his father had always been a peace-hearted man and had never been angry. But today, for this matter, I lost my temper in front of so many villagers.

No one in the world can protect their children better than their parents.

Chen Cheng gritted his teeth. Even for the sake of his father's unreserved trust in him, he had to study the problem clearly as soon as possible and find a solution.

Chen Cheng called up the system and scanned the information of the lotus root.

A 3D virtual image of the lotus root appears in the super farming system, and Chen Cheng manipulates it with his mind to rotate so that he can carefully observe the growth of the entire plant.

The bottom of this lotus root grows five segments, which is slightly thinner than the usual one.

In general, a fully ripe lotus root can have 5-10 segments. It can also be seen from the quantity that the growth of this batch of lotus roots has been affected.

Suddenly, Chen Cheng's eyes fell on the column on the panel next to him that introduced the growth status of lotus roots.

【Growing Condition: Maturity】

"Maturity? Isn't it still two months before the lotus root is picked? ”

When he hadn't said the doubts in his heart, he suddenly reacted that he had been thinking wrong all along!

The seeds of the lotus root are the lotus seeds in the lotus canopy, not the lotus root!

And now the lotus seed harvest is long past the harvest period.

In his preconceived notions, he subconsciously believed that lotus roots, which have the ability to reproduce and store a lot of nutrients such as starch and vitamins, are the seeds of lotus roots.

Chen Cheng felt that he was blushing.

Hurriedly called up the introduction of lotus root from the system.

Lotus root is actually a kind of stem used by lotus root plants to store nutrients, and the scientific name is "metamorphosis stem".

This means that this stem and other stems have a pronounced change in body size.

In fact, plants with such metamorphosed stems are not uncommon. For example, potatoes, garlic, onions.

The part that people eat every day is their metamorphosis stems, and these metamorphosed stems that store nutrients have the ability to reproduce, which is why most people mistakenly think that they are their fruits.

Although they are called metamorphosis stems, they also function as stems.

The stem of a plant is an important organ for transporting water and nutrients, and generally consists of ducts and sieve tubes. The one that transports water is called a conduit, and the one that transports nutrients is called a screen.

The conduit is formed by the two ends of the catheter cells through each other, so as to form a hollow pipe, which has a strong effect on the transportation of water.

The sieve tube is a two-end cell wall that forms a porous plate, thus forming a sieve-like two ends, so that many cells are arranged radially to form a nutrient transport channel.

Therefore, as long as a section of lotus root is broken and its section is observed, it can be found that its structure fully meets the definition of conduit and screen.

Plants that grow in water for a long time will have certain organs to store air, so as to ensure that the part in the water will not rot due to the lack of air for a long time. The hollow hole in the lotus root section is used to store air.

"Why is this aperture of lotus root so so special?" Chen Cheng asked.

[Because it can be buried in the soil for a long time after the stems and leaves on the water surface wither, so as not to rot, and ensure that new plants can grow in the next year]

"Since it has lotus seeds that can be used as a tool for reproduction and propagation, why should it use rhizomes to propagate?"

[Lotus seeds have a hard shell, and in the natural environment, it takes many years to be naturally decomposed, and then sprout and reproduce. This is supposed to be a genetic protection mechanism for it. However, this mechanism is not conducive to the rapid reproduction of the race, so it has evolved a method of vegetative reproduction.

Chen Cheng nodded.

The method of propagation of plants through rhizomes is called vegetative propagation.

After harvesting these knowledge points, Chen Cheng was suddenly illuminated with wisdom.

He doesn't have to worry about the lotus leaves above the water's surface, just the rhizome below.

The lotus root can be vegetatively reproduced, so it can grow new leaf buds again and achieve secondary development.

It's just that there is still more than a month before the frost falls in winter, and the lotus leaves will be frozen to death by frost and snow. He had to speed up the growth of the lotus root and improve the cold tolerance of the lotus leaf to a certain extent.

Chen Cheng clicked on the supercomputer and said, "Simulate the growth of all diseased leaves after removing them and eliminating the germs in the water." ”

【Okay】

The supercomputer started the simulation and gave the results less than a minute later.

[Simulated interruption, removing diseased lotus leaves and sanitizing bacteria in the water cannot completely eliminate bacteria]

"Why?" Chen Cheng asked in a lost voice.

He thought that this method was enough to eliminate all the germs.

[The soil still contains germs, and the germs have spread to the lower part of the lotus root mud]

"This..."