Chapter 41: The South City Base
It turned out that it was the fruit seeds that Professor Zhao applied for a few days ago, and they had been approved!
To Gu Xidu's surprise, Professor Zhao applied for so many kinds of fruit seeds, and all of them were approved.
Of course, this is not only the credit of Professor Zhao, Shen Yue and Xu Yiyisan also contributed behind the scenes......
Even Wei Heng went to find Ye Junhan...... It's just that Gu Xi doesn't know about this.
"Has the seed arrived?" She turned her head and asked Shen Yue.
Shen Yue found that when this girl mentioned fruit seeds, her eyes suddenly lit up a little, and she thought that she was also a fellow believer?
It's just that he doesn't pick his mouth, as long as it's delicious, he likes it; But Gu Xi is about to like to eat fruits?
Shen Yue squatted next to her and smiled: "Not so fast, the seeds are still in the Nancheng base at this time, and they will be sent over with the supplies in a few days......"
But Gu Xi didn't want to wait for a day.
During this time, in addition to watermelon, she could only occasionally eat some tomatoes to satisfy her cravings, and now she finally looked forward to fruit seeds, where could Gu Xi wait?
She decided to go directly to the Nancheng base to pick up the goods.
Wei Heng remembered the last time he went back to the camp, this girl's simple and rude shopping method that didn't even ask the price, thought about it, and reminded him tactfully: "It's not impossible to go to the Nancheng base, but it's a bit of a waste of energy to run empty." Why don't we plant another crop of watermelons? ”
"Yes." Gu Xi thought for a while and said, "But we don't grow watermelons, this time we'll sell sweet potatoes." ”
In today's environment, people who can afford to eat watermelon are a minority after all.
But sweet potatoes are different.
As one of the staple foods, as long as the family is not too poor to open the pot, they are probably willing to spend a few extra dollars to buy a few catties of sweet potatoes with a lower coefficient of variation to improve the family's food......
Gu Xi is not the Holy Mother, and she alone can't save everyone.
But within her means, she doesn't mind doing more.
Left and right, what to plant, is the same for her.
Just do it, Wei Heng has already sat on the farming machine.
The two sisters of the Qin family were also called by Shen Yue to help.
Obviously, everyone wants to eat early...... A variety of fruits grown by Gu Xi himself.
Several people worked together, and soon, sweet potatoes were spread all over the hillside.
Wei Heng had already driven the big truck over, and the two sisters of the Qin family were squatting on the ground picking up sweet potatoes.
Shen Yue walked to Gu Xi's side, staring at the sweet potatoes in the field and frowning slightly: "This sweet potato...... Gu Xiaoxi, are you sure you want to send these sweet potatoes to the Nancheng base? ”
Shen Yue bent down to pick up a sweet potato and turned his head to look at Gu Xi.
The coefficient of variation of these sweet potatoes is lower than that of the previous plantings.
In Shen Yue's opinion, this is even a little terrifying.
"You have to try." Gu Xi bent down and picked up the sweet potatoes in the field into the basket on the side.
Of course, she knew that in the last days, these sweet potatoes would attract the covetousness of others and even ill-intentioned calculations......
But in this situation, blindly low-key and evasion are not the way.
At this time, she had to find a different way.
Shen Yue raised his eyebrows, threw the sweet potato in his hand in her frame, and asked her casually: "Then have you ever thought about farming for the military in the future?" ”
Not to mention, at least Gu Xi's safety, he can guarantee it.
As for the rest of the troubles...... Looking at the noodles of these sweet potatoes, I think the old man should be happy to help fight down.
"Thanks, but not necessary." Gu Xi has the ability to protect himself, but there is no need to explain it to others.
She carried a basket of sweet potatoes into the truck and forcibly changed the subject, "When I get to the base, where will I get the seeds?" Do professors need to certify? ”
After all, those fruit seeds were all applied for in the name of Professor Zhao's laboratory.
Shen Yue stared at her for a while before he spoke: "Go to the logistics department of the base, there is a department in charge of seeds, as for the rest, you don't have to care." ”
He clicked on his personal terminal and shook it, obviously prepared: "The program has already been completed on my side, you can just go directly......"
"Okay, thank you." Gu Xi opened the co-pilot's door and got into the car directly.
Wei Heng walked around to the other side of the truck and said to Shen Yue, who came over, "Do you want to be together?" ”
"I'd like to go." Shen Yue sighed: "But there's a big mess here, how can I get out of the way?" Let Qin Yi go with you. ”
Qin Yi washed his hands with his ability, shook off the water droplets in his hands, and had already climbed to the co-pilot's side.
The two girls were both slender and thin, and they could sit down if they squeezed it.
Wei Heng nodded, and was about to step on the accelerator, but Shen Yue suddenly held down the car door with one hand and reached into the window with the other hand to stop him.
Wei Heng raised his eyebrows in surprise and looked up: "Do you still have something?" ”
Shen Yue stared at him for a while, making sure that he really didn't understand, so he had to spread his hand to him again: "Give me the key to the kitchen...... You're going for two or three days, and I, a hard-working person who stays at home and looks after the house, won't I eat? ”
The corners of Wei Heng's mouth twitched: "......" is still looking at the house, it seems that it is your family.
With an expressionless face, he pressed the key heavily in someone's palm, Wei Heng stepped on the accelerator fiercely, and the big truck sped up on the field full of weeds.
Gu Xi opened the car window, and the wind blew, carrying the unique smell of different plants, a little fishy, but not unpleasant.
Through the car window, Gu Xi looked back, her eyes fell on the iron house in the distance, and at this moment, she suddenly had a kind of ...... Nostalgia for home?
This feeling is very strange, and it is quite inexplicable.
But Gu Xi unexpectedly liked it.
From now on, she thought, she would also have a family.
……
At half past three in the morning, after more than ten hours of bumpy road, the truck stopped outside the gate of the Nancheng base.
Unlike the imagined darkness and silence everywhere, the Nancheng base at half past three in the morning was brightly lit and full of people.
"There's a morning market here." Seeing Gu Xi's surprised face, Wei Heng explained.
After opening the personal terminal and checking his identity, Wei Heng drove the truck into the Nancheng base.
From a distance, Gu Xi saw a huge shed area, which was about the morning market in Wei Heng's mouth.
Taking advantage of the fact that it was still early, Wei Heng discussed with Gu Xi and decided to go to the trading market first, and after selling the sweet potatoes, he would go to get the seeds.
The morning market at the Nancheng base is very large and lively, and in addition to the free market, there is also an official buying window.
Wei Heng parked the car directly in front of the official acquisition window.
After getting out of the car, he directly found the staff here, and the next step was to sample and check the coefficient of variation, weigh, and settle......
Gu Xi watched from the side for a while, and when Wei Heng was notified to go to the checkout, she asked in surprise, "Is this the end?" Don't you even negotiate the price? ”
Wei Heng explained: "Grain and vegetables and fruits are different, the purchase price of the base is unified, and the price is different according to different coefficients of variation......
Therefore, as soon as the coefficient of variation is determined, the price is also determined.
As soon as he said this, Gu Xi understood.
Although the current situation is difficult, the price of grain is still under the unified control of the state, so as to maintain the stability of people's livelihood in the major bases.
Gu Xi went to the free market again, only to find that she still didn't know enough about the world thirty years later.
Although the food crisis has caused some difficulties in people's livelihood, in fact, in addition to food, the prices of other things are quite normal, after all, they are regulated by the state, like necessities such as clothes, although there are not many in the market, but there are also a lot.
Unlike 30 years ago, these daily necessities were extremely scarce.
After Gu Xi observed, he found that the entire trading market was in order, the prices of things were not expensive, and private transactions were also allowed, but the base had a limited purchase policy, and it was not as free to buy as it was before the end of the world.
In the market, there are also many garrisons patrolling to maintain order......
Soon, Wei Heng came over after settling the account and said, "Let's go, although our sweet potatoes are selling at a loss, the price is not bad." ”
Gu Xi felt that the logic of this was a little wrong. If the price is not bad, how can it be lost?