Yun Feiyang accompanied Shen Shi'an to spend the New Year, and stayed until January 31, ready to leave for home. If you don't go back, February 5 is the Spring Festival, and if you don't go back, he will collide with the highest peak of the Spring Festival, and it is not certain whether he can get home before Chinese New Year's Eve.

Pushing the suitcase to the door, Yun Feiyang was reluctant: "You really don't want to go home with me for the New Year?" My parents are looking forward to it, and they said that they have prepared a lot of delicious food for you. It's warm on the island now, and when the time comes, let's go into the sea to swim and surf, catch fish and touch shells, how happy it is, brother. ”

Shen Shi'an handed him a cloth bag, which was filled with sealed tomato sauce and freshly squeezed tomato juice, and shook his head when he heard this: "Help me thank my uncle and aunt, I wish them a happy New Year and all the best, I won't go over this year." Don't worry, I'm not alone, I have Shen Xun with me. Moreover, Mr. Gu is coming over on Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

Yun Feiyang was surprised: "Mr. Gu came over on Chinese New Year's Eve to join you on New Year's Eve?" ”

"Hmm." Shen Shi'an nodded, his expression faint and he couldn't see any emotion. In previous years, Mr. Gu, as the first successor of the elder line of the family, accompanied the family elders to celebrate the New Year and worship his ancestors on important festivals such as Chinese New Year's Eve, and usually only came to H City in a hurry when he was young. I don't know why this year, I called Shen Shi'an more than a week ago and said that I would come over for dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve.

People's fathers are going to come to accompany them for the holiday, and of course Yun Feiyang is not good to bother to turn people to the island. Full of persuasion, he swallowed back, raised his hand and hugged Shen Shi'an: "Okay, then let's make an appointment next year." You have a good New Year, and when I come back, I will bring you authentic green coconut that is bigger than a basketball, which is fragrant and sweet, and you still want to drink it after drinking. ”

He looked down at the child beside Shen Shi'an's lap again: "Xunxun, come, say goodbye to your Uncle Yun." ”

Shen Xun didn't want to pay attention to him, and bared two rows of fangs at him: "Woo......"

Ruibao, who was standing on Yun Feiyang's shoulder, immediately fluttered his wings and screamed: "Goodbye! Good bye! Goodbye baby! ”

"Okay, okay, okay," Yun Feiyang hurriedly reassured: "He's not a little black, and he won't threaten you to peel melon seeds, what are you afraid of, tsk, more and more cowardly." ”

Shen Shi'an hid the child behind him without moving, and said to Yun Feiyang, "Are you sure you can go home with the parrot?" Otherwise, it's okay for me to raise it, and it's not troublesome. ”

"Don't worry, no problem." Yun Feiyang unzipped the down jacket a little, put Ruibao into the inner pocket and only revealed a head: "I took a bullet train and not an airplane, the inspection is not so strict, when the time comes, put Ruibao into the clothes like this, and put a scarf around the neck, as long as it is not called, no one can see it, I have rehearsed with it last night, the little thing is smart." ”

He said to Shen Shi'an again: "Okay, it's cold outside, you don't have to send it with your child, I just have a suitcase and a cloth bag, and you can take a taxi downstairs by taking the elevator." ”

Shen Shi'an was not polite, and nodded: "Tell me when you get in the car and when you arrive." ”

"No problem, gone brother, Happy New Year!"

Shen Shi'an waved his hand: "Happy New Year, have a smooth journey." ”

watched Yun Feiyang get on the elevator until the two returned home and closed the door. Shen Shi'an looked down at the child: "I want to enter the space, you watch TV alone......

Before the words fell, Shen Xun had already quickly hugged his calves, and his hands and feet were intertwined, and he couldn't tear off a kraft candy posture: "... No way... I want to talk to An An... Together..."

"I have important work to do, what if you mess with it."

Shen Xun immediately shook his head like a rattle, "... No... Don't mess around... Obedient..."After speaking, he stretched out three white and tender paws: "... Guaranteed..."

Shen Shi'an thought about it and decided to believe him once.

Shen Xun entered the space with Shen Xun, who was like kraft candy, Shen Shi'an put the glass bowl full of cherries into his arms and let him sit on the green grass next to the black earth: "Don't move here, call me if you have something." ”

The child blinked his eyes and nodded obediently, and as soon as Shen Shi'an left, his fiery gaze immediately turned to the spiritual spring not far away-the spiritual spring seemed to be unobstructed and there was nothing around the spiritual spring at this time, but he couldn't get close at all without Shen Shi'an's permission. Recalling the sharp pain of his paws being scorched by thunder last time, Shen Xun pursed his mouth and reluctantly took his gaze back.

Shen Shi'an walked into the tomato forest, a large area of lush "tomato trees" looked no different from before, the basketball-sized tomato was still red, and the plump flesh was almost transparent, which looked extremely attractive. Most importantly, there are no signs of overripeness that is about to rot.

It seems that the fruits grown in the space have a longer shelf life than he expected, which is good news, but this is not the purpose of Shen Shi'an's coming in this time.

When he first planted tomatoes, Shen Shi'an only set aside three meters by three meters at the beginning, with a total planting area of nine square meters, but he didn't expect that almost all of the last more than 2,000 seeds survived and grew into a large dense and prosperous tomato forest. What's even more amazing is that when he observes from the outside of the tomato forest, the original nine-square-meter planting area does not seem to have changed in any way, but once he steps on any boundary of the nine-square-meter planting area, the surrounding space will suddenly expand hundreds of thousands of times, showing the whole picture of the entire tomato forest, as if stepping into a new and different space.

If his inference is correct, then there is indeed a spatial fold in the land, and it is free to expand as the plants on it grow. And Shen Shi'an's purpose is to test how many times the land in the space can expand through experiments.

This experiment was originally planned to be carried out after the exam, and the materials and tools were ready, but before the experiment began, he unexpectedly discovered the secret of the spiritual spring protective cover, and then experienced the dog's transformation into a living person, so it was temporarily delayed. At present, there are only two people left in the family, he and Shen Xun are left, and there is no need to worry about external interference, it is a good opportunity to continue the experiment.

The space is completely isolated from the outside world, there is no way to receive satellite signals, and ordinary land area surveyors cannot be used. Shen Shi'an took out the industrial tape measure prepared in advance, divided it into many measurements, and successfully obtained the area of the tomato forest: 3,600 square meters——

It was four hundred times larger than the initial area he had drawn out.

Shen Shi'an jotted down this number in his notebook and calculated the average optimal growth area required for each tomato tree based on the total number of tomato trees of 2,362 in the space: 1.524 square meters.

Subsequently, three additional experimental fields were carved out next to the tomato forest, which were 10 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide, with an area of 0.01 square meters.

The reason why the experimental field area is so small is that there are enough tomatoes in the space, although the shelf life is considerable, but what to do if you can't eat it is still a big problem.

Second, Shen Shi'an roughly estimated that the original total area of the land in the space was only 100 meters by 50 meters, that is, about 5,000 square meters, about half the size of a playground. Even if this area can be expanded, every inch of the original area is still precious. Before the end use is determined, it is best not to waste it or not to waste it.

After the experimental fields were marked and marked, Shen Shi'an planted three tomato seeds in the No. 1 field, five in the No. 2 field, and ten in the No. 3 field, scooped a pot of spiritual spring water from the creek, and irrigated them in turn. The rest can only wait quietly.

According to the spatial default, the optimal growth area required for each tomato tree is 1.524 square meters, and ideally, if the space expansion factor is not limited, the three experimental plots will expand to 4.57 square meters, 7.62 square meters, and 15.24 square meters, respectively, and the corresponding expansion multiples are 457 times, 762 times, and 1524 times.

Shen Shi'an wrote down a series of numbers in his notebook. If the expansion of the No. 3 test field is successful, it means that 1524 times is not the limit of the land area that can be expanded, then he will further increase the number of seeds in the same area of the test field until the expansion limit is tested.

Closing the pen clip in the notebook, Shen Shi'an sat next to Shen Xun, raised his hand and took a big cherry from the glass bowl. The cherries were just bought yesterday, they are red and purple, and they are sweet and luscious in the mouth. The child likes it very much, he doesn't let go of the fruit plate, he doesn't give it to anyone except Shen Shi'an, Yun Feiyang deliberately teased him last night, and the two almost fought.

After eating, he spit out the nucleus into his palm, Shen Shi'an looked around and asked Shen Xun, "Where did you throw the nucleus?" ”

Shen Xun's cheeks on both sides were bulging, like a little squirrel storing grain for the winter, and pointed to the black soil in front of him: Okay, it's all in the soil. took the core in Shen Shi'an's palm and buried it in it, and poured some spiritual spring water on it: "... Delicious..."

Planting a cherry pit today and growing a cherry tree tomorrow is amazing.

Shen Shi'an smiled, raised his hand and rubbed his head, and after a while, he turned his head and glanced at the test field, and his eyes lit up and immediately stood up: the seeds have sprouted.

The last time Shen Shi'an found that the seeds had grown into a tomato grove after one night—if you count the difference in time flow rate between inside and outside space, it was actually two nights. He thought it would take at least a few hours to see the change, but he didn't expect the seeds to grow so fast after watering the spiritual spring water.

Seeing a ripe tomato grove is a very different experience from witnessing a seed grow into a tree.

As if watching a video of plant growth that has fast-forwarded hundreds of thousands of times, the tomato seeds that were planted more than twenty minutes ago are germinating, striping, and stretching at an astonishing and breathtaking speed, and in just one hour, they have grown to a waist-high position with Shen Shi'an.

The veins meandered along the stems, the epidermis grew with fine hairs, and the small shoots stretched into emerald green leaves...... When you listen quietly, you can even hear the sound of sap flowing happily in the rhizome. Static plants burst out with dynamic vitality, such a carnival and dance of life, only the word miracle can be described.

When the height of the stalk exceeded the top of Shen Shi'an's head, the light yellow buds gradually poked out from between the leaves. Shen Shi'an had already turned on his mobile phone to record the growth time of the tomato seedlings, and when the buds were fully bloomed and pollinated successfully, they should be able to hang fruit......

Wait a minute.

Shen Shi'an stiffened, and suddenly realized a crucial problem that he had been ignoring all along: how to pollinate the tomatoes in the space?

The space is completely cut off from the outside world, and no objects or creatures can enter unless they pass through him. And he has been in the space for so long, and he has never found any trace of bee-like insects. In this case, how exactly did the previous tomato grove pollinate successfully and bear fruit?

Without waiting for Shen Shi'an to figure it out, the newly planted eighteen tomato trees had all bloomed. As if some kind of condition had been triggered, a strange humming sound suddenly sounded throughout the space.

Shen Shi'an turned his head abruptly, and followed the voice to cast his gaze on the two trees in front of the bamboo building-

There are two trees in front of the bamboo building, one is a peach tree, full of green leaves, and the other is unknown to him, the tree is full of bright yellow translucent flowers, at this time there are dozens of flowers as if they have been decomposed of light points spread out, turning into countless buzzing flying insects.

Where are the flowers, they are clearly hundreds of bees the size of melon seeds. These bees are translucent, pale yellow, and when they stand still on the branches, they look like flowers that are either budding or blooming.

Shen Shi'an hugged Shen Xun and jumped to the other side of the stream before the bee swarm pounced, but the bee swarm obviously had no interest in the two of them, and flew directly to the eighteen tomato trees, dancing among the flowers on the trees.

After about 20 minutes, the bee colony gathers into a strand and flies back to the branches, where it stacks and wraps around again to form a "flower" that is still and does not move. When Shen Shi'an entered the space the first two times, he vaguely noticed that these "flowers" were a little different from the first time he saw them, but he couldn't tell where the specific difference was, and finally understood at this time:

After collecting pollen, the bees have increased in size slightly. It is difficult to detect a single one, but when dozens or hundreds of them are gathered together, the size of the "flower" has changed significantly.

Shen Shi'an waited for a while longer, making sure that the bee colony had returned to a stationary state without any movement, and then let Shen Xun go. At present, it appears that the bee colonies in the space only react when plants bloom, and increase in size as the amount of pollen collected. Although it is not sure what kind of species it is, as long as it is not aggressive, the existence of the bee colony is a rare good news for Shen Shi'an, at least there is no need to catch bees from the outside world and release them in for pollination.

Shen Xun obviously thought more long-term, staring at the bee tree and swallowing: "... Honey... It's delicious..."Absorb the flowers that bloom from the spring of life, and the nectar brewed from pollen must be greatly replenished!"

In this moment, the flowers on the tomato tree have withered one after another, leaving behind the green fruit of the grape. Seeing that the tomato trees had almost stopped growing, Shen Shi'an took a tape measure to measure the area of the three experimental fields at this time.

There are three tomato trees in the No. 1 test field, with an initial area of 0.01 square meters and a completed area of 4.57 square meters, with an expansion of 457 times.

There are a total of five tomato trees in Experimental Field No. 2, with an initial area of 0.01 square meters and a completed area of 6.66 square meters, an expansion of 666 times.

There are a total of 10 tomato trees in Experimental Field No. 3, with an initial area of 0.01 square meters and a completed area of 6.66 square meters, an expansion of 666 times.

In other words, the expansion limit of land within space is 666 times. Because the experimental fields No. 2 and No. 3 have reached the limit of expansion, the average area of each tomato tree is smaller than the default space, and it looks a little crowded next to each other.

According to this figure, the initial area of 5,000 square meters is multiplied by 666, and the actual planting area that Shen Shi'an has in the space is about 3.33 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the area of 16 bird's nests.

It was really a big landlord at one time.

On the other hand, the cherry pit buried by the landlord's stupid son has not yet responded, and Shen Shi'an believes that this should be due to the difference in growth between herbaceous plants and woody plants.

The experimental goal was successfully achieved, and Shen Shi'an was very satisfied. Turning his head, he saw the child circling around the bee tree, not knowing what he wanted to do, and he didn't care about him, but packed up the seeds and tools, and prepared to go to the spiritual spring pool to soak for a while. Yun Feiyang was here before, and he couldn't enter the space for too long, and he hadn't bathed in the spiritual spring for two weeks since the dog became a sperm.

However, as soon as he walked to the edge of the spiritual spring pool, Shen Shi'an noticed that something was wrong, there was a dead silence in the misty spiritual spring, and the sound of gurgling water that usually flowed down from the spring was not heard at all at this time.

With a tense heart, Shen Shi'an walked quickly through the mist to the spring:

The spring was dry, and there was no trace of it.