"You, tell me how good it would be to grow some vegetables, which you can eat and exchange for food."

"Grow corn all over the field, and you want to eat the corn!"

Uncle Chen still doesn't approve of growing corn. This is also a topic that continues in the courtyard. Whenever young and old women are together, they will talk about growing corn.

Especially Jia Zhang, who described Yang Xiaotao as a fool and a fool.

Yang Xiaotao didn't say much after hearing this, he just smiled.

Those who call people stupid will know how shallow they are in the future.

Just like what the teacher told them when they were in school in their previous life.

Don’t question the papers you have written, the questions you have answered, and the texts you have memorized.

It will eventually send you further away. Your mission is to see the world and become a better version of yourself.

These are all ways to open up the world,

People often become biased and narrow-minded because of their own ignorance.

You must always remember that the process of cultivating yourself is a process that allows you to move toward a better world.

Yang Xiaotao is already on the road of cultivation, and these people will only become the scenery behind him.

Uncle Chen didn't say much and took Wangcai out of the yard.

Anyway, as long as you are not hungry, planting some corn will help you cope with hunger.

After Uncle Chen left, Yang Xiaotao continued to work hard.

The reason why I took matters into my own hands was because there were some things that Xiaowei couldn't handle.

At least not yet.

What Yang Xiaotao has to do now is the same process as in his previous life, which is to pull out the crooked seedlings and then find good seedlings from other places to replace them.

Commonly known as, patching up seedlings.

Of course, when planting, in order to ensure the germination rate, several seeds will be placed in a pit. If they grow well and all sprout, then there will be several seedlings gathered together. What Yang Xiaotao has to do is to keep the best ones.

That one.

If we go by the experience of farmers, we must look for the biggest one, but with Yang Xiaotao and Xiaowei, we only need to find the one with the most energy contained in the body.

Therefore, Yang Xiaotao's job is very simple. Xiaowei finds the target, and Yang Xiaotao picks it out and gets it done.

It sounds simple, but Xiaowei's job is not simple.

Because most of these corns contain similar amounts of energy, it is difficult to judge whether they have more or less energy.

Xiaowei has no concept of numbers. She can figure out which of the two seedlings has more energy, but if she asks how much more, she is confused.

To this end, Yang Xiaotao worked in the fields for two days before finding a relatively high standard.

Anything higher than this standard should be kept; anything lower than this should be moved outside.

By the end of March, the adjustments to the corn seedlings were finally completed.

The innermost ridge contains the best-growing corn with tall stalks and long cobs and large grains, and the next ridge contains short stalks and short cobs with small grains.

As for the outside ones, they are all high-poled. Although they are not as good as the innermost ridge, they are still good seedlings that have been selected.

"Okay. Now we're just waiting for the flowers to bloom and pollinate!"

Yang Xiaotao patted the dirt on his hands and said to Xiaowei.

"You have to be prepared these days. You will be very busy then."

Yang Xiaotao does not expect success once and is prepared for a protracted battle.

According to his plan, with Xiaowei's help, ten or eight experiments can be carried out from March to July, a period of more than four months.

It seems like a lot, but actually there is a lot of work to be done.

First of all, Yang Xiaotao's clear goal is to find corn with long cobs and large grains that are resistant to lodging.

Therefore, he needs to select suitable seeds as parents, that is, find ones that are resistant to lodging and have long sticks and large grains.

This requires planting once and selecting after it grows.

Then the grown parents are replanted, and then the cross-breeding experiment is started, and the experiment is even repeated many times.

Until the best hybrid is found, the parents are then planted in large quantities to create hybrids and become seed crops.

Moreover, in order to continue to produce hybrid grains and improve hybrids in the future, the current parents must be retained.

It’s a bit hard to say, but it’s actually a process of constant selection and refinement.

Without Xiaowei's help, Yang Xiaotao would be able to work on such a small space in the yard for five or ten years, let alone one or two years.

After all, the emasculation, artificial pollination, hybridization, and identification involved are a big project.

Fortunately, Yang Xiaotao is not fighting alone, he has a magical wood elf.

"Boohoo!"

After hearing Yang Xiaotao's words, Xiaowei jumped up and down in mid-air, showing her extraordinary ability.
Chapter completed!