Chapter 7: Giant Carrot

Style: Science Author: Leyan YaoyaoWords: 2177Update Time: 24/01/12 14:24:15
Qi Song sighed slightly, he was impatient.

At the same time, Yunlan, who was far away on Blue Star, also let out a long sigh.

"Uncle Luo, do you think this radish is edible?" Looking at the radish in front of her that was thicker than her calf and half a meter long, Yunlan was a little unsure.

Uncle Luo was squatting on the ground, also frightened by the giant carrot on the ground. Why: "I don't know about this either."

He has grown radishes before, but only D and other varieties.

It takes about four months for radish grown in D grade to mature. The radish grown is only as big as a palm and is still dark.

It was also the first time for him to grow B-grade radishes.

However, according to the information found on Yun Languang's brain, B-type radishes take about two months to mature under natural conditions. Even if nutrients are added, it will take at least one and a half months.

But it had only been less than a month since Yunlan's radish was planted and pulled out today, and the size of the radish was beyond their imagination.

Originally, Yun Lan and Uncle Luo had no intention of pulling out these radishes today, but starting yesterday, the exposed parts of these radishes suddenly began to crack.

According to information on StarNet, if the radishes crack, it means that the radishes either don’t have enough water or were harvested too late.

They never failed to water the crops for a day. After much deliberation, the only possible reason was that the harvest was too late.

So today the two of them spent a lot of effort to carefully dig out these radishes from the ground.

Yes, dig, because there is no way to pull it out.

After digging out the radishes, they discovered that the radishes were much larger than they imagined.

After swallowing, Uncle Luo said with difficulty: "Did the water and soil of our Blue Star cause these radishes to become genetically mutated?"

He saw that the radishes on Yun Languang's brain were only as big as a human elbow at most. If these radishes were so big, they must be genetically mutated!

Touching the back of his head, Yunlan felt that what Uncle Luo said was not impossible.

This situation has happened to Blue Star in the past. Good seeds planted in Blue Star are just different from other places. They are either smaller or have a weird color.

Later, her parents used all their savings to buy a detector for the village, which was specially used to detect whether certain crops grown in the village had mutations and whether they were still edible.

That detector has not been used much since I bought it, but its existence has reassured many people. After all, no one wants to eat something they have worked hard to grow in the end.

After thinking about it, Yunlan ran back into the house, took out a kitchen knife, and chopped down a half-split radish.

The carrot was cut off in response, and a fragrance that was very different from the pungent air on the blue star lingered on the tips of their noses.

Uncle Luo had no time to stop him, he could only watch Yun Lan chop the carrot into pieces, and then said with pain: "We haven't determined whether this is a genetic mutation, so why are you cutting the carrot in such a hurry?!"

If there was no mutation, how much would it cost to sell such a big B-grade radish!

Yun Lan, however, was much calmer. He picked up the small piece of radish he had chopped off and said, "We will know if it has mutated or not by testing it ourselves."

Of course she was also distressed, but if it really mutated, then this carrot would be equivalent to a white one, and that's when she should really feel distressed.

"Then you cut too much!" Uncle Luo was still distressed. The test only required a little bit of fingernail, so the girl cut off a piece as big as a palm.

Yun Lan walked into the house with the cut radish and said, "After testing the gene, we have to taste it ourselves. If it doesn't taste good, who will buy it?"

All valuables in the village were placed where she lived, and the genetic testing machine was no exception.

Taking out a genetic tester that was no bigger than a fist from the warehouse, Yun Lan cut off a bit of radish and put it into the instrument, quietly waiting for the instrument to give out the final test results.

I originally bought this instrument as the cheapest one. Not only does it take a long time to detect, but it also has a single function. It can only detect whether genetic mutations have occurred and whether it is harmful to the human body, but it cannot provide more information.

Yun Lan and Uncle Luo sat there for almost an hour before the detector beeped, indicating that the test was over.

Hearing the noise, Yunlan and Uncle Luo both stood up in shock and eagerly approached the detector to take a closer look.

Uncle Luo is not very good at operating this detector, but he knows that if harmful substances are detected, red words will appear on the detector, otherwise all green words will appear.

At this time, the detector is a pleasant green, which means that the radishes they grew do not contain any harmful substances!

Uncle Luo laughed happily, but Yunlan was not so happy.

Because the test results of the detector showed that the radish did undergo genetic mutation, but no harmful substances were produced.

Generally speaking, for crops of the same grade, the more stable their genes are and the fewer mutations occur, the higher the selling price will be.

Their radish genes have mutated, and they don't know if they can still be sold at a high price.

Not wanting to let his worries affect Uncle Luo, Yun Lan raised a smile and said, "Uncle Luo, let's have a taste. If it tastes good, it means we succeeded!"

As for the way to eat radish, Yunlan only knew how to eat radish, because she had eaten it this way since she was a child.

The D-grade radishes grown in Blue Star can only be eaten by stir-frying, and other cooking methods are not as good as stir-frying.

Cut the snow-white radish into thin strips and pour a little synthetic oil into the pot. The original fragrant radish shreds are soaked in the black synthetic oil, and the taste is gradually masked and the color becomes turbid.

Until the black and yellow radish shreds were brought to the table, neither Yun Lan nor Yun Lan dared to stretch out their chopsticks.

Some unpleasant memories from the past broke through the blockade and came out at this time.

The water and soil in Blue Star are poor. If the crops grown mutate, they will only mutate for the worse, not for the better.

And when the already bad-tasting D and other species undergo malignant mutation, the taste is enough to make people unforgettable for a lifetime.

"You are a young man, you eat first." Uncle Luo retracted his hand in fear, not daring to be the first warrior to try.

"Uncle Luo, you are old, so of course you eat first!" Yunlan didn't want to be the guinea pig.

Uncle Luo made a face: "You kid, I feel sorry for you! This is B grade, it must taste good, otherwise I would let you eat it first?!"

The corners of Yun Lan's mouth twitched, and it would hurt his feelings to give in any more.

Reluctantly, Yunlan could only pick up a few shredded radish shiveringly and stuff them into his mouth as if facing a formidable enemy.

After trying to chew a few times, Yunlan's eyes suddenly widened.

The shredded radish tasted weird in his mouth, but the weirdness was not caused by the shredded radish, but the smell of the synthetic oil Yunlan had been eating for more than ten years.

Despite the weird smell of synthetic oil, the shredded radish itself has a crisp and juicy texture, with a slight sweetness when chewed carefully.