The stingy spirit walked away in a huff, and Boss Zhao was not happy. He asked the workers who followed him to quickly build the partition wall, and told Qin Wan to take good care of the pothos and try to keep it flourishing.
Qin Wan took the opportunity to bring up the matter of fertilizer.
"Fertilizer?" Boss Zhao hesitated, took out a small notebook and pointed at the record on it and said, "Look, this is the time for adding fertilizer that the experts from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences told me, in three days."
In the past, he would not have shared his hard-earned experience with others, and would have been an outsider looking at it.
Qin Wan didn't explain much and pointed to the pots of green radish he had specially moved out. "According to my experience, they don't have enough fertilizer now. If they want to grow well, they need to add more fertilizer."
Boss Zhao took a look and immediately understood why Qin Wan said that.
These pots of pothos are growing really well, and it seems to him that they have fully recovered.
It grows well, so it naturally consumes a lot of fertilizer. Boss Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "It's up to you, add more fertilizer."
Qin Wan pushed further, "Can you let me make arrangements?"
This time Boss Zhao was not so straightforward, "I will only choose one pot for you."
Qin Wanxin said, just one pot, she wouldn't mind it.
I just don’t know when my boss will completely trust me and become generous.
That afternoon, Qin Wan took the five basic fertilizers given by the other party and started tinkering with them. Boss Zhao said that they were all bought at the Agricultural Science Store and contained the five most basic elements needed by natural plants. What they mixed, It is to judge which element the natural plant lacks based on its performance, and then add more of that element.
The plant that Boss Zhao is most proficient in serving is called mangosteen. It is not a fruit mangosteen, but a wild bamboo on the mountain. It has very thin bamboo tubes and scattered bamboo leaves. It is small and pretty in shape and quite interesting. According to Qin Wan's observation, Much like rice bamboo.
Rice bamboo is a variant of Phoenix bamboo, and is usually sold as the same plant in the market.
But of course Qin Wan would not point out the names of the boss's mangosteen and wild mangosteen, even though it sounds better.
This wild mangosteen is very easy to grow. The boss has been raising it for a year. He imported it from the Agricultural Science Institute almost as soon as he came out of the underground and settled in Yunshan City. He even told Qin Wan very proudly that the expert told He couldn't live without bamboo. This wild bamboo was so tenacious that it could grow out of the cracks in the rocks before the end of the world. The more he looked at it, the more he liked it. He jumped over the beautiful and large flowers and plants and firmly chose one of the Four Gentlemen. bamboo.
As expected, he easily figured out the secret recipe and grew wild bamboo plants that were strong, lean and strong-willed. This was how he accumulated his first pot of gold.
As for the secret recipe, he didn't give a specific ratio, but only said that more A ingredients should be added. Qin Wan used her powers to quietly explore it, and the A ingredients felt a bit like gold-type powers to her.
With this understanding, she went to experience other bcde materials, and was not too surprised to find that abcde corresponded to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which made Qin Wan not know what to say for a moment.
Shouldn’t the fertilizer needed for potted plants be nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium? What is the relationship between the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth?
This is all a bit like the setting of Ling Zhi in the immortal cultivation novel she read before the end of the world?
But thinking about it carefully, superpowers are indeed not very scientific, so Qin Wan felt calm. If the wild bamboo is more golden, what will the green radish be?
Will it be too woody?
Strictly speaking, all plants should be of the wood type, but it is obvious that this post-apocalyptic plant is very different. It is a bit like a human. Qin Wan remembered that before he left the base, the scientists at the base issued an announcement about supernatural powers. Theory: People have attributes of the five elements, and ordinary people have a balance of the five elements. If someone overflows a certain attribute, he is likely to awaken the corresponding power.
With this understanding, Qin Wan decided to conduct a controlled experiment. However, she only had a pot of pothos that she could tinker with, so she chose wood, mixed it with fertilizer according to her own taste, and then added it to In a potted plant.
She originally wanted to use her intuition to judge whether the soil and the plants growing on it were the key to the lock. The result was that the time was short and the fertilizer had not yet melted into the soil. Now it gave Qin Wan a very strange feeling. It was so hazy and chaotic that I couldn't tell the difference, so I had to give up.
When he got off work that day, Qin Wan had something to hide in his mind. He really wanted to move the pot of pothos back and feel its changes anytime and anywhere.
Unfortunately, it goes without saying that the boss will definitely not agree to this. Compared with her regret, Boss Zhao is much happier. The wall has been built and more than half of the artificial potted plants next door have been sold. Even because of the busyness and the hot weather, , the clothes on his body were wet, dry, and wet again, and the salt grains precipitated, which made him uncomfortable, but it could not stop him from laughing until the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes disappeared.
As for the stingy episode, he had long forgotten about it.
Boss Zhao thought: This business can be done and it is easy to do.
There are just too few people to be busy.
Xiao Qin is the expert talent he invited to take care of the natural plants. It would be a waste to always work as a waiter at the artificial plants. Although there are no customers at the natural plants, it seems very leisurely at first glance, but after two or three visits, Boss Zhao Tian’s observation found that Xiao Qin was not the kind of person who would be lazy when there were no customers. She almost picked out the pothos on this wall. The key is that she was not just doing it for nothing. She actually discovered it and maybe even the experts didn’t know about it. The matter - well, regarding this point, Boss Zhao decided to go to the Institute of Agricultural Sciences tonight.
Experts say that when doing research, you need to make bold assumptions and verify carefully. If Xiao Qin's hypothesis is proven to be correct, not only his boss will also benefit from it, but at least he will not fall into this trap again in the future.
Boss Zhao made up his mind that he would bring his wife to the city and open a mom-and-pop shop.
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Qin Wan went to the state-owned store again, but unfortunately there were still no chickens for sale. Instead, he met a young couple sweetly choosing chicken feet.
Nowadays, people are short of oil and water. Before the end of the world, the sight of the large chicken legs, which were quite disgusting, made people's eyes light up. Unfortunately, they couldn't afford it, so they could only turn their attention to the meatless chicken feet, but the chicken wings were quite popular.
Qin Wan held 60 cents in her hand and bought two eggs using Qin Huijun's ID card.
Using a chicken stand to make chicken soup every day is a bit luxurious.
Then when I got home, I was dazzled by everyone.
Aunt Li bought the chicken rack in the morning and simmered it for a day, leaving her youngest daughter Li Maihe to guard it. It stewed over low heat until even the bones were melted. The aroma was no less than the Qin family's yesterday.
As for Aunt Wang, it was even more amazing. Although she was not willing to buy chicken thighs, she did buy chicken wings. The aroma of the chicken soup easily overwhelmed Aunt Li's. Aunt Li said angrily, "How old are you?" If you have to compete with our family, you will have to work hard every time to be happy. Just eat, eat, eat up all your savings, and let me see what you use to buy the awakening potion for your precious egg!"
"This desire to compare is really bad, don't you think so, Huijun?"
Qin Huijun smiled and said nothing, but she was thinking that Li Hong ignored her all day long. She took the initiative to find a few topics, and the other party's attitude was lukewarm. Wasn't it because she saw her own daughter who was not as good as theirs? Suddenly I found a rare and good job, and when I was about to get up, I compared them with others. My mentality collapsed and I couldn't adjust for a while.
This is human nature, and Qin Huijun won't blame her. She still remembers Li Hong's warm hand when she first moved to the shantytown.
But she was on guard, not only against Aunt Li, but also against other people in the shanty town.
It seems that there is no shortage of people who commit evil things because they hate others and have such a jealous mentality.
During the five years when Qin Feng was struggling at the bottom, Qin Huijun had seen too many incredible things - even if she didn't get any benefit, she would drag you into the quagmire, so she said to Qin Wan before going to bed at night , "From now on, you should come home as soon as you get off work. Don't wander around in the city. Put a brick in the bag I sewed for you. As for the state-owned store, I don't want you to buy it. I will buy it in the morning." It’s time to go with your Aunt Li.”
Speaking of which, she regretted letting her daughter buy sweet potatoes before. She was obviously very good at helping her pick up stones during those half months, but her foundation was still so weak.
Qin Huijun's concerns were right. At this moment, someone in the shanty town was discussing their family.
Because of Aunt Wang's loud mouth, the news that Qin Wan had found a good job spread throughout most of the shanty town in just one day. Their family was quite conspicuous here, and the conversation has not cooled down yet. On the one hand, everyone admired Qin Huijun. The confidence to risk everything for a daughter, but on the other hand, like Aunt Wang, she felt that it was not worth investing all her family's wealth for a loser she hadn't seen in more than five years.
But as soon as this happened, someone would inevitably have their thoughts moved.
Qin Wan is sixteen years old this year. She came from the imperial capital and has seen the world. Her health is gradually improving, and she has easily found a good job. Isn't she a good candidate for a daughter-in-law?
These days, people get married early, and the lower one is at the bottom, the earlier they get married, and young unmarried girls who have jobs are the most popular.
Qin Wan didn't know this. She wasn't thinking about getting married right now. She was thinking about the green radish she had added wood fertilizer to, and she actually had a dream after falling asleep.
The beginning of the dream was chaos that Qin Wan didn't understand. Some square and round geometric figures were placed in front of her, and they were combined into strange shapes bit by bit. Qin Wan counted and found that there were eight fused shapes. At first glance, they are still long, short, square, and round, but if you look closely, you can see some fine threads, which are the small shapes that make up the big shape. In addition to the eight big shapes right in front of her, there are also floating ones around. There are some small shapes, which are not as dark as the big shapes. The small shapes are very light, but the light is actually very bright.
If she were awake, she would definitely feel weird.
But is this a dream? In a dream it is natural to ask, "What are these shapes for?"
Qin Wan said to himself.
As a result, the originally quiet large shapes actually moved closer to the middle, squeezing and blending with each other, making the originally dim shapes brighter and brighter, and the centermost mass was so bright that it was a bit dazzling. When it was compressed to the minimum, Qin Wan subconsciously covered his eyes with his hands, but even so, he felt the sting was a bit painful.
But she could tell that at the last moment the silver light turned blue.
Then nothing can be seen.
Qin Wan was still very calm and thought calmly, "I won't go blind, will I?"
Of course she was not blind. After an unknown amount of time, the light returned to her eyes. When she looked up, the first thing she saw was a round thing as big as a fist floating in front of her.
Qin Wan had never seen it before, but when he saw it, two words naturally came to his mind, "seed."
This is a seed.
"Seeds need sunlight, rain and dew." Thinking of the last blue color, Qin Wan subconsciously said, "It needs fertilizer, which has water properties."
Blue is the color of water abilities.
In this dream, Qin Wan was the Creator. She said she wanted sunshine and rain, and there was sunshine and rain and dew fell on the seeds, and the seeds actually sprouted. The little sprouts couldn't tell what they were. But probably because of Boss Zhao's influence, just seeing this young life made Qin Wan instinctively feel a surge of joy in his heart.
"Grow up quickly."
The blue fertilizer fell on the sprout, and it began to grow at a speed visible to the naked eye. As it grew, Qin Wan felt more and more familiar, and his mouth couldn't help but open wide——
"Pour the toilet!"
Qin Wan opened her eyes, woke up from her dream, and was about to get up skillfully to empty the toilet. Qin Huijun was already up, "I'll go, you can sleep a little longer."
It looked at Qin Wan's clothes, which were stained with salt.
It can be seen that even working in the city is not easy. Now that it is familiar with the intensity of land reclamation, as an adult, it takes on more tasks - its daughter is very good and will not be spoiled, but her body is too weak and she is really tired. Take good care of it.
Qin Wan was uneasy and didn't force anything.
It recognized the grown seeds as pothos.
What does this dream portend? Or just thinking about it day by day and dreaming about it at night?
If it is foreshadowing something, wouldn’t it mean that the fertilizer that pothos needs is either wood or water?
Qin Wan couldn't sleep anymore and simply got up. Qin Huijun saw this and said, "Let's eat sweet potato porridge first and then go to the city to buy you some clothes."
Qin Huijun and Qin Feng are not short of clothes.
Although they wanted to sell all the newly bought clothes at home when they were short of money, the clothes in Yunshan City were not expensive, as long as they were not picky about style and material. In the past, their family didn’t have to buy pure cotton, just chemical fiber. This technology is not backward compared to five hundred years ago. At least chemical fiber fabrics are very cheap, and the price has simply fallen into the mud. Expensive ones It's just style, it's the master's design.
But Qin Wan couldn't.
The original owner only brought a change of clothes when she came back from the imperial capital. If she was fine, Qin Huijun would definitely go to the street to buy things for her. But when she was sick, no one in the family could take care of it, so that Qin Wan is now The clothes she wore were all modified from Qin Huijun's. Qin Huijun was taller and stronger than her. Qin Huijun's needlework was just ordinary, so the modified clothes didn't fit that well.
She thought: In the past, her family couldn't even afford food and couldn't care about these things, but now she has to work in a flower shop every night, so she can't be so miserable.
Qin Wan was much more calm, "Mom, these clothes are still new, so I don't need to buy them. If I have the money, it's better to buy two more mouthfuls of food."
Qin Huijun showed an expression of disapproval.
Qin Wan changed his mind and said, "Why don't we wait until my salary is paid this month before we go shopping? We can also choose something good."
The quality of Xinxin Flower Language is actually quite high.
It's just that Boss Zhao has been worried about Luluo for the past two days, and he didn't realize that Qin Wan's dress would embarrass him.
Qin Huijun thinks about it too.
Not in a hurry to rush to the morning market, she simply took the box containing the money and started counting. In the past half month, she had spent more than half of her salary just on eating and drinking. She only saved a total of one and a half yuan, plus the original two yuan. Yuan, that is, three and a half yuan.
This family is quite poor.
Qin Huijun was worried that it would only be enough for their family of three to eat, but if something unexpected happened...
She already had a vague idea of what to sell at the stall, but three and a half yuan was not enough to buy household items.
What's more, it's almost the end of the month. At the end of the month, she has to pay rent, pay more water bills, and buy more briquettes... With the current weather, she can do nothing. Her daughter can no longer just wipe herself when she goes to work, nor can she Like other people's homes where the water is exposed outside and washed with warm water at night - she can't catch a cold!
If possible, she would like to rent another shed, but the space is really crowded now.
Listening to Qin Huijun muttering about where the money was needed at home, Qin Wan, who had found a job and felt more at ease, suddenly felt a sense of urgency. They were lacking too many things.
A basic salary of twenty per month sounds like a lot, but it is not enough to spend on it. You still have to quickly grow the pothos and sell them to get a commission.
She thought of her dream and couldn't delay the matter of fertilizer.
