Chapter 17 Mutated jujube manifests spiritual power
In the blink of an eye, Fang Xiong has been back for five days, and today is the day when Fang Xiong delivers books to Zhang Sui.
Zhang Sui did not go to school in the morning. He got up and did the breathing exercises several times. He was sweating profusely. He took a shower directly with the cold water in the yard, which made him tremble all over from the cold.
Zhang Sui would not have dared to do this if he had not stopped practicing the breathing method during this period. Unexpectedly, after just a few days of practice, the effectiveness of the breathing method was clearly reflected, and Zhang Sui couldn't help but feel directly in his heart.
Like: Extraordinary talent!
"A sneeze! A sneeze! A sneeze!" Zhang Sui was boasting in his heart, but his body trembled, and he sneezed three times in a row, with mucus and tears coming out of his nose! Zhang Sui quickly ran back to the room to dry himself, put on clothes, and then started doing it again
After practicing the breathing method, my body became warm.
"Don't get cold again, otherwise your brain won't be able to bear it if you try to pass through your own memories again!" Zhang Sui thought and regretted his previous recklessness.
He went straight to the dining hall. At this time, there was no one in the dining hall. The students had all gone to class. Only two masters were drinking tea and resting there. After entering, Zhang Sui first asked the cook for a bowl of ginger soup, drank it and then served it.
After ordering something to eat, I was going to find a place to sit down.
A master who was drinking tea waved to him. Zhang Sui saw that it was the master he met when he came to the dining hall on the first day. He picked up the meal and walked over and saluted the two masters.
The master asked: "Why didn't you go to school today?" Zhang Sui replied: "Mr. Shu Qian has given students a list of books these days and asked me to study by myself. He will then take the assessment."
The master nodded and said: "I see, my name is Zhou Li, and I teach agriculture in the ethnic studies. I heard Mr. Shu Qian mention you many times, saying that you have a photographic memory and you have your own opinions."
Zhang Sui smiled and cupped his hands and said, "Hello, Mr. Zhou, that's Mr. Shu's compliment!"
Zhou Su waved his hand and said, "You don't have to be humble. Mr. Shu's temperament is not something that just anyone can praise. If you can catch his eye, there must be something good about him."
Zhang Sui smiled and said nothing. The short and fat master next to him smiled and said: "This guy really has some skills. In the library a few days ago, I saw him looking for six or seven books, and he finished them in one day.
I thought he was just looking at it in a general way, but later I found that what he recorded on a piece of paper contained key points in those books, and I realized that he had really taken it into consideration."
Zhang Sui looked at the master, and Zhou Su introduced him: "This is my good friend, and he is also Qi Dai of the Library Pavilion, who is in charge of everything."
Zhang Sui quickly bowed and thought to himself: "Oh, he is still a colleague!"
Zhou Su introduced with a smile: "Don't think of him as a manager, but he studied under Mr. Meng. If you learn from Mr. Meng, you have to call him senior brother."
Hearing this, Zhang Sui quickly stood up, saluted, and said, "It turns out that it was senior brother who was in front of me. I was rude!"
Qi Dai took his arm and sat down, saying: "No need to be too polite, I only found out about your situation a few days ago when the teacher said that he was going to accept a junior disciple. I saw you were reading hard and didn't say hello to you a few days ago.
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With this relationship, several people have become much closer.
Qi Dai asked: "I saw that what my junior brother was reading in the library were books containing strange records. Are you interested in these?"
Zhang Sui smiled and said: "I originally studied mountain geography and historical research from Mr. Meng and Mr. Shu, in order to be able to help me see the vast world and appreciate the thousands of miles of scenery. Those strange books are also mine.
You might encounter something you are interested in in the future, so just learn about it in advance.”
Qi Dai sighed: "Junior brother has great ambitions!"
Zhou Su heard this and said: "To talk about these strange things, it's not just the ones recorded in the books. There are actually quite a few that have happened around us in recent years."
Zhang Sui heard this and asked quickly: "I wonder if Mr. Zhou can give students a long experience."
Zhou Su smoothed the goat's beard on his chin and said: "I teach agriculture, and you must know that agriculture is all about practice. In the past few years, I have been exposed to many strange poultry and agricultural products. Like a hen that gave birth to glowing eggs,
Beef cattle that are twice as big as usual can grow fruit-flavored rice, red dates as big as oranges, and so on. But these are special cases, and it is a pity that they cannot reproduce future generations!"
Zhang Sui asked: "When did this happen?"
Zhou Su thought for a while and said: "Actually, they have existed for a long time, but they have appeared more frequently in recent years. Unfortunately, these are irregular, otherwise those high-yielding plants can benefit the people again."
Qi Dai also nodded in agreement.
Zhang Sui thought for a while and asked Zhou Su: "I wonder if there are any variations in the practice of our ethnography? Can you give me some insights?"
Zhou Su smiled and said: "Why not? There is a mutant red jujube tree in our practice place. It is the jujube tree that I said can grow to the size of an orange. If you want to see it, I can take you to see it and gain insights."
Zhang Sui was overjoyed when he heard this and said: "Then I'll trouble Mr. Zhou!"
Zhou Su waved his hand and said, "This is a small matter. It's rare that you are interested in agriculture. You finish your breakfast first. I will take you there later."
Zhang Sui thought to himself: "I am not interested in agriculture, but in things that mutate."
Zhang Sui ate everything on the plate in several bites and put it away. Qi Dai said hello, said goodbye and went back to the library.
Zhou Su led Zhang Sui all the way to the place where ethnic studies practice agriculture. This place is outside the ethnic studies, next to a farm next to it. The area is not large, only five or six miles in radius, but the various crops inside are huge.
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Zhang Sui took a look and found that there were more than ten kinds of crops that he knew, and there were dozens of other crops that he had never seen before. There was also a breeding farm in the distance, and the sounds of various animals could be heard from inside. No.
A few students wearing short shirts were recording something on the edge of the farmland under the leadership of several gentlemen.
A leader saw Zhou Su and said hello from a distance, and Zhou Su responded.
Zhou Su led Zhang Sui through the farmland and breeding areas, and came to a mountain forest. The forest was divided into dozens of areas, and a separate kind of fruit tree was planted in each area. There was a curtain in the middle.
It is probably a purely matter of ensuring pollination of various fruit trees.
In the innermost place, surrounded by curtains, there is only one jujube tree. The jujube tree is not very big, just as thick as the mouth of a bowl, and about two feet high. The strange thing is that it is late autumn now, and the surrounding areas are surrounded by curtains.
Most of the leaves on the trees have fallen off, but this jujube tree still has lush branches and leaves. There are still many jujubes hanging between the branches and leaves. They are real jujubes, each one is the size of an orange and is ruddy in color.
Different from the color of ordinary dates, this kind of red is a kind of bright red, which looks full of water. Each one looks like a small lantern, which is very pleasant to look at.
Zhang Sui felt a little excited, so he stepped forward and held the tree trunk with his right hand, but to his disappointment, there was no response from his right hand.
"Does the mutation of this jujube tree have nothing to do with the two forces? Is it really a natural mutation?" Zhang Sui thought to himself.
Zhou Su said with a smile: "How is it? Isn't it amazing? It's a pity that there is only one jujube tree, and the jujube tree cultivated from its jujube stone is an ordinary jujube."
Zhang Sui was moved in his heart and asked: "Is there any difference between the jujubes it produces and ordinary jujubes?"
Zhou Su said: "There are some differences. The jujubes produced by this jujube tree taste very sweet. When used to brew wine, they have a certain effect on rheumatic bone disease, but it is limited. One thing that is very magical is that,
If this kind of jujube is stored in a jade box, even if it is stored for a year or two, it will look as fresh as fresh when you take it out."
Zhang Sui was surprised and said: "Who discovered this? It was preserved in a jade box?"
Zhou Su blushed and said: "Two years ago, I had a friend who celebrated his birthday. I was short of money at the time, so I found a jade box and put a jujube in it as a gift to him. But when I met him this year, he mentioned to me
I thought it was some kind of treasure, and I didn’t know about it until I had to buy me a drink.”
Zhang Sui laughed and asked: "So this date is not very precious, but it is just a novelty, right?"
Zhou Su nodded helplessly and said, "Yes, if this variety could be cultivated, it would be of great use, but it's a pity that there is only this one."
Zhang Suidao: "Can you give me one to try?"
Zhou Su smiled and said: "Of course, we have a lot of these dates left behind, and they are all reserved for planting dates to see if we can try our luck to grow another one. If the second master wants to try it, I will go and talk to the person in charge."
Zhang Sui quickly thanked him.
Zhou Su asked the people who were taking care of the forest here to invite the steward, and soon the steward came over. It was the man who greeted Zhou Su just now. He had dark and rough skin, big hands and feet, and his trouser legs were covered with mud.
Zhou Su introduced: "This is Bi Mo, Bi Guanshi, who is in charge of farming." He introduced to Bi Mo: "This is Mr. Zhang Sui, the younger brother of the head of the Zhang family."
Bi Mo quickly saluted and said, "I have met the second young master!" Zhang Sui returned the salute and said, "Manager Bi, you are welcome. Just call me Zhang Sui."
Zhou Su said: "I brought the second young master here to see this mutant jujube tree. I want to taste the taste of this jujube. I don't know if it will work."
Bi Mo smiled and said, "What's wrong with this? It's not too precious. As long as the second master doesn't cut down the jujube tree and take it away, you can eat as much as you like."
The three of them laughed, and Zhang Sui said: "Thank you very much, Manager Bi. I will try it first. If it tastes good, I will take some back to the elders in the family to try."
Bi Mo praised: "Young Master has a filial piety." Then he ordered the person in charge of the tree to bring a long pole. Bi Mo lowered the pole twice, and a dozen jujubes fell directly.
Zhang Sui repeatedly stopped Bi Mo, who was still trying to swing, and said: "That's enough, that's enough. Let's leave some seeds for it. Maybe there are some that can cultivate new products."
Bi Mo ordered people to wash the jujubes, put them in a clean cloth bag, and handed them to Zhang Sui.
Zhang Sui picked up a jujube and looked at it carefully. The jujube was red and attractive, but the fragrance was very light, and it was different from ordinary jujubes. Zhang Sui took a sip and chewed it a few times. His mouth was full of sweetness and he swallowed it.
During the middle of the day, I suddenly felt a clear spirit rising from my belly and quickly spreading to my internal organs.
Zhang Sui perked up and felt a force that was different from the power of merit and disaster being absorbed by him. He didn't know what effect it had yet, but Zhang Sui's intuition told him that this power was very important.
Zhang Sui finished eating the jujube in his hand and felt that this power was entrenched in his internal organs. It was obvious that his body welcomed this power. "Let's study it after we get back!" Zhang Sui thought to himself.
Zhou Su was silent after seeing Zhang Sui eating the jujube, as if he was savoring it carefully. He smiled and asked, "How was it? It tastes good, right?"
Zhang Sui nodded and said: "Yes, it is really delicious. I wonder how many people have tasted this kind of jujube?"
Bi Mo said: "Not many people have eaten it, and many of them have been saved. Mainly to keep the seeds. Only a few gentlemen from our agricultural department have tasted it, and they gave some to Mr. Meng to make wine."
Zhang Sui asked: "Do you have any other feelings after eating it?"
Zhou Su and Bi Mo looked at each other, a little confused about what Zhang Sui meant. Zhou Su said, "I don't feel anything, I just think it's sweet and delicious. Did the young master feel any discomfort after eating it?"
Zhou Su and Bi Mo became anxious, fearing that something would go wrong after Zhang Sui ate it. After all, everyone's body constitution is different, some people can eat some things, and some people can't. This is the second son of the Zhang family. What problem will they have?
Can't escape the relationship.
Seeing the nervous look of the two of them, Zhang Sui said quickly: "Don't be nervous, you two. I feel refreshed and very comfortable after eating these jujubes. I would like to ask you two if you feel the same way."
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, and Bi Mo said: "I don't have any other feelings. It's probably the first time that the young master has eaten this kind of jujube, and he must have had some reaction in his heart. However, it is said that the jujube soaked in wine has certain medicinal effects, but I don't know the truth.
Fake."
Zhou Su said: "It happened. Mr. Meng gave a jar of wine soaked with jujubes to his classmate. That gentleman knew the art of qihuang and later told Mr. Meng the effect. When we were chatting with Mr. Meng,
Mr. Meng mentioned it."
Everyone was stunned.
Seeing that it was getting late, Zhang Sui was worried that Fang Xiong was waiting for him at the college. So he greeted Bi Mo and thanked him for the jujubes. Then he and Zhou Su returned to the Ethnology College.