The plant expert team from the Chinese Academy of Sciences arrived on Friday.
Xu Suizhu was giving a large class to senior high school students in a lecture theater at the time. The first half of the class was sorting out the grammar test points, the second half was analyzing difficult problems, and the last few minutes were left for students to answer questions.
Isn't this the right time to answer a question? Director Huang came and knocked on the door, saying that a distinguished guest was here.
He was an expert from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a big-shot figure. He had to put aside a few minutes of answering students' questions.
Fortunately, Teacher Xu had already been mentally prepared for this and was not surprised or surprised. He followed Director Huang to the principal's office and shook hands with the big guys in the expert group one by one.
There were only two sets of sofas in the principal's office, which couldn't accommodate so many people, so we simply asked them to move to the small conference room upstairs, and notified the canteen to temporarily prepare ten extra afternoon teas and send them over.
The initially polite atmosphere, with a hint of tension, dissipated as everyone was handed stomach-warming fruit tea and cakes to relieve their sleepiness after the hard work of traveling, and the conversation gradually turned into a tea party.
Both sides knew the purpose of the expert group's visit. The leading veteran expert stopped talking about the fragrant umbrella trees in the circle outside the school wall. Before the tea party was over, he asked Xu Suizhu where the seeds of these trees came from.
From where.
Xu Suizhu touched her nose and came up with the rhetoric that Baozi's father had already thought of for her.
Sure enough, when they heard that they were transplanted from an isolated island, because the number was small, they were only planted in a circle outside the school wall. The expert group was immediately dumbfounded.
On the way here, they discussed this issue several times. They thought they were mentally prepared and everything was omitted. Unexpectedly, they still missed one thing——
On the isolated island, they moved out of the old director of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and they might not be able to successfully apply for an inspection permit. What's more, from what Teacher Xu said, there were very few fragrant umbrella trees on the isolated island. At that time, she could not transplant them
They have all been transplanted, and there are only a few trees in total. Even if you really manage to get an island exploration permit, you may not be able to find this kind of tree again.
"Mr. Xu, do you think this will work?" The old expert pondered, "I think the spacing between your plantings is relatively small. Although I haven't studied it in depth yet? But based on the growth of the trunk and crown? In a few years, such a spacing will be possible.
It cannot satisfy their growth. Do you think you can select a few trees for us to do research on? Don’t worry? We will pay the transfer fee according to the price."
"this……"
Xu Suizhu didn't expect that they would come up with such a solution? It was beyond her expectation.
She thought that after the expert team asked about the "origin" of Gudao, they would either back down or stay for field research. She didn't expect that they would pay her to buy it.
After thinking for a while, he said: "To be honest, when I transplanted it, I never thought it would cause such a big sensation. If I had known in advance that there might only be a few of this kind of tree in the world, I would not have planted it as a street tree.
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The faces of the expert group looked much better.
They just said that the person who transplanted it must not know the value and rarity of the tree. Otherwise, it would be too wasteful.
Xu Suizhu continued: "I think Professor Xu's suggestion just now is quite reasonable. I used to plant one tree every three meters? There are almost three trees every ten meters? Or we can sift out one tree every ten meters and donate it to the country for research."
"donate?"
"Yes! Donate!"
She was not short of the transfer fee. The original transplanting didn't cost much except labor.
What's more, the Institute of Botany came here for rare species, so it was regarded as doing good things for the country!
The expert group was ecstatic when they heard this.
I thought it would take a lot of effort to convince the tree owner to transfer a few trees to them for research, but I didn’t expect that the other party not only readily agreed, but also didn’t charge a transfer fee.
"This...how can you be so embarrassed!" The old professor rubbed his hands, his wrinkled face a little embarrassed.
"Nothing? If it hadn't been two or three years since they were planted, the teachers and students in our school would also have deep feelings for these trees? Otherwise it would be appropriate to give them all to the country."
"No, no, no, for research? What's been screened out is enough!" The old expert beamed. He really didn't expect that this mission would be completed so smoothly.
The rest are professional topics about how to screen, dig and maintain? Xu Suizhu felt dizzy after hearing this.
"Teacher Xu, for the remaining trees, we will apply for a plaque of 'Rare Tree Species Protection', and we will have to hang it up when the time comes. We will regularly arrange personnel here to record growth data."
Suddenly, an expert handed over a business card and said that if you have any problems with the remaining trees, just contact him. If you can't solve the problem over the phone, he will arrange for professionals to come to your door.
Xu Suizhu quickly thanked her.
After everything was settled and the sky darkened, Mrs. Lu called and asked her if she would go home for dinner. Actually, she wanted to know if there would be a chance to watch the grandson's live broadcast tonight.
The expert group has come from afar, and as the host, I must accompany them to have a meal.
I also learned that they visited the fragrant umbrella tree as soon as they arrived, and after that they went to the school gate to look for her, but they still hadn’t found a place to stay tonight.
Fortunately, her aunt runs a B&B, and the first few months of spring are not considered the peak season. There are not many, and five business standard rooms are still no problem.
"It's late today, and everyone must be tired. In the evening, our cafeteria chef will serve and you can try our seafood. After dinner, I will accompany you to the B&B to check in. Don't worry, the rooms have been arranged. Have a good rest tonight.
Tomorrow at noon, I invite everyone to go to Kongfu Zhenwei on the island. The chef there is a descendant of the imperial chef and specializes in Shandong cuisine among the eight major cuisines. You can order whatever you want to eat."
It was just a few meals, she could still afford it.
The expert group heard that Xu Suizhu said that they would just eat something in the school cafeteria tonight and go out for a good meal at noon tomorrow, so they didn't think much about it.
It would be nice to have a proper meal. I think they took the train to Yupu at 12 noon. After getting off the train, they went straight to the fjord. They didn't even have a proper lunch. At most, they ate a few slices of bread and a few biscuits on the train.
Filled my stomach.
After getting off the bus, before entering the school gate, I was attracted by the fragrant umbrella trees in bloom on both sides and couldn't take my eyes away. I looked at them one by one along the walking path, which was equivalent to walking around the entire school.
Find Xu Suizhu.
It can be said that if there had been no afternoon tea, they would have been so hungry that their chests were touching their backs.
"The cafeteria is very good. We eat in the cafeteria just like we do at work."
"Yes! As long as it is hot food, it is the best treat for your stomach!"
Everyone walked to the cafeteria while talking.
In the private room on the second floor of the cafeteria, Director Huang had already asked the master chef to prepare a table of hot dishes. In addition to the local small seafood and large seafood, there was also the frog pot ordered directly from Antique Street, which set off a sales craze and never went down.
,crayfish
The double-layered frog pot in the center of the table has a pure bullfrog stew on the top that is almost full, and a three-in-one assorted stew of bullfrogs, shrimps, and chicken feet on the bottom, which is also full.
Surrounding the frog pot are the best-selling crayfish flavors in Sandao Antique Street: spicy, spicy, and thirteen-flavor.
On the outside is a circle of scallion oil razor clams, pan-fried hairtail, flower crab fried rice cake, salt and pepper shrimp, steamed small yellow croaker and other seafood.
Seeing how sumptuous the so-called "canteen meal" was, the expert group collectively swallowed their saliva...