With the assistance of Mo Qingyan and Qin Lan, Chen Xin's six hundred kilograms of vegetables this month were quickly collected from the fields and put in the boxes brought by Qin Lan and placed in their car.
"Then let's leave first. Take care of yourself, Xin." At the door of Chen Xin's shelter, Qin Lan looked at Chen Xin and wanted to say something to him, but found it difficult to say it.
"Well, the same goes for you, A-Lan. The environment now is no different than before. Your work itself is dangerous enough, and you have to pay more attention to safety now." Chen Xin saw that Qin Lan cared about him, so he still warned her very carefully.
Qin Lan nodded and prepared to leave without saying anything more. But when she walked out of the shelter door, she looked back and frowned and said: "Axin, you should strengthen the door of this shelter, and you should strengthen it outside." Make some disguises. As you said, the environment is no longer what it used to be. You... pay more attention to safety."
"I understand, I will deal with it later." Chen Xin nodded. He had actually been considering the issue Qin Lan mentioned, but it was just not listed as the top priority.
Seeing that Chen Xin had listened to what he said, Qin Lan also nodded, then got in the car, started the car and prepared to leave.
"Ingredients, remember to leave some for me when the carrots are harvested next month, and I'll give you Lafite in exchange!" When leaving, Mo Qingyan didn't forget to stick her head out of the car window and place an order with Chen Xin.
"Got it!" Chen Xin responded, watching them walk away, then turned back to the shelter and closed the door again.
After returning to the shelter, Chen Xin could no longer restrain his excitement and ran directly into the planting greenhouse to prepare for upgrading the greenhouse.
"Simple Grow Greenhouse"
"Upgrade plan one: add drip irrigation system, add hydroponic planting tray, crop yield +10%, irrigation water consumption -10%, upgrade required survival points 2000"
"Upgrade plan two: increase the planting area, improve the lighting efficiency of the fill light, increase the crop yield by 10%, and reduce the lighting time by 10%. The survival points required for upgrade are 3500."
"Will steel, cement, fill lights, micro vacuum pumps, PVC pipes, PVC hydroponic planting trays and other materials be provided for upgrade?"
"The materials for option one have been provided. The survival points required for upgrade are reduced by 90%, and the required survival points are 200."
"The materials for option two have been provided. The survival points required for upgrade are reduced by 90%, and the required survival points are 350."
"The upgrade materials of Plan 1 and Plan 2 are met at the same time. The survival points required for the upgrade are reduced by 150 points, and the required survival points are 400 points. Do you want to upgrade?"
Facing the text printed by the system, Chen Xin undoubtedly chose to upgrade, which also used up all the 400 survival points he currently had.
As Chen Xin chose to upgrade, the entire planting greenhouse was also shrouded in the light of upgrades that Chen Xin had seen twice.
And this time, not only the greenhouse, but the various materials newly placed in the storage room and garage were also covered in light, and turned into light points that converged into the greenhouse.
When the light of upgrade in the greenhouse dissipated, what appeared in front of Chen Xin's eyes was a greenhouse that had doubled in area and had an extra layer of hydroponic planting trays hanging from the ceiling. It looked much more advanced than before. .
The increase in planting area and the emergence of hydroponic planting trays are very intuitive changes, while the greenhouse becoming more advanced is a more subjective feeling.
After all, in the absence of improvements in technological level, distinguishing whether something is advanced or backward largely relies on human subjective judgment.
But looking at the clean and tidy upgrade in front of me, the fill lights that have been upgraded from large lamps to tube lamps are soft and bright, the fields are regular and neat, and even the crooked carrots that Chen Xin planted before have been reorganized into a straight line. , Chen Xin really felt a kind of "style" called advanced.
The greenhouse in front of him no longer looked like the ordinary shelter cultivation greenhouse that Chen Xin had built before, but more like a plant cultivation laboratory.
But even so, the purpose of this greenhouse is still to grow crops and obtain food.
So no matter how good it looks, for Chen Xin, the most important thing is that the upgraded greenhouse is easy to use.
Originally, the floor of Chen Xin's greenhouse was just dirt. The land used to divide the land was the ridges set aside by Chen Xin himself, without any planning.
But now the planting area of 200 square meters has been evenly divided into eight rectangular pieces of land, which looks much more regular.
Standing in the field, Chen Xin reached out and grabbed a handful of soil from the ground and rubbed it with his hands, trying to check the quality of the soil.
It seems that even the soil was affected during the upgrade, and these soils seemed to have been upgraded.
Originally, the soil in Chen Xin's greenhouse was obtained from nearby farmers' vegetable gardens. It was mature soil and had been carefully taken care of, making it suitable for growing crops.
But compared with the soil in the current greenhouse, the previous soil was obviously grayer in color, and the contrast was quite obvious.
Now the soil in the greenhouse is dark and shiny, and the soil is fine and fluffy. It even feels like oil is coming out when you squeeze it with your hands, which makes people feel fertile at first glance.
Although Chen Xin didn't know much about soil, he could probably guess that this was the most fertile black soil in the north of Yan Kingdom.
This soil is much better than the soil he used before. This natural treasure given to mankind by nature is very suitable for growing crops. There are only three pieces of black soil in the entire Blue Star.
The changes in the soil gave Chen Xin a deeper understanding of the power of system upgrades. He did not expect that upgrading the greenhouse would also upgrade the soil at the same time, or upgrade it to black soil that is most suitable for crop growth.
In addition to changes in soil quality, the most eye-catching change in the greenhouse is of course the hydroponic planting trays hanging from the ceiling.
Among the materials Chen Xin exchanged before, there was a set of hydroponic planting equipment, including hydroponic planting trays, nutrient solution circulation pipes, micro vacuum pumps and other equipment, but these exchanged equipment are obviously not as good as the same type provided after the system upgrade. equipment.
Although the hydroponic planting tray is called a tray, it is not actually a tray, but consists of two parts: a nutrient solution tank and a colonization plate.
The hydroponic planting tray that Chen Xin exchanged is a very common plastic tray, and the planting board is a grid-shaped board. Not only does it look ordinary, it also feels rough to the touch.
But after the system upgrade, the tray became an integrated sink, and the planting board became a more professional planting board with slots. Especially the color was changed to white by the system, and it felt smooth to the touch. It's round, so it looks extra clean and tidy.
The brackets are also equipped with pipes for circulating nutrient solution and fill lights to provide light for the lower plants, so that the lighting of the lower crops will not be affected by the shading of the hydroponic planting trays.
Chen Xin stretched out his hand to hold the bracket hanging from the ceiling and tried to shake it. He found that the bracket was quite stable and did not shake at all. It seemed that the quality of the system after the upgrade was also quite good.
After inspecting the upgraded greenhouse, Chen Xin also began to prepare for the use of the hydroponic planting system. Although hydroponic planting is said to be hydroponic, it does not really only require water.
Although it is said that only water crops can grow, they will not grow well and the harvest will naturally be even worse.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, hydroponic planting requires adding prepared nutrient solution to the water to provide various trace elements needed for crop growth.
Chen Xin naturally knew this, so when he asked Mo Qingyan to help him exchange supplies, in addition to a set of equipment needed for hydroponic cultivation, he also got a large bottle of concentrated nutrient solution.
This nutrient solution is a universal nutrient solution for plant cultivation, and it is a highly concentrated model. According to the instructions on the package, only 30 ml is needed to make four liters of nutrient solution.
The capacity of this bottle of highly concentrated nutrient solution is 1.8 liters. Based on the area of Chen Xin's current greenhouse, this bottle is enough for him to use for several years.
After checking everything, he was very satisfied with the greenhouse after the system upgrade. Chen Xin prepared the nutrient solution and started preparing for breeding.
Hydroponic planting is different from soil planting. In soil planting, seeds can be sown directly into the soil, and the crops will sprout, take root and grow by themselves.
But for hydroponic planting, even if there is a planting board, it needs to be planted in advance. After the roots and leaves have grown out, it can be moved to the nutrient solution tank for planting.
Fortunately, Chen Xin is planting cabbage and lettuce. The breeding of these two crops is not complicated. He only needs to remove the planting board, put seeds on the sponge used to fix the plants in each slot, and then water and mix. Keep the sponge moist with a good nutrient solution and you can wait for the seeds to germinate.
When taking the planting board off the bracket, Chen Xin also noticed that there were still some problems with the installation height of the hydroponic planting tray.
The ceiling of Chen Xin's greenhouse is two and a half meters high. Although it feels a bit short, there were no problems when Chen Xin used it before.
However, after the upgrade, a hydroponic planting tray was added. The height of the hydroponic planting tray is about one and a half meters above the ground. This caused Chen Xin to be unable to straighten his waist when taking care of the lower crops on the ground.
Although you must be bent over when farming, it will still feel uncomfortable if you can't straighten up all the time. After all, even when the farmer is farming, he will occasionally straighten up to take a rest and will not keep bending down. waist.
Fortunately, Chen Xin's greenhouse is not big, and the land to be cultivated is only two hundred square meters, so it will not be too tiring.
After realizing this problem, Chen Xin still thought of the small agricultural machinery he had planned to build before.
The supplies exchanged with Uncle Ding this time did not include small agricultural machinery. It’s not that Chen Xin didn’t mention it, but Uncle Ding didn’t send the small agricultural machinery he asked for, but said that he would wait for Chen Xin’s next visit. After Xin paid the balance of the transaction, he would deliver what he wanted.
Obviously, Uncle Ding is still wary of Chen Xin.
This has nothing to do with trust. Even before the disaster, if you ask a bank for a loan or a friend to borrow money, you still need some collateral. Chen Xin's installment transaction method makes the other party somewhat uneasy, so it is normal to hold back.
Chen Xin has no dissatisfaction or objection to this, but it will inevitably make his work this month harder.
Fortunately, when the system was upgraded, the soil on the ground was also upgraded. He did not need to fertilize or plow the ground anymore. He only needed to sow the upland rice seeds.
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After finishing the work in the greenhouse, it was already evening.
Although there is no change in light, night can no longer be called night, but the work and rest time is still the same after all.
After dinner, Chen Xin collapsed on the sofa in the living room, playing the game console with some boredom.
After a whole day of work, Chen Xin felt that all the muscles in his body were sore. Although he had done a lot of farm work in the past month, he still felt extra tired today, so he wanted to play two games. relax for a moment.
It's normal to feel tired today. After all, I moved various supplies in the morning, and then planted hydroponics and sown upland rice in the afternoon. Compared with the previous month, the workload has indeed increased a lot.
Fortunately, there was no need to plow the land today, otherwise Chen Xin felt that he might break his back from exhaustion.
While rubbing the handle, Chen Xin picked up the cup on the side and took a sip. The bland water in his mouth made him smack his lips. It would be great if he could have a bottle of Fat House Happy Water at this time.
Unfortunately, there is no sacred item like Feizhai Happy Water in the shelter to eliminate fatigue. Some only have pure water that is bland and tasteless.
Before the disaster struck, Chen Xin mainly collected survival supplies. Although supplies such as Feizhai Happy Water were not impossible to collect, Chen Xin did not consider these at all at the time, so that he only collected them when he could no longer drink them. To remember that I was not prepared at all.
As for now that the disaster has struck, it may still be possible to obtain Feizhai Happy Water through material exchange, but I don't know if there is still stock in large shelters.
After all, these things are consumables. Now after the disaster, I am afraid that even if the country organizes to resume production, it will not waste resources on the production of these materials that are not necessary for survival. Instead, all resources will be used in the production of survival materials.
Thinking of this, Chen Xin couldn't help but sigh. Not only the Fat House Happy Water, but also many things he was familiar with would disappear with this disaster and become a record in the history books.
I don’t know if humans can produce these things again after resuming production and rebuilding their homes. How many things from the past can be restored
Chen Xin doesn't know the answer, but he sincerely hopes that if possible, he can regain his old life, even just part of it. (End of chapter)