Raising Babies in the 70s

Chapter 118: test station

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Linshui Pearl Cultivation Experimental Station.

"Do you really want to open a pearl breeding factory?" Yao Changtai looked at the young and beautiful woman in front of him suspiciously.

The woman nodded and said, "I want to culture pearls."

Yao Changtai is a researcher on the core technology of large-scale pearl cultivation in the South China Sea. He is responsible for the breeding and breeding of pearl oysters. They are now at the most critical stage of technical research, but there are not many actual successful models.

"The technology of the test station is not yet mature. It is not easy to cultivate pearl oysters. There are not many mother-of-pearl oysters cultivated in our station... This technology is not yet mature and is not suitable for promotion and application." If their test station can successfully tackle large-scale It is only a matter of time before this technology will be popularized in the country with the technology of pearl cultivation and insertion of nuclei to cultivate large pearls.

However, the technology of their test station is not yet mature, and it is still unknown whether they can successfully promote large-scale breeding, and it will depend on continuous experimental research in the next few years.

"We cooperate in breeding. The technicians of the experimental station give us technical guidance, and we can also provide data to the experimental station during the breeding process. This will be a win-win cooperation."

Yao Changtai smiled: "Of course, if you want to cultivate pearls, the people in our experiment station are naturally very happy, but we do scientific research and get paid by the state. Failure in the experiment does not bring any loss to us personally, but if you want to start Pearl breeding factory, these are your personal actions, if the pearls are not successfully cultivated in the end, it will cost you nothing."

"These countries can't come and give you the bottom line."

"The current pearl cultivation technology is immature, and we can't guarantee you that we can grow good pearls..."

Nowadays, everything is unknown in terms of pearl cultivation. No one can say whether good pearls can be cultivated and how pearls will be sold.

The woman in front of me is really bold. At this time, I asked them to participate in pearl cultivation. Even the villagers knew what pearl cultivation technology they were engaged in, and they were not interested in knowing it. Pearls that cannot be eaten are not as good as fishing for fish and shrimp.

Qin Rou nodded: "I understand all these situations. I am a student of the Department of Business Administration of Lingnan University. I said that I wanted to open a pearl breeding factory. I didn't make a random decision, but I did a detailed understanding. I read a lot of materials in school, the biological experiment station of Lingnan University... "

Naturally, Qin Rou came prepared. Since she decided to open a pearl breeding factory earlier, she has been preparing for this matter. When it comes to such a good time, she must eat the first big cake first.

For current researchers, they still feel that the technology is immature, but Qin Rou has visited the Pearl Museum of Later Generations, learned about the history of pearl cultivation, and actually visited the pearl cultivation factory. She knows how to cultivate pearls. farming techniques.

She has to hurry up and set up the first factory. After 85 years, there will be hundreds of pearl breeding factories here, large and small, and all kinds of small workshops will prevail. At that time, there will be a mixture of fish and dragons, and it will be difficult to gain a reputation. She had to make a name for her pearl brand from the very beginning.

"As long as you think about all the stakes, the people in our experimental station are willing to cooperate with you. We will cooperate with you in terms of technical guidance..." Yao Changtai led two researchers to discuss with Qin Rou about the cooperative development of pearl cultivation. matter.

The people at the Pearl Experimental Station will not refuse to cooperate. After all, this is a good thing for them. They will research this technology and promote it in the country for free in the future, just like the promotion of hybrid rice.

If their country wants to become a big pearl farming country, it needs more people to participate in and support the pearl farming business.

The young woman named Qin Rou in front of me is a very good partner. The experimental station attaches great importance to cooperation with her. If it is placed on someone else, the experimental station may not choose to cooperate.

Because Qin Rou is a student of the Department of Business Administration of Lingnan University, she is a highly educated person, and she is still studying business management. Compared with ordinary people, she is capable and has school contacts to manage scientific pearl cultivation.

These technicians are only responsible for technical breakthroughs, but if the technology is to be promoted in the future, talents like Qin Rou are needed. She is more professional than ordinary farmers.

So what if you give it a try

"I'll take you to take a closer look at the breeding center of our experimental station."

Qin Rou stayed at the experiment station for half a month to learn more about the breeding techniques of white butterfly shellfish. At the same time, she put forward several constructive suggestions based on the breeding model of later generations, which surprised Yao Changtai and others.

Yao Changtai praised her: "You really want to learn how to cultivate pearls sincerely. By cooperating with people like you, the people in our experimental station can let go of a high-hanging heart."

Their technology has been successful, but it is not mature enough, and various experiments are needed to check for leaks and fill in the gaps, and to screen out the most perfect breeding and breeding plan.

"Thank you, I was also infected by the serious research of your scientific researchers." After studying for a period of time, the pearl breeding plan in Qin Rou's mind is more complete, and she has asked all kinds of questions that she can think of in detail through professional research personnel.

Now let's look at the actual breeding process.

The researchers here are more focused on cultivating large-scale pearls, that is, super-giant "pearl kings" that are more than 15 millimeters in size, and Qin Rou is running a pearl factory. The goal is to breed ordinary seawater pearls, and what is needed is a large number of pearls. High quality round slightly flawed pearls around six to twelve millimeters.

For things like pearls, the rounder they are, the bigger they are, and the fewer blemishes and growth lines, the more valuable such pearls are.

The price of pearls under 12 mm is relatively affordable, and the price becomes more and more expensive. As for super giant pearls, they are used for museum auctions and exhibitions.

Ordinary pearl necklaces are very beautiful when strung with six to eight millimeters of beads. Young women wear small pearl necklaces to look more delicate, while middle-aged and elderly people wear large pearl necklaces. Pearl necklaces of different sizes and shapes are very charming when worn together.

Wearing a cheongsam and wearing a pearl necklace, the temperament and charm are absolutely perfect.

"These two pearls are the pearls cultivated by our experiment station, and I give them to you."

Before Qin Rou left the pearl experiment station, Yao Changtai gave her two seawater pearls on behalf of the personnel of the experiment station. The two carefully selected seawater pearls were about eight millimeters in size, perfectly round and very shiny.

"They are talking in private, saying that a beautiful woman like you looks good in pearls." Yao Changtai joked.

After Qin Rou came to their experiment station, this young and beautiful woman attracted the attention of many youths in the experiment station. It was hard not to like such a gorgeous and beautiful girl.

It's a pity that he is already married and has children, and the heart of the boy at the experiment station is broken.

"Our experimental station is full of male compatriots, who circle around mother-of-pearl every day. These pearls look good, but we male compatriots don't look good on our hands, haha..." Pearls are very important to many people in this era. It is a rare thing. Most of the talents come out of the famine, and they are more pursuing to have a full stomach. Only when the stomach is full can they think about other clothes and jewelry.

When the quality fabrics were not produced in large quantities in China, many places could not even be naked. In some places, the three brothers in a family only had one pair of trousers. Whoever went out wore trousers, and the rest were naked at home. .

Qin Rou put away the two pearls and smiled brightly at the researchers at the experimental station: "Now the women in our country wear beautiful red dresses on the street, I believe they can also wear beautiful pearl jewelry in the future .”

Qin Rou's smile made the two young male researchers behind Yao Changtai blush.

The woman surnamed Qin in front of me is so good-looking. She has curled her hair, and her long head like seaweed hangs down on her shoulders. Her face is charming and pretty, and her eyes are like stars shining in the sea, which makes people unable to look directly at her. Her eyes, this woman is even more beautiful than any star in Hong Kong Island.

— It's a pity she's married.

Standing behind Yao Changtai, Cui Mingzhan's eyes lingered on the woman's body and he couldn't bear to leave. He secretly envied and envied the man she married, what kind of man was he who married such a beautiful woman home.

Qin Rou left the experiment station, Yao Changtai and Cui Mingzhan were still talking about her.

Yao Changtai patted Cui Mingzhan on the shoulder, bringing him back to his senses, "Don't look, look straight, Comrade Qin is gone."

Cui Mingzhan said: "In the future, I will go over to provide technical guidance for her breeding factory."

"You take the initiative to invite Ying? What do you want to do? She is already married, and she is still a military wife, so don't think about it."

Cui Mingzhan sighed: "Everyone has a love for beauty. I can't help but look at such a beautiful girl."

"Didn't you hear what Xiao Qin said? She is the mother of four children?"

"You want to be someone's stepdad, but people haven't given you the chance yet."

Cui Mingzhan: "..."

Which man is smoking from his ancestral grave to marry such a bright and beautiful beauty, who also gave birth to four children for him, the more I think about it, the more jealous I become! !

How can there be such a lucky man in this world

"I don't want to be a stepdad, I know how to measure it."

Yao Changtai said to the people behind him: "Cui Mingzhan, you and Lin Guisheng are in charge of contacting the people at Qin Rou's breeding factory and doing a good job of guiding and recording."

Cui Mingzhan and Lin Guisheng nodded in agreement.

Cui Mingzhan, who successfully got this task, was very happy. He didn't want to see Qin Rou more, but also to witness the promotion of pearl cultivation. He wanted to see the scene of large-scale pearl production.

Maybe we will see more beautiful women wearing pearls on the street in the future.

Cui Mingzhan and Lin Guisheng went to eat in the cafeteria together, and they sat together, chatting while eating.

Cui Mingzhan was playful and smiling, and he was not very serious on weekdays. Lin Guisheng was relatively silent. After finishing his research work every day, he went back to the dormitory to read books.

Lin Guisheng is not interested in pearl cultivation, let alone staying in this ruined island, he has been trying to find a way to leave.

This island is too bitter, and the place across the strait has begun to experience earth-shaking changes. He wants to go to Guangcheng and stay in a wider field.

"Pearls are so beautiful. Pearls match beauties, but we men can't wear them." Cui Mingzhan laughed, "But I really like to open pearl oysters, and I like the surprise of finding pearls when I open them. Comrade Qin is right. Every pearl is unique, she likes pearls, and I like pearls."

"The pearl oysters in our experiment station are so precious. We can't just open them casually. We have to take X-rays to know that there are pearls inside, so we can open them carefully... I think every time I open a pearl, it is a magical experience."

Cui Mingzhan spoke eagerly, but Lin Guisheng responded indifferently. Hearing what Cui Mingzhan said a lot, Lin Guisheng asked him: "Do you really think that woman surnamed Qin's pearl breeding factory can be opened?"

"Why not?"

"I don't think so. If she is a man, she still has the pitifulness of being successful, but what can she accomplish as a woman?" Lin Guisheng shook his head. He knew that Qin Rou was a beautiful woman, but women's beauty is only for men to see. Yes, and beautiful things like pearls should also be given to women by men.

Lin Guisheng felt that women should take care of their children in a down-to-earth manner at home, and only restless women run around.

A woman like Qin Rou, even if she is a college student, what skills do she have? After studying business management, you should honestly go to a state-owned factory to stay, find a good man to marry, and take care of your husband and children.

Cui Mingzhan said: "Don't underestimate the ability of women."

"Hehe." Lin Guisheng laughed a few times, "Look at it, this woman and the breeding factory will definitely not last half a year. What kind of pearls? Even the ghost shadow of pearls can't be raised."

"Don't make a conclusion so early." Cui Mingzhan saw that Qin Rou's plan was detailed and thoughtful in every aspect, and even noticed more details than researchers like them. Linshui Pearl Breeding Factory has great potential. Cui Mingzhan is very interested in this Farms are particularly optimistic.

Lin Guisheng said: "Why don't we make a bet, I'll bet that her breeding plant won't last a year, and if we go to guide it, it's just a waste of time."

"I bet you, whoever loses will be invited to a restaurant for dinner, the kind that wants to eat several meat dishes!"

"good."

The two made a high-five bet, "You have to remember!"

"Remember, let Lao Yao testify."

Cui Mingzhan patted his thigh, "I really want to see what Comrade Qin's husband looks like in order to marry such a beautiful woman!"

"My sister, what are you going to open... a pearl farming factory?"

When Qin Rou arrived at her sister's and her husband's house in Dajiao Village, she told her sister Qin Mian about opening a pearl breeding factory. After hearing this, Qin Mian was both confused and shocked.

"What can pearls do?"

"Looking good is delicious, who wants it? I can't eat it..."

"Go to the beach and pick up a few beautiful shells and string them together. They will look good on strings. These pearls will take so long to grow. It's a waste of time. Who will want them after you grow them? Can they be used as clothes buttons?" Qin Mian came out of the valley. My sister, I have never seen any pearls before. In the landlady's house, all the things she wears are gold, silver and jade. What kind of gold bracelets or golden beans are there? How can there be any pearls.

In the past so many years, everyone dressed simply, women didn't wear makeup on their faces, and they didn't wear any jewelry on their necks or wrists. Except for theatrical actors, wearing these things from landowners would be criticized.

"Pearls can be made into earrings to wear on the ears, and can also be made into necklaces, bracelets, rings... and can also be ground into pearl powder. Pearls are very useful."

Qin Mian shook her head: "How good are pearls? How about having gold? People don't dare to wear gold even if they have gold at home."

"Some people dare to wear it now. Now that the economic policy has changed, many people have money in their hands, and women in the city are working hard on dressing."

"Then you grow these pearls, people wear gold and silver, why buy your pearls?"

Qin Mian shook her head: "I've heard from Ashi that pearls will turn yellow after a long time, and no matter how beautiful or beautiful pearls are, they will lose their luster. Sister, do you know that there is a word called people's old pearls yellow? How can these pearls be compared? Gold, gold will be like that for many years.”

"I think those rich people are willing to buy gold back. It looks good on the body and can be preserved for a long time for the next generation."

"Sister, pearls are beautiful. Pearls will grow old, and beauties will also grow old. Isn't it good to choose a string of beautiful pearls to grow old with yourself?" Qin Rou smiled and said: "Sister, you have never been to Guangcheng." You don't know, there are many foreigners on the streets of Guangcheng now. Foreigners like pearls. They are very fond of pearls in their countries, especially in Europe, because they don't produce pearls there. Raising pearls is the best."

"The pearls we grow, not to mention earning money from the hands of the Chinese, must earn back the money from the hands of foreigners."

"Now foreigners come to us to invest and set up factories here to make money from us, and we want to make money from them."

"Really?" Qin Mian thought the pearl was useless at first, but her younger sister said convincingly that foreigners like pearls very much, and the pearls raised in the future will definitely be sold. If the pearl factory can be run well, they can make a fortune up.

"Sister, I have been studying abroad for the past two years, and I may not always be on the island. You help me manage the breeding factory. When the profits of the breeding factory come out, I will give you dividends. Now that the world has changed, let's earn more money. You and your brother-in-law can live comfortably on the island, but next year Juanjuan and Jinghua will also be admitted to university. Their grades are sure to be able to enter a good university. When they go to university in the future, there will be a lot of expenses, and they have to pay for them save money."

"Isn't that right? These two children are now so old, and they are about to take college entrance examinations. When they finish their studies, they will get married and start a family. Our family should also save more dowry for them."

Thinking of the eldest daughter and second son in the family, Qin Mian really wanted to save more money in her heart. She was a girl from the mountains and married casually, but her daughter wanted to prepare more dowry for her. The family is more confident.

The same is true for her son Jinghua. He has to marry a wife, and now he needs to buy four big things to marry a wife. She also heard from some people who came back from Guangzhou that new things are going to be popular there now, such as refrigerators, washing machines, There are imported color TV sets, and these are hundreds or even thousands in size.

Maybe when they get married in the future, the man's family will have to buy all these things, otherwise the girl will not want to marry.

Marrying a daughter also requires more dowry things, dowry a washing machine in the past, it is convenient at home and does not need to wash clothes by hand... not to mention that now gold and silver jewelry can be worn again, you can make gold bracelets, gold earrings, and gold necklaces, and save a set of gold jewelry for your daughter. bottom of the box.

The father of the children is a teacher, and his monthly salary is not much. She sews and mends, and she can't save much money. In the future, she will save a big color TV for the children, and now she can't save it at all.

After thinking about it this way, Qin Mian's mind became alive again, and she was not a timid one. My sister said that now that the world outside has changed, they should also keep up with the changes in society.

"My sister, what are you going to do with such a pearl breeding factory?"

"I paid for the investment and cooperated with our pearl experiment station here. Their researchers will guide us to cultivate pearls. I have also written a plan here. Sister, I plan to find Ah Shi and let him follow me. Raising pearls together…”

Qin Rou showed Qin Mian her plan to open a breeding factory, Qin Mian shook her hand, and she doubted herself: "How can I understand your sister, and I don't know much about culture? What kind of culture do you teach me about raising pearls?" , can I learn it well? Don’t screw up Amei and you…”

"Don't worry, there are researchers from the experimental station who regularly check and record the growth and breeding of mother-of-pearl oysters. There will be no major problems. Besides—" Qin Rou looked at her sister with a smile: "Sister, there is another mother by your side." Brother-in-law, great think tank, if you don’t understand, he can understand, let brother-in-law teach you and you’ll be fine.”

Qin Mian nodded in confusion, anyway, she can do whatever her sister says.

Qin Rou and sisters went to look for Ah Shi together. When Ah Shi heard about raising pearls, his eyeballs flickered, but he didn't agree immediately.

"It's a cooperation with someone else's experimental station, don't worry, there's nothing wrong with it."

"This is an opportunity to make money. Your sister's illness needs to be treated in the hospital. All these need money."

Ah Shi looked at the beautiful woman in front of him, and the faces of his sister and grandma appeared in his mind. Although his grandma told him to stay in the village honestly, he was not reconciled to being poor in the village like this. go down.

Finally he nodded: "I promise you."

Ah Shi returned home, and after being silent for a long time, he still told his grandma about it, but was scolded by her grandma: "Who told you to touch those things again? Are those good things? Be careful and mess with the family again." Woe to you, it took so much effort to take off your hat now, in case you put it on again..."

"Grandma, let me try it. This year is different from before. In the future, you will go to the brigade to listen to the radio and listen to the news of our country. There are also many people who came back from Guangzhou. They all say that the outside is different. gone."

"Our family will be able to live a good life in the future."

Qin Rou also plans to find a few more acquaintances to help. It would be even better if they are locals from Qiongzhou Island, so as to facilitate dealing with those villagers and fishing boats: "How is Aunt Fu's family recently?"

"There was an accident at her house." When Aunt Fu's house was mentioned, Qin Mian couldn't help sighing, "Her daughter Menglan almost died from drinking pesticides. Fortunately, her sister-in-law saw her at that time and sent her to the hospital. Rescued and returned."

"The Zhou Yuanfang she married was really not a good person. He was admitted to a junior college and found another woman in the city. That woman gave birth to a son and obtained a marriage certificate. Meng Lan and her daughter Qingqing were thrown in the village. ...Menglan went to school with her brother to find him, and was humiliated by the people there. When she came back, she didn't think about it, and almost brought her daughter... Aunt Fu is now at home wiping tears at her daughter and granddaughter."

"I'll go and have a look later." There are so many educated youths returning to the city who abandon their wives and children, and they didn't expect this to happen at Aunt Fu's house.

Qin Rou went to Aunt Fu's house and knocked on the door. Aunt Fu was folding vegetables. She was very happy to see her: "Sister Qin, are you here to visit your sister and brother-in-law again?"

Qin Rou looked at Aunt Fu, and she found that his hair was more than half gray.

She chatted with Aunt Fu for a few words.

"You've heard about our family's Menglan, right? Hey, I also persuaded her. I don't know how to persuade her. Xiao Qin, you are young and educated. Help me persuade Menglan."

"The man left as soon as he left, and this day must go on."

Qin Rou walked into Fu's house, and Meng Lan, a young girl in her twenties, was lying on the bed with a pale and haggard face, with a dull expression on her face, and beside her was a little girl over one year old.

Qin Rou coaxed the little girl in her arms, and when she heard her daughter's voice, Meng Lan's tears flowed down, "Sister Qin Rou, tell me how I want to live, Zhou Yuanfang doesn't want our mother and daughter anymore, he There's someone outside, and they say I'm shameless to seduce him... "

"My mother didn't tell me, and I also know that many people in the village laughed at me behind my back, saying that I was shameless and shameless to hook up with educated youths in other cities, and now I deserve to be ruined into a broken shoe by others."

"I made my parents ashamed..." Menglan choked up and said incoherently. The recent incident had hit her hard. She and her brother went to Zhou Yuanfang's school to talk to him, but both she and her brother were islanders. He was born in Shanghai, and he was born and raised in the village, and he has never been outside.

The outside world is too different. They look at the new things in the city with trepidation, dare not touch anything, dare not ask anything, and the local dialect they speak cannot be understood by people outside.

When they arrived at Zhou Yuanfang's school, they received countless cold looks. There was a glamorous female student with permed hair and high-end clothes, while her whole body was rustic, black and ugly, and dressed sloppily. Compared with Zhou Yuanfang who is dressed in fashion, she is in the sky and in the ground. The students over there laughed at her for eating swan meat like a toad.

"Zhou Yuanfang, is this your native daughter-in-law from the countryside?"

"You can also choose this kind?"

"It's really not picky."

Those words lingered in her ears like a nightmare. When she closed her eyes, she could see the condescending faces and sarcastic words of those people. How regretful Meng Lan was, she should never leave the island for the rest of her life, and she should keep her duty , find a local man to marry in a down-to-earth manner, so that her brother will not be humiliated with her.

She saw how sloppy she was in the mirror in the city. She saw with her own eyes how humble and cautious her brother was in front of the city people. patient…

Menglan covered her ears and wept bitterly. She wanted to cover her ears and eyes, but those pictures and sounds still floated up.

"Sister Qin Rou, what's the point of my life? I took my daughter down, so as not to drag down my parents."

Qin Rou raised her hand to wipe her tears, "Don't say these words, I'm sorry your man will not be hurt by these words, only parents who love you will feel sad for you."

"Let my aunt hear it. Isn't this stabbing her heart with a knife?"

"Menglan, if you want to live a good life, if you want to live a wonderful life, if you want not to be ridiculed by others, then you have to become strong yourself."

Menglan looked at Qin Rou with tears in her eyes. Sister Qin Rou was more beautiful and gorgeous than the students she had seen that day. She never laughed at her, and would talk to her gently.

"Sister Qin Rou, I also want to be like you... Do you think I'm wishful thinking too?" Meng Lan laughed at herself: "I'm a country girl, ugly and ugly, how can I climb up City people, I have no culture... "

"Look at my hand." Qin Rou stretched out a hand in front of her.

Meng Lan saw that snow-white palm spread out in front of her, and there was a shining golden bead in the palm. The light from outside the window shone in, and the red golden bead reflected the dazzling light.

beautiful.

It was as if a golden light appeared in front of her eyes.

"Do you see this golden pearl?"

"Saw."

"Like it?"

"like."

"Do you want to raise pearls with your sister Qin Rou?"