In the car, in the back seat, Zheng Tan sat with the two children, listening to Jiao Yuan keep telling Xiaoyouzi about the experience of going to the field practice base with Dad Jiao. The final exam went well, Jiao Yuan had confidence in his words, and the atmosphere surrounding the low pressure during the period before the exam finally cleared up.
In fact, Jiao Yuan was still young at that time, and even if he saw a lot of things at that time, he may not remember how much in retrospect. After all, his ability to accept was limited at that time, and he didn't know much, so he only thought about running around and playing. What connects the memories in series is actually a group of photos taken in the past year and a few specimens completed under the guidance of Jiao Dad.
There are plants and insects in the specimens, but those are inconvenient to carry, and they are all kept at home. Jiao Yuan brings a photo album. This photo album alone can make Jiao Yuan unable to keep his mouth shut.
It takes about seven hours to drive from Chuhua City to the practice base, so Jiao's father and Jiao's mother are driving each other, otherwise they will be too tired. The group took a short break in the middle, and let the students go to the toilet or something. As for those with motion sickness, their faces turned pale and pale. Fortunately, several teachers who led the team had experience. In addition to plastic bags, they also prepared some medicines.
When Zheng Tan woke up from a sleep, he looked out the car window and found that there were many mountains around him. Next to him, Jiao Yuanzheng and Xiaoyouzi were looking at a map. They also had a small flashlight in their hands. Open, completely to pass this addiction. It's very close to the internship base that Jiao Dad and the others said.
The so-called field practice, in fact, the main purpose is to bring those students who have just finished their freshman year out to see and get close to nature. The courses offered in the freshman year include botany and zoology, and some majors also involve ecology. , This is also for them to experience it for themselves, to identify some animals and plants, etc. Of course, it is not purely for fun, and students who participate in field internships have to write reports after the event.
For Jiaoyuan and Xiaoyouzi, this is basically a summer vacation. Zheng Tan too.
Strolling around the campus of Chuhua University, although the school is very green and covers a large area among colleges and universities across the country, but in general it is such a small place. Zheng Tan also has experience of living abroad, but that There are not so many mountains in the place I went to, the feeling is always different in the mountains and the plains, and the feeling of wandering and vacationing is also very different.
At about three o'clock in the afternoon, everyone arrived at their destination.
The field practice base of Chuhua University is built on the mountain. Zheng Tan paid attention to it when he went up the mountain. Many places on the mountain were well constructed. The roads and the planned houses exuded a modern mountain city atmosphere. Life in the wild like many people imagine. Of course, this is just a scene on a few mountains. Looking far away, you can see the rolling peaks.
In July and August, the temperature in Chuhua City can soar to more than 40 degrees, and an egg on the road can be cooked very quickly, but in the practice base, when you open the car window, you can clearly feel that it is better than Chuhua City. The temperature is several degrees lower.
Before I came, I heard that there were no electric fans in the practice base. Some students were still worried about whether they would be steamed by then. After experiencing the summer in Chuhua City, they suddenly heard that there were no electric fans and air conditioners. After these students got out of the bus and walked into the dormitory arranged by the practice base, they felt relieved.
I did statistics before coming here, so the rooms have already been allocated here. The Jiao family has a small single room for four people. This is for some leading teachers. There are four in each room. The Jiao family directly occupied one of the beds. In this way, Zheng Tan's actions are also more convenient, and he doesn't have to stay in his bag all the time.
The room has been cleaned, and it is fairly clean, after all, it is where the teachers live. As for the students' place, the conditions are not as good as the teachers' side. The students have bunk beds, four beds and eight beds, and also have independent bathrooms. Even if they are not as good as the teachers' side, the conditions are still decent.
After installing the mosquito nets, Jiao's mother spread the sheets that she brought. The four of them took a bath one by one and took a good night's sleep. After having dinner in the cafeteria of the base, Jiao's father took the children to the synagogue to listen to them. Lectures.
The evening meeting mainly held a mobilization meeting to talk about the matters that should be paid attention to in the internship, emphasize organizational discipline, and conduct a simple training for the students. Before coming, the students knew about this aspect. Although they still didn't understand many things, as long as they followed the leading teacher, everything was simple.
Teachers who lead the team usually bring a medicine box in case of emergency. Children nowadays are very expensive, and they can't afford it if something happens.
Zheng Tan was also taken into the synagogue. Dad Jiao hoped that everyone would listen to it. Don't go wrong. After all, there are so many mountains around here. There is still a nature reserve in this place. What will happen in the summer? It's really hard to say, there will definitely be many snakes, worms, rats, ants and the like.
Zheng Tan was nestled in the bag, and the Jiao family were sitting next to each other. No one would notice Zheng Tan in the bag, nor did Zheng Tan openly observe the surroundings. He fainted after listening to the people on the stage for a while. Drowsy.
Along with the teachers and students of Chuhua University, there are also people from other schools. They do not have an internship base here, so every year they collect orders and come with people from Chuhua University.
At night, when he sleeps in this unfamiliar place, Zheng Tan doesn't feel uncomfortable. The room is filled with the breath of familiar people. He lies on the head of Xiaoyuzi's bed. He slept a lot during the day. You can also hear many sounds of some animals that are usually inaudible. Just like what the person said when I heard the report today, this is a city surrounded by nature.
Maybe many people in the city think that being close to nature is a particularly good experience. The air is fresh and quiet enough, but in fact, if those people really want to come over, they may not be able to bear it.
When I first arrived here today, a few boys wandered around, but they didn't leave the base. When they came back, there was a big black bug in the empty drink bottle. Zheng Tan had never seen them before. I asked a few classmates and they didn't know each other. I only said that it might be some kind of insect of the order Coleoptera, so I asked the teacher who is mainly in the direction of insects. Several of the girls almost screamed when they saw it, and it was estimated that they would never develop in the direction of insects in the future.
Therefore, it can be seen that the mountain life is not for everyone.
The next day, the leading teachers did not rush to take the students out, but took the students to the Qishan City Natural History Museum not far from the practice base.
Zheng Tan stayed in the backpack and was brought in by Jiao Dad. It stands to reason that animals cannot be brought in casually, but now they are a group of students and teachers from colleges and universities. The teacher who led the team talked for a while, and it seemed that they knew each other. And the person in charge of the museum just focused on not letting those students cause damage.
Zheng Tan stayed in the backpack and looked out from the zipper gap. The backpack was modified by Jiao's mother, and there was an extra gauze part. If people outside didn't look carefully, it would be difficult to find what was in the backpack, but Zheng Tan in the backpack could. Seeing the outside from the gauze, you don't have to worry about being too stuffy in your backpack.
Zheng Tan actually didn't have much interest in those plant specimens, and apparently neither did the students until they came to the animal exhibition area.
Most of the animals seen in the zoo can be seen here, and there are many that have not been seen in the zoo. However, the animals here are just specimens, there is no anger, and there is no brilliance in their eyes.
Looking at the lifelike but lifeless specimens, Zheng Tan suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He didn't know what the animals were thinking when they were made into specimens. Maybe they died long before that.
There are several teachers and museum people over there explaining to the students.
"The main types of animal specimens are immersed specimens, peeled specimens, bone specimens, dried specimens and glass slide specimens. Immersion specimens are made after the animal body is put to death without dissection, and the whole body is put into immersion according to the original appearance. Specimens preserved in liquid. Preserved specimens are generally used for vertebrates, such as birds and mammals. These vertebrates need to be skinned, the muscles on the skin should be removed, the inner surface of the skin should be coated with an antiseptic, and then filled with fake body, installed prosthetic eye, sutured plastic to make a specimen…”
Zheng Tan saw from the gauze that after the teacher in front had finished explaining, he let another person continue, and the person in the back was in charge of making the specimen.
The one who was in charge of the explanation before was a teacher who taught zoology from the Academy of Sciences of Chuhua University, and there were several others who taught botany. Some of the samples involved in their research projects came from some areas in Qishan City. They naturally followed the instructions. People here are also familiar.
The taxidermist took the students to a corner where some tools were kept.
"That is, I will show it to you when you come, and I will not give it to others!"
The taxidermist pointed out the tools to the students as if offering a treasure, and at the same time talked about the taxidermy industry.
"... To put it more closely, people's living standards are better now, they have pets, and they have established deep relationships, but when the pet dies, the owner will feel great pain, but if the dead pet is made into a form Authentic and structurally complete specimens can not only express the owner's grief, but also be preserved for a longer time... ”
fart!
If he could speak, Zheng Tan would probably scold him directly to refute. Looking at the people in the Jiao family next to him, Jiao Yuan was disgusted with what the man said just now, and Xiaoyouzi frowned, obviously disapproving of the man's words. Due to the angle, Zheng Tan couldn't see the expressions of Jiao's mother and Jiao's father.
The taxidermist continued to talk, introducing the functions of scalpels, tweezers, scissors, wire cutters, files, hammers, saws, nails, lead wires, needles and threads, etc. Many chemical preparations were not very safe, so he did not take them out. I only mention some when I tell the students, such as arsenic dioxide (arsenic), potassium aluminum sulfate (alum), phenol, lysole, etc.
"Most of the specimens are made by partial prosthesis and partial filling. The general process includes peeling, embalming, prosthesis making, filling, prosthetic eye making, suture and overall modification. The body was taken out in pieces…”
Listening to the man's words, Zheng Tan stayed in his backpack and felt cold all over.
In the words of the taxidermist, he felt that this profession was a beautiful profession that reborn death, and he loved it.
In Zheng Tan's eyes, the taxidermist is one of his "natural enemies" today.
Although he knew that his breed was worthless, not a rare protected animal, and was protected by Jiao Dad, after coming out of the museum, Zheng Tan still had nightmares that night, and woke him up several times a night.