The last human in the universe

Chapter 15 Chili
In the soilless cultivation workshop and the corn planting area, except for the necessary passages and equipment footprint, the remaining area of ​​more than 400 square meters is full of dense corn plants.

Thanks to the high-tech growth environment and the seeds that have been cultivated on the earth and are more suitable for low-gravity environments, the corn grown here will hardly be troubled by diseases and insect pests.

They are undeniably healthy.This can be seen from the huge corn on the cob.

Time went by bit by bit, and finally it was time to harvest.

Zhao Changxing saw that the petri dish of the planting frame started to move to one side automatically under the drive of the track.The rotary harvester, which has been sharpened for a long time, cuts off the corn plant directly from the root.The plants were collected and transported to another place. The soil used to fix the root system and the remaining nutrient solution below fell directly to the bottom and were collected for further processing.

The relevant equipment will crush all the soil that has a tendency to agglomerate and has a large amount of corn roots inside, so that it can regain its softness, which is equivalent to turning over the ground again.The culture fluid will be recycled and used to readjust the ratio of nutrients inside to prepare for a new round of planting.

The corn plants that have been collected before will be separated from the corn fruit under the action of the harvester.The corn kernels are separated, and the remaining plants and corncobs are directly crushed, and after further processing, they are used as feed for livestock.

Dozens of crawlers were running at the same time, and the machine for cutting corn plants was roaring continuously. In just ten minutes, everything was processed.What finally appeared in front of Zhao Changxing were more than 100 kilograms of yellow corn seeds and more than 200 kilograms of fragrant corn stalk debris.

In fact, strictly speaking, if it is to be used as livestock feed, this kind of corn stalk that has already bear fruit and has been "aged" is not suitable.The most suitable feed is to crush the corn stalks directly when the corn is not yet mature.But for the present Zhao Changxing, he is obviously not so rich and powerful.

There is no way, let's wrong the livestock first, even if the feed is not suitable and there is less meat, there is no way.

Perhaps when the corn planting area increases in the future, Zhao Changxing will plant a green storage corn of tens of thousands of square meters, without harvesting corn seeds, and use it exclusively as feed.By then, I believe the livestock will be happy to grow some extra meat.

The corn stalk scraps were automatically transported to the garbage recycling center for further processing, so as to be used as feed. About 140 kg of corn seeds were placed in a large basket and transported to the warehouse area for proper storage.

Then it's time for a new planting.

The environment required for corn in the early stage is obviously different from that in the harvest stage.So the automatic temperature control equipment started to operate, and gradually increased the temperature in the corn planting area, and made some adjustments to the humidity and light.This made Zhao Changxing feel a little hot.

On Earth, it's usually summer when corn is grown.But now, what is being simulated here is the summer environment.

After crushing and other adjustments, the substrate appeared on the planting frame along the track again.The nutrient solution also slowly flowed out, covering the petri dish.The automatic planting equipment passed over the track, sprinkled seeds down one by one, and stirred the substrate to bury them.

The whole planting process also only took ten minutes.

In a total of about half an hour, the corn planting area completed a new and old replacement process.

"In another week, the wheat can be harvested, and in five days, soybeans and rice can also be harvested. Oh, and peppers can also be harvested today."

Zhao Changxing then left the corn planting area and came to the vegetable planting area.

The vegetable growing area occupies the smallest area, but has the highest yield and the fastest growth rate.Almost every few days, a vegetable matures and becomes the ration of people and livestock.

In one cubicle after another, Zhao Changxing opened one casually, and saw the tender green rapeseed that had just emerged, and opened another one, and saw long beans that were about a palm long, and the one next to it was Little eggplants the size of a child's fist.

A kind of vitality that sprouts from all things fills the entire vegetable growing area.

Finally arrived at the pepper planting area, Zhao Changxing opened the door, and saw about 5 pepper plants growing on the petri dish with a total area of ​​only about [-] square meters.This petri dish has two layers, and the total number of plants is about forty.

There are many small, bright red peppers hanging on each pepper plant, just like the stars in the night sky, it is very pleasing to look at.

"Captain, I want to harvest."

The artificial intelligence Xiaoxi's voice came out of the communicator.

"Take it."

Peppers are harvested in much the same way as corn is harvested, only more delicate.After all, these peppers cannot be separated from the plants by violent means.

Under meticulous picking, the [-] plants harvested a total of about [-] catties of fresh peppers, which were placed in front of Zhao Changxing, and there was also a basket full of them.

"Well, the children are still too young to eat chili. Only I like to eat this stuff, and I can't finish eating so much. Why don't we plant some other vegetables here first, and wait until the chili is almost gone. "

Thinking this way, Zhao Changxing casually gave an order: "Xiaoxi, don't grow peppers here anymore, you can adjust the environment here, first plant... alfalfa."

Alfalfa is an excellent pasture, which can be eaten by chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep.

Although the area here is only five square meters—it will be ten square meters after double-layer planting. Even if the alfalfa production is large, there will not be much produced here at all.But it’s better than nothing, it’s better to change the taste of livestock and poultry occasionally and increase the diversity of food.

"Good captain."

Xiaoxi then began to adjust the temperature, humidity, light and other values ​​of the pepper planting area, and took alfalfa seeds and planted them in petri dishes.

A total of about [-] catties of fresh peppers were harvested this time, but Zhao Changxing did not intend to put all of them in the storage area.No matter how high the storage technology is for this kind of fresh vegetables, it will not last long.

"Let's dry it first. Well, the children just finished their final exams, and it's time to cook a big meal to reward them today. I should also eat something delicious, so I'll take a catty back first."

Zhao Changxing made up his mind.So about fifty catties of fresh peppers were set aside for one catty to eat tonight, and the rest were dried.

The storage time of dried chili is much longer than that of fresh chili, and it is not a problem to store it for several years.

After finishing finishing work for today, Zhao Changxing began to think about the dinner menu.But after much deliberation, there are really not many ingredients available for him.

The three types of livestock, pigs, cattle and sheep, have not even completed a growth cycle at present, and there are no reserves in the warehouse.The only meat that can be eaten is chicken and duck.

"Stew a duck. Then stew half a chicken. The remaining half chicken is fried with chili peppers to make a spicy chicken nugget. For soup, let's make an egg and spinach soup. The staple food is rice. No, we have to add two more vegetarian dishes, so that the children's nutrition is balanced. Uh...eggplant and beans."

After making up his mind, Zhao Changxing took the required ingredients, took the Falcon [-] spacecraft again, and returned to the Tinder spacecraft from Sedna.

"Dad, Daddy!"

Seeing Zhao Changxing coming back, the children rushed up and immediately surrounded Zhao Changxing.

"The children have performed very well during this time, and the end of the term has just ended today, and Dad decided to reward you. Tonight we will eat stewed duck!"

"Good! Good!"

The children all cheered.

Among the ten children, nine were in high spirits, only Chen Feng, who was the youngest of all the children, was listless, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes.

Chen Feng has always been very quiet and introverted, so Zhao Changxing thought to himself, "Is this being bullied again?"

"Chen Feng, why are you unhappy? Don't you like to eat duck?"

Zhao Changxing walked over and asked softly.

Chen Feng finally burst into tears and threw himself into Chen Feng's arms: "Father, Qian Yue bullied me!"

The children fell silent instantly, and Zhao Changxing also lowered his face and looked at Qian Yue.

Qian Yue has the air of a big sister among the children, and almost all the children are afraid of her.

"Qian Yue, what's going on?"

"Father, I didn't bully Chen Feng!" Qian Yue was full of dissatisfaction: "I just held his hand, and he cried!"

"I don't like Qian Yue holding my hand, I want to hold Zheng Yan's hand!"

Chen Feng was still crying loudly.Qian Yue was still full of dissatisfaction: "Zheng Yan is too fat, and her grades are not as good as mine."

Zhao Changxing felt rather dumbfounded at the moment.As for the "emotional entanglement" between the children, he does not intend to interfere, as long as they don't go out of bounds.

After finally calming down the children, it wasn't until Chen Feng also had a smile on his face that Zhao Changxing had time to hand over all the ingredients to the kitchen robot for processing.

An hour later, all the children washed their hands and sat down at the dining table in good order.

Stewed duck, stewed chicken, egg spinach soup, spicy chicken nuggets, stir-fried beans, braised eggplant, rice, etc. are all on the table.

"Dinner!"

The children cheered and started to eat.Only Qian Yue was secretly looking at Zhao Changxing.

"Qian Yue, what's the matter?"

"Father..." Qian Yue hesitated to speak, "I think... I want to eat that."

She pointed to the spicy chicken nuggets in front of Zhao Changxing.

"This is very spicy, do you want to eat it?"

Qian Yue nodded vigorously.

Zhao Changxing thought about it again, and felt that it would be better to let the children suffer a little, so he said, "Let's eat."

Qian Yue couldn't wait to grab a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth.The next moment, her expression changed.Her little face turned red instantly, and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Drink water quickly drink water."

Qian Yue gulped down a large glass of water, but was still breathing heavily.

Zhao Changxing had a smile on his face, and just wanted to tease her with a few words, but Qian Yue wiped tears and said, "It's so delicious, I want to eat it more!"

Zhao Changxing was startled, but Qian Yue turned to look at Chen Feng again: "I dare to eat chili, but Zheng Yan dares to eat it? Hmph!"

(End of this chapter)