Chapter 489 485. The Big Rat Runs Away
Had breakfast.

Send Shijuan and Wenying home to sleep.

The house that Shi Juan rented was right next door.

Wenying also lived in a house arranged in the village.

They are all close.

Luo Yihang first put the bamboo back into the office, then went to the platform and inspected the soybean field.

This unknown variety of soybeans grew very tall, with the plants being more than one meter tall, and the stems being thin and long.

The leaves are also long and slender, and each bud has three leaves that are pointed.

White flower buds have already grown at this time and will bloom in two days.

The flowers of this soybean are very beautiful, with white petals and a black spot in the middle, a nice combination of black and white.

Its flowers only grow on the main stem, and one plant can have one to three flowers. They are small, not much bigger than soybeans.

You have to be a little careful when picking them, you need to wear thick gloves, and pick them one by one.

Because it has brown, hard hair on its body, which is prickly.

According to the analysis of veteran farmers such as Luo's father and Uncle Luo, this should be a kind of wild soybean.

I don't know exactly what species it is.

People can’t be let know either.

Luo Yihang took a photo and sent it to the contact person at the Key Laboratory of Soybean Molecular Design Breeding.

Tell them the second batch is about to bloom and ask when they can be picked.

Soon, there was a reply from the other side that the bean flowers will bloom for a month and can be harvested next week. The suitable harvesting period is half a month, and you can pick them anytime during this period.

The time flexibility is quite large.

It’s enough to organize a study tour or something.

Then let’s do it.

After harvesting this crop, I won’t plant beans this year.

This bean grows too slowly. The first batch is planted in April and only blooms in July.

The second crop of flowers was harvested in July, and it is almost November now. Fortunately, I don’t use it to produce beans, otherwise if I plant beans again in July, the yield will be terrible.

It is said that the pollen from five hundred acres is enough to produce seeds for breeding one hundred thousand acres of "Dongsheng" soybeans.

The final payment was 550,000 yuan, an average of 1,100 yuan per acre.

The planting cost is 400 yuan per acre, and employing 20,000 people means a total cost of 220,000 yuan, with a profit of more than 300,000 yuan. It is not very profitable, but a lot of soybean straw is harvested and all belongs to Ma Zhitao.

There are also fields for growing beans and fertilizer, which are also left in Pingangou...
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Luo Yihang inspected a soybean field and came out.

Then I saw an electric tricycle coming towards me on the cement road.

It was a small electric three-wheeler with two kids squeezed in the driver's seat and three more squatting in the back bed.

Woo woo woo and driving very fast.

The hair of several kids was blown back by the wind, revealing their big foreheads, and they were grinning with their big teeth bared.

It looks so happy.

Luo Yihang stretched out his hand to stop them, "Why are you riding so fast?"

"Sister Juan's big rat ran away."

"Running into the greenhouse and causing damage."

"Let's go help catch the mice."

Several kids talked at once.

Luo Yihang was puzzled, "Where did your sister Juan get this... Shit!"

Don’t tell me it was the bamboo rat I gave her this morning. Greenhouse No. 2 is full of experimental crops. It might have caused trouble!
Luo Yihang did not dare to neglect.

"I'll go take a look too."

Drive the kid on the bike to the back and make him squat.

Luo Yihang got on the electric bike and turned the accelerator to the bottom.

The little tricycle hummed very fast and arrived at the door of greenhouse No. 2 in just a few minutes.

Without waiting for the three-wheeler to stabilize, Luo Yihang jumped off the vehicle and hurried into the greenhouse to take a look.

It was indeed the bamboo rat.

In the morning, a big hole was bitten in the plastic basket that Shi Juan used to hold the bamboo rats.

It must have run from here.

Luo Yihang hurried through the outer hall of the laboratory.

Enter the planting area.

There are so many little kids here. Those working on the stage must have come here to watch the fun.

They formed a circle in the aisle, shouting and yelling.

Luo Yihang pushed through the crowd and went in to take a look.

The thief has been caught.

Luo Hongzhi and Luo Qingcai each held a bamboo pole, which they crossed to clamp the fat belly of the big rat and pin it to the ground.

The big rat was not dead, it twisted its butt and squeaked, and it couldn't get free no matter how hard it struggled. It was good to catch it.

Luo Yihang felt a little relieved and asked, "Xiaozhi, what did it destroy?"

Luo Hongzhi heard the sound and quickly replied: "It dug out some of the sweet potatoes grown by Sister Wenying and ate a few pieces."

"sweet potato?"

"I'll take you to see it."

Luo Hongzhi handed the bamboo pole to a boy and took Luo Yihang to see the crime scene.

Far inside the planting area, there are two rows of sweet potatoes.

A large piece of one of the ridges was dug up, and five or six sweet potatoes buried in the soil were dug out, each with teeth marks on it.

This guy is quite good at eating. He only eats the middle of each sweet potato and takes only a few bites. After he finishes eating the small core in the middle, he stops eating and switches to another one.

Going to the front to look at the sign, Luo Yihang breathed a sigh of relief. It was the variety that was planted on the 100 acres outside, so it was not important.

so far so good.

"Is this the only sweet potato that was damaged?" Luo Yihang asked again.

Luo Hongzhi was not sure either. "When I found it, it was digging sweet potatoes. I don't know what else it was doing."

"Check them all."

"Good boss."

Luo Hongzhi agreed, turned around and shouted to the kids who were watching the fun, "Everyone, check in groups of two to see if there are any signs of damage."

"Understood!"xN
The kids dispersed, formed their own teams, divided their own territories, and went on cross-patrol in groups of two.

Only Luo Qingcai and another kid were left there, poking the big rat with bamboo poles.

"Boss, what should we do with the big rat?" Luo Qingcai asked hurriedly, with a look of desire on his face.

"Do you want to eat?" Luo Yihang asked doubtfully.

“No, no, no, no…” Luo Qingcai shook his head hurriedly.

"Yes, we can't eat it. As for what to do with it..." Luo Yihang pondered for a moment.

Killed?

Or let it go?

It was agreed that it was just for Shi Juan's amusement.

At this time, the children came back in groups.

“I didn’t see any bad ones.”

"Not found."

"We looked at it all, and nothing was damaged."

"..."

None were found.

In other words, "After the big rat ran out, it went straight to the sweet potatoes without touching anything else in between. It's strange. Bamboo rats eat bamboo, so why did they eat sweet potatoes?"

Forget it, forget it.

Since no damage was caused.

The kids were looking at the mouse and laughing again.

"Find an iron cage, lock it up and put it outside the door for public display." Luo Yihang ordered with a smile.

"Hahahaha~~"

"Great~~"

The kids are so happy.

Two more shouted, "I know where the cage is," and ran away quickly.

Haha, they are all childish.

Just then, Luo Yihang's phone rang.

When I picked up the phone, I heard, "Lao Qi, are you asking about the earthworm farm? ... The weather is cold, and I'm worried that the feed won't ferment completely... and that the protein will be poisonous? ... OK, I'll go and give you a video call."

hang up the phone.

Luo Yihang asked the kids, "Whose turn is it in the earthworm farm today?"

The two kids raised their hands.

"Take me there."

Then he ordered Luo Hongzhi, "Restore the sweet potatoes to their original state, and feed the ones you dig out to the rats. People are not allowed to eat them."

"Just watch over the others, let them play for a while and then let them go back to work."

Luo Hongzhi nodded in agreement.

Luo Yihang took his two kids, requisitioned a small tricycle, and went to the earthworm farm to post videos.

After finishing, I have to go back to the office to plan the study tour schedule.

Alas, day by day...

(End of this chapter)