In the soilless cultivation workshop and corn planting area, in addition to leaving necessary passages and equipment area, the remaining area of ​​about 400 square meters, dense corn plants are all grown.

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

They are undoubtedly very healthy. This can be seen from the huge corn cob.

Time passes by bit by bit, and finally it is time to harvest.

Zhao Changxing saw that the planting rack culture dish automatically began to move to one side under the guidance of the track. The turntable harvester, which had been sharpened, cut off the corn plant directly from the roots. The plants were collected and transported to another place to fix the soil in the root system. The remaining nutrient solution below fell directly below, collected, and began to undergo further treatment.

The relevant equipment will crush all the soil that has a tendency to agglomerate and has a large amount of corn root system inside, so that it can regain the soft effect, which is equivalent to turning it over again. The culture medium will be recycled and the internal nutrient distribution ratio will be adjusted to prepare for a new round of planting.

The corn plants collected before will be separated by the harvester. The corn kernels are separated, and the remaining plants and corn cobs will be directly crushed and taken as feed for livestock after further processing.

Dozens of tracks were running at the same time, and the machine for cutting corn plants kept roaring. In just over a dozen minutes, everything was processed. Finally, what appeared in front of Zhao Changxing were more than 100 kilograms of yellow corn seeds, and corn rod crumbs weighing more than 200 kilograms and fragrant.

In fact, strictly speaking, if you want to act as livestock feed, this kind of corn rod that has already produced fruits and has "aging" is not suitable. The most suitable one for feed is to smash the corn rod directly when the corn is not yet mature. But for Zhao Changxing now, he is obviously not as rich and generous.

There is no way, let the animals be wronged first. Even if the feed is not suitable and there is less meat, there is nothing to do.

Perhaps when the corn planting area becomes larger in the future, Zhao Changxing will specially plant a few thousand and tens of thousands of square meters of green-storage corn, without harvesting corn seeds, but is used specifically as feed. By then, I believe that livestock will be happy to grow more meat.

Corn rod debris were automatically transported to the garbage recycling center for the next step of processing, so that as feed, about 140 kilograms of corn seeds were placed in a large basket and transported to the warehouse area for proper storage.

Next, it's time to carry out a new phase of planting.

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

On the earth, it is usually summer when growing corn. Now, what is simulated here is the summer environment.

The substrate that had been crushed and other adjustments appeared on the planting rack again along the track. The nutrient solution also slowly flowed out and covered the Petri dish. The automatic planting equipment passed through the sky above the track, sprinkled seeds downwards, and stirred the substrate and buried them.

The entire planting process also took only more than ten minutes.

In total, it only took about half an hour, and the corn planting area completed an alternating process of new and old.

"In another week, the wheat can be harvested, and in another five days, the soybeans and rice can be harvested. Yes, there are also chili peppers, and today it can be harvested."

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

Vegetable planting areas cover the smallest area, but the highest yield and the fastest growth rate. Almost every few days, a kind of vegetable will mature and become the food for people and livestock.

In one small compartment after another, Zhao Changxing opened one casually and saw the tender green rapeseed that had just emerged. He opened another one and saw the long beans that were about one palm long, and the next one was a small eggplant that was only the size of a child's fist.

A vibrant vitality of all things sprouting over the entire vegetable planting area.

Finally arrived at the pepper planting area. Zhao Changxing opened the door and saw about twenty pepper plants growing on the Petri dish with a total area of ​​only about 5 square meters. There are two layers of this Petri dish, 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, which makes people like it very much.

"Captain, I'm going to get it."

The voice of artificial intelligence Xiaoxi came from the communicator.

"Cake it."

The harvest of peppers is roughly the same as that of corn, but it is more refined. After all, these peppers cannot achieve the purpose of separation from the plants through violent means.

Under the refined picking, forty plants harvested a total of about 50 kilograms of fresh peppers. They were placed in front of Zhao Changxing, and there was also a full basket.

"Well, the children are still too young to eat chili peppers. I only like to eat this thing myself, and I can't finish it even if I have so much. Otherwise, I'd better plant some other vegetables here first and wait until the chili peppers are almost finished."

Thinking of this, Zhao Changxing casually issued an order: "Xiaoxi, don't plant peppers here anymore. You can adjust the environment here and plant... some alfalfa first."

Alfalfa is an excellent forage grass, both chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, cattle and sheep can be eaten.

Although it only has five square meters of area here - ten square meters after double-layer planting, even if the alfalfa yield is large, it will not produce much. But it is better than nothing. Just think that it is to occasionally change the taste of livestock and poultry and increase the diversity of food.

"Okay captain."

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

This time, about 50 kilograms of fresh chili were harvested, but Zhao Changxing did not intend to put them all in the storage area. No matter how high the storage technology of this fresh vegetable is, it will not last long.

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

Zhao Changxing made up his mind. So he left a pound of about fifty kilograms of fresh peppers to eat tonight, and the rest were all dried.

The storage time of dried peppers is much longer than that of fresh peppers, so it will not be a problem to store them for several years.

After finishing today's final work, Zhao Changxing began to think about the menu of dinner. But after thinking about it, there were really not many ingredients available for him to use.

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

"Stew a duck. Stew half a chicken. The remaining half of the chicken is used to stir-fry it with chili peppers and make a spicy chicken nugget. For soup, make an egg and spinach soup, and eat rice at the staple food. No, you have to add two more vegetarian dishes to make the children's nutrition balanced. Um... Eggplant and beans."

After making up his mind, Zhao Changxing took the ingredients he needed, rode the Falcon 1 spacecraft again, and returned from Sedna Star to the Tinder spacecraft.

"Dad, Dad!"

Seeing Zhao Changxing come back, the children rushed up and instantly surrounded Zhao Changxing.

"The children have performed very well during this period, and today the end of the period has just ended. Dad decided to reward you. I will stew duck tonight!"

"Okay! OK!"

The children all cheered.

Of the ten children, nine were very happy, only Chen Feng, who was the youngest in all the children, was listless and there seemed to be tears in his eyes.

Chen Feng has always been very quiet and introverted. Zhao Changxing changed his mind and thought to himself: "Is this bullied again?"

"Chen Feng, why are you unhappy? Don't you like eating ducks?"

Zhao Changxing walked over and asked softly.

Chen Feng finally cried out and threw himself into Chen Feng's arms: "Dad, Qian Yue bullied me!"

The children became quiet in an instant, and Zhao Changxing also pulled down his face and looked at Qian Yue.

Qian Yue has the aura of an elder sister among the children, and almost all the children are afraid of her.

"Qian Yue, what's going on?"

"Dad, I didn't bully Chen Feng!" Qian Yueman was dissatisfied: "I just took 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 dissatisfied: "Zheng Yan is too fat, and her grades are not as good as me."

Zhao Changxing felt quite amused and crying at this moment. He did not intend to interfere with the "emotional entanglement" between the children, as long as he did not leave the boundary.

After finally comforting the children, Zhao Changxing didn't have time to hand over all the ingredients to the kitchen robot to deal with them.

An hour later, all the children washed their hands and sat in front of the dining table in a proper manner.

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

"Dinner!"

The children cheered and started eating. Only Qian Yue was secretly watching Zhao Changxing.

"Qian Yue, is there anything wrong?"

"Dad..." Qian Yue wanted to speak, "I want...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 for the children to suffer a little, so he said, "Eat."

Qian Yue couldn't wait to pick up a piece of chicken and stuff it into her mouth. The next moment, her expression changed. Her little face turned red in an instant, and tears oozed out of her eyes.

"Drink water quickly."

Qian Yue drank a large glass of water and was still breathing.

Zhao Changxing had a smile on his face. He was about to make a few jokes and teased her, but saw Qian Yue crying and said, "It's so delicious, I still want to eat it!"

Zhao Changxing was stunned, but saw Qian Yue turn to look at Chen Feng again: "I dare to eat chili peppers, do Zheng Yan dare to eat it? Humph!"
Chapter completed!