On New Year's Eve, although Shen Aizhi and the others failed, the lively atmosphere was even better because of Zhang Cong.
Zhang Cong and the others actually bought two to three hundred fireworks each with the dividend money. Shen Chi's mouth twitched when he saw it, secretly thinking that the four of them were the real losers.
However, Shen Chi didn't know Zhang Cong's mentality. They lived in the city and couldn't enjoy the fireworks every New Year in their community house.
This time when we came to the villa, the grounds were open, and we fulfilled our long-cherished wish to set off the fireworks. So as soon as it got dark, the four of us couldn't wait to take out the fireworks and set them off, including colorful bead tubes, sky cannons, and the sound of spring thunder. Didn't stop for a moment.
Mrs. Hu also gave them lucky money, and Zhang Cong and others happily accepted it.
Early the next morning, Shen Chi took them to the town to watch dragon lanterns, dragon boat rowing and lion dances. Several of them were attracted by the strong New Year flavor here and expressed that they would come here to celebrate the New Year next year.
In recent years, the folk activities that Song Town has vigorously created have indeed achieved remarkable results, and temple fair lanterns have become an indispensable traditional repertoire.
A few people were having so much fun here that they originally planned to stay for two days and then leave, but they didn't go back until the eighth day of the lunar month, if they weren't afraid that their family would say that they planned to watch the Lantern Festival lanterns on the 15th day of the lunar month.
During the Chinese New Year, besides paying New Year greetings to Teacher Huang, Principal Song, Teacher Wang, and Teacher Duan, Shen Chi usually stayed in the laboratory to cultivate his new seeds.
Finally, I finished optimizing the genes of the new seeds before the start of school, then bottled and sealed them, and planned to take them to school to continue.
When returning to school, Shen Chi walked with Shen Fang and Sun Xia. When they arrived at the provincial capital station, Shen Chi told her to be careful on the way and got off the train.
Shen Changlin was worried. Shen Fang originally planned to send her to school, but Shen Fang firmly stopped her. Fortunately, Sun Xia was with her along the way, so Shen Changlin didn't worry too much.
When Shen Chi returned to school, he went to see Li Shoumin as soon as possible and told him that he had cultivated genetically optimized seeds and was now waiting to plant them for two more seasons to see if any mutations would occur.
Li Shoumin was surprised by the progress of Shen Chi's experiment. He did not expect that his experiment would enter a substantial stage so quickly.
Shen Chixin said that with the help of systematic instruments, the progress of the experiment would of course be much faster.
Li Shoumin didn't say anything more and asked Shen Chi to continue observing the new species and record various data during the seed growth period at any time.
Shen Chi nodded, asked some questions about genetic modification, and then left. At the beginning of the new semester, Shen Chi enrolled in two more elective courses in order to earn enough credits early.
Shen Chi also clearly felt that Li Shoumin paid more attention to him this year, and based on the professional knowledge that Shen Chi had mastered, he individually selected professional books for Shen Chi, and asked him to ask him for help at any time if he didn't understand anything.
Shen Chi gratefully agreed. Shen Chi mainly used the public courses and majors this semester to study without distinction, and spent more time and energy on the books that Li Shoumin helped him select.
In the seedling box in the laboratory, Shen Chi secretly used planting techniques to increase the growth rate of the seedlings.
When the first season of early rice matured, through genetic testing and data comparison, it was found that the optimized rice seeds did not mutate. Shen Chi told Li Shoumin the good news.
"Genetic engineering is a very magical science. The optimized seeds will not mutate in the first, second or even tenth generation. It is very likely that atavism will suddenly appear in the eleventh or twenty-first generation, so Our observations must be rigorous and meticulous," Li Shoumin said to Shen Chi.
"But human lifespan is limited, how can we have so much time to observe and test it?" Shen Chi asked puzzledly.
"This is why some people can only study one topic in their lifetime. Some projects even require several generations to complete together. We must ensure scientific rigor at all times." Li Shoumin told Shen Chi.
Shen Chi nodded silently, once again deeply realizing that the system functions of planting and shortening the growth cycle of crops in the ground veins were simply a god-defying artifact for his experiments.
Because Shen Chi spends a lot of time in the laboratory, he directly applied to the school for a living-in-experiment arrangement this semester. The school leaders responded to this question
Shen Chi’s application was again given strong support and was approved without any obstruction.
Shen Chi spent his college life in the laboratory. When the second batch of optimization seeds matured, Shen Chi once again reported the good news that there was no abnormality to Li Shoumin.
In a cautious attitude, Li Shoumin asked Shen Chi to use the existing conditions in the laboratory to simulate the growth environment of rice and plant it for another season.
But he also told Shen Chi that he could start preparing a paper on rice seed optimization.
This meant that his experiment had achieved initial success. Shen Chi happily expressed his gratitude to Li Shoumin. As a novice, Li Shoumin had given Shen Chi a lot of help.
Coming out of Li Shoumin's research room, the system prompt sounded in Shen Chi's ears: [Ding! Cultivate high-quality early rice and reward two billion knowledge points.]
Shen Chi felt even more at ease when he heard the system prompt, which meant that his genetic modification was truly successful.
For this experiment, Shen Chi chose mutant early rice from his own rice field.
The rice seed had a genetic mutation that increased the yield. What Shen Chi did was to extract and observe the high-quality genes, and further improve the genes to increase the yield again.
Now that the yield has increased, what Shen Chi needs to do next is to inscribe this high-yield gene into good imported rice seeds, so that the new rice varieties have the characteristics of high yield and good taste at the same time.
A preliminary genetic optimization experiment allowed him to gain 2 billion knowledge points. Shen Chi wondered if he would be able to accumulate enough points to open a third career if he did a few more experiments.
But when I think about it, my experiment has already started since the discovery of mutant rice seeds. It took me more than two years under the unique conditions that I have. I don’t know how many experiments I have to conduct to save enough knowledge points for my third career. .
It will take ten years at least. I now have dual careers as a farmer and a scientific researcher. It doesn't matter whether the third career is activated or not.
Returning to the laboratory, Shen Chi continued to conduct experimental observations on the seedlings while preparing a paper on rice seed gene optimization.
Because it was the final verification stage, Shen Chi observed extra carefully this time and repeatedly compared the previous experimental data.
At the same time, he had to structure a thesis and spend a lot of time and energy reading various materials. Shen Chi felt that there was not enough time at all, and he wished he could break it into two days.
Finally, the data observation was over, and Shen Chi's thesis was almost ready. However, at this time, Li Shoumin informed Shen Chi that his graduation thesis would be submitted to the internationally renowned magazine Eli, so he asked Shen Chi to complete the experimental data observation stage again. Add a group.
Adding another group of observations means planting the experimental rice seeds for another season, which is equivalent to adding another half a year.
Of course, this is only relative to ordinary people. Shen Chi has implantation skills that can shorten this time by at least one-third.
Because the magazine is submitted to an internationally authoritative biology journal, Shen Chi must strive for excellence in every data.
The temperature and humidity in the laboratory must be monitored at all times, so Shen Chi spent this year at school. Not only did he not go back during the summer vacation, he did not even go back during the New Year.
During this period, Zhang Cong and the others came to see Shen Chi twice more, asking him if he was really bothered by them always running to his house even if he wasn't coming back for the summer vacation or the New Year.
Shen Chi rolled his eyes at them and said, "Am I such a stingy person? I am really held back by my thesis. Once my thesis passes the test of my tutor, I will be completely free."
"I knew you were not that kind of person." Zhang Cong said with a smile, and then his face collapsed again: "It's a pity that you have time, but we have to face the college entrance examination, and there is not much time for the final sprint. It’s time to play.”
"It will take three or four months at most. Just get through it, and you can live at my house then." Shen Chi said to Zhang Cong in an annoyed tone.
After Zhang Cong heard this, his worries turned to joy. Shen Chi could no longer complain to him. Although Zhang Cong was smart, his temper was always a little out of touch.
"When we went to your house, your dad asked us to bring you a message, saying that when you have time, remember to write a letter home." Liu Yuzhe said to Shen Chi.
Shen Chi suddenly felt ashamed after hearing this. He had written several letters to Instructor Tang, but he had not yet written a letter to his father and the others. He planned to write a reply as soon as Zhang Cong and the others left.
It was a rare visit for Zhang Cong and others. This time, although Shen Chi did not take them to the wholesale market, he also took them out for a meal.
It's just that Zhang Cong and the others, who are used to eating food in the villa, have no much interest in food outside. They just want to fill their stomachs.
After sending the four people away, Shen Chi immediately wrote a letter to his father and the others and went back. He worked hard for a few more months until the summer vacation came and Shen Chi got the exact news from Li Shoumin that his paper was accepted by ell magazine.
Li Shoumin was also very happy for Shen Chi.
With this paper and the fact that Shen Chi had completed all the credits, he should have been able to apply for graduation in advance. However, he had only been in school for two years and could not apply for graduation until he got to university.
This summer, Shen Chi returned home early.
When Mrs. Hu saw Shen Chi coming back, she kept complaining: "You know that you have been away for more than a year since you came back. If it weren't for Xiao Cong and others, you wouldn't even know how to write a letter home."
But he complained, and he still pulled Shen Chi to look around, for fear that Shen Chi would lose weight.
Shen Chi eats twice as much as other people, but he eats more, but because he is so tall but doesn't show any flesh, Mrs. Hu keeps saying he has lost weight.
Shen Chi smiled and said: "I will stay with grandma when I come back this time. You will make me delicious food every day and make me fatter."
"You have been away for more than a year, and grandma won't make you something delicious." Although Mrs. Hu said this, she had already gone straight to the kitchen.
Apparently, he ordered Mo Shengqi to add food to Shen Chi.
Gui Shuzhen actually missed her son too much, but she didn't show it as obviously as Hu because of her face. When Shen Chi came back, she just caught up with the completion of Xie Kun's TV series, and a celebration banquet was being held at Sun Fuqiang's house.
So he was pulled away by Sun Fuqiang before the bench was warmed up: "I didn't believe it when I heard from the next life that I saw you going up the mountain. I didn't expect you to be back."
"Dad, why did you come to see me?" Shen Chi asked Sun Fuqiang.
"Director Xie's TV series has been completed. I heard that you came back and asked me to come over and invite you to their celebration banquet." Sun Fuqiang said with a smile.
Mrs. Hu, who came out of the kitchen, heard this and said dissatisfiedly: "I just asked Master Mo to add some dishes for lunch, are you leaving again? You just said that you would spend time with grandma at home when you come back this time. .”
Director Xie's invitation had no choice but to go. Shen Chi didn't expect that he would be slapped in the face so quickly if he said it. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Grandma, please keep the food for me. I will eat with you tonight."
"Hmph, go away quickly, I'll feed the rhubarb to them." Mrs. Hu hummed. Young and old, old people become as temperamental as children when they get older.
"I'll be back soon, grandma. I'll have dinner with you tonight." Shen Chi walked out with Sun Fuqiang and turned around to say hello to Mr. Hu.
"Come on, hurry up, don't let me look at you." Mrs. Hu waved her hands repeatedly. Shen Chi walked away with Sun Fuqiang with a smile.
I thought that Xie Kun's drama had already finished filming, but I didn't expect that it had just been filmed.
What Shen Chi didn't know was that the shooting environment and atmosphere in Tangsun Village were excellent. Xie Kun came up with a lot of inspirations and ideas while filming, so the series expanded and filmed nearly a hundred episodes.
Although it was beyond the original shooting date, Sun Fuqiang and others provided free food and accommodation, which solved his biggest problem, allowing Xie Kun to shoot with peace of mind without having to worry about funding.
At this time, several banquet tables were set up at Sun Fuqiang's house, and director Xie Kun was sitting at the main table.
As soon as he saw Shen Chi arriving, Shen Chi immediately invited him to sit next to him and said to him uncontrollably: "Xiao Chi, it's thanks to you that our TV series went so smoothly."
"No, this is all the work of ***father and the others. I'm just responsible for pulling the strings." Shen Chi replied modestly.
Everyone chatted and encouraged each other to drink while eating. Shen Chi didn't know how to drink, so he toasted everyone with tea instead of wine. During the dinner, Shen Chi saw Sun Tao. This guy didn't know if Shen Chi had given him the essence of grass and trees. He was too tall.
He is leaping forward fiercely, and has also entered the growth stage, and his facial features have begun to grow. He has a heroic face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he is actually a handsome guy.
"Sun Tao, did you pass the college entrance examination this year?" Shen Chi asked Sun Tao. "Yes, I finally passed the college entrance examination." Sun Tao said with a proud face.
"What school did you apply for?" Shen Chi asked with a smile. "Guess." Sun Tao pretended to be mysterious.
"You kid, you are still cheating on me. You have wanted to be a soldier since you were a child, so you must apply for the military academy this time." Shen Chi replied with determination.
Sun Tao was stunned when he heard it, and then said unconvinced: "If you can guess which school it is, I will really convince you."
Shen Chi smiled. With Sun Tao's grades and enthusiasm, the schools he wanted to apply for must be some of the more famous ones. Looking at the proud look on this kid's face, he seemed to be sure that he would not be able to guess.
If he can be so sure, it means that the school he applied for is beyond ordinary people's expectations. If this is the case, then think in the opposite direction and guess in the most unlikely direction.